@@samhelsel443 You would have to play this bass riff to understand. It just grooves like no other rock song of its era but has so much energy and it was one of the first songs I learned to play so it has a special place for me.
I was going to comment like the same thing!! It's so well done and perfect for the song! It's also impressive from a theory perspective, especially playing it live.
lyrics So if you're lonely You know I'm here waiting for you I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken, shattered I lie I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot, then we can die Ah-ah-ah I know I won't be leaving here With you I say, "Don't you know?" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" I say, "You don't show" Don't move, time is slow I say "Take me out I say, "You don't know" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" If I move, this could die If eyes move, this could die I want you To take me out I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) Oh, I know I won't be leaving here I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) I know, I won't be leaving here With you I say, "Don't you know?" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" If I wane, this could die If I wait, this could die I want you To take me out If I move, this could die Eyes move, this can die Come on Take me out I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) Oh, I know I won't be leaving here I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) I know, I won't be leaving here With you
Reminds me of when the whole “I can ride my bike with no handlebars” popped into my head and I remembered being downstairs in the family room with my cousin and brother laughing and listening to it play on the absolutely massive family computer.
My own father, in his 50s, thought this song had only come out in 2019 back when he first heard it. It was hilarious. Like when a kid tells you they discovered this awesome new band, but the band turns out to be Guns n' Roses
Honestly deep down from bottom of my heart i feel really sorry to those who never hear any output from this band. I feel really bless and grateful to stumble Andalusia where they played in my tv from public broadcaster(special thanks to who decide to play this) or else theres zero chance i cross path to this hidden gem.
People out here saying that the opening to the song is better than the rest of song as a whole. In my opinion, the song wouldn't be half as memorable if it was just the opening. The song's main riff is just so infectious...
This song literally just flooded my memories from 2000s, at first I thought this was the same song as the Quagmkre Toilet meme and that was the beginning of this song then I remembered that was a separate song from my 2000's kid memories. But yeah the mid Is what made me remember and find this song
I literally sought this song out knowing ONLY that main riff. I have heard the opening so many times and never made the connection before the channel was changed, so when I finally heard the whole thing by accident one day, it was quite the revelation... and the facepalm. Totally worth it!
I was a teenager in the 2000s and really into both classic rock and the then-popular rock revival. Twenty years later, I feel comfortable saying that this stands up next to my favorite Beatles and Who songs as one of the best rock n roll songs ever.
Absolutely!!! Thankfully we have bands like Måneskin trying to bring it back to the world! ☺️ would certainly be a welcomed change to listening to Cardi B rapping about her fanny 🥴😒
@@leighirvine idk,from what I've heard maneskin is mostly pop rock,and alot of covers. I wish there are new blood rockers that would pop up similar to red hot chilli peppers,or ac/DC etc... Sighh
@@DollySantana oh those MTV days... What the hell happened to this world!!! Have you checked the top charts of these days? Now I really don't get people's taste of music
The riff to this song has been etched into my brain for years without me knowing the song or artist. Glad I finally found it so I can slap this into my playlists
yeeeess, I used to love it from Guitar Hero, but I was 7 or so. Last year i found them out again, and God, I'm in love with practically every song of them!
@@javonmccovery3081 well I’d say queen was the first to add more instruments to their songs then what you see in normal rock but that doesn’t push them out of the rock category.
17 years ago, on the first day of Architecture school, the professor welcomed us with this song on full blast in the lecture theatre and I immediately knew I was in good company. I dropped out of Arch school and went to work in order to feed my young family; but the burning desire to design and to create is like a shimmering coal fire that keeps getting hotter as time goes on. Pink Floyd's High Hopes, New Order's Elegia, Poets of the Fall's Carnival of Rust, and this song ... kept me going through my darkest days. They fed the soul, and kept the fire burning. If you're going through depression please remember it's temporary; take that first step; there's always a fire in you.
Cuz horst wessel lied dominated the charts back then. I believe the internationale was close at number 3. They had some really good tracks back then. I remember going to lenin's concert in Moscow, MF brought a music revolution
@@hussein7517 Horst Wessels smash hit didnt release until the late 1920s... Sadly one year later he overdosed on lead and his music work was only recognised posthumously
This is that type of music that just puts you in a good mood, genuinely makes you feel good. I haven’t heard this song since I was a kid and an Instagram reel brough it back to me and boy am I happy
A Facebook page of blunts n bongs brought me back here. It said name one song people forgotten and this was one that someone named and boy is it forgotten. Great song!
