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  • is this about drugs? or?

  • @eilidhfollowill it's about LSD. LSD is often served as drink.

    "Potion Approaching (LSD is kicking in)

    shield your eyes,

    Potion Approaching,

    visualize (LSD makes you hallucinate)

    Josh Homme really took away their innocence, but i have to say I love what hes done to them. theyre so much better

  • JK its 1:02

  • @ichbinAndrea

    I don't hear it.

  • @jessie1793 Its in the album version at 1:02. Its that little whistle that men do when they see a hot girl.

  • @ichbinAndrea Had the exact fucking thing the other day :/

  • OMG, in the album version, does anyone else hear the whistle at 1:20? Ive had this song for like a year and i JUST noticed it!!!

  • If I could be someone else for a week

    I'd still spend it chasing after you

    She's not shattering my attitudes

    no matter how she folds the potion

    Yours is the only ocean

    that I want to swing from

  • No one is probably gonna read this

    Im just gonna write it any way because i feel at least one person will

    i'm the guitarist for a band Tokyo Visuals

    We are a group of try-hards with a dream

    I would love nothing more than to have a decent following on youtube from people

    We have videos up and could use help getting subs

    if anyone who reads this could press the "THUMBS UP" other people will see it

    just a simple button press could make our dreams come true thank you and much love

  • OMG Arctic Monkeys!! such gods ! this music so hypnotizing @_@

  • Ok the riff is very simliar, but nivarna are such an influential band, im sure they'd have loved for bands to take an ear for there music and use it in modern day era. lets face it Arctic monkeys are the best band around.

  • I call the awesome part from 2:14 to 3:09 "Pulling a Jim Morrison".

  • @hplayer081 nice one :D exactly what i thought too :D

  • @DANCELITTLEL1AR Thanks! I thought about it when I heard the record and then when I saw this I was just like, "Yeah, I guess I was correct". lol.

  • plagio de los brujos kanishka

  • It pains me to see Arctic Monkeys fans and Nirvana fans arguing, because the Arctic Monkeys and Nirvana are my two favourite bands.

  • SHIELD YOU'RE EYEEES!

  • It's like Very Ape by Nirvana

  • @rehousek Exactly! Before reading the comments, I thought the same!

  • So true, but we should also notice that if we can't use the notes played by some bands anymore cause they have already been played, we can't play music anymore already ...

  • thank god their stoner rock now, finally i have something to listen to besides the mars volta when i'm high.

  • I like how that imalady kid clearly doesn't get that different areas of the UK have different accents, just like everywhere else haha

  • I can hear the similarities between this and the "Very Ape" riff, but it's far from blatant, and certainly not blatant enough to be called a rip off.

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme Well there we are then, I thought we were having a proper discussion about musical taste... turns out you just don't like them. That's fine! but don't call them shit when they are obviously fucking not

    Cheers.

  • STOP FIGHTING !

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme PS check out their early interviews, no faked accents at all.

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme They've never said ''By 'ECK...'' either. Judging by you attempting to quote ''I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'' you are only acquainted with the singles and popular stuff.

    Listen to 'Ritz to the Rubble', that opening verse says more than any other band has since maybe Oasis. When you can come up with such songs as Certain Romance and Fake Tales of San Francisco at the age of 17 then yo have a right to slag them off.

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme One riff borrowed, music.. well each to their own, but lyrics!?!? are you not British may I ask? It's the only excuse you may have to not thinking Turner's lyrics are, much to his dismay, the soundtrack to a generation.

    As for his vocals, maybe you're one of the only people to dislike it, to me and many others it is a million miles better than all the shit that tries to sound American all the time, they were a breathe of fresh air and deserved 100% of the hype!

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme Who would you consider original then in recent music? and you are actually wrong in saying they are shit, you may think they are, but that's opinion, not fact!

    Also, stupid voice? It's a regional accent and Turner has chosen not to fake a singing voice and just stay as he is.

