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Conclusion: it's not just a British disease, they like tripe everywhere.

― vinegar (Koens), Sunday, 2 October 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

More to the point, the Kaiser Chefs have a very distinctive sound and write decent songs. The Arctic Monkeys? I've already forgotten everything I've heard.

― Soukesian, Sunday, 2 October 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

That's the point.

― zeus (zeus), Sunday, 2 October 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Hang on, wasn't this thread supposed to be called Flush this question out ?

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 2 October 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually, no really please. can this kind of FUCKING BOLLOCKS please just go away. JUST GO AWAY AND STOP PLAGUING MY BRAIN! IF SOMEONE TALKS TO ME ABOUT HOW THERE'S SOME NEW BULLSHIT THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE STUFF THAT EVERYONE IGNORED BACK IN THE 70S EXCEPT ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE AND THEN WACKS A COCKING STICKER ON IT THAT SAYS SOMETHING UTTERLY FUCKING GHEY LIKE "THE MOST IMPORTANT BAND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS WEEK, SIGNED THE NME" PAYOLA CUNTING CRAP. I MEAN, THERE'S A BAND WHO PLAY AT MY LOCAL IN HITCHIN EVERY BLOODY WEEK WHO MAKE THIS EXACT SOUND AND ONLY THEIR FUCKING GIRLFRIENDS TURN UP TO SEE THEM AND EVEN THEY DON'T EVEN PAY THE £3 IT COSTS TO GET IN THE VENUE. NO, NO REALLY PLEASE. STOP FEEDING THE KIDS WITH THIS GUFF! I KNOW ILM IS ABOVE THIS CRAP BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER THAN TO BE REELED IN BY HEADLINES THAT SAY THINGS LIKE "THE ROCK'N'ROLL BAND WHO WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER" WEEK IN WEEK OUT AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BURN DOWN THE NEWSSTAND IN TESCOS EVERY TIME. EVERY FUCKING TIME. GET THE MESSAGE - THERE IS MORE TO MUSIC THAN THIS KIND OF COCKING BULLSHIT. PLEASE SOMEONE DO ME A BIG FAVOUR AND PUMP 10,000 GALLONS OF UNTREATED EFFLUENT THROUGH THE NME OFFICE'S LETTERBOX PRONTO.

AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR?

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 2 October 2005 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link

"PAYOLA CUNTING CRAP"

OTM. Nobody talks about it, but I must have ten music TV channels playing what seems like less than a dozen tracks over and over, all day long. This doen't happen by accident. "Taste-makers", my arse.

― Soukesian, Sunday, 2 October 2005 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I've liked Arctic Monkeys way more than Kaisers or Hard-Fi, but that's almost entirely because of the dude's voice. They sound like The Fall to me.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 October 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link

dog latin -

Capitalism: An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and controlled and which is characterized by competition and the profit motive.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 3 October 2005 08:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha, wow I need to stop going on the computer when I'm drunk.

Not sure what you're telling me here though Marcello...

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 October 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link

What I'm saying is that the NME probably needs the Arctic Monkeys more than vice versa.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 3 October 2005 09:15 (eighteen years ago) link

The NME needs scrapping is what it needs.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 3 October 2005 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link

DJ Martian not to thread please!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 October 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

dog latin = rock.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 3 October 2005 10:48 (eighteen years ago) link

FUCK YEAH! That was a tremendous rant dog latin.

― Stew (stew s), Monday, 3 October 2005 10:59 (eighteen years ago) link

dog latin OTMFM drunk or not.

THERE IS MORE TO MUSIC THAN THIS

That, for me is the nub. How much further inward can the horizons and expectations of mainstream 'indie' travel before the whole thing completely implodes? I think the answer is that it's already at that point creatively. The A*ctic Gibbons are not taking us on a fantastic voyage of "whoa! what was that?!" anytime soon.

The NME will be completely fucked (this time) if they fail to catch on to the next big wave of stuff more exciting than this piffle in time.

When students realise that the publication has less than 0.1% of a real clue about music (compare it with it's 1990's self even and it wasn't SO bad, even in the britpop/big-beat years ther was a smidge of diversity) and really is just a (grotty) lifestyle mag, they are as doomed as Melody Maker.

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Dom otm.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link

When the Arctic Monkeys discover drugs and the second album syndrome.. . we'll need another ~~Libertines~~, Artctic Monkeysstrike.
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link

But they haven't record their first album yet. Probably they will discover drugs before that!

― zeus (zeus), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

arctic back monkeys

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Monday, 3 October 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I love The Guardian:

According to one estimate there are already 142 different versions of various Arctic Monkeys songs floating around on the internet, some recorded by fans at concerts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1593705,00.html

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 17 October 2005 08:22 (eighteen years ago) link

It must be terribly exciting for them.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 17 October 2005 08:51 (eighteen years ago) link

i like them, i downloaded thier album last night and its cool fun

― Idle Idle (idleidleidle), Monday, 17 October 2005 09:34 (eighteen years ago) link

They're no Tripswitch Hinterland and that's for sure.

