 Genius Meanings
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Kings of Leon – Pony Up
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[Verse] / I got razor sharp mind that wants to cut you down / A little place in mind maybe I could bed you down / Pony up, we got a ways to go / Set me up my friend, I'm running
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Kings of Leon – Pickup Truck
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Caleb: “I wrote ‘Pickup Truck’ around a campfire. And I looked at the coals on the fire had started to turn to white and I said, ‘cracklin’ woods gone white.‘ And everything felt
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Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
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As he mentions here, Caleb was feeling blue on medication and alcohol after a surgery, when he wrote the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHwLn9kPqc
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Kings of Leon – Closer
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This song is about a lovesick vampire
There is a remix to this song on their follow up album Come Around Sundown that gives it a little more dreary tone.
https://www.youtube.com/
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Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
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Kings of Leon released their fourth album later the month on this release, their second in successive years, and by rights the Nashville quartet would’ve be running short on ideas
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Kings of Leon – I Want You
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“I Want You” is the ninth track on Kings of Leon’s fourth album, Only by the Night.
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Kings of Leon – Mi Amigo
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The twelfth track on Kings of Leon’s fifth LP, Come Around Sundown, the song speaks of Caleb’s friend who helps him when he’s in need, but isn’t afraid to mess him up if it’s
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Kings of Leon – Revelry
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“Revelry” was released as the third single from Only by the Night. It became KoL’s 9th UK Top 40 single, reaching #29 in March 2009.
In the song, Caleb looks back on a failed
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Kings of Leon – Beautiful War
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An atmospheric, mid-tempo ballad which, with its sterling, confident Caleb vocals, sibling harmonies, and understated power, seems destined to be a classic and a mainstay in the
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Kings of Leon – Mary
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“Caleb originally wrote this song in a drunken state at during the very beginning of the recording sessions for their previous album Only By The Night but it never made the cut. He
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Kings of Leon – Wait for Me
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“Kings of Leon have released the next single off their upcoming Mechanical Bull, out September 24th. "Wait for Me” slows things down with a mid-tempo love song that’s equal parts
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Kings of Leon – Waste a Moment
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Another story-telling song, Caleb and co follow a waitress from “Waco to WeHo,” and through her difficult relationship with a hardened man. It’s a small town tale given a huge
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Kings of Leon – Celebration
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[Verse 1] / Hang your weary head you seem defeated / Like the little girl you've been with cheated / And in the conversation had to go too far / Now your dropped off drunk in the
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Kings of Leon – The Immortals
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Caleb explained in an interview that the message behind this triumphal track is something he wants to say to his children – go out and be who you want be, but before it’s all over
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Kings of Leon – No Money
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This song describes the struggles of homelessness. The difficulty of getting off the street is seen by the lack of hope displayed in the line “I got so much I cannot handle
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Kings of Leon – Pyro
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A lot of girls are looking for a guy to define them (as a cornerstone is used to define all parts of an edifice in blueprints)
It’s annoying.. (for the guy)
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Kings of Leon – Radioactive
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As the band mentions in this video, “Radioactive” arose from an old gospel song they used to sing, when they were adolescents.
Also, the song was written right after their release
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Kings of Leon – Back Down South
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[Verse 1 - Kings of Leon] / Come on out and dance / If you get the chance / We're going to spit on the rivals / All I want to know / Is how far you want to go / Fighting for
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Kings of Leon – Beach Side
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[Verse 1] / Got an attitude / Thinking that he's always right / Blowing smoke rings / Making me want to fight / And then I look back / At all things I've ever done / And then I
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Kings of Leon – Supersoaker
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With a music video filmed in a Super 8 and one that its director, Andrew Whiston (a.k.a W.I.Z), could only describe as: “an imagined hybrid of pop-art screenprint, hand tinting and
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Kings of Leon – Closer (The Presets remix)
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Stranded in the spooky town / Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down / The floor is crackling cold / She took my heart, I think she took my soul / With the moon I run
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Kings of Leon (Ft. West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir) – Radioactive (Remix)
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When the roll is called up yonder / I hope you see me there / It's in the water, it's where you came from / It's in the water, it's where you came from / When the crowd begins to
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Kings of Leon – Notion
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11th and last track off “Only By The Night”, released in 2008.
According to Caleb, this song was the easiest to write on the whole album – it came out spontaneously “One
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Kings of Leon – Birthday
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[Verse 1] / It's in the way she often calls me out / It's in the cut of your pretty gown / Your come on legs and your pantyhose / You look so precious with your bloody nose / [
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Nine Inch Nails – Closer
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“Closer” is one of Nine Inch Nails‘ more famous songs, and was released as Halo 9 (with different US and UK versions), the second single from their second studio album The Downward
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Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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Bob Dylan wrote “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” – one of his greatest compositions – during the summer of 1962. Although it is often linked with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dylan
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Action Bronson (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – Baby Blue
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Action & Chance The Rapper channel their energy towards jealous women on this soulful ballad. Produced by Mark Ronson, the joint marks the third time Action & Chance have worked
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Drake – Fake Love
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“Fake Love” finds Drake criticizing friends and associates who only show him love because of his incredible success. He identifies their false emotions and explains how he deals
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Sister Sledge – We Are Family
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“We Are Family” is the title track of Sister Sledge’s breakout album—celebrating the Sledge sisters’ family bond.
Writers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (of the band Chic) were
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Genius – November 2019 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' NOVEMBER 2019 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For November 2019 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Anthony Fantano – Every Anthony Fantano Review
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CURRENTLY UNFINISHED / 2010: / • Gorillaz - "Plastic Beach" (STRONG 7) / • The Knife - "Tomorrow, in a Year" (LIGHT 3) / • High on Fire - "Snakes for the Divine" (DECENT 8
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BennySwoons – Every Single Movie Watched
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I’ve been compiling a list on IMDb over the past several years and have come close (enough) to ranking every movie I’ve seen. Of course there are ones I saw when I was younger or
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Pessoa – Albums I've Listened To
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Whether you knew this or not, my New Years Resolution of 2019 was to listen to more albums; a very capable resolution if I do say so myself…
I originally made this list to know
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URLtv (Ft. DNA (Battle Rapper) & Mickey Factz) – DNA vs. Mickey Factz
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Mickey Factz and DNA have had a grudge ever since DNA battled Yung Ill way back in 2011. In that battle Yung Ill states that someone close to DNA had told Yung Ill the angles that
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