Franz Ferdinand - Michael (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @dominorecordco
    @dominorecordco  6 лет назад +161

    Franz Ferdinand’s latest album ‘Always Ascending’ is out now on Domino Record Co.
    Listen & Buy here: smarturl.it/AlwaysAscending
    More from Franz Ferdinand on RUclips: bit.ly/TheBestOfFranzFerdinand

  • @CarlaWay
    @CarlaWay 9 лет назад +1187

    When I went to their concert I couldn't even sing along, I was too hypnotized by his moves and his voice. Damn sexy man. Kapranos is too sexy for his own good.

    • @Bvnditi
      @Bvnditi 9 лет назад +3

      +Carla Fernanda Wait, are they still going?

    • @CarlaWay
      @CarlaWay 9 лет назад +5

      +Griff Streather yes they are. I didn't mean I saw them live recently but yes, they still play. Last week they finished their tour with Sparks. Check out FFS on RUclips

    • @Bvnditi
      @Bvnditi 9 лет назад

      Many thanks.

    • @CarlaWay
      @CarlaWay 9 лет назад

      +Griff Streather no problemo :D

    • @jacquelineiona1996
      @jacquelineiona1996 9 лет назад +17

      I agree.... this man oozes sexiness.... ohhhhh yeah

  • @ElaborateTiger
    @ElaborateTiger 7 лет назад +383

    My name is Michael and I just watched Franz Ferdinand live a couple of days ago and it was so awesome when they played this. I felt like they were playing it to me.

    • @Михась-я9ч
      @Михась-я9ч 2 года назад +9

      The same!

    • @donnieblanko
      @donnieblanko 2 года назад +11

      Women like our name. And for some silly reason they like to emphasize the M in MMMMichael😂

    • @Eduardo-so9mk
      @Eduardo-so9mk Год назад +10

      Wait, you are the boy with the leather hips???

  • @Iggysluckytonite
    @Iggysluckytonite 4 года назад +1547

    Franz Ferdinand: *writes this song*
    Historians: They were roommates

    • @abhijithnair767
      @abhijithnair767 3 года назад +70

      Oh my god!They were roommates!

    • @RogueEagle
      @RogueEagle 2 года назад +16

      Heard that in Ron Howards voice

    • @throbbingfellow1136
      @throbbingfellow1136 2 года назад +22

      In this case, it’s actually true. FF themselves have said it’s not genuinely gay.

    • @JoeBidenOfficial
      @JoeBidenOfficial Год назад +78

      kapranos said in an interview that he is straight and he wrote this song to piss off homophobes

    • @NoComment-xd9qp
      @NoComment-xd9qp Год назад +21

      still pretty gay though. No way around that.

  • @thebidding.870
    @thebidding.870 Год назад +61

    Every man in this music video is beautiful.

    • @SomeOne-vf1rs
      @SomeOne-vf1rs Год назад +5

      Makes me wonder how pretty michael is

  • @coflyer2949
    @coflyer2949 8 лет назад +445

    "She worried about you, call your mother" is my favorite line

    • @perry6005
      @perry6005 8 лет назад +3

      Drake Robichaud where is that in the song?

    • @coflyer2949
      @coflyer2949 8 лет назад +19

      1:34-1:39

    • @music_addict1585
      @music_addict1585 5 лет назад +22

      Lmao a lot of people won’t get this. 😂😂

    • @ayeright7613
      @ayeright7613 4 года назад +3

      Music _ Addict It’s about Bob Hardy that part

  • @Mossynugget
    @Mossynugget 13 лет назад +520

    Thank you Franz Ferdinand, your song helped my friend to express his love for his best friend.

    • @dox4928
      @dox4928 4 года назад +5

      hol up.

    • @YoDenki
      @YoDenki 2 года назад +37

      was his name michael?

    • @thelad435
      @thelad435 2 года назад +2

      @@YoDenki lel

    • @healingandgrowth-infp4677
      @healingandgrowth-infp4677 2 года назад +2

      @@YoDenki no but I knew a girl who changed her appearance n was so threatening to beat me whenever I said she…. She renamed herself Michael. I knew a Michael once a real man he was a manipulator n tricked me into a relationship he made it out to be that was just to use me for sex n then-flee. I really feel strong dislike for that name now.

