Franz Ferdinand wins the Mercury Music Prize,
Franz Ferdinand wins the Mercury Music Prize, the top UK music award.
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Reader comments
GregSep 08, 2004 at 11:00AM
Good thing too as it reinforces the fact that Glasgow is the "secret capital" of music, but will it be a good thing for them or the proverbial "kiss of death" like so many others
ericSep 08, 2004 at 11:10AM
There is indeed an awful lot of good scottish music out there these days.
GolightlySep 08, 2004 at 11:34AM
ack...Gang of Four lite
tomcosgraveSep 08, 2004 at 11:41AM
The couldn't deserve it more. The album is great and they are superb live - no fuss, no messing, just a really good gig.
MorganSep 08, 2004 at 11:55AM
Could this band be just a little more overrated ? And they beat out the Streets ? Ugh.
GordonSep 08, 2004 at 11:57AM
Yay for Scotland - even if claiming Snow Patrol is a bit much (they're just happen to live in Glasgow). Franz Ferdinand thoroughly deserve this though, cracking album and their appearance at T in the Park (Scottish music festival) was one of the highlights of my weekend.
All in a great list too - still not sure about Amy Winehouse though.. and Belle and Sebastian remain the great undiscovered band of our time.
jkottkeSep 08, 2004 at 12:20PM
My favorite Scottish group: Boards of Canada. Thank you, Scotland.
GrahamSep 08, 2004 at 12:29PM
Yeah, but The Streets album wasn't as good as the first, I thought. Saw B&S a month or so back; they are indeed very very good. But Franz Ferdinand are deserving winners, so no complaints here.
GolightlySep 08, 2004 at 3:59PM
Sigh ... all too young to remember Gang of Four then.
A Brief History of the Twentieth Century is a decent enough compilation.
This page at Amazon has some 30 second clips, have a listen to At Home He's a Tourist
and Not Great Men and you'll hear the similarity. Gang of Four were a little more overtly political in nature though.
RobHSep 08, 2004 at 5:23PM
Basically, yes. Too young - though I was alive at the time (I'm 32).
SimonSep 09, 2004 at 7:27AM
'Take me out' has one of the best "intros that have nothing to do with the main melody" in rock history...
GrahamSep 09, 2004 at 11:58AM
I actually have Entertainment!, actually. Calling Franz Ferdinand Gang Of Four-lite is a bit like calling Interpol Joy Division-lite; sure, there's an influence, but the descendant bands also have their own thing going on.
crash berlinOct 09, 2004 at 6:01PM
my franz ferdinand 'take me out" remix is up now
take a listen!!!!!
its a dance floor electro slammer
www.myspace.com/crashberlin
cheers
crash berlin
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