The Four Stages Of The Arctic Monkeys
In this sneak preview of tonight's Best Week Ever, panelists explain how NME's Coolest Kids of 2005 stole our ears then stomped on our hearts. And SXStereogum co-host Paul Scheer sneaks in a few references to "MySpace Tom" so I couldn't resist...
Stage 5, of course: the bootleg remix.
And I think BWE's still working on Four Stages of Margot & The Nuclear So And So's.
UPDATE: Arctic Monkey's on SNL. (YouTube)
Posted at 6:27 PM in Video
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are the arctic monkeys on national radio? I feel lik e an incredibly small percentage of SNL viewers will know who they are...
Margot has only one stage: 1. luv
Posted by: Brian at March 10, 2006 6:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Hey, Tom's my friend too!!!
Posted by: Rich at March 10, 2006 7:03 PM | ReplyScore = 0
OLD PEOPLE
Posted by: G3K at March 10, 2006 7:15 PM | ReplyScore = 0
hilarious.
thanks for that scott.
and yeah, Margot rules
Posted by: solace at March 10, 2006 7:20 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Love Best Week Ever,dislike Arctic Monkeys!I just do not get the hype over them!
Posted by: Michelle at March 10, 2006 7:20 PM | ReplyScore = 0
the arctic monkeys are a better(?) version of the libertines... a little spunkier, more upbeat, even a bit pop. brit pop? whoa.
the best part is, they're lacking a drug addicted songwriter (well, for now, anyway) and since pete doherty and overinflated egos aren't involved - PLUS they're kinda young - it's going to give them a bit of an edge, and even teenage girls will like them.
but don't get me wrong.. i'm gonna watch em tomorrow night
Posted by: andrea at March 10, 2006 11:05 PM | ReplyScore = 0
To Whom It May Concern:
People of MySpace, delete Tom as your friend. With all members being Tom's "friend" we are all forced to be in each others extended network and that just isn't cool!
We have been forced, brainwashed into being Tom's friends. It is a scam; we were never asked nor did he ask us. Thus, the extended network feature is virtualy useless unless we all united and revolt against Tom.
Again, I ask all of you people of MySpace to delete our not-so-much-our-friend Tom.
Your friend,
Jay Flyer
www.myspace.com/jayflyer
P.s. Andrea, will you marry me?
Posted by: JayFlyer at March 11, 2006 12:45 AM | ReplyScore = 0
muh, just another overhyped novelty band that will tank before their sophmore release.
Posted by: Rich at March 11, 2006 3:38 AM | ReplyScore = 0
so tom's not my actual friend?
Posted by: the idiot at March 11, 2006 5:44 AM | Replynext you'll be telling me that all the bands i'm friends with on myspace won't be coming to my party tonight? Cos i put out a bulliten....
Or Tom?
It'll be rockin, if any stereogummers wanna come, giant drag'll be there, the test-icicles, dan sartain, atoms for peace will probly play some songs too.
east london street, yo, just follow the noise.
be there or be square.
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that video says so much more about the average indie hipster than it does about the Arctic Monkeys or any band.
Posted by: Goon at March 11, 2006 8:30 AM | ReplyScore = 0
i'm saving myself for one of the boys from arctic monkeys
but we can still sleep together if you want
Posted by: andrea at March 11, 2006 8:31 AM | Replyp.s. thanks for the add on myspace... it's too bad you're in minnesota
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Haha. Love it. and the Arctic Monkeys.
Posted by: Laura at March 11, 2006 10:54 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I wholeheartedly agree lol.
Well except I don't LOVE the Arctic Monkeys. Not an ounce of originality in 'em, though I like the one song "Fake Tales of San Francisco" a lot. :)
Posted by: alexis at March 11, 2006 10:57 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I'll be in Shanghai in May if you wanna shag then.
