Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen (Live)

[seriousmachines]

sweet

[GGiblet]

skinny pants reign supreme

[97frvro]

To be honest i think they all look pretty retarded (not that that means anything..)

but their music rocks :D

[toolworks]

just because it uses christ metaphors does not mean it is about jesus...

[xgoodix]

This song is not about jesus, it's about religious men and stuff like that..

[97frvro]

Theyr music is awsome and all that, but they are kinda...wierd? xD 

[Sistererica]

Bob said it was about society's disenfranchised.

[ScottishStovey]

This song is cleary about anti-capitalism and hating tescos!!!

[seberserk]

I think...the fallen is lucifer... not jesus :S

[riverscuomo91]

the fallen is... everybody! that song it's not about jesus or lucifer... it's about religious and christian hypocrites.

as in the end of the song.. if u judge us, we're all damned.

[dieinlima]

hermositos  *.*

[speakingincolor]

this song is about Jesus :)

[Miaew]

O_o

Are you crazy ?!?

[speakingincolor]

it is about jesus.. hence the lyrics "so i'm sorry if i ever resisted, i never had a doubt that you ever exsisted, i only had a problem when people insisted on taking their hate and placing it on your name" and "did i see you in a limosuine flinging on the fish into the scene" and "i never feel pain why dont you hit me again" and "turn the rich into wine"........its about jesus, admit it

[erab1996]

it does sound like its about jesus, but what about their song evil and heathen? sounds like its the opposite of what they say in this song.

[MrBuckeyeFan]

Their lyrics are abstract and conceptual- do not take everything at face value but listen to the meanings behind the words.

The band are believers in Christ but outspoken against organized religion.

[uripijuli]

i think that is about those 'hated' ones, like judas, magdalene, u know.. in other words, the fallen ones. why do we hate'em?

''so they say you're a trouble boy, just because you like to destroy.. ''

''I only have a problem when people insist on

taking their hate and placing it on your name''

actually, what they mean is that if we judge ourselves, we're all fallens. if u judge us, we're all damned.

i think :)

[NothingSerious]

Have to say I'm in agreement. There are those lines about Jesus too, so it supports that.

This song is so artfully written.

[MrMojoRisin22222]

@speakingincolor its flinging out fish and the unleavened

as in unleavened bread

[speakingincolor]

@MrMojoRisin22222 well still

[CarusoV3i]

@speakingincolor in an interiew they said it was about jesus and a mixture of the feelings of a friend of the band who had died recently. if i recall well

[rollingstone66666]

is tHAT IN TORONTO?

[misprints001]

It's Sydney isn't it?

[pinyponseaburren]

They're great!! I've seen their whole live and it's the best concert I've ever been to!!!!

[shootcocacola73]

I'm confused as to why people are talking so much crap.

Sounds fantastic to me.

[Dexxxterrr]

Drummer is rhytm machine ^^

[RandomNigel]

I have to say.

They sound better live than they do on recordings of them playing live.

And either way,

I love the way they sound live (or recorded).

I think it's got a certain charm to it.

[swindler010]

Sound great the songs recorded.

But they sucks playing live.

[gisforgillett]

I think the very fact that the instruments are played so sloppily is what makes this so great.

[milathewho]

que buena imagen que tienen

[thesleepmonster]

is that andy playing the pian for them?

[aldum2]

aww man the fallen and come on home r deff in me top franz songs aye...

n the guy that sed the chorus doesnt work with the rest of the song...i dunno i recon it werks hell gd aye...its franz man thats their sound

n it rips with the eerie keyboard aye

[dalal52]

i think this is a great song but the chorus dosent work with the rest of the song

[Bodaciousss]

Aaw sum

[LIL2511]

Shame, they've still not gotten this song to work great live

[WheelsyMcGee]

Did last night at Enmore

[gnt500p]

he's running out of oxygen so he just kinda hyperventilates.

[TheArcticMonkeyz]

I'm sorry everyone, but this is good.

[Alexzanderxii]

i have no idea what the fuck all you other people are talking about they sound great ...

[velouria91]

THANK YOU

[chris1cheese]

dude he cant sing shame ..

[15amnesiac]

alex is bad

they shoudn't play on live

[LihiSB]

WHAT THE FUCK!!!

I like them so much what's worng with there guitars? mine's sounds better when I'm playing X(

[wamadeus]

they sound like shit on live preformances, guitars untuned, the singer doesn't know when to breath and the second voice well... should be executed

[cheezplz00]

he's got asthma and he doesn't usually sing like that

[sherads]

but he could do it really well!! impressive!!

[sup3a]

Are those guitars always out of tune or do they play on wrongly or what the... :OOO

[maybeiloveyou]

yeah this song always sounds off. maybe they did something in the studio that can't be replicated live, and so that's why this one sounds weird.

[4f7u6c1k]

if you want to hear the song just like it was on the cd, listen to the cd.

franz make a point of changing their songs for live performances("come all over me" anybody?lol)

[saxamaphone720]

the reason it sounds so wierd is because the effects on the guitar, which sounds like shit on youtube, but really cool live.

[Buddha117]

your right. ANything recorded live, and then put to video, never amounts to the real sound you get live.

[sv1fan2]

It's not the fact that they changed the song that makes it sound bad, because the structure is actually quite similar to the recording. The fact that every instrument is played so sloppy and everything sounds out of key is what makes it sound so bad. I love Franz but I have yet to find anything live that would legitimize them as a great band. I am going to see them live though, so what do I know.

[willseg]

i mean, franz is awesome on record, but what a wacky band live. playing so awkwardly = losing clever fans.

[marymonsterRAWR]

Ahh I love Franz Ferdinand!

[MrTomDHG]

Man I wish I was home when that was on. I wudda been at bloody school back then....

[XFranzyX]

Alex looks AMAZING

[sincitysara17]

i love it

[metalgearjerry]

even though he whispers the lyrics, its one of their best live renditions. this song is hard for them apparently :P

[marvelrocks]

How can the song be hard for them? They created it. lol

[moonunitenar]

hard to perform, I assume, because of the complexity. For the studio version, the tracks were recorded separately

[marvelrocks]

Oh right. I see what you mean. Still, great song though!

[fireworksese]

Yes! I love this song.