    • @YoDenki
      @YoDenki 2 года назад +6

      @@healingandgrowth-infp4677 are you okay? :c

  • @sandrok1609
    @sandrok1609 11 лет назад +442

    easter egg at 1:33 , that weird voice you hear ... if you play it backwards you will hear "phone your mom she worries about you"

    • @MichalGoreckiPL
      @MichalGoreckiPL 10 лет назад +36

      It's fuckin' truth :D

    • @li5759
      @li5759 8 лет назад +97

      it was bc Bob, the bassist, was homesick and wanted to call his mom the entire time recording the song :-)

    • @lucyhurst2534
      @lucyhurst2534 2 года назад

      @@li5759 I heard it was the opposite. He’d not called home for a while and it had been his 23rd birthday around that time, so it was a joke that his mother had been trying to contact him.

  • @KimmyQueen
    @KimmyQueen 8 лет назад +1795

    I have to say that it does take balls to make a song like this though

    • @Themonkeymartin
      @Themonkeymartin 6 лет назад +20

      Why would you say?

    • @arutzuki2491
      @arutzuki2491 6 лет назад +44

      You know the answer

    • @Locopueblo
      @Locopueblo 5 лет назад +75

      Who knew? Some people are gay.

    • @therun7024
      @therun7024 5 лет назад +134

      Eh it’s British so probably would take significantly more balls had he been American

    • @perspii2808
      @perspii2808 5 лет назад +4

      PapaCassetti Why’s that?

  • @tastymedleys
    @tastymedleys 13 лет назад +159

    For some reason the line that made me start liking this song was "This is what I am, I am a man...so come and dance with me Michael". I don't know why it made such an impression on me really.
    Of course it also helped when I understood the lyrics of the chorus...
    "Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor
    Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore!"

  • @michaelortiz5219
    @michaelortiz5219 9 лет назад +252

    This song makes me feel good about myself

  • @clusterhvg
    @clusterhvg 6 лет назад +1479

    can't believe alex kapranos invented bisexuality 14 years ago today ugh his mind

  • @GQseven
    @GQseven 10 лет назад +61

    Still so glad they released this song as a single. One of those sexy songs you get stuck in your head.

    • @yasininn76
      @yasininn76 10 месяцев назад

      Where in the fuck is this sexy

  • @hinrk800
    @hinrk800 Год назад +29

    this song is so electrifying and beautiful, i feel every vibration of music flow through my body with each verse

  • @lewis6180
    @lewis6180 2 года назад +308

    I remember hearing this song for the first time as a young teenager, when the record first came out. I was dealing with so much shame and embarrassment at that time. Already people had started calling me the f-slur before I had even come to terms with the idea that that was what I was, and other boys would have these stupid conversations like "Would you rather x, or be gay?" (Obviously they'd always pick the former, no matter how gruesome, even if it meant death.) I fought hard against my desires, but hearing Alex sing about stubble on his sticky lips was like a jolt of lightning that shocked me out of denial. Nothing will ever be as electrifyingly sexy as that moment, when being gay was so taboo and Alex was whispering this delicious filth in my ear through my headphones, as I went to school.

    • @lewis6180
      @lewis6180 2 года назад +60

      What I'm trying to say is, thank you Franz, for such a pivotal moment in my sexual awakening.

    • @skrulgrills
      @skrulgrills Год назад +20

      LOVE THIS COMMENT so fucking real

    • @DiabolicalDrEly
      @DiabolicalDrEly Год назад +4

      aw this is the wholesome content I occasionally brave the comments section for

    • @yasininn76
      @yasininn76 10 месяцев назад

      Ok yeah this definitely takes the puke cake. Nobody wants to hear about your shitty gay awakening dude

    • @bottleofcrackers2087
      @bottleofcrackers2087 6 месяцев назад +1

      i love comments like these. so real

  • @sarahl9398
    @sarahl9398 4 года назад +72

    This was one of my favorite Franz Ferdinand songs for a looong time, ugh, just a brilliant catchy song.

  • @harrietrosejimenez
    @harrietrosejimenez 8 лет назад +207

    When vampire businessmen get too tired of their dreary lives, they get high and systematically sacrifice each other by way of a ritual that involves watching the sacrifice dance and slowly ganging up on him/her. The process reaches its climax when there is no hope of escape left for anyone in the room, leaving pagan forces and reality warping the only solution in the end. During this whole fiasco, a particularly powerful group of vampire businessman leaders watches and provides musical accompaniment.

