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Franz Ferdinand: Matinée
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Witnessing their astonishing ascent into mainstream adulation, there's an unmistakable feeling that, with their David Byrne posturing and a handful of Blondie riffs, Franz Ferdinand got lucky; that they were the art-school chancers in the right place at the right time.
And maybe that's true, but - to coin football pundit cliché - you make your own luck, and these guys have lived up to everything we so desperately wanted them to be.
With the brutish intro, the beguiling verse, the finger-clicking middle eight and the strutting chorus all recalling the gear-changes of Bowie's title-track on 'Station to Station', 'Matinée' is easily their most ambitious work to date.
Sparkling with Wildean wit, it's also the most lyrically engaging song on the LP. Triumphantly droll, incisively arch and riddled with a self-deprecating charm, Alex Kapranos proves that - like early Moz - he can be oh-so clever while still maintaining empathy with the listener.
Lucky? Lucky us!
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I love this, best on the album.
why did they change it from 'The Dark of the Matinée' to just 'Matinée' -
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What a song! Does anyone know the midweek chart placing? I reckon it should go top 3 at least.-
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It's not released for another 3 days...-
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Ah, got mixed up. thanks.
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Are you listening to the same record as me? True the other two singles were fantastic but am I the only one who finds the album distinctly average? This isn't a terrible song but the chorus is crap.-
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hmmm... im going to have to disagree with you on this i think its a great album but the songs they have released have been kinda over played which has kinda killed them a bit im really feeling michael at the moment -
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The song is a good song and is insanely catchy BUT you can't compare alex kapranos to Morrissey in any way-
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this song rocks, all thanks to the words
" Terry Wogan" -
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It's all a bit affected for me, I'm afraid. It's not that I dislike them at all - some of their tunes are okay - but I can't quite see why the "Saviours of British Music" plaudits are being rolled out for them.
And surely they should be docked at least a star just for the production? It's horrible... -
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It won't though. Cos its been released after the album. Top 10 hopefully.-
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somewhere about ten would be my guess as well. between ten and twentty i'd think. although im not sure what else is out...-
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I'd say top 5. Since they've already had such a big hit with Take Me Out, its now become 'cool' to like them. People will buy anything they think is cool.-
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hah! i sneer at your antiquated ideas of cool. i shun all things you hipsters describe as such. Like soap. and food. -
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yes. Alex Kapranos doesn't sing in a way that makes me want to punch my ears out. -
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not mindblowingly spectacular - but more flesh on the bone than the average "new big thing" hitting the streets these days -
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I totally and completely agree...the new strokes in my opinion...over-hyped, over-rated and nothing more than average :) -
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yeah, you're right. it's become "uncool" to like them. therefore it's cool again. it was just for a whjle in february you couldnt admit it...
We'll say you win on the chart prediction front. although i might have had ground for saying a draw if i hadnt put the ten to twenty bit in.-
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Actually, i think it's a return to form. i like it much better than take me out, not as much as darts of pleasure.
Just shows how much i know...
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franz ferdinand were never cool. they were good for a minute, then i heard their songs for the hundredth time without actually owning any of it, therefor they are now just shit.
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