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| Franz Ferdinand - ‘Ulysses’ Video Review Posted: 19 Jan 2009 07:13 PM PST  Franz Ferdinand were, for a time, my favorite British band. And then I got over them. Big time. Their self-titled debut album worked a treat, coupling traditional guitar music with a totally new sound that lifted them above similar bands. They therefore deserved to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, and the chart success they had with Take Me Out, The Dark of the Matinée, and This Fire. And then they released their second album and it left me a little cold. I don’t know why, maybe it was the fact that Franz had been such a breath of fresh air that when the second album sounded similar but not quite as good (in my opinion), it bored me and I moved on to the next big thing. On to present day and Franz Ferdinand are about to release Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, their third album. They’re promising a new sound so I’ll guess we’ll see if it’s my cup of tea from the first single… Ulysses certainly marks Franz Ferdinand heading off in a different direction. Whether it’s a good direction, I’m really not too sure. The group were always verging on the alternative, dancey side of indie, but this takes that to the nth degree. Once it gets going, the bassline is awesome, strong enough to stick in your head for a few weeks but subtle enough not to overpower everything else. I’m not sure whether it suits Alex Kapranos voice well at all though. I’ve listened to this song all day, as a I always do before reviewing it, and I still can’t make up my mind as to whether I like it or not. Maybe it’s one of those songs that’s always destined to be stuck in my subconscious without actually penetrating the part of my brain which determine whether I like something or not. The new album should be interesting but I’m not sold on Ulysses. I think I’m just too stuck in my ways of what I think Franz should sound like. So they can’t win. When they repeated their first album, I didn’t like it, and now they’ve changed their sound and I’m still not keen. Shame. Song: 7/10 [Photo Source: Amazon.co.uk] Tags: Brit, British, Franz Ferdinand, Mercury-Music-Prize, Music Video, Tonight Franz Ferdinand, UK, Ulysses, Video Review, YouTube |
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