  • the riffs are not the same so shut the fuck up

  • @iamaladycanyousaveme Fuck off, no. Arctic Monkeys have covered such a large spectrum of styles and each album see's them evolve further, they are hardly The Enemy or some shit like that.They are original and have a huge number of influences but are inspired, not a rip off act. They are a real band and quite frankly one of the best things of the last decade, I deny anyone the right to say they are a shit band, It's simply not true. You may not like them, but that's opinion, not fact!

  • This honestly has to be one of the best piece's of music i have EVER listened to :D

  • The riff is the same as Nirvana's "Very Ape"

  • can't think of anything sexier than this

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  • alex should play more guitar

  • Kurt Cobain: ''All we ever wanted to do was make a Pixies album''

    Come On, EVERYone borrows.

  • It's sad how people start to hate Nirvana just because AM (probably unintentionally) snapped up one of their riffs... Equally sad that Nirvana fans start to hate AM because of three fucking power-chords. I get that you hate kesha and shit, but both Nirvana and AM are great bands!

  • @Torbjaaarn I LOVE THEM BOTH

  • @Torbjaaarn Anyway, I preffer to Arctic Monkeys.

  • @BecauseIgothigh143 Fuck of u fuckin' faggot

  • Vastaa tähän videoon...

     Nirvana is shite got a problem..?

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  • @TheGriff45 Hahah funny nirvana is pure shit

  • ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm garbage!!!!!!! How do u peoplelisten to this shit? There theives they took this riff from Nirvanas Very ape

  • @DJMYLESA

    yet nirvana stole the main riff to smells like teen spirit

  • @DJMYLESA How can u listen to such crap as nirvana ? :O

  • mmmm oinches estupido ¡¡¡¡

    tan si quiera ellos saben tocar guitarra y tu pinche kurt cobain no sabe es un estupidoooOOoO

  • Where can I get this version on mp3

  • Favourite song from Humbug.

  • I swear to God, Alex's haircut is the most epic thing I've ever seen in my life.

  • The very end is so funny yet sooo cool

  • @Americas13 - Why?

  • Shut Up "THEGRIFF45"

  • @TheGriff45 my fave bit of your comment " alex has wrote or will wrote , your such a moron"

    your obviously very intelligent and know much more than me, sorry dude

  • @TheGriff45mmmmm Iv listened to all of the stuff you mentioned when i was about 12. U must remember that this isnt even one of the better arctic monkeys song. Its a basic fact that arctic monkeys songs are alot more indepth musically than nirvanas, can u compare kurts phrasing of a melody with alexs. After all the bull shit kurt was just a rock n roll cliche, heroin , mtv unplugged ect yawn!!!!! I know lets make the solo exactly the same the as the verse melody and throw another chorous on!

  • @TheGriff45 different tastes for different people!!!! Nirvana are very overated cos kurt killed himself. I know alot of people felt somesort of connection with them , more than they do with the monkeys but Alex turner is a much better songwriter regarding music and he is also much younger than kurt was. I find alot of nirvanas stuff a little to poppy and obvious , its music for little kids who havent really explored music at any depth

  • shove marley and the wailers? your a doyle

  • all u people who say that it sounds like very ape by nirvana can suck it. nobody cares about nirvana. there just a washed up old band from the 90's. arctic monkeys are beast.

  • very ape like

  • Is Very Ape. Nirvana rules!

  • Lol, is everybody freaking out because the riff sounds like "Very Ape"? Sure they're similar, but music is built on imitation. That's the way it goes.

  • Dunno why you guys are comparing to all those bands.

    Sounds like Doctor Who to me! LOL

  • def build me that go-kart, Turner!

    i'm too shit scared to drive on london roads. why couldn't we have bicycle and go cart lanes or something, including the elderly/less abled in their electric wheelchairs.

  • stop comparing, dickheads.

