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  • Of course T H E K O O K S ! ♥

  • I'd give more critical acclaim to arctic monkeys, but kooks are consistently infectious. they know how to write a good tune day in and day out.

  • arctic monkeeeeeysssssssssssss

  • The kooks are better tbf

  • I wonder why people keep on comparing them. I think they're really different actually, and I love both bands a lot. Alex and Luke have both great voices and they both write amazing songs. Why do you always have to compare them?

  • Try to compare "junk of the heart" with "suck it and see". If you listen, the guitars of the kooks are much complicated than the AM. I like both but I think THE KOOKS are better, that's my opinion.

  • Each one are great in their own way. You can't compare them. The Kooks are more melodic, wich doesn't mean that they're worse. In fact, they aren't. They're just different.

  • Kooks have talent and are on a different planet.

    Arctic Monkeys have 1 good song.

  • @uktubeuser Have you listened to The Kooks live? They sound wank.

  • @uktubeuser Do you feel like enlightening us on that one good song? Please don't say Mardy Bum either.

  • Definately The Kooks!!! Also, Arctic Monkeys seem way too arrogant and their new album isn't great

  • the kooks are best.

  • I think I'll leave the "war" to themselves. They can unplug each others guitars and kick each other in the face without me.

  • The kooks are for pussy private school kids and the Arctic Monkeys are for the real men and woman who have good taste!

  • The Monkeys are much more impressive imo

  • Im Scottish so Fratellis :)

  • Arctic Monkeys are far better

  • Arcitc Monkeys no doubt.

  • Arctic Mokeys lot better !!

  • Both bands are awesome but the Monkeys are just too good for anyone.

  • ARCTIC MONKEYS ♥

  • The monkeys are the best britain band of this years...the kooks are fuckin rubbish

  • i mean i like the arctic monkeys more and i think they are more talented but the word better doesn't really appeal to me, i would use the word prefer.

  • kooks are better

  • Kooks. Luke's vocal style is more unique and the band generally takes themselves far less seriously, which I like.

  • arctic monkeys forever

  • arctic monkeys destroy them

  • the monkeys are better in every single way.

  • Arctic monkeys

  • the kooks!!!!!

  • Arctic Monkeys.

  • i prefer the kooks <3

  • blablabla different but the monkeys are better

  • not a fair video cause you put one of the kooks best songs and mardy bum by the artic monkeys not many people like that song put a better song up

  • arctic monkeys>the kooks

  • the kooks!!!!!!!

  • you can't call them good just because they sell more, that's not the point... each one is diferent in their own way, there's no comparing, they're diferent kinds of band

  • kooks <3

    arctic monkeys <3

  • two different styles, however the kooks have the best lead guitarist

  • Arctic Monkeys

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  • Blink 182? ;D 

  • Monkeys .

  • yeah just ask yourself what band is selling out arenas and had the fastest selling album of all time...then you will find your "answer"

  • ARCTICS are the winners by far, no comparison

  • Julian Casablancas, The Strokes :D

  • @anathestrokes the strokes are terrible! can hardly hear the dude's voice!

  • arctic monkeys all the way!!! their music is magical :)

  • they're both good, their similar but there's a million other band just like them and they choose each other to blame for 'copying their style'...

  • you just cant make this question, obviously monkeys are much better!

  • Arctic monkeys created era defining music , the kooks wrote orate love songs, i think its clear who's the better band.

  • the kooks, clearly.

  • There's a war between these two bands.

  • Who are The Kooks? lol

  • @jwright360 is this some sort of sick joke?

  • yeah they're so different... oh what the fuck, ARCTIC MONKEYS!!!!!

  • Helders and Turner make the choice much too obvious. AM all the way.

  • I think Kooks = Arctic Monkeys !!! They are ... :-)

  • i like the kooks, but i looove the arctic monkeys! their songs and lyrics are deeper, at least to me. alex is amazing.

