I was browsing in HMV in 2007 looking for some inspiration. I spotted 'Hopes and Fears' which has an unusual album cover and remembered a friend had it, but I'd thought it was a bit boring. When I played it at home full blast I was hooked-my first favourite of all was 'Sunshine' which I found breathtaking. I then bought 'UTIS' and became a fully paid-up member of the Keane Admiration Society. I think I'll still be listening to them when I'm I'm very old............My first love has always been Tim as the songwriter, because his writing is so unique, and he is so modest.....but then they're all special and modest people. I love them all very much for being such honest perfomers.

daniel_san_18:

mmm....Well the only song I've heard of Keane until 2006 was Everybody's changing, that was of course on 2004,

at that time I didn't hear a lot of rock or pop music, I played the piano (I still do) but only classical...,So on great day of 2006 

I hear this song.. 'Is it any wonder?' on the radio, I think they just played it like 3 or 4 times more on that radio station before 

they take it off but from the moment I heard it it was amazing, 'Only a great band could come up with such a great song' I thought, and it was true...So that same day I bought Hopes and fears and Under the Iron sea, after that, listened their B-sides, watch their live shows, trying to find out more and more about this great band, making covers of them and eventually became.... the BIGGEST fan of Keane!

The first time I listened them was in 2004 with 'Somewhere Only We Know'. A very tough year to me. It's was really 'Hopes and Fears' to me. Their songs meant and mean a lot to me. Since then, Keane are one of my favourite bands. I also love the new sound of some songs from the album 'Perfect Symmetry' (because some have a bit 80's in it and I also love the 80's lol so... :D

 

i remember it clearly, It was in 2004, shortly after the release of H&F, and I saw the TV ad.. i was really amazed by Toms voice and the piano as well.. i had to wait till christmast the same year before I got the album though -.-

I'd always been aware of Keane since they first started. I'm ashamed to say I didn't pay that much attention to them. In fact, when I saw one of my teachers at school with a copy of H&F I wanted to know why they liked such a miserable band . 

Gradually,  though I began to like their music and even bought a copy of H&F myself because of SOWK and EC. It wasn't until UTIS that I began to sit up and take notice of the band properly. I heard IIAW, thought it was alright but it was NIMW that was key to me appreciating the band for the artists that they are.

I owe it all to my mum....!!!!

She saw them for th first time in 2004 and met Tom and Tim afterwards, and the rest (they say) is history!!!!!

haha... this all sounds a bit lame but i was introduced to keane on american idol a couple of season's ago (keep in mind i'm only 15) maybe some of you guys have watched it but blake lewis is from my hometown and he sang SOWK and i really fell in love with the song. i looked for ages trying to find the original artist and then one day while browsing itunes i came across keane and immediately bought Hopes & Fears! it was amazing but UTIS really started my obsession with them and it's gotten worse since PS came out! they are my all time favorite band and i'm seeing them live for the first time in a couple of days!

jammy8758:

this all sounds a bit lame but i was introduced to keane on american idol a couple of season's ago

Well... I love american idol!  

I´ve always asked myself why don´t they choose a Keane song?

karen rio:

jammy8758:

this all sounds a bit lame but i was introduced to keane on american idol a couple of season's ago

Well... I love american idol!  

I´ve always asked myself why don´t they choose a Keane song?

haha... well that makes me feel so much better! they really should play keane more on there!

A few years back, I remember hearing SOWK at my local ice arena, and I fell in love with it (note, not Keane).  So I downloaded it, but didn't bother listening to any other songs from Keane.  Two years later, I remember seeing the IIAW video at my friend's house, and I didn't like it so much (still my least favourite Keane song), so I was kind of neutral about Keane at the time.  A year and a half ago, I heard ABD on a TV show, and I loved it so much, I scribbled the lyrics on a napkin, and Googled them to see who they were by.  I decided it was time to hear the rest of Keane's repetoire, and voila, I became a Keane fan.

Hi. This is my first post. I've heard Keane's singles off Hopes and Fears on the radio, then my friend made me a CD of it and I've been a fan since. I especially liked them since I play the piano and could play along with their songs. Went to my first Keane concert May 9th at the Hollywood Palladium with my sister and it's taken me to a whole new level of appreciation for them. I came on here to watch some video clips and read through some of their blogs and interviews. Wow, what a great bunch of guys.

