alex turner from arctic monkeys is leonard-fan

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sebmelmoth2003
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alex turner from arctic monkeys is leonard-fan

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interview by kevin eg perry in time out magazine.

...he tells me he's been back at his place in east london and that he spent the previous evening dusting off his cd collection.

`i pulled out "the songs of leonard cohen" and it still had a sticker on it. £14.99!`

money well spent, i suggest.

`totally`, he agrees. f***king "suzanne" : what a song!

`i don't have an instagram account but if i did i'd have grammed it, saying exactly that : "money well spent"`...


http://www.timeout.com/london/music/arc ... ock-n-roll
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Re: alex turner from arctic monkeys is leonard-fan

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Alex Turner first came to be known, for his admiration of Leonard, during one of his (non-Arctic Monkeys) collaborations a few years ago:

The Last Shadow Puppets. (Turner & Miles Kane). Their version of "Memories" for anyone who hasn't seen it;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJvRyN1jlCc
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Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino

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Alex Turner says hearing Leonard Cohen talk about songwriting ‘spurred him on’ to write ‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’...

http://www.nme.com/news/music/alex-turn ... ng-2314586
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