scottsdad Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 My 13 year old told me yesterday that this is her favourite band. Bit of a bolt from the blue as i thought she was very much into girlie pop. I know very little about them but pleased to see some rock making an impact. So...in the interests of finding common ground with my kid, where do I start with these? Are they good? What are their best songs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: My 13 year old told me yesterday that this is her favourite band. Bit of a bolt from the blue as i thought she was very much into girlie pop. I know very little about them but pleased to see some rock making an impact. So...in the interests of finding common ground with my kid, where do I start with these? Are they good? What are their best songs? Spotify. Early stuff was their best material imho. Can’t go wrong with much on the first releases. Alex Turner is very marmite. Talented but a bit kinda mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 TBH&C is their best album. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Alex Turner wrote the debut album when he was 17 iirc. Quite incredible. The launch of that first album created a sea change in the music industry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 18 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I know very little about them but pleased to see some rock making an impact. Quite surprised you never heard about them at the time. Huge impact very quickly in their profile and massive at festivals like TITP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clangers Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 It’s also my 13 year old daughter’s favourite band, I noticed she was downstairs watching tv tonight which is almost unheard of, it was someone’s special subject on mastermind. My wife and me have zero musical ability so very pleasing when she asked for an acoustic guitar for Xmas and seems to be able to play it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 11 hours ago, scottsdad said: My 13 year old told me yesterday that this is her favourite band. Bit of a bolt from the blue as i thought she was very much into girlie pop. I know very little about them but pleased to see some rock making an impact. So...in the interests of finding common ground with my kid, where do I start with these? Are they good? What are their best songs? I thought the Artic Monkeys were dead, tbqh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 11 hours ago, scottsdad said: My 13 year old told me yesterday that this is her favourite band. Bit of a bolt from the blue as i thought she was very much into girlie pop. I know very little about them but pleased to see some rock making an impact. So...in the interests of finding common ground with my kid, where do I start with these? Are they good? What are their best songs? Don't bother, the last thing she needs at 13 is you cramping her style being down with the kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 02/02/2024 at 22:18, MazzyStar said: TBH&C is their best album. Agreed, by a distance. A brilliant album that filtered out all the bucket hat wearing, Dark fruit swilling Oasis listening plebs. Unfortunately The Car was awful 1. TBH&C 2. Suck it And See 3. AM 4. Humbug 5. WPSIATWIN 6. Favourite Worst Nightmares 7. The Car -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 I have tried, I really have. But I just cannot get into them. A few decent (and no more than that) songs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I've always loved the riff from Do I Wanna Know, and the drum intro on Brianstorm is fucking brilliant. Everything else I've heard from them.....fairly meh. Actually, in fairness I do like a lot of the stuff of the first album. It's a proper time-stamp of life at a time I have particularly good memories of in general. I wasn't listening to Arctic Monkeys but much like The Fratellis and The View, the songs were everywhere and when I hear them they always take me back to then, which is one of my favourite things about music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 14/03/2024 at 20:46, scottsdad said: I have tried, I really have. But I just cannot get into them. A few decent (and no more than that) songs. This is better anyway. Let her have her own things and just quietly enjoy that she's on a reasonable path! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) That record with Library Pictures and Moved Your Chair etc is pretty good. Tbh have nothing against them but there's an ocean of music out there and (they're) never the thing I want to seek out. Edited March 21 by L. Brilliant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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