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Franz Ferdinand – 40'
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Maybe in a reference to the Forty Foot promontorty (incidentally the place where the opening scene of James Joyce’s Ulysses is set), this song is about standing on the edge of a 40
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Franz Ferdinand – Forty Feet
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[Verse 1] / As I glanced once upon the foam / Forty feet beneath my feet / The coldest calm falls through the molten veins / Cooling all the blood to slush, congeals around again
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Franz Ferdinand – Huck and Jim
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[Verse 1] / Sitting by the window, she's sitting by the door / Her nose upon the window is cold / Nails upon the window breaking, nails upon the door / Looking through the window
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Franz Ferdinand – Jackie Jackson
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[Verse] / Well, jackie jackson was a greedy boy / That's right, he liked to stuff his face / The thing that gave that boy the greatest joy / Was eating far too many cakes / And he
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Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
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“Take Me Out” is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album in the United Kingdom on 12
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Franz Ferdinand – The Vaguest of Feeling
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So I'm gonna live alone / I'm not saying that I was the greatest / But I'm in love with you / Wanna stay in love with you / I wanna live alone / Yeah, I'll be happy on my own
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Franz Ferdinand – Shopping for Blood
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[Verse 1] / I live in the Merchant City, drive a four-by-four / Oh, I eat M&S, it tastes of nothing / Oh, I taste of nothing / I am the new Scottish gentry / An Anglified vowel
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Franz Ferdinand – This Fire
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[Verse 1] / Eyes burning a way through me / Eyes, destroying so sweetly / Now there is a fire in me / A fire that burns / [Chorus] / This fire is out of control / I'm going to burn
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Franz Ferdinand – Words So Leisured
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This song is very similar to Darts of Pleasure, but seem to change her perspective. In Darts of Pleasure, the protagonist says that he is the emotion avenger and has control of the
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Franz Ferdinand – Cheating on You
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[Verse 1] / Goodbye, girl, because I'm lonely / Goodbye, girl, it isn't over / Goodbye, girl, because it's only love / Goodbye, girl, you know you own me / Goodbye, girl, yes, I'm
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Franz Ferdinand – This Fffire
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[Verse 1] / Eyes, burning a way through me / Eyes, destroying so sweetly / Now, there is a fire in me / A fire that burns / [Chorus] / This fire is out of control / I'm going to
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Franz Ferdinand – Van Tango
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[Verse 1] / Van Tango had a mean old scene, Van Tango / (Mean old scene, Van Tango) / Van Tango had a mean old scene, Van Tango / (Mean old scene, Van Tango) / He worked night
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Franz Ferdinand – Auf Achse
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Studio album by Franz Ferdinand
Released 9 February 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
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Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinée
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On The Dark of the Matinee, Alexander Kapranos positions himself as a bitter cynic who eventually gives in to fame (though it may be, as the title suggests, in the dimmer regions
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Franz Ferdinand – Tell Her Tonight
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Tell Her Tonight, which debuted on the Darts of Pleasure EP, returns in a full-fledged version that’s even more slinky, menacing, and danceable than the demo hinted it might be.
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Franz Ferdinand – Darts of Pleasure
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Darts of Pleasure came out on September 8, 2003 (in the United Kingdom) and on November 18, 2003 (in America and Canada) as Franz Ferdinand’s debut single from their album Franz
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Franz Ferdinand – Jacqueline
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From the first track, Jacqueline, which begins with a brooding acoustic prelude before jumping into a violently vibrant celebration of hedonism, Franz Ferdinand is darker and more
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Franz Ferdinand – Come On Home
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[Verse 1] / Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live / I kind of find I like a life this lonely / It rips and pierces me in places I can't see / I love the rip of
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Franz Ferdinand – All for You, Sophia
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This song is about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand – Archduke of Austria in 1914 and namesake of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand – and his wife Sophie, carried out by the member
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Franz Ferdinand – Sound and Vision
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[Verse 1] / Drifting into my solitude / Over my head / Don't you wonder sometimes / 'Bout sound and vision / Aah-aahh... / [Chorus] / Blue, blue, electric blue / That's the colour
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Franz Ferdinand – Michael
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This song was released as the fourth single from their eponymous debut studio album on the 16th of August, 2004, under the Domino label.
It was notable for its homoerotic lyrics
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LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
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Taken from the acclaimed Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem’s second single is a restless raver that has the inadvertent ring of a Killers track recorded while the band holidayed in
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