    • @lxjoe96
      @lxjoe96 8 лет назад +34

      That was truly a wild ride from start to finish

    • @harrietrosejimenez
      @harrietrosejimenez 5 лет назад +15

      It's been almost 3 years and this is still the best comment I've ever written.

    • @derpyliciousmiku
      @derpyliciousmiku 3 года назад +1

      @@harrietrosejimenez I am still amazed by it

  • @hanabiwu
    @hanabiwu 6 лет назад +82

    My favourite part is 0:00 - 3:25

  • @tatum7792
    @tatum7792 7 лет назад +1206

    it sucks i can't fully appreciate this song because my step dad's name is Michael

  • @MainAvel
    @MainAvel 10 лет назад +688

    All the dudes named "Michael" be like, "OHMIGOD DIS SONG IS FUR MEEE"

  • @illu04
    @illu04 5 месяцев назад +7

    I have to say it was a blessing to stumble upon this song while being head over heels for someone named Michael

    • @mikenewbold1699
      @mikenewbold1699 3 месяца назад

      thanks

    • @illu04
      @illu04 3 месяца назад +1

      @@mikenewbold1699 Not sure how this benefits you but you're welcome

    • @sarahomiracle
      @sarahomiracle 3 месяца назад +1

      You too? He goes by Mike but Michael is is proper name.

  • @luncheonroll
    @luncheonroll 3 года назад +59

    This is the best Franz song, the most brilliant original thing they ever did

    • @yasininn76
      @yasininn76 10 месяцев назад

      Not even remotely close but ok buddy

  • @SweetGreymalkin
    @SweetGreymalkin 12 лет назад +424

    Somehow I feel like if it was a girl singing to Michael or Alex singing to a lady it wouldn't be as good a song...There's just something fundamentally gay about it, and that's awesome.

    • @eatntell
      @eatntell 3 года назад +40

      gayness makes everything better. especially sex.

    • @xilitla.
      @xilitla. 2 года назад +6

      @@eatntell speak that shit 🗣️

    • @yasininn76
      @yasininn76 10 месяцев назад

      @eatntell lies! deception!

    • @kitlermussolini7394
      @kitlermussolini7394 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@eatntellshut up

    • @dalaanibombina8822
      @dalaanibombina8822 3 месяца назад

      @@eatntell lol

  • @demetra1728
    @demetra1728 6 лет назад +161

    ×
    Michael
    Franz Ferdinand
    This is where I'll be
    So heavenly
    So come and dance with me Michael
    So sexy, I'm sexy
    Come and dance with me Michael
    I'm all that you see, you want to see
    Come and dance with me Michael
    So close now so close now
    Come and dance with me
    Come and dance with me
    So come and dance with me
    Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
    Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
    Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
    Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance-floor
    Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore
    Michael waiting on a silver platter now
    And nothing matters now
    This is what I am, I am a man
    Come and dance with me Michael
    So strong now, it's strong now
    Come and dance with me Michael
    I'm all that you'll be, you'll ever see
    So come and dance with me, Michael
    So close now.
    You're close now.
    Come and dance with me.
    Come and dance with me. [Repeat: x2]
    Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
    Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
    Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
    Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance-floor
    Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore
    Michael waiting on a silver platter now
    And nothing matters now

  • @RobHeathers
    @RobHeathers 11 лет назад +345

    I used to rock the flying snot out to this song when I was 16. The men of Franz Ferdinand may all be straight, but they're all hot. It is so important for people to have role models in every niche!! As a gay teen in Middle of Nowhere Iowa, I wanted to be their Michael. There are no songs in mainstream rock for gay teens to latch onto. I still prefer my rock harder than this (Courtney Love or L7 come to mind), but this song is vital to my life's soundtrack. It let me almost "belong".

    • @UpsideDownTeapot
      @UpsideDownTeapot 11 лет назад +27

      Totally agree. I just heard this song on Queer Radio :) Love the line "like a beautiful dance whore".

    • @Agnethatheredhairkid
      @Agnethatheredhairkid 10 лет назад +18

      UpsideDownTeapot I misheard the line as 'beautiful dancehall' and wondered what they were on about. Thanks for clarifying.

    • @sean3164
      @sean3164 10 лет назад +5

      I would add.Nirvana,.Queen and Depeche Mode to that list.

    • @li5759
      @li5759 8 лет назад +70

      Alex Kapranos is bisexual just so you know

    • @IvanMartinez-tt2yh
      @IvanMartinez-tt2yh 6 лет назад +52

      " There are no songs in mainstream rock for gay teens to latch onto." Truer words have never been spoken. Gay people have to adjust to straight people feelings in order to feel that they belong.

