Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Monday, March 14, 2022 6:09 PM
Author: Interviews by Dave Simpson
Subject: Franz Ferdinand on making Take Me Out: 'We thought it would be funny to spoof Queen'
| 'I had been watching Enemy at the Gates, a film about two snipers – one Russian, one German – trying to take each other out. I thought it was a good metaphor for a romantic situation' Take Me Out was one of the earliest songs we wrote, when they were coming easily, almost effortlessly. I shared a flat in Glasgow with Nick McCarthy and we had the sort of little keyboard you get for Christmas when you're 14. Nick played over its automatic accompaniment and came up with what turned out to be the first three chords of the verse of Take Me Out. |