Álbum You Could Have It So Much Better de Franz Ferdinand - Canciones
You Could Have It So Much Better
2005 | 
Estilo(s) | Indie Rock
Sello | Domino
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Con su segundo álbum, You Could Have It So Much Better, la banda se enfrentó al monumental desafío de dar continuación a un debut casi perfecto. Lejos de intentar replicar la fórmula, el grupo optó por ampliar su paleta sonora, entregando un trabajo más diverso y texturizado que, si bien mantiene la energía de su predecesor, se atreve a explorar nuevos territorios musicales.
Por esta razón, el disco suena más expansivo. Por un lado, encontramos trallazos de art-rock que siguen la línea de su primer trabajo, como el enérgico single "Do You Want To". Por otro lado, la banda se adentra en baladas de piano de aire melancólico como "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" o experimenta con texturas más complejas en temas como "Fade Together", demostrando una mayor ambición compositiva.
De hecho, el título del álbum refleja esa inquietud y esa búsqueda de mejora. La banda, en la cima de su popularidad, no se conformó con lo fácil y decidió asumir riesgos. Además, la producción es más robusta, lo que permite apreciar una mayor riqueza en los arreglos y en la interacción de los instrumentos. Ciertamente, se percibe a una banda con más confianza en sus propias capacidades.
En resumen, "You Could Have It So Much Better" es una secuela valiente y exitosa. Aunque quizás no posee la colección de himnos incontestables de su debut, sí que muestra a Franz Ferdinand como una banda en evolución, reacia a estancarse y con la determinación de enriquecer su propuesta. Por consiguiente, es un trabajo que consolida su estatus y demuestra su profundidad artística.
Listado de canciones del álbum You Could Have It So Much Better
- The FallenVer letra 3:42
[X]letra de The Fallen
Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?
And the Kunst won't talk to you
Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen walk among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah we're all...
Up now and get 'em, boy
Up now and get 'em, boy
Drink to the devil and death at the doctors
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Five thousand users fed today
As you feed us
Won't you lead us
To be blessed
So we stole and drank Champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
"I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"
"I need a bit of black and blue to be a rotation"
In my blood I feel the bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fell to the floor fainting at the sight of blood
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalene or virgin you've already been
You've already been and we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be blessed
So I'm sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name
Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'destroy'
I break this bottle and think of you fondly
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm
It's a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdalene or virgin
You've already been
Yeah, you've already been
We've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
We're all damned - Do You Want To 3:35
- This BoyVer letra 2:22
[X]letra de This Boy
It seems this boy bathed in ridicule
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another
I'm always wanting more, if there's another one
Give me some more, I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I see losers losing everywhere
If I lose I'll only lose the care
That I might have for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one principle
Then it's to stand at you, brother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I wanna...
I want a car,
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
If I like cocaine, I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacea
One kick's as good as another
If I'm tired, I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired, I'm always better than you
Bye boy, run to your mother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
Oh Yes I am spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (aha)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want. - Walk AwayVer letra 3:36
[X]letra de Walk Away
Walk Away
I swapped my innocence for pride
Crushed the end within my stride
Said I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear, oh
And I am cold, yes, I'm cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
I love the sound of you walking away, walking away, yeah hey
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Don't you walk away
No quake will split the ground
Won't you walk away
The sun won't swallow the sky
Won't you walk away?
Statues will not cry
Don't you walk away
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Hey
I cannot turn to see those eyes
As apologies may rise
I must be strong and stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye, oh
And I'm not cold, I am old
At least as old as you are
La la lalala la etc lalalalalalalala
And as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
My headstone crumbles down
As you walk away
The Hollywood winds will howl
As you walk away
The Kremlin's falling
As you walk away
Radio Four is static
As you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Hey
The stab of stiletto
On a silent night
Stalin smiles
Hitler laughs
Churchill claps
Mao Tse Tung on the back - Evil and a HeathenVer letra 2:06
[X]letra de Evil and a Heathen
Words fall from my mouth
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I couldn't do
I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death instead
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I wouldn't do
Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down
Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
And the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the **** night of our lives
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot we couldn't do - You're the Reason I'm Leaving 2:47
- Eleanor Put Your Boots OnVer letra 2:50
[X]letra de Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
Leap until the Gulf Stream's brought you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
Towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
Oh if you run
You can run to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and
Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here - Well That Was Easy 3:03
- What You MeantVer letra 3:25
[X]letra de What You Meant
As I took step number four
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we're cold as the step cement
But I just don't know what you meant
So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel and to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must mdma our sentiment
But I just don't know what you meant
If we were feckless we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament
But I just don't know what you meant
'cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intent
So I just don't know if that's what you meant - I'm Your Villain 4:04
- You Could Have It So Much BetterVer letra 2:42
[X]letra de You Could Have It So Much Better
The last message you sent
Siad I looked really down
That I oughta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you
As I look at us now it seems
That you're slapping my back
As if it's alright
But it's not.
I'm trying to get up
But you're pushing me down
So I'll get up on my own
Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It's alright because
She wears this and
He said that and
If you get some of these
It'll all be alright
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won't be alright
Oh no it won't be alright
It won't be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get up
Well I'm just a voice in your earpieces
Telling you no
It's not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried. - Fade TogetherVer letra 3:03
[X]letra de Fade Together
So far away
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away
Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God how you'd like it to fade
Let's fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god you are so far away
I looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade
Let's fade together - OutsidersVer letra 4:03
[X]letra de Outsiders
We've seen some change
But we're still outsiders
If Everybody's here
Then hell knows we ride alone...