  • @rosetiger7268
    @rosetiger7268 Год назад +21

    Living in 2004 this song was, and still is, epic

  • @catherine4176
    @catherine4176 8 лет назад +28

    Favourite Franz Ferdinand song hands down, even though there's so many good ones to choose from

  • @BrasoBiadonsky
    @BrasoBiadonsky 2 года назад +22

    When I was around 12 and I used to listen this song on Gran Turismo 4, I thought this song was about Micheal Schumacher. Few years later, studying english at High School, I understood that I was completely wrong.

    • @rohandharampal
      @rohandharampal 9 месяцев назад +4

      bro same i was just listening to it in wrc on psp

    • @killerdreck
      @killerdreck 11 дней назад +1

      I always thought the song was about Michael Jackson.
      Oh, and I got to know it because of GT4 too.

  • @benedictcooper3131
    @benedictcooper3131 3 года назад +472

    I can’t believe we don’t have more songs like this about openly sexual male-to-male attraction

    • @flozano8
      @flozano8 3 года назад +65

      I agree. It's a shame. This song is actually kind of liberating.

    • @skyman6936
      @skyman6936 2 года назад +63

      I remember being a kid in 2006 and my buddy was so homophobic that he didn't like it when this song came up in the Playlist on our zune. I'm not gay personally, but this song goes hard.

    • @lucifersam7946
      @lucifersam7946 2 года назад +29

      Lil Nas X has been helping, at least.

    • @wr0aig
      @wr0aig 2 года назад +17

      @@lucifersam7946 lil nas x is great, but he's super recent. i can barely find any songs like this from when franz ferdinand released michael :/

    • @till5871
      @till5871 2 года назад +19

      Yea most of em are boring indie shlock
      I want something to party to like this

  • @slancer25
    @slancer25 5 лет назад +18

    happy i got to see FF live and hear Mr. Kapranos ask Michael to come all over him

  • @토핀-p2o
    @토핀-p2o 6 лет назад +26

    I used to listen A LOT to this song when I was 8-9 yo, and I couldn't understand English back then. Now that I can I like it even more 🤣🤣

  • @alessandragae
    @alessandragae 11 лет назад +424

    Is it just me or Alex Kapranos looks a wee bit like that dude playing Hannibal Lecter (series)?

    • @MrMunckey
      @MrMunckey 11 лет назад +4

      Like Mads Mikkelsen? I don't think so :)

    • @MissBabalusca
      @MissBabalusca 11 лет назад +25

      Hell yeeeees!I think they're very similar ;)

    • @henkbus11
      @henkbus11 10 лет назад +20

      So i'm not the only one who noticed that. I think Alex could be his younger brother. Great show btw. :)

    • @mangosherbet7135
      @mangosherbet7135 10 лет назад +27

      Oh thank god i'm not the only one who thought that. I say it's the bone stucture. The cheek bones, probably.

    • @alessandragae
      @alessandragae 10 лет назад +6

      Mango sherbet Alex already knows who Mads Mikkelsen is, finally. When he went to Canda people kept saying they resemble each other. Haha

  • @tapeworm_loser47
    @tapeworm_loser47 10 месяцев назад +13

    As a Michael, big fan of this song

  • @WillSpencer0417
    @WillSpencer0417 Год назад +33

    A very sensual and irresistible beat! Really gets you moving.

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Год назад +3

    franz ferdinand brought art-rock back to the mainstream with their eponymous 2004 album, and I am forever grateful.

  • @EverAppl14
    @EverAppl14 Год назад +6

    I never saw the video for this song back when I had this album playing on repeat. Unsurprised to find that it's spectacular.

  • @somemong989
    @somemong989 4 года назад +21

    When you feel kinda uncomfortable around every friend/colleague/acquaintance you know after listening to this. There's a guy I barely know in the office but this pops into my head whenever I see him.

  • @deboramiranda4601
    @deboramiranda4601 6 лет назад +6

    My favourite song by Franz Ferdinand. Lucky me, saw that twice live

  • @perfume1997
    @perfume1997 8 лет назад +74

    Because I am Japanese, at first I didn't know meaning of this lyrics but I was so surprised when I understood meaning

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaa_99
      @aaaaaaaaaaaa_99 8 лет назад +7

      Lol. I'm English but I was surprised about the lyrics as well.

