Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (Live at David Letterman)

Fantastic live perfomance of Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys at David Letterman

[@yodaburek]

Guess I'll have to tune my ear to the guitar

[@sspears_88]

+ronald mcdonald haha! I was thinking the same.. I just spent some time trying to find a live version that sounded better, sadly there isn't much.

[@lekurde01]

+Torr fjärt every single live performance of this song an untuned guitar! i dont get it

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

it's a solid performance

[@joshdudeman9107]

@@lekurde01 the one where they’re in the clown costume was pretty solid

[@loloskiller]

@@lekurde01 it's on purpose

[@koriethegiraffe]

god look how adorable alex was

[@killerwhale5379]

+koriethegiraffe women ruined him

[@EyMeng]

they just made him more greasy

[@snappycruise]

He's still very handsome man!

[@AfterlifeBlack]

I like how the drummer counts them in, and the guitarist immediately ignores his tempo hahaha

[@ofrsilililala]

So true. i thought i was the only one that noticed

[@jsalts]

he counted off way too slowly anyway hahaha

[@vincentbarango1604]

@@ofrsilililala when in the song? time? ty

[@vacuumboots69]

Do you actually play in a band? Zero wrong with count in, Helders was and still is one of the best drummers around in modern music. Do your research....

[@user-ud5jr4lf4m]

맛잇는엿처먹어 ㅗㅗㅗㅗ

[@girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes4771]

watching this is making me fall in love with them all over again

[@diegorodrigocoellovalle8018]

girl with kaleidoscope eyes

[@girlwithkaleidoscopeeyes4771]

Haha yeah? Are you into The Beatles?

[@NarrowChutes]

I always laugh when people get mad about a bands sound changing. Do you people really just want bands to rehash the same music over and over? Evolution is good. Sure I hate when bands sell out, but in the case of Arctic Monkeys they are developing a new sound while still sticking to their rock roots. Not a bad thing at all in my opinion.

[@tomjones1974]

I agree with you and prefer Alex's new persona but i perfer the sound of his voice here

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Totally, they just wanted to try something other than punk music. I love all of their music. They are great writers and their evolution makes them interesting.

[@yesladsyup8305]

FacheChanteDeux they never made punk music.

[@arenawarrior7179]

Still true after 5 years

[@finnjakdmore2027]

@@arenawarrior7179 haha ikr

[@westernhemlock]

I must say, Matt has probably changed the least out of the four of them (appearance-wise)

[@Razdanilo]

He got fatter

[@limitsora69]

+VanLuedewich o_o i dont see it.

[@Hyetoscape]

I'd say Nick imo

[@michaelmonks9121]

Yh I have to agree he still seems like the same guy from 2005/06. I'd say Jamie or Alex changed the most imo

[@Hyetoscape]

Michael Monks 100% agree with the Jamie/Alex thing

[@duraznitos]

remember when he didnt even move his hips

[@gabrielbarros391]

Yes i like you

[@charmlessnerd8582]

I will never get tired of this song

[@cronenbergfilm]

this song makes me dread becoming an adult but its my favorite song by them. only they could do that.

[@cronenbergfilm]

iambored678 haha im only 15 and im dreading turning 18 el oh el

[@cronenbergfilm]

***** i interpreted it as an older woman looking back at her young age. from teenager to 20's.

[@nimitz3453]

ive seen you on like three other strokes vids

[@cronenbergfilm]

InstaVerse Oh yeah my strokes phase was bad i'm sorry

[@Vrailly]

So you'd be 21 now, how's being an adult treating you?

[@TheTonioXoret]

gracias hermano por subir esta presentacion

[@jfox11000]

that ending every time gets me with synchronization of singing

[@ferdzrines954]

awesome!

[@elvee88]

Matt Helders is the star here.

[@automail2284]

Luca Van he's playing a Fender Stratocaster.

[@tommywilliams8474]

Auto Mail Matt Helders is the drummer...

[@henriqueespindola934]

Auto Mail it's a fender Bronco 78'...

[@jmarr100]

Matt is such a joy to watch in this.

[@drstevie]

FAB !!

[@TheSilverAgeComics]

So good.

