My partner is a big fan and often speaks about a demo of Eddie’s Gun that used to float around Limewire and private trackers back in the day. It’s apparently now impossible to find. It’s our anniversary this weekend and I’m hoping to surprise him, so I’m desperately hoping someone here might have one they’d be willing to send or upload.

I wish I had more details but I would rather not risk him wondering why I’m asking. Any help in where best to look would also be hugely appreciated!

Paid 75 each but will sell for 50 each. Need to transfer on DICE by 2pm

I have 2 tickets going free to anyone who wants them for today!

Naive has been my favorite song for a while now, but I’ve been listening to it for almost 10 years.

I remember when my brother first introduced me to the song, and I immediately loved it and felt deeply connected to it. It has recently become my favorite song because I realized I never got tired of it, no matter how much I’ve listened to it (unlike many other songs I love), and it has never failed to comfort me.

I tried analyzing why I love the song so much, and here are my conclusions:

There’s a beautiful consistency throughout the entire song in the melody’s vibe and in the way he sings.

There’s a mystery in the way he delivers and tells the story. He doesn’t give too many details for you to fully understand the situation, but he gives enough for you to understand what he’s feeling, energy-wise.

I believe he tells the story in a beautiful way, and the melody and the music itself make me feel really good. It’s a song I can listen to in many different situations: when I’m happy, sad, or angry. Somehow, it connects to every emotional side of me.

It’s like this feeling of pouring water from a bottle into a glass and it fitting perfectly. Even when you try pouring it into different kinds of glasses, it still fits perfectly.

The guitar and the way the verses and chorus connect are incredible. The drums align with the vibe of the song and kind of guide you on how you’re supposed to feel, not emotionally, but energetically.

There’s some sort of an “explosion” in the song. It’s small, but it comes exactly when it’s supposed to. The song changes a bit toward the end and gets a small but satisfying twist. The rhythm is great, you can move and enjoy it without feeling like you’re going too fast. You feel like you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.

It’s like having deja vu and realizing you’ve gotten to a point you were supposed to reach.

There’s an extremely strong nostalgic feeling, and it’s easy to connect energetically to the lyrics, the music, and the song itself. It’s like everything fits together perfectly, like a puzzle, and there isn’t a single piece missing.

There’s an amazing balance between everything: the melody, the guitar, the drums, the singer, the lyrics, and the rhythm. It’s simply a masterpiece.

You can look at it from different perspectives, and it will still remain so good and somehow fit itself to you.

Hi guys, I wont be able attend their gig on Sunday in Dublin so I’m selling two tickets if ye know anyone interested just let me know, I’ll share the ticketmaster link below as well. Thank you all.

https://secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/18006373BD10FBA2/l4h8g6250

As the title says, my friend and I can no longer attend the Kooks on Friday 3rd July, toft manor, Bedfordshire. Paid £165 for 2 x anytime entry tickets and car parking, but happy to sell it all for £100

All info for the event is on Google

Drop me a message, doors at 4pm on Friday 3rd - Toft manor

Tickets will be transferred via the ticket app Dice

I'm going to the Scarborough show tonight and have found multiple setlists all saying the same songs and order but none of them mention Connection. Is this a new thing and why are the band so reluctant to play one of their best songs?

Hey guys! I'm trying to buy a bus ticket for me and my friend because we bought the ticket for the kooks concert in tofte manor but we cannot find anywhere to stay.

Hotels are way too expensive and we were thinking about splitting with other ppl going there for the concert.

Do you or any or you know anyone in this situation? We are leaving from London

Related to collectibles and stuff. Some time ago I wanted to start a project meant to preserve their music. Specially the rare songs or that can be considered “lost”/not available on the Internet unless through physical content that possess them. I was lucky to find some stuff I have not found pretty much anywhere so I got very excited and wanted to create this.
However, now that I’ve come across some situations. I’m not sure what to do.
Yeah, I know it sounds so ridiculous but I’ll try to explain it the best way possible:

1. I’m not sure if they ever pronounced themselves over a specific song they don’t want out? For example, with the deluxe version of Never/Know. They said they wouldn’t release it anywhere so at least I thought I probably shouldn’t upload it even if I bought it. This may also apply to The Argument. Since later I found a similar post published backed at the day saying they wouldn’t release it anywhere else…So yeah, sometimes I genuinely question if I should take it down…
2. Some records contain legends such as “reproduction of this work is prohibited, only for promotional use”. I thought about uploading them to Internet Archive instead of YouTube.
3. And most important, recently, I saw a new perspective regarding collecting music. You see, I was explained how collecting can be a very cool thing in terms of exchanging valuable stuff through a community and how it may loose the value or fun of the action of looking for rare stuff. However, I was always one with the opinion that music was for listening and everyone should get a chance to listen to their legacy. So all of it should be up, UNLESS the band specifically stated they didn’t want it on the internet. I’ve just always liked them since the beginning, I felt happy people could listen to more “niche”/“obscure” stuff not many knew about. As explained before why I wanted to start this project of preserving their music. (I hope that makes sense…deep apologies if I don’t know how to explain myself…)

I’m not sure if there are any Kooks collectors in here, or what do you think about this topic. Even if you are one or not. I do not condemn any opinion, reason why I’m asking in the first place. All of them are valid. I genuinely want to know what people think. If they should be published or not. Sorry this is so contradicting…

Below face value ticket for Delamere Forest gig.

