Sex on Fire

Last Thursday night, Sarah (I would link her blog but I don't know how)and I set out on a Rockstar Adventure. Kings of Leon were in town and playing literally just down the street from my house. I personally had never heard of the band until late last year. Since then what I had heard of their most recent album, I really like them. Apparently they have quite a large following especially in Europe. I was a little wary of a live performance though. I have been disappointed so many times with bands sounding nothing like they do on the album. On our way, I looked at Sarah and said "What if they suck?" She replied with "They won't suck." After enduring a performance by the opening band, The Walkman, obviously I was not impressed. The lead singer was sounded like he was trying to channel Bob Dylan...ummm there is only one Dylan buddy. At this time I would like to pause and thank the southern gentleman that so kindly referred to me as a "douche bag" for not letting him squeeze and I do mean squeeze in front of us to an even more non-exsistant space that would put him closer to the stage. Got to the the hospitality of the south. Moving on...after a very long break to set up the stage, Kings of Leon finally took the stage. They opened with "Crawl" which as this sort of hypnotic beat that you can't help but move to...at which point I yelled to Sarah "They don't suck". They played most of the new album including "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody" and some faves from the previous 3 albums. Long story short, simply one of the best shows I have ever seen.

I know its not much in the way of real Rockstar adventures, but hey I live in North Carolina...cut a girl some slack....