Arctic Monkeys - How We Wrote 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' 

"When we wrote this song, it meant to us very little. And tonight, it means even less. LADIES."

But tonight it means even less LADIES

It's so cool that this doesn't feel like an interview, and more like he's just talking to his mate. During the interviews he seems very stressed out and is kinda half joking all the time, but here is feels more honest. Imagine sitting with Al in the tour bus after a gig, just drinking beer and talk about stuff lmao. Cool

it's weird that the older a musician gets, the stories they told when they were younger feel distant. Almost like you're playing a shadow of yourself. To see your own songs as covers has to be the strangest feeling. Something you invested so much energy into, eventually becomes a stranger when you're looking forward and not dwelling in that time when you wrote it.

the level of background noise is truly commendable

I think he struggle not to sound too poetic when talking to people

It's not even so much his accent as it is the fact that you've forgotten half the sentence by the time he's done.

Seeing this video I forget how genuinely nice and polite Alex actually is

His speaking voice is so monotone and quiet, totally unlike his bold, syrupy, orgasmic singing voice

everything that comes out of his mouth is interesting to my ears

Everyone is talking about how hot Alex is, I just want the cool ranch Doritos in the back.

He always looks so lovely.... like he smells really nice.

What's that behind Alex's head? Oh just some Doritos Ranch...

"What that you or was it cookie" When they call Jamie Cooke cookie

I like how sort of relaxed and humble he seems here, away from all the bigshot crap and the hype and the awards he's just a bloke with a passion for music. Some may find the strong Sheffield accent difficult, but it is a big part of what makes AM's music more unique and distinctive. I've grown up in the South West and I don't have much of an accent myself but I do have an appreciation for all the different tones and twangs from around Britain, his is quite relaxing in its way.

lol this is the most he has talked in any interview i've seen

It's interesting the way that Alex pointed out that playing some of the older songs felt like they were playing cover songs. I always liked the older songs but I understand now why they don't play them much anymore as they don't really fit the style of their new stuff and so they sound a bit awkward. I still can't wait for whatever they do next!

Even though I've seen almost every interview of Arctic Monkeys, I still play them, Alex's voice makes me feel so relaxed and peaceful.

I want a jacket like that.....and a face like that......and hair like that......I want to be Alex Turner.

i cant stop watching him play with the dice

My attention span is too short to comprehend what he's saying.

Pretty cool that Matt's drum bit inspired the rest of the music for Dancefloor

The kettle was boiling the whole way through that.

He's so chill and honest. It's good to hear him admit that they 'murder' the song because they haven't it played well enough for years. I understand the band's need to grow out of some songs but just don't okay em if you're fuck em up.

Man, his accent is hot

I can’t believe this has had over 600k views and nobody has commented on the fact it was uploaded on 11/11/11 ...

Every fan should watch this, they have to understand why Arctic Monkeys isn't what it was. This is the perfect way...Alex said so, It doesn't really fits, feels like doing cover songs

Those lucky dice

this interview is so adorable. i'm surprised some of you from usa and england don't understand him. i can understand perfectly well and i'm from usa. the way he talks is soothing.

I don't understand why people can't understand what he's saying. Is it because they're American or something and don't understand that there is more than one accent in the UK? Sounds fine to me, just a Sheffield accent.

i remember seeing this interview when i was in middle school and not understanding almost anything (english is not my first language) but now it feels cool to understand alex even with the shitty audio, i think im gonna rewatch a lot of them

you guys don't understand and your mother language is English, imagine me, I'm Portuguese.

i am italian and i feel so stupid whenever i try to understand what he says. i always understand and speak english perfectly but when it comes to him i only understand approximately 40% but i think its not only for his strong accent, but even for the way he talks in general, he sort of has a "lazy" way to talk i mean i dont know how to explain it but i believe you understand what i mean. the struggle is so real. help.

I am so pround of myself now, guys, because I really get everything he said with his amazing accent. Just love this man so much

Wow, I really love this interview. It’s so unique - I feel like Alex will usually amp up the persona and deep voice in other interviews, and downplay his accent, but in this one he seems more like himself, like other people are saying. It’s sweet to hear him talk about old songs. Really awesome lowkey interview.

It's weird people don't understand him. I can hear everything clear as day.

Us true yorksire folk na what he's sayin perfectly

understanding nothing but keep watchin cause it's alex and his soft bounding voice

Fuckin hell, you lot want me to write subtitles or sumat?