[@flaviocusatis493]

I think everytime he sings it, he seems a little bit sad

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

thats part of AM's music imho

[@plastic_cleopatra]

its a sad song

[@wecorebr1591]

@@TheKZbinUser69 i Think he remember his ex girlfriend

[@JesusElGranGatsby]

Excelente...

[@LayseR]

awn ♥

[@lonetardigrade]

I remember seeing this performance on TV!

[@KrisFBeach]

It is amazing to see the transformation of these guys. I mean full circle and only got better!

[@bvfrgesn]

nao tem como nao gostar, curto dms esses caras porra

[@ruby911]

why is matt wearing sunglasses omg hahahaha

[@infernalpsyko9711]

bubble gum + sunglasses = drugs

[@mrsceltics]

LMAO

[@cuttingaway123]

Nervous

[@billymurray705]

Sunglasses indoors, par for the course

[@LoscoeLad]

great performance

[@madelainebetancourt6470]

I love how funky Matt is! :'D The rest of them look so young (I've been watching their 2014-era concert vids).

[@MonticArckeys]

Why oh why did they forget to tune

[@CalumHarrison]

maybe they where going for a 60s vibe

[@drunksocks]

its only Jamie, but he threw Alex off x[

[@MonticArckeys]

Sarah Byrne I know, I know

[@AqilKamaludin]

Calum Harrison I'm actually surprised that's actually a thing .__. hehe

[@blakemcnamara9105]

@@CalumHarrison Was almost as bad as a '60s performance except the poor mic quality and the screaming girls would have been better actually.

[@camilamartinez7316]

me encanto

[@JWflikz]

the way the sing together .....is so fucking great ......

[@LastManStanding128]

One of the best bands out there

[@julio___wgnr6347]

Good old times

[@ceciliasanher]

Matt and the sunglasses hahaha he is so good on this

[@lifeisgolden1]

Oh my god they're coming to atl for music midtown and i'm FREAKING OUT! :DDD

[@benyoung4305]

This is proper.

[@freyss9]

i'm laughing what the hell is matt wearing

[@rancul_]

GREAT PERFORM OMG SERIOUSLY

[@Too.Much.To.Ask0114]

Ah masa

[@rancul_]

@@Too.Much.To.Ask0114 ape lagi nih

[@Too.Much.To.Ask0114]

@@rancul_ nggaaa

[@pault8470]

A very clever and talented young man

[@lottaphilip1142]

can we all just respect the fact how much this sounds like the actual song ??? omg alex u are jesus

[@niamhkenny7182]

Aw baby Alex :3

[@Soniafarahdiba]

Awww baby alex :3

[@nathalianairandradedeponte5512]

my love

[@Israel_aXNyYWVs]

Mintira

[@shecallsmecocowatson]

Matt and his sunglasses!

[@Redtree9999]

Still a great song

[@biologicalfailure972]

i love you can see him go from visibly uncomfortable from the set an into feeling himself.

[@charlotteh2907]

so smol😊

[@GanShannon]

"THANK YEH SIR." cute

[@KellaMattsonWhitbread]

THAT'S IT. WHO FUCKED UP THE GUITAR?

[@jamesguest6341]

Tuning wise?

[@arutzuki2491]

+Elliot Mattson-Whitbread It's the amp.

[@KellaMattsonWhitbread]

Arutzuki thank

[@Ab-ox7mo]

Elliot Mattson-Whitbread its supposed to be detunded a little, same on all there live performances

[@robertmccollum2760]

No other drummer has as much swag as Matt. He's swagger jagin' the whole band !

[@staffh3815]

Reni swagmaster😂

[@superciezano]

Also I uploaded this video here because recently I created the channel. Also have music of 30 years ago, not because I'm in a coma all this time xD. PS: Sorry if my English is not very good, I'm Spanish.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

How they didn't fire Jamie for this, I'll never know.

[@alexalevi3347]

Matthew J. Helders, the Third, I love you

[@The6thSimpson]

'I have the new CD' says David Letterman as he holds a vinyl LP.

[@SamuelEMPowell131]

Arctic monkeys will be forever remembered as innovators! Once they go there will be shouts of "See you later Innovator!". Try searching The Stumble and Shake - Land of the lotus eaters you may be in for a surprise!

[@glukopeponi5959]

That "thank you sir" at letterman at 3:42 XD humble Alex

[@karencarranza4039]

Soy la única que piensa que, ¿ésta canción nunca pasará de moda? siempre se escucha cada vez genial.

