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  • I really want to love this album but i just cant, because I know it is all about alexa. alex's lyrics are amazing, but still a little too intimate for me to be able to enjoy and relax into.

  • @coolbean08 probably the best criticism I've seen of this album

  • this is my favorite songs on this album... the rest is great too!

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  • perfect *.*

  • very very good ......... *.*

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  • To those who say the quality is shit, I uploaded this video almost 2 months before it was released. ( This Is My New Channel )

    Ive uploaded the new song, Catapult if anybody wants to check it out?

  • Deffinately a Morrissey influence in this song. It's my favourite from the new album!

  • why do all their songs have sick nasty beats. arctic monkeys ftw!!!

  • maple syrup you know on pancakes and crap. Arctic Monkeys are amazing!!!

  • artik monkey id a fuckingt legend whoever disagree sucks balls with syrup

  • hahaha

    What exactly is syrup? I'm not a native english speaker, but I do know it's some kind of sauce.

  • I love the last part when "Fools on parade..." comes.

    Wonderful song.

  • <3333 this song whatever other people may think, I understand why many aren't that satisfied with Humbug but whatever

  • why is it that whenever someone has a different opinion, everyone jumps on their back telling them they're wrong? I agree with the people here who say they should have stuck to what worked, this song does not sound like the band we all fell in love with 3/4 years ago. Why else would their new album have dropped down the charts so quickly? I just hope they return to what they were so good at with their next album!!

  • I'm not jumping down your back. I'm telling my opinion.

    How can they write like they can't get into pubs (ritz to rubble etc) when they are jumped to the front of top clubs in london and LA? I'd rather tham be true to themselves than fake making music that they think is 'popular'

  • sup man ritz to rubble was on there first album so maybe they did have problems getting into clubs sometimes, regardless its a song so who says its about them its not an autobiography. agatha christie didnt go around murdering people

  • yeah bro, i know. read my comment again...

  • I dont see your point, I thought my comment adressed yours correctly.

  • Na, i said, how can they write (like they used to) I.E. .Ritz to rubble, when NOW they are, in a nutshell, so famous that they get to the front of the que anywhere.

    I get your point, but in art they always say 'do what you know' and that's what they did and they're doing it now.

  • most beautiful song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

  • beautiful

  • cool

  • Does anyone else get an incredibly strong Smiths vibe off this song? The way Alex sing sings really reminds me of Morrissey ..........

  • when my friend first played conerstone to me, i asked him was it Morrissey!

  • Correct me if im wrong but i believe the secret door is referring to the life and times of sir ian mckellan?>

  • my fav band of alll time. At first this album isn't that great...but once u relisten to it their is something so addicting about it. Arctic Monkeys have not changed, their music is still the same, they are still the same band, maybe this album sounds a bit more weighty and slow than others...but give it a chance and it will grow on u. You will not want to stop listening to it!

  • Yeah you are totally right, i´ve heard the album and loved it, but i saw them live, and it´s way different, they make the songs sound even better when they play them live

  • @TWhizz45 dude, i know it got something that charms you and you cant stop listening 2 em !

  • yeh but its hard to say which ones best when the great band that Am are always change their style

    Whatever ppl say they are (indie ect) thats what they're not XD

  • I didnt think their new album was as good as their other two albums either but after you listen to humbug a few times over the songs relly grown on you and the "new" sound that seems so weird starts to sound quite familliar.

  • best song!

  • yeah new album is awesome, and this is one of the best songs. I dont understand why people complain about their new style

  • But thats why I liked em now they are being "experimental" or wanky

    They should stick to what they do best like Oasis!!!

  • look what happened to Oasis, they ran out of ideas and became shit

    They split up :L

    we want good music, i cant name a single bad song by arctic monkeys and i never want to have to

  • i think theres alota shit monkeys songs its just that the band are so tight even when they play shit songs they are still not bad on the ear like u have to play there good songs relli well or they become shit cos theyre based around grooves and complementing guitar parts like u can play live forever or geraldine by glasvegas relli shitly and its still good but you cant say the same for the monkeys better songs maybe with the exeption of the olny ones who know

  • hmmm, but your saying they make shit songs good?

    so then the shits songs are good??