  • Kooks are cool in how they brought back certain traits from classic rock like the electric guitar fill ins between lyrics but they seem a little more superficial. Maybe it's because they're more poppy than the Arctic Monkeys but they still seem kind of superficial. I also think A.C's singer's accent works better. I get annoyed by the other singer. Arctic Monkey's are also way more creative with their music. I prefer bands that can play many different genres.

  • They're both great :D

  • I was just going to say that they're styles are so different.

  • alex turner makes the difference!

  • they are both amazing bands

    But Arctic Monkeys by FAR!!!!

  • arctc monkeys rape the kooks..are you serious?

  • @ANIKANSKYWALKERG TRUE haha

  • the kooks are awsome but i think arctic monkeys are better i mean just listen to mardybum that has to be one of the best songs ever.

  • the kooks , but i love em both so much

  • this hard

  • KOOOKS:))))

  • Is this some kind of sick joke? Arctic monkeys in the past 3 years have shown to be the best band in the country and the kooks one of the worst, by pulling down their trousers and pissing on bands like the kooks with 2 top class albums and another good one in humbug. What have the kooks got to offer? A shitty unfunny ironic cover of despair in the departure lounge.

  • Is this some kind of sick joke? Arctic monkeys in the past 3 years have shown to be the best band in the country and the kooks one of the worst, by pulling down their trousers and pissing on bands like the kooks with 2 top class albums and another good one in humbug. What have the kooks got to offer? A shitty unfunny ironic cover of despair in the departure lounge.

  • I think AM is better. They are very different, but Am has somuch more talent.

  • I love the way the two top rated comments are "Can't decide between the two" as much as I agree, glad you came to a decision

  • I love both bands, they are all awesome, different sounds, not better or worse just different, but Ithink I prefer AM, because of the kind of person I am

  • Arctic Monkeys HANDS DOWN. They are better as artists and musicians, more talent, better lyrics and better with their instruments.

  • I respect anyone else's opinion, as mine is based on my criteria which includes originality, skill, and overall greatness of sound. If you think The Kooks are have better musicianship and are better artists, by all means try and refute me, but evidence and examples are necessary.

  • I LOVE THE KOOKS and love singing their songs. I just think the Arctic Monkeys is a greater band worthy of international respect and recognition, and SHOULD be considered for one of the 'greats' of our generation.

    p.s. sorry for posting 3 messages youtube won't let me post it all at once.

  • Both AWESOME bands! - great and different sounds. Both great live and on album.... they both pretty ACE!! Arctic Monkeys FTW though. difficult decision tbh

  • the kooks always!!!1

  • Monkeys

  • Its impossible to decide :)

  • Why have people always got to have 'who's better' and all this shite, just listen to music and enjoy it. Art shouldn't be judged it should be treasured.

  • The Kooks do it for me though the Arctic Monkeys are really good too.

  • they are very different the kooks are one of my favorite bands but they rarely sing a song that doesnt sound as if hes bleeding his heart out to a girl the arctic monkeys have such a great sound and the direction the two bands are taking are very different paths the kooks still diggin them upbeat and easy to listen to music and the arctic monkeys atleast for now have that almost jim morrison doors vibe goin its amazing and i cant get enough

  • @menoel21 cracking comment ^

  • Of course i choose the monkeys.

  • The songs of Artic Monkeys are explosive whereas them of The kooks are calmed

  • Particularly these songs cannot be compared, it can b comparing with "see the world" or "Sofa Song" or "Ooh la", equally they are different styles

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  • si ay uno de arctic monkeys vs the killers se llama Scumbody Told Me awesome really i say AM wins did you hear the lead singer of kooks kicked alex in the face

  • The song is Mardy Bum by the Arctic Monkeys. Silly youtube.

  • arctic monkeys DUUUH! they are the best and the kooks are alright but dont make as much good music as the AM!

