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remyw18
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Band don't 'give a shit' if new tracks don't fit arenas
Franz Ferdinand have revealed that the sessions with Girls Aloud and Sugababes producer Brian Higgins from pop production powerhouse Xenomania didn't go that well.
As previously reported, the Scots band hired Higgins as they didn't want a repeat of their last two albums.
However guitarist Nick McCarthy has explained why the group did not go pop and instead worked with Dan Carey on the soon-to-be released 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' .
"It never really took off to be honest - we only went down there and recorded one song in the end," he said. "We thought it'd be great to collaborate with a total 'pop' producer but we realised pretty quickly that it's not our world; we're not really a 'pop' band. But we took some great things away from it, I really enjoyed working with Brian [Higgins], he's an amazing guy."
He added that the way they ended up making the new record was completely different to anything they would have done with Higgins.
Speaking to drownedinsound.com
McCarthy said of the final album sessions: "That process was quite intense, but also quite playful; we had a lot of time to experiment, whereas it would have been a very strict time schedule [with Xenomania]."
He concluded: "I don't really give a shit [if the new tracks sound good in arenas], it should just be good music, not written especially for big places. I think that's a terrible idea."
Franz Ferdinand's new album, the follow-up to 2005's 'You Could Have It So Much Better', will be released on January 26.
http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/40955
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Thanks for posting  I really can't wait!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Annne wrote: | | Thanks for posting I really can't wait! |
Haha, nope me neither!
It's going to be fantastic.. can't wait to hear the single for the first time tomorrow!!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Unfruitful sessions with Brian Higgins |
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| remyw18 wrote: | | "It never really took off to be honest - we only went down there and recorded one song in the end," he said. |
I'm curious which song was that (and if it finally did the album).
On the other hand, if you read the booklet of the "Tonight" album, it says "a shout out to Brian Higgins and the Xenomaniacs".
My question is, as I don't understand the expression "shout out", is that good or bad? what does it mean? is the band not in a good relation with Higgins? |
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a shout out is a good thing  its like to acknowledge with respect.
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A shout-out is usually a good thing. In this case, though, it may have been said out of sarcasm - even bitterness.
If they had stayed with BH/Xenomania, I wonder how the album would've competed with Lily Allen's? |
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pestilence_kwitty and Silverbelle: thanks for the explanations. I'm happy because I'm improving my English everyday with this forum.
As it has been told, I think an album with Xenomaniacs would have been awful because that's not the style of Franz. They changed their minds at the right moment. |
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| Ensign wrote: | | As it has been told, I think an album with Xenomaniacs would have been awful because that's not the style of Franz. |
It would indeed have been awful. Although having the Xenomania publicity machine behind FF would doubtless have been useful, seeing as some cheerful but completely forgettable song by Xenomania's pet project Girls Aloud just won Best single of 2008 award at the Brits. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Unfruitful sessions with Brian Higgins |
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| Ensign wrote: | | remyw18 wrote: | | "It never really took off to be honest - we only went down there and recorded one song in the end," he said. |
I'm curious which song was that (and if it finally did the album).
On the other hand, if you read the booklet of the "Tonight" album, it says "a shout out to Brian Higgins and the Xenomaniacs".
My question is, as I don't understand the expression "shout out", is that good or bad? what does it mean? is the band not in a good relation with Higgins? |
Im pretty sure the song was the "Sound and Vision" cover with Girls Aloud. |
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As Ulysses said, Sound and Vision was the test track for Xenomania.
anyway, apparently they left on good terms with each other.
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