History YMMV / FranzFerdinand

* {{Mondegreen}} For "The Fallen". This troper had never heard of TESCO living in the US. So I heard "the profits of TESCO" as the "prophets of TESCO". It made sense with the religious theme of the song. It wasn't until many years later that I learned the real line.

%%* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Some of the lyrics are actually pretty amusing.
%%** Alex's story behind "Evil Eye" and its original working title ("Red You Bastard").

* FunnyMoments: Some of the lyrics are actually pretty amusing.
** Alex's story behind "Evil Eye" and its original working title ("Red You Bastard").

* SequelDisplacement: "Take Me Out" was the video that put them on the map, no doubt to the memorable {{Dada}}ist-style. It was actually their second video; their first was "Darts of Pleasure", which was a more typical music video.

* BeokenBase: Which is better, the faster or slower tempo for "Take Me Out"?

* EarWorm: "Take Me Out", "The Fallen", "Do You Want To", "Ulysses"... Pretty much all of their songs will have something you remember about them.

* 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.

** Just what are they ''doing'' in "The Dark of the Matinee"?

* CoveredUp: Inverted, usually. Their covers tend to be awesome, even when the source material leaves something to be desired, and Alex has a habit of adding verses towards the end of the cover that are integrated so seamlessly you only notice if you're looking for it. They got hooked on it with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 their cover]] of Music/LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends," which is generally considered excellent and which a few (slightly ridiculous) fans consider better than the original. They managed to turn [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5MAv_X8HM "What You Waiting For?"]] into a top-notch indie-rock stomper (and adding a bit of Music/BillyIdol's "White Wedding" for good measure), and covered Music/BritneySpears' "Womanizer" and made it their own (with a dash of their own "Shopping for Blood" for good measure). Their covers of other artists more in their vein and whom they probably respect more (e.g. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS939rR6lBw the one they did]] of Music/DavidBowie's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJsAuUgSgc Sound and Vision]]") are more faithful, but still recognizably them.
** They also covered Music/{{Blondie}}'s "Call Me," occasionally with [[LaRoux Elly Jackson.]] Once again, it is very different, and very 'them.'
* EarWorm: "Take Me Out", "The Fallen", "Do You Want To", "Ulysses"...
** Heck, pretty much all of their songs will have something you remember about them.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They have a pretty devoted Chilean following.
* 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."

* SophomoreSlump: ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', while still quite good, is considered to be considerably worse than both ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Franz Ferdinand]]'' and ''Tonight''. Most critics attribute this to the fact that they kinda rushed it (Releasing it about eighteen months after their debut) in order to prove that they weren't just a flash in the pan, while they could take their sweet time on their debut and ''Tonight''. They noticeably repeat lyrics more in ''YCHISMB'' than other works.

* NightmareFuel[=/=]NauseaFuel: The music video for "Evil Eye"
* 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.
* SignatureSong: ''Take Me Out''.
* SophomoreSlump: ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', while still quite good, is considered to be considerably worse than both ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Franz Ferdinand]]'' and ''Tonight''. Most critics attribute this to the fact that they kinda rushed it (Releasing it about eighteen months after their debut) in order to prove that they weren't just a flash in the pan, while they could take their sweet time on their debut and ''Tonight''. They noticeably repeat lyrics more in YCHISMB than other works.

* CoveredUp: Inverted, usually. Their covers tend to be awesome, even when the source material leaves something to be desired, and Alex has a habit of adding verses towards the end of the cover that are integrated so seamlessly you only notice if you're looking for it. They got hooked on it with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 their cover]] of LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends," which is generally considered excellent and which a few (slightly ridiculous) fans consider better than the original. They managed to turn [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5MAv_X8HM "What You Waiting For?"]] into a top-notch indie-rock stomper (and adding a bit of Music/BillyIdol's "White Wedding" for good measure), and covered Music/BritneySpears' "Womanizer" and made it their own (with a dash of their own "Shopping for Blood" for good measure). Their covers of other artists more in their vein and whom they probably respect more (e.g. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS939rR6lBw the one they did]] of Music/DavidBowie's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJsAuUgSgc Sound and Vision]]") are more faithful, but still recognizably them.

