Arctic Monkeys - The Car tracklisting and timestamps: 00:00:00 There'd Better Be A Mirrorball 00:12:11 I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am 00:16:02 Sculptures Of Anything Goes 00:24:19 Jet Skis On The Moat 00:28:47 Body Paint 00:36:36 The Car 00:41:02 Big Ideas 00:48:51 Hello You 00:54:26 Mr Schwartz 00:57:52 Perfect Sense
@@sjboxoffice it’s bcs alex has always wanted to do a bond theme. it’s mentioned in other interviews he’s even said he wishes he could be a villain in bond but i’m assuming that was a joke lol
The way I genuinely have no idea what Alex is saying this whole interview😭 man can create lyrics that make my mind explode but can’t form a sentence under a minute
I told my daughter when she was 10 that I would take her to an Arctic Monkeys Concert as soon as she was old enough.. Shes 16 this year and I'm going with her to Hillsborough Park! She cant wait. She Loves Arctic Monkeys! Defo Generationally fluid!
I tried so hard to get tickets for hillsborough park 😢 hope you and your daughter have the best time!!! Saw them at Sheffield arena 2019 and they were incredible
Kudos to the interviewer. Great balance of humour, interest, silence, guidance, intelligence. Not used to seeing Matt and Alex in long form promoting, but he did really well to bring them both out and deliver great insight.
I love this album. I've been a fan for 16 years. They can drastically change their sound, but still manage to stay true to themselves and artistically push boundaries. Alex's struggle with celebrity and the band's massive fame is interesting. I think a lot of fans just listen to AM or early albums for the rock n roll factor & don't bother listening and deciphering his lyricism on the less mainstream albums.
well, I listen both the old rock n roll songs as well as the new ones and I appreciate them both, I love that the band is not trying to stay mainstream and are totally down to experiment, evolve and try new styles of music
Yes! I absolutely love their rock and roll but I love how they don’t feel the need to be mainstream and just do their own thing. It does make me sad that people don’t appreciate the beautiful lyricism in their newer albums and songs and just immediately dismiss them as “boring” or “elevator music” only because they don’t have more guitar or drums.
honestly the reason i am so into them is because you can see the growth and evolution. creating the last two albums for sure helps to juxtapose with the later ones and bring out their true strengths as artists@@skate_fast_eat_trash9430
I have to say Alex really isn't coming off great in this one. The questions are interesting and well informed but Alex just doesn't want to give anything up. don't do a track by track if you don't want to talk about the lyrics.
@@Ninjamonkeydrummer the zane Lowe interview is loads better. It seems way more natural than this and Alex is far more open. These track by track things just seem really rigid and the rapport isn’t the same.
Yes I totally agreee. John Kennedy is always so well prepared and his enthusiasm is infectious. He creates a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere which is really conducive to great interview. I love his show on Radio X.
The idea of someone perfectly yanking the cloth from under a Subbuteo game, mid-match, and then making a cloak from it, is both hilarious and beautiful
I’ve watched most of their recent interviews and for me this one is the best. The exploration of the music is much deeper than any interview before it. Excellent by John Kennedy.
i'm not a big fan of the arctic monkeys last three albums, but i've got nothing but love & respect for how they've moved from working class sheffield and now making music that's apt for where they're at now.
honestly i dont like their change in not making rock music but as a fan i still respect them doing that and i am going to deal with it like an actual fan would
Бля. Так соскучился по єтим парням. Тут иногда невозмжніе вещи творятся. И я тут наблюдаю сказку. При том, что я тоже имею такую силу - я всё равно впадаю в сказку.. Єто и есть условие, чтобі тут находиться..
My gawd, this Alex guy is attractive😍 The eyebrows shaped nicely😘 Nicely done! 😋🙃😎 Interesting, insightful & ALL✨ Who knew?! A clear mystery, it’s true.
I was disappointed well a lot disappointed I noticed that Alex for real just sounds like prince, and matt's drums are vanished, alex's guitar is basically gone as well, I was so excited for this album and when I heard it I was so upset bc i waited for literally prince..
I downloaded this album from Torrent because not only I don't want to buy the CD but I do not want to give them my listening on Spotify !!!! Worst album of the last 120 years.
Or maybe he's in his mid 30s and isn't necessearily "that cheeky lad from Sheffield" anymore. Swear people forget that Alex is in his mid 30s. Give him a break lol.
its terrible and they copied David bowie, 0 out of 10, pure laziness, tame impala are miles ahead. arctic monkeys have made two poor and boring albums in a row now, I would never dream to watch this live on acid which means its boring.
I can tell it's easier for Alex to express himself with music rather than words. I still think he's a genius and as time goes by, he will get the recognition he deserves.
