arctic monkeys

[dnnsmanace]

Pretty ironic how their slogan is "dont believe the hype." Other than the songs that were already available online months ago, the album isnt anything special. Oh well...

[Tisswat]

Saw them play last november and they were awesome. I couldn't care less if they are hyped or not. I like the music.

Reporter: "What do you think about western civilization?"

Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."

[witts]

Quote:

Pretty ironic how their slogan is "dont believe the hype." Other than the songs that were already available online months ago, the album isnt anything special. Oh well...

--- Original message by dnnsmanace on Jan 29, 2006 09:06 PM

the album is amazing

[parish]

man arctic monkeys are one of the best things happened to music in the last years

[MikeN]

I agree. I love em. Saw them last time they were in NY, and I'm gonna go see them again in Philly and NYC.

[keska]

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all u ppl are vampires btw -_-'

anyway theyre great!

I'm ninja(you can't see me)

[amadoriv]

does anyone have any tickets for the Arcitic Monkeys/Spinto Band show in D.C. in late March? They've been sold out for a while =(

[RobbertJan]

they are getting a lot of hype, but i agree the album is great! nice mix of the libertines guitar riffs and the streets spot-on lyrics and judging from some live stuff they are brilliant on stage! to bad a'dam show was sold out.....you going tisswat? melkweg somewhere feb.

my favorite song is ritz to the rubble

''I'm a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm/i'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb/I am the world's forgotten boy/The one who searches and destroys''...James Jewel Osterberg

[Tisswat]

Decided not to buy tickets for their Melkweg gig. I think seeing them play for the second time will spoil the memory of the Paradiso gig somehow.. I'm kind of weird like that.

Reporter: "What do you think about western civilization?"

Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."

[Astoria VIII]

I think the Arctic Monkeys are decent. The hype is definitely overblown but they're far from being shithouse.

But speaking of bands who can thank hype for helping make them what they are, I still think Mister Casablancas and his Strokes are still the standard...and I mean that in a good way.

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[horriblyjollyjinx]

hyppppppppppe.. they're boring, no distintive sound.

dontcaretoomuchforcrap CANT SKATE!!

[alex_844]

^^^ i agree.

nothing too incredible. kinda boring.

i can understand their appeal though, and i defintiely enjoy some of their songs.

they could also use a new name.

[johninger]

bloc party, franz ferdinand, libertines, art brut, razorlight, arctic monkeys

long list of NME hyped bands that were decent but never lived up to the hype.

that said i think arctic monkeys single is quite clever and franz ferdinands the fallen has a couple of great riffs that any of the great jim's would have been proud of.

Well excuse me! Excuse me...

[Tisswat]

I really don't get the whole 'hype' discussion. Either you like a band/album or you don't. What difference does the popularity of these bands make?

Reporter: "What do you think about western civilization?"

Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."

[darkanimal]

I feel the same way. It's just music... no big deal. I do like some of their songs and have seen them live. If they don't make it big in America, who cares. I'll still have them in my playlist

[sarno]

it's just music? no. it's not.

hype does not equal passion.

[tom1]

arctic mokeys are awesome! i saw franza ferdinand a few months ago, pretty good live. nine black alps are also another one of my favourite bands, worth checking out if u havnt hear there stuff!

[tom1]

also check out the departure

Edited by tom1 on Mar 13, 2006 at 01:53 PM

[BIGFISH_SMALL POND]

I saw the Arctic Monkeys 2 days ago on Saturday Night Live and loved them. I had never heard of them before.. Right after the show I started downloading their cd.

Edited by BIGFISH_SMALL POND on Mar 13, 2006 at 06:12 PM

[angrypork]

I'm kinda on the fence with them. At the moment they don't sound like anything special to me. I guess I've just gotta sit down and listen to the whole album some time. I really find it hard to believe that this is the best selling UK debut (or something like that).

[moongirl]

they're aight. but i love the name!

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[kefff is]

Quote:

Pretty ironic how their slogan is "dont believe the hype." Other than the songs that were already available online months ago, the album isnt anything special. Oh well...

--- Original message by dnnsmanace on Jan 29, 2006 09:06 PM

I'm not sure that could be any further from being ironic. Not bothered with the album yet myself.

[cheapmuthafukr]

you know... i really wanted to like it, but i dont. i got the album, thought it was great the first time i heard it, then liked it less and less untill i gave it away.

simplicity we use to survive, do what you doing properly, thats the way thru life

[keska]

^REALLY!

no man i still like it very much.

i dont know what you guys mean by hype. i listen to whatever i like and i very much like the arctic monkeys. then again i just like indie rock in general. where im from no1 listens to that kind of music so what would the hype be about? i thoght the arctic monkeys werent that popular.

Wanted:money

[RobbertJan]

^ in england they are being referred to as the 5th best british band ever.....i'd call that a hype....still a good album though

''I'm a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm/i'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb/I am the world's forgotten boy/The one who searches and destroys''...James Jewel Osterberg

[keska]

nice, well i think theyre realy good and after reading their story(assuming its true) they deserve some recognition.

Wanted:money

[tweeds]

overrated, i feel, but i can see why people like them. decent stuff.

[panikEpenguin]

i hope their hype fizzes out already; they aren't doing anything new. too much hives, franz, and way too much generic ipod silhouette dance inciting. the libertines are leagues better imo.

you'd know if you were handsome

[RobbertJan]

^libertines are better because pete is the best songwriter of last decade and maybe longer

but alex turner is a brilliant lyricist to! if you listen to the lyrics they are really good and they describe the ordinary life in a great way

''I'm a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm/i'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb/I am the world's forgotten boy/The one who searches and destroys''...James Jewel Osterberg

[englandmj7]

Quote: libertines are better because pete is the best songwriter of last decade and maybe longer

Come, come now........I wouldn't quite take it that far.