Reviews (page 14 of 14)
I can’t explain why I’ve never liked this band other than I’ve always thought of them as pretentious and annoying. Maybe it’s just the extreme disappointment I felt when I first heard ‘Take Me Out’. An incredible first 1 minute and 3 seconds of intro, that built my hopes up far too high for the dross that was to follow. So, with an open mind I listened to this today. And I was right about them. Still just annoying. And there are better ways to experience 1 minute and 3 seconds of joy 🤣
ASS
Wish it didn't exist
Didn’t really like this album. Seemed that all the songs sounded the same.
Rejection. Revenge. Repeat, retarded. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 is considered the most immediate cause of the first World War. ‘His life, or at least the ending of it,’ recalls bassist Bob Hardy, ‘was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be. But I don’t want to over-intellectualize the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good… like music.’ Drummer Paul Thompson followed up, saying, ‘I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure.’ This never really worked out very well for my girlfriend in college who formed a country/funk fusion group, performed one live gig, and then promptly broke up. The Mary Queen of Scots were too far ahead of their time. This is a dumb name for a dumb band with a dumb sound. Nothing noteworthy here, save the absence of any instrumental breaks whatsoever. I didn’t hear one guitar solo, bass run, drum fill, piccolo trill, triangle shred… nothing. And lyrically? Well, here’s one really dumb example from the song, ‘Auf Achse’: ‘Now I’m nailed above you gushing from my side. It’s with your sins that you’ve killed me, thinking of your sins I die. Thinking how you’ve let them touch you, how you’d never realize than I’m ripped and hang forsaken knowing never will I rise again.’ A comparison upgrade, at least, from the Austrian Archduke. But a dumb one. Far as I can tell, this is an entire LP replete with unrequited love songs, each one dumber than the next (alleviating Hardy’s concern about any over-intellectualization.) But don’t feel too sorry for these boys. Their lyrics betray their own moral culpability in repeating the same dumb choices. Furthermore, it speaks volumes about the lyricist’s true feelings when he concludes a plea for her to ‘Come On Home’ with the lyric ‘But don’t forget to leave.’ That idea’s just plain… what’s the adjective I’m looking for?
Dreadful
ну чот такой рокешник у меня не в почёте, какой-то обычный, голосящий, ничем не привлекательный, одинаковый и без изюма
listened to some. don't care. kind of boring
sucked. bad. poop
Ok riffs but boring and bland lyrics
no thanks
Bleh
Muy bueno, me falla el final
No.
ya it rocks!! I Zimbra is really cool and energizing, and it sounds a lot like their other album i like but maybe a little more mainstream? idk would need to listen to the other one again but this kinda whips