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* ObsessionSong: "This Fire".
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** "Michael" is a [[SpearCounterpart One Man Song]].
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* TitleTrack: "You Could Have It So Much Better".
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* CallBack: the ending of "Swallow, Smile" echoes the lyrics from "Well That Was Easy".
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* CallBack: CallBack / ContinuityNod: the ending of "Swallow, Smile" echoes the lyrics from "Well That Was Easy".
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* EndingTheme: Surprisingly, "Do You Want To" is the ending theme to ParadiseKiss.
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* EndingTheme: Surprisingly, "Do You Want To" is the ending theme to ParadiseKiss.''ParadiseKiss''.
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* AlliterativeTitle: ''Swallow, Smile''.
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* AlliterativeTitle: ''Swallow, Smile''."Swallow, Smile".
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* BlitheSpirit: Lynsey Wells (of ''L. Wells''), particularly as depicted in the video. Worth nothing that she is a real person the band knew (though not the girl in the video).
* BreakupSong: ''Walk Away''.
* CaptainObvious: This extract from ''This Fire'': "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
* ConceptAlbum: ''Tonight'', the tale of a long, hard-partying night of drunken debauchery (most likely in Glasgow).
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]'', and a lot of promotional pictures.
* EndingTheme: Surprisingly, ''Do You Want To'' is the ending theme to ParadiseKiss.
* BreakupSong: ''Walk Away''.
* CaptainObvious: This extract from ''This Fire'': "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
* ConceptAlbum: ''Tonight'', the tale of a long, hard-partying night of drunken debauchery (most likely in Glasgow).
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]'', and a lot of promotional pictures.
* EndingTheme: Surprisingly, ''Do You Want To'' is the ending theme to ParadiseKiss.
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* BlitheSpirit: Lynsey Wells (of ''L. Wells''), "L. Wells"), particularly as depicted in the video. Worth nothing that she is a real person the band knew (though not the girl in the video).
* BreakupSong:''Walk Away''.
"Walk Away".
* CallBack: the ending of "Swallow, Smile" echoes the lyrics from "Well That Was Easy".
* CaptainObvious: This extract from''This Fire'': "This Fire": "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
* ConceptAlbum:''Tonight'', "Tonight", the tale of a long, hard-partying night of drunken debauchery (most likely in Glasgow).
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: averted (e.g.: "Womanizer").
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]'' Wells]]" and ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]'', Fraser]]", and a lot of promotional pictures.
* EndingTheme: Surprisingly,''Do "Do You Want To'' To" is the ending theme to ParadiseKiss.
* BreakupSong:
* CallBack: the ending of "Swallow, Smile" echoes the lyrics from "Well That Was Easy".
* CaptainObvious: This extract from
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: averted (e.g.: "Womanizer").
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for
* EndingTheme: Surprisingly,
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* GratuitousGerman: the ending of ''Darts of Pleasure''
** ''Auf Achse'' is a title-only example.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]''
* IntercourseWithYou: ''Do You Want To''.
* KidsAreCruel: ''Jeremy Fraser'', which may also double with a MurderBallad.
* MindScrew: The album version of ''Lucid Dreams''.
* NamesTheSame: the song ''This Boy'', which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]]. The band is also named after a racing horse called The Archduke, which was named after the original Franz Ferdinand, as note above.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Tonight''.
* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given ''Auf Achse'', ''The Fallen'', and a few other songs, it's pretty obvious that if nothing else, Alex's year of Theology at the University of Glasgow gave him a firm grip on Christian imagery (and a distinct vision of Christ, to boot).
* OdeToIntoxication: ''Ulysses''.
* OneWomanSong: ''Jacqueline''.
** ''Auf Achse'' is a title-only example.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]''
* IntercourseWithYou: ''Do You Want To''.
* KidsAreCruel: ''Jeremy Fraser'', which may also double with a MurderBallad.
* MindScrew: The album version of ''Lucid Dreams''.
* NamesTheSame: the song ''This Boy'', which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]]. The band is also named after a racing horse called The Archduke, which was named after the original Franz Ferdinand, as note above.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Tonight''.
* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given ''Auf Achse'', ''The Fallen'', and a few other songs, it's pretty obvious that if nothing else, Alex's year of Theology at the University of Glasgow gave him a firm grip on Christian imagery (and a distinct vision of Christ, to boot).
* OdeToIntoxication: ''Ulysses''.
* OneWomanSong: ''Jacqueline''.
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* GratuitousGerman: the ending of ''Darts "Darts of Pleasure''
Pleasure".
**''Auf Achse'' "Auf Achse" is a title-only example.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]''
Tonight]]".