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
The only difference is all I see is now all that I've seen
It's bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side I know
It's obvious but sometimes you just have to say it so
You don't feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or alone
In seventeen years
Will you still be Camille
Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean yeah
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be
The only difference is what might be is now what might have been
When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming
Of you
I didn't tell you
That the only dream
Is Valium for me
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be
The only difference that what might be is NOW
Con su segundo álbum, You Could Have It So Much Better, la banda se enfrentó al monumental desafío de dar continuación a un debut casi perfecto. Lejos de intentar replicar la fórmula, el grupo optó por ampliar su paleta sonora, entregando un trabajo más diverso y texturizado que, si bien mantiene la energía de su predecesor, se atreve a explorar nuevos territorios musicales.
Por esta razón, el disco suena más expansivo. Por un lado, encontramos trallazos de art-rock que siguen la línea de su primer trabajo, como el enérgico single "Do You Want To". Por otro lado, la banda se adentra en baladas de piano de aire melancólico como "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" o experimenta con texturas más complejas en temas como "Fade Together", demostrando una mayor ambición compositiva.
De hecho, el título del álbum refleja esa inquietud y esa búsqueda de mejora. La banda, en la cima de su popularidad, no se conformó con lo fácil y decidió asumir riesgos. Además, la producción es más robusta, lo que permite apreciar una mayor riqueza en los arreglos y en la interacción de los instrumentos. Ciertamente, se percibe a una banda con más confianza en sus propias capacidades.
En resumen, "You Could Have It So Much Better" es una secuela valiente y exitosa. Aunque quizás no posee la colección de himnos incontestables de su debut, sí que muestra a Franz Ferdinand como una banda en evolución, reacia a estancarse y con la determinación de enriquecer su propuesta. Por consiguiente, es un trabajo que consolida su estatus y demuestra su profundidad artística.
[X]
Some say you're trouble, boyletra de The Fallen
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?
And the Kunst won't talk to you
Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen walk among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah we're all...
Up now and get 'em, boy
Up now and get 'em, boy
Drink to the devil and death at the doctors
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Five thousand users fed today
As you feed us
Won't you lead us
To be blessed
So we stole and drank Champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
"I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"
"I need a bit of black and blue to be a rotation"
In my blood I feel the bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fell to the floor fainting at the sight of blood
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalene or virgin you've already been
You've already been and we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be blessed
So I'm sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name
Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'destroy'
I break this bottle and think of you fondly
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm
It's a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdalene or virgin
You've already been
Yeah, you've already been
We've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
We're all damned
[X]
It seems this boy bathed in ridiculeletra de This Boy
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another
I'm always wanting more, if there's another one
Give me some more, I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I see losers losing everywhere
If I lose I'll only lose the care
That I might have for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one principle
Then it's to stand at you, brother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I wanna...
I want a car,
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
If I like cocaine, I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacea
One kick's as good as another
If I'm tired, I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired, I'm always better than you
Bye boy, run to your mother
This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
Oh Yes I am spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want a car
I want a car (aha)
I want a car
I want a car (yeah)
I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want, I want.
[X]
Walk Awayletra de Walk Away
I swapped my innocence for pride
Crushed the end within my stride
Said I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear, oh
And I am cold, yes, I'm cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
I love the sound of you walking away, walking away, yeah hey
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Don't you walk away
No quake will split the ground
Won't you walk away
The sun won't swallow the sky
Won't you walk away?
Statues will not cry
Don't you walk away
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Hey
I cannot turn to see those eyes
As apologies may rise
I must be strong and stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye, oh
And I'm not cold, I am old
At least as old as you are
La la lalala la etc lalalalalalalala
And as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
My headstone crumbles down
As you walk away
The Hollywood winds will howl
As you walk away
The Kremlin's falling
As you walk away
Radio Four is static
As you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Oh, as you walk away
Hey
The stab of stiletto
On a silent night
Stalin smiles
Hitler laughs
Churchill claps
Mao Tse Tung on the back
[X]
Words fall from my mouthletra de Evil and a Heathen
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I couldn't do
I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death instead
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I wouldn't do
Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down
Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
And the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the **** night of our lives
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot we couldn't do
[X]
Eleanor put those boots back onletra de Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
Leap until the Gulf Stream's brought you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
Towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
Oh if you run
You can run to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and
Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here
[X]
As I took step number fourletra de What You Meant
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we're cold as the step cement
But I just don't know what you meant
So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel and to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must mdma our sentiment
But I just don't know what you meant
If we were feckless we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament
But I just don't know what you meant
'cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intent
So I just don't know if that's what you meant
[X]
The last message you sentletra de You Could Have It So Much Better
Siad I looked really down
That I oughta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you
As I look at us now it seems
That you're slapping my back
As if it's alright
But it's not.
I'm trying to get up
But you're pushing me down
So I'll get up on my own
Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It's alright because
She wears this and
He said that and
If you get some of these
It'll all be alright
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won't be alright
Oh no it won't be alright
It won't be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get up
Well I'm just a voice in your earpieces
Telling you no
It's not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried.
[X]
So far awayletra de Fade Together
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away
Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God how you'd like it to fade
Let's fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god you are so far away
I looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade
Let's fade together
[X]
We've seen some changeletra de Outsiders
But we're still outsiders
If Everybody's here
Then hell knows we ride alone...
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
The only difference is all I see is now all that I've seen
It's bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side I know
It's obvious but sometimes you just have to say it so
You don't feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or alone
In seventeen years
Will you still be Camille
Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean yeah
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be
The only difference is what might be is now what might have been
When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming
Of you
I didn't tell you
That the only dream
Is Valium for me
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be
The only difference that what might be is NOW