{"id":268,"date":"2006-09-14T22:29:45","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T02:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imheavyduty.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2006-09-14T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T02:29:45","slug":"arctic-monkeys-whatever-people-say-i-am-thats-what-im-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/2006\/arctic-monkeys-whatever-people-say-i-am-thats-what-im-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Monkeys &#8212; Whatever People Say I Am, That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"recdata\">\n<li><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Arctic Monkeys<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Whatever People Say I Am, That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Not<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> CD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rating (1-10):<\/strong> 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Owner:<\/strong> Mary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquired:<\/strong> May 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeper:<\/strong> Yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazon recommended this CD for me, but they also recommended Hilary Duff once. I didn&#8217;t buy Hilary&#8217;s CD but I did buy the Artic Monkeys and I&#8217;m so glad I did.<\/p>\n<p>The tittle of this CD, for me, was reason enough to purchase it.&#8221;Whatever People Say I Am, That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Not&#8221; is a clue to the band&#8217;s attitude and keen observations. The lyrics are brillant. (There are a few explicit lyrics, but the singer&#8217;s accent is so thick my kids havn&#8217;t noticed them yet). How do people write like that? I&#8217;m amazed when song writers can tell a story, to music, (I know that&#8217;s obvious, but still impressive) that is witty, smart, down to earth, and makes you want to sing along.<\/p>\n<p>The music is familar, yet not like any band out there. Maybe a little Franz Ferdinand, but tougher. Maybe a little Kaiser Chiefs, but more substantial. They also remind me of Sham 69, and the Ruts. I never get the feeling these guys are trying to be, or sound like something they aren&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The track Mardy Bum  is what I hear, not often enough, on XM. It&#8217;s a slower song and it&#8217;s good but the entire CD is packed with great songs: &#8220;When the Sun Goes Down&#8221;, &#8220;Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured&#8221;, and &#8220;The View From the Afternoon.&#8221;  A little something for everyone. Check out their web site to view some videos off this CD at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcticmonkeys.com\/\">ArcticMonkeys.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imheavyduty.heavydutyincorporated.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/arcticmonkeyswhatever.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533\" title=\"Arctic Monkeys -- Whatever People Say I Am, That\\'s What I\\'m Not\" src=\"http:\/\/imheavyduty.heavydutyincorporated.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/arcticmonkeyswhatever.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"950\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Arctic Monkeys Title: Whatever People Say I Am, That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Not Year: 2006 Format: CD Rating (1-10): 10 Owner: Mary Acquired: May 2006 Keeper: Yes Amazon recommended this CD for me, but they also recommended Hilary Duff once. I didn&#8217;t buy Hilary&#8217;s CD but I did buy the Artic Monkeys and I&#8217;m so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463,452,453],"tags":[529,554,604,748,46],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a","category-music","category-record-collection","tag-529","tag-arctic-monkeys","tag-cd","tag-indie","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracysigler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}