Arctic Monkeys - The View From The Afternoon BBC Radio 1 Live (Maida Vale Sessions)

[LIAMBELLSTAR]

indiekidBingham I'm only 20, and I was brought up on Oasis and The Beatles and I always thought that no one else could be better than these. Then I started listening to Arctic Monkeys. They have to be considered one of the greatest bands ever to exist, I just wish more people would realise, or understand their music. Alex Turner is an absolute genius! And he's only around 26! It's insane how good they are!

[Rmarsh451]

EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD CHECK OUT tales from the afternoon-artic monkeys [drum cover] by tunelesstune, it is truly amazing!

[rarethen9]

i uploaded this to pornhub.

[FenderStratocaster06]

@rarethen9 hahahahahaha

[apleno]

I like a lot arctic monkeys but i think maybe in some parts of the song it sounds like a mess.

[BonJ2211]

@apleno Care to share?

[Manicinno]

Smash!

[theserver29]

the best....

[TheRebirthofCool4]

He's such a great drummer! <333

[TheVisitorsClub]

what guitar is Alex playing??

[OuiRobbs]

@TheVisitorsClub fender jazzmaster I believe

[henrique0095]

@TheVisitorsClub Fender Jaguar

[LewiseB62]

@TheVisitorsClub jazzmaster, different pick-ups to a jaguar

[spudinskie1]

@LewiseB62 Better sound as well in my opinion... i love the sound of alex's guitar in this.

[LewiseB62]

@spudinskie1 I know i made the mistake a few years ago of getting the jaguar but have since replaced the electronics and such to give it a jazzmastery tinge.

[spudinskie1]

@LewiseB62 Yeah, My friend has got a jaguar, and i've got a thinline telecaster. My telecaster sounds so so much better through a fender valve amp than his! lol and his cost 850 quid, mine was 650.

[LewiseB62]

@spudinskie1 i mean dont get me wrong jags are awesome but i think i may have been swayed a bit in the end by the look instead of the sound. I just didnt wanna get a strat, so overdone.

[spudinskie1]

@LewiseB62 Yeah they are, What amp do you run it through?

[DJINNS62]

ARCTIC MONKEYS! <3

[MakexJoy]

'Ohh...' xD

[MakexJoy]

'Ohh...' xD

[louiseycheesey101]

aw god this is flawless

[AllYouReallyNeed]

Is it bad that when I write my music, I sing it in a british accent? All the artists I listen to just happen to be british, but I'm american. Though as a younger kid, I decided I wanted to be british, so I constantly spoke in a britsh accent, so now when I speak i accidentally go brit. So I think that crossed over entirely to my singing.... haha

[raem94]

@AllYouReallyNeed haha its kinda opposite for me. As a Scot, I listen to a lot of british music, but when i write i just slip into some crappy generic american accent, bad habit :D

[fontayaho]

2:15 best moment! FUCK OFF THE WORLDD AHAHHAHAHAHA

[juanjchs]

I love when alex surprises me:D 0:49 

[yukasagara]

matt are you single and available? haha

[ixam1715]

they try very hard to make it sound like they've thrown alot of cords together and what you can see live is how much work they have actually put into it. love them btw!

[YoavMr]

Matt changes the tempo constantly.... does anyone thinks its on Purpose???

[Kav365]

@YoavMr What ?

[YoavMr]

@Kav365 if you"ll listen carefully, the tempo in this performance is constantly changing from slower to faster.

im just wondering if matt has a time keeping problem or is it made purposely by him.

[mrnailz360]

@YoavMr Matt is God. Of course its on purpose ;)

[felipemaiden13]

thats Jamie Cook with long hair?

[adiaz8892]

this is just the most amazing shit i have EVER seen! im a die hard strokes fan but these guys just take it the fuck away!! the improvs, the emotion, the sound! its just to fucking brilliant!

[williammoseleyfan101]

@adiaz8892 - YEAH!

A Strokes AND Arctic Monkeys fan!!

You rock!!!!

Both such amazing fans

I'm more of a die hard Arctic Monkeys fan!!!

[Barbara666mwa]

<3 <3 <3 So sexy...briliant voice....guys,you are the best!!!

