![]() Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) [ larger cover art ] |
Old yellow bricks, love's a risk
Quite the little escapologist
Love's so miffed when you wish
For a thousand places better than this
You are the fugitive but you don't know what you're running from
You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
She was enraged by the way
That the emperor put traps in the cage
And the days, she deemed dull
Leading to nights reading beer bottles
You're such a fugitive but you don't know what you're running from
You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
You're at a loss just because
It wasn't all that you thought it was
You are the fugitive, but you don't know what you're running away from
She said, "I want to sleep in a city that never wakes up
And revel in nostalgia"
"I know," I said, "He wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up, but
Dorothy was right, though"
| Kantankerous (Joisey of course) | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 15:35 Well put Wild!! ClaireWild wrote: AWFUL |
| ClaireWild (Ireland) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 13:28 AWFUL |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 15:20 this is a 7-8 song .. |
| AliGator (Hiding from the Wedding-Industrial Complex) | Posted: May 31, 2008 - 13:15 petercroob wrote: not the best track on the album, but it's ok. their spastic and fun.
Their spastic and fun what? |
| kaosmonkey (West Coast) | Posted: May 22, 2008 - 15:51 Jamunca wrote: Does that jangly guitar sound a bit like the Knight Rider theme song? No? Just me? hmmm.
absolutely, I thought it was just at the end, but upon closer listening, the Knight Rider theme song basically forms the backbone of this entire track |
| quatsch (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: May 17, 2008 - 05:00 RadioDoc wrote: I'll donate $50 right now to get this overplayed POS off the playlist....over and above my monthly $10.
Bill? Maybe a new revenue stream? Reverse-Payola? :) Paypala. |
| MTlady (The other side of OZ) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 16:46 I love that Dorothy was right! |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 16:00 MJMJ wrote: This is merely noise
Man, kids these days and their noisy "rock and roll"!!!!! |
| tiare (St. Remy, Paris, Los Angeles, Hilo, Wailuku Manoa, are my main hangs) | Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 14:20 I like this song, but you r right it is not the right time of day. I can't think of what the right time would be even right now- |
| Zep (Hear hear!) | Posted: Jan 12, 2008 - 06:32 Maybe it's the time of day, but goddamn this thing gives me a headache. |
| EssexTex (Gros Islet) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 07:13 "Dorofee wus rite Doe!" |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, and land of the vague) | Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 11:06 Franz Arctic Monkeynand? |
| MJMJ | Posted: Nov 10, 2007 - 11:03 This is merely noise |
| wasteman (Wiltshire, England) | Posted: Oct 24, 2007 - 08:43 Can't understand why everyone gets so excited about this band, who I find completely unlistenable. I have to say that as a Brit, I'm embarrassed by Arctic Monkeys, just in case the rest of the world thinks this is the best we can do. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Oct 24, 2007 - 08:40 sunnysoul03 wrote: OK....I think this album just officially made my 'To Buy' list
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| petercroob (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Oct 24, 2007 - 08:38 not the best track on the album, but it's ok. their spastic and fun. |
| cavalaxis (The second door on the left.) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 12:55 Jamunca wrote: Does that jangly guitar sound a bit like the Knight Rider theme song? No? Just me? hmmm.
Not just you. |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 12:54 "don't know what you're running away from..." This! a generous 2... |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 12:54 RadioDoc wrote: I'll donate $50 right now to get this overplayed POS off the playlist....over and above my monthly $10.
