What do we think about Franz Ferdinand?

Tyler Grant86 said:If they're out of print, you can tell by the price tag. Around here, original CDs only get cheaper when they’re basically impossible to sell—which honestly sucks because I'm way too happy for this kind of stress! 🙂

Regardless, the print run and sales for Franz Ferdinand have been massive here in the States (relative to our market).

boldeagle3 said:Exactly. 👍
The kind of people who think R.E.M. is garbage but call Joy Division a masterpiece—while dismissing New Order as filler—well, they'll find their way to this conversation soon enough.

Was someone looking for me? 🙂

boldeagle3 said:Franz Ferdinand is the first debut album to actually matter since "Appetite for Destruction"

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Personally, I find FF to be decent enough—they clearly studied their post-punk lessons and packaged them quite well...
But I’d be lying if I said I didn't notice they did it all much earlier and far better than them...
Look, some of those guys are actually playing in the club tonight 😎

Franz Ferdinand was actually one of my big musical discoveries last year. I even went out and picked up an original CD 😎
The songs themselves are perfectly fine, but once you've sat through ten or fifteen listens, you start to realize they all follow the exact same formula... it’s all very much the same mold.
And honestly, after about ten or fifteen spins, those tracks just don't feel particularly special anymore.

Did anyone catch them performing at the Grammy Awards recently? I mean, I can't quite remember the last time I heard a band sound that out of tune 👎

Tyler Grant86 said:Man, look at you... some people are just on fire tonight 😎

Can you maybe stop rubbing salt in the wound? 😢

Tyler Grant86 said:🙂

Do me a favor and head over to AllMusic or some similar site and try to find the greatest debut album ever made. To save you the trouble, it's "Appetite for Destruction" (17 million copies sold), and Franz Ferdinand is the only act that swept every single award possible for a debut.

Dammit, Koja isn't in that lineup, and neither is Ian 😢

And since when was quantity ever a guarantee of quality?

Look, quantity has zero correlation with quality—especially when it comes to awards. I mean, what are they actually for? Who even decides who wins them anyway?

Calling > the greatest debut album ever made is just a fact, but I’m not going to keep arguing it. It’s as pointless as tilting at windmills. 😁

And > is right up there with them.

And if you happened to grow up on British post-punk, it’s entirely possible you’d find New Order to be a disappointment—admittedly, I did. They were absolute legends, whereas Franz Ferdinand is really nothing more than a decent enough band...

Now I’m sitting here feeling completely robbed that I didn't grow up during the height of the British post-punk era. 😁 😁 😁

boldeagle3 said:Obviously, quantity has zero correlation with quality—especially when it comes to awards. Who even decides what those are for anyway?

They exist solely to stroke the egos of specific industry lobbies and to inflate the sales numbers for hand-picked products... nothing more, nothing less.😉

boldeagle3 said:Now I’m sitting here kicking myself because I didn't grow up on British post-punk.

Meanwhile—I’m over here regretting that I spent my youth obsessed with R.E.M. instead of Discipline... damn.

banderas said:Damn, Koja isn't on that list, and neither is Ian 😢

Are you talking about Jan Mekke or Jan Kriss?

David Sullivan4 said:Are we talking about Jan Mekke or Jan Krteis?

The guy who took his own life after listening to Atmosphere three times in a row.😁

Tyler Grant86 said:They exist solely to satisfy specific interest groups within the music industry and to inflate the sales numbers of hand-picked products... nothing more, nothing less.😉

There aren't any Freemasons involved here.😢

Honestly, he would have been better off dead than recording an album about Chinese democracy today.

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Yeah, we're on the same page there. Though, honestly, it could have happened sooner...

Anyway, Franz Ferdinand is hitting the festival circuit this summer, so they might be playing somewhere near 🙂

Man, forget all that noise. Seriously though, they actually stole Slash's hat. 😢 😢 I mean, what the hell is Slash even going to do without his hat now?

I mean, I don't think New Order did anything wrong to you! 😠