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Kings of Leon Threw Slushie at 'Glee' Without Watching 'Not-Cool' Show
- Posted on Nov 8th 2010 1:30PM by Jonathan Dekel
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Nearly three months later, Kings of Leon guitarist -- and Caleb's cousin -- Matthew Followill has admitted that the group had never even seen the popular show about a high-school glee club when they turned it down.
"Everyone took it so seriously when we said no to 'Glee' because it's everyone's favourite show. But we just had never really seen the show, we didn't know what it's about," Followill tells Spinner. "They just said, 'Hey, do you want your music to be on Glee,' and we said, 'No, I don't think so. We don't want to.'"
Followill says that once Kings of Leon gained notoriety, they started getting flooded with offers -- and due to their unique position as a group with one foot in indie rock and the other in the mainstream, they had to be very careful about how they allowed their music to be used.
"Now that we've become so popular, we get offers everyday for stuff to do: 'Have your song on a commercial, have your song in a movie, be on this...' You just have to balance out the stuff that sounds cool and the stuff that doesn't," he explains. "There was a point where we decided we would just say no to everything like that because we didn't think it was that cool -- there's definitely a balance to the stuff that we can do and the stuff we don't want to do."
"I mean, you're not gonna say yes to everything. So there's a balance between the cool stuff and the not-cool stuff, and hopefully that's not taken the wrong way."
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Glee sucks, Kings of Leon blows...these two hideous creatures of Hollywood would've been perfect for each other. What a waste of space for another article that really matters.
November 17 2010 at 3:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt good to have different opinions or else there would be but sheep...why do all have to like the same stuff...
It's all good...when there is a breath, and there are words...then there is life...still living...
I saw the Kings of Leon....excellant....saying to no to a show...doesn't mean they are better, it just means...they said no..
Now that they've "gotten SO popular", their way of thinking it would be too uncool to do the show when they hadn't even seen it shows me how uncool they really are by saying NO like every other so-called "SO popular" indie group with their So popular I'm not going to sell selling out ethics just to be popular.
So king me leon.
Never heard of Kings of Leon until just now, watched the video...LOVE their sound! Only heard of Glee about 6 mos. ago, VERY TALENED group. I think they are both excellent! BUT, just because you think and say you're cool, doesn't mean you are! In fact, it usually means that your not...cool is just being you! When you have to 'affect' cool, it's because you're kinda insecure.
Word to this young group; When you're in the Biz, don't burn bridges, check it out first before you speak. It seems they would've touch a LOT of people w/their music. When you look at the true talents of music, they are VERY VERSATILE and accept each other in the biz for their own style and variety!
What's the big deal here? Glee producers are doing their job by attempting to contract popular music that will elevate the status of the show which will hopefully translate into increased ratings thus more profits. The Kings have every right to descide who can use their music although the labored explaination of this 'cool' theshold that must be met seems imature and lame at best. The manager, publicist, agent, handlers, etc., one would think are paid to advise the Kings on these type of business descisions. At the end of the day it really is all or at least mostly about the money, isn't it?
November 09 2010 at 2:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOH NO, "threw a slushie at "Glee" call out the national guard..
November 09 2010 at 12:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWho in the F cares about the band's comments, and isn't freedom of speech still in the constitution? I am so sick and tired of worrying who is going to get insulted next and then hearing about it for days on cable news. Get a life folks and "man up"
November 09 2010 at 12:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRemember when it was cool to be in Glee club back in the 1920s and 1930s-then the jocks took over until now in the 2010s-I cannot wait for the glee lamers to go back under their rocks!
November 09 2010 at 12:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKings of Leon! Very good group and popular and enjoyable. Glee! Lots of talent, great voices, wonderful choreography, refreshing musical and a pleasant story line If you appreciate the arts, you should appreciate all that goes into the different kinds of music or you will be losing out.
well you can freely say no to having your music on the show, and Glee isn't a bad show so you pricks can stop your "F*ck Glee" comments, so you don't like the show move along. For as much music as I listen from all genres I've never heard of this group and even if I had and they turned Glee down it's no damn big deal, its fans making a big deal out of this not the cast of Glee so you all don't need to bash the show like a bunch of dumba** punk heads jeeze.
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