alex turner and arctic monkeys referencing / talking about the beatles; a thread <3

before i begin, i did this bc theyre my favorite bands of all time and i love whenever alex / am mention them. enjoy!!!

alex with paul mccartney in 2008. there’s a bigger version of the picture where you can see matt a bit far from them but i could find it :(

alex with paul again, after the 2014 brit awards <3

katie and jamie cook and nick o’malley with paul (i don’t know when this was taken tho)

arctic monkeys covering the beatles’ “come together” at the olympics in 2012

alex talking about the beatles performing on ed sullivan in 1964 + arctic monkeys and miles kane covering “all my loving” in 2014 (my favorite cover by them)

the last shadow puppets covering “i want you (she’s so heavy)” in 2008 <3 fun fact i used to think it was a cover band when i saw this video last year i didn’t know them yet

tlsp covered “i want you (she’s so heavy)” in 2016 a couple of times, all of them are on youtube :)

alex and miles singing a part of “i’ll follow the sun” in 2016

alex and matt when asked if they preferred john lennon or paul mccartney (both of them said john)

alex praising john’s lyrics, in 2012 i think? as he should <33

i don’t know when this is from, but alex talking about the beatles in general. at the beginning he’s talking about “in my life” which he should definitely make a cover of!!! also he has taste :)

alex wearing a john t shirt this is silly but he looks GREAT

wearing the “john for president” pin AS HE SHOULD

the interviewer asked arctic monkeys what comparison to other artists they liked the most to which alex replied the beatles and david bowie (the interview is called arctic monkeys at the café corsari, it’s on youtube)

that’s all i could think of, so end of thread!!! this was fun because i love them a lot, if you have anything else lmk so i can add it

+ i don’t know when alex said this but apparently rubber soul is his favorite beatles album and i remember reading somewhere that it’s his favorite album of all time. i’m not 100% sure about this though