Suck It and See - Arctic Monkeys: review.

[Bilboblue]

‘There is one song on this album that I discovered, that I want to last forever - and that’s a very rare occasion, and I’ve been listening to music for a long time.

Aren't you 16 years old Bob?

To say you have been listening to music for a LONG time is a bit of a joke matey!

I like this new album by the way :o)

 

[MCFC BOB]

‘There is one song on this album that I discovered, that I want to last forever - and that’s a very rare occasion, and I’ve been listening to music for a long time.

Aren't you 16 years old Bob?

To say you have been listening to music for a LONG time is a bit of a joke matey!

I like this new album by the way :o)

I really didn't know any other way to word that bit.

Looking back, maybe I should have said that I've heard a lot of music in my 16 years on Earth, and very rarely have I heard a song that I don't want to stop.

 

[Bilboblue]

‘There is one song on this album that I discovered, that I want to last forever - and that’s a very rare occasion, and I’ve been listening to music for a long time.

Aren't you 16 years old Bob?

To say you have been listening to music for a LONG time is a bit of a joke matey!

I like this new album by the way :o)

I really didn't know any other way to word that bit.

Looking back, maybe I should have said that I've heard a lot of music in my 16 years on Earth, and very rarely have I heard a song that I don't want to stop.

It's ok youngun, just me pulling yer leg lad ;o)

 

[MCFC BOB]

Aren't you 16 years old Bob?

To say you have been listening to music for a LONG time is a bit of a joke matey!

I like this new album by the way :o)

I really didn't know any other way to word that bit.

Looking back, maybe I should have said that I've heard a lot of music in my 16 years on Earth, and very rarely have I heard a song that I don't want to stop.

It's ok youngun, just me pulling yer leg lad ;o)

Haha, I know.

Aw sod it, this review isn't going to be used for anything other than my blog!!!!!!!!!! so it's no great shakes.

 

[oneloveonecity]

hellcat spangled shalalala, black treacle and don't sit down are the best i'd say, brick by bricks really grown on me though

 

[berger10]

Great work Bob, I wasn't going to bother with this album but I will now.

I must say, it sometimes hard to believe you are as young as you are. When I was your age, I wanted to do the same thing, and as many gigs as I went to, as much music as I listened to, and as many music magazines I read, I knew fook all about music to sum it up. I'm even piss poor with instruments, regardless of the fact I've got two electric guitars ha! Power chords were as far as I ever got!

So, I'm happy to be a fan, and it turned out to be something I've never even thought about since I was 16, but you, you have talent there mate and I sincerely mean that. For something so intelligent, insightful and emotive to be written by a lad of your age is very, very impressive and as much as I don't want to harp on about age, that review wouldn't look out of place in the music press.

Follow your dream my blue brother, I feel there's a future for you in music!

 

[MCFC BOB]

Great work Bob, I wasn't going to bother with this album but I will now.

I must say, it sometimes hard to believe you are as young as you are. When I was your age, I wanted to do the same thing, and as many gigs as I went to, as much music as I listened to, and as many music magazines I read, I knew fook all about music to sum it up. I'm even piss poor with instruments, regardless of the fact I've got two electric guitars ha! Power chords were as far as I ever got!

So, I'm happy to be a fan, and it turned out to be something I've never even thought about since I was 16, but you, you have talent there mate and I sincerely mean that. For something so intelligent, insightful and emotive to be written by a lad of your age is very, very impressive and as much as I don't want to harp on about age, that review wouldn't look out of place in the music press.

Follow your dream my blue brother, I feel there's a future for you in music!

Forgive me, but holy shit.

Thanks. That really means a lot, mate. Er, I'm not sure what to say other than just... thanks. That's given me a real boost (I suppose positive feedback always does).

Could you pass your comments on my review of Fleet Foxes? I just finished it tonight, actually :)

 

[gmtx]

only my opinion, but...

Arctic Monkeys are shit. Tuneless, emotionless pretentious drivel.

And to the OP, your complex point scoring system is laughable. You can't rate art in numbers, it's not a maths test.

 

[MCFC BOB]

only my opinion, but...

Arctic Monkeys are shit. Tuneless, emotionless pretentious drivel.

And to the OP, your complex point scoring system is laughable. You can't rate art in numbers, it's not a maths test.

Well, okay, I'm open to every opinion on both my reviews and the music I listen to. I think Arctic Monkeys are a breath of fresh air in chart music, which has been horribly swallowed by wiry keyboards and completely revamped vocals. Arctic Monkeys' music has been consistently impressive since their first appearance with 'Beneath the Boardwalk'. They wrote 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' when they were very young, in fact, they were only slightly older than me. If I could write a song like that at my age, I'd be astounded at myself.

"You can't rate art in numbers, it's not a maths test" - saying that, you've more or less argued against every scoring system that has ever been used to decide an album's quality. I don't think I could just say 'the album is great' and then not use some sort of mathematical evidence to back it up. It always annoys me when music critics don't use a scoring system; 'very favourable' - what is that? It doesn't really give any conclusive answer as to just how good it is. Decimals are key. I've rated Fleet Foxes' latest release at 8.8, which means I think that it's better than 'Suck It and See'. But if I'd said 'very favourable' for both, there wouldn't have been any way to separate them from each other in a scoring system. I thought 'Helplessness Blues' was a shade better than 'Suck It and See', so I use decimals to explain that.

 

[gmtx]

Well, okay, I'm open to every opinion on both my reviews and the music I listen to. I think Arctic Monkeys are a breath of fresh air in chart music, which has been horribly swallowed by wiry keyboards and completely revamped vocals. Arctic Monkeys' music has been consistently impressive since their first appearance with 'Beneath the Boardwalk'. They wrote 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' when they were very young, in fact, they were only slightly older than me. If I could write a song like that at my age, I'd be astounded at myself.

Well, each to their own and all that, but the Arctic Monkeys just don't do anything for me. I at least respect them for making their own music and being a proper band and not being like all the other commercial crap out there but that doesn't make their music good. I think music journalists have just seized upon them because they're young and new and its the done thing to write rave reviews about them.

"You can't rate art in numbers, it's not a maths test" - saying that, you've more or less argued against every scoring system that has ever been used to decide an album's quality. I don't think I could just say 'the album is great' and then not use some sort of mathematical evidence to back it up. It always annoys me when music critics don't use a scoring system; 'very favourable' - what is that? It doesn't really give any conclusive answer as to just how good it is. Decimals are key. I've rated Fleet Foxes' latest release at 8.8, which means I think that it's better than 'Suck It and See'. But if I'd said 'very favourable' for both, there wouldn't have been any way to separate them from each other in a scoring system. I thought 'Helplessness Blues' was a shade better than 'Suck It and See', so I use decimals to explain that.

But that's the whole point isn't it? Forgive me for sounding a bit pretentious, but a piece of music should be rated on whether or not it speaks to your soul or kindles your emotions, not whether it has 84.353% listenability or 76.857% Danceability. I'm not really interested in compiling a league table of albums.