Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
A song from Arctic Monkey’s 2006 album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’. It remains a fan favourite and helped popularise the Yorkshire word ‘mardy’, meaning sulky or unco-operative.
He argues with his girlfriend or lover who is not having it; He holds the rationale of the relationship and recollects the beginning of the relationship in interlude.
The charm of the song lies in the fact that there is no consoling a woman who has already made up her mind.
"Well, now then Mardy Bum
I see your frown
And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun
And it goes off
And out come all these words
Oh, there's a very pleasant side to you
A side I much prefer.
It's one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on
Well now then Mardy Bum
Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?
I thought as much
Cause you turned over there
Pulling that silent disappointment face
The one that I can't bear Can't we laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
I see your frown
And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun
And it goes off
And out come all these words
Oh, there's a very pleasant side to you
A side I much prefer.
It's one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on
Well now then Mardy Bum
Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?
I thought as much
Cause you turned over there
Pulling that silent disappointment face
The one that I can't bear Can't we laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on
Yeah I'm sorry I was late
Well I missed the train
And then the traffic was a state
And I can't be arsed to carry on in this debate
That reoccurs, oh when you say I don't care
Well of course I do, yeah I clearly do!
So laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Still it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on."
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on
Yeah I'm sorry I was late
Well I missed the train
And then the traffic was a state
And I can't be arsed to carry on in this debate
That reoccurs, oh when you say I don't care
Well of course I do, yeah I clearly do!
So laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Still it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on."
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"Well, now then Mardy Bum"
Slang for someone who looks upset or moody – in this case his girlfriend. It’s usually applied to a child, showing how immature he thinks she’s being.
"I see your frown
And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun
And it goes off"
His girl is unpredictable and she goes off like a gun sometimes, holding nothing back.
The look of disappointment and unhappiness on his partner’s face gives the same sense of impending doom as having a gun in his face. He knows what’s coming and it’s not good.
"And out come all these words
Oh, there's a very pleasant side to you
A side I much prefer."
Without thinking, he says how much he prefers her when she’s happy. The gun goes off and then the words come out. The gun is the girl holding her rage and then it goes off as she can’t hold it any longer, making her say things she doesn’t really mean to say.
"It's one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground"
Here he’s trying to get this girl he really likes to remember all the good times they’ve had together, including the sexual ones.Cuddling in the kitchen would probably be a representation of foreplay that happened, in order to get them both going–to get things off the ground.
"And it was up, up and away"
This could be either metaphorical – things are getting better in their relationship and the mood is lifting – or a literal reference to sex.
"Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
On a day like today when you're all argumentative"
It’s hard to remember all of the good times you have with a person when they’re being particularly nasty toward you.
On a day like today when you're all argumentative"
It’s hard to remember all of the good times you have with a person when they’re being particularly nasty toward you.
"Well now then Mardy Bum
Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?"
A rhetorical question that shows he knows her moods well by now. He’s not phased by them anymore.
Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?"
A rhetorical question that shows he knows her moods well by now. He’s not phased by them anymore.
"Yeah I'm sorry I was late
Well I missed the train
And then the traffic was a state"
He’s trying to be reasonable, explaining why he was late. Describing something as a state usually means it’s terrible.
The choice of arguments that are so worn out is a way of him saying that the fights reoccur so often in this relationship that he doesn’t bother making up a good excuse.
Well I missed the train
And then the traffic was a state"
He’s trying to be reasonable, explaining why he was late. Describing something as a state usually means it’s terrible.
The choice of arguments that are so worn out is a way of him saying that the fights reoccur so often in this relationship that he doesn’t bother making up a good excuse.
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