yooo.. haha same. just sounded familiar at first, but the chorus,, i remembered all the words haha. reminds me of gta iv, flobots, viva la vida, the killers, green day haha. my city's station KROQ damn
Such a timeless song and video. I remember watching this in fuse tv sitting on my living room floor as a 13 year old kid just jamming out. I instantly loved it. This was the era when my taste of music really started to come into focus and become refined. The likes of this, taking back sunday, modest mouse, and then the entire emo/ scene hardcore catalog, then it was tje indie phase, then the indie/folk phase, then the experimental/psychedelic/progressive phase. Throughout all of those phases, some bands have stayed the whole time up until now, while the others I grew out of. This band is one of them
When I'm going through the comment sections of songs on TH-cam, I see people talking about the music obviously, but nobody ever talks about the music video it seems. The music video can really add to the song and I think this is a great example. I think this is one of the best music videos; just the aesthetic and visuals are so creative and cool.
Franz Ferdinand took inspiration for their name from a racehorse called "The Archduke Ferdinand." After seeing the horse race on TV they began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination triggered World War I. They decided it would be a good band name because of its sound and the implications of the Archduke's death. The song compares lovers to snipers aiming at each other. The lyrics begin, "So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you. I'm just a cross hair, I'm just a shot away from you." Alex Kapranos told NME it's about how you'd, "rather be shot than continue the tension." Copy & Paste from (songfacts)
This song is so simple and I'm not even into rock but I remember hearing this on MTV as a premiere and I thought to myself this is a classic. One of my favorites songs.
Carson Montgomery Please explain me how the name of the band and the song are intentionally related...And Renaissance lasted until the end of the 18th century,,
the way this incarnation of Franz Ferdinand burst into the scene as a complete artistic package, audio-visual, was incredible. especially the first couple records, and the way they presented themselves in that era had so much intention and drive. I'm mentioning this because most bands these days, roughly 20 years later, don't even come close. this revival moment had a joyful ire about critiquing the looming digital sensory overload age (this is pre iphone), via constant allusions to analog visual aesthetics yet in a way that poked fun back on itself which is perhaps what made them loveable rather than just pretentious. early Franz Ferdinand was a rare mystical artistic accident that celebrated humor and playfulness somehow mixed with a gothic sensibility and darkness, delivered with a heart warming sincerity. they were facetious enough to call the venue they played at the Chateau, while wearing eyeliner and singing about being served on a platter.. miss this time now looking back, but in a way I'm happy that they evolved and kept their journey going, songs like this though remain in the time capsule that is youtube as relics of a weirdly hopeful but unhinged time that was the post 9-11 aughts..
Just saw them yesterday in a festival. They are awesome live, didn't really know them before but they definitely left an incredible impression. If you got the opportunity, grab a ticket to see them live it's worth it !
the transition in this is like when everyone thinks the main character is dead and then he just emerges from a fiery building and beats the crap out of everyone
Essa musica me faz lembrar do meu falecido irmão 😢. Todas as vezes que tocava a música em uma radio, aumentava até o volume máximo e cantávamos! Um dia estaremos juntos. Saudades eterna, Willian 1988 -2009
So if you're lonely You know I'm here waiting for you I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken, shattered I lie I'm just a cross-hair I'm just a shot, then we can die Ah-ah-ah I know I won't be leaving here With you I say, "Don't you know?" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" I say, "You don't show" Don't move, time is slow I say "Take me out I say, "You don't know" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" If I move, this could die If eyes move, this could die I want you To take me out I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) Oh, I know I won't be leaving here I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) I know, I won't be leaving here With you I say, "Don't you know?" You say, "You don't know" I say "Take me out" If I wane, this could die If I wait, this could die I want you To take me out If I move, this could die Eyes move, this can die Come on Take me out I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) Oh, I know I won't be leaving here I know, I won't be leaving here (with you) I know, I won't be leaving here With you
I miss all of those rock bands that popped up in the early 2000's, bands like The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Jet, Arctic Monkeys. I don't know how many of them still make music like this
The Arctic Monkeys sound might've changed but their best era was definitely the Humbug era. Their sound was just so unique and mysterious. Definitely my favorite album from them.
"Take Me Out" So if you're lonely You know I'm here waiting for you I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken, shattered, I lie I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot, then we can die I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know You say you don't know I say... take me out! I say you don't show Don't move, time is slow I say... take me out! I say you don't know You say you don't know I say... take me out! If I move this could die If eyes move this could die I want you...to take me out! I know I won't be leaving here (with you) I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here (with you) I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know? You say you don't know I say take me out If I wane, this can die If I wane, this can die I want you to take me out If I move, this could die If eyes move, this could die Come on, take me out I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here with you
+Altar Ego You see, the thing is. No were dose it sate "You can NOT! Copy n' Paste lyrics to ANY! song and post them in the comments section on our 'Community' website"
You could try but I think it might be difficult dancing to a rock song. Then again, the only type of dancing I do with rock music is head banging and taping my right foot along to the beat whilst air-guitar-ing like a boss.
