Franz Ferdinand - Michael

[RubberRhubarb]

*Speechless*

[TheFons97]

Alex with make up :3

[TheNba2K11Fan]

thumbs up if your name is Michael

because it's the most beautiful name

[TheJessyGrossburn]

chef d'oeuvre !!!!!!

visionaire, flippant, efficace !!

[OfficiallyStomped]

My name is michael :D

[adis3619]

Michael Kelso Theme Song

[invaderZIM1451]

My dad hates this band, but really. All of the songs sound original, and the songs, simply put, are amazing.

[ChildOfDarkness12]

don't you wish you were michael?

[Mugwaytwo]

AMAZING TOTALLLLLLY AMAZING !

AND THIS A SONG ! ITS U THE GAY !

[merlin1997ish]

micheal sounds like a laugh



[OhSoStrangeStudios]

16 people cant dance

[WoahCarrot]

666 likes

[jaison2515]

brasil  brasil franz... muito bom

[smokelakes]

its not gay, its supposed to be funny. its an inside joke aha.

yea just look it up

[AndrewRyanable]

R.I.P. James"Jimmy" Healy Son of Michael

[LieutenantSarcasm26]

This song should straight guys like the idea of going gay.

[PsychoticGeek23]

This song makes me want to be a gay boy XD

[nikuBoy]

and thats how Michael got gang armhole -raped!

[PsychoticGeek23]

@nikuBoy

Michael: *le dancing*

Other guys: *le stop moving and stare at Michael*

Michael: *le stop dancing* ....what?

Random person: YOU GON GET RAEPED!!!

Michael: O_O

Band: *le keep playing their awesome song and watching Michael get some raepy tiem*

[TheMosert]

seee el mejor y como canta me hace acordar a la musica de los 80's (ochentas) gracias x subirlo

[bartieboy93]

very very weird clip :)

[shandritha5555]

I think it is awesome to be named Eleanor, Michael, Nicholas, Alexander, Paul, Bob.......hahaha. I have sticky hips..would you like to dance with me Alex? X)

[coolgirl199742]

Butt out, Michael!

Let's dance, Alex. ;-)

[uupdown2]

fantastic intro.

[mrtictac94]

Album version is so much better...

[Whydothingshappen]

AAAAH! I DIDN'T KNOW FRANZ FERDINAND MADE THIS SONG! Now I love them even more! <3

[Anglaiserocker13]

How does the official version from the actual band have less views than the other one... ¬¬

[TheSteelexpresso]

i like hearing the "hey you" in the background of the chorus

[shakermaker519]

This song is the one that really got me into Franz Ferdinand; awesome riffs, knife-sharp guitars, that funny mumbling bit after the first chorus...ice-cool brilliance. So yeah, I think it's pretty good ;-)

[Anglaiserocker13]

@shakermaker519 It's not exactly mumbling... it's a secret message played backwards that says "She's worried about you, call your mother" lol!

[serena1250]

Michal doesnt dance that well... 1:20 - 1:27

[SophistAtheist]

what is the style of clothes that these guys use ? is it emo style ? no right ? what is it?

[QueenetBowie]

@SophistAtheist can be considered alot of things, theyre not an emo band therefore its not emo clothing.... punk possibly, i'd consider it new romantic

[CRAIGPLAGUEX]

@QueenetBowie i'd say it was more mod... not 100% though :/

[QueenetBowie]

@CRAIGPLAGUEX In this video there's no way. On the cover of "Tonight, Franz Ferdinand" Then yes. I think its just a hip rock image though, its a lot more modern than mod (if that makes sense)m contemprary mod I suppose.

[CRAIGPLAGUEX]

@QueenetBowie i was just thinking with the haircuts, skinny jeans, skinny ties... quite thought provoking really..

[KevnotKeb]

@SophistAtheist Who honestly cares?

[SophistAtheist]

@KevnotKeb i so ? i wanna dress like them ?

[father042]

You don't have to be gay to admit that alex is damn sexy!

[abraham668100]

that is so gay but i like the song

[MeroBoth]

To be honest, this is my favorite Franz Ferdinand song. The flow in this song is just awesome.

[jfe95]

intro's awesome.

[shutsy93]

Fantastic song. Does make me worry a tad about sexuality...

But who cares? Gay or not, its a fantastic song!

Even better when you know someone called Michael to sing it to!! haha

[totalchaos19]

some one told me alex was 38 tru or false?

[TheGentlemansShadow]

Franz Ferdinand is bloody boss!!!

[v1nonlyryandinho]

i think he wants us to dance wiv michael lol

[joms033]

0:38 "I'm sexy" damn right you are!!

