Comments on: The Freaky Trigger Top 100 Tracks Of All Time No. 46. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: seenopets http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-476127 seenopets Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:42:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-476127 america letter watch joke no pets tom university home america letter watch joke no pets tom university home

]]> By: Rob M http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422500 Rob M Sat, 17 May 2008 09:58:53 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422500 But... I remember reading somewhere that this song's about two hitmen trying to kill each other, ie take each other out. Or am I reading too much into this? But… I remember reading somewhere that this song’s about two hitmen trying to kill each other, ie take each other out. Or am I reading too much into this?

]]> By: DJ Punctum http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422086 DJ Punctum Fri, 16 May 2008 17:15:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422086 Quite. Doesn't "Take Me Out" sound its <i>age</i> these days? Quite.

Doesn’t “Take Me Out” sound its age these days?

]]> By: vinylscot http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422059 vinylscot Fri, 16 May 2008 16:14:22 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-422059 "Back Off Boogaloo" anyone? “Back Off Boogaloo” anyone?

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-383316 CarsmileSteve Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:02:42 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-383316 well it's not really a "joke", it's just like saying iddly-widdly or Kate Ganache or SOME FOALS... well it’s not really a “joke”, it’s just like saying iddly-widdly or Kate Ganache or SOME FOALS…

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381115 Marcello Carlin Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:41:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381115 *similarly baffled* *similarly baffled*

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381109 Pete Baran Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:34:25 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381109 11. I've never, ever GOT the Frank Ferguson joke. 11. I’ve never, ever GOT the Frank Ferguson joke.

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381097 CarsmileSteve Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:18:10 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381097 i think alex's "transformation" to elder statesperson/restaurant critic was mainly because he HAD been around for ages, just not in frank ferguson... i think alex’s “transformation” to elder statesperson/restaurant critic was mainly because he HAD been around for ages, just not in frank ferguson…

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381042 Andrew Farrell Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:30:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381042 I don't think "I know I won’t be leaving here/ with you" is necessarily in the same tone as the Smiffs, it seems quite determined to me (and yes also there's the doubt that they might indeed despite their best efforts be leaving here with you if another few pints of Old Peculiar work their magic) I don’t think “I know I won’t be leaving here/ with you” is necessarily in the same tone as the Smiffs, it seems quite determined to me (and yes also there’s the doubt that they might indeed despite their best efforts be leaving here with you if another few pints of Old Peculiar work their magic)

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381022 Marcello Carlin Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:29:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/02/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-46-franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/#comment-381022 Strange how "Mundian Te Bach Ke" works (with or without additional Jay-Z "bounce") in terms of fluidity where "Take Me Out" doesn't despite identical BPMs. Naturally I presume FF intended it to be jerky and stiff and awkward but it's the sadly conventional (and over-compressed) indie lump of middle bit which really lets it down for me - you're steeled for it to go somewhere and then it gets muddled up in averageness. His stolid vocal doesn't help. Too smug by half, of course, but that's a secondary consideration in terms of its success as a pop record. Too little Josef K, too much Cud. Strange how “Mundian Te Bach Ke” works (with or without additional Jay-Z “bounce”) in terms of fluidity where “Take Me Out” doesn’t despite identical BPMs. Naturally I presume FF intended it to be jerky and stiff and awkward but it’s the sadly conventional (and over-compressed) indie lump of middle bit which really lets it down for me - you’re steeled for it to go somewhere and then it gets muddled up in averageness. His stolid vocal doesn’t help.

Too smug by half, of course, but that’s a secondary consideration in terms of its success as a pop record. Too little Josef K, too much Cud.

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