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To give someone the ‘cold shoulder’ means to ignore them. Alex received it when he tried to approach her; her shoulders are cold but she’s hot.

Night is generally colder than the daytime because there is no incoming solar radiation as the suns rays aren’t directly hitting the earth where it is night.

Despite this the woman is an explosion in Alex’s eyes – hot and (he imagines) dangerous.

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“Making eyes” is British slang for looking at someone in a way that is clearly motivated by sexual attraction; Alex feels uncomfortable seeing a girl do this to him, even though he’s doing the same thing back. Despite this, he’s flattered a girl is looking at him this way and doesn’t want her to stop.

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Someones bragging talkin' ‘bout they murdered a nigga but he’s probably a little bitch tryin’ to get street cred or some shit.

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Abel lives in a small house at this point in time. There are no closed doors, only walls, allowing the sounds of her moans to echo all over.

“No closed doors” could also mean that this girl has no inhibitions and easily willing to have sex with Abel.

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Their plain is to get the ladies to lure him into a false sense of security, allowing them to strike him swiftly when he’s off-guard.

Venus' job is to conceal the firearm whilst Vicious’s job is to distract him by sexing him up, making him feel comfortable around them.

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Sometimes mistakenly referred to as “Brainstorm.”


When asked to say a little about the song’s protagonist, Alex Turner replied,

I can’t remember Brian now… I don’t know if he were in my imagination or what… it’s a blank spot in my brain… I think that’s what [Brian] wanted.

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Lots of people love Brian for his baddassness, but there will always be haters. Plus, the girls that wanted to kiss him in the past might want to kick him now after becoming one-night stands.

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An innovator is someone who introduces something new for the first time. Brian’s style was something that the Arctic Monkeys had never seen before.

Possible allusion to the single by Bill Haley & His Comets, “See You Later, Alligator”

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When asked about the song, guitarist Jamie Cook said:

“He was right smooth, very LA. He just appeared with like a business card and like a round neck T-shirt and a tie loosely around it, I’d never seen that before. It felt like he was trying to get inside your mind. We were checking out his attire; it inspired us.”

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The subject of this track is the mysterious “Brian”, a man who found his way to Arctic Monkeys' dressing room after a gig in Osaka, Japan.

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