The positive energy of the crowd had been truly intoxicating. Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible. Sweating in my new goth boots, I too had myself quite a workout jumping and dancing. The encore included “He-Man,” and gig was concluded with the crowd-demanded “1-0.” The song which surprised me most had been “Gay Wedding” and the amount of positive energy that poured from the crowd as people sang and screamed along. My favourites included “Levenus Supremus,” “Appeltysken,” and “Morphine” which created the most energetic response from the audience. The Fairies hit off the concert with “Pink-Eye Paranoia” from their 2006 album “What You Didn’t Know When You Hired Me.” Majority of the set list had featured songs from “What You Didn’t Know.” In total, over 20 songs were played to which people danced, jumped, moshed, and generally went nuts for. The merch table included 3 kinds of T-shirts, buttons, their latest CD and vinyl, and 4 kinds of printed bags with the Bondage Fairies slogan “Death by Penis.” I couldn’t help but purchase one of these hilarious bags. No wonder as they embarked on their Russian tour of 14 cities, including Moscow. I chose to hang back at the bar and where it was safe.īondage Fairies, while not widely known, seem to have gained quite a cult following in Russia.

The audience really enjoyed the aggressive energy and big beats and moshed pretty hard. The second opening band sounded like a combination of hip-hop and dubstep which left quite a sour taste in my mouth, and it wasn’t the 3rd Kamikaze cocktail I had drunk either. Only a few people in the front rows seemed really into them. Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos responded with some dismay to the fact that his band had inadvertently started trending as people drew comparisons between the assassination of the. The tunes were catchy but quite recycled 2005-ish. The lead singer even resembled the Franz-lead singer Alex Kapranos. The first opening band, whose named I do not recall, reminded me of an early Franz Ferdinand. I was not only surprised, but delighted at end of the night! I wasn’t sure what to expect from the crowd or the venue, having never visited the club “Plan B” before. Retrieved 14 December 2018.I initially found myself feeling rather rusty and old among the rather teenage energetic crowd. ^ 'The Official UK Singles Chart 2004' (PDF).^ 'Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50'.^ 'Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100'.^ ' Franz Ferdinand – Matinee' (in Dutch).^ ' Franz Ferdinand – Matinée' (in German).

: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) '10 Years On: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand'. Kapranos wanted to shoot the video in the corridors of Bearsden Academy and approached the school who, while initially receptive, ultimately rejected the idea, as the idea of schoolboys in their early 30s was too reminiscent of the recent scandal involving Brian MacKinnon.Īll lead vocals are performed by Alex Kapranos. On June 28, 1914, Bosnian Serb revolutionary Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to Austria-Hungarys throne in Sarajevo. What exactly happened that day - here is a. The finale of the video also takes several visual cues from the 'Dry Bones' sequence in Singing Detective. The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off the chain of events that led to the First World War. It was inspired by Dennis Potter's television play Blue Remembered Hills (1979), which features adults playing children, and the lip-sync device Potter used in his 'serials with songs' Pennies from Heaven (1978) and The Singing Detective (1986).Īnother part of the video sees the band dressed in white clothing and standing in front of a large photograph of Terry Wogan (who is namechecked in the song). The video features the band dressed as schoolboys, dancing in an automatic, almost possessed, fashion and miming along to the main vocal track. The chorus and title were inspired by bassist Bob Hardy remarking that the dark of a matinée performance was a utopian environment to play in. The song is about walking home from Bearsden Academy fantasising about a better life in the future, telling Terry Wogan about it on UK national television, then being shaken from the fantasy as its own ridiculousness shatters its very existence. In Australia, the song was ranked number 50 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. It was released as the third single from their eponymous debut studio album on 19 April 2004. ' The Dark of the Matinée' (known as ' Matinée' on single versions) is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand.

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