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Rock review: Arctic Monkeys beat doubters
10:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 7, 2006
By CRAYTON HARRISON / The Dallas Morning News
As the Arctic Monkeys ripped through their biggest hit, one fan rose above it all.
The British it band's vicious, sweaty performance Tuesday night at the Granada Theater inspired the woman to climb on top of something, probably someone else's shoulders. She tossed her long, blond hair to the jumpy rhythms of "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," pumping her fists during the drum rolls and stretching her arms out to the stage.
Monkeys frontman Alex Turner was impressed. "That was a good levitation," he said.
The Monkeys did a good levitation too, rising above all the questions about whether they're the Next Great Hope of British rock, as some publications across the Atlantic are calling them. Those lofty expectations have produced plenty of doubters.
But this night, the Monkeys were a hungry, energetic young rock band, playing unrestrained with a sold-out crowd in their corner. Fans shouted along with Mr. Turner's biting, witty lyrics about love and nightlife and screamed in approval after every song. Who knows where this band will end up, but it was easy to believe on this night that it was going somewhere.
If the Monkeys do have a successful future, Mr. Turner will lead them there. He's the type of performer that can command attention without saying much. Keeping between-song banter to a minimum, he reserved his adrenaline for the music, barking out his vocals as if every word were important.
Mr. Turner got the best guitar parts, too, often finishing a vocal verse just in time to rip out the licks. He seemed positively brawny with a guitar in his hand, slapping and stabbing at the strings with vigor.
The other band members stayed out of his way, quietly hunched over their instruments. But they were with him in spirit, ratcheting up the songs to ludicrous speed.
The faster pace and Mr. Turner's determined, serious facial expression made the song seem angrier than they do on record. There are elements of resentment and distrust on the Monkeys' debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, but there's also a gentle good humor. The song with the lyric "All you people are vampires" is titled "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong but ... ."
There was no such hesitance Tuesday. These Monkeys had fangs.
Opening act We Are Scientists provided the kind of cheeky, jovial humor the Monkeys didn't. The New York trio had plenty of playful guitar melodies, and its best songs, such as "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt," also rode danceable disco beats.
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