We React To Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance

[@davidpearson6785]

Ah, simply the best arctic monkeys song, leave before the lights come on will blow you away also, a song about waking up with someone and thinking , did I really? Lol 👍 brilliant reaction to a brilliant song

[@jasonfearnley1744]

So fucking proud of these guys repping my home city

[@scottelement]

Some more AM Suggestions: - When the Sun Goes Down - Fake Tales of San Francisco - Teddy Picker - Do Me A Favour - The entire Humbug album lol

[@scottelement]

Btw as the person who probably made like 1/3 of the requests for this song: Thank you!!

[@karmathegolden]

I came here to see somone here em for the first time This album was my childhood and this track is just pure gold

[@thomasellis936]

Might be my all time favourite track

[@efcdk92]

Surprised by the luke warm reception. Think it's outstanding. One of my favourites.

[@Alpha_7227]

Best song on the album along with Mardi Bum, We will be listening to this in 50 years.

[@SweetandFitting]

The sentiments and the genius of it can very easily get lost in translation.

[@LGTGHOSTHUNTING]

As someone from the uk who was around their ages when this came out it always felt like an ode to the chav culture around our generation. The song is basically insulting all the people who were like that around us but also accepting that we all had good friends who were also like that, hence the line " you just can not get angry in the same way".

[@chrismartin2663]

Yeah, I wonder if this idea doesn't really translate to the US. One of the beauties of early arctic monkeys was how relatable everything was, and it would be pretty obvious to people who grew up with this. I was in the uk when this came out but a transplant in the US so maybe its doubly hard to consider what a US equivalent to chavs would be, but I bet there were people for who "only music so that there's new ringtones" would have fit.

[@supabad-swampie8373]

This is my youth

[@FTFLCY]

Jeez, not only is it an exquisite song but the lyrics as SO tender and so true. Surf punk? They're from Sheffield!!

[@danniiflood1590]

I’m from Sheffield!!! (Well, 10 miles away from the city itself) and at the time in 2005-2007/8 when their first two albums came out…. Man, it overt our lives. I’d just left school

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

There's not many bands I could tolerate in the 2000s, but this is most definitely one of the bands I could.

[@jamnewt7338]

There’s no tolerance here just enjoyment

[@jasonfearnley1744]

From day one they have been compared to or held up agsinst the beatles and it hasn't killed them ya know like comparing a white rapper to eminem its a death stroke or the mark of death on your career if you dont meet the hype

[@oreally8605]

And now the AM are all a year or two away from being 40 years old. Time flies.

[@reactionextraction]

Time Flies Big time 😳

[@imogenbuick3084]

How can you feel sad and and happy? The answer is A certain romance Keep them coming !!!!!!

[@Ennui.]

Keep in mind, they were like 17-18 when they wrote this absolute masterpiece of a song... The whole album is a masterpiece too.

[@Alpha_7227]

That might be the reason they don't play the song live any more; they just don't relate to the words now. It's such a banger, the way there is light and shade.

[@chrismartin2663]

I know this is an old video, but would say From the Ritz to the rubble, fake tales of San Francisco would be good. Oh, and when the sun goes down of course. This album was really relatable when it came out, but some songs are harder to culturally translate. This song is a about having friends who are "chavs" - the sort if people wedded to sports fashion (classic reebok, tracksuit bottoms tucked in socks), for whom there was only music so that there's new ringtones (2000 - 2010 saw a thriving ringtone sales industry), who after a few cans of probably high alcohol low taste beer think is ok to act lick a dick-head. The singer is saying he's not like them, and hates people like that but still, he's got a few friends he grew up with that have gone that way. Honestly pretty much everyone did back then, same the other way too. Not sure if there's a US equivalent to this but anyway, you get the idea.

[@reactionextraction]

Fab comments Chris 😎 The 'chav' slang is interesting ... Trying to think of an American equivalent ... maybe like a Slacker, Punk or a Tool. The athletic gear thing is kinda everywhere so to me that's just normal.

[@stephenk5112]

Mega live when I saw them in 2007 too

[@stephenk5112]

Best tune they done imo 👌

[@joekilroy2201]

Think it’s their best tune

[@Tim1999]

Great tune to finish a superb album.

[@MrBillyboyroge]

The intro always reminded me of ‘The Riverboat song’ by ‘Ocean Colour Scene’ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKPdq4BpZqxnrpo

[@AurochsHorn]

I would love it you looked at Runrig “Loch Lomond” live at Loch Lomond. If you want to see a crowd worked up, that is it!

[@AurochsHorn]

Will show up as RUNRIG- Loch Lomond (Live in Balloch) Full Version

[@markbradley5030]

I find it funny you think of beach and surfing and that dick dale sound. Sheffield where they come from, is so NOT like that. This song i guess is about, you are growing up and you are seeing those (ex) freinds, who are now hanging about on the streets. The line Tracky bottoms tucked into socks, is an image which conjures up exactly the person they are singing about.

[@MrNorbo95]

Their best song

[@NoCanDu]

I like it! That new album… yeah… 🤔

[@imogenbuick3084]

Fyi no one react to the Kaiser chiefs. ....same era ....seriously you need to do !

[@alexis72ism]

What a great album. So sorry that I went down for them after that brilliant debut.

[@srodgers66]

Ha! I do agree, but commercially it hardly went down for them. They managed to move on from a huge iconic record and it's really hard to do that. Oasis made the mistake of continually trying to repeat Morning Glory whereas the AMs continually reinvented themselves.

[@alexis72ism]

@@srodgers66 Well we are talking about music quality. Commercial success is coming when everyone knows you and expects something great again. That didn't happened with AM. By the way I never liked Oasis even though bought morning glory. I'm a Blur fan and that's also a good example how you can reinvent yourself without loosing that lick. Maybe the US life made them a bit plastic.

[@srodgers66]

@@alexis72ism Blur are my favourite band and I was going to use them as an example of another band that continually reinvented themselves in a good way.

[@thirteen9799]

y ou should watch alex turners other band, the last shadow puppets

[@seana2646]

The Arctics had a brillance to their lyrics in the first few albums that still ring true after all these years. My interest wained when they dropped that focus & went off in other directions. They are a great band but they got bored with doing what they were good at & at the same time lost my interest.

[@jasonfearnley1744]

Yungblud defos likes this