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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: cannons_at_dawn on January 28, 2006, 10:23:00 pm
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god, i love these boys, but really, every time i open a newspaper, there's an article about them. it's insane. they're coming here later, i think, and i'm going for sure - but honestly. nme was enough (put them on the cover before they were a band) but i think if they keep getting so much hype everyone will hate them.
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Yes, but I don't think it's their fault. On their first video, the lead singer introduces the song and then says, "Don't believe the hype." They don't do many interviews; I think it's the over-zealous British press, as usual, looking for the next big thing.
But you're right, the over-hype is already starting a backlash. How could any band so young live up to it?
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Originally posted by Arlette:
I think it's the over-zealous British press, as usual, looking for the next big thing.
Amen. The NME especially is an overhype machine.
I enjoy their music, I just feel bad that a promising band has to be subjected to such astronomical standards.
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im going to this show just to see the spinto band. they are really freaking great.
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i love the spinto band too :)
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Seeing as hype has to be bought in the US, it will be a month or so before they get named the fifth best record ever released. I suspect a number of brit band early adopters are on board already, but until DC101, etc gets its promo money they'll be just another band blogged to death about in the US.
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A little more than hype this time. Sold 360,000 of their album making it the highest selling debut on the British charts ever.
I mean, yea, they are hyped to death, but a lot of times that hype doesn't translate to sales. This time is sho' did.
Kosmo, I agree, we'll see what happens when the album is released here (I think Feb. 21st?). Could be a backlash already and they will sink. Either it's the Robbie Williams syndrome or their sound is just so British it won't translate here.
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Wow, even the NYT is gushing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/arts/music/30monkeys.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1138597200&en=a135ec9278fd58ca&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/arts/music/30monkeys.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1138597200&en=a135ec9278fd58ca&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin)
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Did this show even make it onto the main page? It wasn't in the last e-mail unless I totally missed something. I was looking forward to seeing if they actually lived up to the hype, but I guess not.
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Oh what fun....Bombay, Smackie and I will be chillin' in our deck chairs watching the fallout today. FYI that show has been announced in the 9:30 email blast since Jan 11th with little fanfare in these parts, I'm guessin somebody let the monkey out of the bag somewhere...
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It has sold-out already!
I didn't get the email.
I would have gone to feed the hype machine.
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List_Serve@930.com
and it was in a total of three emails sent out...
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Wow. I expected a sellout, but not this soon. Hype or not - Are they actually any good? I haven't even heard them yet.
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I've heard a handful of their songs, and to me it's really indistinguishable from other Brit bands of their ilk. I've heard it's their "aw-shucks" attitude that makes them standout. Maybe with that sort of attitude, they should have been an alt-country band.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Wow. I expected a sellout, but not this soon. Hype or not - Are they actually any good? I haven't even heard them yet.
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It's confirmed:
Arctic Monkeys are the new Franz Ferdnads of yesteryear.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Wow. I expected a sellout, but not this soon. Hype or not - Are they actually any good? I haven't even heard them yet.
i actually like the first libertines album and the first british sea power album better than everything i've heard from arctic monkeys ... i guess arctic monkeys are a little more accessible (vocals way up front, en-un-ci-ates well) than the other "dirty" post-punk revival brit bands ... nothing to write home about though, IMHO
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I've actually just returned from spending 5 months in London, where I saw the Arctic Monkeys at the Astoria. NME is indeed hyping them beyond belief, and they're on the cover for i think the 3rd time this week being called "Britain's biggest band". I hate the hype, as I'm afraid of backlash. They're good, very good, in a 19 year old straight out of their garage and into your local dive kind of way. The lyrics, delivery, and general vibe of this band are all about being roughly 17-22 in Britain today. America won't understand half the lyrics, and it's too far removed from the emo/pop-punk/numetal crap that's dominating modern US rock to make much of an impact beyond indie circles and britphiles. If that means I can continue to see them in tiny venues while they play stadiums in the UK, that's fine by me.