[@karencarranza4039]

***** me alegro que también pienses lo mismo :D

[@matiasignaciodorregoortega9956]

2021 y aún no pasa de moda

[@marissae5697]

THEY'RE SO CUTE AND LITTLE

[@nataliasandoval9585]

Wow , they changed a lot.

[@denisseserrano8564]

[@javieraantonia3102]

Secossssss!

[@gabegambino]

before he joined the greasers lol

[@ashbash986]

americans must need to spend an hour on urban dictionary to be able to decode what these lyrics are about :P

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

No?

[@1ColdFuture]

not really this song is pretty easy to understand, some of their other songs are hard to understand though.

[@terrysilvester4720]

It's hardly a hard song to understand lol

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Sweetie, some of us have spent time in the north of England.

[@supremecretin4537]

Ash Bruh oh the boy's a slag, the best you ever had is just a memory like those dreams, when as daft as they seem, now as daft as they seem my love when You Dream Them Up OHh Flo, where did you go, Tore Andre Flo, Where did you go, Ohhh.

[@SARUCHUCHIS]

(que bueno que hables español igual que yo para si no me tengo que tomar el trabajo de traducir), me paso lo mismo yo también los conocí por las olimpiadas, odio haberlos conocido TAN tarde, es deprimente. Ademas veo vídeos de ellos en mi país de principios de 2012 y me quiero matar por no haber estado ahí, es que ni los conocía en ese entonces

[@TheBowmore1779]

Tune those guitars!

[@Begbie7]

Alex used to be so adorable..

[@easilyamused245]

before alex got cocky lol

[@NiaAmandha]

before he moving his hips.

[@matt74moses]

Before he became a man,baby. lol

[@NiaAmandha]

matt74moses but he's getting worse. in my opinion.

[@matt74moses]

Nia Amandha Dewi I LOVE QOTSA but I wonder if Josh Homme's personality has rubbed off on him. Could just be the fame. I digg his newer stage presence though. He's owning the stage now instead of just performing on it.

[@NiaAmandha]

yeah I like qotsa too, and I thought the same. but alex's performance is not as good as he used to, he slowed down the music tempo nowadays which is suck.and he's moving his hips now i mean what the fuck is that.

[@bellastardust175]

who else is lovin matts look??

[@jennyaaaah4971]

i love this Alex

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

That fender bronco 👀

[@MrDuder666]

i loved when they still looked like teenagers in a band together. now they all look like hipsters. oh well. at least there music is still amazing.

[@adelinasardothien8238]

Yeah well they're 28 now, not teenagers. They grew up like everyone else does.

[@MrDuder666]

Faith DeCoste well another favorite band of mine is the strokes who have been around since the early 90's. it's 2014 and everyone in the band still dresses exactly as they always have. they just still wear their leather jackets and tight ripped jeans. so yeah. also if they grew up and started dressing in their own styles that'd be cool, but they fucking coordinate their douchbag look so they all look like douches. i'm sorry but that's not growing up. that's selling out. i didn't want to say it before because i like them but you brought it out of me. sorry , but i'm not sorry, at all. alex turner sold out. yeah, i said it.

[@MrDuder666]

Adelina Sardothien you're right. the way they act does. just listen to alex turner speak in any of his recent interviews. so arrogant.

[@adelinasardothien8238]

MrDuder666 the strokes havent been around since the early 90s lmao. also whatever honestly i dont care if u think that about alex so lets end this convo lmao

[@MrDuder666]

98'. so the late 90's my mistake.

[@jovianokky1422]

Gallagher's hair?

[@o0Isabelle0o0]

Alex's birthday is the 6th of January and mine is the 9th and his dad (David Turner) lives In Minneapolis where I live So I called his company (cause his dad has a company) and said that I love his son. :I

[@superciezano]

Sorry, i´m spanish and i don´t understand english very well, can you translate your comment to spanish or somethong? (google traductor don´t bring me a good translation)

[@MegaPedro1975]

Letterman holding up a an album cover with a picture of a derelict house in Garston, South Liverpool. Never fails to amuse. Oh it stank of piss. I was there.

