The single's success landed Kongos on the Kings of Leon tour as a support act along with Young the Giant. It still has that special feeling for us." "It's like you see in those '50s movies, where a band hears its song on the radio for the first time and they get really excited. "For us, it's still cool hearing the song on the radio," Johnny said.
The "Come With Me Now" hook is so powerful, you might not even tire of the song after hearing it dozens of times. radio gave it a chance, it would connect with people, but when it did, everything sped up so fast we didn't know what to expect," Johnny said. "I don't know if that's true," he said, "but it definitely plays a part in it. If not for Johnny's distinguished accordion riff, "Come With Me Now" may have just been a minor blip on alternative-rock radio. "We knew he was going to use it, but we had no idea he would take it to that level," Johnny said. Johnny's favorite use of "Come With Me Now" was when "MTV Movie Awards" host Conan O'Brien used it as background music throughout his memorable intro featuring 50 celebrity cameos by the likes of Katy Perry, Seth Rogen, Lupita Nyong'o, the cast of "Big Bang Theory," Grumpy Cat, Demi Moore and Martin Scorsese. You've heard the song - either in a Dodge Ram or Samsung Galaxy commercial perhaps on "American Idol" or on "WWE Extreme Rules" pay-per-view maybe in PlayStation 4, or on FX, CNN, NBC Sports, ESPN and the NFL Network. South African-born, Arizona-based Kongos is one of rock's 2014 breakout successes, owing to smash hit "Come With Me Now."
"That's the cool thing about this tour, we're finally getting to see parts of the country we've never been to, even if it's a whirlwind blast through these cities." "We've never been to Pittsburgh," Johnny said. Their band, named Kongos, will fire up the crowd for another band of brothers, Kings of Leon. "It's 90 percent hugely positive, 8 percent positive and 2 percent real annoying," said Johnny, who along with siblings Jesse, Daniel and Dylan Kongos, will entertain Friday at First Niagara Pavilion. 24, was with Johnny Kongos of the concert's scheduled opening act, Kongos.īURGETTSTOWN - Johnny Kongos has a pie chart in mind to describe what it's like playing in a rock band with his three brothers. This interview article, initially posted Aug. I still don’t get this category so I will not acknowledge it.UPDATE: Kings of Leon canceled its First Niagara Pavilion appearance set for Friday.
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