Lyrics So if you're lonely You know I'm here waiting for you I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken, shattered, I lie I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot, then we can die I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know? You say you don't know I say... Take me out I say you don't show Don't move, time is slow I say... Take me out I say you don't know You say you don't know I say... Take me out If I move this could die If eyes move this could die I want you... To take me out I know I won't be leaving here -With you- I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here -With you- I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know? You say you don't know I say take me out If I wane, this can die If I wane, this can die I want you to take me out If I move, this could die If eyes move, this could die Come on, take me out I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here with you
u mean 0:14?? the guy wh9 commented is giving youtube time to load while u click it, yes its 2024, yes youtube is still slower than bing. @@KadinMcNatt
@@icarusphotovideo which caused potentially ww1. as to the design choices beings they were not a political activist band i think the major influences would be dada-ism, bauhaus which really started to pick up a little during ww2 but it's influences are still recognized to this day.
I remember seeing this video during my middle school years on a boring after-school, and I was immediately hooked to this song, and it's still my favorite decades later.
This song never dies
unlike franz
Facts
dude its almost timeless lol
That's right
Cause a good song never dies
I'm glad Franz was able to bounce back from that unfortunate event and look back on it with humor.
Unfortunate event?
@@skyhorizon6860yknow the being shot in the head thing
@@yuchen2717 I forgor
@@skyhorizon6860 WWI
@@peteblaxmithSo nice they did it twice
110 years of blasting Franz Ferdinand on June 28th
July
too soon...
Lmao I love it💀
@@65infanteriaITS BEEN OVER A CENTURY😭😭😭
@@GR3YMAN1A but still tho...
Everyone talks about the guitar riff but the bass line in this song is actually legendary and unmatched to this day.
Not listened to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers then??
Let me guess, youre a bassist?
@@rome0r How did you possibly guess? 🤔
unmatched??
@@samhelsel443 You would have to play this bass riff to understand. It just grooves like no other rock song of its era but has so much energy and it was one of the first songs I learned to play so it has a special place for me.
108 years later and still going hard
108 likes
Never mind
me when 2130
@@VVG_covers o darn
@@cantalo_pe He means that Franz Ferdinand (the archduke of Austria) died 108 years ago
when the riff slows down and the song moves to the next section around the 1-minute mark, I always get goosebumps!
It is like one of the best transitions ever!!
I was going to comment like the same thing!!
It's so well done and perfect for the song! It's also impressive from a theory perspective, especially playing it live.
0:54
The build up is so crazy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Extremely hard to pull off, especially while keeping the essence and speed of the song alive
Today the song turns 20 years old! This is simply fantastic!
@NumSei805 You're what?
shhh.. its only 2 years old
What
Time sure flies, this song aged like a fine whiskey.
Wow.i didn't know TH-cam music had comments. This app just got you cooler
めちゃくちゃ中毒性が高い。定期的に聴きたくなるね。
わかるぜ〜
It's amazing how even after 1914 this song is so popular
What brought you to this song ? Lol
This song slaps harder then my dad
To soon?
@@ireneurbano7921 Yousician
@@lyricallyunstable1017 You don't have a dad
That transition is true perfect; I can’t resist cranking the volume up when this song plays.
Oh, that tempo change and transition is so freaking brilliant. It STILL gets me.
I have been learning swing and ballroom dancing, and the tempo change allows me to switch almost seamlessly from East Coast Swing to West Coast Swing.
Omg! Yes! The transition is soo good
@@cherylhulting1301 that wasn't a "tempo change"... it was a bpm change
@@darkconcept. aren't those the same thing lmao. They're both changes in the speed of the music.
as an austrian I am happy my emperor made such great music
Tbf he died before becoming emperor
Archduke@@BeA_Penguin
@@mushkamishka he was the heir, the emperor Franz Joseph died a few years later if I remember correctly
What ?
@@toxinesse read a (history) book
lyrics
So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a cross-hair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered I lie
I'm just a cross-hair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
Ah-ah-ah
I know I won't be leaving here
With you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
I say, "You don't show"
Don't move, time is slow
I say
"Take me out
I say, "You don't know"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
I want you
To take me out
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
Oh, I know I won't be leaving here
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know, I won't be leaving here
With you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
If I wane, this could die
If I wait, this could die
I want you
To take me out
If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this can die
Come on
Take me out
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
Oh, I know I won't be leaving here
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know, I won't be leaving here
With you
@@Hobobgoblin"Crosshair" is the correct spelling of the word you are looking for.
