4. Arctic Monkeys - Dont Sit Down Cause Ive Moved Your Chair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqTI6S-pMI Alex Turner may be labelled a lyrical genius but remember he also has a penchant for writing absolute babble gabble. Where to start? Go into business with a grizzly bear, but just dont sit down cos av moved ya chair, now Alex, we know you love to rhyme but we doubt partnering with a bear, even for a rough and tough northern lad like yourself, would be a good idea? And it doesnt stop there. Lets not forget some of the Turner-corkers in the song Pretty Visitors: The tramp with the trampoline under his arm, shifts past your whiskers, so spark is a charm with a barking alarm it seems people let the noise of the band vibrate their chest cavities thus bypassing the ear altogether. Turner has admitted in the past that his lyrics lead you to places that dont make sense, but also make perfect f**king sense. Theres always been comparisons to his song writing style with that of The Beatles, who were one of the first to dabble in hippy tongue twirlers, especially in 1967 with I Am The Walrus famously trippy lyrics, yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dogs eye, crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess and its no secret that lyrics from songs such as Dont Sit Down wouldnt look completely out of place on one of the Fab Fours notoriously psychedelic records.
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