Arctic Monkeys

[Win2Win]

:yikes: Watched these last night......I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing this 'historic' band around in 20-30 years time......the singer has a vocal range of non, the guitarists don't know many chords, best of them was the bass player.......and the drummers kit...or should I say WHAT kit :hahaha

Thank God the Spice Girls are coming back :irish:

[bigcumba]

Must admit I can't see what the fuss is about either.... over hyped mediocrity. And the Arctic Monkeys are just as bad... :laugh

[sparkyminer]

Got to agree....Wasn't too impressed. In fact when my daughter switched to Big Brother, it was almost on for 5 seconds before I turned it BBC24.:D

[drfernet]

Thank God the Spice Girls are coming back :irish:



Are they? :headbange

[scoobydoo]

best of them was the bass player.......and the drummers kit...or should I say WHAT kit :hahaha

But we know youre comparing them with Steve Harris and Nicko McBrain...slightly unfair Keith!:laugh I dont think they are too bad...I hope they wont be around in 30 years...if only someone can tell that to The Rolling Stones now....

Actually got hold of the 2 Maiden albums last weekend when Blaze Bayley was the singer...music doesnt sound that bad but his voice just isnt the same at all is it. Again a little unfair though eh! :ooo

[bigcumba]

if only someone can tell that to The Rolling Stones now....

I'm going to have to disagree with you there Scooby... last Stones album was a stormer, probably the best they've done in over 20 years, and they're still one of the best live bands around. :)

Must admit I'm not a fan of the Blaze era Maiden stuff either... but then again I'm an old git when it comes to Maiden and still prefer the first 2 albums as that was when I first saw them live - 4 or 5 times in 1980-81. Most of Bruce's albums wih the band are excellent... especially the newest one, but you still can't beat that debut album.

[Win2Win]

But we know youre comparing them with Steve Harris and Nicko McBrain...slightly unfair Keith!:laugh

Comparing it wih my kit, only started learning guitar end of last year, and already play better than that lot, drums I've worked with all my life, and learning keyboard now.....no time for sleep......been on pep pills since '86 :ooo

[scoobydoo]

I'm going to have to disagree with you there Scooby... last Stones album was a stormer, probably the best they've done in over 20 years, and they're still one of the best live bands around. :)

Must admit I'm not a fan of the Blaze era Maiden stuff either... but then again I'm an old git when it comes to Maiden and still prefer the first 2 albums as that was when I first saw them live - 4 or 5 times in 1980-81. Most of Bruce's albums wih the band are excellent... especially the newest one, but you still can't beat that debut album.

No problem bigc...its all about opinions....thank goodness for that eh :)

I thought the last Maiden album was very good, but I do probably like Number of the Beast and I love Piece of Mind...reminds me of when I was young! I actually saw Blaze when he was in Wolfsbane a few times at The Marquee Club...long time ago now!:ermmm

[Win2Win]

My fav Maiden album is Powerslave :thumbs

I just wish I could play drums like that bird out of White Stripes :yikes:

[scoobydoo]

My fav Maiden album is Powerslave :thumbs

I just wish I could play drums like that bird out of White Stripes :yikes:

Now you think the drummer in Arctic Monkeys aint too bad eh!!:laugh

[sparkyminer]

I just wish I could play that bird out of White Stripes :yikes:
I reckon I could get a tune out of her.

:yikes::lickme:wink:D

[bigcumba]

My fav Maiden album is Powerslave :thumbs



Of all the Brucie albums that or Seventh Son would be my faves, and the new one to make the top 3. From what I hear the band are taking a year off to plan their new album... and are hinting at a return to Powerslave style... Bruce told the Download festivel crowd they were taking a year off to build a pyramid... sounds tasty to me!

[scoobydoo]

Of all the Brucie albums that or Seventh Son would be my faves, and the new one to make the top 3. From what I hear the band are taking a year off to plan their new album... and are hinting at a return to Powerslave style... Bruce told the Download festivel crowd they were taking a year off to build a pyramid... sounds tasty to me!

