I just stumbled upon a few rare Artic Monkey demos. They are from the Favourite Worst Nightmare sessions. I got the demo’s for Brianstorm, Do Me A Favour, Balaclava, Teddy Picker, The Bad Thing, and Fluorescent Adolescent. They are pretty similar to their finished products, just more raw and stripped down. You can actually hear certain instruments a lot more clearly in these songs than you do on the final versions.
The only song that sounds very different is “The Bad Thing”. The Bad Thing may actually be my least favorite Arctic track out of their entire catalog! It isn’t “bad” but it just feels like it doesn’t quite belong on the album. Well, this old demo version works a lot more for me. Their is a lot more…..kick to it!
These are hard to find so enjoy them!!!
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm (Demo)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – The Bad Thing (Demo)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Do Me A Favour (Demo)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Balaclava (Demo)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker (Demo)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent (Demo)
jen — 17 May 09
hi. it seems like you didn’t put up ‘the bad thing’. instead ‘balaclava’ is up twice. can you fix it? thank youu! these are great.
Will — 17 May 09
Ah man I didn’t realize I did that. It’s all fixed, thanks jen!
Hanan — 17 May 09
thanks so much for these
jen — 19 May 09
thank youuu! just got ‘the bad thing.’
Carl — 28 May 09
Thanks very much for posting these
Adam — 28 May 09
I’m sure these are just live tracks apart from The Bad Thing. The way he dunt swear n stuff, and the way Al is slightly out of tune and they mess up on solos ha.
Louie — 30 May 09
@ Adam
No man, these are not live recordings. These are raw demos. You can pretty easily hear the swearing has just been censured. Thanks a lot Will for the tracks!
Will — 30 May 09
No problem Adam. Makes me happy to see people glad to have these rarities!
Andrew — 18 Aug 09
Ah man these are great, they sound INSANE. Thanks for posting ‘em up. Where exactly did you find them?!
Will — 18 Aug 09
found them floating around on a messageboard i think