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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
The Black Keys were slumming it, then saw the success Kings of Leon got by becoming more "radio-friendly", decided to sell a couple tunes to Budweiser, went out and wrote "Tighten Up" and "Howlin for You", and voila, are now the biggest band in the world.
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You seem to know a lot about the Black Keys intentions for writing music. Please enlighten those of us in the dark of when/how they told of their sell-out ways.
Some of the stuff on their new albums can sound quite different from older things. A lot of that can be attributed to having more money/recording time/possible creative freedom in order to come up with the sounds they currently do. As people have said, musicians evolve. no one keeps playing the same stuff over and over. Peoples problem with Nickleback is that they do, in fact, play the same stuff over an over. When the Black keys started they were guitar and drums. That's it. Now after gaining more popularity they have the ability to expand their music beyond their own respective instruments and tour with larger ensembles. I really don't see how you can compare the two. If "Howlin For You" with different lyrics appears on their next 3 albums, then you may have a point. But at this time, The Black Keys are a band with a constantly evolving sound. Not only that, their sound is way more awesome than anything else out there right now.
Please point me in the direction of another song/band that sounds like "Howlin' for You" or "Little Black Submarines" because I want to listen to that band too.