Franz Ferdinand are a very mediocre band and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
>>124461048First album was greatEverything else was mostly mediocre with some bangers here and thereMany such cases
https://youtu.be/PC1r33iVFAQ?si=HtlXyDvlqO1d2xXgThe new single is solid, better than the first one
>>124461048Me too.Take Me Out is such a fucking banger though.That riff is exceptional.
>>124461048You never had to pretend, unless you're a poser
Who in the fuck are you hanging out with thats making you pretend franz ferdinand are an all time great
>>124461082wow, this is aggressively mediocre
>>124461404And still better than most songs from their last album
>>124461048They're infamously representative of landfill indie (00s-mixed muddy albums of filler to prop up one genuinely good single, over and over til people got sick of guitar music altogether- see also Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, Dandy Warhols etc.), who's pretending?
>>124461558>Dandy WarholsThey are way older than rest of these
>>124461724I fucking love the Dandy Warhols.
>>124461048They're just Josef K for dummies.
>>124461048Everyone already knows this. It's not like there's a hard-core fan base that's dedicated to franz
>>124461048Very brave of you to come for Franz Ferdinand in 2024. Who are we taking down next, Razorlight? The Pigeon Detectives?
>>124461724Actually I wanted to come back to this.Dandy Warhols are really a league of their own here.They're really goofy.I don't think they're a one-off ingle type landfill indie band.
>>124461558They were always held in higher regard than these other landfill indie bandsAlong with Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Sea Power and Editors
>>124461774I actually didn't think they were coming for Franz Ferdinand!They were just saying they're tired of Franz Ferdinand. They actually don't dig it as much as they thought they did in the past.As a lot of people end up feeling about a lot of music they used to like in the past.It sounds kind of like you're trying to one-up the OP for no good reason.Very brave of you to come for the OP.Who's next?Other OPs?Who basically just want to talk about music?
>>124461774>RazorlightThey released a new album this year after 6 years and one of the songs is called Taylor Swift = US Soft Propaganda lmao https://youtu.be/IaFwQ5cSO0A?si=tkCGFOi3GL6T7JV0
>>124461916It's literally just Take Me Out and Walk Away
>>124461966Yeah maybe we actually should come for Franz Ferdinand then.Fuck is that!
>>124461558not accurate
>>124461975You forgot This Fire, Matinee, Do You Want To, Ulysses and Lucid Dreams
>>124461558Jacqueline and Dark of the Matinee are great
>>124461048It's okay if you dont like good music, just go back to listening to only the best songs from the greatest bands of all time on repeat.
>>124461048Dark of the Matinee is a banger tho
>>124461048This might have been a controversial take in 2009
>>124461950What's this bit you're doing? I've seen you posting in other threads, too.
>>124461048worse, they are twats.
>>124461048West end wankers.
>>124461048>TAKE. ME .OUT>*GUITAR RIFF INTENSIFIES*
>>124461916>Fair play to them (Bloc Party), they’re having a go, doing what they’re doing and all that, and people seem to be in to them. People ask me these questions like ‘are they the new fucking Oasis, new fucking Blur or the new fucking thing?’ I couldn’t give a fuck, I don’t like them. They’re like a band from University Challenge
>>124463688Kek based Liam
>>124461975Do You Want To was fairly big in like 2005-2008. Used in ads and stuff. Franz Ferdinand weren't like mega huge but they had name recognition and were bigger than the other NME shit was in the US
>>124461361>>124461558>>124461756>>124461774I've always felt that they are held as one of the greatest indie rock acts. They're like Modest Mouse with "Take Me Out" being their "Float On" except they don't have several great albums like MM. Just one fine debut and nothing truly great afterwards. They seem to sell out concerts like they're The Strokes or something. Just seems unearned in my opinion.
>>124465084The bands seen as the "greatest indie rock acts" are bands like Pavement, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Replacements, Built to Spill etcFranz Ferdinand were mildly popular in the mid-late 00s and had a few alt rock radio hits but not that level of respect. Their impact might seem bigger than it is because they had some mainstream success
>>124465167In the UK Franz Ferdinand are almost like, Mr. Brightside popular. I think the anon you're replying to means indie rock in the British, 00s, NME lad rock sense.
