Franz Ferdinand es un álbum de Franz Ferdinand, publicado en 2004 por Domino. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Jacqueline», «Tell Her Tonight», «Take Me Out» y «The Dark of the Matinee».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum homónimo que inaugura la discografía de Franz Ferdinand irrumpió en 2004 con la fuerza de un manifiesto, redefiniendo el panorama del rock británico y convirtiéndose instantáneamente en la banda sonora del resurgimiento del post-punk. Este trabajo es una colección impecable de canciones angulares, arrogantes y bailables que capturaron el espíritu de una época y establecieron a la banda escocesa como una de las propuestas más excitantes del nuevo milenio.
El sonido del disco es inconfundible. La banda combina guitarras afiladas y rítmicas, inspiradas en artistas como Gang of Four o Talking Heads, con una sección rítmica tan tensa como un resorte, creando una música que es, a la vez, artística y visceralmente bailable. Cada canción se siente como un pulso de energía perfectamente controlado, diseñado para la pista de baile tanto como para la escucha atenta.
El álbum está repleto de singles que se convirtieron en himnos generacionales. El más destacado es "Take Me Out", con su famoso cambio de tempo que pasa de un rock pesado a un ritmo disco imparable. Temas como "The Dark of the Matinée", "Darts of Pleasure" o "Michael" también demuestran la increíble habilidad de la banda para crear estribillos memorables y atmósferas llenas de tensión y estilo. La voz de Alex Kapranos, elegante y ligeramente distante, añade la capa final de carisma.
El debut de Franz Ferdinand es uno de los más importantes y logrados de la década de los 2000. No solo les valió el prestigioso Mercury Prize, sino que también revitalizó el rock de guitarras con una dosis de inteligencia, arte y, sobre todo, una irresistible invitación al baile. Por lo tanto, su impacto y su frescura perduran intactos.
Listado de Canciones
- Jacqueline3:49
Letra
Jacqueline was seventeen When working on a desk When Iver Peered above a spectacle Forgot that he had wrecked a girl Sometimes these eyes Forget the face they're peering from When the face they peer upon Well, you know That face as I do And how in the return of the gaze She can return you the face That you are staring from It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when We need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when We need the money Gregor was down again Said come on, kick me again Said I'm so drunk I don't mind if you kill me Come on you gutless I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive And how I know it But for chips and for freedom I could die It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when We need the money (X4) - Tell Her Tonight2:17
Letra
I only watched her walk, but she saw it I only heard her talk, but she saw it I only touched her lips but she saw it I only kissed her lips, but she saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight [x4] She only flicked her eyes, but I saw it She only swung her hair, but I saw it She only shook her hips, but I saw it She only licked her lips, but I saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight [x4] Hey, I'll have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, to tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, to tell her tonight I only held her hand, but she saw it I only watched her walk, but she saw it I only touched her neck but she saw it I only kissed her lips, but she saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight [x4] Hey, I'll have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah Hey, I'll have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah You have to tell her, you tell her tonight, oh yeah - Take Me Out3:57
Letra
So if you're lonely You know I'm here Waiting for you I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken shattered alive I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot then we can die I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know You say you don't know I say take me out I say you don't show Don't move time is slow I say take me out I say you don't know You say you don't go I say take me out If I move this could this could die If eyes move this could die I want you to take me out I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you I say don't you know You say you don't know I say take me out If I wane this could die If I wait this could die I want you to take me out If I move this could die If eyes move this could die Come on Take me out I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you I know I won't be leaving here With you - The Dark of the Matinee4:03
Letra
You take your white finger Slide the nail under The top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool Slacken ties and I'm Not to look at you in the shoe But the eyes find the eyes Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine I time every journey To bump into you accidentally I charm you and tell you Of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate How I'll never be anything I hate You smile, mention something that you like Or how you'd have a happy life If you did the things you like Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine So I'm on BBC2 now Telling Terry Wogan how I made it and What I made is unclear now But his deference is And his laughter is My words and smile are so easy now Yes, it's easy now Yes, it's easy now Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee Well, find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine - Auf Achse4:19