Bill? Maybe a new revenue stream? Reverse-Payola? :) Dude, its only rock'n'roll. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 13:45 I'll donate $50 right now to get this overplayed POS off the playlist....over and above my monthly $10. Bill? Maybe a new revenue stream? Reverse-Payola? :) |
| chiggins (Ever'whar) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 13:36 DeemerDave wrote: ...or the Bay City Rollers? ...or The Knack? I gave a listen to Get The Knack a little while back for the first time in about 20 years. I'd remembered it as being a much shallower brand of pop than it is, probably from over-saturation of My Sharona. But give it another listen, you might find that it's a better album than you remember, or you might not. But there's no denyin' that Good Girls Don't is a solid piece of rock'n'roll. |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 21:07 Does that jangly guitar sound a bit like the Knight Rider theme song? No? Just me? hmmm. |
| DeemerDave (The Gate City of NH, USA) | Posted: Aug 18, 2007 - 13:14 Paul_in_Australia wrote: What, more over rated than Hootie and the BlowFish? ...or the Bay City Rollers? ...or The Knack? |
| intherough (Ventura, CA) | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 18:57 rocco1207 wrote: OK... this just officially made my overplayed on RP list Yep |
| rocco1207 ("the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat") | Posted: Jul 27, 2007 - 09:42 sunnysoul03 wrote: OK....I think this album just officially made my 'To Buy' list
OK... this just officially made my overplayed on RP list |
| sunnysoul03 (Just outside of the lineup, waiting for the next big set. Or LBC, CA.) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 09:18 OK....I think this album just officially made my 'To Buy' list |
| black321 (Bong Island) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 09:18 Too faddy |
| membeth (dc, but longing for austin) | Posted: Jul 16, 2007 - 12:58 every time i hear this song, my rating goes up. so so catchy. i'm super excited about their ACL appearance. |
| Pazzat (Winchester, England) | Posted: Jul 16, 2007 - 03:57 wally42 wrote: WHAAAAAAAAAA?!?!? Perhaps you've been told that you were listening to Dire Straits when you were actually listening to Oasis. No, I'd happily split the prize for most over-rated band between Dire Straits and Oasis. In fact, I'd pay good money to watch them fight over it. My cash would be on Liam to give Knopfler a right pasting. |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 16:03 themotion wrote: this is a message board ... not a cover letter. To whom it may concern, I agree. With utmost sincerity, STINGRAY! |
| wally42 (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) | Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 15:49 Pazzat wrote: Do you want me to redirect you to the Dire Straits section where this comment belongs? WHAAAAAAAAAA?!?!? Perhaps you've been told that you were listening to Dire Straits when you were actually listening to Oasis. |
| Pazzat (Winchester, England) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 06:34 Whirlpool wrote: So tired of these guys. Most over-rated band ever.
Do you want me to redirect you to the Dire Straits section where this comment belongs? |
| HazzeSwede (Stockholm) | Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 06:27 I am an Arctic monkey too so I guess I´ll just shut up.(small7) |
| themotion (acrobatic nonsense) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 09:17 NeilBlanchard wrote: Hello,
Do you think the singer is trying to be annoying? Neil this is a message board ... not a cover letter. |
| Paul_in_Australia (Melbourne) | Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 19:24 Whirlpool wrote: So tired of these guys. Most over-rated band ever.
What, more over rated than Hootie and the BlowFish? |
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 16:03 tedious |
| Whirlpool (Somewhere in California) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 16:02 So tired of these guys. Most over-rated band ever. |
| rah | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 15:49 dear neil, no, i'm sure the singer is not trying to be annoying. are you? rah |
| wade44 (2900 Km East of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 15:49 Would be a 7 if the lyrics didn't suck. I give it a 6 for the tune. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge!) | Posted: Jun 13, 2007 - 08:36 Bleh! |
| ThePoose | Posted: Jun 13, 2007 - 08:32 Clashesque |
| starfishNcoffee (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 08:06 I think this song is most likeable! |
| NeilBlanchard (Greater Boston area, Massachusetts) | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 12:38 Hello, Do you think the singer is trying to be annoying? Neil |
| rah | Posted: May 25, 2007 - 13:52 i like that knight rider-y guitar at the end. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: May 14, 2007 - 18:53 Creative little buggers, these monkeys from the arctic. Whodathunkit? |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: May 09, 2007 - 21:44 Wizzuvv_oz wrote: I'm hearing a lot of FF in a lot of AM.
Franz Ferdinand, Gorrilas, and a bit of white stripes too - not a bad mix. |
| Wizzuvvoz (middle of the road in the groin of America) | Posted: May 08, 2007 - 12:42 mongoose01ca wrote: Am I the only one hearing a lot of Franz Ferdinand in this? I'm hearing a lot of FF in a lot of AM. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: May 08, 2007 - 12:42 Ah yes, this week's "Next Big Thing". Yawn. |
| kaosmonkey (West Coast) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 15:39 That last few seconds sounds like an interpretation of the Knight Rider theme. Nice! |
| mongoose01ca (Terminal City, BC) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 15:37 Am I the only one hearing a lot of Franz Ferdinand in this? |
