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Post by jeffrey on Sept 29, 2022 16:25:32 GMT -5
He’s definitely changed as an artist and that’s his right but I’m not into lounge acts, so kind of a bummer for me… To each their own though!
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Post by oasisserbia on Sept 29, 2022 19:09:45 GMT -5
It is not very good, nothing to with their style. I fucking love TBH&C but imo, this is just not very good song.
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Post by fabulousbakers on Sept 29, 2022 19:49:58 GMT -5
...You won’t be hearing another “AM” this year. That's great news. I'm looking forward to another Tranquility Base style album. |
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Post by WirralRiddler on Sept 29, 2022 23:50:22 GMT -5
"There's still a trace of body paint, on your legs and on your arms and on your face" When i first read the lyrics without hearing the song i wondered how that could possible work as the chorus, but after just a few (dozen) listens its catchy as hell  Also can't wait to hear the studio version of "Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am", really grown on me recently that one. Gearing up to be another great album, 21st Oct can't come soon enough. |
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Post by oasisserbia on Sept 30, 2022 3:07:15 GMT -5
That is better. I need some cover with someone who can sing to find how good this song actually is. |
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Post by welshylad on Sept 30, 2022 3:34:05 GMT -5
Was gonna get tickets for them this morning as their are playing 10 minutes drive from me.......Till I saw they were £85, no thanks  |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Sept 30, 2022 5:20:24 GMT -5
I don’t think the “There’s still a trace of body paint…” hook is anywhere near good enough. Consequently, the second half of
the song just doesn’t work at all. All the tension that is supposed to be there as a result of breaking up the rhythm isn’t, and so there’s no sense of resolution to the refrain; it just sits there limply, signifying nothing.
I think it’s a poorly written song. And I’m quite surprised about that.
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Post by oasisserbia on Sept 30, 2022 7:58:10 GMT -5
I was listening to Body Paint yesterday before sleep and today I woke up with There’d Better Be a Mirrorball in my head and I am today completely in love with that song for the first time 🤣 Maybe next single will make me to fall in love with Body Paint.
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Post by El Auténtico Dios on Sept 30, 2022 9:40:03 GMT -5
Just Preordered Japanese OBI edition. Maybe the two best songs I heard from them.
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Post by oasisserbia on Oct 2, 2022 11:04:32 GMT -5
Body Paint is definitely b side material. Yeah, he doesn't want to write pop songs anymore and they changed and all that...it doesn't mean that good song don't need strong structure among many other things.
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Post by morning_rain on Oct 5, 2022 3:39:25 GMT -5
Love the new song and the music videos they're releasing this album cycle.
TBH&C did nothing for me except for two songs, but this hits in a different way.
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Post by LightsOffInside on Oct 5, 2022 10:28:36 GMT -5
Body Paint is an improvement, especially after watching it live. Not a patch on their pre-Tranquility works, but better, I really like the piano in that song, and the lyrics are a bit less nonsensical.
Still not a fan of Mirrorball though. But I will give the album a thorough listen
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Post by fabulousbakers on Oct 5, 2022 15:45:00 GMT -5
...it doesn't mean that good song don't need strong structure among many other things. There's no prerequisites or magic list of boxes that need ticking first to make a song "good". |
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Post by oasisserbia on Oct 7, 2022 16:42:03 GMT -5
It sounds like debut song from some indie band where all members are 17 years old. It is ok but you hope that they will develop their songwriting skills as they get older.
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Post by yeayeayeah on Oct 8, 2022 2:06:36 GMT -5
Body Paint is okay. I far preferred the singles for TBHC. These just sound dull!
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 8, 2022 4:53:24 GMT -5
Listened to the last album and the singles from this one again, had a pleasant listening experience, and cannot remember much about any song other than the catchiness of Four Stars Out of Five. Feels like a great vibe that isn't being given the exploration and songwriting it deserves. I get that it's not trying to be a conventional "song-structure" thing, but I don't know, when it does delve a little closer to that, I feel like it works a lot better. This is a very enjoyable piece of music:
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Post by funhouse on Oct 8, 2022 7:17:07 GMT -5
It sounds like debut song from some indie band where all members are 17 years old. Given the age of the members when they recorded their debut(and best album), this is actually the highest praise you could give them. |
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Post by oasisserbia on Oct 8, 2022 8:19:04 GMT -5
I am still waiting to hear an album and believe in them but that is the feeling that I get.
It sounds like something even pre Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
It sounds like indie pop that guys in their teenage years or early 20s are making.
I just don't hear that mature sound that everyone are talking about. Which doesn't mean that it has to be a bad thing, maybe it will be an album with great vibes.
But if are talking about maturing and songs complexity, and that is what almost everyone are praising talking about these songs, I don't here it.
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was that, to me first singles are sounding more like Lana Del Ray, Alexandra Savior, Submarine soundtrack...than Leonard Cohen for example.
Which again is no problem but many people are making maturity as an argument when you mention that songs are just not good enough.
And arty indie pop is young man's game, if they can pull it off, great. But...
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Post by oasisserbia on Oct 11, 2022 16:59:22 GMT -5
New song
https://www.reddit.com/r/arcticmonkeys/comments/y1dbpj/arctic_monkeys_big_ideas_full_studio_brussel/
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Post by WirralRiddler on Oct 12, 2022 4:36:30 GMT -5
They did a small live set a couple days ago at Studio Brussel. The sound quality was really good, studio quality but live.
Not sure the new song itself has gripped me quite yet, I'm sure it will though. BIG IDEAS, the band was so excited.
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Post by WirralRiddler on Oct 12, 2022 5:06:32 GMT -5
Also just stumbled across this, which is somehow over 12 years old and I'd never seen it before. Not sure how that is even possible but glad i did, some might say this is peak Arctic Monkeys right here.
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Post by morning_rain on Oct 12, 2022 5:22:42 GMT -5
It sounds like debut song from some indie band where all members are 17 years old. It is ok but you hope that they will develop their songwriting skills as they get older. Actually it sounds the complete opposite to that. It sounds like a songwriter that crafted a strong technique over 15 years of career and then started to deconstruct it. The same way as Picasso mastered painting before developing cubism (not comparing Alex Turner's abilities to Picasso, but you get my point). |
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Post by WirralRiddler on Oct 12, 2022 5:44:48 GMT -5
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Post by mimmihopps on Oct 14, 2022 6:09:54 GMT -5
Got my ticket for May next year, 5th time seeing them.
I still need to check their new album.
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Post by oasisserbia on Oct 14, 2022 9:57:08 GMT -5
We all do.
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