I love Alex dearly, but I wish there were more interviews with the entire band and it's not just him talking. I'm not complaint, because he usually has interesting things to say, but the band is not all about him. I wish the magazines and radio stations would understand that.

I like how he doesn't seem so shy in this, in most of his interviews he seems really shy and it's hard to follow his train of thought but in this...

he is so talented and I can't help it he is so hott!!

anyone else notice the doritos behind him lol

After watching 2874929284829848 interviews of him I’m kind of starting to understand everything he says, or at least 95% of the words

Im Norwegian and get everything he is saying. But i must say that ive been following this band for so long, since 2009. And I think i've gotten so used to the accent :P

The video is 5 minutes but feels like an hour long conversation

brilliant interview, You should do more interviews asking about how they wrote them. Really insightful!

I love him so much

being from yorkshire, its funny to see all the people complaining

I didn’t know this was an interview until I read the comments halfway through. I assumed he was just talking to his mate, he is just so relaxed here

You lot. Complaining you don't understand his accent he's one of the only famous peoples accents I understand gotta love yorkshire. Born and raised m8

i didnt even realise people dont understand what hes saying until i read the comments lol how do you not understand

He smokes camel blues and drinks corona... I find that interesting

i love his voice

People change in many ways as they grow older. He' just evolving.

i love this man so much

fun fact: the lead riff actually came from a guy called Lee in a small band from Sheffield. He played it and Matt saw it (dunno if they were in the same band at the time) and showed it to the Alex and that.

it was amazing!

his voice...oh my god

the end just kills me...of course you guys still have what it takes

fuck it I should be studying

i saw him on Open'er Festival few days ago! they gave a fantastic concert

They did seem to have a lot more fun in the past.

Alex Turner: I did find like the lyrics for it like not long ago like scribbled on like a piece of paper, it was quite funny Like find like the - (Was there any different changes?) Oh yea, like loads, yeah they were all sort of stuff about like cigarettes and stuff, I don't know but erm (Not any you regretted not putting in there now?) No no no, they were all, there were some stinkers in there Arguably there still is but erm (Laughing) They, erm, it was... can't remember, I can remember recording it like the first time we did it Well cause we did it with this guy Alan Smyth in Sheffield, that we did like a lot, like all his first sort of recordings with And there was this version of it, and then when we started like, we started this first record with Like when we were beginning to sort of proper make the record, We started with James Ford and this guy Mike Crossey, in Liverpool And we had like a week and we'd been on tour and we play- we recorded like ten songs in a week or somet And we were like "this is it! we've gon- done his album" Y'know "Fucking put it out tomorrow please, yesterday if you can" And erm But everything was kinda recorded at like, did it on tape and played everything at like 300 miles an hour And it were like, it kinda, bit too like live or something I don't know And at that point, it was suggested to us that perhaps we'd like try a different avenue so then we went back with this producer called Jim Abbiss And went to a studio in Lincoln And er, and sorta, y'know sorta, recording... But y'know going through the songs and like listening to the demos And sorta tryna, you know, pick the best bits about and whatever Cause everyone were kinda really into these demos of it So we sorta wanted to get a bit of that but kinda like a better recording of it It was weird cause when we were... recording that tune The video was already like on telly for it Like cause w- people'd be like watching TV in't other room like "ahh quick we're on we're on MTV or whatever" Cause like the v- the version we did for the video Like we just made another recording like it's just us playing like a TV studio or whatever and- (It was a live thing wasn't it? The video was telling a live performance) Yeah that version of it was just like there and then So it's weird like we were tryna cut this single in one room And it was like on telly in like the other room like us "Erm, yeah, just use that" But erm, but no we did it with, er, did it again, yeah did it there with Jamie like in, in Lincoln And then that became the... version But it all came from that like drum thing on the beginning, you know like the, I mean originally, that was like the What was like the first part of that song, was like that kinda drum thing (Can you remember sorta coming up with the guitar bit and all that stuff? was that you? was that cookie or?) I play like the lead on it yeah, and like this sorta cord thing, not really, I can't really, can't remember, what, when that happened or what even like, what practice room we were in at that time really but I remember Matt playing that thing round, cause I think I guess it was like some exercise or something he'd like seen somewhere or like a version of it which he'd like sped up or somet and he were like doing it as fast as he could and then Like a lot of them songs, like then, used to come from something like that he'd play (Really?) He almosts like plays, like riffs on drums sometimes or whatever, or plays like leads or somet so (What does it mean to you now that song? at this moment in time) It's like more fun than ever to play it now Like I think I probably fell out with it for a, for a moment like somewhere along the way But I kinda Yeah I fell out with eve- I fall out with all of them at some point, but that's definitely one that like I'd never imagine like not playing it And now when it kinda comes round in sets, it's just like, fun y'know Like that's it It's erm Yeah no we all sorta really enjoy playing that And it's one of them you can like Cause some of the other songs we've written since then I guess are a bit more like complex and you have to kinda concentrate a little bit more And like think about singing in tune and like playing the right notes And that one... (Yeah) You can sorta, just like have a laugh with... few minutes (Oh cool) Still manage to murder it sometimes though, it kinda feels like a lot of them older tunes We don't play a lot of them because it feels like you can't anymore, like whatever it took to sorta write and like play them songs when we used to, 'int' there anymore And for some reason, some of them have a longer shelf life than other ones Or it sorta sometimes feel like we're doing like covers of- It feels like they're cover songs that we play like (Really?) But we kinda can't do a cover of Fake Tales of San Francisco but I think we do a pl- a pretty good I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor cover. my transcription from years ago: genius.com/Nme-arctic-monkeys-how-we-wrote-i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor-annotated