Posted by: JayFlyer at March 11, 2006 11:01 AM | ReplyScore = 0
so, is margot blowing up? i don't know. i'm from indianapolis and like, have been going to there shows and such. indianapolis isn't exactly known for having much of a music scene, so margot's big here. i was unaware anyone outside of the 317 area code knew who they were. if so, good for them. those guys deserve it.
Posted by: joe at March 11, 2006 12:07 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Blowing up? No.
Probably should've went with Nine Black Alps on that joke.
Posted by: scott at March 11, 2006 12:17 PM | ReplyScore = 0
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I just want to congradulate stereogum for having a day party that's a solid 10000x better than PFORKS.
Congrats, you guys are boss
Posted by: fleez rock at March 11, 2006 5:28 PM | ReplyScore = 0
more like Best YouTube Ever
Posted by: Dave at March 11, 2006 5:52 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Geez Scott, get with the 21st Century. I've already seen this somewhere else two hours ago. But seriously, why do Americans believe the hype? "Fastest selling UK album ever" is a warning to stay away, as far as I'm concerned. Remember, these are the people who went apeshit over that freaking singing frog. And Travis.
And kids, no need to actually watch SNL. Just wait 'til tomorrow for the YouTube of the Monkeys and the Digital Short.
Posted by: David at March 11, 2006 7:51 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I've already expressed, several times on Stereogum, my dislike for the Arctic Monkeys. I dunno. Maybe seeing a live performance will make me like them more. Or not. Their two biggest problems are unoriginality and, I'm surprised that no one mentioned this, differentiation. The only songs I like are the ones that don't sound the same. I really like "Riot Van" for some reason. And the last track on the album is good too.
Still, they're better than the Strokes.
Honestly, the last time I thought that a band deserved the hype, praise, and mainstream attention they deserved were Franz, and I'll be hazed for saying that.
Posted by: fido at March 11, 2006 10:11 PM | ReplyScore = 0
ok, the comedy sketches were terrible. the first performance (i bet you look good on the dancefloor) was ehh... mediocre. why was the drummer shouting like that?? eek.
the second performance (a certain romance) was better, but didn't the singer look a bit cocky? they don't have egos already, do they?! and who cares if someone in the audience yawned? no one's there dancing, they're not at a club, they're on fucking saturday night live...
if i had to sit through all of those terrible comedy sketches that aren't even really that funny, i'd probably be yawning at that point too
Posted by: andrea at March 12, 2006 2:50 AM | Replyp.s. i can't afford to go to shanghai :(
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bumper music for the podcast sketch: i'm always in love by wilco. hurray!
Posted by: Arya at March 12, 2006 3:06 AM | ReplyScore = 0
The Arctic Monkeys make me yearn for Gay Dad and Menswe@r.
Posted by: Ang Lophile at March 12, 2006 8:43 AM | ReplyScore = 0
arctic monkeys, i don't get the hype. they're still riding "the strokes wave"... or whatever's left of it. to me they sound like the libertines mixed with franz ferdinand... nothing original. they have a couple of great songs but that's it. i don't get why people are gettin wet.
Posted by: nice dude at March 12, 2006 12:35 PM | ReplyScore = 0
margot & the nuclear so and so's sound like an indie version of Travis. "skeleton key" is their only good song.
Posted by: Stephen at March 12, 2006 1:05 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Were the Arctic Monkeys making fun of Prince and Fall Out Boy at the end of their 2nd song on SNL? The lead singer took off his guitar on his last strum and placed it on the floor (you can still hear the sustain), as Prince did on his SNL performance. Then, guitar man #2 thought for a second, balked, then launched his guitar at an amp, started laughing, and showed everyone with his thumb...we think making fun of Fall Out Boy, who at the end of their set last week, graciously threw a guitar or bass at the percussionist. Can anybody get out their TiVo and confirm this?
Then before the credits, these guys had their little secret meeting while the show was ending and the drummer was frantically trying to get them to smile at the camera.
Besides potential awesomeness of these guys making fun of Prince and Fall Out Boy, why are they popular again? Are they friends with James Blunt or something?
