Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
The song uses conceptual and political imagery to give the listener a firsthand view of the “Casino” and its features.
A couple of months after the album’s release, the track was released as the second and final single for the LP.
[Verse 1]
Jesus in the day spa, filling out the information form
Mama got her hair done, just popping out to sing a protest song
I've been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade
Where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark
[Chorus]
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
[Verse 2]
This magical thinking feels as if it really might catch on
Mama wants some answers
Do you remember where it all went wrong?
Technological advances really bloody get me in the mood
Pull me in close on a crisp eve, baby
Kiss me underneath the moon's side boob
[Chorus]
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
[Bridge]
And do you celebrate your dark side
Then wish you'd never left the house?
Have you ever spent a generation trying to figure that one out?
[Chorus]
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was written by Alex Turner.
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was produced by Alex Turner & James Ellis Ford.
Arctic Monkeys released Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino on Fri May 11 2018.
Tranquility Base, in reality, is the site of the first lunar landing. But whether we’re actually talking about a sort of hotel-casino complex on the moon or not is debatable. I like the idea that the record be named after a place. It isn’t something that I’ve done before, but I do consider many of m...
Well, when you suggest the idea of doing something political, I immediately think of the Windsor knot that you have to tie your tie in for a press conference; I get lost in that imagery. Though that might not be the knot anymore, even. If we’re really going to move things forward we’ve got to change...