Kill the King

[born 1991]

I really like this song. I think if it's reworked and has some help from Tim, it would make for a really good song on the album. What are your thoughts?

Poll coming

[amoore624426]

I don't think it will make the album but I really like it alot.

[cpxc.]

I seen it in 2006 and enjoyed it. It does need to be re-worked, but I would like to see it on the album

[dmb5570]

I enjoy the song but it needs way less keyboard.

[marco j]

Yes, DIDO, Help Myself, and the Stone rolled into one.

[born 1991]

Yes, DIDO, Help Myself, and the Stone rolled into one.

:thumbsup That is exactly what I think it sounds like.

[marco j]

:thumbsup That is exactly what I think it sounds like.

On the electric.;)

[bubba40]

I really like the chorus' chord progression and Carter's work on this song. Rework it and see what we've got.

[Busted/Stuff]

Not my favorite...

[zdaddy]

it needs some help, but the verse and chorus musically were pretty impressive

[sir iggius]

The song is cool, but Butch needs to tone the fuck down

[Pig17]

Yes, DIDO, Help Myself, and the Stone rolled into one.

Bingo. :thumbsup

[Jake]

0 chance

[Swizz2007]

I don't like it very much at all

[bibby1044]

Can someone upload this for me, Ive been trying to get one for awhile.

[THATEUS41]

Hell Yes

[kingchrisII]

0 chance


damnit why couldnt he say something like that in the break free thread i started lol...i neeeeeed to know if theres the slimmest of hope.

[born 1991]

damnit why couldnt he say something like that in the break free thread i started lol...i neeeeeed to know if theres the slimmest of hope.

Hey, even if it's next to impossible, no one knows for sure until the album's out. Don't stop believin!

[marco j]

I always thought the song would be perfect as a title song to a Bond movie.
It has that James Bond sound with the horns and the trashy sex chorus, it's perfect. Dave could play the villain in the movie with his raised eyebrow.

[Caveat Emperor]

Kill the King -- aka "My love for you inspires me to do something vaguely sociopolitical."

The lyrics need a total re-work and the keyboard needs to be scaled back, but otherwise I think the song is a solid foundation. It was very much a work-in-progress the last time it was heard.

[lestat1600]

hell yes, maybe alittle fine tunning and tweaking but yes

[jmdt52]

Saw it N1 at Alpine 06, enjoyed it because I was one of the few around me that knew what it was. Wouldn't mind seeing it make the cut, or at least be recorded and played around with

[ant_marching41]

No please. For them to try and re-work it in the studio would be a complete waste of time that they could spend writing a better song.

[TwoStep2888]

No. I like being able to say I was at the show when Kill The King was finally killed. :D

[ant_marching41]

No. I like being able to say I was at the show when Kill The King was finally killed. :D
:lol :thumbsup

[DMBZeppelin]

damnit why couldnt he say something like that in the break free thread i started lol...i neeeeeed to know if theres the slimmest of hope.
Kill the King and Break Free are dead. Kill the King is burried, but who knows if Break Free will ever rear it's ugly head again. But it's common knowledge either won't be on the album. But at least everything going on the album instead will be better in quality. Which wasn't the case with Stand Up over the 04' songs.

[jason41]

I liked this song a lot, but man o man was the organ extreme on this one :lol

[sdaltons]

yes definitely. needs to return. shotgun and kill the king were easily the best two '06 songs.

[SmoothRider[PL]]

This song is nothing special to me.

Come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
burn it down
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
down to the ground :BANG

And killing the KING????? WTF? What king? Of Norway or sth?
What a gibberish...

[marco j]

shut up pollock

[SmoothRider[PL]]

shut up pollock
Talkin' to me?

[marco j]

haha yeah

just fucking around

[kurz41]

I'd really like to see this song worked on. I really enjoyed it in '06.

Slim chance, though...I know.

[Pig17]

;7289348']This song is nothing special to me.

Come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
burn it down
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
down to the ground :BANG

And killing the KING????? WTF? What king? Of Norway or sth?
What a gibberish...

And that is the part that has to go.

[JTR&PIG]

i loved kill the king but there are a few too many parts that still need a little tweak, what is everyone else's opinion of a new album

1) IDEA OF YOU
2) SHOTGUN
3) SUGAR WILL
4) JTR
5) KILL THE KING
6) EH HEE
7) CORNBREAD
8) #27
9) FALLING OFF THE ROOF

[ant_marching41]

I liked this song a lot, but man o man was the organ extreme on this one :lol
I also despise that horn part.

[BruceW]

nah...it was cool but im indifferent to it really being played again

[jiggajm18]

i thought this had a pretty good guitar riff.

rework the lyrics....take away the "come on come on yeah yeah" part....and turn down butch.

[marco j]

I'm telling you guys, if this song got the attention it deserved, it would have the same kick that Hello Again and DIDO haveand. And like both songs, when played with urgency will make the "Come on come on yeah Yeahs" fit in nicely. That's the section of the song where it should be crazy-ass uptempo and every instrument going nuts and by the end of the song will justify Dave's screaming just like it does in Hello Again.

The song just never got to it's uptempo pace it desperately needs, just like DIDO.

[JTR&PIG]

kill the king is a great song that should have its own album with all the tracks I said, what do you all think?

[jiggajm18]

kill the king is a great song that should have its own album with all the tracks I said, what do you all think?

i think that album that you listed would challenge Everyday as the band's 5th best album

[onetwothree]

Happy I saw them play it afew years back @ pitt because I don't think it will be brought back.