Posted by: Monkey Boy at March 12, 2006 1:07 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Second band in a row to throw their instruments on SNL. I'm sorry, but that's enough to make me lose respect for any band. Sure, some bands can pull it off, but if you're going to throw your instruments you have to ask yourself, "Am I in an instrument throwing band?" Fall Out Boy did it. They're allowed to do it because a) They're douchebags and b) Pete Wentz has enough money to buy all of the basses he wants. Arctic Monkeys, however, have only been famous / successful for, what, four months at this point? And if you're going to cop a Strokes attitude onstage, then why undermine it by blowing shit up at the end? It's not irony, it's not rock and roll, you're just kind of full of yourself.
Posted by: fido at March 12, 2006 1:09 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Wait, I think the more important question is, "why was that anchor from New York 1 reading the intros?"
Posted by: Rick at March 12, 2006 1:12 PM | ReplyScore = 0
"that man just yawned.."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=88Lw7tufMig
Posted by: fleez rock at March 12, 2006 1:14 PM | ReplyScore = 0
good grief are arctic monkeys musically dull. whomever said they were better than the libertines (above) is probably smoking more crack than pete doherty. an overall very average cd. must be a slow couple of weeks for nme as they clearly can't find anyone else to hype for marketing purposes.
Posted by: s at March 12, 2006 1:34 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I've actually seen SNL live. Not the live taping, but the dress rehearsal three hours beforehand. It's about 30 more minutes of boring sketches in which they decide which sketches to cut. It's pretty tedious, but you try to make the best of it. Hey, I sat five feet away from Robert di Nero in a Peter Pan costume, so I'm not complaining.
Posted by: fido at March 12, 2006 1:55 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Anyone who is smashing guitars on national tv are putting themselves in the like of the Who, The Clash, and Nirvana. Ok, maybe that was farfetched cuz if you can afford a new guitar... hippy rockster buy a new guitar this one's old. Are there any Fender Mustangs in existance anymore or did Kurt make them extinct?
P.s. No Shanghai? isn't it right across the sea from Japan where you're living Andrea?
Posted by: JayFlyer at March 12, 2006 2:15 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Wow. Yikes. That sucked. Sounds and looks like pimply 14-year-olds trying to play Strokes covers and failing hard.
Who will be the next shitty band on that crappy show?
Posted by: telly at March 12, 2006 3:20 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Yeah I understand the whole hipster "i don't like em because they're way over hyped" but the Monkeys have some major potential. I think they're overhyped because they got thier popularity from the fans rather from the labels. Which is great. But to each his own. I am in the Monkeys bandwagon, they're great.
Posted by: Mr Wolf at March 12, 2006 4:37 PM | ReplyScore = 0
^^ Yeah, plus Alex Turner is cute.
But I'm a teenager, so I'm sure my opinion is a bit different than everyone else's here.
Posted by: alexis at March 12, 2006 4:48 PM | ReplyScore = 0
the second video is here http://youtube.com/watch?v=MRywfyLTmcY
Posted by: Steve at March 12, 2006 5:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Yeah, whoever said that they are better than the strokes is like saying the monkees made some better songs than the beatles.
drastic analogy, but honestly how can you say a (nearly cover band) is better than the ones who created the music they're playing?
Posted by: Devin at March 12, 2006 7:32 PM | ReplyScore = 0
What I meant was that their debut was better than the latest Strokes album.
And hey, I'm a teenager too and I think the Monkeys suck hard.
Posted by: fido at March 12, 2006 8:51 PM | ReplyScore = 0
hahahahaha
"that man just yawned"
I now LOVE the arctic monkeys
Posted by: fred at March 12, 2006 9:57 PM | ReplyScore = 0
If the Arctic Monkeys are like the Clash, then I'm like George Clooney. Which I'm not.
Posted by: Evan at March 13, 2006 12:16 AM | ReplyScore = 0
my favorite part about this whole thing is the continuing saga between andrea and jayflyer. who knew this was stereogum's true purpose?
