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From:
joshua.
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Date:
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:32:19 -0700
Subject:
Re: [idm] Dear Chechnya - These Cold Hands, This Quiet Sea (RSC024)
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if it's from this year, the dear chechnya song was made at least two years ago, i am pretty sure. and it is about a woman who drowns her children in the bathtub... hehe. :) ...... i guess that's not actually funny. awkward! joshua. On Nov 20, 2007 11:11 AM, Irene McC <substar@telkomsa.net> wrote:
quoted 53 lines On 20 Nov 2007 at 10:46, joshua. wrote:> On 20 Nov 2007 at 10:46, joshua. wrote: > > > I hope it's coincidence. it's definitely not a cover. the track is > > actually a few years old... so i dunno, i've never listened to arctic > > monkey... the name alone. i just can't do it. > > Heh :-) It's not me... it's my teenage daughter. > > I've just Googled it and here's the blurb (released in July this year) > Does the story line fit your version? Maybe they covered it? I can't see > any > reference to author/composer credits. > > >>> > > Arctic Monkeys > Fluorescent Adolescent > Single Review > > A witty, incandescent and entirely ingenious perspective of adolescence, > Arctic Monkeys, as always, give observations of modern working-class life > in > Britain, as they see it. > > Taking a left-off last laugh lane, the Monkeys continue to release > consistently > brilliant tracks and trust me you're not the only one that's baffled about > how > they do it. They appear to be immune to writer's block but their secret is > actually quite simple. Instead of thinking big and epic like other rock > prats > (not pointing any elbows Alex Kapranos), the Monkeys prefer to sit back, > relax and take a look at their surroundings for inspiration. They, as a > result, > end up writing realistic rock tunes that, importantly, everyone can > identify > with and understand. > > In their latest offering the Sheffield lads explore life as a teenager in > present > day Britain. Looking at peer pressure, casual sex, debauchery and what > not; > and they don't mince their words either. > > 9/10 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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