I was a huge fan of The Arctic Monkeys in the ‘Mardy Bum’ days. Their unique pub rock sound made me nostalgic and happy. Hip? Nah it was straight shooting Brit fun from a bunch of scruffy rogues. When Florescent Adolescent came about I took my fan card and checked out.
Its always sad to watch a band you love decline but that’s what fame will do. They were homogenized and pulverized, wined dined and blow dried until they became nothing more than just another British band. RIP Arctic Monkeys.
But then this.. this in the week of Beatles tribute. The boys hop up on stage and absolutely pulverize a perfectly wonderful tune. “All My Loving” is a classic upbeat pop tune that in the hands of the Arctic Monkeys come in and smash to oblivion in a sad attempt to ‘make it their own’. Some tunes should never be tweaked. Classic rock tunes unless done in an even more upbeat tempo.
This God awful slowed down hunk of shit tune makes me nearly want to punch my ears to pulp. What the hell are they thinking? While Davide Letterman had every crap artist balk out a Beatles tune simply because his desk is on the Ed Sullivan stage- these blow hards are dragging a classic through the mud. These guys now join the pompous useless ass brigade with U2 and Coldplay. Its just a matter of time before Turner stops worshiping his hair and starts saving starving Pygmies in Borneo.
Johns glad to be dead, and more than Georges guitar is weeping over this one…