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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 – Mardy Bum (Live in Texas)
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[Verse 1] / Well, now then, mardy bum / I've seen your frown and it's like lookin' 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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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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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 (Live in Texas)
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[Intro] / Up rolls a riot van and sparks excitement in the boys / But the policemen look annoyed / Perhaps these are ones they should avoid / [Verse 1] / Got a chase last night
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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 – From the Ritz to the Rubble
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“From the Ritz to the Rubble” is the 12th song on Arctic Monkey’s first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
Like many of the songs on the album, it follows a
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Dancing Shoes (Live in Texas)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Get on your dancing shoes / There's one thing on your mind / Hopin' they're lookin' for you / Sure you'll be rummagin' through / Oh and the shit
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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 – 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 – 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 – Cigarette Smoker Fiona (Live in Texas)
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[Spoken Intro] / This is called "Cigarette Smoker Fiona" / [Verse 1] / Sat at the side of the pool at one of your houses / With wet white trousers on / And worlds collide as the
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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 – When The Sun Goes Down (Live in Texas)
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[Intro] / Said, who's that girl there? / I wonder what went wrong so that she had to roam the streets / She don't do major credit cards, I doubt she does receipts / It's all not
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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 – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (Live in Texas)
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[Spoken Intro] / This song is, um, that we're gonna play now is "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" / I believe you may be familiar / [Verse 1] / Stop makin' the eyes at me / I
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Arctic Monkeys – Space Invaders
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[Verse 1] / Space invaders flying home / And they're going to hit the sack / And they're probably going to die getting high / Cause they're mixing crazy moments with the crack
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Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Well, oh, they might wear classic Reeboks / Or knackered Converse, or tracky bottoms tucked in socks / But all of that's what the point is not / The point's that there
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Arctic Monkeys – Curtains Closed
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[Verse 1] / I said I wanted it long, but she cut it short / And now I'm catching a cold / I told you not, but no cracking in the duvet / But it was already rolled / [Chorus] / Oh
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Arctic Monkeys – Still Take You Home (Demo)
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[Intro] / Ooooo / [Verse 1] / Oh spending all your money / On trendy haircuts that you read were cool / And you're probably alright / But under these lights you look beautiful
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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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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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