@@cavemanjack No problem. Love your channel. BTW, I’d recommend reacting to either Sigur Ros’s Agaetis Byrjun or Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space. Both great albums. The second actually beat out Ok Computer for album of the year in 1997.
For me listening to the album for the first time was super intense. I didn’t understand what the hell I was hearing which is why I relate to your reaction quite a bit. However, I urge you to give it more listens. This album is probably my favorite album by any artist and is a definition of a grower. There is an insane amount of intricate instrumentation, all the lyrics do make sense if you look into them, and the themes of isolation, consumerism, modern technology are amazingly explored.
You can tell there is some deep concepts but trying to work them out on a first listen was a no go haha, I realised that I just had to jump along for the ride and it took me to some crazy places but overall I loved the unique sounds on the project and am keen to see how the album continues to sit with me over the years
Alex got burned out with their Indie/Alternative-rock sound (which you have yet to experience) and so he made up this fantasy world of a moon-based hotel and casino where they're a jazzy lounge act. The Car is actually about them trying, and failing, to break free from that fantasy and return to their old sound. Alex needs his "costumes" and "body paint" to stay inspired these days, they've become his writing tools, leaving him surrounded by the fantastical orchestration of their new sound and making him forget their old. So yeah, this album was so monumental that it kind of caused an identity crisis that inspired the next one lol.
It's also utterly insane how this album predicted the Covid-lockdown, _down to the exact month, two years_ before it happened. "No one's on the streets, we moved it all online as of March." What do you know, Alex?! lol
Once you understand the album and appreciate it for what it is this is an amazing album and you will find something new with every listen. Originally it was a planned to be a solo concept album written by alex on a piano (he was out of ideas on guitar) before he showed the band and they wanted to get involved with their own spin on it. Its based on scifi and some songs are from the perspective of a retired lounge singer residing on "tbhc" which is in the future and on the moon. AM the previous album is probably their cleanest work and while not super rich in sounds it is a really well put together album with a really relatable theme and super catchy which i think you will enjoy!
it's definitely hard to swallow at first! we've all been there, but it reaaaally grows on the more you listen to it, it is my favorite album from them! Probably because it's nothing like AM (their previous album)... everyone was expecting AM2 but they threw a curve ball with TBH&C and i loved that :) (Sorry for my bad english :p) Great reaction as always!
Thank you Stephania, glad you enjoyed the vid! im super keen to see how AM sounds and where the albums I have heard will sit on my list when all is said and done and I have listened to all of their albums!
It happend for me too the first time hearing this album song's i didn't vibe at all but with the time it became freaking good specially the live version it's amaaaazinggg
Hello You from the car is actually a leftover/scrap from TBH+C. That's why its the most synth-y song in the car. It also serves as a denouement of sorts for the TBH+C story along side "Anyways" from the b-sides.
You very much need to continue to go backwards. If you go to the beginning you’ll be bowled over by the difference. It’ll be more interesting for you to experience it all in reverse order.
I think the easiest path to understanding what this album is all about lies in the track Science Fiction - "I want to make a simple point about peace and love, but in a sexy way where it's not obvious, highlight dangers and send out hidden messages the way some science fiction does" Alex was seemingly tired of writing love songs and wanted to comment on contemporary topics, but needed to find a way into it that wasn't just directly discussing them. That's where the whole concept of this hotel on the moon came from, he's said he likes the idea that an album is a place you can go and visit for a while. I wouldn't say it's a proper concept album because some of the songs don't really touch on the actual location - there's no narrative always being pushed forward - but it's all certainly thematically cohesive. Star Treatment gives us the perspective of this rockstar past his prime that's now a crooning lounge singer in the hotel bar. To me it's about the idea of someone's career ending prematurely before the singer is ready for it, because their 5 minutes of fame have come and gone - "and as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early? It's the star treatment". The next one that directly comments on the location is the title track which is where a bit more of Alex's own perspective on why he created this with "I've been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade, where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark". It's like he's sort of acknowledging the way his lyrics can be hard to break through and properly relate to, but this weird science fiction world is the only way he can express his feelings on these topics Four out of Five is all about a taco stand called the Information Action Ratio on the roof of the hotel, which is basically just an avenue for Alex to make comments about how you can make something that's seen as perfect but you can't get that 5 out of 5 score She Looks Like Fun doesn't really touch on the hotel concept all that much, but the idea behind it is that these are all things he's seeing while scrolling through Instagram, and I suppose it's a sort of criticism of how we condense these interactions with other people into content we consume. Makes for a very weird tone shift with the "She looks like fun, cheeseburger, she looks like fun, snowboarding" but I think it gets that point across well
The Car and this record are a HUGE step off in terms of their "sound." It's a concept album about lounge singers on the moon. the themes and such are more a commentary on the digital age and technology, mixed with the commerce of information and modernization in general. picking up on some lyrics in specific songs like "in time for my weekly video chat with god", "technological advances really bloody get me in the mood" shows some of this. it's also a sort of message to fans of their old stuff that they've moved into a different sound which I think you'll see as you react to more of their discography. some of it is also a bit nonsense or just to play the character of a lounge singer on the moon. I think exploring each song and making your own theories is fun, or there's good videos out there talking about it! the best part is each time you re-listen to it you pick up even more you didn't know was there, in lyrics AND sound! It's still also a great rainy day album as well. really looking forward to you reacting to more of their stuff! this album and their second one are my favorite! thanks for doing it!