    • @vixymix101
      @vixymix101 5 лет назад

      Liking anime and watching it doesn't make you Japanese

    • @vixymix101
      @vixymix101 5 лет назад

      @RedSnow 1 it's not a dog, and I don't believe I'm a dog

    • @LunaMinuna
      @LunaMinuna 5 лет назад +5

      Z3r0 Physics that’s racist. It’s like your saying all black people like Blank Panther

    • @sarajlija5237
      @sarajlija5237 4 года назад

      @RedSnow 1 clown.

  • @Legendrush
    @Legendrush 13 лет назад +20

    I did many great laps in gran turismo with this song, thanks Franz Ferdinand !!!!!!

  • @adrianberriel8445
    @adrianberriel8445 3 года назад +11

    10 years ago this video was uploaded, and here I am a, decade after, keeping listening to this sexy song

  • @christianborges17
    @christianborges17 4 года назад +15

    El homónimo de Franz Ferdinand, fue el primer cd que compré cuando empecé a trabajar. Aún me recuerda tiempos mejores.

  • @RaccoonSnunkWolf1011
    @RaccoonSnunkWolf1011 12 лет назад +7

    All of these boys (including the band members) in this video are absolutely gorgeous...

  • @hectorlarios8689
    @hectorlarios8689 Год назад +31

    Good to know Mads Mikkelsen brought up such a talented son

    • @Blackcain
      @Blackcain Год назад +5

      lol I just notice the resemblance now you mentioned it

    • @Bowiebonolennon1982
      @Bowiebonolennon1982 4 месяца назад

      He’s Mads’ kid? Cool!

    • @rahima3093
      @rahima3093 4 месяца назад

      @@Bowiebonolennon1982 no babe theyre roughly the same atge they jus look similar

  • @ashleyelizabeth2642
    @ashleyelizabeth2642 4 года назад +7

    Talk about beautiful. Michael has my heart.

  • @grahamkristensen9301
    @grahamkristensen9301 3 года назад +37

    Me: "You know, I don't think I've heard any Franz Ferdinand songs other than Take Me Out. I should check out more of their stuff."
    *clicks this video*
    Me 3:25 later: "...I like men now."

  • @klitlikaswtfzone3220
    @klitlikaswtfzone3220 2 года назад +9

    this is still catchy AF this many years later... even if i find the lyrics comical more then relatable... BASS being clear in the mix was half the reason the first album stood out to me compared to later on...

  • @billyblooboy
    @billyblooboy 10 лет назад +6

    Its got to be one of my top 10 franz songs love it ? i live it .

  • @captainoctonion9045
    @captainoctonion9045 4 месяца назад +3

    probably my favorite song from them

  • @richs8491
    @richs8491 2 года назад +6

    Just watched this song after listening to it many years ago and forgot how F☆☆KING AWESOME this song is 🕺🕺🕺

  • @rocksgio
    @rocksgio 8 лет назад +1971

    just guys being dudes

    • @103798
      @103798 8 лет назад +4

      XDXDXD

    • @s2sHoXXs2
      @s2sHoXXs2 8 лет назад +51

      what's better than this

    • @eginb
      @eginb 8 лет назад +25

      Mmmmm........that beautiful moment when nothing explains everything.

    • @katiewigman1133
      @katiewigman1133 7 лет назад +35

      Just bros being bros

    • @mikeyzmumu
      @mikeyzmumu 6 лет назад +18

      Gio just dudes being guys

  • @SupertonicLady
    @SupertonicLady 5 месяцев назад +3

    I'm falling in love with michael just by hearing this description of him

  • @sabatinotosisi5488
    @sabatinotosisi5488 10 месяцев назад +4

    I was playing a rally PSP game and this banger just played

  • @xnanazombiex
    @xnanazombiex 10 месяцев назад +3

    I came back to relive 2004. ❤🎉

  • @remyfromratatouille9519
    @remyfromratatouille9519 5 лет назад +292

    Franz: *violently bisexual*
    Me: *also biolently bisexual*
    Also me: this song... *sheds single tear* ....just yes.

  • @Emyrock88
    @Emyrock88 Год назад +4

    One of my favourite songs

  • @joiedeceivre
    @joiedeceivre 10 лет назад +8

    i finally broke the last barrier of my coming out to this today

  • @mollysfamily914
    @mollysfamily914 2 года назад +5

    Miss this era. The way they do this song live was such an amazing experience back in the day. Especially in red set lights!

