Anyone listened to the Arctic Monkeys cover of Amy Winehouse’s You Know I’m No Good – really bizarre, I guess Arctic Monkeys is trying to become serious, trying to get themselves into a wider market.

Ok, ‘become serious’ sounds a bit ridiculous, what I mean is that by going for a cover of a song from an artist such as Amy Winehouse they are trying to appeal to a whole different market, trying to get older buyers as well as younger. I mean, perhaps they’re just friends with Amy Winehouse or a fan of her music, but I’m too cynical to believe that.

Can’t cast them down for having market sense, I just don’t think in this case it particularly works, my mind is split on covers, they are great when they offer a new angle on the song which really works and is original, but often the imitate-in-our-own-style philosophy just causes sub-par, dull versions; and that’s where Arctic Monkeys fail with this cover.