Is it any wonder was the fist song that I listen fron Keane, I thought it was just amazing, but I began to found out more of Keane and I top with Somewhere Only We Know, incredible song, then I herad all Hopes And Fears, GOD! such an amazing album. In 2007 when they came to Mexico I was alredy a fan, but only a fan and I didnt go to that concert. Later on 2008/2009 I become one of the biggest fans of Keane, listening their b-sides and their live presentations, being Under The Iron Sea my fist album of Keane. Finally, at the day of today and thanks to this incredible site I am one of the millons of Keane´s real fans

Maybe, I discovered KEANE in the second half of 2006...that was a little happenstance. One day, I was watching 'The English Premiere League Football' which recorded. After the game finished, the video which introduces each clubs were shown until the next program starts. The songs of the British bands were playing there as background music. I was fascinated by a one of the tunes, and I liked the song in no time. But I did not know the song name and band's name because not displayed on. I replayed the video repeatedly and caught some lyrics and searched 'Who is the man I see' on the Internet. The answers were easily found. I knew only a name about a band called KEANE. A few days later, I listened UTIS and became their big fan, and continues up to now. If someone ask me my most favorite song of them, I will always answer, 'Crystal Ball'.

all thanks to my mum, she had hopes and fears and i liked the songs then we saw them when they came to sheffield and they were amazing xx

I must admit that for a year or so I'd only listen to Keane while getting stoned and even then it was only Sunshine, Untitled 1, and Bedshaped.  After being introduced to them, I'd listen to them on and off for a while but then last fall I hit a rough spot in life and their lyrics began to speak to me like nothing else and it really helped me out. 

So I've been a fan for about two years now and saw them in Chicago on Saturday which was an amazing show and completely worth it.

ha ha my experience is weird. i was freakin bored one day and i was in Mongolia in summer 2005, Asia ya know. then i was flipping through channels and finnaly stopped on MTV Asia then i saw this asian GIRL tv host blabbering about keane and sowk then i was like wtf! idC! then i watched the video and the song then i was hooked man! but when i first saw the Everybody's changing video in 2005 also in Mongolia i thought tim was on drugs and so does richard cuz ya know in the beginning of the video were tim and richard moves kinda stRANGE! also because they looked freakin' PALE IN THAT VIDEO. HA HA BACK THEN I THOUGHT KEANE WAS PRETTY WEIRD CUZ I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD! nOW I THINK KEANE IS THE BEST THING AROUND! IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU CAN CHANGE OVER TIME!

In the Danish radio a s***load of years ago.

I actually first thought it was Travis until I told my gran to shut up so I could hear the name of the band playing - she still hasn't forgiven me for that :D

Mind you, I think it might have been in 2004, because it was EC and Danish radios are so f***ing slow to get the international music!

I had heard "Somewhere Only We Know" and "Everybody's Changing" on our local alternative station, WFNX, several times in 2004, but it wasn't until May 2005 that I got hooked on them.

My husband and I were on vacation in France and SOWK came on the radio as we were eating in a cafe in Brittany.  It seemed the perfect song for that moment, and I bought Hopes & Fears when we returned to the States. :)

I always loved music (even though my parents weren't big music people) but was the type of person that would never remember the band names or song titles of songs (so you can imagine how that went trying to buy things!), so in late 2003, I was listening to a lot of internet radio stations to broaden my horizons, find some new music..etc. I was listening to Virgin Radio and all of a sudden, "Somewhere Only We Know" comes on and I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with the song (the piano, Tom's voice..everything!).

Became totally obssessed with finding out where they were from, when their album was coming up, if they were going to be playing live. Was bummed to find out I had just missed their gig at Mercury Lounge in NYC (Nov 2003) by a week (GAH! 250 capacity venue!) so when I found out they'd be playing Knitting Factory in 2004, I was there! Ever since then, I've gone to as many shows as I can and yesterday marked my 17th time seeing Keane :)

sam1:

KEANE music became my vitamins, can't get going until I have a dose of  it.

Ha Ha, Keane is MY sleeping pill, I drift off to sleep every night to Tom's woderful voice on my ipod player/alarm clock thing.

Good to know they've got you hooked.