* IntercourseWithYou:''Do "Do You Want To''.
To".
* KidsAreCruel:''Jeremy Fraser'', "Jeremy Fraser", which may also double with a MurderBallad.
* MindScrew: The album version of''Lucid Dreams''.
"Lucid Dreams".
* NamesTheSame: the song''This Boy'', "This Boy", which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]]. The band is also named after a racing horse called The Archduke, which was named after the original Franz Ferdinand, as note above.
* NewSoundAlbum:''Tonight''.
"Tonight".
* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given''Auf Achse'', ''The Fallen'', "Auf Achse", "The Fallen", and a few other songs, it's pretty obvious that if nothing else, Alex's year of Theology at the University of Glasgow gave him a firm grip on Christian imagery (and a distinct vision of Christ, to boot).
* OdeToIntoxication:''Ulysses''.
"Ulysses".
* OneWomanSong:''Jacqueline''."Jacqueline".
**
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of
* IntercourseWithYou:
* KidsAreCruel:
* MindScrew: The album version of
* NamesTheSame: the song
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* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given
* OdeToIntoxication:
* OneWomanSong:
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* PerspectiveFlip: at the end of "No You Girls'', the lyrics are sung from a girl's point of view.
* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's ''All My Friends'' is Anna [=McCarthy=], Nick's sister. She also directed the video.
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme; ''No You Girls'' and ''Katherine Kiss Me'' are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody. In fact, the demo version of ''No You Girls'' is named ''Catherine Kiss me'', as seen in Alex's Soundcloud.
* ReligionRantSong: ''The Fallen.'' As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's ''All My Friends'' is Anna [=McCarthy=], Nick's sister. She also directed the video.
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme; ''No You Girls'' and ''Katherine Kiss Me'' are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody. In fact, the demo version of ''No You Girls'' is named ''Catherine Kiss me'', as seen in Alex's Soundcloud.
* ReligionRantSong: ''The Fallen.'' As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
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* PerspectiveFlip: at the end of "No You Girls'', Girls", the lyrics are sung from a girl's point of view.
* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's''All "All My Friends'' Friends" is Anna [=McCarthy=], Nick's sister. She also directed the video.
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme;''No "No You Girls'' Girls" and ''Katherine "Katherine Kiss Me'' Me" are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody. In fact, the demo version of ''No "No You Girls'' Girls" is named ''Catherine "Catherine Kiss me'', me", as seen in Alex's Soundcloud.
* ReligionRantSong:''The Fallen.'' "The Fallen". As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme;
* ReligionRantSong:
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* ShoutOut: In the lyrics booklet, the line "come and dance with me" in ''Michael'' is preceded by a crossed-out "[[RollingStones come all over me]]."
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** ''Love and Destroy'' is based on the plot of ''TheMasterAndMargarita''.
** [[TheOdyssey ''Ulysses'', natch]].
** From ''Outsiders'': "In seventeen years / Will you still be Camille, / Lee Miller, Gala or whatever".
** ''Walk Away'' is rife with references (to Radio 4 and various historical figures).
** [[TheOdyssey ''Ulysses'', natch]].
** From ''Outsiders'': "In seventeen years / Will you still be Camille, / Lee Miller, Gala or whatever".
** ''Walk Away'' is rife with references (to Radio 4 and various historical figures).
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** ''Love "Love and Destroy'' Destroy" is based on the plot of ''TheMasterAndMargarita''.
** [[TheOdyssey''Ulysses'', "Ulysses", natch]].
** From''Outsiders'': "Outsiders": "In seventeen years / Will you still be Camille, / Lee Miller, Gala or whatever".
**''Walk Away'' "Walk Away" is rife with references (to Radio 4 and various historical figures).
** [[TheOdyssey
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'', ''Fabulously Lazy'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
* SurrealMusicVideo: what the hell happened again in ''Take Me Out''?
* SurrealMusicVideo: what the hell happened again in ''Take Me Out''?
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'', ''Fabulously Lazy'' "Jeremy Fraser", "Fabulously Lazy" and ''Van Tango'') "Van Tango") are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell "Tell Her Tonight'' Tonight" is sung by Paul.
* SurrealMusicVideo: what the hell happened again in''Take "Take Me Out''?Out"?
* SurrealMusicVideo: what the hell happened again in
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* AlliterativeName: ''Franz Ferdinand'', duh.
* AlliterativeTitle: ''Swallow, Smile''.
* AlliterativeTitle: ''Swallow, Smile''.
* KidsAreCruel: ''Jeremy Fraser'', which may also double with a MurderBallad.