Letra
You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she won't let you You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she won't let you She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what've you done And now you wish she'd never, come back here again Oh never, come back here again You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she won't let you You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she won't let you She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what you've done boy She's not so special so look what you've done And now I'm nailed above you Gushing from my sides It's with your sins that you have killed me Thinking of your sins I die Thinking how you let them touch you How you never realized That I'm ripped and hang forsaken Knowing never will I rise Again You still see her Oh you hear her You want her Oh you want to You see her You still hear her You want her You still want to - Cheating on You2:36
Letra
Goodbye girl, because I'm lonely Goodbye girl, it isn't over Goodbye girl, because it's only love Goodbye girl, you know you want me Goodbye girl, yes I'm a loser Goodbye girl, you know it's only love I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah You're cheating on me Goodbye girl, you are are the only one Goodbye girl, I know you want me Goodbye girl, you are the only love Goodbye girl, now if you're lonely Goodbye girl, why don't you join me Goodbye girl, you know it's only love I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on me Oh, watch out! Watch out! I'm cheating on you! Goodbye girl, goodbye girl Goodbye girl, goodbye girl - This Fire4:14
Letra
Eyes, boring a way through me Paralyse, controlling completely Now there is a fire in me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn it, I'll burn it I, I, I'll burn it down Eyes, burning a way through me Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly Now, there is a fire within me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control Then I, I'm out of control And I burn, Oh, how I burn for you Burn, oh how I burn for you Burn, how I Burn, how I Burn, oh how I... This fire is out of control, I'm gonna burn this city, Burn this city... - Darts of Pleasure2:59
Letra
You are the latest contender You are the one to remember You are the villain who sends her Light or dark, fantastic passion I know that you will surrender I know that you will surrender I want this fantastic passion We'll have fantastic passion You can feel my lips undress your eyes Undress your eyes, undress your eyes Words of love and words of leisure Words of poisoned darts of pleasure Died... And so you died You are the latest adventure You're an emotion avenger You are the devil that sells her Light or dark, fantastic passion I know that you will surrender I know that you will surrender I want this fantastic passion We'll have fantastic passion You can feel my lips undress your eyes Undress your eyes, undress your eyes Skin can feel my lips they tingle - tense anticipation This one is an easy one, feel the word and melt upon it Words of love and words of leisure Words of poisoned darts of pleasure Died and so you died [German] Ich heisse Superfantastisch! Ich trinke Schampus und Lachsfisch! Ich heisse Su-per-fan-tas-tisch! - Michael3:21
Letra
This is where I'll be So heavenly So come and dance with me Michael So s***, I'm s*** So come and dance with me Michael I'm all that you see, you want to see So come and dance with me Michael So close now, so close now So come and dance with me So come and dance with me So come and dance with me Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips Sticky hair sticky hips stubble on my sticky lips Michael you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now And nothing matters now This is what I am, I am a man So come and dance with me Michael So strong now, it's strong now So come and dance with me Michael I'm all that you'll see, you want to see So come and dance with me Michael So close now, it's close now So come and dance with me So come and dance with me So come and dance with me Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips Sticky hair sticky hips stubble on my sticky lips Michael you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now And nothing matters now Michael you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Michael you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now Nothing matters now Nothing matters now Nothing matters now Yeeahhh - Come on Home3:46
Letra
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 nerves The rip that wakes me So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied I love to feel there's always more that I need So Come On Home So Come On Home So Come On Home Home! You're where you want to be, I'm where I want to be Come on We're chasing everything we've ever wanted I replace you easily, replace pathetically I flirt with any flighty thing that falls my way But how I needed you When I needed you. Lets not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong So Come On Home So Come On Home So Come On Home Home! Blue light falls upon your perfect skin Falls and you draw back again Falls and this is how I fell And I cannot forget And I cannot forget Come on home So come on home So come on home But don't forget to leave - 40'3:24