Arctic Monkeys
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“Fluorescent Adolescent” is a track about getting older and finding out that life isn’t as fun as it used to be. It describes a woman who dreams of her youth while her current life is unsatisfying and boring, with emphasis on her sex life.
The song is one of the band’s most popular and a concert st...
[Verse 1]
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 in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
[Chorus]
Oh, the 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 seem, aren't as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up
[Verse 2]
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
Clinging till I'm getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
[Chorus]
Oh, the 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 seem, not as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, Flo, where did you go?
Where did you go? Where did you go?
[Bridge]
You're 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
[Outro]
You used to get it in your fishnets
(Falling about)
Now you only get it in your night dress
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
(You were just sounding it out)
Is anything as pretty in the past though?
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
(You're not coming back again)
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
(Oh...)
Fluorescent Adolescent was written by Alex Turner & Jamie Cook & Matt Helders & Nick O’Malley.
Fluorescent Adolescent was produced by Mike Crossey & James Ellis Ford.
Arctic Monkeys released Fluorescent Adolescent on Wed Jul 04 2007.
The chord pattern (1-6-2-5) is quite common, and there’s nothing to suggest that Arctic Monkeys derived it from any other piece of music.
Richard Ayoade. Known for his comedy and his acting in various television shows in the UK, Ayoade also directed the band’s “Live At The Apollo” live album.
Yes, “Fluorescent Adolescent” was certified 3x platinum by the BPI on October 14, 2022.