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The alchemist by Iron Maiden, Last chance at love by Foxy Shazam, Your up gets me down by Sator, Out of here by The Dahmers, Let the good times roll by JD McPherson, Devil may care by Heavy Tiger.
sturm und drang-lamb of god, deceiver of the gods-amon amarth, In times-enslaved, Hammer of the witches-cradle of filth, Dystopia-Megadeth, at war with reality-at the gates and several others, these are just some more of the mainstream-ish bands i enjoy
pup and modern baseballs entire discography and i used to listen to am non stop. i guess yiu could say i played it on repeat until i fell asleep spilling drinks on my se-
I’ve always respected how the arctic monkeys made an album that was a smash hit in America and then promptly dropped Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino which sounded almost nothing like it
AJ well it took them 5 years but even still, definitely leaving behind a massive hit for something completely contrasting is pretty cool and respectable when it comes to following their artistic desires aye
I was hoping they'd bring rock back into the mainstream... Although I enjoyed the album, I was slightly disappointed on the direction they went. I'm usually not keen on mainstream rock minus a few, although Arctic Monkeys have always been the main exception for me. Definitely one of the more unique mainstream rock bands.
@@sonicgoo1121 u2 is great but i actually think that every album kind of has the the same "sound". i mean it's nothing bad in u2 case but that is what don't like about them ^^
Gotta say, Arctic Monkeys really evolved through their music exploration and that made them more appealing to the mainstream audiences, but i really miss the raw energy and dirty/punk sounds of their first songs
I wish some fans were more like you; I mean I understand if the first 2 more energetic, unpolished and 'chippy shop' records are more their taste. just listen to those 2, no one is stopping them. but jesus christ, some of these fans just use that to bash their other 4 albums, especially AM (the 5th). they claim they "sold out" and "they dont care about quality anymore" and "they're totally shit now", when they're latest album release completely strayed from sounding anything like their most commercial album (AM). Please tell me; wouldn't they have done AM 2 and just called it a day? No. they actually have the integrity and balls as artists to try new things, knowing they will get hate for it and knowing it won't be as successful. Some of these 'fans' need to just calm tf down and let them be artists. it's literally their JOB to change. if they stayed the same and kept the first album's sound, I know for certain everyone would still be complaining and it would get old FAST. they'ld all go "they're rich 30 year olds singing aggressively about teen experiences and under dog stories- that's so cringey and pompous!" Besides, they're all in their 30s and are rich and famous. how tf should they be singing about the same things they sang about when they were pimply faced lesser known youngsters? plus I think even the band themselves addressed their decreased energy in live shows, in various interviews- the simple fact is that they were younger. You can't just recreate that type of energy anymore and force it...it would be cringey as fuck. honestly, sometimes it feels like when some of these people speak, their nostalgia clouds their judgment. but that's just my two cents though.
@@mutedaddy AM is a incredible album. With a unique sound. Well composed and produced. Alex made 4 or 5 hit songs with only 1 chord progression, thats not a easy thing to do. or something you do in one day. So much better that the fast nonsense noise from the first album, ask yourself why they almost don't play songs from the first album anymore, or why alex said that "I bet you look good on the dance floor" dosent mean anything for them.
@@user-fj4sk4uj7c sometimes artist evolve out of our taste. It doesnt mean they are bad (in this case i do believe that they became a far better/bolder band) but just not what was atractive to me years ago.
"I only write about women." - Alex Turner 2014 "I write about a hotel and casino in deep-space and Monster trucks doing front-flips." - Alex Turner 2018
Two years ago I would have said I miss their old heavy sound. But Tranquility base blew my mind so hard that I had to change my mind. These guys are monsters. They constantly evolve and manage to reinvent themselves and modern rock music in such an effortless manner. With no doubt the best rock act of our era.
@@carolinalexx I tried so hard to hate tranquility base hotel and casino like the other indie fans but I just couldn't it's one of my top 10 favourite albums of all time
Yeah they were very fortunate with British music press favour. Magazines like NME were desperately unwavering hype machines after first pick The Libertines fell through as indie rock darling British counterpart to The Strokes & credit to their manager at the time for getting them on SNL
US person here: I distinctly remember 2007 being the first time I’d ever heard of them (I was working at Panera and a coworker was obsessed with them) and then fluorescent adolescent was in multiple movies around that time, “I love you, man” being one of them. They were everywhere...I’m surprised by this whole video 😂
While it wasn’t a huge hit I remember Florescent Adolescence getting a lot of airplay on Midwest alternative radios when it came out. It’s how I got into them anyway.
It wasnt just the Midwest. "Dancefloor" was popular all over the country and was even in some video game soundtracks and movie trailers. You still even hear it as background music for ESPN. America's music charts are broken, and the "Top 100" doesnt actually represent anything "real" (the music walmart plays on their speakers gets counted as plays/streams for those charts...)
Even though they are VERY popular and have a huge fan base, I don't think most people appreciate Arctic Monkeys as much as they deserve. I really like how they don't stand around in one style and in one place, even after becoming a huge hit (like with AM) and still continue evolving. I'd say my favourite album is Humbug but I really enjoy how different the first album, Humbug, AM and TBHC are from each other. It really makes me excited about what they'll come up with next because you never know. And I love that. I also really appreciate how they're not as public as other popular singers/bands and even though we know all their names and basic information they are not as associated with their music as post popular musicians are nowadays. It kind of gives you an exclusive feeling when listening to their music because most of the time you're free to interpret it as you like since the media does not/can not shove their relationships into your face making you associate the lyrics with that particulare relationship. I also wish you'd talked more about their last album because I think it got shit just because it was different than their usual style when it was actually a really good album that deserved much more praise.
