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Fake Tales of San Francisco

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In early 2006 Arctic Monkeys debuted their Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I am Not. Arctic Monkeys is an English rock band that broke records with this album. The album took approximately 3 months to record from June - September 2005. The album consists of original composition by their lead singer Alex Turner. It was said to be one of their best selling albums. The album demonstrated different narratives and perspectives in the “story telling” of the songs. Fake Tales of San Francisco is one of the singles that was released prior to this album. It is a song that lyrically explained their originally and how the started.

The Arctic Monkeys Live


Creating the Music Video

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The music video was directed and released by Domino Recording Co. In the video it demonstrates the Arctic Monkeys when they are starting off, there is some flashback to old gigs. It shows the band in local smaller bars corresponding to the lyrics of the song. The video gives a good interpretation of the song as well, showing the band to be true to itself.

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Aside from this single being released, there were two other singles that were released. Fake Tales of San Francisco was the second single release, the first one was The View from the Afternoon, and Leave Before the Lights Come On was released after Fake Tales of San Francisco. Alex Turner is the main songwriter of the group and composed these songs. The three singles were released in 2006 but were recorded in 2005.



References

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  1. ^ Sorel-Cameron, Peter (2012). Arctic Monkeys: Uncensored On The Record. Coda Books.
  2. ^ Arctic monkeys, Instrumentiste. ([DL 2013]), Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not, Domino recording, OCLC 893754295, retrieved 2019-07-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)