  • Arctic Monkeys= Fucking Amazing:)

  • Nirvan?, mC`mon, Nirvana can suck my balls, never ever will be even a bit of what Arctic Monkeys are, ever,

  • @Redstarlomania Arctic Monkeys are my favourite band, but my friend, I'm afraid that Arctic Monkeys most probably wouldn't be half as good as they are if Nirvana had never happened. Nirvana are sublime too, but in a different way.

  • i also used it to rotate all of your silverware 360 degrees and then i gave your dog AIDS. He.

  • Bollocks

    The Beatles

    Marley and the Wailers

    The Clash

    Rage

    The Libertines

    The Doors

    All better bands,sort your life out

  • @RockRootReggae I'll give you the doors and the clash.Beatles were never my thing but a they were definitely a good band.Shove the rest

  • Nirvana and AM are the two greatest bands in history. End of.

  • this song make me crazy

  • I once used a time machine. I used it to take a shit in the water tank of arcticmonkey67's toilet last week. Be careful when flushing next Tuesday........

  • @ccscs1384 *Sigh* Another Youtube moron. Just listen to the music and shut up.

  • Stop doing a comparison!!! Both bands are great and their songs are different! Get over it and listen to the Arctic Monkeys, not Nirvana! If you have a problem with the Arctic Monkeys, then just listen to Nirvana

  • Sorry, who cares which one is better? Shut up and listen to the music....

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  • I think that Nirvana defined orginality within a specifc era. Where as you could argue arctic monkeys where a indie band which isnt orignal. But then people who turn around and say the monkeys wont stand the test of time are just naive because unless you got a fucking time machine and you from the future you cant say shit. Both great bands fuck off comparing them! jesussssssss.

  • i love the arctic monkeys, but if you have any understanding of music at all, you'll have the sense to understand that Nirvana were fuckin miles ahead of the monkeys.

    That is just a fact, listen to every album before you say anything about lyrics or singing style being better on turners part, because that is some straight up bullllllshit!

  • I love the rawness of this song!!!!!!

  • No words for this beatiful performance.

  • FUCK YEAH ARCTIC MONKEYS!!!!

  • Lol, Nirvana is one of the most overrated bands ever. This is a ARCTIC MONKEYS video, so talk s*** elsewhere

  • Rip off, it sounds exactly like the much superiour Nirvana's Very Ape.

  • @piemakesmelol Much superior? You're either a biased fanboy of Nirvana, Trying to be cool by disliking this band and liking Nirvana, or deaf.

    I like both bands, but 'Humbug' is much superior to 'In Utero' and 'Potion Approaching' is much superior to 'Very Ape'. Josh Homme produced this song and Queens of the Stone Age are much superior to Nirvana. Thusfar, go and listen to music rather seeing it as a contest, you ignorant moronic fuckhole. Peace.

  • @HiThereImKester- Wow you clearly know NOTHING about music, to say that Arctic Monkeys are better than Nirvana in any way is stupid. They are not better than Nirvana and that's a fucking fact, you might as well be comparing the Jonas Brothers to the Beatles. QOTSA are not as good as Nirvana, if they were then it'd be them as a major part of rock history not Nirvana. Go listen to your pop-rock, fucking twat.

  • @piemakesmelol

    Wow... nivarna arnt that good. Theyre lyrics are average, there singing is TERRIBLE

    They have a few good tunes yeah? classics?

    But overall Arctic monkeys are just SUCH A BETTER BAND

    They have so many awesome classic songs.

    and fuck off with your "pop rock" shit. If its good its good. Doesnt matter what you call it.

  • @Rumil20- You're clearly tone deaf if you think Arctic Monkeys are better than Nirvana. Nirvana's lyrics are a BILLION times better than Arctic Monkeys....Turner just thinks if he rights something witty that somehow means he's a lyrical genius, well it's not, Cobain's lyrics had a deeper meaning. And singing, don't get me started, Turner's nippy acent comes through on nearly all of his songs. And it does matter what you call it, don't be so vague about music.

