Sun, 2010-07-25 11:28 | by Carles
It seems like 'the story of the weekend' was the Kings of Leon canceling a concert a few songs in because a bunch of birds were pooping on them. I feel like that's what happens when you play in huge venues in Middle America--there's gonna be displaced wildlife like pigeons, deer, and possums. Sometimes when I go to a suburban shopping center, I'll see cars that are covered in bird shit. Just wish the birds had somewhere to chill without being 'pests', or maybe we could build them pigeon toilets.
N e ways, the Kings Of Leon were playing some show, and a bunch of pigeons shat on them. Then they walked off stage because they were worried about getting Bird Flu. It seems like the 'indie blogosphere' is using this opportunity to 'cover' the Kings of Leon even though 'they embody everything wrong with mainstream indie rock turned ultra mainstream.' The poop meme is 'too much 2 pass up', since the band is kinda like 'human turds making poopy mp3 files.'
Might include one of these jokes in this post:
a) "It seems like the pigeons know what bad music sounds like 2!"
b) "So interesting to see shit going in the Kings of Leon's mouths instead of coming out of it!"
c) "Sigh... if only humans were allowed to throw feces on bands they didn't like."
d) "Kings of Leon effing suck."
e) "I don't want no pigeons [via scrubs]"
f) "Poopy my pantie wanties Kings of Leon meme h8 yall."
g) "Ur sex is on fire... more like ur poop is on my poop." (to the tune of "Sex on Fire")
h) Choose Ur Own poop / Kings of Leon joke
Here is some statement they used to 'calm down' the angry nickelback rocker bros and fat white trash wannabe cougars who got pissed that they left the concert:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PIGEON INFESTATION FORCES KINGS OF LEON OFFSTAGE EARLY IN ST. LOUIS
An infestation of pigeons living in the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheatre in St. Louis, MO, forced the Kings of Leon to walk offstage after three songs last night. Even though opening bands The Postelles and The Stills came offstage complaining of getting riddled with large amounts of pigeon excrement, the Kings of Leon decided to carry on regardless. The band felt it would be unfair to the fans to cancel the show at that late moment.
"I'm surprised they stayed on for as many songs as they did," said Andy Mendelsohn of Vector Management. "Jared was hit several times during the first two songs. On the third song, when he was hit in the cheek and some of it landed near his mouth, they couldn't deal any longer. It's not only disgusting -- it's a toxic health hazard. They really tried to hang in there. We want to apologize to our fans in St. Louis and will come back as soon as we can."
When the band arrived earlier in the day, the venue warned management that there had been a significant pigeon infestation problem with summer shows over the years, but they were doing all they could to fix it.
"We couldn't believe what The Postelles and The Stills looked like after their sets," said Jared Followill. "We didn't want to cancel the show, so we went for it. We tried to play. It was ridiculous."
Kings of Leon are headed to Chicago tonight to perform at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre as scheduled.
Feel sad that this is what the Kings of Leon looked like after the show.
They seem like unchill rocker bros who have let 'fame' and '5-star treatment' go to their heads. Don't really care if it's a health hazard--woulda been 'sooo rock n roll' 2 play while they are 'covered in shit.' Probs what the Rolling Stones/Beatles/AnCo would have done.
Wish I could vibe out to my fave indie buzzbands being showered in poop. Might invent some sort of 'feces cannon' to serve as commentary 4 the state of indie rock consumerismwave.
U know that I could use some poopy...
some poop like u
-The Leon Kings
Is this story the perfect storm of 'band that makes shitty music' + 'real feces' which culminated in one of the top music news meme reports of all year?
Do yall care about the Kings of Leon?
Do yall hope more birds poop on more buzzbands playing live shows?
Is it just funny 2 imagine poop going in their mouths, and poop falling all over them?
Are the Kings of Leon the 'band of the decade'?
Is "Use Some1 yall" the song of the century?
Do u think this poop meme helps the Kings of Leon's brand?
Should the concert promoter be 'sued' for letting pigeons chill on the stage?
Have u ever climbed on top of a stage, then took a dump on a band?
Has a bird ever pooped on u? Did u feel embarrassed?
R u more likely to be pooped on by a bird, or be struck by lighting?