@ I apologize, my mistake
I had no idea Archduke Franz Ferdinand made such bops, RIP, the serbians got to you too soon!
:D
Hahahahaha, got you, man!
They took him out
True
assassin was just some 19 yr old bosnian-serb kid eating a sandwhich on the corner tbh
This absolute gem randomly popped into my head and it gave me the biggest smile man good memories
Reminds me of when the whole “I can ride my bike with no handlebars” popped into my head and I remembered being downstairs in the family room with my cousin and brother laughing and listening to it play on the absolutely massive family computer.
This is my second favorite song, second only to Bohemian Rhapsody.
unfortunately ur not the only one who had something pop in their head😔
SAME
UI just had the same experience.
It just popped in my head out of nowhere and I had to listen to it again.
This song was just truly ahead of it's time. What a classic.
@josephbrown8949 facts
It's a timeless masterpiece!
My own father, in his 50s, thought this song had only come out in 2019 back when he first heard it. It was hilarious. Like when a kid tells you they discovered this awesome new band, but the band turns out to be Guns n' Roses
It'll remain a classic because it's funky, and funk ain't new!
@@aNaturalistlittle bit of funk and disco. Obviously with a indie rock edge
Honestly deep down from bottom of my heart i feel really sorry to those who never hear any output from this band. I feel really bless and grateful to stumble Andalusia where they played in my tv from public broadcaster(special thanks to who decide to play this) or else theres zero chance i cross path to this hidden gem.
People out here saying that the opening to the song is better than the rest of song as a whole. In my opinion, the song wouldn't be half as memorable if it was just the opening. The song's main riff is just so infectious...
Yeah, it it just such a foot tapper.
This song literally just flooded my memories from 2000s, at first I thought this was the same song as the Quagmkre Toilet meme and that was the beginning of this song then I remembered that was a separate song from my 2000's kid memories. But yeah the mid Is what made me remember and find this song
Yeah, the intro is never the part I find myself humming at 4am on a Monday
AGREED
I literally sought this song out knowing ONLY that main riff. I have heard the opening so many times and never made the connection before the channel was changed, so when I finally heard the whole thing by accident one day, it was quite the revelation... and the facepalm. Totally worth it!
The change in a tempo that melts into the guitar riff..i mean goddammit how bloody great is that?!!
Damn. This song is 110 years old this year. Crazy
Franz Ferdinand was born in December 1863, so he’s 160 years old.
you... well... close enough
Soon those comments will be normal.
World War fanatics go crazy
@@HJohn-xn9ub im pretty sure he was assassinated because of how good this song was
I was a teenager in the 2000s and really into both classic rock and the then-popular rock revival. Twenty years later, I feel comfortable saying that this stands up next to my favorite Beatles and Who songs as one of the best rock n roll songs ever.
The opening had a very great tune going, and then they completely drop it for an even greater tune/beat. 10/10
You got that right >:D
+John Malkovich ? I thought you were launched into orbit after being frozen! Why are you now reviewing Franz Ferdinand songs?
hahaha.
+John Malkovich Yeah i feel the same way
+John Malkovich 5/7
This song was my anthem in 2004. That opening guitar riff was the ticket! Perfection!
Noooo way is this 2004!!😮 omggg lol unbelievable
Cool how a 90 year old song was your anthem😊
@@chronicallyboredenby I have lived a very, very long time. 😜
Madden!!!
Also so 2004 for me .... Ffs...18 years
This song/video is possibly the most 2004 thing I've ever seen
Nah i think it’s more reminiscent of the early 1900s
Having been born in 2004, I 100% agree
100% agree
Wtf does this comment even mean? Lol
Good.
This is a work of art
This song has one of best rhythm transitions ever made in the rock genre.
In any genre xD
A great non-rock transition is O.O by Nmixx. It's so good
@@AquaRunner533 naaah
Thats why i am here... I will never stop hearing it❤
It’s actually alternative music, not Rock
Rock music was on life support during this time period. Only a handful of bands kept it alive. Franz Ferdinand was one of them.
I think it's probably in a worse state now, at the this time everyone kept saying it was dead but there was some genuinely interesting stuff.
@@agdgdgwngo tbf there’s this Black Country new road which critics seem to love
Absolutely!!! Thankfully we have bands like Måneskin trying to bring it back to the world! ☺️ would certainly be a welcomed change to listening to Cardi B rapping about her fanny 🥴😒
@@leighirvine idk,from what I've heard maneskin is mostly pop rock,and alot of covers. I wish there are new blood rockers that would pop up similar to red hot chilli peppers,or ac/DC etc... Sighh
@@leighirvine 😂
Loving that some people here actually know who Franz Ferdinand was, im so here for it, bravo
I've just listened to this song for the first time, 19 years after it was released, and it's amazing! I can't stop listening to it!