Cant disagree with any of that....Powerslave is excellent album. I have seen them twice, once at Hammersmith Odeon in 86 I think, Somewhere in time tour, another fine album...and then at Donnington in 88. They are without doubt one of the best live bands I have seen...supreme talent. Steve Harris...amazing bass player and the strings he uses are really thick...I tried playing with them once and my God...he must have some strong fingers I tell you! :laugh

[MattR]

Powerslave was the first album of theirs I got after a friend at school played it to me. After that I got all their previous stuff. Favourite album for me would be between Powerslave, Seventh Son, Somewhere In Time and Number of the Beast I think, although that may change depending what week it is :laugh As to favourite songs there are so many. Trooper, Run to the Hills, Drifter, Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Only the good die young, I'll stop cos this list could go on a while! Went off them during the Blaze years but they've come back as good as ever since Bruce returned I think. My musical tastes have broadened a bit since back then when it was heavy metal or nothing, but I still like them as much as I ever did.

[bigcumba]

Steve Harris...amazing bass player

Definitely.. first band I was in we did Running Free and Run to The Hills... first on was easy enough but RTTH has that mental fingering style he does so well and I reckon I needed 2 more fingers on my right hand to cope with it! Wrathchild is a good one to play as well, love that opening riff!

[scoobydoo]

Definitely.. first band I was in we did Running Free and Run to The Hills... first on was easy enough but RTTH has that mental fingering style he does so well and I reckon I needed 2 more fingers on my right hand to cope with it! Wrathchild is a good one to play as well, love that opening riff!

Dont envy you with Run to the Hills bigc! The thing is he does that for over 2 hours a night for god knows how many dates and I bet he doesnt even feel it...wonder what those fingers will be like when he gets a bit older! :laughWe did Wrathchild...great song to do and one of the...shall I say eaiser ones to do! :wink I saw them on channel 4 about month ago and he said he only uses 2 fingers...some think he uses more but no. Absolutely amazing.


Went off them during the Blaze years but they've come back as good as ever since Bruce returned I think. My musical tastes have broadened a bit since back then when it was heavy metal or nothing, but I still like them as much as I ever did.

Yes I dont like the Blaze era as much but listened to The Clansman last night from Virtual XI and the music is fantastic in my opinion...would love to hear Bruce sing that song.

[bigcumba]

I saw them on channel 4 about month ago and he said he only uses 2 fingers...some think he uses more but no

I'd have sworn he used 3, and that's the way I tried it, but gave up.. had to resort to the old heavy duty plectrum. Probably explains why I snapped so many bass strings!

[Win2Win]

Yes I dont like the Blaze era as much but listened to The Clansman last night from Virtual XI and the music is fantastic in my opinion...would love to hear Bruce sing that song.

He does on the Live in Rio DVD :D Bloody great....especiall Nicko's Scottish jig :laugh

[scoobydoo]

I'd have sworn he used 3, and that's the way I tried it, but gave up.. had to resort to the old heavy duty plectrum. Probably explains why I snapped so many bass strings!

Me too! Plectrum for me too!!! :laugh This is link to interview if you never saw it...was on ch4 Live from Abbey Road....also there are links to the 2 songs they did as well.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yOI_JjmYnRQ

[bigcumba]

cheers for the link mate - some kind soul actually posted a top quality 450Mb avi of that on the newsgroups so I've got it - still haven't had time to watch it properly yet though.

[scoobydoo]

He does on the Live in Rio DVD :D Bloody great....especiall Nicko's Scottish jig :laugh

Thanks Keith...found it on Live in Rio on itunes. :thumbs

[John]

Arctic Monkeys aren't a bad outfit, they've achieved a lot in a short space of time.

Anyone see Iggy and the Stooges on Johnathon Ross last night?

[scoobydoo]

Arctic Monkeys aren't a bad outfit, they've achieved a lot in a short space of time.

Ill second that Johnny boy!!! :D


Anyone see Iggy and the Stooges on Johnathon Ross last night?

No...but I did Sky+ it and so will watch it now youve said that! :thumbs

[samantha1303]

I agree with Keith, they are crap.The most over rated band for a long time.

I saw Iggy and Stooges live I wasn't impressed.

[bigcumba]

Arctic Monkeys aren't a bad outfit, they've achieved a lot in a short space of time.

Anyone see Iggy and the Stooges on Johnathon Ross last night?

The Arctic Monkeys aren't fit to be in the same post as the Godfather of punk!