  • not really man like they make them sound good but they dont make them good songs like if u decuntruct most AM songs youll find they are really just a pleasent noise with sumone half talking half singing in a sheffield accent im not dissing them tho i like them but as they themselves said "dont believe the hype" they know theyre not as good as people made out hence the new albulm being so "experimental"

  • new album rocks fuck u all

  • u fucking bollock, put a album version up XD

  • yeah im not saying its a bad thing the first 2 albums were also amazing, but im just saying the 3rd one is more musically talented xxx

  • mickymuffmuncher... its not shit its just you can't appreciate real music, they've matured and became musicians not little boys from sheffield banging out a couple of power chords! xxx

  • i cant appreciate real music? do u know me lyk? i think not. jus because i dont like this new style doesn't mean i cant appreciate real music. chimp

  • ya prick yi! you think there new album is better than the previous 2?iv followed them all over the world so im allowed my view on this and its very average but your 1 of they guys who like to think you know everything about music but theres another name for you TOSSER. ARCTIC MONKEYS FORVER

  • love the album.. dance litte star is soo fuckin awsome!!!!!

  • love the song and love humbug!!!

  • awesome

  • LMFAO, arsehole.

  • wtf??? Humbug is great!!!

  • Die Downloader!!

  • naw, keepin listening and you"ll find out that the album isn't bad at all...only sound i kinda don"t like too much is dangerous animals

  • ive had the album on in the car since the day i got it and i jus cant get into it properly. fuck knos why lol

  • brilliant!

  • got it today! It's very good - better than the shit that's out there now.

  • and even if they were to find us I wouldn't notice, i'm completely occupied at all the Fools on parade Cavort and carry on the wait in lines that you would rather be beside than infront of but shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares Fools on parade Frolic and fuck about to make her gaze Turn to a scribble on a page by a picture, That holds her options But youre daft to think she'd care
  • The secret door swings behind us shes saying nothing shes just wriggling along Her arms were folded most indignant Not looking like she was soon to leave I had to squint in order to believe and then like a pull and a push in on a bookshelf I'm unveiling the unexpected I was (no idea) stand corrected How could such a creature survive in such a habitat The secret door swings behind us She's saying nothing cause shes just bitter and alone
  • here's what I got: Fools On Parade Cavort and carry on The wait in lines, That you would rather be beside than infront of But shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares. She swam out of tonights fantasm Grabbed my hand and made it very clear There's absolutely nothing for us here It's a magnolia celebration to be attempted on a wednesday night It's better than to get a reputation for a miserable little tyke At least thats the conclusion you came to in this overture ...
  • its out 21st in ireland why is that

  • 24th of england.

    I have the actul album songs. [:

    Ima try uploading them to youtube.

    Its an amazing album, Cornerstone is my favorite song.

  • Same.

    I own the crackerfactory account, but i forgot the password :L thats why i havnt uploaded anything for a while

  • takes a while to get into it, but when it does, quality tune...

  • Wow this sounds awesome.

  • i can't wait for the album! i hope i'll get a ticket for the 1live radioconcert in cologne!

  • in germany its out on 21st

    :P

  • Album out 24th August

  • the album is awesome. my bro downloaded it early it rocks! idk how he got it so dont ask. just trust its good.

  • tisk tisk, torrenting it gives the band no profit

  • im not the one who downloaded it so yah and we'll buy it still :) dont worry

  • If the band is good enough, theyll make most of their money on concerts, not record sales. Thats how they used to do it. Cds or cassettes were used as publicity for the most part, they were something used to entice people to go to their shows.

  • Granted, I was just playing devil's advocate. Actually though, they don't make much at all from concerts. Though I don't feel sales should matter much because it's about making good music and it doesn't require much money to get their good music out there.

  • damn this the third track I heard from their new album...just wish it came out now or tomorrow...glad josh homme produced it

  • My fav song on the new album...

  • When is the album out?

  • Ah sweet, it's out the 28th offically!

  • check my profile for the full new album in HQ:)

  • Whats with all the mellow haters? every group I know puts out cd's with at least 1 or 2 slow songs on them. its part of the business.

  • Im fourteen & my dad got me into the Arctic Monkeys & im glad he did! They are quality, a great British band with smashing lyrics and haunting vocals. People who appreciate the Monkeys work clearly have good taste in music and realise the fact that a song dosnt have to have a million beats and be computer edited dancefloor crap. I love the A.M - with the old songs and the new stuff! Fav Song:Balaclava & Crying Lightning :D

  • Check out "Queens of the Stone Age" and "The Strokes". Great, real, music that Arctic Monkeys have confessed influenced their music.

    In fact, Queens' lead singer helped produce A.M's new album.

  • Id say anyone who listens to AM knows about QOTSA and the strokes already :) lmfao

  • In fact, he fully produced it..

  • not true, james ford (the fella who did Last Shadow Puppets album) produced a number of the tracks on the album.

  • He produced Secret Door and Cornerstone

  • You dad listens to good music then, mine listens to crap :P

  • i love the drums

  • Completely awesome!