  • @tonimoroni742
    @tonimoroni742 Год назад +3

    My favourite song from the album and a great video too

  • @madeleinep.828
    @madeleinep.828 3 года назад +3

    I don't even know what I like more: the song or the comments.

  • @Anoi587
    @Anoi587 7 лет назад +145

    Daddy Kapranos

  • @davidanzola3871
    @davidanzola3871 5 лет назад +6

    My friend Michael created ecstasy... I love him.

  • @sammullett17
    @sammullett17 5 лет назад +9

    That rift never gets boring ✌️✌️✌️

  • @tamiresguimaraes5316
    @tamiresguimaraes5316 29 дней назад +2

    I went to a Franz Ferdinand show in Brazil in 2018 and one of the presidential candidates in the election (who won months later) is known worldwide as a homophobe. Kapranos before starting to play this song said "This is a song about guys who like to dance together, and that's beautiful. If anyone here has a problem with that, then they have a problem with us". That was incredible!!! I love you, Kapranos!!!!

  • @AJ-xc4nm
    @AJ-xc4nm 5 лет назад +77

    My thought back when I was nine.
    "What girl is named Micheal." Back before I knew what lgbtq was lmao.

    • @jonatgan8546
      @jonatgan8546 4 года назад +7

      this comment reminds me of when I was young and my (unknowing) mom bought me a tegan and sarah CD, and I was like "What kind of guy has long golden hair?"

    • @TheDamino
      @TheDamino 4 года назад +2

      Jonatgan Robert Plant

  • @MDestron2282
    @MDestron2282 12 лет назад +10

    Back in them early 2000's days whenever this song came on at the club all my friends (male, female, gay and straight) all ran back into the club so we could dance to it. My name is Michael, and they all dubbed it my theme song. I didn't care who I was dancing with or what their sexual preference was. We were friends and we all loved each other. That's all that matters. Enjoy the song for being a great fucking song. Get over your personal hang-ups.

  • @Mike140291
    @Mike140291 9 лет назад +8

    All these people going on about being Gay to this song or this song makes them Gay. You know what I don't care, this is good music whether you Straight, Gay, Bi, Confused, Greedy Desperate. Music brings people together and that's what it's all about.

  • @ThePoptartster
    @ThePoptartster 9 лет назад +639

    this song was written for Michael Stevens of Vsauce.

    • @TManDore
      @TManDore 9 лет назад

      He's gay?

    • @ThePoptartster
      @ThePoptartster 9 лет назад +6

      Theodore Mulvihill
      Not that it maters, but I believe him to be straight.

    • @ThePoptartster
      @ThePoptartster 9 лет назад +20

      Zeyden Emsbry
      It's not. But if you imagine it to be true... HUMOR!

    • @TManDore
      @TManDore 9 лет назад +1

      +ThePoptartster fair enough

    • @douwevenema3748
      @douwevenema3748 8 лет назад +25

      +Zeyden Emsbry "The band shot the video for the single in Berlin. It features a cameo appearance by Michael, an acquaintance of the band and the actual subject of the song." Description

  • @Chalycees
    @Chalycees 4 года назад +73

    fragile straights: it's from the girl's perspective
    Alex: *this is what I am, I am a man*

    • @xenonl9860
      @xenonl9860 5 месяцев назад

      Also: "it's not gay, cause it's a one time thing"

  • @michaelcavallari5003
    @michaelcavallari5003 Год назад +2

    This song makes me feel so good. Thank you so much!

  • @simonettacocco792
    @simonettacocco792 2 года назад +4

    Quando ascolto questo pezzo.. Vorrei essere un ragazzo. E vorrei essere Michael. E tutto quello che ho sempre voluto.

  • @Sentientmatter8
    @Sentientmatter8 4 года назад +175

    This song in high school was everything. First to be a teenage girl and be able to sing desire for man with all of the boldness OF a man... it freed us. And then the music video. Michael walking past the line of androgynous concert goers- and saying- that! That! is my aesthetic. We want to look like those men who look like women who look like men and Alex Kapranis doesn't care either way! Going to concerts in concert halls wearing fedoras and button up shirts and tight jean and boots and feeling alive in the shadowy gthonic world of the theater.

  • @SolidariusLive
    @SolidariusLive 12 лет назад +6

    Still one of the best songs ever.

