Believe The Hype... Sorta.
"When The Sun Goes Down", the latest single from Arctic Monkeys will kick you in yer arse!
It was funny… on first listen I thought: “Man, this sounds like Roxanne by The Police!” Then I checked the lyrics and it turns out the song is about the shady side of nightlife on the streets… AND… there’s even a reference to Roxanne: “And he told Roxanne to put on her red light.” Too funny.
Well, at least they admit whom they’ve ripped off!
Seriously though… this single is really quite good. Starts off slow: sounds like Sting covering a Pulp song but then explodes into a fist pumping anthem ala The Kinks, Blur, The Clash, and The Jam.
The B-sides aren’t so bad either… "Stickin' To The Floor and "7" are short and punky and owe more to Blur’s “Bank Holiday” than anything else. The final track: “Settle For a Draw sees the lighter side of Arctic Monkeys. The distortion has disappeared and some nice clean jazz chords that Paul Weller would be proud of take center stage. Still sounds a bit Blur complete with cockney “Seh-uhl for a draw,” but is easily the second best track on the single.
Hype and buzz aside… Arctic Monkeys deliver on this one.
It was funny… on first listen I thought: “Man, this sounds like Roxanne by The Police!” Then I checked the lyrics and it turns out the song is about the shady side of nightlife on the streets… AND… there’s even a reference to Roxanne: “And he told Roxanne to put on her red light.” Too funny.
Well, at least they admit whom they’ve ripped off!
Seriously though… this single is really quite good. Starts off slow: sounds like Sting covering a Pulp song but then explodes into a fist pumping anthem ala The Kinks, Blur, The Clash, and The Jam.
The B-sides aren’t so bad either… "Stickin' To The Floor and "7" are short and punky and owe more to Blur’s “Bank Holiday” than anything else. The final track: “Settle For a Draw sees the lighter side of Arctic Monkeys. The distortion has disappeared and some nice clean jazz chords that Paul Weller would be proud of take center stage. Still sounds a bit Blur complete with cockney “Seh-uhl for a draw,” but is easily the second best track on the single.
Hype and buzz aside… Arctic Monkeys deliver on this one.
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