Arctic Monkeys
Man, they've come a long way, but they've made it. It's been about ten years since their first concert back in Sheffield. Now, they've played all over the world. What comes to mind for me when I hear 'Arctic Monkeys'— well a lot of things. I remember the first song I heard from them, it was 'Fluorescent Adolescent' from "Favourite Worst Nightmare".
Gosh, that song was good. Then I heard 'Crying Lighting'— another great song. But I wasn't really into them, which is something I now regret because seriously, they have a lot of great songs. And for me it seems that they're underrated. But maybe it's 'cause I don't know many people who listen to them.
This new album, AM, actually was what started my Arctic Monkeys frenzy. I want to buy every Arctic Monkeys merchandise I can get a hold of now. The first song I heard from their new album was 'Do I Wanna Know?' I fell in love with this song instantly. Oh. My. Gosh. The lyrics to this song was everything I wanted to say— how I felt. My first thought was "Why didn't I think of this?" This song is perfect! I went to YouTube just so I could replay it and listen to the song. I just had to constantly listen to it. I bought the album a few months later and listened to it all.
To be honest I wasn't expecting such an amazing album. I just bought it for the first track. I'm glad I bought the album though because it's incredible. And maybe I'm really obsessed with this album— and now the band, haha, but that's because the lyrics to these songs on the album, and others, was everything I needed—wanted to say and it pretty much sums up my feelings. This album helped me realize that I'm not the only one who has experienced an unrequited love.
CHVRCHES
The first song I heard from CHVRCHES was 'Recover'. I was listening to Sirius XMU exactly a year from today, coincidently. I remember I had to constantly listen to that song too. And there I was on YouTube, replaying the tune until I found another song to keep on repeat. I checked them out and heard four other tracks and liked them. But that was really it. They're a good band to check out, if you haven't already, but I'm not really into them. Maybe when they come out with their next album.
So why did I bring in CHVRCHES? Well a couple of days ago I heard a cover of 'Do I Wanna Know?' It was by CHVRCHES. I listened to it and I thought it was good. WAY better than Miley Cyrus' cover of the Arctic Monkeys. But I only listened to CHVRCHES cover once and it wasn't on repeat. My thought of the cover was like "Oh? Okay. Well they sure did add their own beat and rhythm to the song. I prefer the original though." The next day 'Do I Wanna Know?' was stuck in my head, but it wasn't how the original song went and that's when I realized— the cover is stuck in my head. And that's when I started playing it on repeat, again with the help of YouTube.
Maybe I didn't give it a chance and didn't like how they changed it. But I shouldn't have done that because their version is really great! Her voice, the synths, it all ties in perfectly. She sings it with this sort of pining and passion. My favorite part of the CHVRCHES cover was towards the end at around 3.43 to 3.58 when Lauren sings "Too busy being yours to fall, ever thought of calling darling. Do you want me crawling back to you?" And the backing vocals just add to it; making it sound complete.
I heard another cover of this song by MS MR and I liked it the first time I heard it and I played it more than once, but not continually. She sings it though with sadness, it seemed lonely and a bit dark. Not saying it's bad, but I'm just not falling in love with it so easily as I did with the CHVRCHES cover. And I'm not saying that their version is better than the original, but if it wasn't the Arctic Monkeys who sang this song then I'd want CHVRCHES to sing it for sure.
CHVRCHES Cover 'Do I Wanna Know?' By Arctic Monkeys
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I'll also put the MS MR cover so y'all can check it out and decided which you prefer.
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