Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Studio album by Arctic Monkeys
Released 18 April 2007
Recorded December 2006
at Miloco Studios
London, England
Genre Post-punk revival
Length 37:34
Label Domino, Warner Bros.
Producer James Ford
Mike Crossey

Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys that was first released in Japan on 18 April 2007[1] before being released around the world. Recorded in East London's Miloco Studios with producers James Ford and Mike Crossey, the album was preceded by the release of new single "Brianstorm" on 16 April 2007.[2] In its first week following release the album sold over 220,000 copies, emulating Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in going straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart, albeit selling 100,000 copies fewer than their record-breaking debut. Favourite Worst Nightmare's first day sales of 85,000 outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined, while all twelve tracks from the album entered the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart in their own right.[3] In the USA, the album debuted at number seven, selling around 44,000 copies in its first week.[4] The album has since gone 2x platinum[5]in the UK and the album was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. At the 2008 BRIT Awards it won Best British Album

Track History:
"Teddy Picker" is a song by the Arctic Monkeys and the third single[1] from their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare. It was released on December 3, 2007 in the United Kingdom.[2] The song entered the UK singles chart at number 20. It remained only one week in the top 40 staying in this position, making it the lowest charting single for the band so far

The song refers to the popularity of celebrities. A 'teddy picker' is British slang for a crane machine, a popular machine at carnivals where prizes, particularly stuffed animals, are picked by a mechanical crane. The song equates a person getting noticed as a celebrity with a prize being picked up by a crane-a result of luck. The song expresses annoyance with people who are so desperate to be famous that they do over-the-top things to get attention, such as participate in reality shows. Such occurences of reality show 'stars' being treated as real celebrities are especially prevalent in the UK, the home of Arctic Monkeys, where the show Big Brother has spawned such national icons as Jade Goody. The line "don't be surprised when you get bent over" refers to the amount of celebrities or media darlings that are tricked or persuaded by the industry to continue their attention seeking by promises of fame or money.

Lyrics:
Despair to the point till they provoke
The punchline before they have told the joke
The sheer desperation to be scene/seen
Staring at the television screen

Despair to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Sorry sunshine it doesn't exist
It wasn't in the top 100 list

And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,
Don't be surprised when you get bent over,
He told ya, that you were gagging for it

She 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 "we are defenders
Of any poseur or professional pretender around"

When did your list replace the twist and turn?
Ah the fist, replaced the kissed-on concern
And if you're bothered, I don't want your prayers
Save it for the morning after

And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,
Don't be surprised when you get bent over,
He told ya, that you were gagging for it

Lets have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker
Lets have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker

Asuming that all things are equal,
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Arctic
• Monkeys
• Favourite
• Worst
• Nightmare
• Indie
• Post
• Punk
• Alex
• Turner
• 2006
• 2007

[Leedsmad98]

this is porn for the blind.

[mcjerom]

Beatles of today

[iitShorty]

Me encanta esta roLa...!

[Lautaro096]

@mcjerom WTF? EPIC LOL

[Nexushunter1]

@FamilyGuyRS I was born in Brazil and lived here my whole life and I have never been mugged ONCE.I have been to the USA and I can say that it is not ,in any way, better than Brazil, if you think so, economy doesn't agree.And, you know what, the main reason for violence in the streets is poor ecomnomical state of the country, and Brazil is one of the most economicaly stable countries in the world, recently...so...yeh

[mahavishnuxc]

I saw Porn video where the couple was doing it doggy-style while this song played in the background.

[vikonene]

This song turns me on...

[ReeigEsp]

@Leedsmad98 and not blind too.

[FamilyGuyRS]

@idonthaveaname145 No sir, you're a fucking idiot.

[idonthaveaname145]

@FamilyGuyRS your a f*ckin dicked

[imhungry4444]

this song makes me want to walk into random buildings like a boss