“I just wanted to be one of those ghosts you thought that you could forget/And then I haunt you via the rearview mirror on a long drive from the back seat” (‘Star Treatment’) The frontman’s said he’s talking to himself in this line, but it’s easy to read it as he’s talking to any number of groups – the media, the music industry, the fans. “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes/Now look at the mess you made me make” (‘Star Treatment’)Įasily one of the most iconic opening lines of an album in recent years. He might have recently admitted some of his older lyrics are a little embarrassing to him now, but there are plenty of stunners – and some weirder ones – on the newie for him to be proud of. Whatever you make of the music on the bound-to-be-a-little-divisive new Arctic Monkeys album ‘ Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino‘, there’s no denying he’s really done it again with some of the record’s lines. You don’t need us to tell you Alex Turner is one of the finest lyricists music has ever seen.
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