Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Wow, fail blog galore. Ok, so a slight adjustment! Instead of reviewing entire albums, I shall now begin reviewing individual songs. Clearly, my low attention span doesn't cover the time it takes to type up a bunch of bs for albums. Btw, I'm taking out the rating system because obviously, if I'm going to spend time blogging on a certain song, I feel it owns face.

Anyways, time to reuse one of my drafts as an example :D


Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor


Genre

Indie Rock

Lyrics

Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you
And what it is that surprises me is that I don't really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said*, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!

I wish you'd stop ignoring me, because it's sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me, and I don't think it's very fair
That your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang, go!

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said*, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!

Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Are just banging tunes and DJ sets and...
Dirty dancefloors, and dreams of naughtiness!

Well, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
From 1984!


Analysis

Well, this song was the winner that got me hooked on this band. If I could give it higher than 5, I would, just because it's that damn good. After months of listening to this song, I'm STILL listening to it on a regular basis and I'm not getting sick of it. That's the sign of a seriously awesome song. During the chorus, which is definitely the strongest point of the song, the bass guitar's role is to maintain a single note, whereas the electric guitar (notably played by Alex Turner, the main singer) alternates between two or three. There is also an awesome sounding mini scale that's played in between the two parts of the chorus:

"I bet that you good on the dancefloor, I don't know if you're looking for romance or, I don't know what you're looking for."

AND

"I said that I bet that you look good on the dancefloor, dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984, from 1984!"

First instance noticed at 54 seconds in. My favorite part is in the last chorus where the bass changes key, providing a catchy variation to end the song.

Lyric-wise, it's pretty straight forward methinks - girl teases guy. guy likes girl. girl continues to tease guy. guy gets horny. guy is inspired to write a song about it. end of story =)


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