  • If you want all track album quality visit my videos

  • fondoodle u prick... u obviously have no taste in music u moron and ud get battered by any of em u weak puff

  • shutuuuuuuuuuuuuuup....my god chill the fuck out......to all the cynics, your just gonna be left behind....cause theres no stopping alex turners lip .... 21st century beatles.. ooooooooooooooooooo your not gonna like that!

  • the critics who are commenting obviously came to this video and others hoping that they will be as good as the older albums. they arent but thats no reason to suddenly write them off and say theyre rubbish. theyre old albums were unbelievable and this is probably more of an experimental album than anything else

  • Brilliant! Can't wait for Humbug.

  • same old shit, promising start and then they sold out and went for the " big " money, now their a big piece of student shit and if i ever see any of em walking down the street i'll make fun of his cowboy boots and knock the cunt out. fuck students.

  • Never made it to university? Haha you support the BNP. You're life is a joke.

  • Oh dammit, i don't like it. I prefer the older songs.

  • Id like to hear your idea of good music? you total pleb. In fact im guna have a guess.....its the sound of some shit RnB singer wailing away against some indistinct beat......much like it sounded when ur mum invited me up to bed.

    Although the the sound of the head board and her ass slapping rhythmically, did sound pretty good.

  • You really shouldn't be calling anyone a "pleb" when you type in as incoherent a manner as you do, son.

  • Il call you what i want Daddy. I strongly agree with the last post....WLBFC you are more likely to leave a club with Alice Choong the local Korean ladyboy than you are Alexa Chung. Does your name stand for.....Would Like Boys For Company?

    Oh and students do tend to be some of the more Musically susceptible folk within society leaving "them" with a more diverse knowledge than your regular chump. So put that in your pipe and smoke it......Your mums pipe.

  • ha brilliant!

  • that is one of the funner things uve ever sed.. had me in fits

  • hah nice insult :L bit childish though :P bit ill let you off :L

  • If you dont like it quite simply dont listen to it.

  • LOL what has northern got to do with it?

    Maybe you think Alex looks like a scruffy tramp but I'd like to see you pull Alexa Chung.

    And what music doesn't have a student fan base? Son.

  • Well, I'm over 18 and not a student...

    I'm just saying the new album will blow your mind and if it doesn't then you know shit about music.

  • I'm not saying you would but he's obviously not a scruffy tramp if he's going out with a model.

    I admit there are some really poor bands who are really over rated by alot of students (the enemy, for example) but Arctic Monkeys aren't one of them.

  • Naaaaa mate. I disagree with everything you talk bout. I dont think you could even recognize a outstanding lyricist from lets say, Cascada.

  • Well your a total idiot, congratulations,

    Prick

  • i think its 'attended on a wednesday night' not attempted,

    then 'i was earlier reluctant, suddenly embarassed and corrected'

    and then 'to hold her absense' instead of options,

    thats what it sounds like off the recorded version, but amazing go at getting the lyrics from the live version! thanks! :D

  • *that holds her absense

    sorry :P

  • this is the best song alex has ever written

  • nice video man good quality, and cheers to the lyrics guy!

    xx

  • Here's my take on the lyrics, as I see there have been some requests!

    Fools on parade

    Cavort and carry on

    For waiting eyes

    That you would rather be beside than in front of

    But shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares

  • the waiting lines, not waiting eyes

    i'm pretty sure thats what he says

  • duuude, best take on the lyrics, every they seem pretty accurate to me, cheers for that mate! and i think your missing line may be "and then like a button that you push in on a bookshelf" - i.e. he is alluding to those secret doors that you open by pushing in a book lol!

  • She swam out of tonights phantasm

    Grabbed my hand and made it very clear

    There's absolutely nothing for us here

    It's a magnolia celebration to be attempted on a Wednesday night

    It's better than to get a reputation for miserable little tyke

    At least thats the conclusion you/she (hes said both) came to in this overture

    The secret door swings behind us

    Shes saying nothing

    Shes just giggling along

  • Her arms were folded most indignant Not looking like she was soon to leave I had to squint in order to believe ?? And then like a pull and push in on a bookshelf ?? I'm unveiling the unexpected How he was ever gonna look to her Should've been embarrassed and corrected How could such a creature survive in such a habitat The secret door swings behind us She's saying nothing She's just giggling along And even if they were to find us I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied
  • At all the fools on parade Cavort and carry on For waiting eyes That you would rather be beside than in front of But shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares Fools on parade Frolic and fuck about to make her gaze Turn to a scribble on a page by a picture That holds her options But youre daft to think she'd care Fools on parade Fools on parade Fools on parade conduct a sing-along
  • oh my God. thank you so much! xD

  • this song will get americas attention

  • i dont want it to get their attention. once america blasts shit out of proportion i lose interest quickly

  • i hope it doesnt. i want the arctic monkeys all to myself! i dont know anyone in real life that listens to the arctic monkeys. (can you tell im not from the uk? ahah)

  • Well im irish and iv like 4 friends friends that love them and rest think theyre ok...I think they're amazing.They shouldve released this b4 crying lightening I think...