Proud to be from Sheffield!

put it on 1.25 so you can understand what he's saying

He says interesting things about them feeling like covers. I still contend that once Tommy left, The Ramones stopped being The Ramones and simply became the best Ramones tribute act on the planet. Still quite brilliant, but not quite the real thing. Hats off to those Monkeys, there on fire at Glastonbury. And I have to say, growing up in Chapeltown, I never expected to see a band playing the biggest stage on earth announcing that there were 'from HIgh Green, Sheffield'. Brilliant.

1:33 as someone from lincoln, uk, (pronounced lin-cun) i’m very happy that alex has visited our city :)

Im a duck and I understand what he said

I can understand him perfectly, I'm glad I live in south Yorkshire!

Jeez, folks here going on about how his accent is incomprehensible and how they lose track of what he's saying by the time he's done saying it. I must be the weird one to find all of this normal. He talks lazy with long pauses everywhere. I guess I get it because I talk the same way. It's unintentional. You have so many thoughts that they interrupt your speech and you're always searching for words to form cohesive sentences, while simultaneously encouraging the thoughts inside to run their course. Precisely, you're never focused on one thing alone.

Also the video is relaxing - the background noise almost sounds like muffled rain.

Okay, Alex... we get it. You're cooler than us! 🤣🤣😎💯

I understand him 100%. It all depends on where you grew up/learned English. If it was a region more accustomed to British English, you'd have no problem.

I love it

I love him

I broke my leg trying to recite the first 2 minutes of this video

the only reason why I understand anything he say is that i really love the Beatles

My love

im so glad to be born and raised in sheffield

Love the greaser look

How many joint you smoked today? Alex: Yes

I absolutely agree with you!! There is! :)

this is my dream, too.. someday we'll get it!!! keep faith! hahaha

I don't understand why everyone has a hard time understanding him. I'm American and I can understand like, 90% of what he's saying.

Coming from Yorkshire has it's advantages, one of them being able to understand Alex Turner

everything.

I think he's speaking quite clearly here, you can understand everything.

Coronita y paquetico de camel, sta es la buena vida del rock star

LINCOLN!!!

I could fall asleep by just hearing his voice

The cover thing makes me kinda sad

finally someone said it!

I'll find a essence of this song.

Y’all are focusing on Alex I can’t take my eyes off how those Doritos are gonna go stale

i was watching him play with the dice the whole time-

yes mate

I played this video at 1.5x speed and it was surprisingly easier to understand.

whoa! blue camel. good choice!

basicamente, dice que grabaron varias veces el album pensando que ya lo tenian y que la cancion que ponen en el video de mtv es la cancion que habian grabado para el video, sin embargo, ellos ya tenian otra version grabada, y que comenzaron ae scribir la cancion cuando matt se ponia a practicar ejercicios de bateria, de ahi sebasaron y que ya no tocan las otras canciones porque siente que hacencovers de sus antiguas canciones, debido a la complejida que tienen las canciones que despues sacaron.