Man thank you for all these insights, really helps to collect my own thoughts on the project Feels like such a great rainy day album, same with the car Glad you enjoyed the vid Jaxon and hope to see you on the next vid
I'm loving your reacts, please keep going, can't wait to see the AM react. TBHC is my favorite Arctic Monkeys album, but it took me a few months to start liking it
Definitely listen to Humbug! It's got a Queen of the Stone Age vibe to it because Josh Homme produced most of the tracks, and it's the pinnacle of the alternative rock sound they had going on with their first five albums! It would be great to see you start from the beginning and listen to what sound they established with those 2 albums, WPSIA and FWN (2006 and 2007), and get to Humbug (2009), where we see the first inspirations for Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, both lyrically and sonically, and discover what inspired them to get more poppy and refined with Suck it and See (2011) and AM (2013). I believe their self-titled album, AM, will be right up your alley, as the front-man Alex Turner described it as "like a Dr. Dre beat, but we've given it an Ike Turner bowl-cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a Stratocaster", adding that it "sounds less like four lads playing in a room this time."
In Rainbows, Ants From Up There and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino are some of my favorites albums of all my life, i'm so glad you just listened to them recently
I disagree that Arctic Monkey's debut has been their best album. Alex Turner's singing has improved so much since then. I think AM has their best collection of songs, but I prefer the live versions of those songs on the Royal Albert Hall album.
I will admit when I first heard this album and The Car I really disliked it. I had just started listening to the Monkeys and I was used to their older songs but now that I have listened to it more I LOVE these two albums. The Car is simply and masterpiece as well as TBHC. So glad that you are enjoying your ride with this artist.
21:35 So the album is ofcourse a concept album. And the main massage of this album is technology and what it does to us. Batphone is probably the most telling about it. But that message is everywhere in this album. As for the stories betwen the songs I didn't find any that connect the songs but from what I think Turner said they are all stories from the Hotel.
Thank you for your insight, learning about the concepts this album contains has helped deepen my understanding of the project as well as my enjoyment of it!
I looove your reactions to the Arctic Monkeys, I'm really excited to see your discover them backwards as they had such a huge transformations throughout the years, musically and lyrically Also I think you would really like The last shadow Puppets, Alex Turner's band with Miles Kane, and it helps understand Arctic monkey's evolution (as Alex is the big mastermind behind it all)
This is their weakest album imo but I still enjoy it a lot! I love all their projects! Can’t wait for you to listen to Humbug which imo is their best album so far.
How in the world can this be weak it absolutely reqiures more than 4 instruments layered multiple times and this is only one fact that makes it multiplied
This is a concept album. They are supposed to be a lounge act at a hotel and casino on the moon.
I love that.. that adds so much more insight , thanks for the comment Josh, actually helps put a lot together now that you have said that
@@cavemanjack No problem. Love your channel. BTW, I’d recommend reacting to either Sigur Ros’s Agaetis Byrjun or Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space. Both great albums. The second actually beat out Ok Computer for album of the year in 1997.
@@cavemanjack Loving your reactions - FYI - She look like fun is about instagram and digital technology.
bro's gonna get whiplash once he reaches their debut lmao
hahaha can't wait
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Hahahaha, well said.
For me listening to the album for the first time was super intense. I didn’t understand what the hell I was hearing which is why I relate to your reaction quite a bit. However, I urge you to give it more listens. This album is probably my favorite album by any artist and is a definition of a grower.
There is an insane amount of intricate instrumentation, all the lyrics do make sense if you look into them, and the themes of isolation, consumerism, modern technology are amazingly explored.
You can tell there is some deep concepts but trying to work them out on a first listen was a no go haha, I realised that I just had to jump along for the ride and it took me to some crazy places but overall I loved the unique sounds on the project and am keen to see how the album continues to sit with me over the years
Alex got burned out with their Indie/Alternative-rock sound (which you have yet to experience) and so he made up this fantasy world of a moon-based hotel and casino where they're a jazzy lounge act.
The Car is actually about them trying, and failing, to break free from that fantasy and return to their old sound.