  • @piemakesmelol lol rage

    Firstly. lyricly Arctic monkeys ARE better... maybe not this song but listen to songs like

    Too much to ask

    Dont forget whose legs your on

    these songs have such powerful imagry

    Just really powerful stuff, with really good tunes behind it and great drums.

    IMO Nivarna really isnt that great.

    Yes they were pretty inovative in there time.

    But looking back from now. yeah, smells like teen spirit? its a pretty addictive tune, but his voice. ughh. awful. nivarna = meh

  • @Rumil20- Kurt's voice is clearly better than Turner's...he actually sounds original compared to that nippy twat. And Arctic Monkey's lyrics aren't better in the slightest, have you actually listened to anything besides Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana? Because it doesn't sound like it. At the end of the day though, even if you THINK The Arctic Monkeys are better than Nirvana...you need to remember that Arctic Monkeys will not stand the test of time where as Nirvana have.

  • @piemakesmelol Don't be an idiot, it's a matter of opinion and there's no way you can define who's "better"... some people have different tastes and prefer a different band, wow that's shocking isn't it? Your opinion isn't a fact, get over it, if you prefer Nirvana, that's absolutely fantastic, go listen to Nirvana.

  • @1977Enter- Actually some things in life are fact, Jonas Brothers have no talent, God isn't real and Nirvana are better than the Arctic Monkeys.

  • people compare them to The Strokes a lot...FOR ME ITS THE STROKES ALL THE WAY :) I LOVE THEM <3 but don't get me wrong I really like The Arctic Monkeys too

  • ilove his shoes T.T

  • haha i like matt's bob dylan hair

  • the long hair and the swaying reminds me of Ian Brown!

  • 2:30 to 3:08 sounds a lot like 3s and 7s by Queens of the Stone Age

  • @johanneswni One of the members of Queens of the Stone Age helped them produce this record, IIRC.

  • @GrooveNerfer I know...

  • @GrooveNerfer Josh Homme produced this song and half of the album in the desert, the rest of the album was done in pink duck/avatar studios produced by James Ford and Dean Fertita.

  • love the way they have been and they very much remind me of the doors and crack the skye was good but u cant compare genres of this type

  • fucking hell he is just cool personified

  • perfection

  • i would like to actually see them

  • He has such a stunnng voice- I am so glad they are growing as a band- I personally think this is their best albums and those critics who had a knee jerk reaction- in about 3-5 years will realise their mistake- t would not be the first time. They got used to the consistency of the really amazing previous albums- and were so jarred by the change in tone on this album that they had not been able to see how amazing it was yet. The beand as a whole grew. wow.

  • I agree with you. But..do you post the same comment at every Arctic Monkeys vid?

  • @Mirthe1987 I can try:-) Though I do like to be spontaneous the Gist is pretty much similar. If it helps people give things a second chance- then groovy:-) If its just shouting into an empty bucket- at least I tried:-) its all good:-)

  • Comparing them to led zep ain't too bad. We all know what they did to change rock. but I honesty think am are the best band to come out since the 70s. Every am song is good to great, they have no bad songs

  • Their new style really reminds of nirvana, i like

  • The first time I heard Humbug I thought it was shit... now I think it's maybe the best album of 2009... I don't know if it`s best than Mastodon's 'Crack the skye'

  • @vbquiros crack the skye takes it. but this album did grow on me a lot since my first listen.

  • @vbquiros I only support you in the part you wrote best album of 2009.

  • @vbquiros I thought the same here! I was like "wtf is this and where are the monkeys I know?" then the second time "wait, it actually sounds nice" and the third time "OMG this is so awesome" and after the fourth time on it was pure Eargasm.

  • ็Humbug is the best ever !

  • I dont know why people are slagging off humbug ok its different to the other two albums but they are trying new styles its an awesome album the more i listen to it the better it sounds and this tune is brilliant

  • @whitelabel22

    you are so right!

