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Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist

Arlette
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 07:28 PM UTC #
I listened to it live via NPR and it was very cool to hear so many people singing the words to so many songs. Sound was not nearly as good as others I've streamed live (Secret Machines and MMJ).

NPR host said they never do encores. I wonder if it's lack of material or the "Leave them wanting more" thing?
brennser
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 07:39 PM UTC #
Noel Gallagher - We always get people moaning after gigs going, "You guys didn't do an encore." It's like, so, you know. "You only played for an hour or something." It's like, so, what more did you want for ten dollars or however much it is, you know what I mean? What did you want, blood?
Arthwys
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 09:21 PM UTC #
Hmm, bit of a good point about a certain few guys smack in the center of the crowd a few rows back… Believe it or not they were at their worst moshing-type behavior exactly at the moment when Alex was singing these lyrics…

Calm down temper temper, you shouldn't get so annoyed
You're acting like a silly little boy
They wanted to be men and do some fighting in the street
No surrender, no chance of retreat
cannons_at_dawn
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 09:30 PM UTC #
Don't bother with the NPR stream…it's unlistenable for the most part. Guitars sound passable but everything else is mush…vocal can't be heard at all.
I just listened to the stream, and I actually thought it was extremely easy to hear and the vocals were crisp. You could hear the crowd screaming in bits, and, unfotunately, the frat boy chanting. I was front and center and was constantly being shoved by those boys, who appeared to come out of nowhere. I'm covered in bruises, but I'm not complaining.

I expected more rabid fangirls! Guess not, this time.

I found myself laughing along with the Spinto Band. I've only heard "Oh Mandy" and enjoyed that, but found it average. They were engaging and much more energetic than the Monkeys, to say the least; but the Monkeys put on a great show. I was amazed at the number of people who were shouting along the lyrics like I was. Everyone was smiling (except Alex, of course) and all in all, enjoyable.

Ah, and, the setlist was nice. Especially "Good Weekend" is fucking awesome and I was pleased to hear A'Rebours, though I know many wouldn't agree.

And that means the Monkeys chose that Timberlake song? Efpff.
bags
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 09:35 PM UTC #
Originally posted by cannons_at_dawn:
You could hear the crowd screaming in bits, and, unfotunately, the frat boy chanting. That got me extremely angry.
Those weren't frat boys – they were the dudes from Sheffield, doing Sheffield chants. Hooligans, not Alpha Epselons. ;)
cannons_at_dawn
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 09:40 PM UTC #
Those weren't frat boys – they were the dudes from Sheffield, doing Sheffield chants. Hooligans, not Alpha Epselons.
Oh! I was wondering if the Monkeys knew them - they seemed to answer to them. I couldn't really hear an accent, one of them tried to take my jacket. Drunk off their asses :)
CAA
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 09:41 PM UTC #
Originally posted by kled:
[QB] Wow, I thought the crowd was the most annoying part of the show, but maybe I'm just not up on that whole frat-boy-finger-pointy thing that they do. Thought it was kind of ironic, or maybe just sad, that all the poseurs and hangers-on were earnestly rocking out to songs that mostly speak about how much poseurs and hangers-on suck. Or maybe I'm just bitter that I had to wait 15 minutes for a beer because some shrieking banshee girls in front of me were arguing with the bartender over how many kamikaze shots they had ordered (if you have to ask…)

I came here to post this - quit reading my mind. I've had the demos for about 6 months, then bought the album on release and really couldn't see what all the hype was about so I thought I would see them live. My opinion….meh. They were pretty tight but it all tended to blur into one sound about 5 songs in. DJ, I'd like to dedicate "Rock n' Roll Lifestyle" by Cake to the crowd last night.
chaz
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 28, 2006 at 10:15 PM UTC #
Originally posted by pmacwill:
Arctic Monkeys had an extremely crisp/tight sound from the mid-left of the downstairs. One of the better shows I've seen at 930/BC in quite a while. Too bad the NPR stream didn't come out that way…
Actually the stream is not that bad…there's a short in the speaker jack on my docking station that was giving the stream this wierd reverb-y effect washing out everything but the guitars…it sounds ok audio wise.
reggie
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Re: Artic Monkeys DJ Setlist March 29, 2006 at 06:11 AM UTC #
i thought the spinto band put on a better show than the monkeys. they're going places.
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