franz ferdinand - michael

2007.09.10 - raigmore motel, inverness

take by stuartmoffat

please subscribe to the acount above.

franz ferdinand
------
he Franz Ferdinand album received a generally strong positive response from critics. The New Musical Express said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring Duran Duran, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, Wire, Travis and Blur. It rated the album as 9 out of 10 and said: "This album is the latest and most intoxicating example of the wonderful pushing its way up between the ugly slabs of Pop Idol, nu metal and Britons aping American bands. What these blossoming bands have in common is the absolute conviction that rock 'n' roll is more than a career option."

The BBC's review of the album said: "At only 38 minutes long Franz Ferdinand may not be a particularly long album, but it is a masterpiece of funky, punky, suave cool from the first track to the last."[2] The All Music Guide rated the album as four out of five stars and said "Franz Ferdinand ends up being rewarding in different ways than the band's previous work was, but it's apparent that they're still one of the more exciting groups to come out of the garage-rock / post-punk revival."[5]

On September 7, 2004 the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. Take Me Out gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry. Franz Ferdinand proceeded to win an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two BRIT Awards in 2005. The avant-garde music video for Take Me Out earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• franz
• ferdinand
• michael
• take
• me
• out

[mixindave1]

i cant stop watchin your video so i say..... well done for being close :) class mate

[stuartmoffatDOTcom2]

heh I was the photographer that night :)

[jamiesuth]

Brilliant gig. 2.47 me and my wife going mental. Nice one! :D

[DicyDax]

This song is so great live.

[mixindave1]

damn in jealouse but ive shook pauls hand in middlesbrough of all places hehe . check my vids out of him djaying. he is fookin good. cant wait for their 3rd album . fkin ive seen them live but at newcastle arena and i was miles away , wish i was that close . good work :)

[stuartmoffatDOTcom]

no problem, glad you enjoyed yourself :)

[stuartmoffatDOTcom]

np :) it was awsome :)xxx

[LynyrdJimyrd]

Nice vid, i was there and it was a beaut of a gig! Thanks for posting :D

[sundayegirl]

BRILLIANT!! We were next to the amps in front of Nick - I got a tiny clip of Cheating on You but the sound is rubbish...

Thanks SO much for posting this.

[Linnhe]

Thank you for that! You must have been right infront of me! I was at the barrier on Bob's side. All my friends and I were in that vid! THANK YOU for putting up a reminder of such a great gig!

xxxx