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Arctic Monkeys — Fake Tales Of San Francisco
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gandalfbmg
(Thankfully now a little more than 3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:04
 
The fact that the Artic Monkeys aren't wildly popular in the United States is proof that good music taste is dead in this country...

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:02
 
these Monkeys are eating  spiders from mars

bagpipe
(Ottawa, Ontario)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:01
 
Love it - love the energy.

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 12:40
 
If the wiki about these guys is to be believed, the lead singer/guitarist didn't start playing the guitar until 2001 and by 2006 they were famous and had a record out.  I hate that kid.

durden66
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 19:00
 
Sweet tune-awesome crescendo two-thirds in....

Nadine
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 01:32
 
nicely anarchic :o)

Easyrider
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 01:31
 
Simply awful!!!

musman
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 01:29
 
!

bokey
(Left of Centerfield)
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 10:45
 
There is really no such a thing as an Artic monkey.They are fake.So are their tails.
 Not sure about the band.
 


Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 06:20
 
Like jewellry, this at first listen seems too big, gaudy and tawdry to be real. After a few more listens, it's clearly too big, gaudy and tawdry to be fake.

UncleChig
(Montreal)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 12:45
 
Good Sheffield boys, solid debut album and they keep on rockin'

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 20:44
 
this is pretty hot

ploba
(the other coast and hang a left)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 06:05
 
god i hate this gawd awful band  {#Puke}

flapser
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 06:04
 
6.4 is really low. This is a great song! But not a new band :P They are pretty old now.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 03:27
 
 denizenusa wrote:
They do sound like Bowie, don't they?
 
No way - Bowie is from the south of the UK, and the AM's are from the north.  The accents are TOTALLY different and very distinctive!

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 03:26
 
 Stingray wrote:
Possibly the most talented new young band from ENGLAND!

Sounds soooo different from US-bands - doesn't it?

Fresher, down-to-earth, real and....yes, just better!
WRONG...?
 
Not that new - they have been around for a few years now...

S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 20:07
 
Ah I like this. It's edgier and harder than yer garden variety RP fare. It's not that I'm all about harder/edgier, but every now and then it's good when Bill cranks up the juice to "11.". The only problem is that this strikes me as a bit poppish in that "alternative rock" way.

scrubbrush
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:23
 
 Stingray wrote:
Possibly the most talented new young band from ENGLAND!

Sounds soooo different from US-bands - doesn't it?

Fresher, down-to-earth, real and....yes, just better!
WRONG...?
 

Yes. great band... regardless of country of origin...

adroc
(left of centre)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:22
 
"And all the weekend rockstars in the toilet
practicing their lines."

brilliant lyric!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:20
 
Possibly the most talented new young band from ENGLAND!

Sounds soooo different from US-bands - doesn't it?

Fresher, down-to-earth, real and....yes, just better!
WRONG...?

scrubbrush
Posted: Oct 04, 2010 - 14:19
 
Love this song and many of the songs i've heard by these guys. Thanks for the variety RP!

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 14:27
 
Just think this is junky. It's not the high caliber I expect from RP playlists. I'll take it gracefully though..and enjoy that I've never heard this before. Still better than most crap on regular radio.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 14:27
 
FANTASTIC!!!!!

BEST NEW BAND!
Why USA has nothing comparable?

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 17:19
 
I f—-ing KNEW this playlist was recycled.. regardless it's a good one.

zogma
(San Francisco, Cole Valley)
Posted: May 29, 2010 - 21:18
 
Enjoying the theme here in SF :)

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 13:25
 
 hcaudill wrote:
Great segue:

Eric Burdon & the Animals - San Franciscan Nights
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco
 
Parents and Children see the world differently... or maybe not
SF is the American "Moveable Feast"... different bits of flavor wherever and when ever you go

Living there is a "Mortageable Feast"... can' eat the house but it eats you...



