 Genius Meanings
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Arctic Monkeys – Matador
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“You don’t need words to tell a story”.
This song is almost 5 minutes long, but all its words is said in 15 seconds. Few people notice, but all the instrumental part is not in
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Arctic Monkeys – Da Frame 2R
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The seemingly non-sensical title of the track is pronounced “The Frame Tour”.
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Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
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This song refers to the striving for fame, and once having it, the not so great side of it. Overall it is essentially be careful what you wish for. The Teddy Picker refers to a
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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 – Only Ones Who Know
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[Verse 1] / In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling / That it was a heart that he was stealing / Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement / The eyes are
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Arctic Monkeys – D is for Dangerous
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This song is talking about when you love somebody else very much, but they are an absolute nightmare to deal with. They are always bringing up things that were already dealt with
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Arctic Monkeys – Do Me a Favour
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A breakup song from the band’s second album Favourite Worst Nightmare. In a novel twist, the song is written from the perspective of the person in the wrong, who knows they’re in
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Arctic Monkeys – The Bad Thing
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[Chorus] / Do the bad thing / Take off your wedding ring / But it won't make it that much easier / It might make it worse / [Verse 1] / Oh, the night's like a whirlwind / Somebody'
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Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm
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Sometimes mistakenly referred to as “Brainstorm.”
When asked to say a little about the song’s protagonist, Alex Turner replied,
I can’t remember Brian now… I don’t know if he
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Arctic Monkeys – Balaclava
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This song is about an affair. The woman is still on a relationship with another guy, hence the “before the hour is done”. And the cuckolding man is probably known by the cheaters
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Arctic Monkeys – Old Yellow Bricks
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[Verse 1] / Old yellow bricks, love's a risk / Quite the little escapologist / Looked so miffed when you wished / For a thousand places better than this / You are the fugitive but
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Arctic Monkeys – This House is a Circus
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Alex Turner’s favourite song on the album, “This House is a Circus” is the 8th track on the Arctic Monkeys' album Favourite Worst Nightmare. This track depicts the wild night life
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Arctic Monkeys – If You Were There, Beware
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This song is about how the media pursue loved ones of those in the public eye. Alex Turner is evidently royally pissed-off with paparazzi hounding an ex girlfriend of his.
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Arctic Monkeys – 505
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“505” is one of the songs that marks a turning point in Alex Turner’s songwriting, as he discovers new emotional depths.
The organ chords are the same as were used in Ennio
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Holy Motors – Matador
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I don't worry I ain't got no friends to talk to / On the road that I'm on without no end / Time is lonely with no words spent on gas / I ride with money that I've lent / Speeding
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Alex Turner & Nick Oliveri) – If I Had a Tail
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There’s only one thing keeping Homme and Alex Turner (of Arctic Monkeys fame) from pummeling the earth’s most despicable creatures like famished hyenas: a tail. Disgust and disdain
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Beck – Loser
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The verses of Beck’s breakout hit seem to be mainly a stream of consciousness consisting of nonsense while announcing to the world he’s just a slacker. But some feel he juxtaposes
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Arctic Monkeys B-Sides Clean-Up
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We Want You!
Lately I have noticed some Arctic Monkey’s B-Sides have been neglected and need a little bit of love. If anyone is interested in helping clean-up the B-Sides, use this page to communicate and keep up to date. Thanks!!
Xoxo a Pretty Little Rockabilly
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Egyptian Blue – Matador
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Cathartic tears the seven seas / Set sail from my monstrosities / The stems in which your sorrow binds / And agony and pain in kind / Shot up into the aching sky / There’s your
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DARKSIDE – Liberty Bell
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[Verse 1] / Some of me could see her come into / The house of a sinner gone, now come here, too / See me alive / The me in the sin awoke / You want sin in a rose? / That's for
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Julien Baker – Distant Solar Systems
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This is the B-side to “Funeral Pyre” released on Matador Records.
Distant Solar Systems puts the world into perspective, analysing how the Earth is so small in comparison to the
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Julien Baker – Funeral Pyre
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Originally a track left off the album, played live and in sessions. Released with the announcement that Baker had signed to Matador Records.
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Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler – The Eagle & the Dove
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[Verse 1] / Love rules the day / Faith unfolds the night / Lust leads the way / In the shadows of our lives / Daughter of desire / Dower of light and fire / Forces rule our lives
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