WOW !!!
You definitely missed out! 😅❤
@@lewischristie2285 I agree, definitely missed out for a while! But I'm glad to experience it finally 🤘
This my first time hearing this since I was 15 waking up to this and modest maus playing on MTV HITS
@@DollySantana oh those MTV days... What the hell happened to this world!!!
Have you checked the top charts of these days? Now I really don't get people's taste of music
I was 19 when it came out. It was part of the post punk revival thing. Some great bands around that time.
The riff to this song has been etched into my brain for years without me knowing the song or artist. Glad I finally found it so I can slap this into my playlists
influencia argentina de SODA STEREO ................. escuchar musica "NO EXISTES"
yeeeess, I used to love it from Guitar Hero, but I was 7 or so. Last year i found them out again, and God, I'm in love with practically every song of them!
It's wholesale lifted from The Gone Jackals - Not Buried Deep Enough from 1995. Now you know.
A mí me pasó lo mismo, 3 años la estuve buscando :"(
@@annakareninacamara6580 Guitar Hero gave us so much great music
This sounds so fresh, any way we can have a garage rock revival in the 2020s?
you missed the one from early 2010s? check out ty segall lol
garage rock revival REVIVAL
Congrats this song making a comeback but sorta in the worst way possible
Yes!!👌
William Taylor hope so
Can't believe arch duke Ferdinand came out with this.... More kids need to respect the music from the past....😢❤
Legend has it he ws taken out fr this
assassination ahh beat 😔
This music video is so creative.
0:47 on of the greatest transitions in rock history
But wait... just thinking about it, Bohemian Rhapsody!
Facts I was thinking the same thing
@@sjcflawless that's not really rock tho
@@javonmccovery3081 well I’d say queen was the first to add more instruments to their songs then what you see in normal rock but that doesn’t push them out of the rock category.
@@javonmccovery3081 queen is opera rock
Classic Went to play Guitar hero 1 on ps2 and sure as hell it had this song on there
yyeeeessssss
Was it fun?
+smudgy budgy what do you think?
Heck yeah
I definitely am still playing GH 1&2 on my PS2, that's my childhood right thur, big part of the reason I play guitar now
17 years ago, on the first day of Architecture school, the professor welcomed us with this song on full blast in the lecture theatre and I immediately knew I was in good company. I dropped out of Arch school and went to work in order to feed my young family; but the burning desire to design and to create is like a shimmering coal fire that keeps getting hotter as time goes on.
Pink Floyd's High Hopes, New Order's Elegia, Poets of the Fall's Carnival of Rust, and this song ... kept me going through my darkest days. They fed the soul, and kept the fire burning.
If you're going through depression please remember it's temporary; take that first step; there's always a fire in you.
That's heavy, good stuff
Create don't let work control your life get hobbies spend money live for enjoyment Create good art don't let anything stop you from enjoying yourself
This fire
Always remember every storm passes over.
I pray you continue to follow the fire in your soul
110 years and still sounds fresh.
Can't believe this was only #2 in the top 100 during 1914
Cuz horst wessel lied dominated the charts back then. I believe the internationale was close at number 3. They had some really good tracks back then. I remember going to lenin's concert in Moscow, MF brought a music revolution
They all died in 1918.
Damn this Vivaldi with his "Tango of Death"
@@hussein7517 Horst Wessels smash hit didnt release until the late 1920s...
Sadly one year later he overdosed on lead and his music work was only recognised posthumously
@@chaowingchinghongfingshong3109 lmao 🤣
110 years later and still rocking so damned hard
i discovered this song yesterday and i can't keep it out of my head, i'm mad at myself for not having discovered this band sooner
Yeah and for some reason people say only the beginning is good but I think the whole song is fantastic
😮😮😮 wow u mad late
@@Lex-love 😐
@@BeachbaIICSweirdos the song gets fantastic at the 1min mark
You must be youngin, this was always on the radio when I was a teenager.
This is that type of music that just puts you in a good mood, genuinely makes you feel good. I haven’t heard this song since I was a kid and an Instagram reel brough it back to me and boy am I happy
A Facebook page of blunts n bongs brought me back here. It said name one song people forgotten and this was one that someone named and boy is it forgotten. Great song!
