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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

10. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor by the Arctic Monkeys 2005

In early 2005 I kept coming across the name of the Arctic Monkeys in magazines like Mojo and Uncut and the description of what this band were doing really got me excited. But I couldn't buy their records because they hadn't released any yet. At the time everyone was using Limewire to download songs and when I typed in their name there were lots of songs. I managed to put together a pre album of demos and live tracks and it was all fantastic. I gave the burnt CD to friends and anyone I could spread the gospel to. The way Alex Turner sang and the brilliant lyrics I couldn't wait for the album. And when the album came out it was unadorned, just a better recording of most the songs I already had. It was one of those albums where you knew all the words. I played this album in the car incessantly.
This song was the lead off single and took my world by storm. Even Sugababes did a good version of it.

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