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 23:48
 
Finally we have stopped getting stuff from the rubbish 3rd album.  Every track on the first 2 albums is better than the best track on the 3rd album.  Oh and by the way in divergence to the general feeling here, those first 2 albums are in my opinion unique and brilliant.  And though i also love Bowie i really don't get the link people are claiming.  


hcaudill
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 13:09
 
Had this seriously not been played on RP since 2006? This is a great song. I really wish RP would dig a little into the back catalog more often.

hcaudill
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 13:07
 
Great segue:

Eric Burdon & the Animals - San Franciscan Nights
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco



mgoldman
(Papeete, Tahiti)
Posted: Jul 16, 2006 - 19:45
 
ZZZZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZZZ ZZZZZZ ZZZZZ See ya.
PattonFever
(whiskeyclone, hotel city)
Posted: Jun 17, 2006 - 12:45
 
reminds me of supergrass.. no wait.. reminds me of white stripes.... hmm. :)
exciter76
(venice - la bella italia)
Posted: May 19, 2006 - 08:34
 
I heard the whole album..... nothing that sond in your head after....like a bad fast sex rendez-vous....
parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: May 19, 2006 - 08:33
 
bigstory wrote:
The UK's latest saviour of rock. Let's watch the scene build them up then tear 'em to shreds an album or two from now. It never stops.
What do you think, they will be dating members of the Royal Family before you know it.


handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: May 19, 2006 - 08:32
 
There's something good here--but I'm trying to figure out if it's enough........
ScottN
(at , or watching, a stadium near you.)
Posted: Apr 14, 2006 - 20:45
 
Fun, but nothing original or inspired.
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 14:38
 
denizenusa wrote:
They do sound like Bowie, don't they?


Homage or rip off? I am trying to figure that out.
sfearll
(Monrovia, CA)
Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 14:37
 
that initial guitar riff sounded a bit like punk-era Joe Jackson, too. Glad to hear some bands doing straight-ahead punk/rock these days.

Sarah

master_betty
(Buena Park, CA)
Posted: Apr 05, 2006 - 14:36
 
denizenusa wrote:
They do sound like Bowie, don't they?


No. Best Arctic Monkey is a non-singer one.
denizenusa
(Portsmouth, NH)
Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 05:15
 
They do sound like Bowie, don't they?
JohnErle
(Hollywood North)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 21:05
 
TeoUCSB82 wrote:


Noticed the same thing, biggest difference (aside from it sounding "rougher") is the lyric which starts

" 'Oh you saved me!' She screamed down the line" and was changed from "the band's a f***ing wanker, I'm not having a nice time" to "the band weren't very good"...


I didn't even notice the lyric change. That shows how much attention I pay to the lyrics when listening to the radio.

The version on the album is one of my favorite songs right now. They got a great groove going on that one. I can only assume the final version would be doing a little better than this in the song ratings if RP was playing it.
TeoUCSB82
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 17:43
 
JohnErle wrote:
Now that I've been living with the album for a while, it seems like this is a different mix.


Noticed the same thing, biggest difference (aside from it sounding "rougher") is the lyric which starts

" 'Oh you saved me!' She screamed down the line" and was changed from "the band's a f***ing wanker, I'm not having a nice time" to "the band weren't very good"...

Think I like the album version better =)

Get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook...">
JohnErle
(Hollywood North)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 17:26
 
Now that I've been living with the album for a while, it seems like this is a different mix. Is this the version that was floating around the 'net building up the pre-release buzz? It has the somewhat raw quality of a demo, but the album version is more polished, yet still gloriously groovy.
fuh2
(I think I'm in the USA)
Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 17:24
 

LennytheB
(Duluth, Georgia)
Posted: Feb 23, 2006 - 10:22
 
I'm thinking I shouldn't like this...but I'm slowly being sucked in.....help !!!
bigstory
(Ottawa, Canada)
Posted: Feb 20, 2006 - 11:21
 
The UK's latest saviour of rock. Let's watch the scene build them up then tear 'em to shreds an album or two from now. It never stops.
peyotecoyote
(Toronto - the Beaches)
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 08:41
 
again...



Rock ON RP - YEEAAHH !
redeyespy
(Sunny, FL)
Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 17:23
 


Some of these wannabe bands that are (seemingly) everywhere of late really kick. This ain't one of 'em.
parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 17:22
 
Johnny_Truant wrote:
When I walked into my medieval philosophy class the other day, my professor had her laptop blaring music through a set of external speakers that she brought expressly for the purpose of exposing the class to The Arctic Monkeys. She raved about them the whole time she took roll. It was a strange moment for me, but I guess you had to be there. Anyway, I would like to hear more of them.
Medieval Philosophy class..That's a course one can use in the real world!


bobrk
(Beautiful Downtown San Jose)
Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 17:18
 
Have you ever said "glottal stop" while using a glottal stop?
peyotecoyote
(Toronto - the Beaches)
Posted: Jan 31, 2006 - 08:59
 


Rock ON RP - YEEAAHH !