Sam - you may have caught them on a bad night, I've seen Iggy quite a few times over the last 20 years and he's been amazing every time.

[samantha1303]

He was good I think I just expected more

[Win2Win]

He's not the same now he's off the drugs :)

[samantha1303]

I saw Iron Maiden on tv from download doing Fear of The Dark, it was fantastic

[samantha1303]

He's not the same now he's off the drugs :)

You could have a point there :wink

[bigcumba]

He was good I think I just expected more

Was that before or after he'd dropped his pants?

[John]

No...but I did Sky+ it and so will watch it now youve said that! :thumbs

Serena Williams was on too. :wink As well as someone else whose name escapes me...

[bigcumba]

I'm going to have to watch the repeat later tonight (if I can stay up that late - wife's just brought in a bottle of dark rum as I'd mentioned liking the stuff :thumbs)

[scoobydoo]

Serena Williams was on too. :wink As well as someone else whose name escapes me...

Russell Brand I believe.....Serena looks a fit girl....you wouldnt want to piss her off if she was your partner would you.... She'd leather you...:laugh

[John]

Stick a VHS in Campbell and watch it tomzo. :)

[John]

Russell Brand I believe.....Serena looks a fit girl....you wouldnt want to piss her off if she was your partner would you.... She'd leather you...:laugh

:laugh :laugh :laugh

She certainly would!

Russell Brand is a prick. :)

[scoobydoo]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

She certainly would!

Russell Brand is a prick. :)

Agreed! I had heard he was a comedian somewhere?? :doh

[John]

Certainly. :D

Double ententres, unneccessarily over-the-top extroversion and the need to speak incredibly loudly to people sat near him (like in J Ross last night) does not make someone funny! It gets so tiring because it's obvious he tries so hard to be funny... and most of the time he's not. The only thing I like about him is his dress sense. :)

[bigcumba]

Agreed! I had heard he was a comedian somewhere?? :doh

In his own sick little mind

[scoobydoo]

Certainly. :D

Double ententres, unneccessarily over-the-top extroversion and the need to speak incredibly loudly to people sat near him (like in J Ross last night) does not make someone funny! It gets so tiring because it's obvious he tries so hard to be funny... and most of the time he's not. The only thing I like about him is his dress sense. :)

Wait till you nearly hit 40...you lose all dress sense...happens slowly and creeps up on you! Then bang...youre wearing stuff you have no idea where its from..and you dont even care!! :ermmm That is cool in itself aint it!! :doh

He is a pain in the ****...so glad hes not doing the Big Brother thing....talking about his winkle or whatever he calls it.....christ that has been some places by the sound of it....hope Serena escaped ok last night!:cuck

Changing the subject..anyone into Iain Archer, heard of him, like him,loathe him... any of the above????

[Win2Win]

Double ententres, unneccessarily over-the-top extroversion and the need to speak incredibly loudly to people sat near him

You've just described me ya daft twit :D

[samantha1303]

Russell Brand - this should have a thread of its own.
I'm so pleased to know it's not just me that can't stand him.
Sex god ? They're having a laugh.
He is one of the most obnoxious people I know.

[John]

Well this is very good. :) I've yet to come across anyone who likes Russell Brand. :D :D :D

[Win2Win]

I quite fancied him :yikes:

[John]

I'm pleased you put that in the past tense. A little more comforting. :laugh

[scoobydoo]

Have to say I saw Iggy and thought he was great....Im a fan now! Saw some on Glastonbury as well. Its raw but I liked it...how uncomfortable did that guy look in the suit when Iggy was bearing down on him on Jon Ross!!:laugh

Saw The Killers last night as well...thought they were good a well.

Although I do think Brand is a knob...I did find some of it funny with Ross...I know Im off for a lie down! :splapme Though.... I dont think he would be funny in a live show at all...

[John]

How come you think Brandon's a knob!?

Yeah I saw The Killers too - what was he wearing... very good live performance though. Brandon reminds me of a small child who's trying to be a rockstar but portrays too much of a "good boy, nice boy" image. :)

[mathare]

Brandon reminds me of a small child who's trying to be a rockstar but portrays too much of a "good boy, nice boy" image. :)He is a mormon so the usual rock star excesses of booze, cigarettes and drugs aren't really his scene which may explain the nice boy image.