I Love Alex Kapranos!!

[andreaz984]

DAMN

How sexy can this song be? D:

LOVE FF

[AdeleJacotey]

This is so fucking sexy!!!!!!!!!!

I love it.

Now I know why guys love porn, I could watch them JUST LIKE THIS all day.

[SparklyCheeseburger]

he he they all look sexy in their black ;)

[daredevilbox]

ελληνας ειναι ρε!!!γι αυτο τα σπανε!

[MarcusAnthoniusM]

@daredevilbox Yes indeed! :D

[PineTreeAndCone]

Its funny , i was 14 when this album came out.. franz ferdinands image actually used to scare me! mad isn't it.. they're image is based strongly on the 60's... but back in 2004.. nobody dressed like them so it was very different.. tight shirts and trousers pointy shoes and sharp haircuts.. was really quite terrifying when i was kid.. funny think about now.. every young man dresses like that .. shit even i do... just a little observation i guess.. :P

[FlyingByFast]

@PineTreeAndCone I know strange isn't it? I vowed to myself I would never dress like this, but behold, all i need to complete the cycle is skinny jeans... odd how it ends up like that...

[gazwel83]

@PineTreeAndCone

It was the style in Glasgow. The rest of the UK took a while to catch up ;)

[rababulko]

Алекс и Ник за гранью сексуальности

[Irispeach]

I love you Alex !

[WatDaFakMan]

yeah dude WTF is wrong with you?

[NaYDunkelViolett]

@fuel1001 soooooooooooooooooooo???

WTF problem??

[AdeleJacotey]

GO TO HELL.

YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THIS!!

[jcoutts10]

Luv this song

Franz Ferdinand!! =))

The best scottish group to ever live

[Vejteq]

actually the best ff song

[gogolplex74]

He has eyeliner in this fire too

[gotmilka]

Sound quality suks

[uupdown2]

its still good.

[gotmilka]

it's still the same! Sucking suck bad !

I'll have to buy the album to hear it ok :)

[Cracklocator]

Great @ Zaragoza (Spain)

[uupdown2]

great song, truly fantastic!

[adissad]

fucking LOVE the intro :D

lol it gets so much adrenaline pumping in my body

[monstercaroline]

mmm, alex exudes sexy.

this video makes me feel so scandalous xD

[weretigde]

капранос=секс.

[Animecrazy82]

Can't we all just agree that this song is sexy, please and lay off the gay thing?

[stanzabanaza]

beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor,

michael your dancin like a beautiful dance-whore

<3

i love this song.

+stop arguing about the gay subject. -.- If you don't like the song then gtfo.

[COMEONalreadytaken]

Look at 1:22...

The dudes face X.X  WOW

[syber53]

Longue vie au Franz ferdinand!!!!!!!

[alyssatk]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we all realize this song is totally gay...

but it doesn't really matter, right?

Still a kick ass tune, no matter what it's about :P

[Fedcom]

...you're making it sounds like the gay theme is a bad thing, which is totally wrong.

[alyssatk]

Wow. Way to be a nitpicker.

I LIKE the gay theme. I LIKE this song. I was just stating that yes, this song is in fact GAY. There's no doubting it (like some people are). This song is gay and it's a fact. It's not a bad thing.

Don't be so quick to assume that people are 'anti-gay' and that it's your responsibility to berate them.

[notrllyamoviejunkie]

GOD i love this song... up there with Take Me Out and Dark of the Matinee -

Alex is so hot in this vid!

[au05232003]

I love this song like the beat and everything....but isn't that kinda gay that he wants to dance with a guy named Michael lol? I mean is this song about homosexuality or what.....somebody enlighten me lol?

[stillmoonmachine]

I'd rather be gay than American

[dRevan64]

Um, I'm American, and that isn't really an insult. Just seeing how I don't consider calling someone gay an insult.

[IBeHoey]

Liar

[pgranados23]

Well i forgot where i read or heard maybe an interview and he said that he didn't really say what its about he just said that its open to interpretation, he said he prefers having people relate to it how they wish...LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

[BillyTalentIsMyLife]

lol well actually i read in an interview that they were just making fun of their friend michael...the band members are all straight and even michael has a girlfriend (the "hannah" referred to in that was easy) i hope thats enlightened you :)

[blurblurblur]

it's exactly as it sounds. at one point in the song he says "this is what i am, i am a man/so come and dance with me michael".

[Nczed]

wow. I've been listening to this song for so long and its the first time I watch the video. It makes me love this song even more.

[inblank]

me too! I didnt know it had its own video!