@Juliana Fajardo I'm not a fan of AM but that's my taste.. but without bias I can tell they are that kind of good bands who never wrote at least a couple of great songs that stand out from the rest..
thats because of the fast life we live in. No time for appreciation and we go to the next thing. But someday we're probably going to remember these timeless things
Absolute travesty that Billie Eilish was chosen over the Monkeys for the newest Bond theme. Especially because so much of the Last Shadow Puppets' newer stuff sounds so Bond-y
I think Rock is maybe going through the same thing that Jazz went through. When Rock n Roll came along it pushed Jazz out of the popular music sphere, but it ended up being positive for Jazz as it was able to explore outside of the popular eye and become more experimental. Now Hip Hop & Rap has pushed Rock out of the popular sphere, so it can now explore a bit more. Think this is already happening a bit with the increasing popularity of stuff like Math Rock.
Rock will go the way of Metal if anything. Jazz scenes have become extremely rare. Whereas there are still tons of Rock, Punk, and Metal scenes out there. Just slightly out of the mainstream's eye.
H Broon I've heard that argument before. But Jazz went from being at the very heart of American culture to an esoteric form of music that only half a dozen people cared about. I don't see that as a positive development. When rock was going strong there were still bands on the edges making experimental forms of rock music. It wasn't one great big amorphous mass of same sounding bands. The problem is young bands aren't connecting with an audience and creating exciting new sounds. It's all gone stagnant. For now at least. Maybe the generation that would be forming bands and going to gigs are more excited by computer games etc.
I think that's a huge understatement of the audience & influence of later Jazz, but even still, is the value in music purely measured by it's popularity? And yes sure there was, it's obviously not a direct comparison as there are so many other variables, maybe the change in Rock was a lot more gradual? If you look at early Rock n Roll it was all pretty uniform and then splintered. The thing is, now that we have the internet the way that we consume music has completely changed. Rather than listening to whatever's popular at the time, people are free to explore a huge range of different alternative genres online - so it's splintered into a much wider range of choices, which I personally think is better. Sure, Rock is no longer the dominant form of music but there are still loads of great new bands & interesting new sounds, each with their own dedicated following, you just have to look for it!
It's been mentioned in one of the other top comments already but Tumblr really did a lot to make this record huge, same as it did with The 1975. All of the aesthetic gifs and lyric posts combined with both frontmen being seen as insanely hot were huge in their success in 2013.
Yeah, I saw them open for the Black Keys on that tour. I had never heard them at that point. They completely blew the Keys of the stage. They came out and played liked they had something to prove. They Black Keys did not.
I agree 100% saw them in philly on that tour. They played a song that night that i loved but they havent released it ever and i havent found any records... kills me inside
Speaking from personal experience, Do I Wanna Know? was certainly life changing. It was definitely my first introduction to them as an American and I've loved them since. It's incredible to see how they've somehow been able to remain relevant all these years because they are so good at adapting their sound. Look how different TBHC is from their first record. But even still, you can hear elements of Humbug in both. Don't Forget Who's Legs You're On feels like it could fit in either TBHC or FWN. Evil Twin is another fluid example. I really can't wait to see what they do next. That rock and roll, eh?
It's sad that to know Americans only heard about Arctic monkeys during their AM era. I live in Asian and they were already huge with their first album. But I can't blame you, I mean in 2005 while the British is pushing indie rock, the US was the starting ground for emo rock like My chemical romance etc. But I wish US got the raging indie wave in 2005. It was the best time in my life.
@@guppymilk5726 we did. I don’t know what the video is talking about, or if he got wrong info. That first Arctic moneys album was all over the radio in the us along with kings of Leon, the killers, the bravery, hot hot heat, the kooks.
The Kinks are one of the quintessential 60s guitar bands to any American fan of early rock n roll. They aren't cultural icons here like they are across the pond, but they're one of the foremost 60s rock acts in the American conscience. Same thing goes for Thin Lizzy.
they’re 100% one of the most respectable bands of today. they never gave a shit what anyone thought of them. with AM they figured out what america likes, and while they could’ve put another album out right after it with a similar sound to further reach that audience, they turned around completely and made something they truly wanted to put out. all of alex’s work is amazing. the submarine soundtrack is astounding and his work with TLSP has produced some songs that i like even more than many arctic monkeys tracks. now, if you’ll excuse me, i’m going to keep staring at my Tranquility Bass Hotel + Casino vinyl on my bookshelf. Favorite lyric for good measure: “Ive got a laser guiding my love that i cannot adjust”
Whenever you make a video on a band/artist I, without fail, find a second wind of love for them and listen to only them on repeat for the next two days. Thanks for reminding me how great music is!
Every time I hear those guitar rifts it just does something to me. I love Arctic Monkeys! It's weird seeing Alex go from shy to a flamboyant rockstar isn't it?
This is a really good video. The Monkeys are my favourite band. I was 14 when I first heard 'I bet you look good on the dancefloor'. The change in every album is very reflective of the Beatles, and is why they are the best band I've heard in my lifetime.
sometimes "pretty visitors" doesn't have the attention that deserves, i think that song is harder, smart and is a beauty song if you listen closely, the most heaviest song of AM. Great Video i love it.
Really sick to see them take influence from other genres to help create more diverse and interesting music. They have such a nice sound and its awesome to hear the thought process for their music.
I'm a Brit and moved to Canada in 2010 when I was 12. Obviously I grew up in the UK on the 2000's wave of post punk/garage revival that was massive in Britain at the time that the Arctic Monkeys came out of. I brought that music taste with me to Canada and pretty understandably, a lot of the music I was banging on about hadn't reached any of the Canadians I was going to school with (well, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand had tbf). But I distinctly remember almost nobody knowing who the hell the Arctic Monkeys were. Fast forward a few years and I'm in high school. Just before AM came out, very few people knew about them still. Then that album came out and suddenly the whole high school was nuts about the band. I remember it so clearly because the sudden change out of nowhere was really staggering but also very cool. Was nice to have actual conversations about them after that ahah.
It was Matt Helders playing on Iggy Pop's "Post Pop Depression" that got me to listen to Arctic Monkeys (as well as to listen to Queens Of The Stone Age). Glad I took the time to hear all three bands. They're really making contributions to music
The Kinks unknown in the US? You Really Got Me is practically one of the most famous songs of all time! And they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Also, when are you gonna make a video on the origins of Heavy Metal?
