Arctic Monkeys : Favourite Worst Nightmare (pop, genre, album, member)

Rainard Jalen · 03-23-2008, 04:43 AM

I can't lay claim to having shared in such an impression. Not least because I don't feel it's really accurate. There's more along the lines of "sonic assault" on FWN than the first album: not only is it faster, but considerably louder too. And most of the songs are full of rif***e anyway, I'm not sure what y'all mean - if anything, the momentum of Brianstorm carries all the way through until the end of Balaclava, the surge only being stopped by Fluorescent Adolescent and Only Ones Who Know.

From that point on, we are introduced to a new side of Arctic Monkeys - a darker, more sinister side full of brooding undertones. Do Me A Favour, This House Is A Circus and If You Were There, Beware epitomize the sound best. But these songs always deliver the rock-factor goods, ultimately. As does 505, one of the best things Alex Turner's ever written.

The style has clearly changed here, it's true, but that's in all ways a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If the first album was a bit more guitar riff driven, then this was more bass driven. But as far as the songwriting goes, FWN is undeniably superior. What people tend to forget is that the first time round, Arctic Monkeys while SORTA having their own thing also seemed to rely an awful lot on their Libertines influences, aping riffs from Up The Bracket and at least aping the general style at any rate. From Leave Before The Lights Come On to the present date, Arctic Monkeys have managed to shake off those influences and create a sound that's wholly them. This has come with greater depth and above all, stronger signs that there's a lot more to come from Turner.

adidasss · 03-23-2008, 05:42 AM

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Mr Sensitive · 03-23-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Why don't you?

I just don't see why the Arctic Monkeys are so spectacular. I've really tried listening to both their albums but I just can't get any enjoyment out of them whatsoever. Personally, I think the majority of the British public have gone bonkers.

Rainard Jalen · 03-23-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Sensitive

I just don't see why the Arctic Monkeys are so spectacular. I've really tried listening to both their albums but I just can't get any enjoyment out of them whatsoever. Personally, I think the majority of the British public have gone bonkers.

Right, so because you can't derive any enjoyment out of them, therefore everybody else on the other side are bonkers. Hmmmmm. Go back to U2, Keane and James Blunt, or whatever.

Mr Sensitive · 03-23-2008, 01:14 PM

I was just stating an opinion, no need to get your knickers in a twist. Also just because I don't like the Arctic Monkeys then I must be into bland music for upper class nitwits, hmmm?

jackhammer · 03-23-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Sensitive

I just don't see why the Arctic Monkeys are so spectacular. I've really tried listening to both their albums but I just can't get any enjoyment out of them whatsoever. Personally, I think the majority of the British public have gone bonkers.

Fair enough. I appreciate them for not playing a particulary commercial form of music (lack of chorus's for example) and the singing in their own regional dialect. Lyrically Turner is sublime and he has that northern wit thing down to a tee.

Mr Sensitive · 03-24-2008, 03:06 AM

That's probably why I don't relate to them, to be honest I am painfully southern.

adidasss · 03-24-2008, 05:08 AM

And I'm from the Balkans...

Piss Me Off · 03-24-2008, 05:52 AM

Biggest disappointment of last year, this is rubbish. Brianstorm i can live with, but afterwards its simply the most average songs ever written. The first album is great but this is just them doing the same thing as all the bands that copied them in the first place.

Rainard Jalen · 03-25-2008, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Biggest disappointment of last year, this is rubbish. Brianstorm i can live with, but afterwards its simply the most average songs ever written. The first album is great but this is just them doing the same thing as all the bands that copied them in the first place.

lol, what a load of twaddle. this was a considerable improvement on album no.1 and if anything, brianstorm itself is the most average half-assed song on the album. you just didn't get what you were expecting/wanting. that's all it is.

sad thing is, i'd bet you're one of those who thought hard-fi's pile of steaming horse excrement "once upon a time in the west" was good.

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03-23-2008, 05:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
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Mr Sensitive Hyperkinetic Rabbitything Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Noodle Mines Posts: 811	I was just stating an opinion, no need to get your knickers in a twist. Also just because I don't like the Arctic Monkeys then I must be into bland music for upper class nitwits, hmmm? __________________

03-24-2008, 03:06 AM	#17 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 05:08 AM	#18 (permalink)
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03-23-2008, 04:43 AM	#11 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	I can't lay claim to having shared in such an impression. Not least because I don't feel it's really accurate. There's more along the lines of "sonic assault" on FWN than the first album: not only is it faster, but considerably louder too. And most of the songs are full of rif**e anyway, I'm not sure what y'all mean - if anything, the momentum of Brianstorm* carries all the way through until the end of Balaclava, the surge only being stopped by Fluorescent Adolescent and Only Ones Who Know. From that point on, we are introduced to a new side of Arctic Monkeys - a darker, more sinister side full of brooding undertones. Do Me A Favour, This House Is A Circus and If You Were There, Beware epitomize the sound best. But these songs always deliver the rock-factor goods, ultimately. As does 505, one of the best things Alex Turner's ever written. The style has clearly changed here, it's true, but that's in all ways a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If the first album was a bit more guitar riff driven, then this was more bass driven. But as far as the songwriting goes, FWN is undeniably superior. What people tend to forget is that the first time round, Arctic Monkeys while SORTA having their own thing also seemed to rely an awful lot on their Libertines influences, aping riffs from Up The Bracket and at least aping the general style at any rate. From Leave Before The Lights Come On to the present date, Arctic Monkeys have managed to shake off those influences and create a sound that's wholly them. This has come with greater depth and above all, stronger signs that there's a lot more to come from Turner.

03-24-2008, 05:52 AM	#19 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Biggest disappointment of last year, this is rubbish. Brianstorm i can live with, but afterwards its simply the most average songs ever written. The first album is great but this is just them doing the same thing as all the bands that copied them in the first place. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape