California Waiting
Title: California Waiting
Subject: Kings of Leon, Hot Press, Youth & Young Manhood, Crimson and Clover, Holy Roller Novocaine, The Bucket, Kings of Leon discography, Wasted Time (Kings of Leon song)
"California Waiting"
Single by Kings of Leon
from the album Youth and Young Manhood
"Joe's Head" (Live)
Garage rock, Southern rock
Kings of Leon singles chronology
"Wasted Time"
(2003) "California Waiting"
(2004) "The Bucket"
Youth and Young Manhood track listing
"Trani"
(5) "California Waiting"
(6) "Spiral Staircase"
"California Waiting" is the fourth single taken from the Youth and Young Manhood album by the American rock band Kings of Leon. An alternate version of the song appears on their debut release, the EP Holy Roller Novocaine. This version was recorded in a rush to finish the record. The band didn't like the outcome, so they recorded a new version, which is found on Youth and Young Manhood. However, on Kings of Leon's VH1 Storytellers performance, Caleb Followill stated before playing California Waiting that "We kind of sabotaged it on our album, and tried to play it really punk rock. It was better on the EP I think."[1]
Song Meaning
Caleb Followill's vocals sound honestly pained and his longing for something greener – California – is a timeless theme that resurrects the left coast as a magnet for dreamers and schemers. Where do you go when "every little thing's gotta be just right"? Mythical California. That tradition runs deep in the American psyche, interrupted occasionally by songs like the apocalyptic "Hotel California."[2]
1 Track listing
1.1 CD single
1.2 10" vinyl
"California Waiting" - 3:26
"Joe's Head (Live at Rock in Rio)" - 3:37
Released in limited edition – 5,000 copies – on clear vinyl.
"Joe's Head" (Live from the Brixton Academy)
^ California Waiting (VH1 Storytellers)" by Kings of Leon""". MTV Networks. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
^ http://songmango.com/california-waiting/Corrected Lyrics "California Waiting"
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Nathan Followill
Matthew Followill
Youth & Young Manhood
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Because of the Times
Only by the Night
Come Around Sundown
Holy Roller Novocaine
What I Saw
Day Old Belgian Blues
"Molly's Chambers"
"The Bucket"
"Four Kicks"
"King of the Rodeo"
"On Call"
"Fans"
"Charmer"
"Sex on Fire"
"Use Somebody"
"Revelry"
"Notion"
"Crawl"
"Radioactive"
"Pyro"
"The Immortals"
"Back Down South"
"Supersoaker"
"Wait for Me"
"Temple"
Only by the Night World Tour (2008-10)
Come Around Sundown World Tour (2010-11)
Mechanical Bull Tour (2014)
Live at the O2 London, England
Talihina Sky
List of songs recorded by Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon songs
2004 singles
2000s rock single stubs
Alternative rock, The Rolling Stones, BRIT Awards, Gotye, Oklahoma
Rock music, Alternative rock, Rock and roll, Blues rock, Southern United States
Wasted Time (Kings of Leon song)
Kings of Leon, Single (music), Southern rock, Molly's Chambers, California Waiting, Holy Roller Novocaine
Aha Shake Heartbreak, Kings of Leon, Single (music), Roskilde Festival, Denmark, Gramophone record
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
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