He is talking about in the pop charts and selling records. The Kinks have only had 5 top 10 singles in the US over their 32 year career. They have never released an album that has gone top 10 in America in that same span. In the UK they have had 14 top 10 singles including three number 1's. You could argue that The Kinks didn't break America due to their "banning" but regardless they didn't sell as many records in the US as they did in Europe
@@danberkman8227 That fact is tragic. I followed them around during their Word of Mouth Tour, and every show was amazing and Sold Out! So underrated, despite being so wonderful.
Man this is an incredibly well produced and made video. Absolute top quality content and analysis. Didn't even know this was something i was looking for. Hope your channel blows up
Favorite Worst Nightmare has remained one of my favorite albums ever since my friend showed it to me back in highschool. So many of the songs they put out up to Suck It and See had such a strong, unique sense of narrative and theatrical development, musically and lyrically. I don't hear that level of energy in their writing anymore, which is a real bummer to me. Totally fell out of love with AM after the hype died down and I'm not into Tranquility Base. Oh well. Great video!
What a total 180 from that earlier British The Strokes stuff to the down tempo grooves of more recent material. I greatly prefer the older records, but I feel like I understand Arctic Monkeys a lot more now. Thanks for another fantastic video!
This is excellent! I've been lamenting the demise of Rock music over the past five years (especially in the charts) but there's something brewing again - Yungblood, Grimes, Poppy (as in your clip) and a wave of guitar-crossover cyber punk artists - The Anix, Celldweller, Auger - give me hope for the 20s.
Wasn’t a huge fan and then I saw them live on their AM tour. Amazing. Been a devoted fan ever since. Sorry it took me so long to catch on. But damn glad I finally did.
What's so non-rock about writing on piano? Early rockers -- Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis -- were all pianists. You can have rock & roll without distorted guitar -- distortion was hardly a "thing" when Chuck Berry recorded in the '50s and the Beatles recorded in the early '60s. And they define rock. I can't think of a single electric Bob Dylan LP where there's a lot of distorted guitar -- Dylan was rock & roll last I knew. One could go on. (The Byrds, Talking Heads, Television, the Minutemen, the Feelies...) Rock should be defined *rhythmically* not by the presence or absence of guitar distortion.
@@soulcrusher807 Folk-rock is a rock & roll sub-genre. Otherwise the word "rock" wouldn't be there. Right? That term never made sense anyway. It was applied to both Dylan and the Byrds. They didn't sound alike.
You’re comparing British and American rock which are different, British rock is heavy and distorted, American is much slower and genuinely reflects things like country and folk a bit more
God... Hearing "R U Mine?" and "Do I Wanna Know" has made my mind soo numb right now and I couldn't kick that out. AM is just soo perfect and when you thought punk rock of the early 2000s were dead, there you have AM with their similar deeper indie rock that resonates punk come springing back into life. I've liked them and only knew about them since Humburg in 2010 and when I told my friends about them, nobody gave a shit till "R U Mine?" boomed and then suddenly everyone starts humming behind the tone and that's legacy right there. Even till now, my friends still sings it everytime it blares up in my spotify when I'm driving with them in it and we'll all sing both songs, back to back.
now im curious, how recognized are muse and radiohead in the US because theyre kind of a big deal and muse has been and still is a Rock band through and through.
Muse is pretty big in the us, thought contagion was playing on pop stations for a while. Radiohead not so much but they're my favorite band so that must count for something.
I’ve been a fan of this band since they did an MTV2 performance on their first album. I was on tour myself at the time with my band. Been a fan ever since, Humbug being my favorite album followed by AM. Seen them live with Black Keys some years back. Great band.
Arctic Monkeys are 1 of my favorite bands of all time. British rock has always been a step up to American music in my opinion. They have so many influences, drums, and textures from blues and hip-hop. I first fell in love with Whatever the People Say I am, I'm not. In my early 20's because it was fast paced and pumped my friends and I up. Now, as I hit my 30's their newer slower songs I feel connected to it. Young hormones driven to falling in love and relationships.
You totally forgot to mention Richard Hawley, a Sheffield singer-songwriter legend who Alex Turner is mates with and who he based his "American" look on. Google a picture of Richard Hawley and you'll see Alex is his younger mirror image.
Funny enough, I (an American) discovered them from an EA game (madden maybe?). It was "From the Ritz to the Rubble." I loved the energy of that song and have been along for the ride ever since (some albums more than others). I'm not huge into sports so I didn't play the game much but always thankful that it introduced me to one of my favorite rock bands.
i have intense memories of being in year 4, replaying 6 songs from that’s what i call music 86 at 11 at night, hiding under the covers playing animal crossing new leaf. every single time i hear the first beat of do i wanna know, i instantly go back to then. holy fuck.
I hope Rock is gonna make a come back soon. It kinda hit me a few months ago listening to 90s stuff that it hasnt really been apart of the popculture landscape for a while, and how much I miss it being everywhere back in the late 90s/early 00s when i was young.
I’m a lifelong American Arctic Monkeys fan! I don’t think a single day has gone by that I don’t listen to them. I wish they would come back to the USA for another Tour, I miss them so much!!
When I hear the RU Mine single, right as it dropped....I knew something was gonna blow on their next record. You seriously could feel they were about to do it. Album dropped, it was fucking obvious which song it would be. Do I Wanna Know hit my speakers so hard I needed a break after hearing it. Then after a few hours I spun it over and over
I loved this band when I heard that first album as a teenager and I bought the second one as soon as it came out and loved it. I loved the riffs, the mixing but most of all the energy. The new sound though, it sounds so much like the commercials for beer or trucks on American UA-cam.
I miss their old sound - the scrappy English lads was something they did better than anyone else, the new sound just seemed derivative and trying to hard to be cool American rock stars
I feel as though they were pretty popular in Canada after the first album, esp at the 2007 virgin music festival . Still of my fave artists. Great video. Thanks.