  • Think about it like this. Led Zeppelin's 3rd album was a bit of a jump from their last two records, but when they came out with their 4th it was an explosion of all their previous album's sounds mixed into one piece of greatness. I'm not comparing Arctic Monkeys to Led Zeppelin, I'm just saying their 3rd album was an experiment to see how far they could take their sound and, when they do make a fourth album (I pray they do) it will be a perfect honeing of their sound into a masterpiece.

  • They have already said that they are gonna try something new again at their 4th album.

  • I love Humbug. I think it's expected for them to change their sound. I mean, come on. Give them a break. Just because they don't sound like rebellious teenagers anymore and are trying to grow up, shouldn't be held against them. I'm just glad they're still doing what they love still. And you have to admit, Alex Turner is one pretty suave motherfucker. Seeing them in April. Can't wait.

  • I also think there is a huge difference between AM and KOL- in that AM grew n a more artistic way- sought ought Humme for Humbug- while KOL on several tracks became less artistic- running to conventional music tricks- though some songs benefitted a move to a harder sound- I don't think they explored enough. Love Humbug!

  • humbug is a great album :) if any1 elsr brang it out ppl b like woooo this band is quality so wa if its dif from the last albums stil top notch keep eh up

  • WHAAT??

  • Was on their concert in Offenbach tuesday, simply amazing !

    Love matt's stick who falls on the floor at the end !

  • it just needs to be played a wee bit faster and it would be the greatest.

  • matt!!!!!!

  • who' the drums?

  • @MarbleBlack Matt Helders :)

  • this song reminds me of from dusk till dawn or terror planet, one of those kinda movies

  • on the album version the secondary vocals are from josh homme QOTSA TCV

  • AAAAAAAAAAAAmazing

  • tehy have a new keyboard player...he is playing guitar there....cant remember his name

  • I'm a Nirvana all time fan, but i like this song more than Very Ape

    ARCTIC MONKEYS ROCKS

  • Last Minutes New Years Resolution: Touch Alex Turner.

  • @NoBusesx lol thats fucking lame man....but very humorous hahah

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  • Who is the other guitarist?

  • Jamie Cook

  • @blocparty4eva1 Not Jamie Cook, look at one minute 40, there is clearly a second guitarist

  • @blocparty4eva1 I mean 1 minute 18

  • @Renegademaster15  It is possibly John Ashton

  • This group is fantastic!

  • very ape

  • @Dillon290593

    Maybe the main riff is the same. Or sound like the riff from 'very ape'

    But the whole songs are to different.

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  • Very Ape?

  • just like the uk musik just like the arctic monkeys

  • It sounds like very ape by Nirvana

  • I think it sounds like potion approaching by arctic monkeys :D

  • @crazybabe484 And isn't it?

  • This song is very apeish

  • Man, Arctic monkey are great live.

  • check out a band on here called tales of george i love em i think you will too if you like these guys

  • all have 23 except jamie

    jamie has 24 i think

  • between 22-24

  • I think they are like 20-22

  • the guitar sounds as something QOTSA would play. after all Josh Homme produced the album right? this song is heavily influenced IMO....not a bad thing though

  • I thought that mate. The solo in Crying Lightning sounds like QOTSA too. I didn`t know Josh was involved though.

    And yeah, not a bad thing.

  • just started listening to these guys today, theyre amazing so far :)

  • you'll love them =)

  • first 2 albums are awesome too.

  • dont stop listening=]

  • ye it does sound like very ape

  • Indieexplorer is right song is obv about an acid trip "Embellished the banks of our bloodstreams and threw caution to the colourful" and if it wasn't already made obvious "Potion approaching visualise".

  • Great stuff, I really love the new album .. might just be me but does anyone think this could easily be a James Bond theme tune?

  • YES!

  • i think this song is awesome, who cares if it sounds like very ape by nirvana tbh :p

    i dont

    i think the lyrics are spurred on by the fact he might be seriously acid tripping (dont be surprised all the best writers are)

    and finally i though humbug was shit, two weeks down the line m, 3 listens later AMAZING cant put it down