  • stupid debate really, arctic monkeys have 3 great albums, the kooks have 1 good 1 and 1 fairly average 1

  • btw, the song is not Naïve by The Kooks, now is it? ;)

  • LOL??

    naive is by the kooks and is the best song ever made if you look on muscician skills ;)

    And i like both but alex (AM) tried to unplug the guitar from luke(the kooks) while he was playing a show...

    thats kinda gay...

    so The Kooks ;)

  • I like them both the same!

    Just what I'm in the mood for..

  • pienso q deberia ser arctic monkeys vs the killers ...

  • both good but i like the kooks lot more....

    but both good =)

  • The Kooks and Arctic Monkeys? You can't compare this. They're different.

  • @hellodian25 yes arctic monkeys forever

  • I like Arctic monkeys better, cooler just my opinion xD

  • totally agree...they are two different kinds of band, each good in their own way

  • yeaaah , they're really different ... btw, LOVE THE KOOKS !

  • WHAT THE FUCK... they're two completely diffrent bands!

  • the kooks all the wayyyy!!!

    luv luke pritchard <3

  • People used to compare this two bands, because, altought they sounds different, Alex turner ( arctic monkeys) and Luke Pritchard ( the kooks) have some problems long time ago

  • that was something like alex tried to pull the leads out of luke´s guitar pedals while they were on stage, so luke kicked him in the face? i´ve heard about it and i find it very childish...

  • what the fuck ?

    you can't compare them. thats dumb . -.-'

  • They are such different bands... I don't understand how people can compare them

  • ARCTIC! yeah ...

  • kooks are shit

  • arctic monkeys are exceptional... the kooks are great but not so special ...

  • luke said in an interview that alex was at his show in the crowd & pulled out the guitar lead, then luke tryed to kinda kick him away! aparently alex was off his face he said.

    no shit, look it up.

    but i like arctic monkeys music better.

  • the kooks of course

  • I like the Kooks but in the end I prefer Arctic Monkeys and that's for ever =)

  • there is no comparison

    the arctic monkeys are the superior band

  • Loved the kooks first album, but they suffered from second album sydrome and arctic monkeys didnt.

    The kooks are too scruffy looking for a bunch of posh kids.

  • arctic monkeys are more talented musicians

    kooks have a more populair tune to them though

  • Fuck,I think you are such an idiot too,Alex is great in vocal and performance too ,and Luke is also good.

    They both ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @juthawat yeah,that's maybe true. alex can be great in vocal and performance, but like a human is an idiot. I'm sorry, but it's true. When they were in our country, they sang great but communication with us was horrible!!! They didn't need us. I think they played only for themself. But the Kooks communicated with us all the time. That was awesome. And what Alex did to Luke?? No comment. That's my opinion. But you are right...They both ROCK!!

    (sorry for my english)

  • Arctic Monkeys. Best british band. The end

  • The Kooks obviously.

  • Both are awesome, but Kooks play such simple riffs in comparison

  • The Kooks. I absolutely love them. And I think Alex Turner's an ass hole.

  • Lukes a Prick. Alex is a hero. End of.

  • Really? So you find nothing wrong with the fact that Alex tried to unplug Luke's equipment while he was on stage?

  • the kooks for sure. don't like alex turner, i don't know really what happend but the fighted about something and i got angry!!

    DON'T FIGHT TO LUKE!

  • Luke said he kicked alex in the face. because alex was trying to pull out the leads out of lukes guitar pedals while they were on stage.

  • when was that?!

  • er..sometime in 2008. luke tried to say sorry but alex ignored him. so the kooks covered an arctic monkeys song instead. "despair in the departure lounge".

  • Godd, I'm in LOVE with them both. But I used to have posters of Alex Turner in my room haha....soo I guess i should really say I Love The Arctic Monkeys more x

  • Arctic Monkeys are boss.

  • I think we can't compare these two great bands ! they are different ! and everything depends on tastes of each !!

    Also, the chosen songs are too different...

    i really love these bands !!!!