[sasasasue]

Why would you spend the time finding a video and giving it a view to say that you hate it lol? obvious win lol...... People can say what they want, but if you hate something why give it your time and effort lol it'll hardly effect your life. Ah well people can do what they want lolololol.

[wanimal08]

Franz has to be the only band that i've NEVER gotten sick of listening to, even after 5 straight years.. Everything they release is new and innovative.

[SickboyTzk]

True! Same here! They always had that "something special".

[manderas]

@wanimal08

i have the same feeling wanimal!

[harryspoonpotter]

@wanimal08 wow did you listen to the same third album i did? major disappointment i thought

[55immi]

If you want to know what shit is then look in the mirror cos this song defiantly isn't shit

[hughnjack]

news flash! your comment is diarrhea assaulting my brain. why don't you listen to all their top songs. then you can tell me it's if you still think so. you cant just write a band off as bad because one song. nice comment Imattri.

[lmattri]

I hear your ears start bleeding when your head is too far up your own ass.

[Jenniferka]

The only diarrhea here is coming out of your asshole. You bitch-tit.

[032125]

don't feed the trolls J

[Jenniferka]

It's part of my trap.

[Reelbigearth]

Response to Jock Jock:

OH REALLY, IS IT NOW?

[DethMetalHippie21]

i swear to god the person danccing around looked like the singer for the libertines at one point

[laalaalaamb]

dont get me wrong, love the band, but this song starts to suck as soon as alex opens his mouth. there is no way of saying that "its just the genre" that sounds this way cause its not true, its almost like they are going out of there way to make the music suck, no person in there right mind could find this even remotely pleaseing to listen too. i know how this genre should sound and this song...sucks

[sloopjohnb9]

...what are you talking about, its just a song

[laalaalaamb]

ya i know, its a song...that sucks, this genre is called modern punk/rock, that being said this song sounds like it was recorded is someones garage with dollar store sound equipment. Basicly what im saying is that the music in this genre is supposed to sound rough and "unedited" or "original" as some more liberal people would say, my point is that this song sounds a little TOO "original"

[sloopjohnb9]

what the hell is "modern punk/rock?" franz ferdinand is rock n roll. if this is too raw, then you've listened to too much of the modern crap that's more fit to be called "studio-rock" than "rock n roll." sorry if you like over-produced "pop" written more by the record companies than the artists themselves.

[laalaalaamb]

im going to ask how you find this pleaseing to listen to at all, i mean really guy. listen to the song (you probably already have) and tell me that it doesnt sound like shit, you would have to be clinically retarded to belieave that this music is even somwhat nice to listen to. SO in this case, yes i do prefure to listen to "over-produced" music because it doesnt sound like a bunch of downy twelve year olds playing guitar and singing to the best of their own pathetic capability.

[tintinmustdie]

so your only complaint is that it's "too original"? well, if it's too far outside your comfort zone, fine by me, but do us all a favour and stop bitching about how it doesn't conform as much as you would like.

[tubolic]

i drink whisky coca listenning to this song.

sounds perfect to forget myself and all shit.

Brit's music is great.

[09jonaslover]

love you nick

[MoonLightFacade]

I almost find it humerus how a lot of people here are debating whether or not Alex is gay. He's not, and even if he was, I don't think it would (or should) make a difference in his music; so what if he fucked around with a dude for one night? People have curiosities, including celebrities.

[KBZorphalynn]

It's still hella creepy

[agi994]

I like this song. :]

Cool band. :)

[SIRAWESOMECHOCOPANTS]

is it just me or is the way they comb their hair and wear their shirt and tie make them all look like they should be nazis?....

aaaaaaaanyways does anybody know what kinda guitar alex uses?

[perry753]

and you would know the Nazi hair styles?

[joeb094]

It looks like a Fender Jaguar

[Nimbly]

I think its a Telecaster Deluxe.

[indieenzobenzo]

I like the song but i don't like the words

[MoonLightFacade]

Why does it matter? It's a song, and Alex is a writer. People who write songs can't help the things which pop into their head; you think Lennon and McCartney CHOSE to have their famous "A Day in the Life" change occur in the song?

[sloopjohnb9]

change?

[MoonLightFacade]

The "woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head" part. Where classical, off key instruments fade in and out.

[pliouso]

is this song actually about a gay guy?

[bsheelflipp]

its about a robot

[thetriangle1000]

Awesome song even if it is gay.

[gerrardfootball48]

omg i didn't even know it was a song of ff bud i thought it was an amazing song bud i couldn't find the artist an amazing song though

[edithhhhhhhhh]

i cant undertand is michael their friend is he gay or not?