I haven't heard this song since elementary school. Honestly I forgot it existed. This was such a sudden blast of memories and nostalgia
Right!! This just popped in my head outta nowhere lol I like it even more 🤣 I swear, life was so simple.
yooo.. haha same. just sounded familiar at first, but the chorus,, i remembered all the words haha. reminds me of gta iv, flobots, viva la vida, the killers, green day haha. my city's station KROQ damn
Anybody else feel old yet? I know I do
@@dudesqr 🖐️😣
Same sad that singer died
Such a timeless song and video. I remember watching this in fuse tv sitting on my living room floor as a 13 year old kid just jamming out. I instantly loved it. This was the era when my taste of music really started to come into focus and become refined. The likes of this, taking back sunday, modest mouse, and then the entire emo/ scene hardcore catalog, then it was tje indie phase, then the indie/folk phase, then the experimental/psychedelic/progressive phase. Throughout all of those phases, some bands have stayed the whole time up until now, while the others I grew out of. This band is one of them
I can't believe this band is so popular, they named an Archduke after them.
Lmfao
Took me a second but I got ya
LMFO
It was at 699 likes. I have never liked a comment with such happiness.
No, an Archduke named after them
When I'm going through the comment sections of songs on TH-cam, I see people talking about the music obviously, but nobody ever talks about the music video it seems. The music video can really add to the song and I think this is a great example. I think this is one of the best music videos; just the aesthetic and visuals are so creative and cool.
Agreed. Seems to be a mix of late Victorian and early Soviet aesthetics.
Considering what this song is about and the band's name, that makes sense
its about Bauhaus
I think it's a true testament to the quality of the song that people aren't talking about the incredible video.
@@nicotv6932Russian Constructivist , Dada , Victorian , and yes Bauhaus and it's a very very well collage ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The guitar riff on this song is hypnotizing 🎸🔥🔥🔥
the last time someone took out Franz Ferdinand it started world war 1
You are the first person to make me burst out laughing on a TH-cam comment section. Well done!
literally what the song is about
don't even try it they beat you to it
Franz Ferdinand took inspiration for their name from a racehorse called "The Archduke Ferdinand." After seeing the horse race on TV they began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination triggered World War I. They decided it would be a good band name because of its sound and the implications of the Archduke's death.
The song compares lovers to snipers aiming at each other. The lyrics begin, "So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you. I'm just a cross hair, I'm just a shot away from you." Alex Kapranos told NME it's about how you'd, "rather be shot than continue the tension."
Copy & Paste from (songfacts)
Gage rynders ooft
I'm so happy I found this song after more than a hundred years
Happy for you !!😘😅 Superb Music !!
69th like.
Yes me too. After how many years. Since I just heard it on radio. We're lucky youtube can serve us a time machine.
Really? 😧 Welcome to Franz Ferdinand, they have many great songs!! 🤘🏼
I remember me and my fellow soldiers be listening to this back in the trenches!
I miss this era of music
In my opinion, the early-to-mid 2000s music was just as good as 90s music.
I may not have been born in the 2000s or 1990s but their music is so good 😭
Yes :(
90s to mid-00s. Best time for music and especially rock music ever. ❤❤🤘🤘
Now all we get is rap, pop and country crap, and somehow all involves twerking.
Simon, pierce the heavens with your drill!
You may not believe in yourself, the main thing is to believe in me, believe in my belief in you Simon
This song is so simple and I'm not even into rock but I remember hearing this on MTV as a premiere and I thought to myself this is a classic. One of my favorites songs.
Ingenious tempo change, brilliant song. Well done.
Still my favorite part of the song 🤤
Man, the first time I listened to this song and I heard that transition...
I still get chills...
That is very unique
@Karma Chameleon mind blowing like the gunshot from gavrilo princip
My favorite song of Franz Ferdinand ever!🤩I have set the autoplay 20 times. I won't be tired ever!
The guitar is just fucking perfect in this song. I want this played at my assassi- I mean funeral.
i love this
daft punk synths would be awesome with the guitar if they remade it xD
+John Rambo lol yeah
History jokes. ;P I see what you did there.
Nice guitar,,
2004 one of the best years of my life, franz ferdinand, strokes, white stripes, gorilllaz, etc etc
Still waiting on a Vocaloid themed collaboration with Gorillaz!
Daft punk, too. And the age of the PS2/XBOX/Gamecube, as well as the heyday of Bionicle. :
Sounds great, but I wasn’t even born yet, still this song is so damn good
Sorry for you
@@Kepora1 especially daft punk for me :/ good days
0:47 - 0:55 If there's such a thing as a plot twist in music, this is it.
A bad twist
@@ericborman4856 absolute shit opinion
@@pompousFurball haha that's your opinion of course
Hhhmmm rickroll???? Lol
@@ericborman4856 well yeah, their opinion is the correct one. Yours is wrong. Sorry
I don't know what I'm watching but I just know that the song is gas🔥🔥
This looks like someone just discovered an editing app for the first time and used all the features they could- it's great.
