Franz Ferdinand: Shock Single Decision / We Don't Understand Our Lyrics

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand shock single decision Band pick different single for US audience Franz Ferdinand have chosen to release 'The Fallen' as their new single in the US - despite the fact 'Walk Away' is coming out in Britain. In the UK, 'Walk Away is set for release on December 5. However, in the US, the band have decided to release the opening track from their second album.

Speaking in the States, singer Alex Kapranos said the decision was made because "in the States they're more up for a bit of rock and roll".

He told MTV: "It's based on a number of different characters who are pretty enigmatic in their own right. These characters, Glaswegian characters, who maybe sometimes stumble on the darker side of life and maybe are from the rougher side of life. And it's imagining Christ coming back as one of these characters that we'd know from back home and what he'd do and imagining him coming back and turning the rich into wine and drinking them and walking on the mean and maybe getting on Mary Magdalene."

Franz Ferdinand will tour the UK in November and December, and the dates have sold out.

source: nme

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Franz Ferdinand: We Don't Understand Our Lyrics

Franz Ferdinand fans who can't work out what their songs are about needn't worry because most of the band doesn't either.

Bassist Bob Hardy has revealed that they're always having to ask Alex Kapranos to explain his lyrics, Hardy said: "We always talk about what they're about. You gotta know what the songs are about, otherwise you don't know how to play them."

However, it would seem that Kapranos likes the fact that the lyrics rarely have any meaning, he told MTV: "I love the fact that you can make a song sound really, really simple," he explained.

"If all you hear is the 'whoo-hoo' from the chorus, that's fine, but you can put a lot more into [discovering the meaning of] it as well. It's there if you want to hear it."

Kapranos was talking about Franz's new US single 'The Fallen' which contains a number of obscure references such as the lines: "And the Kunst won't talk to you/ Because you kissed St. Rollox adieu/ Because you robbed a supermarket or two/ Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?"

He explained: "It's based on a number of different characters who are pretty enigmatic in their own right. These characters, Glaswegian characters, who maybe sometimes stumble on the darker side of life and maybe are from the rougher side of life."

"And it's imagining Christ coming back as one of these characters that we'd know from back home and what he'd do and imagining him coming back and turning the rich into wine and drinking them and walking on the mean and maybe getting on Mary Magdalene."

"See, once you know it, it's that easy, it all makes sense," yeah right!

source: gigwise