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Started by Dennis in Other Bands & Artists

Ok, there’s no arguing against the fact that these guys have had way too much hype and NME coverage - and check out the stupid amount of 5 star reviews on Amazon - but , aside from all that cack, what do YOU think of Arctic Monkeys..?

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 15:17

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#1

Isness wrote:

Average, sub-Franz Ferdinand pap with decent lyrics.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 15:57

#2

Dennis wrote:

Isness wrote:

Average, sub-Franz Ferdinand pap with decent lyrics.

sub-Franz Ferdinand?! Fuck me, them’s harsh words!!

I can’t fucking stand FF…!

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 16:32

#3

Isness wrote:

I quite like Franz Ferdinand, although the second album got pretty tiresome. But it’s the stomping drums and angular guitars on the Arctic Monkeys albums that remind me of them. Lots of the riffs are incredibly Franz-esque, only without the pompous charm that makes them what they are.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 16:39

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30seconds wrote:

Yes, overhyped!
I Like the album though, fun, but it doesn’t have a long shelf life I’m afraid.
I think the NME got it oh so very wrong placing them at no.5 in the best british albums of ALL TIME! :rolleyes:

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 17:27

#5

Unrequited_lad wrote:

Not my cup of tea, I suppose, but I don’t think they’re awful. They just don’t deserve the hype.

Actually, having thought about it, yeah, they’re fucking awful.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 18:35

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Andy D (Andy) wrote:

Definitely overhyped but if you give the album a fair chance without being prejudiced. It’s way up there with albums like A Certain Trigger, Stars Of CCTV, Employment and You Could Have It So Much Better. Still no Silent Alarm though.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 19:02

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30seconds wrote:

Fiestaboy wrote:

Definitely overhyped but if you give the album a fair chance without being prejudiced. It’s way up there with albums like A Certain Trigger, Stars Of CCTV, Employment and You Could Have It So Much Better. Still no Silent Alarm though.

All of them albums also have little shelf life I’m afraid(with the exception of ‘silent alarm’).
I certainly agree with alot of people being prejudiced about the album before they have heard it. The whirlwind of hype has really forced alot of the ‘Individuals’ to judge them before they have heard it, and it is a strong album. No indie classic though, I’d much rather be listening to belle and sebastian or the old smiths and Joy divison albums anyday!!

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 19:10

#8

mr self destruct wrote:

I think I must be one of the only people in the country not to have heard even a single song. I’ve seen a photo and they look about 12.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 20:45

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varshamail@tiscali.c wrote:

Title: arctic monkeys

just want to say i’ve heard the album&what comes to mind is there’s four good tunes&8or9 others borrowed from the other 4 if u know what i mean.Also sounds very Graham coxon&Blur-esque.

Posted on Wed, 1 February 2006 at 22:36

#10

buffalo-boy wrote:

I heard them for the 1st time the other day and I have to say, was most disapointed considering all the hype they get. You know the NME though, they hype and people follow. Maybe thats why I hate it!

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 08:13

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Taunty Dan wrote:

Fiestaboy wrote:

Definitely overhyped but if you give the album a fair chance without being prejudiced. It’s way up there with albums like A Certain Trigger, Stars Of CCTV, Employment and You Could Have It So Much Better. Still no Silent Alarm though.

“Up there”? or did you mean “down there”? ;)

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 08:56

#12

Citizen Erased wrote:

Think that people will probably get tired of Arctic Monkeys soon, but …Dancefloor is quite good. I think they’ll burn out fast though.

Hard-fi are inexplicably popular. They are crap and dreary and not the new Clash at all. Joe Strummer must be laughing in his coffin.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 09:32

#13

Dennis wrote:

Citizen Erased wrote:

Hard-fi are inexplicably popular. They are crap and dreary and not the new Clash at all. Joe Strummer must be
laughing in his coffin.

Indeed!

I heard on Kerrang! radio this morning that they have added a second date at the Wolverhampton Civic after the first sold out…Contrast that with the last time I saw Therapy?, which was in the smaller Wulfrun Hall (in the same building) and was half empty, there just ain’t no accounting for Joe Public’s taste, is there?

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 09:36

#14

Citizen Erased wrote:

They supported Green Day last summer and were dreadful. Hard To Beat is definitely a good reason to retune your radio.

T? fans are an elite and therefore will remain few in number. We rock though, doncha think?

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 09:56

#15

Dennis wrote:

Citizen Erased wrote:

They supported Green Day last summer and were dreadful. Hard To Beat is definitely a good reason to retune your radio.

T? fans are an elite and therefore will remain few in number. We rock though, doncha think?

We certainly do ;) Fortunately, I got to the Green Day gig late enough to miss Hard-Fi, which was a shrewd move on my part.

And just how shit a name for a band is Hard Fi?!

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 10:02

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romy wrote:

mr self destruct wrote:

I think I must be one of the only people in the country not to have heard even a single song. I’ve seen a photo and they look about 12.

i can’t believe you’ve been able to avoid them over there - when it’s even impossible to do so here in austria :eek: i salute you!!!

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 10:41

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

mr self destruct wrote:

I think I must be one of the only people in the country not to have heard even a single song. I’ve seen a photo and they look about 12.

I haven’t heard anything by them either, and i’m quite glad by the sounds of it.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 10:46

#18

mr self destruct wrote:

romy wrote:

i can’t believe you’ve been able to avoid them over there - when it’s even impossible to do so here in austria :eek: i salute you!!!

One of the advantages of not going out anymore :)

To be fair I’m sure I’ve unknowingly heard them in shops etc. but I’ve made no concerted effort to listen to them as I have no interest in music created by a bunch of toddlers ;)

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 11:54

#19

deadsetgav wrote:

Actually - I wouldnt mind hearing an album completely written, performed and recorded by animals. that would rock!

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:15

#20

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

All I’ve heard is the ‘Dancefloor’ song. Actually, the video. To be fair the singer precedes the song by mumbling ‘don’t believe the hype.’

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:16

#21

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Bollocking double posts. :s

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:17

#22

mr self destruct wrote:

deadsetgav wrote:

Actually - I wouldnt mind hearing an album completely written, performed and recorded by animals. that would rock!

Any animals in particular?

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:19

#23

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Whatever it is, not monkeys. They’re busy rewriting Shakespeare.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:22

#24

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

And not chipmunks. It’s been done already.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:23

#25

mr self destruct wrote:

A wolf medley would be nice.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:27

#26

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Isn’t that some kind of sorbet?

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:28

#27

mr self destruct wrote:

If that was a joke, which I very much fear it was, then I’m afraid I didn’t get it. ;)

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 12:31

#28

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

It’s no great loss. ;)

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 14:37

#29

Dennis wrote:

I got it.

But to be fair I actually ordered a polecat meringue.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 15:05

#30

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

That just-out-of-the-oven smell is to die for.

No, sorry: it’s to die _from_.

Posted on Thu, 2 February 2006 at 15:14

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