@@peterrfowler16 their past 2 albums have gone over most peoples heads, personally, their progression is amazing. Each album gets better than the last. More thought out musical ideas rather than their angsty earlier years
@@TheLunarSurface Their evolution has been impressive and they're very diligent but it's nothing remotely original whatsoever. I can enjoy this to some level or I could just listen to Bowie or Walker who were pioneers of this sound. It may also appear that Alex Turner has outgrown the band .
@@peterrfowler16 what is original? What do you listen to? Everything pulls from something in some way or another you cannot create something without knowing and using techniques that have been known to work. I completely disagree with you saying it’s unoriginal but I can say that they are wearing their influences on their sleeves on some of these songs more than others.
Turner is the closest thing to bowie we have now. He is a genius. The way their work has evolved is incredible sonically and also the visuals the whole thing is real art.
is this a joke? copying and ripping off David bowie makes him a genius, I think it makes him a fraud, tame impala are miles ahead of these boring clowns musically, this is music for old and boring people.
@@willowrosenberg9967 I really liked arctic monkeys mate have all their vinyls apart from the last two albums and seen them live a few times and wanted to see if the new stuff would be better live but it just isn't, ill stick to shrooms and acid and listen to tame impala instead.
I think it’s really interesting that Alex is kinda sarcastic/cheeky, but in a way that is respectful. They’ve done an interview with him for every album,m for the last few, and you can tell Alex respects him and actually enjoys the interviews, whereas others it’s clear when he’s not interested
@@mermaidhotel8993 if you took acid on a regular basis you'd realise how lame and dogs hit boring this album is, theres a million bands producing better music than this crusty music
What I heard is that it’s mostly Alex writing and they came along later in the process. So it makes sense to just have Alex and Matt. I do miss Nick and Mr Jamie cooks voices though.
@@Trevlad11 the other two don't seem to like doing the press stuff which is fair enough. Does my head in when people make out like Alex is holding the band back with their new direction etc, he's the one who does solo albums, side projects and clearly has a lot of ideas. If the other three really felt hamstrung by Alex they'd be exploring new avenues on their own but they're not, I think they're all just quite settled and happy to follow Alex's lead musically. Sorry for the rant aimed at no-one in particular haha.
I think I’m actually going to like this album more than TBHC. Mirror ball was really underwhelming when I first heard. I thought it was going to have more guitar, but I listened to it again and again and again and then I found myself having it on repeat the whole day and singing along to it. Then Body Paint came out and there was the guitar I was looking for plus I really like the song as a whole. I’m excited for this album. I think it’s out already in the UK, but I’m in the States so I’ll have to wait a little bit longer. Can’t wait to listen to it on vinyl as well
Yeah I agree. Albums that are instant often get boring pretty quickly. Albums that are a bit more layered and interesting are normally albums I go back to again and again. Hopefully this is will be one of those
I don’t know why but a lot of the songs from the new album make me sad, lol. I’m not sure if it was intentional from the band or not, but there’s something about the lyrics and overall sound of the album that make me emotional.
Alex looks like he's in his mid 20s? through Tranquility Base and Everything Youve come to Expect he was lookin' a bit worn but now hes all fresh faced and healthy looking. Not at all relevant i just noticed
Always loved these track by tracks, as ever John has a great way of drawing out the best from Alex and allowing him the space to finish his thought processes and not interrupt. Love the Car.
I guess I have to take a few more of proper listens to really appreciate the album. It hasn't settled in that it's by the Monkeys. It actually almost feels like listening to Alex covering Bowie's songs (Moonage daydream for example) with TLSP which doesn't have to be a bad thing. Al's vocal range blows my mind now than ever! "Big ideas" and "Sculpture of anything goes" are so beautiful!
I really like the album, it has something magical and mysterious. But for me the best one is AM. It just has such a strong energy. I literally love most of the songs, which is something it rarely happens for me.
I don't know if it's also a direct reference to this Tread Softly Stranger movie when they talk about Hello You, but in The Jeweller's Hands (Humbug's final track) Alex says this exact sentence "Tread softly, stranger, move over towards the danger that you seek" , and maybe this is the 'other song' Alex says he mentioned it before. Alex doesn't spontaneously talk abt his lyric writing process v extensively but then again we get to know specific references and reasonings behind said references that makes us rly curious if there's in fact a personal meaning to bits we don't quite understand in his more recent songs (TBHC - The Car, particularly, I'd say)
The album is quite nice... but doesn't really feel like it has a lot of meaning or purpose. Alex's responses here don't really do much to dispel that notion.
Why waste the opportunity talking about the physical realm of the music, and not the philosophical and hidden meaning of the lyrics, what a wasted opportunity to discuss the obvious string arrangements of body paint..
