Arctic Monkeys

[Billy Corgan's Ego]

I'm blown away by this album.

I've never been a huge fan, and havent really listened to their last two albums, but this is sensational for my ears. 

[JoeyT]

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

[rgill3]

3 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

"We were going to make a good album but then we decided to make another absolute yawnfest"

You're in the know with them, aren't you? Just ask them to make you some tunes that you want to hear.

[MaxPower]

5 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

"We were going to make a good album but then we decided to make another absolute yawnfest"

 

Why do you spend so much time in this thread about a band you don’t like?

[scatteredscreens]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

What is this take though? I think it's just easier to say you don't like the current trajectory (which is completely fine) than this weird hypothetical. It's almost as if you're saying they should just completely stay in one lane because that's the one that makes it popular. It's not even a massive shift tbh, they've hardly pulled a Talk Talk where their earlier stuff is miles away from their last two albums to a point in which record executives cried when they heard the albums.

[fraybentos1]

6 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

Could say that about any band ever tbh. Oasis weren't selling out stadiums at the end cause Dig Out Your Soul was good. 

They change their sound every record, maybe one day they will go back to doing something you prefer.

 

[JoeyT]

3 minutes ago, MaxPower said:

Why do you spend so much time in this thread about a band you don’t like?

Because there's still an angsty 15 year old inside me who remembers the utter joy had from listening to Mardy Bum in the 6th form common room having downloaded it pre-first album release on Limewire feels let down.

I'll stop now 😂

[fraybentos1]

Mardy Bum is without a doubt their most over rated tune imo

[scatteredscreens]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Because there's still an angsty 15 year old inside me who remembers the utter joy had from listening to Mardy Bum in the 6th form common room having downloaded it pre-first album release on Limewire feels let down.

I'll stop now 😂

That music still exists though, and your enjoyment of it shouldn't be deferred by a newer release. 

[st dan]

If you look at their run of output from Suck It And See to The Car (and even include Submarine and Everything You’ve Come To Expect), you’ll see that AM was an anomaly in terms of their musical development and progression.

Without that, you’d be going back 15 years to 2007 for their last true ‘rock’ sound, so it’s surprising that so many still expect it from them. 

[fraybentos1]

Just now, st dan said:

If you look at their run of output from Suck It And See to The Car (and even include Submarine and Everything You’ve Come To Expect), you’ll see that AM was an anomaly in terms of their musical development and progression.

Without that, you’d be going back 15 years to 2007 for their last true ‘rock’ sound, so it’s surprising that so many still expect it from them. 

SIAS has a few rocky ones in there. Dont sit down, library pictures, Brick by Brick (i try not think about this one tho)

[NorthernSoul52]

Have to say, will maintain these songs will die on their arse in a large crowd.

But I'm looking forward to hearing some of them. Some lovely sonic textures.

[scatteredscreens]

I've said this before but do people really want Alex Turner to be writing about a chippy tea on the way back from College at the ripe age of 36?

[BenG92]

13 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

It's not even a debate really, 100% no. Well, "not heard of" is obviously untrue but they would not be international stadium filling megastars based on TBHC + The Car, no. 

That's not a bad thing, that's just them using their success to do something they clearly actually want to do rather than being crowd-pleasers. Filmmakers do it all the time. One for them, one for us.

[st dan]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

SIAS has a few rocky ones in there. Dont sit down, library pictures, Brick by Brick (i try not think about this one tho)

Aye suppose, but you wouldn’t really class the album as a whole as being full of ‘bangers’. Certainly not against their first two releases anyway.

Edited October 21, 2022 by st dan

[scatteredscreens]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

Have to say, will maintain these songs will die on their arse in a large crowd.

But I'm looking forward to hearing some of them. Some lovely sonic textures.

I agree with you, some of the people I know going to the Sheff gig are gonna be in for a shocker when they whip out the moog for Sculptures of Anything Goes.

[FatAmmy]

1 minute ago, scatteredscreens said:

I've said this before but do people really want Alex Turner to be writing about a chippy tea on the way back from College at the ripe age of 36?

Why do you think the lyrics are what people have an issue with?

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, scatteredscreens said:

I agree with you, some of the people I know going to the Sheff gig are gonna be in for a shocker when they whip out the moog for Sculptures of Anything Goes.

There was a very noticeable mid-set lull during proceedings at Leeds Festival this summer, in the five-song run through That's Where You're Wrong, Pretty Visitors, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? and I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am. Two of those pulled more muted reactions than I anticipated, and it blended into something of a twenty-minute soporific stint in a crowd that massive. Say what people like to say about Dave and The 1975, but couldn't recall such a prolonged gulf in energy levels. (Granted, this could well be comparative - the crowd went absolutely nuts for the first five songs of the night.)

[Justcalledtosay]

12 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Mardy Bum is without a doubt their most over rated tune imo

First dance at my wedding. Cheers

[Crouchinho76]

28 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

One word. Subjectivity.

 

No one is making you listen. 

[Punksnotdead]

40 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

And Paul McCartney wouldn't have headlined Glastonbury if he'd only ever released his solo stuff. So what? It's a pointless argument!

[willd255]

51 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Purely based on their latest two albums I'd say there's an enormous argument to be had on if we'd have ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys without the albums which preceded them.

Fight.

Albums they made. If you don't like the new stuff, don't listen to it - simple as

The reason they're as good as they are is because they have never and will never pander to expectations

[AlexOvd]

Surprised for the possitive reaction here. The album is pure shit, as expected.

[rgill3]

Would have loved to have seen the Beatles thread when the White Album dropped. Everyone up in arms wondering why they didn't release A Hard Day's Night 2.

[scatteredscreens]

14 minutes ago, AlexOvd said:

Surprised for the possitive reaction here. The album is pure shit, as expected.

😂