Posted by: justin at March 13, 2006 11:44 AM | ReplyScore = 0
The Arctic Monkeys: a more pimpley, English version of the Strokes.
Posted by: bensch at March 13, 2006 1:38 PM | ReplyScore = 0
In response to the arctic monkeys not being better than the strokes simply because the strokes were first to (re) put out this style of musi., I find that incorrect. Take a look at my buddy charles darwin he wasnt the first to come up with natural selection, but everyone bought origin of the species!
Posted by: JFK at March 13, 2006 2:33 PM | ReplyScore = 0
making fun of prince?? tsk tsk
Posted by: MissNee at March 13, 2006 2:56 PM | ReplyScore = 0
there's a million ways you could have argued against the stokes comment, such as buddy hollys influence on john lennon.... but the thing you're missing is maturation. the arctic monkeys are merely taking one part libertines and two parts strokes in a literal translation...
Posted by: Devin at March 13, 2006 4:40 PM | Replydon't know why i am aruging this really, it's kind of like a new strain of pop punk for teens...
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Anyone know where else I can catch the SNL performance? YouTube's gotten real fast at deleting those videos...
Posted by: Ryan at March 13, 2006 5:08 PM | ReplyScore = 0
If there's one thing worse than hippies, it's bloody hipsters. Ok, the Arctic Monkeys got massive so it's uncool to like them.Like the libertines and Strokes? If by that you mean kick ass guitar based rock band, then yes. Lyrically, they are poles apart.
Posted by: indykid at March 13, 2006 5:24 PM | ReplyScore = 0
So, is anyone actually capable of commenting on Arctic Monkeys without mentioned 'hype', 'strokes' or 'libertines'; the people who cannot do this are either extremely stupid, or deviously ironic.
So, a band that managed to sell 360k in one week when the vast majority of the album was available for free online (legally), and they're overrated? Fair enough.
Opening line of the album
"Anticipation has a habit to set you up for disappointment"
Opening line of Bet You Look Good video
"We're Arctic Monkeys, don't believe the hype"
Lyric change on SNL
"They're lining up to take a punch at me"
Alex Turner and his band are playing you for fools, and comments about a singer being arrogant/cocky are just frankly hilarious. I forgot that bands should be contrite and sweetly grateful to appear on TV.
And pimples? Yes, because that's a really mature and intelligent criticism of a musical performance
isn't it.
Enjoy your flood of EMO and sappy soft rock. You're more than welcome to it.
Posted by: Woodhouse at March 13, 2006 5:36 PM | ReplyScore = 0
ah mr woodhouse, some sanity at last...
Posted by: emily at March 13, 2006 6:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
As a classically trained musician and older than a teenager, I do indeed say those Arctic Monkeys truly suck. Any night of the week there are more talented bands playing around the LES that deserve to be on SNL more than those clowns.
Posted by: Mr. Muse at March 13, 2006 7:12 PM | ReplyScore = 0
classically trained, eh? and since when did that...
but no matter. Judging by the comments on here, no poor soul deserves a fate as bad as SNL...
Posted by: emily at March 13, 2006 7:21 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Ahahaha Menswe@r. Gay Dad.
Posted by: Claire at March 13, 2006 7:33 PM | ReplyAng Lophile, will you marry me?
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Emily it was a joke (yet true statements) aimed at the kids.
Posted by: Mr. Muse at March 13, 2006 8:13 PM | ReplyScore = 0
forgive me. we brits don't understand irony, you do know that?
Posted by: emily at March 13, 2006 8:19 PM | ReplyScore = 0
dear woodhouse,
arctic monkeys are pimply, overrated, and cocky, and sound like a combination of the strokes, the libertines, franz ferdinand, and the white stripes
hahaha
so if you're not the first band to originate a new and innovative sound which is so completely, mind-blowingly original, complex, addictive, and yet totally obscure and top secret, we will still listen to your music but we're going to bitch about it for sounding even remotely like something else
i love irony, pomo, and vinyl
no really
p.s. i'm japanese but not actually in japan, jay
p.p.s. want a threesome, justin?
p.p.s.s. woodhouse, your website is broken
Posted by: andrea at March 13, 2006 9:43 PM | ReplyScore = 0
we are however, marvellous at sarcasm (viz. arctic monkeys...)
