As Teddy Picker is the third single to be taken from Favourite Worst Nightmare, it's a fair bet that most people who want to buy this will already own it, but a new single from Sheffield's finest foursome is always good news.
The release date of December is no coincidence either - for the last few years, the Christmas Number One spot has been annexed by whoever has just won The X Factor, so who better than Alex Turner to turn a beady eye on such a phenomena? Teddy Picker is the usual spiky, catchy guitar tune with some devastatingly acerbic lyrics about pop wannabes.
Turner really is on top form here, singing of "the desperation to be seen", kids who "dream of making it...whatever that means" and even throwing in a second Duran Duran reference on the line "I don't want your prayer, save it for the morning after". Excellent stuff, and if Leon, Rhydian or Same Difference do make that number one spot this year, they could do a lot worse than listen to this cautionary tale.
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