Favourite Worst Nightmare es un álbum de Arctic Monkeys, publicado en 2007 por Domino. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Brianstorm», «Teddy Picker», «D Is for Dangerous» y «Balaclava».
Sobre el álbum
El segundo álbum, Favourite Worst Nightmare, muestra a una banda que responde a la presión de su exitoso debut con un sonido aún más rápido, potente y complejo. En este trabajo Arctic Monkeys pisa el acelerador, entregando una colección de canciones de indie rock y post-punk de una intensidad vertiginosa. La sección rítmica, con un Matt Helders estelar a la batería, se vuelve más intrincada y musculosa, mientras que las guitarras suenan más afiladas que nunca.
La capacidad de Alex Turner como letrista se expande, con historias más surrealistas y una mayor profundidad emocional, como en la brillante "505". Singles como "Brianstorm" o "Fluorescent Adolescent" demuestran que la banda no solo podía igualar su debut, sino también superarlo en ambición y destreza musical. "Favourite Worst Nightmare" es la furiosa y brillante consolidación de una de las bandas más importantes de su generación.
Listado de Canciones
- Brianstorm2:50
Letra
Brian Top marks for not tryin' So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness We're grateful and so strangely comforted And I wonder Are you puttin' us under? 'Cos we can't take our eyes Off the t-shirt and ties combination Well, see you later, innovator Some want to kiss, some want to kick you There's not a net you couldn't slip through Or at least that's the impression I get 'Cos you're smooth and you're wet And she's not aware yet, but she's yours She'll be sayin': Use me Show me the jacuzzi I imagine that it's there on a plate You're whole rendezvous rate Means that you'll never be frightened To make 'em wait for a while I doubt it's your style Not to get what you set Out to acquire The odds are on fire You are the unforecasted storm Calm, collected and commanding (Top marks for not tryin') You leave the other story standing With your renditions and jokes Bet there's hundreds of blokes That have wept, 'cos you've stolen their Thunder Are you putting us under? 'Cos we can't take our eyes Off the t-shirt and ties combination Well, see you later, innovator - Teddy Picker2:43
Letra
They've sped up to the point where they provoke The punchline before they have told the joke Plenty of desperation to be seen Staring at the television screen They've sped up to the point where they provoke you You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist It wasn't in the top one-hundred list And it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder Don't be surprised when you get bent over They told ya, but you were dying for it (Saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed The kids all dream of making it Whatever that means) Another variation on a theme A tangle on the television and the magazine D'you reckon that they do it for a joke? D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath? That says that we are defenders Of any poser or professional pretender around When did your list Replace the twist and turn like a fist Replaced the kiss? Don't concern us with your bollocks I don't want your prayer Save it for the morning after And it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder Don't be surprised when you get bent over They told ya, but you were gagging for it Let's have a game on the teddy picker Not quick enough, can I have it quicker? Already thick, and you're getting thicker Let's have a game on the teddy picker Not quick enough, can I have it quicker? Already thick, and you're getting thicker Assuming that all things are equal Who'd want to be men of the people When there's people like you? - D Is for Dangerous2:16
Letra
He knew what he wanted to say But he did not want to word it The dirty little Herbert Was seeking an escape But the place was well guarded The guiltiness had started Soon as the other part had stopped D is for Delightful And try to keep your trousers on I think you should know you're His favourite worst nightmare D is for Desperately trying to stimulate What it was thought was alright 3 quarters of an hour ago That had led him to be in a position And every compromission And every other episode He's nearing the brink but He thinks first The parallel universe Perhaps could be the perfect scene He's nearing the brink but He thinks first The parallel universe Perhaps could be the perfect scene He's nearing the brink but He thinks first The parallel universe Perhaps could be the perfect scene He's nearing the brink but He thinks first The parallel I think you should know you're His favourite worst nightmare D is for Delightful And try and keep your trousers on You should know you're His favourite worst nightmare - Balaclava2:49
Letra