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@@nameitsnottaken most bands on the metalcore spectrum do. some alternative and punk bands do as well, but they are more likely to sing in Japanese, which isn't bad either :)
Amazing documentary -- you did so much more than just explain how they broke America! This should be everyone's go-to crash course on the Arctic Monkeys.
Sadly when they changed to the more American style of music a lot of us UK folks who loved them for years lost interest I listen to Favourite Worse Nightmare & Whatever people I say I am a hell of a lot more than AM
Speaking of the Kinks, how about a doc on them? Village Green and Arthur are my 2 favorite albums, and this American always wondered about Ray Davies' obsession with typical British life.
So to prove that rock isn't dead, what are you favourite rock songs from the 2010s?
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Either Figure it Out by Royal Blood or Burn The Witch by Radiohead
The alchemist by Iron Maiden, Last chance at love by Foxy Shazam, Your up gets me down by Sator, Out of here by The Dahmers, Let the good times roll by JD McPherson, Devil may care by Heavy Tiger.
sturm und drang-lamb of god, deceiver of the gods-amon amarth, In times-enslaved, Hammer of the witches-cradle of filth, Dystopia-Megadeth, at war with reality-at the gates and several others, these are just some more of the mainstream-ish bands i enjoy
Serotonia (highly suspect)
Deep blue (arcade fire)
Bmbmbm (black midi)
Bloodhail (have a nice life)
Only tomorrow (my bloody valentine)
pup and modern baseballs entire discography and i used to listen to am non stop. i guess yiu could say i played it on repeat until i fell asleep spilling drinks on my se-
I’ve always respected how the arctic monkeys made an album that was a smash hit in America and then promptly dropped Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino which sounded almost nothing like it
AJ well it took them 5 years but even still, definitely leaving behind a massive hit for something completely contrasting is pretty cool and respectable when it comes to following their artistic desires aye
Reminds me of U2 who followed the very American Rattle & Hum with Achtung Baby.
I was hoping they'd bring rock back into the mainstream... Although I enjoyed the album, I was slightly disappointed on the direction they went. I'm usually not keen on mainstream rock minus a few, although Arctic Monkeys have always been the main exception for me. Definitely one of the more unique mainstream rock bands.
@@sonicgoo1121 u2 is great but i actually think that every album kind of has the the same "sound". i mean it's nothing bad in u2 case but that is what don't like about them ^^
And it's their best album yet to boot...
5:10 "R U Mine went harder than anything they've ever recorded"
*Laughs in Brianstorm
So true 😂
Overkilled or pretty visitors
Crying lightening
Overkilled also i bet you look good on the dancefloor, that song never stop damn
whats this Overkilled you all are talking about?
Gotta say, Arctic Monkeys really evolved through their music exploration and that made them more appealing to the mainstream audiences, but i really miss the raw energy and dirty/punk sounds of their first songs
I wish some fans were more like you; I mean I understand if the first 2 more energetic, unpolished and 'chippy shop' records are more their taste. just listen to those 2, no one is stopping them. but jesus christ, some of these fans just use that to bash their other 4 albums, especially AM (the 5th). they claim they "sold out" and "they dont care about quality anymore" and "they're totally shit now", when they're latest album release completely strayed from sounding anything like their most commercial album (AM).
Please tell me; wouldn't they have done AM 2 and just called it a day? No. they actually have the integrity and balls as artists to try new things, knowing they will get hate for it and knowing it won't be as successful. Some of these 'fans' need to just calm tf down and let them be artists. it's literally their JOB to change. if they stayed the same and kept the first album's sound, I know for certain everyone would still be complaining and it would get old FAST. they'ld all go "they're rich 30 year olds singing aggressively about teen experiences and under dog stories- that's so cringey and pompous!"
Besides, they're all in their 30s and are rich and famous. how tf should they be singing about the same things they sang about when they were pimply faced lesser known youngsters? plus I think even the band themselves addressed their decreased energy in live shows, in various interviews- the simple fact is that they were younger. You can't just recreate that type of energy anymore and force it...it would be cringey as fuck. honestly, sometimes it feels like when some of these people speak, their nostalgia clouds their judgment. but that's just my two cents though.
Absolutely
I don't. The last 2 albums are their best
@@mutedaddy AM is a incredible album. With a unique sound. Well composed and produced. Alex made 4 or 5 hit songs with only 1 chord progression, thats not a easy thing to do. or something you do in one day. So much better that the fast nonsense noise from the first album, ask yourself why they almost don't play songs from the first album anymore, or why alex said that "I bet you look good on the dance floor" dosent mean anything for them.
@@user-fj4sk4uj7c sometimes artist evolve out of our taste. It doesnt mean they are bad (in this case i do believe that they became a far better/bolder band) but just not what was atractive to me years ago.
"I only write about women." - Alex Turner 2014
"I write about a hotel and casino in deep-space and Monster trucks doing front-flips." - Alex Turner 2018
...and as if you live in the 80’s”
He grew so much
Lol ye
Thats why they grew in america, cant get more american than casinos and monster trucks, now he'll make an album about eagles and guns
@@Fipipes and in five years they are gonna make an album about oil and democracy
Two years ago I would have said I miss their old heavy sound. But Tranquility base blew my mind so hard that I had to change my mind. These guys are monsters. They constantly evolve and manage to reinvent themselves and modern rock music in such an effortless manner. With no doubt the best rock act of our era.
YES
i could not agree more, but overall their music is just mind blowing. they are definitely legends.
@@carolinalexx I tried so hard to hate tranquility base hotel and casino like the other indie fans but I just couldn't it's one of my top 10 favourite albums of all time
Humbug and FWN will always be the superior albums though
dk why I tend to sing their AM songs to myself a lot more but listen to their tbh+c album a lot more
Their very first album got them on Saturday Night Live, that's a big deal in the US, especially for a first time non-US band.
