So, Arctic Monkeys sold three thousand more copies of their single I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor yesterday than any other single managed, and are number 1 in the midweek charts. The song is of certainly great fun and sounds considerably beefed-up and more world-conquering than the demo version that I've listened to for a while but still isn't exactly revolutionary or one of my favourites, its B-side Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts being way more lovable for a start. Plus Sugababes seem fairly likely to overtake them with the still great sounding Push The Button by the weekend anyway. Yet I still was happily smiling for a good while after reading the news.
Is this because it's genuinely exciting to see a band rise to a position where they have a shot at number one with their first proper single off the back of many brilliant songs being made available for free online and the resultant word of mouth, with major label cash and press hype absent until really quite recently?
Or is it because I have one of these?
You decide...
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