  • how can anyone just think they're ok? haha. and yea, i only like the chorus of crying lightning, this is much better.

  • I know they're my favourite band.Shit Alex Turner sang on the first album actually happened on some of my nights out.2nd album was like my break up with girl friend!wonder what the 3rd has in store!?!Pity they wont come to Ireland and do a gig :( I was going to go to England to see them but then the recession happened.....

  • LOL SAME HERE!!!!

  • lmao im probably the only one for miles thats even heard of the arctic monkeys. (i dont live in the uk either haha)

  • oh my god!! me too! that's exactly what I say..

    I know nobody else who knows them so I'd like to think that I own them. ;)

  • :L i live in the UK , and know about err 2 :L all my mates think they are crap ! they have terrible taste in music , quite obvs :L

  • i almost agree. except i live in america and i'd like if more people liked them so i could talk about them w/ them or go to concerts.. i dont like nobody knowing the music i like lol.

  • im kind of in the same situation too. all my friends like dance music, i dont mind it but i dont have anyone to share the awesome music of the monkeys with.

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  • sounds absolutely fucking amazing!!!

    can't wait for the new album!

    If u listen to all the of live versions of the songs that are gonna be on this album you can rly see how varied this album will be! Just hope it goes well for them!

    Can't wait for Reading Festival!!!

  • i hate you! i wanted to go to that soo bad this year lol

  • my favourite! love it!

  • thanks , good quality

  • Very excited about this album.

    The songs I have heard are amazing.

  • anyone who says they are shit obviously searched the video to say it so they are CUNTS. x

  • you are a CUNT mate sort it out

  • waiting studio version...

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  • where in the hell can't i get this i can't download it anywhere and i sure as hell ain't waiting for it untill the album comes out.

  • fools on parade

  • I wanna hear "The Jewellers Hand's", I've heard its a Dr Dre inspired slow jam :)

  • omg...this song is the best, i love it!

  • well excited for the album it sounds well good from what ive heard :-D

  • tune

  • copada!!!!!!

  • Can't wait for the studio version of this!

  • this has to be the most perfect song EVER!

  • Quite like the change o direction even though his voice sounds a little different

  • fucking awesome drums. Saw it in View from the birthday kid

  • Too mellow. It might grow on me though.

  • good song

  • i liked their stuff whatever album and before that with their LP's and the beneath the boardwalk demo, now u could see the retro thing they're doing with the sounds...its sounds strange more commercial.

  • Alot of people complaining seem to be moaning that the songs arent "stand out" enough? What is that supposed to mean? I'm sure once the singles get repeated to fuck on the radio and you get used to them you'll consider them "stand out." Some people cant appreciate a good tune, they need affirmation from radio.

  • Your spot on mate ,wait a couple of months and the same people will say 'great song' because they heard it a few times on the dial...................dickhea­ds all of em, fkn sheep !!

  • How do people get their replies to appear as such? I click on reply yet they always appear at the top of the general list. Frustrating!!!

  • you press the reply button...

  • if the comment you reply to is too low on the list and is nearly going to the next page your comment just appears on top...

  • Okay, but it seems to happen to every single message I type! I see it did it to yours too! Thanks!

  • great song am are as good as they could be!

  • How can people honestly say this sounds like the smiths? i dont see it at all, unless you mean the guitar which is quite marr-esque but none of the rest does.

    and no it doesnt have a string section or anything but his voice is the same as in the shadow puppets and its not as hard as other monkeys stuff.

  • A little TOO much like the Smiths in places but I really like it. It's better than 'Crying Lightning', I think.

  • this isent like the shadow puppets-they had a string section, this sounds, strange to be honest after a year off you think they would come out with some more "stand out" songs, crying lightning wasent that special either, perhaps when the entire album is released I will change me mind, right now I'm just not feeling it.

  • i really like this

  • you've got it all wrong mate, don't bother reply just accept the facts, this song is amazing

  • and can i just say im not slagging this off at all, its a quality tune, just doesnt sound like the arctics at all, evolved or not.