[elnaturaldude]

i luv music all kinds of it......in my opinion(and im bieing totally objective) this is one of the best albums of this decade!!!!! easy!

[sloopjohnb9]

that's not much of an acomplishment considering they're pretty much the one decent band in the last 15 years, but it's still a great album

[elaborateDreams3]

they have great bums

[elnaturaldude]

the one decent band in 15 years?

do a little research guy, they're are great bands out there.

I just made that statement because from track one to the last track is a great song.......i remember when this album first came out i popped into my cd player and never hit the skip button once, not once.

[j8666]

totally agree

[Manuen22]

I have four children. Three girls and a boy. Their names are Jaqueline, Eleanor, Katherine and Micheal.

Nope, I lie, but I wish it was like that.

[XXILoveAMrotek7XX]

lmfao hahaha Im going to name my kids

Alex (boy or girl) and Paul.

[ruffan]

who cares what it's about...it has awesome energy and an awesome beat...lol

[agi994]

prettygirl881  I agree with you. ;)

;DD Nice song.

[BabuinoMortal]

...Jackson

[Manuen22]

lol

[prettygirl881]

It's not about a gay friend! XDD That's hilarious!

The song is about their friend named Michael who got freaking drunk at a club and was dancing/stumbling all over the place. They're pretty much poking fun at him, lol.

[planeman95]

yeah he isnt gay but he did in fact have a one night gay stand. Franz Ferdinand didn't think the song would b so popular that everyone would hear it they just wrote it cos it happened. Not to poke fun

[elnaturaldude]

but micheal was a gay man...it is about a gay man.

who cares? dis shit is gr8t to my ears n i'm a str8t man!!!!!

[planeman95]

agreed

[doubleHH09]

wtf is going on at the end lol

[granulomatosis2]

Hm. the video is hard to understand, and so are the lyrics (unless they're just really simple and I'm thinking about them too much).

Still, I love both the video and the song!

[bellcorrz]

fun fact: did you know that it's time for fun facts!

the backwards bit at 1:35 says "she's worried about you; call your mother".

[HunterJumper346]

At one part, Alex looks like he's wearing eyeliner. You can see it a bit at 1:12 and then alot more at 1:19 and 1:20.

[darkflamedra]

i love the song but i don't get the vid it so weird

[ladykill85]

its about their gay friend named Micheal...

in fact....he is the main character in the video....

[Zakuroran]

whoa michael is hot

hahaha!

[theanabanana]

is alex gay?! haha

[Miaew]

non why ? Michael it's a song ....

[Nechepsos]

some come and dances with bruno....

[cgmchispitas385]

el mejor es el bajista que se planta ahi... y ala no se mueve... es el mejor!!!

[willypaul7]

cuz they liked archduke franz ferdinand and how he changed the world.....and cuz it sounds good to say

[Shorty060894]

how old is alex? i've always wondered...

Franz Ferdinand is awesome!

[SnapSnap182]

37 :P

[Shorty060894]

thanks.

[MJHxoxo]

Woah, I thought he was way younger than that! Lol he doesn't look it :P

[pnkelefnt911]

He's 37

[SickboyTzk]

Have you EVER heard of...GOOOOOOOOGLE? Jeeeeeeez. :-|

[michi224]

google? is that something to eat?

[basadonihouse]

if ur serious about that question, then u are the dumbest fuck on the planet

[michi224]

if u really insult people for stupid questions and not for stupid answers, then i feel ashamed to be on the same planet as you are.

ever knew about sarcasm??

ps. how can a person be a fuck? quite like it^^

[michi224]

i just dont want every stupid kid today becom an asshole

[monstercaroline]

"You are such a fuckass."

"Did you just call me a fuckass? Well, you can go suck a fuck."

"Oh, please, tell me Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?"

[monstercaroline]

it's from donnie darko, skeeze.

[coolgirl199742]

@monstercaroline LMAO love that movie! (though it's a total mind-f***)

[MissMonkeyRouge]

ooops sorry : does

[MissMonkeyRouge]

What those pcking fun at someone mean?

[KickIt722]

Means he was making fun at the person.

Just like laughing at him, in a joking way, ofcourse.

[Shorty060894]

i really want to learn the guitar bit at the start! is'nt it awesome!!

well done franz ferdinand.

why did they choose the name franz ferdinand?

[barrett238]

in an interview they said that they wanted to change the worldby changing its thinking of what music could be and what was required to be successful as a band; so they named it franz ferdinand after austrian archduke franz ferdinand, whos assassination sparked world war one or a change in the world

[nukiito]

so was it. :)