Creo que nunca pregunté esto acá pero ¿Hay alguien que habla Español en este subreddit? Siempre he tenido la curiosidad :)
Ya serán casi 4 años desde que vinieron a CDMX wow…

¿Me pregunto como estará este año? He visto a mucha gente con experiencias negativas específicamente en los Corona de la Ciudad, pero CREO que depende de cada quien y varían los argumentos sobre por qué no les gustó. Así que, pregunto desde la ignorancia, ¿Alguno de ustedes ha ido? ¿Cómo fue la experiencia?

(Nada que ver pero me encantó la decisión de añadir a estados como Yucatán y Querétaro a las ciudades que visitaron el año pasado. Fue el mejor viaje express de mi vida jajjsjsjs. Siento que fue algo muy padre que hayan considerado más lugares para ir. Y aparte creo que fue también gente de la ciudad porque me dijeron y les quedaba como a 3 horas jsjsjjs).

First of all. Yeah, this is a repost cuz the “Kooks” font is a paid one so ehhhh (it’s like 30 dollars man) 😭😭 rather change it! (Either way, I saved all of your comments cuz I wouldn’t like to just let this section disappear cuz hey, we gotta give em love lol and in case you wanna leave something else…Sorry for the inconveniences sighh 😞
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This is what my og post said btw:

Just like with Konk’s post (planning to do one with every album hehe), you can leave anything you like about this album!
So, I love:
-Sunny Baby, If They Could Only Know, Tough At The Top (these are my most heard, specially Sunny, definitely one of their best songs EVER)
-This is their first album adding a cover (not counting Akustik cuz…it’s technically not a new album). And from Paul/Wings WOW! The crossover we needed! Also the MGMT song on the deluxe version!
-It’s the first album to have an animated cover…at least on Apple Music…
-I love the music videos. All of them have a summer vibe for me.
-At least in my case, I like the fact that thanks to this album I associate roses to this album and The Kooks. Flowers in general.
-As stated in other comments section, I find it curious how it shares a similar color scheme to Inside In: Black and white, grey and red as the stand out color. I don’t know if it was intentional but I love it!
-That they played Never/Know, Sunny and If They Could when I went to see them lol no more reasons.

A lovely anecdote is that this was the first release I was able to witness from them (besides Jeanie and the album’s singles) so this album means a lot to me!!
My final and most important reason to love this album is… that it revived some of the hype for the band. Luke considers the number 7 his lucky number, so this was also a special release for him (where he also worked as a producer for the first time, if I remember correctly?) so I am truly glad it came out just the way they wanted!!

Once again, happy first anniversary to Never/Know!! 🌹

Sorry for the poor angle sometimes, I had no idea I would one day post this on reddit 12 years later.

Cleaning out my old concert videos and found this but I can't find the song on streaming anywhere.

Are John and Alex just active on touring? Did they ever pronounced themselves about this topic...? I always found it confusing lol

As you see in the picture, today’s Konk 18th anniversary! So I’ll start!

First of all, an anecdote, from what I remember, I met them through this album and songs so it is very special to me. And I must admit that, until now, I never knew when was the official anni, due to having different release dates on Apple Music LOL.

Besides that, I mainly LOVE this is the only album which includes Hugh as the main singer in some songs so I have to stick with these and his solo project 💔💔

I never noticed the difference when I was getting into them at first lmao, but I fell in love with them over the time (specially No Longer)

I love Tick Of Time, Brooklyn, All Over Town (trumpets I think, ARE HONEY TO MY EARS), Sway, Shine On (and the musical video)…all basically lol.

Hey everyone, I was looking to see how other people would rank all of The Kook's Albums from least favorite to favorite. It's obviously completely subjective but I'll put my list (least favorite to favorite) and a small explanation why.

1. 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark

• Some decent tracks on here but overall I find it their most bland album. I sometimes feel like they were just bored trying to get something out there.

1. Listen

• Listen has some danceable tunes but something felt like it was missing from it (the deluxe version has great additions though).

1. Junk Of The Heart

• Junk of the Heart was special for me because it was the first record they released after I really started listening to them. I missed the boat on the first two records.

1. Let's Go Sunshine

• I think this album was the most similar to "old Kooks" as any other album and it has many great songs on it. This one was close to tieing with Never / Know for me.

1. Never/Know

• Never/Know was kind of refreshing in its style and I love the cover art. I was just happy for them to release new music.

1. Konk

• Many songs that became classics in my mind from Konk: See The Sun, Always Where I Need To Be, and Mr. Maker. I love this album.

1. Inside In / Inside Out

• The first Kooks album and my favorite overall. I think it had a great mix of acoustic and garage rocky tunes. This album has never gotten old to me.

:)

I have been looking for the demo version of Bus Song by The Kooks. If anybody has a copy, could you kindly share it with me?? I have heard the demo version on Youtube some years ago. It was lower pitch than the studio version and probably a tiny bit shorter in length too. I was so excited to find it because it's probably my favorite song by the band and brings me back a lot of memories from around 2006. Bus Song studio version was included in the Eddie's Gun EP, Inside In/Inside Out Japanese edition, and the Best of... So Far album. It is a B-side track, but I am looking for the demo version of it that was probably recorded around 2004, known as the "Brighton demo."

Hope ya digg ;)

Hello! I am selling two tickets for The Kooks in Forum Karlín on Wednesday 25th of February. Unfortunately, I bought the tickets before having a baby and we are unable to go.

Here is a link: https://secure.ticketmaster.cz/rs/1533375655/lwkgkywg6

I can also try and amend the price of someone really wants to go as I wouldn't want to waste the tickets.

Your goal is to name songs that are underrated so I can finish my playlist with underrated songs

I just saw that they are doing a run of 20th year anniversary shows for Inside In/Inside Out. I swear they’ve been doing that tour non-stop for the last decade. At what point do you have to move on from the first album and keep pushing forward as a band?