Alex needs his "costumes" and "body paint" to stay inspired these days, they've become his writing tools, leaving him surrounded by the fantastical orchestration of their new sound and making him forget their old.
So yeah, this album was so monumental that it kind of caused an identity crisis that inspired the next one lol.
It's also utterly insane how this album predicted the Covid-lockdown, _down to the exact month, two years_ before it happened.
"No one's on the streets, we moved it all online as of March."
What do you know, Alex?! lol
unreal! thank you for sharing these insights on the project!
Probably the cleverest album I’ve ever heard. A vintage sound for a futuristic space lounge
Absolutely amazing Record one of their best.
So many sounds !!
Once you understand the album and appreciate it for what it is this is an amazing album and you will find something new with every listen.
Originally it was a planned to be a solo concept album written by alex on a piano (he was out of ideas on guitar) before he showed the band and they wanted to get involved with their own spin on it.
Its based on scifi and some songs are from the perspective of a retired lounge singer residing on "tbhc" which is in the future and on the moon.
AM the previous album is probably their cleanest work and while not super rich in sounds it is a really well put together album with a really relatable theme and super catchy which i think you will enjoy!
Thank you for the added insights AD im super keen to hear AM
it's definitely hard to swallow at first! we've all been there, but it reaaaally grows on the more you listen to it, it is my favorite album from them! Probably because it's nothing like AM (their previous album)... everyone was expecting AM2 but they threw a curve ball with TBH&C and i loved that :) (Sorry for my bad english :p) Great reaction as always!
They’re my favourite ever band and this has now climbed to second behind their debut
Thank you Stephania, glad you enjoyed the vid! im super keen to see how AM sounds and where the albums I have heard will sit on my list when all is said and done and I have listened to all of their albums!
It happend for me too the first time hearing this album song's i didn't vibe at all but with the time it became freaking good specially the live version it's amaaaazinggg
Hello You from the car is actually a leftover/scrap from TBH+C. That's why its the most synth-y song in the car. It also serves as a denouement of sorts for the TBH+C story along side "Anyways" from the b-sides.
Cutting of the final "four starts out of five" in the song is criminal
Far and away my personal favorite am album
Such a instrumentally rich album
You very much need to continue to go backwards. If you go to the beginning you’ll be bowled over by the difference. It’ll be more interesting for you to experience it all in reverse order.
Yeah man im keen to see how their sound changed through the albums!
I think the easiest path to understanding what this album is all about lies in the track Science Fiction -
"I want to make a simple point about peace and love, but in a sexy way where it's not obvious, highlight dangers and send out hidden messages the way some science fiction does"
Alex was seemingly tired of writing love songs and wanted to comment on contemporary topics, but needed to find a way into it that wasn't just directly discussing them. That's where the whole concept of this hotel on the moon came from, he's said he likes the idea that an album is a place you can go and visit for a while. I wouldn't say it's a proper concept album because some of the songs don't really touch on the actual location - there's no narrative always being pushed forward - but it's all certainly thematically cohesive.
Star Treatment gives us the perspective of this rockstar past his prime that's now a crooning lounge singer in the hotel bar. To me it's about the idea of someone's career ending prematurely before the singer is ready for it, because their 5 minutes of fame have come and gone - "and as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early? It's the star treatment".
The next one that directly comments on the location is the title track which is where a bit more of Alex's own perspective on why he created this with "I've been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade, where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark". It's like he's sort of acknowledging the way his lyrics can be hard to break through and properly relate to, but this weird science fiction world is the only way he can express his feelings on these topics
Four out of Five is all about a taco stand called the Information Action Ratio on the roof of the hotel, which is basically just an avenue for Alex to make comments about how you can make something that's seen as perfect but you can't get that 5 out of 5 score
She Looks Like Fun doesn't really touch on the hotel concept all that much, but the idea behind it is that these are all things he's seeing while scrolling through Instagram, and I suppose it's a sort of criticism of how we condense these interactions with other people into content we consume. Makes for a very weird tone shift with the "She looks like fun, cheeseburger, she looks like fun, snowboarding" but I think it gets that point across well
Damm what an incredible write up
You have captured a lot of themes and elements really well and succinctly
Thank you for sharing!
The Car and this record are a HUGE step off in terms of their "sound." It's a concept album about lounge singers on the moon.
the themes and such are more a commentary on the digital age and technology, mixed with the commerce of information and modernization in general.
picking up on some lyrics in specific songs like "in time for my weekly video chat with god", "technological advances really bloody get me in the mood" shows some of this.
it's also a sort of message to fans of their old stuff that they've moved into a different sound which I think you'll see as you react to more of their discography. some of it is also a bit nonsense or just to play the character of a lounge singer on the moon. I think exploring each song and making your own theories is fun, or there's good videos out there talking about it!
the best part is each time you re-listen to it you pick up even more you didn't know was there, in lyrics AND sound! It's still also a great rainy day album as well.
really looking forward to you reacting to more of their stuff! this album and their second one are my favorite! thanks for doing it!
