After listening to the previous record (the only recording they had to hear) I was seriously bummed to find nothing original. Correction, I had to pull a piece of paper out of my pocket to remember the artist's name. I went to the record store and walked straight for it.
FRANZ FERDINAND BAND MICHAEL INSPIRATION PROFESSIONAL
I was so inspired by the various professional reviewers that I even considered buying my first CD in months. After seeing the metascore and reading about references to the brit-pop sound, my interest was piqued.
The combination of the slick and talented vocals, upbeat beats and lyrics, and fun and catchy melodies creates something that is definately worth listening to. FF does nothing terribly original, but they are different enough from everything else out there that they stand out quite nicely. One band does something that makes money, and suddenly fifty other bands dive to cash in on that success (how many bands have that whiney, prepubescent sound of Sum41 or the dull drone of repetitive angry-rap?). I find that music right now is going through a rather bland and stagnant phase. That said, Franz Ferdinand is a gulping breath of fresh air. Why? Because the media can see the inkling glimmer of something that could be a huge success.and everyone wants to say they called it rather than admit to dissmissing what became the next big thing. Hype always overplays and deifies every new, innovative band out there. Why? Because the media can see the inkling glimmer of something that could be a huge success.and everyone wants to say they called it rather than Honestly, I don't understand all these people that bitch about how this or that didn't live up to the hype heaped on it by the media.especially British media. Honestly, I don't understand all these people that bitch about how this or that didn't live up to the hype heaped on it by the media.especially British media. 'Jacqueline's power combined with the beefy bass of 'Auf Asche' and the cheeky 'Michael' prove that Franz Ferdinand have stayed true to themselves and their roots. Its music just sounds better 20 years later when given the essential ingredients of today's alternative scene - style and substance.
Many bands have borrowed the eighties new wave rock sound and butchered it in such a way that you think you're back there at Lennie's nightclub (Adelaide reference) reliving the horror. Not being exposed to all hype surrounding the 'new darlings' of the British press gives me the opportunity to listen to Franz Ferdinand's debut without fear or prejudice and I can tell you, I'm very impressed. Many bands have borrowed the eighties new wave rock sound and butchered it in such a way that you think you're back How lucky I am to live in Australia.
I'm wondering how many of these reviews are put up the day someone gets the album, when they're impressed by the catchiness of repetitive garbage and think "Wow, I'm going to listen to this one forever" (see also Modest Mouse's Float On as compared to the rest of the doesn't hold up.the problem is this album all sounds like the 's all disposable). It definitely should not be classified as indie, and those that think they sound like the strokes apparently haven't really given the strokes' albums a decent listen. Exactly how is this "art rock" in the least? Even if you listen to commercial radio, I can't see how this is inventive, original, or (insert other generic flowery language from reviews here) in comparison.
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