Running off over the next door's garden Before the hour is done It's more a question of feeling Than it is a question of fun The confidence is the balaclava I'm sure you'll baffle 'em good Will the ending reek of salty cheeks And runny makeup alone Or will blood run down the face Of a boy bewildered and scorned And you'll find yourself in a skirmish Where you wish you'd never been born You tie yourself to the tracks There isn't no going back It's wrong, wrong, wrong But we'll do it anyway cause we love a bit of trouble! Are you pulling her from a burning building Or throwing her to the sharks? Can only hope that the ending is As pleasurable as the start The confidence is the balaclava I'm sure you baffle 'em straight It's wrong, wrong, wrong She can hardly wait That's right He won't let her out his sight Now the shaggers perform And the daggers are drawn Who's the crooks in this crime? That's right He won't let her out his sight Now the shaggers perform And the daggers are drawn Who's the crooks in this crime? That's right He won't let her out his sight That's right He won't let her out his sight That's right He won't let her out his sight You'll be able to boast That today held the most Flawless heist of all time You knew that it'd be trouble Right before the very first kiss Quiet and assuming but you Heard that they were the naughtiest She pleaded with you to take it off But you resisted and fought Sorry sweetheart, I'd much rather Keep on the balaclava - Fluorescent Adolescent2:57
Letra
You used to get it in your fishnets Now you only get it in your night dress Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness Landed in a very common crisis Everything's in order in a black hole Nothing seems as pretty as the past, though That Bloody Mary's lacking a Tabasco Remember when you used to be a rascal? Oh, that boy's a slag The best you ever had The best you ever had Is just a memory and those dreams Weren't as daft as they seemed Not as daft as they seemed My love, when you dreamed them up Flicking through a little book of sex tips Remember when the boys were all electric? Now when she tells she's gonna get it I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it Clinging to not getting sentimental Said she wasn't going but she went still Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle Was it a megadobber or a betting pencil? Oh, that boy's a slag The best you ever had The best you ever had Is just a memory and those dreams But as daft as they seem As daft as they seem My love, when you dreamed them up Oh, flo Where did you go? Where did you go? Where did you go? Oh Falling about You took a left off Last Laugh Lane Just sounding it out But you're not coming back again You’re falling about You took a left off Last Laugh Lane You were just sounding it out But you're not coming back again You used to get it in your fishnets Now you only get it in your night dress (falling about) Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness (you took a left off Last Laugh Lane) Landed in a very common crisis Everything's in order in a black hole Is anything as pretty as the past though (you were just sounding it out) That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco (you're not coming back again) Remember when you used to be a rascal? Oh - Only Ones Who Know3:02
Letra
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling That it was her heart that he was stealing Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement The eyes are bright, he couldn't wait to get away And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake Make no mistake, no And even if somehow we could have Shown you the place you wanted Well, I'm sure you could have made it that bit Better on your own And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch But all the little promises, they don't mean much When there's memories to be made And I hope you're holding hands by New Year's Eve They made it far too easy to believe That true romance can't be achieved these days And even if somehow we could have Shown you the place you wanted Well, I'm sure you could have made it that bit Better on your own You are the only ones who know - Do Me a Favour3:27
Letra
Well, the mourning was complete There was tears on the steering wheel dripping on the seat Several hours or several weeks I'd have the cheek to say they're equally as bleak It's the beginning of the end, the car went up the hill And disappeared around the bend, ask anyone they'll tell you that It's these times that it tends to start to breaking off To start to fall apart, oh, hold on to your heart Do me a favour and break my nose Do me a favour and tell me to go away Do me a favour and stop asking questions And she walked away, while her shoes were untied And the eyes were all red You could see that we'd cried, and I watched and I waited 'Till she was inside, forcing a smile and waving goodbye Curiosity becomes a heavy load Too heavy to hold, too heavy to hold Curiosity becomes a heavy load Too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold Do me a favour and ask if you need some help She said "do me a favour and stop flattering yourself" How to tear apart the ties that bind? Perhaps Fuck Off might be too kind Perhaps Fuck Off might be too kind - This House Is a Circus3:09
Letra