David Carroll i agree tons of bands that are “big” in the US won’t even play snl for years and years
Yep and I could swear fluorescent adolescent was a top 40 hit in 2007
Yeah they were very fortunate with British music press favour. Magazines like NME were desperately unwavering hype machines after first pick The Libertines fell through as indie rock darling British counterpart to The Strokes & credit to their manager at the time for getting them on SNL
US person here: I distinctly remember 2007 being the first time I’d ever heard of them (I was working at Panera and a coworker was obsessed with them) and then fluorescent adolescent was in multiple movies around that time, “I love you, man” being one of them. They were everywhere...I’m surprised by this whole video 😂
For A band in general, today its mostly all about soloists and not bands
While it wasn’t a huge hit I remember Florescent Adolescence getting a lot of airplay on Midwest alternative radios when it came out. It’s how I got into them anyway.
It wasnt just the Midwest. "Dancefloor" was popular all over the country and was even in some video game soundtracks and movie trailers. You still even hear it as background music for ESPN. America's music charts are broken, and the "Top 100" doesnt actually represent anything "real" (the music walmart plays on their speakers gets counted as plays/streams for those charts...)
@@ThatFilmisGnarly ya I heard them a lot before crawling back to you. This was like years apart.
Even though they are VERY popular and have a huge fan base, I don't think most people appreciate Arctic Monkeys as much as they deserve. I really like how they don't stand around in one style and in one place, even after becoming a huge hit (like with AM) and still continue evolving. I'd say my favourite album is Humbug but I really enjoy how different the first album, Humbug, AM and TBHC are from each other. It really makes me excited about what they'll come up with next because you never know. And I love that. I also really appreciate how they're not as public as other popular singers/bands and even though we know all their names and basic information they are not as associated with their music as post popular musicians are nowadays. It kind of gives you an exclusive feeling when listening to their music because most of the time you're free to interpret it as you like since the media does not/can not shove their relationships into your face making you associate the lyrics with that particulare relationship. I also wish you'd talked more about their last album because I think it got shit just because it was different than their usual style when it was actually a really good album that deserved much more praise.
@Juliana Fajardo I'm not a fan of AM but that's my taste.. but without bias I can tell they are that kind of good bands who never wrote at least a couple of great songs that stand out from the rest..
They get name checked in Dan Le Sac V. Scroobius Pip's THou SHalt Kill: "Arctic Monkeys are just a band" along with Nirvana etc.
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thats because of the fast life we live in. No time for appreciation and we go to the next thing. But someday we're probably going to remember these timeless things
Do I wanna know always felt like a Bond theme in need of a film to me. I can practically imagine the opening sequence for it.
I know exactly what your saying
Always thought a Monkeys Bond track would've been insane around the time they released Humbug/AM
Absolute travesty that Billie Eilish was chosen over the Monkeys for the newest Bond theme. Especially because so much of the Last Shadow Puppets' newer stuff sounds so Bond-y
He did write a bond theme didn't he. I'm sure Alexandra Savior released a demo of it
that rock n roll, eh?
king of references
Five corners invoice me for the microphone if you need to... 🎤 💥
Yeh
He wouldn't know, he's not seen it since FWM
It seems like its fading. But it's never going away... that rock n roll eh?
You know you've made it when the crowd sings along to the riff
whatever people say, Alex Turner is a living legend and the Kingdom should be proud of him.
brilliantly made video, as always.
masie anne the uk
well whatever people say that's what he's not
@@colefreeman4093 Damn you bastard
Arctic Monkeys are a modern UK legend
I love how you produce your videos with footage and quotes of the band. It gives the video a professional documentary feel
I think Rock is maybe going through the same thing that Jazz went through. When Rock n Roll came along it pushed Jazz out of the popular music sphere, but it ended up being positive for Jazz as it was able to explore outside of the popular eye and become more experimental. Now Hip Hop & Rap has pushed Rock out of the popular sphere, so it can now explore a bit more. Think this is already happening a bit with the increasing popularity of stuff like Math Rock.
Rock will go the way of Metal if anything. Jazz scenes have become extremely rare. Whereas there are still tons of Rock, Punk, and Metal scenes out there. Just slightly out of the mainstream's eye.
I like your perspective.
I think this exactly. Especially when you think about how rock evolved from jazz r&b.
H Broon
I've heard that argument before. But Jazz went from being at the very heart of American culture to an esoteric form of music that only half a dozen people cared about. I don't see that as a positive development.
When rock was going strong there were still bands on the edges making experimental forms of rock music. It wasn't one great big amorphous mass of same sounding bands.
The problem is young bands aren't connecting with an audience and creating exciting new sounds. It's all gone stagnant. For now at least.
Maybe the generation that would be forming bands and going to gigs are more excited by computer games etc.
I think that's a huge understatement of the audience & influence of later Jazz, but even still, is the value in music purely measured by it's popularity?
And yes sure there was, it's obviously not a direct comparison as there are so many other variables, maybe the change in Rock was a lot more gradual? If you look at early Rock n Roll it was all pretty uniform and then splintered.
The thing is, now that we have the internet the way that we consume music has completely changed. Rather than listening to whatever's popular at the time, people are free to explore a huge range of different alternative genres online - so it's splintered into a much wider range of choices, which I personally think is better. Sure, Rock is no longer the dominant form of music but there are still loads of great new bands & interesting new sounds, each with their own dedicated following, you just have to look for it!
He's talking about Arctic Monkeys!
IT'S TIME.
"invoice me for the microphone if you need to..."
The cyclical nature of the universe!
It's been mentioned in one of the other top comments already but Tumblr really did a lot to make this record huge, same as it did with The 1975. All of the aesthetic gifs and lyric posts combined with both frontmen being seen as insanely hot were huge in their success in 2013.
I once heard someone say "rock isn't dead, but it's not alive either"
Very true
yawn
Yea... So is punk,ska and disco. 😅
Yeah, I saw them open for the Black Keys on that tour. I had never heard them at that point. They completely blew the Keys of the stage. They came out and played liked they had something to prove. They Black Keys did not.
wow you got some nice memories there! thanks for sharing i really like hearing these stuff
Love them both
I agree 100% saw them in philly on that tour. They played a song that night that i loved but they havent released it ever and i havent found any records... kills me inside
@@superduper90210 you sure it's not released? have you check the b-sides? you know just in case
@@superduper90210 do you remember any lines from that song?
