Salon.com > Kings of Leon http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Stop mocking children’s choirs http://www.salon.com/2012/08/02/stop_mocking_childrens_choirs/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/02/stop_mocking_childrens_choirs/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12969799 In the thoroughly ridiculous music video for 2010’s “Radioactive,” Kings of Leon is caught in the act of flagrantly flogging one of the hoariest clichés in all of pop music. The clip captures the fashion model-handsome arena-rock band in the full bloom of clueless pomposity, as it shrugs off the messianic glow of stardom and returns to its down-home, Southern roots. And how is this revival of pre-celebrity sanctity signified? By a children’s choir, which Kings of Leon embraces like Jesus reuniting with his flock.

“From what I have read, hiring a children's choir to join your band makes your music sound 'more meaningful,'” blogger Carles dryly observed on the indie-skewering website Hipster Runoff upon seeing “Radioactive.” “It inspires some sort of euphoric, spiritual vibe, helping u to reconnect with nostalgic images of youth, or something.”

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