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck We tend to see that as a perk though, look What it's done to your friends their memories are pretend And the last thing they want is for the feeling to end This house is a circus, berserk as fuck We tend to see that as a perk though, look What it's done to your friends their memories are pretend And the last thing they want is for the feeling to end There's a room full of trouble and there's lovers to be had Those walls make sinners out of such lovely lads Scaling the corridors for maidens in the maze In any anomaly you slip into familiar ways And we're forever unfulfilled Can't think why Like a search for murder clues In dead man's eyes Forever unfulfilled And can't think why Like a search for murder clues In dead man's eyes The more you open your mouth the more you're forcing performance All the attention is leading me to feel important (Maybe I'm not just completely obnoxious) Now that we're here, we may as well go too far Wriggling around just so that you won't forget There's certainly some venom in the looks that you collect Aimlessly gazing at the blazers in the queue Struggling with the notion that it's life not film This house is a circus, berserk as fuck (We're forever unfulfilled) We tend to see that as a perk though, look (Can't think why) What it's done to your friends, their memories are pretend (Like a search for murder clues) And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end - If You Were There, Beware4:34
Letra
If you were there, beware, the serpent soul pinchers Three hundred and fifty; no, thank yous; and nobody flinches Go on, girl, go on, give us something gruesome, we require your grief The thugs help the thieves as they're trying to rob The words from her gob and take the source of the innocents If you were there, beware, the serpent soul pinchers Can't you sense she was never meant to fill column inches And you've had enough, what you're trying to dig up, isn't there to be dug The thieves help the thugs as they're trying beat The good grace of a sweetheart out to the point she'll comply Why leave her on her own If I'd have known then I wouldn't have said it I wouldn't have said it if I would have known Why leave her on her own If I predicted tears then I wouldn't have said it I wouldn't have said it if I would have known There's a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are Our attempts to remind them of reason won't get us that far I don't know what it is that they want I don't know what it is that they want But I haven't got it to give She hasn't got it to give - The Bad Thing2:23
Letra
Do the bad thing Take off your wedding ring But it won't make it that much easier It might make it worse Oh, the night's like a whirlwind Somebody's girlfriend is talking to me But it's alright She's saying that he's not gonna slap me Or try to attack me He's not the jealous type And I only need to get half an excuse and I'm away But when there's no excuses that's much easier to say I've been before And all these capers make us too good for her to ignore, She's talking but I'm not entirely sure Do the bad thing Take off your wedding ring But it wont make it that much easier It might make it worse A sudden disheartener Somebody's partner is talking to me But I don't that is what she isn't She murmurs things to confirm that the tragedy is true And I knew how could she not she could have anyone she wants And I'm struggling to think of an immediate response, like I don't mind Be a big mistake for you to wait and have me waste your time Really love it's fine Said, really love it's fine! And then the first time it occurred That there was something to destroy And I knew before the invitation that there was this ploy Oh but she carried on suggesting A struggle to refuse She said it's the red wine this time But that is no excuse - Old Yellow Bricks3:11
Letra
Old yellow bricks, love's a risk Quite early to the escapologist Looked so miffed, when you wished 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 the city that never wakes up? Blinded by nostalgia Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up? She was enraged by the way That the emperors put traps in the cage And her days she being dull Lead 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 yeah you can't trick anyone Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up? Blinded by nostalgia Who wants to sleep in the city, that never wakes up? You're at a loss, just because It wasn't all that you thought it was You're the fugitive, but you don't know what you're running away from She said I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up And revel in nostalgia I know I said he wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up But Dorothy was right though - 5054:13
Letra
I'm going back to 505 If it's a seven hour flight Or a forty-five minute drive In my imagination You're waiting lying on your side With your hands between your thighs Stop and wait a sec When you look at me like that My darling, what did you expect? I'd probably still adore you With your hands around my neck Or I did last time I checked Not shy of a spark The knife twists at the thought That I should fall short of the mark Frightened by the bite Though it's no harsher than the bark A middle of adventure Such a perfect place to start I'm going back to 505 If it's a seven hour flight Or a forty-five minute drive In my imagination You're waiting lying on your side With your hands between your thighs But I crumble completely when you cry It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye I'm always just about to go and spoil the surprise Take my hands off of your eyes too soon I'm going back to 505 If it's a seven hour flight Or a forty-five minute drive In my imagination You're waiting lying on your side With your hands between your thighs And a smile