  • arctic monkeys but kooks follow closely

  • *have*, not has... before my grammar is bashed

    ;)

  • The Kooks' debut is amazing.. but the Arctic's debut is phenomenal. AM wins easily.. they sound pretty unique whereas The Kooks has so many similar sounding bands like... Pigeon Detectives or Razorlite or One Night Only (which all btw, gargles balls). Favourite Worst Nightmare is an immense follow-up and a change of direction and Humbug is really unique and shows that they're not a one trick pony and have a very varied sound (albeit not the best of the three). Konk is err.. mediocre at best.

  • Arctic Monkeys are miles in front of The Kooks.

    Better vocallist, Outstanding lyrics, quality guitar playing, great bass playing, pretty amazing drumming. Arctic Monkeys headline Glasto and continue to evolve as a band... The Kooks on the other hand, just don't compare to be honest... I don't see The Kooks winning a Mercury Prize for an album. Not that i don't like them personally, i just think Arctic Monkeys are a country mile better than them.

  • too difficult,they're both fucking amazing!

  • art stops being art if you say what is "better"

  • the kooks all the way

  • The kooks handsdown

  • Arctic Monkeys > The Kooks

    Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not > Inside In/Inside Out

    Favourite Worst Nightmare > Konk

  • Arctic Monkeys by miles!

  • I love the Kooks and AM the same way!

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  • arctic monkeys

  • The Kooks absolutely!! but arctic monkeys are shit too!! like them too!! (Y)

  • THE KOOKS! but its just my choice. (;

  • no way I can decide....AM and The Kooks are my two favorite bands...I really can't compare them...Alex and Luke have way too different voices (and they both sing beautifly),they make different music and they sing about different stuff...I prefer Alex's writing,but on the other side I think that Hugh is better guitarist than Jamie...maybe I could decide if I've heard The Kooks live,cause I heard AM live and they are just BRILLIANT!!! Don't know...they are just two amazing bands!

  • haha im exactly the same :D apart from ive seen the kooks live and not arctic monkeys :) hugh is the better guitarist, but matt helders is a better drummer :D

  • arctic monkeys

  • Arctic monkeys

  • Arctic Monkeys... Of course.

    They have the best lyrics.

    Matt is an awsome drummer.

    Alex's voice!

    They're just so much better.

    The Kooks is good, I really like their music, but jo can't compare the two bands.

  • Both <3

  • Its hard to compare them really i mean they're both rly good i mean alex turner is a genius his lyrics are amazing lol and they create catchy riffs n songs tht when u hear u think r yea this is a tune lol but the same with the kooks rly i mean okay there lyrics arent as meaningful as the arctic monkey's but again they come up with really catchy poppy riff's n stuff which just get stuck in ure head lol so its hard to say tbh i did prefer the kooks but now i think the arctic monkeys have my vote

  • The KOOKS by far. They have way better songs.

  • ARCTIC MONKEYS!!!

  • arctic monkeys....win

  • Arctic Monkeys of course. They've been my favorite way longer. and now that Mardy Bum is playing while I'm typing this, I have to say Arctic Monkeys. lol

    but I've been listening to The Kooks lately.. and yes they're good, but they honestly just don't compare.

  • Arctic Monkeys by far.

  • arctic

  • both are fuckin brilliant! impossible to compare

  • Both band are my favorites, but i haft to say Arctic Monkeys :D

  • It's like comparing the Beatles to the Jonas Brothers. Arctic Monkeys, of course. The only appeal of the Kooks is that they can write catchy poppy stuff that's featured in television commercials and such, while Arctic Monkeys write stuff that's actually meaningful.

  • clearly isnt, theyre both amazing bands, kooks have a better lead guitarist, no doubt about it, but arctics have a better drummer. theyre both good bands, thats why people debate whos better. ive only seen the kooks live though and they were absolutely amazing. the style of both are great and they both have amazing lead singers and both bands have songs that people remember and like, so dont compare them to jonas brothers, its more like the beatles and rolling stones