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Never felt so wrong

September 12th, 2013 · Posted by Skuds in Music · No Comments · Music

Back in 2006 I bought two CDs at the same time: the Arctic Monkeys’ first album and Arcade Fire’s Funeral, which was a couple of years old by then, but I was a bit late in catching up with it.

At the time I can remember thinking (and writing here) that, although I enjoyed the Arctic Monkeys more I suspected that Arcade Fire had more substance and would grow on me a lot and predicted that after a few years I would have forgotten all about the Arctic Monkeys but would still be listening to Arcade Fire.

How wrong can you get? I’m just streaming AM, the new Arctic Monkeys album and it is brilliant. I also still enjoy listening to tracks from the previous four albums. Meanwhile, the only time I even think about Arcade Fire is when I remember how I foolishly compared their prospects.

Mind you, it isn’t the first time my musical predictions have been spectacularly wrong. In the late 80’s I assumed that Destiny’s Child would sink without a trace after a couple of records, and that was only a few years after expecting Arrested Development to be huge. I also expected the Bravery to be huge.

But I’m not too upset about my lack of predictive powers. Listening to the new Arctic Monkeys, I’m just glad I was wrong about them.

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