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Showing posts with label British Indie Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Indie Rock. Show all posts

Friday, October 25, 2013

Band: Franz Ferdinand


So I discovered this band during the time I wasn't in this blog for ages. I had seen people on Twitter who made their latest album as their Twitter icon which intrigued me because during those times, I wasn't a fan of theirs (but now I am) and I always ended up asking myself, "Who is Franz Ferdinand?"

The term "Franz Ferdinand" was actually familiar to me ever since because originally I remembered that we discussed this one in our History Class and during the WWII when there was a guy from Austria-Hungary who had been killed (and I forgot the reason why) and his name was "Archduke Franz Ferdinand" (so maybe they got the name from that). 

And one time I saw a photo on Twitter, a picture of Alex Kapranos (their vocalist) and a quote that he said but I couldn't remember the exact words stated on that picture, something stated like "We became closer to our fans—" That time, I never knew that it was him but I found out that his hair looked so vintage and unique. 

The first impression when I saw the album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action was "it was just an advert for cancer prevention". I mean the phrase "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action" could be so relevant to the issue. Then I became more intrigued about them up to the highest point so yeah I searched them and their songs and I finally realised that they have brilliant songs.

Who are Franz Ferdinand? Not the Archduke guy, but the band. They came from Glasgow, Scotland (so they're Scottish). Their singer as I mentioned is Alex Kapranos (with the guitar also), Nick McCarthy (keyboard, back-up vocalist, lead guitarist), Bob Hardy (bassist), and Paul Thomson (drums). Actually I saw a video on YouTube performing Stand On The Horizon and the rest of the members were doing the  back-up vocals so possible that they could go interchange for the vocals thingy.

So I first heard their song Take Me Out which is 'their most popular song' is it? The beats was just wonderful "I say 'Don't you know?', You say 'You don't know' I say, 'Take Me Out'," It was just amazing. Next I heard No You Girls and the symphony was brilliant. (My classmate even knows this song ok she has a great music taste.)


Other songs I discovered:
- Love Illumination
- Bite Hard
- Stand On The Horizon
- Evil Eye
- Right Action
- Ulysses
- Michael
- Do You Want To



Lol so far but I'll be discovering more songs from them I since I downloaded all of their albums. 

Sunday, June 2, 2013

My Extraordinary and Very Complexed Playlist.

Do you know what I have a very complexed playlist. For now it's composed with mixed British and American artists and bands but right now it is conquered with British bands—mostly.

British Bands like Elbow, Hard-Fi, Kaiser Chiefs, fiN, Coldplay, Muse, Scars on 45, Apparatjik, etc. with American Bands like Yellowcard, Weezer, Imagine Dragons, Iron and Wine, etc.

Most of my songs in my playlist are indie rock in general. For my past playlist honestly I listened to Hip-hop, R&B, Pop because they're just in trend and they're popular. But since I discovered indie rock music on my 2nd year, I felt so free and I know this is the right genre that I should listen to. Even though I'm not in the trend, I like the songs that I'm listening to and honestly I can't spend a day without listening to my playlist.

Below are some of the songs/albums in my playlist that maybe you should listen to.