I don’t know about anyone else but, I’m an American and I was huge into them and lots of other British garage revival bands.
I think you’re in the minority there
Forrest Richard rare
oliver lonergan where I’m from in America at least, Arctic monkeys were very popular, especially once AM was released
me too 😭😭😭
@@fatchris3626 yeah am but that was basically everywhere a hit. i think hes talkin about their early albums
Speaking from personal experience, Do I Wanna Know? was certainly life changing. It was definitely my first introduction to them as an American and I've loved them since. It's incredible to see how they've somehow been able to remain relevant all these years because they are so good at adapting their sound. Look how different TBHC is from their first record. But even still, you can hear elements of Humbug in both. Don't Forget Who's Legs You're On feels like it could fit in either TBHC or FWN. Evil Twin is another fluid example. I really can't wait to see what they do next. That rock and roll, eh?
It's sad that to know Americans only heard about Arctic monkeys during their AM era. I live in Asian and they were already huge with their first album. But I can't blame you, I mean in 2005 while the British is pushing indie rock, the US was the starting ground for emo rock like My chemical romance etc. But I wish US got the raging indie wave in 2005. It was the best time in my life.
that's just sad
@@guppymilk5726 we did. I don’t know what the video is talking about, or if he got wrong info. That first Arctic moneys album was all over the radio in the us along with kings of Leon, the killers, the bravery, hot hot heat, the kooks.
Idk about The Kinks and Blur going unnoticed in the US. They're undoubtedly smaller here, but they definitely have significant followings.
Blur were so much better than Oasis -- it's a shame they didn't "make it" over here the way Oasis did.
The kinks are very popular in USA always playing at bars and restaurants
I thought the same, but 'money speaking' they never made it. Gorillaz on the other hand....
Jason Schulman haha good joke
The Kinks are one of the quintessential 60s guitar bands to any American fan of early rock n roll. They aren't cultural icons here like they are across the pond, but they're one of the foremost 60s rock acts in the American conscience. Same thing goes for Thin Lizzy.
they’re 100% one of the most respectable bands of today. they never gave a shit what anyone thought of them. with AM they figured out what america likes, and while they could’ve put another album out right after it with a similar sound to further reach that audience, they turned around completely and made something they truly wanted to put out. all of alex’s work is amazing. the submarine soundtrack is astounding and his work with TLSP has produced some songs that i like even more than many arctic monkeys tracks. now, if you’ll excuse me, i’m going to keep staring at my Tranquility Bass Hotel + Casino vinyl on my bookshelf. Favorite lyric for good measure: “Ive got a laser guiding my love that i cannot adjust”
I used to work in Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield where they rehearsed every week. Nice lads.
Whenever you make a video on a band/artist I, without fail, find a second wind of love for them and listen to only them on repeat for the next two days. Thanks for reminding me how great music is!
The arctic monkeys are an important part of music history, it’s a pity most of the world missed out on the actual artistry and meaning of their words
youtube: heres a new arctic monkeys analysis video
me: *crawls out of my goblin hole, mouth foaming*
me: you called?
Fluorescent Adolescent actually got airplay on some US alternative stations
Every time I hear those guitar rifts it just does something to me. I love Arctic Monkeys! It's weird seeing Alex go from shy to a flamboyant rockstar isn't it?
Arctic Monkeys are one of the few bands that have completely changed their sound, but remain AMAZING.
This is a really good video. The Monkeys are my favourite band. I was 14 when I first heard 'I bet you look good on the dancefloor'. The change in every album is very reflective of the Beatles, and is why they are the best band I've heard in my lifetime.
sometimes "pretty visitors" doesn't have the attention that deserves, i think that song is harder, smart and is a beauty song if you listen closely, the most heaviest song of AM. Great Video i love it.
Perhaps Vampire are a bit strong but...the loudest one
Really sick to see them take influence from other genres to help create more diverse and interesting music. They have such a nice sound and its awesome to hear the thought process for their music.
"Fireside" is low-key a Top 5 Arctic Monkeys song. The musicianship and lyricism on it are incredibly underrated.
I'm a Brit and moved to Canada in 2010 when I was 12. Obviously I grew up in the UK on the 2000's wave of post punk/garage revival that was massive in Britain at the time that the Arctic Monkeys came out of. I brought that music taste with me to Canada and pretty understandably, a lot of the music I was banging on about hadn't reached any of the Canadians I was going to school with (well, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand had tbf). But I distinctly remember almost nobody knowing who the hell the Arctic Monkeys were. Fast forward a few years and I'm in high school. Just before AM came out, very few people knew about them still. Then that album came out and suddenly the whole high school was nuts about the band. I remember it so clearly because the sudden change out of nowhere was really staggering but also very cool. Was nice to have actual conversations about them after that ahah.
I'm obsessed with them now so this video's timing is pretty incredible
Lyla Wood you’re not the only one
same here
Their latest album, “Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino” was underrated and under appreciated. I thought it was awesome, with a great concept.
It was Matt Helders playing on Iggy Pop's "Post Pop Depression" that got me to listen to Arctic Monkeys (as well as to listen to Queens Of The Stone Age). Glad I took the time to hear all three bands. They're really making contributions to music
"Arctic Monkeys seemed like the last rock band standing"
. . . Like Clockwork released the same year . . .
God that was such a beautiful album, QOTSA best work
*_seemed like_*
which one?
I was waiting to hear "invoice me for the mic"
I hate myself because I just found your channel tonight when I suppose to study for tomorrow's test. your videos are great, I can't stop watching now
The Kinks unknown in the US? You Really Got Me is practically one of the most famous songs of all time! And they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Also, when are you gonna make a video on the origins of Heavy Metal?
This! ☝🏼
@@GS-vb3zn So what does that mean?