>>124462606Don't know a single melody out of those
>>124465167>Pavement, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Replacements, Built to Spillnot classic 90s indie like that>>124466031>I think the anon you're replying to means indie rock in the British, 00s, NME lad rock sense.precisely
>>124466039This Fire was in Burnout 3 and Cyberpunk Anime
I like Love Illumination. That's my answer.
>>124461048I hated their sound the second I heard itRock was entering the indie phase, I had no idea how long it would last and just wanted it to go awayNow here we are>>124461975Katherine Kiss Me + No You Girls The lyrics connect slightly in purpose
Are Franz Ferdinand the only western band who had a song in 2 different anime?
>>124461084>Take Me Out is such a fucking banger though.It fucking blows. Stiff drumming, whiny vocals and a guitar tone that feels like an ice pick through your brain.>That riff is exceptionalSing-songy piece of shit that sounds might as well been part of a children's song. Get better taste.
>>124471233Lmao you don't know what makes a fun song
>>124471233>>124471256Daft Punk seems to>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnksieEEzbI
>>124470651not even the only anime FF was featured inDo You Want To was a Paradise Kiss edhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgMAKuJIkmc
>not a single other rock performance more alive than this one https://youtu.be/EzlOR2GwgaIseethe plebs. 00s indie was peak
>>124461082Yeah, I heard it once on the radio recently and it's still in my head. Very simple and catchy.
>>124471233>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
always kinda liked these guysthey were definitely a step above kaisher chiefs and maximo park. that was utter dross
saw these guys at a festival in like 2013. nobody knew their stuff and whenever they'd try to get the audience to sing along nobody did anything and the lea singer got really mad
Fun fact: Alex is one of many, many men who fucked Eleanor Friedberger
>>124461048>he said, out loud, to nobody in particular
yeah but its always cool when popular bands namedrop cooler bands that they were intoff arent bad, anywayhttps://youtu.be/mInsU26PJnw?si=c7RBhIUyvaXpqCdh
There first three albums I enjoy. Everything afterwards, bleh.Live Alone us great, though I will admit the LCD Soundsystem cover mogs the originalhttps://youtu.be/N8V4WOrs7WA?si=XQaPB_Tud75qRsui
First 3 albums are all solid, the 2nd in particular is very underrated imo. I'm Your Villain and Outsiders are great songs. https://youtu.be/wlI_BgVvtQY?si=_QsbW8eDe-FS30ZbAlex seems like a try-hard egomaniac at times though, and they devolved into generic rock corniness over time which was disappointing.
>>124480657>video not available
>>124479279>maximo parkApply Some Pressure and Our Velocity are bangershttps://youtu.be/bMHHCpQ9M-Y?si=nRddvZrOILK6hESf
yeah bunch of rich kid tryhard bullshitbut i do love this songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d9rn8jeVIs
>>124461975FF had like 4 songs that got US radio play Take Me Out, Do You Really Wanna, No You Girls, UlyssesProbably a couple more but I remember hearing those, and they were always on those EA sports video games
FF are mid but this is a solid 10/10
>>124461048They weren't any better than a lot of the other landfill indie bands of the time but they got a lot of slack from critics and peers. I think it's cause Alex Kapranos was an indie lifer, working with loads of artists in Glasgow years before Franz Ferdinand was a thing.
>>124476677>>124461084Reminds me of https://youtu.be/azTbhaHhcno?si=02CUd-nfsOWbmURS
>>124466425who cares
>>124486618It's a shame that project was so short lived, I guess collaborations don't work>>124486670>They weren't any better than a lot of the other landfill indie bands of the timeNot sure if deaf or retardedTheir first album is a classic
>>124461048Take Me Out is one of the very few enduring songs of the 00s and I'd argue even the '10s indie rock scene along with some of the Strokes' debut. It has an undeniable verve and power to it.
Franz Ferdinand got me into music. I can't hate them.
I remember hearing Take Me Out in NHL game
>>124490960>It's a shame that project was so short livedAt least I got to see them tour for it. Great show. Seems obvious Sparks pulled a lot of the weight though. The albums they put out after have all been bangers
>>124473029banger
>>124461048They had good songwriting. The songs are memorable.But the style was retro wankery and that's why it didn't transcend its time. It's now seen as part of a 00s fad, like the stomp-clap-hey period from the 10s.