* CoveredUp: Inverted, usually. Their covers tend to be awesome, even when the source material leaves something to be desired, and Alex has a habit of adding verses towards the end of the cover that are integrated so seamlessly you only notice if you're looking for it. They got hooked on it with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 their cover]] of LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends," which is generally considered excellent and which a few (slightly ridiculous) fans consider better than the original. They managed to turn [[NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]]'s (decent, but not ''wonderful'')[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5MAv_X8HM "What You Waiting For?"]] into a top-notch indie-rock stomper (and adding a bit of BillyIdol's "White Wedding" for good measure), and covered BritneySpears' (''[[SoBadItsGood Britney Spears]]''!) "Womanizer" and made it their own (with a dash of their own "Shopping for Blood" for good measure). Their covers of other artists more in their vein and whom they probably respect more (e.g. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS939rR6lBw the one they did]] of DavidBowie's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJsAuUgSgc Sound and Vision]]") are more faithful, but still recognizably them.
** They also covered {{Blondie}}'s "Call Me," occasionally with [[LaRoux Elly Jackson.]] Once again, it is very different, and very 'them.'

* SophomoreSlump: ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', while still quite good, is considered to be considerably worse than both ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Franz Ferdinand]]'' and ''Tonight''. Most critics attribute this to the fact that they sort of rushed it (Releasing it about eighteen months after their debut) in order to prove that they weren't just a flash in the pan, while they could take their sweet time on their debut and ''Tonight''. They noticeably repeat lyrics more in YCHISMB than other works.

* CoveredUp: Inverted, usually. Their covers tend to be awesome, even when the source material leaves something to be desired, and Alex has a habit of adding verses towards the end of the cover that are integrated so seamlessly you only notice if you're looking for it. They got hooked on it with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 their cover]] of LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends," which is generally considered excellent and which a few (slightly ridiculous) fans consider better than the original. They managed to turn [[NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]]'s (decent, but not ''wonderful'') "What You Waiting For?" into a top-notch indie-rock stomper (and adding a bit of BillyIdol's "White Wedding" for good measure), and covered BritneySpears' (''[[SoBadItsGood Britney Spears]]''!) "Womanizer" and made it their own (with a dash of their own "Shopping for Blood" for good measure). Their covers of other artists more in their vein and whom they probably respect more (e.g. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS939rR6lBw the one they did]] of DavidBowie's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJsAuUgSgc Sound and Vision]]") are more faithful, but still recognizably them.

* SophomoreSlump: ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', while still quite good, is considered to be considerably worse than both ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Franz Ferdinand]]'' and ''Tonight''. Most critics attribute this to the fact that they sort of rushed it (releasing it about eighteen months after their debut) in order to prove that they weren't just a flash in the pan, while they could take their sweet time on their debut and ''Tonight''.

* 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''

** And ''This Boy'' takes on a whole new meaning when you know it was originally sung by a woman.

* EarWorm: Take me out, The Fallen, Do You Want To, Ulysses...

* CoveredUp: Inverted, usually. Their covers tend to be awesome, even when the source material leaves something to be desired, and Alex has a habit of adding verses towards the end of the cover that are integrated so seamlessly you only notice if you're looking for it. They got hooked on it with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTAFqnZkL0 their cover]] of LCDSoundsystem's "All My Friends," which is generally considered excellent and which a few (slightly ridiculous) fans consider better than the original. They managed to turn [[NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]]'s (decent, but not ''wonderful'') "What You Waiting For?" into a top-notch indie-rock stomper (and adding a bit of BillyIdol's "White Wedding" for good measure), and covered BritneySpears' (''[[SoBadItsGood Britney Spears]]''!) "Womanizer" and made it their own (with a dash of their own "Shopping for Blood" for good measure). Their covers of other artists (e.g. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS939rR6lBw the one they did]] of DavidBowie's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJsAuUgSgc Sound and Vision]]") are more faithful, but still recognizably them.

* FetishFuel: ''Ulysses'', ''Michael''
** ...just about every song they ever wrote...

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Take me out is very liked among fans and non fans