He is talking about in the pop charts and selling records. The Kinks have only had 5 top 10 singles in the US over their 32 year career. They have never released an album that has gone top 10 in America in that same span. In the UK they have had 14 top 10 singles including three number 1's. You could argue that The Kinks didn't break America due to their "banning" but regardless they didn't sell as many records in the US as they did in Europe
@@danberkman8227 But they still became legends in the music industry regardless of their popularity, right?
@@danberkman8227 That fact is tragic. I followed them around during their Word of Mouth Tour, and every show was amazing and Sold Out! So underrated, despite being so wonderful.
This Video took me nearly 45 minutes to see. I had to listen to every song listed in full. Great Vidio breakdown! Thank you
This video was recommended on my UA-cam list. As a music lover, what a find. Subscribed. Thank you!
I love videos like this, especially when they're about my favorite bands. Great video mate, thoroughly enjoyed it.
I will never forget the AM fangirls disappointment after hearing THBH, i was feeding off that lmao
I’d love that so hard
It was nothing like anything they've ever done before. Largely because it was considerably shitter than any of them
@@Josh-cm9jw Okay buddy.
whats thbh?
@@blubfishuwaaa to honestly be honest
Always a fan. Two years ago, I had a stroke.(lived) still learning how to play drums again.
Do I Wanna Know is definitely one of the best songs of the 2010s. Such a well written, well composed tune.
Man this is an incredibly well produced and made video. Absolute top quality content and analysis. Didn't even know this was something i was looking for. Hope your channel blows up
Favorite Worst Nightmare has remained one of my favorite albums ever since my friend showed it to me back in highschool. So many of the songs they put out up to Suck It and See had such a strong, unique sense of narrative and theatrical development, musically and lyrically. I don't hear that level of energy in their writing anymore, which is a real bummer to me. Totally fell out of love with AM after the hype died down and I'm not into Tranquility Base. Oh well. Great video!
What a total 180 from that earlier British The Strokes stuff to the down tempo grooves of more recent material. I greatly prefer the older records, but I feel like I understand Arctic Monkeys a lot more now. Thanks for another fantastic video!
10:26 stuff like hotels on the moon
and sideboobs
that's exactly what i thought lol
and good morning cheeseburger
Brilliant video. Still heartbroken about it not being Los Campesinos!, but I’ll take it
killed it again with this video man, excellent !
This video is exceptional, incredibly broken down and detailed. 🙌🏻👏🏻
I love how they find influence in different types of music. True artists imo
This is excellent! I've been lamenting the demise of Rock music over the past five years (especially in the charts) but there's something brewing again - Yungblood, Grimes, Poppy (as in your clip) and a wave of guitar-crossover cyber punk artists - The Anix, Celldweller, Auger - give me hope for the 20s.
You should do a Gorillaz video
I'm in favor of this
I second that
yes PLEASE
Absolutely!
happy now?
Wasn’t a huge fan and then I saw them live on their AM tour. Amazing. Been a devoted fan ever since. Sorry it took me so long to catch on. But damn glad I finally did.
What's so non-rock about writing on piano? Early rockers -- Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis -- were all pianists. You can have rock & roll without distorted guitar -- distortion was hardly a "thing" when Chuck Berry recorded in the '50s and the Beatles recorded in the early '60s. And they define rock. I can't think of a single electric Bob Dylan LP where there's a lot of distorted guitar -- Dylan was rock & roll last I knew. One could go on. (The Byrds, Talking Heads, Television, the Minutemen, the Feelies...) Rock should be defined *rhythmically* not by the presence or absence of guitar distortion.
Who calls Dylan Rock and roll? He was never classified as that. Folk rock.
@@soulcrusher807 Folk-rock is a rock & roll sub-genre. Otherwise the word "rock" wouldn't be there. Right? That term never made sense anyway. It was applied to both Dylan and the Byrds. They didn't sound alike.
@@jaschul it started off as a sub genre, but like metal and the many sub genres it has spawned it became big enough to be considered its own thing.
You’re comparing British and American rock which are different, British rock is heavy and distorted, American is much slower and genuinely reflects things like country and folk a bit more
Jason Schulman Freddy Mercury
Their debut album is still my fave. Nothing beats their debut album!
God... Hearing "R U Mine?" and "Do I Wanna Know" has made my mind soo numb right now and I couldn't kick that out.
AM is just soo perfect and when you thought punk rock of the early 2000s were dead, there you have AM with their similar deeper indie rock that resonates punk come springing back into life. I've liked them and only knew about them since Humburg in 2010 and when I told my friends about them, nobody gave a shit till "R U Mine?" boomed and then suddenly everyone starts humming behind the tone and that's legacy right there. Even till now, my friends still sings it everytime it blares up in my spotify when I'm driving with them in it and we'll all sing both songs, back to back.
I love how he looks around the audience as he says “swamp” and “sludge” 😂😭😵
MRGA
now im curious, how recognized are muse and radiohead in the US because theyre kind of a big deal and muse has been and still is a Rock band through and through.
Muse is pretty big in the us, thought contagion was playing on pop stations for a while. Radiohead not so much but they're my favorite band so that must count for something.
Muse are big
we know muse and definitely Radiohead
I would honestly say huge because I’m not a fan personally of either but can name several songs
Muse is popular with music fans, but their only major Billboard hit was Uprising.
I’ve been a fan of this band since they did an MTV2 performance on their first album. I was on tour myself at the time with my band. Been a fan ever since, Humbug being my favorite album followed by AM. Seen them live with Black Keys some years back. Great band.
God I miss Fluorescent Adolescent and A Certain Romance so much it hurts.
Just play them.
A second after I pressed play I gave it a like. Because all the videos are amazing! Even before I hear the whole video, it’s that good!
Arctic Monkeys are 1 of my favorite bands of all time. British rock has always been a step up to American music in my opinion. They have so many influences, drums, and textures from blues and hip-hop. I first fell in love with Whatever the People Say I am, I'm not. In my early 20's because it was fast paced and pumped my friends and I up. Now, as I hit my 30's their newer slower songs I feel connected to it. Young hormones driven to falling in love and relationships.