I like the Sheffield references, mainly as I seem to be loving Sheffield again, for some unearthly reason. apart from that, it's just same old same old. Or as they say in Thailand: same same but different

― Porkpie (porkpie), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I love the Artic Monkeys stuff. Definatly recomend it.
Found a good site that has loads of their stuff www.tunetribe.com
can't find their offical site though

― Max russull, Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Strangely enough, an unusually high number (greater than 10) of posters on this thread propping the AMs are unique posters, IE their posts on this thread are the only thing they've ever posted on ILM. Actually, nearly all of the pro-AMs posters are uniques. Funny, that.

Googlers?

Linked from another message board?

Street team?

Does street-teaming message boards count as spam?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

I think they're a good group, based on one hearing of one song.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

This thread is #90 on Google for Arctic Monkeys.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link

I got two emails based on what I said on this thread telling me I must be nuts for not liking the Arctic Monkeys!

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link

This is like 'Invasion of the body snatchers" . . hang on, there's someone at the door . . aaaaaargh!

― Soukesian, Thursday, 20 October 2005 17:10 (eighteen years ago) link

How come these idiots can find google's 90th hit, but can't find the "Artic Monkeys offical site" WHEN IT'S THE FIRST LINK IT GIVES?

I want a tribute band called the Artex Monkeys.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Or the Arsehole Monkeys.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 20 October 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

This thread is number three on search for "Artic Monkeys."

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Even when you search for "Artic Monkeys", the "offical site" is still the top link.

Max russull must be as thick as a brick.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 20 October 2005 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Hang on a minute these lads are 19 bar 1 who is 20 give them a break and respect the for what they have achieved, just by getting this reaction from u lot at that age shows that they have something special.Dont be so quick to criticise.They are doing positive music for the british youth, unlike other crybaby groups that seem to be flooding the industry at the minute.

― asgarner, Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I respect nothing. This includes you.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Another point is I would rather these lads be in the charts making music rather than so-called stars using samples and calling themselves ARTISTS.If I took a self portrait from a famous artist such as van Gough drew a moustache and a hat on it would I get any recognition.

― asgarner, Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:33 (eighteen years ago) link

A reply I would expect from a person with a name like like that.

― asgarner, Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:38 (eighteen years ago) link

A reply I would expect from a person with a name like like that.

What, "Ned"? Ooh, ooh! Do me next!

― telephone thing, Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Or maybe a name like "van Gough". Izzis who you mean? Cuz she'd look funny with a mustache.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/moiravangough.jpg

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:53 (eighteen years ago) link

"Van Gough" (pronounced "Van Goff" of course) leads me to imagine a sort of scruffy, vaguely creepy hobo-artist with a ragged top hat (and possibly a glass eye) who hangs out on street corners terrifying the gentry with unsavory propositions like "Paint yer nekkid for a sovereign, guv'nor."

― telephone thing, Sunday, 23 October 2005 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link

He has also trained his lice, fleas and other parasites to sing. He calls them Mr. Van Gough's Astonishing Circus of Wonder (Admission 5p; No Women, Those of Faint Disposition, or Irish).

― telephone thing, Sunday, 23 October 2005 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link

How much further inward can the horizons and expectations of mainstream 'indie' travel before the whole thing completely implodes?

I could get into the Libertines, despite the complete and utter played-outness of the four piece guitar band/Pete Doherty is the indie Keith Richards narrative. Hell, I even like Oasis. However after downloading some of the 142 Arctic Monkeys tracks that are floating around the net, I only made it about 30 seconds through the first track before deleting the entire lot from iTunes. Thank you, technology, for saving me from spending $7.99 on the import CD single of this crap.

― John Hunter, Sunday, 23 October 2005 06:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Another point is I would rather these lads be in the charts making music rather than so-called stars using samples and calling themselves ARTISTS.

I would rather a decent band be in the charts making music rather than this bunch of silly "teens" with their loutish fans, dumb street team and horrible, untalented overuse of Protools: guitar music doesn't sound like how this band does without computers being used somewhere, you idiot.

Alternatively, I would be happy for Arctic Monkeys to be in the charts WITHOUT making any music.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 23 October 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

their music is OK-to-pretty-good at best, but the relentless gale-force marketing behind the arctic monkeys is incredibly galling. newsflash to street team: people tend to take umbrage at such obvious efforts at manipulation of taste; it's always going to backfire sooner or later, especially when the content is as thin as this.

― karaz, Sunday, 23 October 2005 11:00 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

According to the fucking NME the fucking Arctic Monkeys is only the fucking fifth best fucking album ever!
Do they fucking seriously expect me to fucking believe that fucking load of fucking shit. They can fucking well fuck off the fucking cunts!

― jackcarter (jackcarter), Sunday, 29 January 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link

This thread is #90 on Google for Arctic Monkeys.

Arctic Monkeys is #1 on Google for Monkeys. Above actual monkeys. That can't be right.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 30 January 2006 12:55 (eighteen years ago) link

jaysus.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Monday, 30 January 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I just tried that and I got Twelve Monkeys (the film) as #1 for monkeys. Second is Famous Monkeys Through History, which doesn't mention the Sheffield rock 'n rollers.

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:9KV5lwKW3ANQpM:www.noordinarymonkey.com/peas.jpg

― asdfasd, Monday, 30 January 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

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i love the parts when you can see people milling around in the background just not even paying attention or giving the slightest shit

― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 31 August 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link

oh well this is old i guess (july) so there was probably already a thread about it. never mind, carry on

― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 31 August 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link

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