* PerspectiveFlip: at the end of "No You Girls'', the lyrics are sung from a girl's point of view.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'', ''FabulouslyLazy'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'', ''FabulouslyLazy'' ''Fabulously Lazy'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
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* IntercourseWithYou: ''Do You Want To''.
* OdeToIntoxication: ''Ulysses''.
** [[TheOdyssey ''Ulysses'', natch]].
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'' Fraser'', ''FabulouslyLazy'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
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Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish [[AlternativeRock indie rock]] band formed in 2002. Their band name is named both after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked WorldWarOne, as well as a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand (which was [[NamesTheSame named after the archduke]]).
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Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish [[AlternativeRock indie rock]] / [[PostPunk post-punk]] band formed in 2002. Their band name is named both after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked WorldWarOne, as well as a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand (which was [[NamesTheSame named after the archduke]]).
* TheBackwardsR: In, at minimum, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]].
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* TheBackwardsR: In, at minimum, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]].
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* TheBackwardsR: In, at minimum, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]].BreakupSong: ''Walk Away''.
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* ''WalkAway'' is rife with references (to Radio 4 and various historical figures).
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* SignatureSong: ''TakeMeOut''.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: some of the songs (e.g. ''Jeremy Fraser'' and ''Van Tango'') are sung by Nick, and the German version of ''Tell Her Tonight'' is sung by Paul.
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* OneWomanSong: Jacqueline.
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* OneWomanSong: Jacqueline.''Jacqueline''.
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** "Love and Destroy" is based on the plot of ''TheMasterAndMargarita''.
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** "Love ''Love and Destroy" Destroy'' is based on the plot of ''TheMasterAndMargarita''.
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Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish indie rock band formed in 2002. Their band name is named both after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked WorldWarOne, as well as a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand (which was [[NamesTheSame named after the archduke]]).
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Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish indie rock band formed in 2002. Their band name is named both after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked WorldWarOne, as well as a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand (which was [[NamesTheSame named after the archduke]]).
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Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish [[AlternativeRock indie
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* Alex Kapranos-lead vocals, guitar
* Nick [=McCarthy=]-backing vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar
* Bob Hardy-bass guitar
* Paul Thomson-drums, backing vocals, other percussion
As of 2009 they have three albums:
* Nick [=McCarthy=]-backing vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar
* Bob Hardy-bass guitar
* Paul Thomson-drums, backing vocals, other percussion
As of 2009 they have three albums:
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* Alex Kapranos-lead Kapranos- lead vocals, guitar
* Nick[=McCarthy=]-backing [=McCarthy=]- backing vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar
* BobHardy-bass Hardy- bass guitar
* PaulThomson-drums, Thomson- drums, backing vocals, other percussion
As of 2009 they have three albums:
!! Discography:
* Nick
* Bob
* Paul
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!!!!This band contains examples of:
* BlitheSpirit: Lynsey Wells (of "L. Wells"), particularly as depicted in the video.
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* BlitheSpirit: Lynsey Wells (of
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* CaptainObvious: This extract from This Fire: "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
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* CaptainObvious: This extract from This Fire: ''This Fire'': "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]"
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "[[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]" Wells]]'' and "[[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]"Fraser]]'', and a lot of promotional pictures.
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** ''"Auf Achse"'' is a title-only example.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]"
* MindScrew: The album version of "Lucid Dreams."
* NamesTheSame: the song "This Boy," which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]].
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]"
* MindScrew: The album version of "Lucid Dreams."
* NamesTheSame: the song "This Boy," which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]].
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** ''"Auf Achse"'' ''Auf Achse'' is a title-only example.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of"[[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SFac3GpxY Tell Her Tonight]]"
Tonight]]''
* MindScrew: The album version of"Lucid Dreams."
''Lucid Dreams''.
* NamesTheSame: the song"This Boy," ''This Boy'', which is not a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]].Four]]. The band is also named after a racing horse called The Archduke, which was named after the original Franz Ferdinand, as note above.
** And then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcLODDy9Uw the German version]] of
* MindScrew: The album version of
* NamesTheSame: the song
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* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given "Auf Achse," "The Fallen," and a few other songs, it's pretty obvious that if nothing else, Alex's year of Theology at the University of Glasgow gave him a firm grip on Christian imagery (and a distinct vision of Christ, to boot).
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* NotChristianRock: Nobody would ever accuse Franz Ferdinand of being a Christian band, but given "Auf Achse," "The Fallen," ''Auf Achse'', ''The Fallen'', and a few other songs, it's pretty obvious that if nothing else, Alex's year of Theology at the University of Glasgow gave him a firm grip on Christian imagery (and a distinct vision of Christ, to boot).
