WPSIATWIN is also in Amazon's Top 10 bestellers list (they have rather cleverly reduced it to £4.97, of course).

WPSIATWIN is also in Amazon's Top 10 bestellers list (they have rather cleverly reduced it to £4.97, of course).

 

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Arctic Monkeys reveal truth behind Shirley Bassey cover

 

Alex Turner says cover was 'a joke'

 

 

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has revealed the truth behind their cover of Shirley Bassey's 'Diamonds Are Forever'.

 

The band played the song during their Glastonbury festival headline appearance (June 22).

 

Bassey said when she played the festival two days later (June 24): "I have to say Arctic Monkeys, that is how it is done. I'd like to thank them for singing 'Diamonds Are Forever'."

 

However, Turner has admitted the idea the cover the Dame's James Bond theme was done for a lark.

 

He said: "It was (producer) James Ford's joke that I took too far, I think.

 

"I sang it so much better when we were practising. I was so nervous."

 

Turner also explained how his band have tried to maintain their integrity.

 

He told The Guardian: "Cookie (Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook) is a good barometer for things like that. He'll always go; 'No, I'm not doing that'."

 

"I probably would be more easily led if it weren't for him. Maybe not so much now but earlier on."

 

Source: NME.com