[aley2watt]

As an American, everytime I listen to the arctic monkeys (all the time), I cant help but sing their lyrics with an english accent lol. :)

[adsnay]

@aley2watt SO true. Like 'mardy bom' instead of 'bum'

[10enstar]

@adsnay Same. I actually am english (from cambridge) but when I listen to AM I sing in a (kind of) Sheffield accent haha

[adsnay]

@10enstar haha, it's hard to resist the accent.

[tommyjosh94]

@aley2watt Doesn't sound right with an American one, does it? Haha.

[aley2watt]

@tommyjosh94 No, It just sounds wrong! :)

[Bobman4671]

@aley2watt I think it's mandatory to song their songs with a British accent.

[CherrySprings]

@aley2watt it's how I learned to sound british. :D

[92Ceej]

Angelic

[7macondo7]

Matt Helders is a AGILE BEAST!!!

[jbrad445]

@7macondo7 no... he is THE agile beast

[7macondo7]

@jbrad445 you are absolutely right man!!! i'm sorry

[indiekidBingham]

Too me, Arctic Monkeys has the same impact on my life as did Oasis and Stone roses had the same impact on my dad's life and Beatles on my Grandads life.

[igoresteveaqui]

@indiekidBingham that's it! arctic monkeys are as good now as the stones were in 70, in the future we'll see them as we see stones now. what changes this idea about them is the nowadays media, which doesn't show us the good stuff anymore.

[AccountNumber17]

2:15 i just love this pause specially when they smile at each other and when alex breath... omg.

[mussman717word]

Very Kinky... they even look a slight bit like the Davis brothers, lol.

[TheExopolitics]

0:49 - 1:00 very josh-homme influence. i likey.

[whodonaldwhat]

@TheExopolitics I was thinking the exact same thing

[charzzz123321]

matt is fucking awesome

[dipwolly]

what a tune

[Calichenao]

This is just brilliant!!..cheers

[howlinlevi2]

i think if someone wants to learn how to write good music they should learn all of the arctic monkeys songs starting with their old stuff and move in to the new stuff. Because the arctic monkeys were just another band using simple music but they played fast and good as fuck, then they started making music that was musically amazing, as well as lyrically amazing

[lockergr]

F me the sighs KILL ME.

[figmentally]

how can they be every performance better and better?

[Jasonmyways]

I love the band... And this song. But the new little guitar fills are ridiculously QOTSA. And i don't think they suit the song

[DSColm]

he seems so happy on 2:16 hahah love that sexy smile

[DSColm]

he seems so happy on 2:16

[Crisisje13]

2:15 love that moment

[sisao80]

The guitarist puberty exploded in between one album and another i see :D

[StupidNutter]

All the guitar fills around the one and two minuite marks all sound like something from humbug. That's what I love about the arctic monkeys, they manage to even make their old stuff sound enough like their current style so that a full set of old and new doesn't sound weird. I also like that FWN was a good transfer between their first and third album so hardcore fans didn't get a shock. This band is fucking epic, I love them! All geniuses too.

[repentandrebel]

It looks as if they can still play the old stuff really well....

And Matt is still wearing trackies...

[Irakli220488]

I think It's a new style and the have done to make there's music genre, It's my subjective opinion

[MrBRS123]

they are brilliant cuz they got matt and alex

[MrRomer0]

i love this version

[yarlish]

i'll meet u guys!

[StefanoTermoli]

Love them but i miss Alex way to hold his fender...

[pstrokeslibsarctic]

@StefanoTermoli oh.. actually, except Grestch and the few other.. he always use jazzmaster as a main guitar along with ovation... and that is fender - -

[BeanzWarrior]

@pstrokeslibsarctic i think he meant how he used to hold his old strat up high almost across his chest

[CesarV413]

Matt Helders has a hell of a job.

[pratamen]

Fuckin legends!!!

[petermccabe41]

If you wanna see some amazing drumming from Matt Helders and energy from AM look up the View From The Afternoon at pioneertown, the full 4 minute one!

They're getting better and betterr!!

[lockergr]

That "whoooh" may just be the best Alex Turner moment ever. NOM NOM NOM

[quazy14]

fuck!!!! they are ever sensational... oh man!

[quazy14]

ill be a fan forever!

