Ar(rrrghh!)ctic Monkeys
Everybody's talking about them, their new album and apparently how great it is. NME even had the audacity to say it was the 5th Greatest British album EVER just days after it's release! I'm sat here thinking "why?"
OK, couple of months ago they come out with ...on the Dancefloor, pretty catchy and I still play it from time to time but to be honest there's not that much to it. Couldn't bring myself to buy any of their other tracks. So out comes their album and I listen to a few samples expecting some new material, but bloody hell it was like listening to the same song over and over. All seem to follow a very similar formula, fast-paced catchy guitar riff and with sharply-spoken lyrics over the top. I thought to myself, maybe a 30-second clip doesn't do the song justice, but then I saw the full track time and 30-seconds was practically the entire song!
Well ok slight exaggeration, but a majority of the songs are just 2-3 minutes long. That basically tells me there's nothing more to it, one catchy lyric and one guitar riff that they couldn't even stretch out to a full-length song. Yeh I can't really judge an entire album by a few samples...but I think I'm right.
Arctic monkeys, good in some ways but seriously overhyped. As for being the fifth greatest british album of all time, ask NME again in a few months when they're bored of it.
OK, couple of months ago they come out with ...on the Dancefloor, pretty catchy and I still play it from time to time but to be honest there's not that much to it. Couldn't bring myself to buy any of their other tracks. So out comes their album and I listen to a few samples expecting some new material, but bloody hell it was like listening to the same song over and over. All seem to follow a very similar formula, fast-paced catchy guitar riff and with sharply-spoken lyrics over the top. I thought to myself, maybe a 30-second clip doesn't do the song justice, but then I saw the full track time and 30-seconds was practically the entire song!
Well ok slight exaggeration, but a majority of the songs are just 2-3 minutes long. That basically tells me there's nothing more to it, one catchy lyric and one guitar riff that they couldn't even stretch out to a full-length song. Yeh I can't really judge an entire album by a few samples...but I think I'm right.
Arctic monkeys, good in some ways but seriously overhyped. As for being the fifth greatest british album of all time, ask NME again in a few months when they're bored of it.
posted by Quack at
9:21 PM
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I see reading my post was considered optional, I am not "into arctic guitar monkey tab." I'm getting the impression you want me to click the link to your .1st4profitonline.com website - do I presume you earn yourself some money if I do?
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Quack, at 9:44 PM, February 09, 2006
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