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* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends" is Anna [=McCarthy=], Nick's sister. She also directed the video.
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme; "No You Girls" and "Katherine Kiss Me" are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody.
* ReligionRantSong: "The Fallen." As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme; "No You Girls" and "Katherine Kiss Me" are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody.
* ReligionRantSong: "The Fallen." As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
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* RealLifeRelative: The strange woman in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 the video]] to their cover of LCDSoundsystem's "All ''All My Friends" Friends'' is Anna [=McCarthy=], Nick's sister. She also directed the video.
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme;"No ''No You Girls" Girls'' and "Katherine ''Katherine Kiss Me" Me'' are ''the same song'', on the same album, with a different melody.
melody. In fact, the demo version of ''No You Girls'' is named ''Catherine Kiss me'', as seen in Alex's Soundcloud.
* ReligionRantSong:"The ''The Fallen." '' As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
* RecycledLyrics: Taken to its logical extreme;
* ReligionRantSong:
* SelfTitledAlbum: their first one. Actually, originally every single album would be named just ''Franz Ferdinand'', and the variation would be the cover, but the idea was dropped.
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* ShownTheirWork: Sure, they may have been named for a horse rather than the assassinated archduke, but "All For You Sophia" shows they aren't ignorant of the latter.
* ShoutOut: In the lyrics booklet, the line "come and dance with me" in "Michael" is preceeded by a crossed-out "[[RollingStones come all over me]]."
** "I'm on [[TheBBC BBC Two]] now/Telling TerryWogan how/I made it and/What I made is not clear now/But his laughter is and his deference is..."
* ShoutOut: In the lyrics booklet, the line "come and dance with me" in "Michael" is preceeded by a crossed-out "[[RollingStones come all over me]]."
** "I'm on [[TheBBC BBC Two]] now/Telling TerryWogan how/I made it and/What I made is not clear now/But his laughter is and his deference is..."
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* ShownTheirWork: Sure, they may have been named for a horse rather than the assassinated archduke, but "All ''All For You Sophia" Sophia'' shows they aren't ignorant of the latter.
* ShoutOut: In the lyrics booklet, the line "come and dance with me" in"Michael" ''Michael'' is preceeded preceded by a crossed-out "[[RollingStones come all over me]]."
**"I'm ''I'm on [[TheBBC BBC Two]] now/Telling TerryWogan how/I made it and/What I made is not clear now/But his laughter is and his deference is..."''
* ShoutOut: In the lyrics booklet, the line "come and dance with me" in
**
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Nick drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Nick : "Can you play the drums?" (as Paul as the one who originally played the guitar). It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Nick drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Nick : "Can you play the drums?" (as Paul as was the one who originally played the guitar). It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
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* NamesTheSame: the song "This Boy," which is not a cover of [[TheBeatles the Fab Four]].
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* NamesTheSame: the song "This Boy," which is not a cover of [[TheBeatles [[Music/TheBeatles the Fab Four]].
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* NamesTheSame: the song "This Boy," which is not a cover of [[TheBeatles the Fab Four]].
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* SixthRanger: Andy Knowles of The Firey Furnaces, who occasionally filled in on an instrument if the main player goes on something else (keyboard, drums, what have you)
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** "I'm on [[TheBBC BBC Two]] now/Telling TerryWogan how/I made it and/What I made is not clear now/But his laughter is and his deference is..."
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* OopNorth: Other than Paul (who is Glasgow born and raised), the whole band originally hails from here. Alex spent his first eight years in Tyne and Wear,[[note]]Partially in the small city of Washington. As in [[GeorgeWashington George]]; it's where his ancestors came from. So Alex can claim to be "from Washington" and not be lying.[[/note]] Nick was born in Blackpool (and then grew up in Germany), and Bob is from West Yorkshire (Bradford to be precise).
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* OopNorth: Other than Paul (who is Glasgow born and raised), the whole band originally hails from here. Alex spent his first eight years in Tyne and Wear,[[note]]Partially in the small city of Washington. As in [[GeorgeWashington George]]; it's where his the first POTUS' ancestors came from. So Alex can claim to be "from Washington" and not be lying.[[/note]] Nick was born in Blackpool (and then grew up in Germany), and Bob is from West Yorkshire (Bradford to be precise).
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* OopNorth: Other than Paul (who is Glasgow born and raised), the whole band originally hails from here. Alex spent his first eight years in Tyne and Wear,[[note]]Partially in the small city of Washington. As in [[GeorgeWashington George]]; it's where his ancestors came from. So Alex can claim to be "from Washington" and not be lying.[[/note]] Nick was born in Blackpool (and then grew up in Germany), and Bob is from West Yorkshire (Bradford to be precise).