Man thank you for all these insights, really helps to collect my own thoughts on the project
Feels like such a great rainy day album, same with the car
Glad you enjoyed the vid Jaxon and hope to see you on the next vid
I'm loving your reacts, please keep going, can't wait to see the AM react.
TBHC is my favorite Arctic Monkeys album, but it took me a few months to start liking it
I highly recommend middle 8’s video on this album
Definitely listen to Humbug! It's got a Queen of the Stone Age vibe to it because Josh Homme produced most of the tracks, and it's the pinnacle of the alternative rock sound they had going on with their first five albums! It would be great to see you start from the beginning and listen to what sound they established with those 2 albums, WPSIA and FWN (2006 and 2007), and get to Humbug (2009), where we see the first inspirations for Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, both lyrically and sonically, and discover what inspired them to get more poppy and refined with Suck it and See (2011) and AM (2013). I believe their self-titled album, AM, will be right up your alley, as the front-man Alex Turner described it as "like a Dr. Dre beat, but we've given it an Ike Turner bowl-cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a Stratocaster", adding that it "sounds less like four lads playing in a room this time."
Mannnn can’t wait to listen to more arctic monkeys soon
Alex spent a long time working on the model for the cover art. The album is richly rewarding when you give it time
Such a awesome model
In Rainbows, Ants From Up There and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino are some of my favorites albums of all my life, i'm so glad you just listened to them recently
Glad you enjoyed the vids!
loving the arctic monkeys reactions !!! super excited for AM. tbhc is one of my favs of theirs :]]
I disagree that Arctic Monkey's debut has been their best album. Alex Turner's singing has improved so much since then. I think AM has their best collection of songs, but I prefer the live versions of those songs on the Royal Albert Hall album.
I will admit when I first heard this album and The Car I really disliked it. I had just started listening to the Monkeys and I was used to their older songs but now that I have listened to it more I LOVE these two albums. The Car is simply and masterpiece as well as TBHC. So glad that you are enjoying your ride with this artist.
try arctic monkeys-humbug. in my opinion the best arctic monkeys album
Stop lagging. Get back to the monkeys from the arctic
One of their best albums..So ahead of its time
You should listen to nirvana’s bleach album
21:35 So the album is ofcourse a concept album. And the main massage of this album is technology and what it does to us. Batphone is probably the most telling about it. But that message is everywhere in this album. As for the stories betwen the songs I didn't find any that connect the songs but from what I think Turner said they are all stories from the Hotel.
Thank you for your insight, learning about the concepts this album contains has helped deepen my understanding of the project as well as my enjoyment of it!
I'm your big fan, thanks for this reaction 😍🙏🏻💙👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
No worries bruno!
Bro skipped de best part of batphone :(
you should check out “Delaware” by Drop Nineteens. love the content man 👌
Thanks man !!!
Appreciate the recommendation
BRO U REALY HAVE TO LISTES AND REACT TO Mid air Thief - crumbling ALBUM, and edIT - Crying over pros for no reason .. is just open mind to producers.
would be interesting to hear your take a year+ later! nobody does react revisits!
that would be a whole lot of fun
My favourite Arctics album 💙 some people hate this album but not me 😂
he only listened to one album and he got to see the arctic monkeys live 😭😭 no fair
Also, once you have more context, you’ll enjoy the record more.
I looove your reactions to the Arctic Monkeys, I'm really excited to see your discover them backwards as they had such a huge transformations throughout the years, musically and lyrically
Also I think you would really like The last shadow Puppets, Alex Turner's band with Miles Kane, and it helps understand Arctic monkey's evolution (as Alex is the big mastermind behind it all)
Can't wait to head to the next album AM
Niice my daughter loves these guys. Might go see them live, ticket prices are nuts! Thanks!
p.s. #aesoprock_SWFG
Its finally here, thanks for the promise! Great reaction btw, this album is a grower!! :)
Thank you for your patience and im really glad you enjoyed the vid!
my all time favorite album
This is their weakest album imo but I still enjoy it a lot! I love all their projects! Can’t wait for you to listen to Humbug which imo is their best album so far.
I find Suck it and See far weaker than the last two.
@@_baalshamin I actually love Suck It and See haha it's definitely up there for me
@@_baalshamin Same! Their only album I consider 'mediocre'. Though even that has 2-3 gems.
How in the world can this be weak it absolutely reqiures more than 4 instruments layered multiple times and this is only one fact that makes it multiplied
@@Rachel-dt7yt just because it multi layered doesnt mean its good but like I said I still enjoy the album. Its just not my fave AM album.