Arctic Monkeys

[rustysub]

Just got back from Southside Fest in Germany, t'Arctics were excellent, you'll love them at Glasto.

[iamstreety]

Seen them a few times and i'm contemplating seeing someone different for a change. Chic or Portishead...? The problem is, they are great live and I don't want to miss out.

What to do...

Edited June 25, 2013 by iamstreety

[evilduck]

Last time I saw them was Reading which was a terrible performance, and I just know that they are going to pull it off spectacularly this time and be amazing, but I don't know if I can bear missing The Horrors for them.

[Seanoooo]

Arctic monkeys headlining the pyramid is a rare occurance and may or may not ever happen again. where as many of the other bands you can easily see. For me you should all see arctics hands down.

[Sketchead]

Arctic monkeys headlining the pyramid is a rare occurance and may or may not ever happen again. where as many of the other bands you can easily see. For me you should all see arctics hands down.

[sjseabass]

Arctic monkeys headlining the pyramid is a rare occurance and may or may not ever happen again. where as many of the other bands you can easily see. For me you should all see arctics hands down.

[Englishdragon]

Was always going to miss Arctics to go and explore but as there is absolutely nobody I want to see at the same time as them I have decided Im going to go watch them.

Dunno why I was going to miss them TBH, Ive had their playlist on all day and loved every minute of it.

[rustysub]

Bugger, did'nt realise that there's a horrendous clash with Portishead who were stunning.

[somecoolusername]

I know there will be plenty of opportunities to see Arctic Monkeys this year/next; I've seen them many times before, and am a massive Portishead fan, but have decided to see AM. It's not entirely logical, but there's just something pulling me towards them. I know I'd regret it if I missed them, so I'm going with it.

Edited June 25, 2013 by somecoolusername

[Chiefski]

More recent live stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJT7FRqq60

Do I Wanna Know? into Brianstorm really just works.

[dan8k]

as someone who campaigned to have chic at glasto, (even chatted to nile about it) i have just made my mind up to see arctic monkeys, they look well on form. will see chic at bestival instead, in all honesty, think they are more suited to bestival anyway, and maybe the daft punk hype will have died off by then.

[Seanoooo]

Think I didn't explain myself greatly there. Just arctic monkeys have really made it known they want to smash it this time at glastonbury. But yeah who ever goes have a great time i'll be watching from my sofa!

[Sketchead]

Thoughts? I loved them but I'm biased. I've watched their set back on TV today and it seemed even better tbh.

[IanM]

I thought they played a really good set. Friends I went with didn't agree, but then maybe I'm a bit more biased due to them being one of my favourite bands?

Did anyone else see the naked bloke with the Gimp mask on, who was standing on his mates shoulders and made it from half way back to quite near the front? Thought it was hilarious especially as he kept turning round and throwing his hands in the air to all those cheering him on!

[Wooly Mammoth]

I love them.. especially their new stuff, but was disappointed. Was bored watching them, had the same feeling when I watched them headline Reading. They're a great band, but not for the big stage.. hopefully next time they'll be demoted to a smaller stage, where I feel even they would prefer to be, less pressure for them.

[ErnestWorthing]

Mick Jagger: "We're looking forward to it [Glastonbury] and I've been thinking about the set list for the day and how we're going to deal with it. You've got to try and make sure the first number really cooks … gets everyone confident. That first number's got to be something you're super confident with. It's no good doing a slightly unknown number that the audience isn't going to deal with."

I stand by my comment that it was wrong to start with the new single, I don't think it worked.

For me it was a 4/5 performance. The setlist was great (after a poor start), they played well, the crowd was good, but it was missing something. Dizzee rascal, who I don't like and wouldn't listen to, managed to get the crowd going crazy, and was a great performer. The arctics simply didn't. They seem almost embarrassed that people know the words to their songs and on a mission to prove themselves as serious artists in some way. It's sad, because they're one of my favourite recording artists, but live, I just don't think they've got it. Good, great even, but lacking something.

[IanM]

The thing is, Dizzee Rascal has gone from a credible grime artist making music that he wanted to make, to a man who's now making records that his label knows will sell to the pop/dance loving masses.

Very harsh to compare a band to a pop act.

On the Arctic Monkeys playing a smaller stage. Whilst it would be amazing, the organisers would have a safety issue because it would be rammed solid.

[NiallP10]

Although i really enjoyed it, i agree there was something missing but only up until florescent Adolescent then after that i loved each song. My only gripes were strange song choices and relatively poor sound volume wise.

I thought my original fears of them starting do i wanna know? was justified, nobody seemed to know it, plus playing mad sounds was silly. And thought shes thunderstorms and brick by brick should of been swapped for either much better or more recognizable songs. But overall, songs such as fake tales, a certain romance and the whole encore secured my enjoyment.

Dunno what people are moaning about his charisma on other threads though, he'l never have the charisma to charm a very large crowd like that.

[fatyeti24]

i didn't see them, but the rest of my group did. the one who loves them loved it, the others, more casual fans, didn't and wandered off to Chic.

[EighteenSixty7]

Bloody fantastic but as a massive fan I probably wouldn't feel any less.

[PDAD]

I can only comment based upon the view i had on my sofa, but i thought the set looked awesome!

[fatyeti24]

just watched this as i wasn't there, it comes across well on tv i think. only niggles are the gaps between songs and Turner's weird accent. to paraphrase one of his lyrics "you're not mid atlantic, you're from Sheffield".

[Guest]

I've not noticed anything odd about his accent. Cornerstone was excellent wasn't it? And him singing Soul Love a little bit before hand sent me a bit nuts, I decided to bellow out the words so loud I couldn't hear what was going on, some funny looks by the time I got to "Oh they penetrate her grieving" signalled that they weren't actually playing it and I had been well and truly cockteased.

[fatyeti24]

I've not noticed anything odd about his accent. Cornerstone was excellent wasn't it? And him singing Soul Love a little bit before hand sent me a bit nuts, I decided to bellow out the words so loud I couldn't hear what was going on, some funny looks by the time I got to "Oh they penetrate her grieving" signalled that they weren't actually playing it and I had been well and truly cockteased.

[autoinflate]

I thought they were absolutely fantastic.

They, and especially Alex, have now matured into a proper headline act. The set had so much energy and just rolled from one killer track to the next, with great banter from Alex in between. Yes he has developed a stage accent/persona hovering somewhere mid-atlantic between LA and Sheffield, but it sounds fookin cool so why not, reet?

"Who wants to hear an old Monkeys tune, one that we don't get out that often!"

"I said who wants to hear an old Monkeys tune, ONE THAT WE DON'T GET OUT THAT OFTEN!'

classic stuff...love em.