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Arctic Monkeys – Mardy Bum
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A song from Arctic Monkeys' 2006 album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. It remains a fan favourite and helped popularise the Yorkshire word ‘mardy’, meaning sulky or
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Arctic Monkeys – Mardy Bum (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Well, now then, mardy bum / I've seen your frown and it's like looking down / The barrel of a gun, and it goes off / And out come all these words / Oh, there's a very
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Arctic Monkeys – When the Sun Goes Down
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The second single from Arctic Monkeys' debut album is about prostitution around the studio they were recording in in Sheffield. It was a considerable commercial success, scoring
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Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
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The breakout and first single by Arctic Monkeys, from their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
It’s about seeing a girl in a mundane, everyday situation
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Mahalia – Mardy Burn
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[Verse 1] / Now then Mardy Bum / I’ve seen your frown and it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun, and it goes off / And out come all these words, Oh there’s a very pleasant
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Arctic Monkeys – There'd Better Be a Mirrorball
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“There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” is the lead single and opening track from Arctic Monkeys' seventh studio album, The Car. The song resurrects the same jazz-inspired style featured
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Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
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“Fluorescent Adolescent” is a track about getting older and finding out that life isn’t as fun as it used to be. It describes a woman who dreams of her youth while her current life
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Arctic Monkeys – Riot Van
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The ideas behind many of the Arctic Monkeys' songs are laid out there pretty bluntly, but they always show an underlying idea or feeling behind the apparent storyline. In this it
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Arctic Monkeys – Dancing Shoes
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A song about going out on the town, seeing a girl you like the look of, and then bottling out of making the move on her.
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Arctic Monkeys – Riot Van (Demo)
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An earlier version of the song which also featured on their debut album. This was part of their earlier collection of music was was distributed over the file-sharing websites pre-
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Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance
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“A Certain Romance” is the last song on Arctic Monkeys first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, released in 2006. NME described it as “a strangely even-handed
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Arctic Monkeys – Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...
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“Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…” is a song from the Arctic Monkeys' debut album, wherein Alex talks about how people around the band didn’t believe in them. Here “Vampires
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Arctic Monkeys – Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
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[Verse 1] / We'll ask if we can have six in / If not we'll have to have two / Well, you're comin' up at our end, aren't ya? / So I'll get one with you / Won't he let us have six in
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Arctic Monkeys – Fake Tales of San Francisco
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After being featured on the band’s debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, the song was released as a radio-only single in the United States instead of “Leave
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Arctic Monkeys – The View from the Afternoon
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The opening track from Whatever, “The View From the Afternoon”, sets the stage with dead-end dive-bar lyricism:
I want to see all of the things that we’ve already seen,“ Turner
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Arctic Monkeys – Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured (Live in Texas)
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[Spoken intro] / This is, this next song, every band's got a song called "Red Lights something," so, so do we / [Verse 1] / We'll ask if we can have six in / If not we'll have to
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Arctic Monkeys – Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But... (Live in Texas)
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've seen your eyes as they fix on me / "What is he doin'? What on earth's the plan, has he got one?" / You better give me some pointers / Since you are the big
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Arctic Monkeys – You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me
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Alex says this song is about the lead singer of a favourite band of his “The Little Flames” who he took a liking to. In the crowd he had the feeling that she was staring straight
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Arctic Monkeys – Stickin' To The Floor (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Won't somebody let me out? / Don't wanna stick around no more / I'm sick of lookin' at you strange / I'm sick of stickin' to the floor / [Chorus] / Not one of you has
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Arctic Monkeys – Still Take You Home (Live in Texas)
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[Verse 1] / Said "It's ever so funny" / 'Cause I don't think you're special, I don't think you're cool / You're just probably alright / But under these lights you look beautiful
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Arctic Monkeys – You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me (Live in Texas)
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[Verse 1] / One look sends it coursin' through the veins, oh, how the feelin' races / Back up to their brains to form expressions on their stupid faces / They don't want to say
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Arctic Monkeys – The View From The Afternoon (Live in Texas)
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[Verse 1] / Anticipation has a habit to set you up / For disappointment in evening entertainment, but / Tonight there'll be some love / Tonight there'll be a ruckus, yeah
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Arctic Monkeys – Choo Choo
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Sexual connotations are pretty visible in this song. Alex describes his girlfriend’s intentions and his intentions on their relationship.
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Arctic Monkeys – Cigarette Smoke
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“Cigarette Smoke” was an early demo that was later remodeled into “Cigarette Smoker Fiona,” a song on the 2006 EP Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
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Arctic Monkeys – Ravey Ravey Ravey Club
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This is a recording of an early unreleased track from Arctic Monkeys' first gig at The Grapes pub in Sheffield, in June 2003.
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Arctic Monkeys – Dancing Shoes (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Get on your dancing shoes / There's one thing on your mind / Hoping they’re looking for you / Sure you'll be rummaging through / Oh and the shit, shock, horror / You've
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Arctic Monkeys – Knock a Door Run
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The whole thing may be a metaphor for a girl flirting and showing interest but then running away when any acknowledgement is made.
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