+Carson Montgomery oh cool
Probably adobe after effects
It looks more Renaissance...just because they are named Franz Ferdinand doesn't mean the song is related >_>
Carson Montgomery Please explain me how the name of the band and the song are intentionally related...And Renaissance lasted until the end of the 18th century,,
Also this video is over 10 years old. They probably didn't have as much to work with then as they have now.
if Archduke Franz Ferdinand could pull these sick beats, Austria-Hungary would still be around kicking ass
And owning a single street in China
Oh he did trust me. So much a Serbian though it was also a Banger.
For sure
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how fucking smooth that beginning transition is?
I'm getting eargasms
It was the opposite of smooth.
@@Artemis-v8i It still hits hard tho.
@@AmirRazan like that bullet from Gavrilo princip
@@hussein7517 Yes, that Serbian boy.
I cant explain it but this music video does something to my soul
From a young age I remember my dad playing this full volume on the weekends, and he still does!
Is your dad single? 😆
@@rebeccav.3734 no, he is album
1 beer for your dad
Awesome
Thank you guitar hero for introducing a me to so much music 😊
I agree
the way this incarnation of Franz Ferdinand burst into the scene as a complete artistic package, audio-visual, was incredible. especially the first couple records, and the way they presented themselves in that era had so much intention and drive. I'm mentioning this because most bands these days, roughly 20 years later, don't even come close. this revival moment had a joyful ire about critiquing the looming digital sensory overload age (this is pre iphone), via constant allusions to analog visual aesthetics yet in a way that poked fun back on itself which is perhaps what made them loveable rather than just pretentious. early Franz Ferdinand was a rare mystical artistic accident that celebrated humor and playfulness somehow mixed with a gothic sensibility and darkness, delivered with a heart warming sincerity. they were facetious enough to call the venue they played at the Chateau, while wearing eyeliner and singing about being served on a platter.. miss this time now looking back, but in a way I'm happy that they evolved and kept their journey going, songs like this though remain in the time capsule that is youtube as relics of a weirdly hopeful but unhinged time that was the post 9-11 aughts..
We making it out of Sarajevo with this one 🗣️
i listened to this since the dawn of Fm radio and this was always in the top tens
We need more bands like this today.
We have The Struts.
Just saw them yesterday in a festival. They are awesome live, didn't really know them before but they definitely left an incredible impression.
If you got the opportunity, grab a ticket to see them live it's worth it !
the amount of work put in the music video is phenomenal
Only superseded by the amount of WTF put in the video.
absolute CINEMA.
This feels so nostalgic, almost. 1910's vibes
Good times
I mean they have some early Soviet aesthetics in their music videos
the transition in this is like when everyone thinks the main character is dead and then he just emerges from a fiery building and beats the crap out of everyone
Facts
Yooo
Masterpiece.
Irelia you are so broken 😐
Essa musica me faz lembrar do meu falecido irmão 😢. Todas as vezes que tocava a música em uma radio, aumentava até o volume máximo e cantávamos! Um dia estaremos juntos. Saudades eterna, Willian 1988 -2009
Sinto muito, espero que essa música ainda seja especial para você.
Love it when I find music that I used to listen to !!!!
Lol same
It's like a gift you weren't expecting
Yep
:)
in love with the begining.
In love with the whole song.
Alex Marchand Me too.
It took 13 years, but this song finally hit 100 million views! Still good, too
It has 700mil plays on Spotify
I am responsible for 51, 000, 000 of those views.
Franz good seeing you survived Sarajevo 🙏
So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a cross-hair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered I lie
I'm just a cross-hair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
Ah-ah-ah
I know I won't be leaving here
With you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
I say, "You don't show"
Don't move, time is slow
I say
"Take me out
I say, "You don't know"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
I want you
To take me out
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
Oh, I know I won't be leaving here
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know, I won't be leaving here
With you
I say, "Don't you know?"
You say, "You don't know"
I say
"Take me out"
If I wane, this could die
If I wait, this could die
I want you
To take me out
If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this can die
Come on
Take me out
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
Oh, I know I won't be leaving here
I know, I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know, I won't be leaving here
With you
Would you like to keep me company for a lil while maybe bring some drinks and wgat not
Thank you very much for sharing, interesting song and video
Fun fact: The author of the lyrics was inspired by a sniper scene from the movie "Enemy at the gates"
Thank you king/queen
People who post lyrics on TH-cam deserve oral
it's about a person that has a existential crisis and want's to leave the simulation.
I sang it yesterday with my choirs. I think this song will be forever in my heart for all the good vibes it brings to me
Bro just a week ago I played this in drums
I miss all of those rock bands that popped up in the early 2000's, bands like The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Jet, Arctic Monkeys.
I don't know how many of them still make music like this
Doge Yeah, their new sound is alright.