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** This fight may or may not have also ended with the two kissing.
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* CaptainObvious: This extract from This Fire: "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
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* HoYay: I have only one thing to say: ''Michael''
** Further adding to ''Michael'''s HoYay is that occasionally, in live shows, the line 'so come and dance with me Michael' is changed to 'so come all over me Michael' and the line 'stubble on my sticky lips' to 'stubble on my sticky hips'.
** And the line 'your famous friend, well I blew him before you' from ''Do You Want To''
** Not to mention rumors that when Alex Kapranos and Nick [=McCarthy=] first met, the fight they got into ended with them snogging.
** And ''This Boy'' takes on a whole new meaning when you know it was originally sung by a woman.
*** "I'm Your Villain" adds some lovely FoeYay to the mix. The title is just the ''beginning''... "If I could laugh...we'd be laughing lovers."
** Just what are they ''doing'' in "The Dark of the Matinee"?
** Further adding to ''Michael'''s HoYay is that occasionally, in live shows, the line 'so come and dance with me Michael' is changed to 'so come all over me Michael' and the line 'stubble on my sticky lips' to 'stubble on my sticky hips'.
** And the line 'your famous friend, well I blew him before you' from ''Do You Want To''
** Not to mention rumors that when Alex Kapranos and Nick [=McCarthy=] first met, the fight they got into ended with them snogging.
** And ''This Boy'' takes on a whole new meaning when you know it was originally sung by a woman.
*** "I'm Your Villain" adds some lovely FoeYay to the mix. The title is just the ''beginning''... "If I could laugh...we'd be laughing lovers."
** Just what are they ''doing'' in "The Dark of the Matinee"?
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* CaptainObvious: This extract from This Fire: "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
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* SequelDisplacement: "Take Me Out" was the video that put them on the map, no doubt to the memorable avant garde style. It was actually their second video; their first was "Darts of Pleasure", which was a more typical music video.
* SharpDressedMan: All four of them. Look at the page picture. Just look at it. Alternately, look at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]]. It goes with everything they've done, too, from the Soviet Constructivist look of their first album to whatever you call they're doing now.
* SharpDressedMan: All four of them. Look at the page picture. Just look at it. Alternately, look at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]]. It goes with everything they've done, too, from the Soviet Constructivist look of their first album to whatever you call they're doing now.
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* SharpDressedMan: All four of them. Look at the page picture. Just look at it. Alternately, look at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 the video for "This Fire"]]. It goes with everything they've done, too, from the Soviet Constructivist look of their first album to whatever you call they're doing now.
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*** The collage technique is probably also a ShoutOut to Creator/TerryGilliam's animations for MontyPython...
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*** The collage technique is probably also a ShoutOut to Creator/TerryGilliam's animations for MontyPython...Creator/MontyPython...
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Natter. Cringe-worthy natter, at that.
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** So... white, white, white and half-white (with the other half being white).
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* ReligionRantSong: "The Fallen." As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
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* ReligionRantSong: "The Fallen." As Alex would have it, JesusWasWayCool, and were he alive today, would be hanging with the poor and downtrodden, and not the self-declared Christians drinking champagne and riding in limousines. (In other words, [[FriedrichNietzsche [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche the last Christian died on the Cross]], and [[MahatmaGandhi Christ is so unlike the Christians]]).
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* SequelDisplacement: "Take Me Out" was the video that put them on the map, no doubt to the memorable avant garde style. It was actually their second video; their first was "Darts of Pleasure", which was a more typical music video.
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* CaptainObvious: This extract from This Fire: "Now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns".
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Nick drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Nick : "Can you play the drums" (as Paul originally played the guitar)? It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Nick drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Nick : "Can you play the drums" drums?" (as Paul as the one who originally played the guitar)? guitar). It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Bob (or was it Nick?) drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Bob (or Nick, who cares): "Can you play the drums"? It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
** It was Nick. This was the same fight that was rumored to have segued into a makeout.
** It was Nick. This was the same fight that was rumored to have segued into a makeout.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Subverted by how the band started. Bob (or was it Nick?) Nick drunkenly stole Alex's bottle of vodka at a drunken party in (where else?) Glasgow. On the edge of a fight, Alex asks Bob (or Nick, who cares): Nick : "Can you play the drums"? drums" (as Paul originally played the guitar)? It turned out he really couldn't, but they switched things around, and a band was born.
** It was Nick. This was the same fight that was rumored to have segued into a makeout.born.
** It was Nick. This was the same fight that was rumored to have segued into a makeout.