[Swizz2007]

Why did you all vote to keep this shitty song around? I think just to brag to your friends that you knew it before the album was even released

[JTR&PIG]

i am glad I heard that song too, thats pretty wild, it may never be heard from again, drink a little wine, write a little songs, drink a little more wine

[JGil584]

i liked it (saw it live 06), but i think it needs to be reworked. The song structure was too basic, IMO...intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, etc and the song itself wasn't eccentric enough. But yeah, do it.

[rivergumrob]

I really loved KTK the first time i heard it, even tho it was a heaps bad quality version...definately would be a good addition to the album, and yeah i think Tim would be good for it. Contrary to what DMB5770 said, I kinda like the keys, dont think they should reduce em...

[dancingfire75]

love it, was real disappointed when they stopped playing it in 06

[JTR&PIG]

this is a solid core of a song, which has major potential

[White Rabbit]

I say ditch it on this album, and plot it on the one that Dave still has to make soloy.

[JTR&PIG]

what about the round and round & kill the king combined as a choice that would be sweet like on the rolling stone interview

[tofixyou]

this song is bad... i saw it at alpine and it was the biggest show killer... i was actually pissed after i heard it

[Branty]

I've just heard Kill the King on You Tube. It's thanks to threads like these that I'm listening to songs I didn't even though they did. I really like it and if they DMB decided to put it on the new album I would be happy. If they do put it on they will probably tweak little bits. The tune is really addictive.

[JTR&PIG]

it is a nice song with some cleanup like I said, it was a nice quality song

[DMBtheStoned]

i dig it

[katlanta]

the lyrics tower over some of the other new songs

[lesky20]

saw it at spac in o6 and loved it...needs some work i would love to see it brought back this summer

[Robio]

I read in another thread they did record this in the studio.

[onetwothree]

Saw it at star lake in '06 happy I saw it because I don't think we will see it again.

[DaveHead77]

I think Kill the King should definitely be on the new album. Great sound. But from what i hear on other boards is that b/c it was created from influence from Mark Batson, it won't be on any album in the near future.

[bibby1044]

I read in another thread they did record this in the studio.
That didnt look very reliable.

[JTR&PIG]

what if they reworked it with Round & Round..and made it a combination of both songs..would everyone be OK with that?

[DOCLOG*]

this song is dead!
sadly
i liked it and was fortunate to hear it 2/7 times it was played

i just hope break free dosent join it

[JTR&PIG]

break free wasn't too bad...there really isn't a new bad song that he has produced there all unique

[RobRoy286]

The more I listen to it, the more I agree with the "DIDO + Help Myself + Stone" combination. I really liked this song.

[Pikegulley]

shut up pollock


:lol

[DerekJTR2]

I liked this song a lot, but man o man was the organ extreme on this one :lol

True, too much Butch. It's not DMB with his part being so...busy.

[DMBraven41]

I am a big fan of this song, its got some kind of funk to it that I highly enjoy

[LowEnd_Theory]

this song is so bad

[DerekJTR2]

this song is so bad
No schway man

[THATEUS41]

this song was so good and i got to see it once but i dont think its making a comeback

[JTR&PIG]

It may with round and round make a comeback

[Seek#41Up]

Yes I would love to see Kill The King on the album but I don't see that happening. It was my favorite song of the 06 songs and thought it had lots of potential. If it doesn't make the album I would like to see it return on tour, which again I doubt since it didn't get much time the second half of the 06 tour.

[blbb35]

I first heard this song at Germain Amphitheater in Ohio back in 2006 and I wasn't sure how good it was a first but now that I've heard it a couple of times I think it should definitely be on the new album.

[whiteysax]

keep it on the shelf

[JohnK86]

I just listened to KTK from 666 for the first time in almost two years and it was DAMN impressive. With a better lyric it could have been classic.

[JTR&PIG]

if combined with round and round it will be a classic

[thestand]

I did relatively enjoy the song, but it was dead before the 06 tour was even over.

[SmoothRider[PL]]

if combined with round and round it will be a classic
R&R is a shitty.... something. It's not even a song. I hope we won't hear it again.

I did relatively enjoy the song, but it was dead before the 06 tour was even over.
It was dead more than 2 months before tour end.

[JTR&PIG]

;7389176']R&R is a shitty.... something. It's not even a song. I hope we won't hear it again.


It was dead more than 2 months before tour end.


it was a nice sound...that incoporated a nice amount of melody and finally mixing in kill the king properly

[born 1991]

I guess we won't be seeing this song on the album now...

[RobRoy286]

I love this song.

Drive In Drive Out + Help Myself + The Stone + Joyride = Kill the King

[Panther41]

;7289348']This song is nothing special to me.

Come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
burn it down
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
come on, come on, yeah, yeah
down to the ground :BANG

And killing the KING????? WTF? What king? Of Norway or sth?
What a gibberish...

At the time, I believe there was quite a bit of conjecture that this song was a metaphor for booting a certain a-hole out of office.

[Taylor/Martin]

I really hope this ends up being on the album.

[Roose13]

At the time, I believe there was quite a bit of conjecture that this song was a metaphor for booting a certain a-hole out of office.

If Hillary had won and God forbid became our president, it would evolve into "Kill the Kunt."

[solsburyhill]

I love this song.

Drive In Drive Out + Help Myself + The Stone + Joyride = Kill the King

i always thought dido with stone with sweet up and down.

[hoke2007]

It needs to be significantly reworked, but I liked it when I saw it in 2006. I saw the debut!!!

[ajgdrums7814]

Good verse.

Very good chorus.

Drop organ.

Overhaul the lyrics.



It's got potential. I really like the chorus progression. I'd like to see what else they could do with it.

[hoke2007]

Good verse.

Very good chorus.

Drop organ.

Overhaul the lyrics.



It's got potential. I really like the chorus progression. I'd like to see what else they could do with it.

Hell yes. And change the ending. I don't like the "Come on come on, yeah yeah" crap.