The Strokes fucking suck now, they don't even make rock music anymore.
Thomas Patrick Parker well. at least we will have their GOLD albums from the beggining forever (maybe)
Doge Yeah, they were amazing from 2001-2008. That's good atleast.
The Arctic Monkeys sound might've changed but their best era was definitely the Humbug era. Their sound was just so unique and mysterious. Definitely my favorite album from them.
mobmanic Jajajajajajaajajajajajajajaajjajajzajajajajaja, you are a good comedian.
These visuals are truly amazing.
"Take Me Out"
So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say don't you know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out!
I say you don't show
Don't move, time is slow
I say... take me out!
I say you don't know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out!
If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
I want you...to take me out!
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say don't you know?
You say you don't know
I say take me out
If I wane, this can die
If I wane, this can die
I want you to take me out
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
Come on, take me out
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here with you
+ControlSniper welcome
+ControlSniper With a name like yours, are you going to make this your anthem now?
+ControlSniper ý
+ControlSniper ý
+Altar Ego You see, the thing is. No were dose it sate "You can NOT! Copy n' Paste lyrics to ANY! song and post them in the comments section on our 'Community' website"
This whole song is like the bridge stretched out into a full song and I love it
😀
Like the one in sarajevo
Man, I forgot this song existed for the longest time. It's been over a decade since I've heard this song. What a nice surge of nostalgia
Merry Christmas!
I don't think a music video could be any more early 2000's than this
It lacks that weird cgi tho
*even weirder
Right
Ong i love thiss
This came out the mid 2000s
This song is so perfect to dance with that special person.
i dont think so
the song's about death
ROFL
gay horse but the rythm is pefect for that, forget about the lyrics.
You could try but I think it might be difficult dancing to a rock song. Then again, the only type of dancing I do with rock music is head banging and taping my right foot along to the beat whilst air-guitar-ing like a boss.
you sure do know the great sloth lord
I just discovered this song. Well done buddies. Now, I start learning to sing a long.
Lyrics
So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say don't you know?
You say you don't know
I say... Take me out
I say you don't show
Don't move, time is slow
I say... Take me out
I say you don't know
You say you don't know
I say... Take me out
If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
I want you... To take me out
I know I won't be leaving here
-With you-
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here
-With you-
I know I won't be leaving here with you
I say don't you know?
You say you don't know
I say take me out
If I wane, this can die
If I wane, this can die
I want you to take me out
If I move, this could die
If eyes move, this could die
Come on, take me out
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here with you
People like you a perfect
I don't think it's crosshair, it's cossack.
@@johnvideogames4534 it’s crosshair
@@RohanGamingl oh you right, my bad.
Thank U lyric person
This song has such 2000s vibe and i absolutely love it.
Really ahead of its time for 1914...
@@Michael_Valentine bwhahaha soo true mate.
I've been on a classic indie rock from the 2000s binge
Friskky_ same brother
I hope you include some old school Modest Mouse😁
15 years later, still a banger
The breath at 0:13 is overwhelming
Freaky ass🤨
fr lol
You mean 15?
WHY did you have to point that out bro?!! Now I'll never unhear it in 😂
u mean 0:14?? the guy wh9 commented is giving youtube time to load while u click it, yes its 2024, yes youtube is still slower than bing. @@KadinMcNatt
only 1910's kids will remember
Lol
LMAO
I born in 2007 and remember (:
🤣
Noam Bechhofer *seven years war flashbacks*
*INHALES*
*ww1 begins*
SHIT
This was such a banger back in the day.
Yeah, some music never goes out of date!
still is.
still is(2)
Still is wym
We just started playing this in my cover band and it's super fun and kills live!
The title of this song combined with the band's name will never stop making me laugh.
I know, not much of a better band to do a song with this title
the bass line litterally made this song a hit. best alternative rock song of the early 2000s
Facts!!!!
Feel Good Inc. Begs to differ, only if It's an early 2000's to you. If so, they're equal
Yeah it's good but I think the lead guitar really pumped it up
@@erevrin8759 it's literally 2005, that makes it mid 00's
Franz Ferdinand: "Take me out."
Gavrilo Princip: "Bet."
Just as soon as he finishes his sandwich
@@gello8518 that made me chuckle. Tbh one of the coolest things I have ever learned about in history/social studies
this comment wins.
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
He take me out
@@icarusphotovideo which caused potentially ww1. as to the design choices beings they were not a political activist band i think the major influences would be dada-ism, bauhaus which really started to pick up a little during ww2 but it's influences are still recognized to this day.
I remember seeing this video during my middle school years on a boring after-school, and I was immediately hooked to this song, and it's still my favorite decades later.