Dude, amazing research. Very well made video. Loved it.
You totally forgot to mention Richard Hawley, a Sheffield singer-songwriter legend who Alex Turner is mates with and who he based his "American" look on. Google a picture of Richard Hawley and you'll see Alex is his younger mirror image.
Yo, I'm some dude in Florida and I loved the Libertines
Cesar Dothe yo, no one cares
@@Krustyhoes st...u!
@@Krustyhoes lmao
they are still great ^^
Another Florida guy, fan of the Fratellis
Don't believe the hype.
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Star Tense no it's not a top reference, it's an am one
Lol hang out with Homme one time and your hair slicks back and you start wearing leather, playing slower sludgy riffs
So true jesus
His body language changed to those of Homme’s.
He totally ganked Homme's style. Can't say I blame him though. Lol
I wonder what would have happened if they’d hung around with Mark Lanegan as well??
the choke hold artic monkeys had on tumblr in 2013 will never be forgotten
Funny enough, I (an American) discovered them from an EA game (madden maybe?). It was "From the Ritz to the Rubble." I loved the energy of that song and have been along for the ride ever since (some albums more than others). I'm not huge into sports so I didn't play the game much but always thankful that it introduced me to one of my favorite rock bands.
i have intense memories of being in year 4, replaying 6 songs from that’s what i call music 86 at 11 at night, hiding under the covers playing animal crossing new leaf. every single time i hear the first beat of do i wanna know, i instantly go back to then. holy fuck.
thank you for this video kind sir, it was a surprise but a very welcome one for sure.
I never realized Artic Monkey were so heavily influenced by RnB & Rap , definitely interesting to find out
They listened to it before the strokes
I hope Rock is gonna make a come back soon. It kinda hit me a few months ago listening to 90s stuff that it hasnt really been apart of the popculture landscape for a while, and how much I miss it being everywhere back in the late 90s/early 00s when i was young.
I feel like MySpace helped boost them up initially. 'I bet you look good on the dancefloor' did it for me
I’m a lifelong American Arctic Monkeys fan! I don’t think a single day has gone by that I don’t listen to them. I wish they would come back to the USA for another Tour, I miss them so much!!
This is great, love these vids. Although, I'm not sure it's that arrogant to start a set with your stomping new single, even if it was glasto!
When I hear the RU Mine single, right as it dropped....I knew something was gonna blow on their next record. You seriously could feel they were about to do it. Album dropped, it was fucking obvious which song it would be. Do I Wanna Know hit my speakers so hard I needed a break after hearing it. Then after a few hours I spun it over and over
At 6:45 , the wave form is perfectly in sync with the music of the video.
Noah Smith I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed
After each of your videos I am inspired to just go and listen to the music talked of for hours
I loved this band when I heard that first album as a teenager and I bought the second one as soon as it came out and loved it.
I loved the riffs, the mixing but most of all the energy. The new sound though, it sounds so much like the commercials for beer or trucks on American UA-cam.
It was pretty cool to see how they evolved from 2005, to their gig at Glastonbury in 2013. Alex Turner had gone from shoegazing to Elvis.
I miss their old sound - the scrappy English lads was something they did better than anyone else, the new sound just seemed derivative and trying to hard to be cool American rock stars
I like do i wanna know but their aggressive shit is what i like the best
First album = best album
@@CouchEconomyTX yea R U mine and Arabella are the best of the album to me because these remindme the first album.
Completely- they became the very stale “same old indie shit” they claimed to want to avoid. Seems to me they tried too hard.
And then they became the phycadellic space Hotel artists.
I feel as though they were pretty popular in Canada after the first album, esp at the 2007 virgin music festival . Still of my fave artists. Great video. Thanks.
rock is at least still alive in Japan. If I want to listen to alternative, metal, or any kind of punk music, nowadays it's usually Japanese
Can you recommend some bands like that?
@@alinacalm glim spanky, sim, mass of the fermenting dregs, crystal lake, tricot, kana boon, 04 limited sazabys, blacklab, brahman, a crowd of rebellion, dexcore, drop's, shadowz, dir en grey, illion, radwimps, kavka shishido, kiyoharu, mrs green apple, miyavi, mucc, noisemaker, the novembers, downy, number girl, zazen boys, ogre you asshole, hello sleep walkers, paledusk, plenty, quruli, sheena ringo, siamese cats, sukekiyo, super beaver, survive said the prophet, hyde, vamps, wanima, wednesday campanella, yabai t shirts ya san
just to name a few from a bunch of different genres
@@pattobyo do they sing in English ?
@@nameitsnottaken most bands on the metalcore spectrum do. some alternative and punk bands do as well, but they are more likely to sing in Japanese, which isn't bad either :)
@@pattobyo tysm dude! Will listen
This was very interesting! Thanks for the video, so well done! 💌💌💌
apparently Homme was also an inspiration for homeboy's hairstyle choices.
And clothing, and facial expressions and overall stage presence. Lol
Man, I can´t stop recommending your content. Cheers!
I'm one of those people who dont really like any earlier Arctic Monkeys songs but consider the AM album a fucking masterpiece and an instant classic.
Lol in fact they're Total shit since Suck it and See and AM
Amazing documentary -- you did so much more than just explain how they broke America! This should be everyone's go-to crash course on the Arctic Monkeys.
“This is R U Mine everuuuaaaaanne” - Alex Turner
I loved that Arctic Monkeys first album. It was so fresh and raw with a cheeky British style. I remember making all my friends listen to them.
Sadly when they changed to the more American style of music a lot of us UK folks who loved them for years lost interest I listen to Favourite Worse Nightmare & Whatever people I say I am a hell of a lot more than AM
Yeah I feel exactly the same! I loved the grittiness of their older albums, I do like AM but I listen to their 2006 songs more.
Ye they suck now
But were the best band then
Speaking of the Kinks, how about a doc on them? Village Green and Arthur are my 2 favorite albums, and this American always wondered about Ray Davies' obsession with typical British life.