[Gibson2471]

good to see matt is still in tip top shape. yeah alex lowered his guitar and let his hair grow a bit and isnt as peppy but damn they gave it there all here.

[oiergasdn]

holy crap what a performance! one of their best performance of this since since the Humbug tour.

this one has energy!!

the old energy that arctic monkeys used to pass.

They still awesome!

And their last album is even more awesome.

But the energy if 2005-2007 is just... perfect!

[Ary000ify]

i fuckinggg...lovee......the look of alex to the rest of band....he leaders....the rythm.....

[MGMT90]

they shud well do a song with the 0.50 riff in it,amazing!!!!

[pointknightchime]

Need tabs for the bridge part they altered!!! Please, it's simply badass.

[redhockeycab]

@pointknightchime figured it out... it's not terribly complicated

[pointknightchime]

@redhockeycab would you mind sending me a tab mate?

[4hippohungry]

what 2 prats! disliked this?

[DisposableHeroes0]

2:18 You can see on their faces they still love playing that part. Amazing.

[remarc69]

thats sick.... love AM......

[MrConway92]

Matt Helders.. Best drummer of the decade?

[KevinCollective]

@MrConway92 maybe. i used to think so but seeing lightning bolt live may have changed my mind

[thenolo7]

same as the album!

[99aliff]

i like nick'o malley...

because he handsome....

[williammoseleyfan101]

@99aliff - True that.. And I may sound mean..but I liked his hair back in 2006 and 2008...it became a little too long! But no matter how their hair..I still love all the members and their music :)

[lockergr]

@99aliff Why yes he IS! :o) Wayyyy underrated too.

[therugbytriggs]

Matt Helders. I love you.

[kakharducci]

tuneee

[MrMagoogoo31]

fuckin kickin! how tight can u get

[thadocdev]

Humbugs a brilliant album but that debut literally changed my life and the way I listen to music, I'm a bit older now though so I prefer the lyrical content of their newer more darker stuff. Whatever they do next i'm sure I'll like it but instrumental wise I hope it's fast and heavy.

[nickjb01]

Well put mate, fully agree.

[bilbomarks]

@thadocdev Really? Humbug?

[imposiblenata]

@bilbomarks humbug is amazing! 

[vatfp]

Matt :D:D:D:D

[DEADKiffer]

Wish they did more stuff like this. Not the new shit which isn't as good as their last albums. My opinion of course. Prefered their upbeat stuff.

[yanoah1412]

yeah who needs a full range of moods and emotions

[thadocdev]

@DEADKiffer

I think they probably will make more stuff like this, I mean I know Alex is a big fan of The Vines' early stuff, I think with the new stuff it was a bit of an experiment really, they may go to experiment even further on the next album and have a continuously fast album!!! I'd love that! Songs like If you've found this it's probably too late and still yake you home would be orgasmic.

[redhockeycab]

i hope they make more stuff like humbug.

[lockergr]

@DEADKiffer I prefer the upbeat stuff too, but Humbug is CLASS through and through. I think the new album will please you. It seems upbeat is their aim--from what the DL is right now.

[ariu8976]

matt is amazing ...alex is wonderful

[Insulinwax]

that must have been nostalgic. Look at the smiles on their faces

[boyhan]

tune maaaaaaannnnn

[MI6AgentNo007]

...You've got to understand you can never beat the bandit!

[esoterischewitwen]

boah I love the Arctic Monkeys.

[pooonapiece]

Haha alex has a little sex wee in his pants at the end!!

[bungie17]

guitarras alternadas, alternated guitars > melorgasmic¡¡¡

[simocullen7]

alexs voice has matured in a very good way!!!!!!!

his guitar skills are so much better now aswell

and he looks so comfortable and confident wen he sings!!!!!!! big thumbs up to new monkeys even though tis is an old song btw hahaha

[doobiescoo1]

Well said both ianarmanufc, and lockergr. I couldn't agree more.

[ianarmanufc]

:) thank you

[filipsvideos]

omg AMAZING

[ianarmanufc]

still unreal, i hope album 4 comes back to the hardcore post punk dancey tunes although humbug is an absolute masterpiece

[lockergr]

Agreed on all points. Humbug feels like an old friend now. Know all of it's intricate details.

[DiversityOurStrength]

I completely agree with you .