Posted by: emily at March 14, 2006 3:50 AM | ReplyScore = 0
NOt in Japan? Where then?
Justin is only invited if he promises not to grab my ass. Can we invite one of your hottie friends or maybe Emily or Alexis can join us?
Posted by: JayFlyer at March 14, 2006 11:50 AM | ReplyScore = 0
One can only hope that that these post-pubecent lemmmings will grow up and write for Mother-B*tchfork. A band getting hyped? The Devil you say! "They suck they suck, they look/sound like the Strokes" Poor thing, updatye your nastiness!
Posted by: Nick Sylvester at March 15, 2006 2:45 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Andrea, I think I am in love with you.
Posted by: Mr. Nicholous at March 15, 2006 3:04 PM | ReplyScore = 0
monkeys are pretty cool, hard to deal with all the hype they got. that man just yawned shows true rock performance style, who would dare say that. leave em alone
Posted by: joe at March 19, 2006 9:36 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Seriosly, most you all are on this Arctic Monkey wagon becuz you seem to be the trend obsessed groupies of your generation . I do not like the band and not becuz alex Turner's a "hottie". Has anyone considered his song writing abilities or guitar skills? No, for you cookie cutter girls its just how he styles his hair. But If that's how the band wants to be seen maybe I'll cancel my pre order for scummy man. And how much time do you spend here inMy Space? I was researching for finals and wound up here on a strange link where curiosty drove me to read your long interactions. And people wonder why you are anti social or failing.
Posted by: None O. F. Biz at March 24, 2006 2:10 PM | ReplyTa I will check on your desperate lives later as now I realize My Space is a cynically amusing cache for peeps
Ps. But I do agree about alex, and Matt helders- drummer no matter if he decides to scream or not
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Arctic Monkeys are the biggest load of shite iv ever heard in my life, i just hope that record labels dont snap up any old band just because they sound a bit like the arctic monkeys, cos i really dont wanna be listening to bands like the arctics.
Posted by: sockouk2k at April 7, 2006 8:36 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Hey you stupid losers, the strokes are fucking OVER!!! they're history. so get on your dancing shoes bitches cause the Arctic Monkeys will be rockin' and rollin' for a long long time :)
Posted by: walrus at July 24, 2006 1:38 AM | ReplyScore = 0
You guys are the 88214 best, thanks so much for the help.
Posted by: Caty Tota at July 26, 2006 9:57 PM | ReplyScore = 0
the artic monkeys have to be one of the most ugliest lookin' / sounding bands ive ever heard how can people like them and most of all there music its fucking sad.
Posted by: JaRRoD at August 23, 2006 5:09 AM | ReplyScore = 0
The bassist from the Arctic Monks is EXTREMELY NICE!
Posted by: julesbrains at December 3, 2006 10:04 PM | ReplyAndy Nicholson... he is gone now.:( Nick O'Malley
oh well.. I loved Andy. He was my brother and we were sisters.
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Their live performances are great and their probably isn't another band I can really get behind at the moment.
PS are all american crowds shit? Every video I've seen and evrything I've heard indicates a bunch a teens to selfconsious to move. I heard reviews about the hyped crowd at Coachella and then saw the actual footage. It was dead.
Posted by: stephen at May 11, 2007 2:00 PM | ReplyScore = 0
i hate how americans don't like arctic monkeys. reading all of those comments were horrible. and to say they're better than the strokes is criminal—the strokes are legendary! this is why i'm moving to the uk.
Posted by: tara at June 17, 2007 8:29 AM | ReplyScore = 0