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Franz Ferdinand have spoken about how the 2001 film Enemy At The Gates inspired their classic hit ‘Take Me Out’.The band’s frontman Alex Kapranos broke down the writing and recording process of the 2004 single during the latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast (released yesterday, January 26).“The night before [the idea emerged] I’d watched a film called Enemy At The Gates, and it’s set during the Second World War around the siege of Stalingrad. One of the themes of the film is this stand-off between two snipers,” he explained.“Jude Law is the Soviet sniper and Ed Harris is the evil Nazi.
They’re both kind of tucked away, hidden from each other, waiting for the other to make a move and expose themselves. ‘Cause as soon as the other makes a move, the other will know where they are and will take them out.”Kapranos went on to say that the Jean-Jacques Annaud-directed movie was “fresh in my head” when he was “mucking about” on what would eventually become ‘Take Me Out’, which featured on the group’s self-titled debut album.“This image of the two snipers left quite an impact on me; it felt like a very good metaphor for the kind of romantic situations that we sometimes find ourselves in,” he continued.“You know, where you both know you’re into the other but no one wants to kind of, like, expose their vulnerability and make a move, and let the other know how they feel.
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Omar Apollo has announced his upcoming forth album, ‘Ivory’.The 16-track album is slated to release on April 8 via Warner Records. While the tracklist for ‘Ivory’ has not yet been revealed, it has been confirmed that the record will include previously released singles ‘Go Away’ and ‘Bad Life’ featuring Kali Uchis.The album will also include the newly released ‘Invincible’ featuring fellow singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar, which received a music video.
Franz Ferdinand have announced rescheduled dates for their Greatest Hits 2022 UK and European headline tour – see all the details below.The Scottish band were set to head out on the road next month in support of their ‘Hits To The Head’ ‘best of’ album, which is due for release on March 11 via Domino Records.Due to continued COVID restrictions in Europe, the second half of the ‘Hits To The Head’ tour has now been rescheduled for later this year. Some dates are still set to go ahead as planned in April.“We’re sorry to announce that due to ongoing covid restrictions across Europe and the logistics involved with putting on a tour at this time, we have had to reschedule the first half of our upcoming tour,” the band wrote on Instagram.“We’ve kept in all the dates we are logistically able to do but for all others we have had to re-schedule for later in the year.
Landmark Theatres has decided to close their Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco with the lease ending, and the chain citing “landlord-created conditions” which “challenged profitability” at the location.
ATLANTA -- Imagine a town clock that displays not the minutes and seconds that govern our lives, but time that moves faster or slower based on how fast rivers are running.The Chattahoochee River and its tributaries flow through metropolitan Atlanta, but they hardly register for most people in the city — a disconnect that dismays Jonathan Keats. The San Francisco-based conceptual artist is on an extended stay in Georgia, where he's been devising ways of encouraging people to interact more with their natural environment.His latest concept, "Atlanta River Time," would enlist volunteers to go down to riverbanks and take measurements.
Marc Skinner was looking to the positives as his side were knocked out of the FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup after a 3-1 loss to holders Chelsea.
The January transfer window slammed shut at 11pm last night for English clubs across the Premier League and EFL.
Howard Hesseman, star of TV series “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Head of the Class”, has died at age 81.
Carol Speed, who lit up the screen in the cult blaxploitation film The Mack died on Jan. 14 in Muskogee, Okla. She was 76 her family announced her death in a statement published online, but did not specify the cause.
Kim Kardashian, 41, met with former presidential candidate and First Lady Hillary Clinton, 74, and her daughter Chelsea, 41, for coffee on Monday January 24. The three women chatted over a cup-of-joe at Canoga Park’s Hot And Cool Cafe as part of Hillary’s upcoming AppleTV+ show Gutsy Women. An eyewitness revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that the inspiring trio had a “nice visit” together.
Olivia 'Liv' Bentley is one of the standout stars in the current cast of Made In Chelsea (and she's one of our faves too). Her relationship with Tristan Phipps has provided a fair bit of drama and has been one of the main storylines on the show in the past few series.We all love Liv, that's a given, but outside of her work on MIC how much do you really know about her? If the answer is "not much", then this article is basically written for you.
Kim Kardashian is meeting with another politician.Kardashian was spotted with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton earlier this week. The trio were seen at the Hot & Cool Cafe in Canoga Park, California where they were joined by a camera crew.Unlike Kardashian's trip to the White House, her meeting with the Clintons was a bit more casual, with the alum rocking a shiny black trench coat, lime green thigh-high boots and a pair of black sunglasses.
DEALSBadBadNotGood have signed a new deal with Third Side Music, extending their existing partnership with the publisher. “Alexander, Chester and Leland are true contemporaries, yet articulate a cross-generational sense of virtuosity and energy only known to them”, says Brontë Jane, Third Side Music’s VP Creative. “I feel strongly that this next chapter for BadBadNotGood will be the most impactful”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSAndy West has been named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Warner Music Canada.