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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 2, 2010 5:02:28 GMT -5
Have they disappeared of the face of the earth? Or have i missed something?
2 great albums followed by some sizeable gigs and then a questionable 3rd album with a half arsed tour...
Any news?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 11:31:11 GMT -5
They just finished their tour earlier this year, why should they be doing anything but relaxing right now? Humbug was a deliberate attempt to get out of the lights. Apparently they're working on some tunes but there's nothing concrete going on, judging by recent interviews.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Nov 2, 2010 12:25:14 GMT -5
They're good live, that's for sure. Really enjoyed the gig I went to last year, the night was epic.
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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 2, 2010 12:38:40 GMT -5
They just finished their tour earlier this year, why should they be doing anything but relaxing right now? Humbug was a deliberate attempt to get out of the lights. Apparently they're working on some tunes but there's nothing concrete going on, judging by recent interviews. aha so they are still on the planet then. Good stuff |
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Post by barnafin95 on Nov 2, 2010 17:01:33 GMT -5
Probabaly disappeared up Josh Homme's arse  hope their next album is NOTHING like humbug |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 17:26:06 GMT -5
Probabaly disappeared up Josh Homme's arse hope their next album is NOTHING like humbug Homme=Genius. |
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Nov 2, 2010 19:18:48 GMT -5
Hopefully we never hear of them again.
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Post by globe on Nov 2, 2010 19:33:41 GMT -5
Hopefully we never hear of them again. You should probably just forget about whether you hear the Arctic Monkeys again or not and concentrate on pretending to be a Newcastle fan  |
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 3, 2010 2:59:09 GMT -5
Humbug was a great album, I really loved it. Although I loved their first two albums too, it was very good of them to try something they've never done before.
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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 3, 2010 6:43:50 GMT -5
I liked 3 or 4 tracks off humbug but the first 2 albums were pure class as were all the B-sides.
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Post by Bring It On Dan on Nov 3, 2010 15:58:55 GMT -5
First album is good if a little overrated for me. 2nd is like the first but Humbug I really enjoyed. Be interesting to see where they go from Humbug
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 4, 2010 5:39:36 GMT -5
^ Agreed.
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Post by Marcos on Nov 4, 2010 9:20:13 GMT -5
First album is good if a little overrated for me. 2nd is like the first but Humbug I really enjoyed. Be interesting to see where they go from Humbug I don't think their first album is overrated. Was brilliant at the time and still is imo. I don't like the second one, was just more of the same. But Humbug made me be interested in them again. Love that album! |
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Post by seymourstein on Nov 4, 2010 22:30:57 GMT -5
WPSIA was named like 5th best British album ever by NME and there's about 5 decent songs on the whole record. If that's not overrated I don't know what is.
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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 5, 2010 6:50:25 GMT -5
imo the only song on the debut that is shite is Riot Van, it just doesnt roll well for me.
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Post by seymourstein on Nov 5, 2010 9:49:24 GMT -5
Yeah Riot Van sucks. I mean other than that none of the songs are bad (although Fake Tales always annoyed me) but the majority are pretty forgettable.
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Post by Cast on Nov 5, 2010 10:09:49 GMT -5
Love their first two albums. Humbug is decent enough and they needed to change it up. I found them a bit disappointing live though. I was expecting to be blown away and i wasn't.
Arctic Monkeys are a great band to listen to time to time. They aren't like a band I that a adore (although i love the first two albums). Plus I still think the rifles are a far better band. Turner's lyrics are brilliant though.
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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 5, 2010 10:14:53 GMT -5
They are hit and miss live. When i Saw them the first time they played Reading festival they were great but the other times their setlist was very strange and they almost played too slow.
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Nov 5, 2010 12:32:56 GMT -5
WPSIA was named like 5th best British album ever by NME and there's about 5 decent songs on the whole record. If that's not overrated I don't know what is. Agreed, and I barely ever agree with you. |
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Post by barnafin95 on Nov 7, 2010 15:55:34 GMT -5
Nah, there's only about 2 songs on the album that AREN'T brilliant  |
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Post by paranoidandroid on Nov 8, 2010 5:59:53 GMT -5
The Jeweller's hands on humbug is on my fave songs!
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Post by The Morning Son on Nov 29, 2010 16:37:42 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the 2nd and 3rd albums, sometimes the punky first albums that bands release never get me hooked. I prefer a band to have a complex and well thought album and then go for it on the tour.
However there is always one exception to the rule..........Definitely Maybe. Having said that I think the tunes on that were the result of a lot of hard work. One thing I will say for an album is that you can usually tell how much effort has been put into the songs and the sessions.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2010 0:52:10 GMT -5
They're announced for Benicassim, so they're touring next year!
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Post by SunshineLullaby on Dec 2, 2010 13:16:15 GMT -5
Miles Kane said on some chat show November 27 that Al's working on "Monkey 4". I'm pretty sure we can derive his meaning from that.
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Post by Liffonmelsmork on Dec 13, 2010 13:09:54 GMT -5
I'd love to see Arctic Monkeys come up with something different again. I'm a big fan of Humbug. I prefer it to Favourite Worst Nightmare, which to me it sounds more of the same like Marcos said, just a bit more surreal and a bigger mix if that makes any sense. I still like it a lot though. Humbug's one of those albums that I listen to one track, then feel I have to listen to the whole thing, I think 10 tracks is a decent length for it. I always want the ending of The Jeweller's Hands to go on for ages! It starts to blend into a weird, whirling fairground-style mixture and then ends before you know it. WPSIA was named like 5th best British album ever by NME and there's about 5 decent songs on the whole record. If that's not overrated I don't know what is. "I don't like a particular band so that means they're overrated. My opinions are the undisputable truth and there's no such thing as subjectivity, for it is a myth that was dreamt up by dangerous free-thinkers to keep people from expressing themselves as individuals, for fear of being thought of as different." And that's not meant to be a personal attack, it's just why I can rarely be bothered with these kind of forums now. And I know nobody cares. It's just thread after thread of someone saying "This song is shit!" and then someone saying back to them "No, it's amazing, you're an idiot!", hardly anyone has the bollocks to agree to disagree. |
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