Arctic Monkeys: „We want to get better rather than bigger“, großer Artikel auf guardian.co.uk.
Jetzt bin ich doch (wieder) gespannt.
The final time I speak to Turner, it’s over the phone, with a crowd roaring behind him, as the band waits to go on at Carlisle. The conversation turns again to the wider world and the question of whether bands should reflect the times. Whether, for example, they form the soundtrack to a war even if they’re not directly about it.
„I think we touched on it the other day,“ he says. „You were saying, do you read the newspapers, are you interested? I know you’re not talking about protest songs and, of course, I’m aware of what’s going on to a degree, but…“ He considers. „I just don’t think I’m equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there who can do that, but I haven’t cracked it. To quote another songwriter who had a crack at that, it ain’t me, babe…“
Fair enough, innit?
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Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)