Maybe Gavrilo Principe Has Something Against Kids' Music

They've posted Franz Ferdinand's song "Jackie Jackson" at the Colours Are Brighter Myspace page, but after constant buffering, all I get is about 30 seconds of Franz Ferdinand-y goodness about a greedy boy eating too much cake before an abrupt cutoff. Your mileage may vary, and hopefully it's better than mine.

The Belle and Sebastian-compiled benefit album is set to be released in the UK on Oct. 16th.

Comments

[deb in sf]

Ok, dork princess that I am, I have never ever in my life heard a song by this band. My mileage was sub-compact worthy. Killer fun song. So doggone fun it makes me wanna cuss, but I won't since this is a family blog.

[Katy L]

I'll join the Dork Princess Club, because I, too, am new to Franz Ferdinand (does hearing of them count?). This is the quirkiest stuff since They Might Be Giants came out with "No!", without sounding like they're trying to copy TMBG. "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur" is a bit repetitive but, strangely, not annoying to me because it's so original and funny. If you've ever seen the old Japanese Godzilla movies, this song might make you smile. "I Am An Astronaut" is very sweet and straightforward and totally gets it in terms of the way kids think. I like this stuff!

[Stefan]

You've probably heard Franz Ferdinand and just didn't know it -- "Take Me Out," from their debut, is a swaggering punky song that was heard everywhere a couple years ago.

"Jackie Jackson" is not out of character of the rest of their work.