[mathare]

Although I do think Brand is a knob...


How come you think Brandon's a knob!?He doesn't so that makes what I said about him being a mormon etc all rather irrelevant. Scoobs reckons Russell Brand is a :icon_tong :splapme.

Russell Brand is a pillock though, as is David Walliams. It's amazing how two of the most annoying camp it up a bit :icon_tongs can have had so many fit women though.

[bigcumba]

It's amazing how two of the most annoying camp it up a bit :icon_tongs can have had so many fit women though.

Now I know where I was going wrong.... :splapme

[scoobydoo]

How come you think Brandon's a knob!?

Yeah I saw The Killers too - what was he wearing... very good live performance though. Brandon reminds me of a small child who's trying to be a rockstar but portrays too much of a "good boy, nice boy" image. :)

No as Mat said, I dont think Brandon is... Russel Brand I shouldve put. I like The Killers a lot though I dont think the second album is as good as the first one imho. Funnily enough when Ive heard them live on tv, I havent thought they sound really great but my brother went to see them when they opened for U2 in Wales 2 years ago and he said they were amazing....would love to hear what someone thought they were like who were there last night.

It is weird how if you find your feminine side....to say the least, in Walliams and Brand...the girls go for you? Good luck to em anyway. :rolleyes:I find Walliams more annoying...he seems to want to belittle people when I have seen him away from Little Britain ...on Friday Night Project the other day we was a bit of a :icon_tong...didnt seem to play the game at all really.

[MattR]

I always thought Little Britain was a vastly inferior version of the Fast Show anyway.

And yes I wholly agree, Russell Brand is a :icon_tong

[scoobydoo]

I always thought Little Britain was a vastly inferior version of the Fast Show anyway.

I agree Matt. Fast Show was better in my opinion....Ted & Ralph was very good.:D Ive never really been able to get into Little Britain....I do find some funny. Just thought it was my old age kicking in maybe as the kids seem to love it dont they.:rolleyes:

[MattR]

Maybe it was because of the bigger cast in the Fast Show and more characters, not sure. There were some superb ones in the fast show and also the sketches were better I think and had a lot more variety to them. One the one hand you Ted and Ralph which was almost tragic comedy then you'd have the innuendo of the Suit You Sir to the off the wall Spanish Satellite show with the scorchio. The lines seem to have lasted too such as I'll get me coat.

[jonahjones]

'Old the bells! :)

[MattR]

:D Right, Shilton in goal....

[jonahjones]

:D Right, Shilton in goal....

When I say he's got to be in, I mean he's got to be out! :)

[sparkyminer]

I like The Killers a lot though I dont think the second album is as good as the first one imho. Funnily enough when Ive heard them live on tv, I havent thought they sound really great but my brother went to see them when they opened for U2 in Wales 2 years ago and he said they were amazing....would love to hear what someone thought they were like who were there last night.


I also saw The Killers live in Cardiff and they were indeed excellent. I've seen them at Nottingham arena and again they were brilliant. I've never rated their TV performances but I thought they were very good last night. I think Sam's Town is as good if not better than Hot Fuss.

[John]

Cheers Mat/Rick - got my wires crossed there! But understand now. Blond moment. :laugh

The Fast Show was superb... but I've never really watched Little Britain so can't really comment.

Interesting Sparks that you think Sam's Town lives up to Hot Fuss. All down to a matter of opinion, but I don't think it's nearly as good. For me, they tried too hard to make ST different, when there was no need. Hot Fuss went 4x platinum didn't it? So why the need for change? Maybe they wanted to try something new, sure... but I just can't get to grips with Sam's Town.

[glynners]

Only just seen this but i'm going to throw in my two cents.

I think they are very good at what they do. They arent the best musically by a long shot but they are very own to earth and its very easy to pick up on what they are singing about. The songs they write relate to everyday experiences of most pre 30's people today. Thats why they are so popular.

Also, they're going round saying 'We're the best thing to happen to music, ever' like some people that have recently after only releasing two albums.

I think theres alot more over-rated bands out there. Lots of whispy voiced singers and some utter drivel for lyrics. Trying to appear deep and meaningful when, to me, they just appear to be up their own backsides.

:thumbs