[@Leonidawesome]

I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum -matt helders

[@supersonicmd]

i think he was rolling

[@jefrinasti6157]

"God Job"

[@oldburjo272]

What gear is nick using?

[@Rachelleluluful]

Jesus they're insanely fn good.

[@alexnaz5977]

why is the lead guitarist always out of tune for this particular song?!!

[@garydewar8817]

because he can do what the fuck he wants ;)

[@juliprato]

@@garydewar8817 not exactly the answer we were looking for

[@jamesguest6341]

Devvo anyone? 1:55

[@demitriomartella648]

SHEFFIELD

[@gustavolins1973]

bom

[@ronconron]

que hace daddy yankee de baterista :'v

[@IskanderBnote25]

Why metallica's logo on the cases ?

[@dyheims]

The tuning :$. It's okay I still love them

[@to1245]

There are tuners also...

[@TheBlablafunny]

oh me so funny haha

[@emme012]

How old was alex in that time?

[@God001111]

Their music just keeps getting slower and slower. I don't care how sexy he is now, because his music sure isn't. This is where it's at.

[@dirkheeres2206]

You gotta be able to respect the change they took in their music. Their music is more focused on lyrics instead of catchyness. I really like Humbug and Suck It And See. Their last album is a let down for me, lots of repetition and orthodox structure in their songs. It's kind of dumbed down, and that's a direction I don't like. I hope their next album, if there will be one, will be better, both lyricly and catchiness wise.

[@God001111]

I completely agree, I respect it and I like some of the individual songs but it just seems so pander-y as a whole. Plus, Alex Turner, while looking completely rock and roll, has taken a complete nosedive in terms of ego. He's obnoxiously hip-thrusty on stage. I like this Alex.

[@dirkheeres2206]

I agree that his ego has grown immensely since the release of their first album, but what did you expect? You can't really blame him on the fact that he has realised what impact his music had on both his fans, and rock and roll nowadays in general. But I also agree that he looks more 'true', if you can call it that way, here than he does now. I have yet to see them live, but I'm sure I'll enjoy their show because I love their music. Matt Helders looks a lot like he did back then, though. He still pulls those same faces he did during his first shows when he's drumming

[@DANGEROUSDAZZADUDE]

Gerard Joling lyrics aren't music :)

[@dirkheeres2206]

DANGEROUSDAZZADUDE surely lyrics are part of their music? Their lyrics is what go people interested in them in the first place.

[@Deadandr3]

What's the name of the song in the intro?

[@Deadandr3]

+Bird Why? ._.

[@Kemoclout]

turner really changed. it was a good change

[@daisiesdreams]

essa apresentação foi micão tour

[@touriabouya3427]

Malka

[@jeremivbenavi869]

1:30

[@dannydorko7075]

the like to dislike ratio just shows how tone deaf a lot of people are

[@erolbarry1572]

@rcknrollerme I'm American but I hate our music I totally agree! This is music!

[@julia_bailone]

Alguien le erro al botón y le dio dislike. jaja Buenisimo como siempre! (=

[@MsMajid22]

Where did you see me Annie Moores.

[@oli7642]

I can't dismiss that Jamie's guitar is way out of tune but oh well, they're still rad

[@mariaong4596]

Matts wearing sunglasses...inside a building

[@theguitardude1959]

Does he play the chords differently

[@KelsoBradshaw]

yea he plays a major bar bar chord without the bar similar to the shape of an f

[@Nightwishmaster]

Holy fuck that was terrible.... WTF was that? Did Jamie throw his guitar down a flight of stairs before the song started or something? Why on Earth would he not tune it?!?!

[@gametron1]

I wonder what was going through his head when he got on stage and realized he had forgotten to tune his guitar :P

[@Nightwishmaster]

Unless it was some System of a Down esque thing of purposefully making it sound terrible (doubt it...haha) I have no idea..

[@someguy7916]

You should upload your own version so we all understand how this song should be performed live.

[@Nightwishmaster]

That Guy I don't have to, there's a shitload of videos of them playing this song with Jamie's guitar properly... In fact, every single video I've ever seen of them playing it sounds ok compared to this... Being slightly out of tune is one thing but that was harsh...

[@freedomterry3506]

I kind of agree but everyone else did really good xD

[@mobro538]

Someone hand that man a fucking tuner