  • @gamesvid6100
    @gamesvid6100 8 лет назад +2

    i use to love playing this song with my band, great sounds

  • @FabioEagle90
    @FabioEagle90 8 лет назад +77

    Gran Turismo 4 !!!

    • @shqairh
      @shqairh 8 лет назад +9

      hell yeaah

    • @Mark-en8ub
      @Mark-en8ub 4 года назад +1

      So many memories 😍

  • @anitathefajita
    @anitathefajita 12 лет назад +1

    This gives me multiple eargasms. No doubt about it.

  • @mscandyclash
    @mscandyclash 14 лет назад +3

    This was my favorite song in about grade 6. Wow that seems forever ago. weird. Still love it. They are genius.

  • @Лекс1-э3ы
    @Лекс1-э3ы 2 года назад +11

    Одна из крутых их песен!!!! 🤘

  • @Liv-dj1rf
    @Liv-dj1rf Год назад +5

    BEST SONG!!

  • @natashawoman7606
    @natashawoman7606 12 лет назад +1

    I just discovered this because i finally got around to listening to some of the songs on Gran Turismo on the playstation. Now... to get it on my cellphone so it's with me when I see Michael next. :)

  • @Portuguese-gigachad
    @Portuguese-gigachad 10 месяцев назад +4

    this song uses my doorbell sound for some parts and i was about to become crazy cuz i was going to check my door to see if someone was there but nah there was no one there until i realized it came from the song

  • @elfpixiething
    @elfpixiething 13 лет назад +1

    listened to these since I was 8 years old and still listening, they are literally that great

  • @YuliPortillo
    @YuliPortillo 9 лет назад +12

    ¡Once años de esta joyita! Eleven years since Michael was released! ♥♥♥

  • @mitcheluh
    @mitcheluh 11 лет назад +8

    10 yearsssss, feeling old.

    • @sean3164
      @sean3164 10 лет назад +1

      Know what ya mean. I saw them on their 2nd visit to Philadelphia at.Shampoo; which doesn't even exist.any.longer.

  • @MychaelHelmz
    @MychaelHelmz 3 года назад +19

    This Song Was Written Just For Me... Just To Let You Know...

    • @jeanne5922
      @jeanne5922 3 года назад +5

      You're so lucky. How does it feel to be God's favorite?

    • @MychaelHelmz
      @MychaelHelmz 3 года назад +3

      @@jeanne5922 Pretty Fucking Amazing... If I Do Say So Myself... LOL!

  • @X3RNEA5
    @X3RNEA5 Год назад +6

    How to have fun in GTA Online
    Step1> Buy the Rogue plane
    Step2> Blast off and have fun

    • @Cuckler
      @Cuckler 11 месяцев назад

      You know it

  • @rosemarymcbride3419
    @rosemarymcbride3419 2 года назад +54

    Remember hearing this for the first time as a closeted 15 year old. I was just like 😳

    • @ni4717
      @ni4717 Год назад +2

      Me too!! When I was in the closetHahah. I was like "Wait he's saying that? He's allowed? Cool!!!"

  • @tgrimshaw
    @tgrimshaw 2 года назад +6

    What a jam

  • @grazianeddu
    @grazianeddu 2 года назад +4

    Killer song!

  • @xilitla.
    @xilitla. 2 года назад +5

    2:29-4:42 my genuine reaction to that information

  • @gracebm9581
    @gracebm9581 4 года назад +155

    This reminds me of a few "straight" male friends I had who all had a crush on a man called Michael. They even set up a fan club.
    Michael still doesn't know.

    • @azrael5839
      @azrael5839 3 года назад +16

      This sounds so bizarre it loops back round to believable XD
      Must have been some guy 😏😆

    • @AresWantsToSleep
      @AresWantsToSleep Год назад +1

      did michael ever find out?

    • @gracebm9581
      @gracebm9581 Год назад +4

      @@AresWantsToSleep It's been a few years since I spoke to Michael, I moved away from the area when I graduated. Michael might have found out *some* of what happened because I told some other people who worked for/with him about parts of it. For example, the identity of some guys who sent him anonymous gifts.

    • @gismosfinalform2031
      @gismosfinalform2031 Год назад +2

      ​@@gracebm9581 something must have stood out about this guy

  • @midnightrebel1927
    @midnightrebel1927 6 месяцев назад +2

    My first song and video when i discovered franz

  • @claudi.o
    @claudi.o 8 лет назад +6

    ¡A bailar, a bailar! Imposible quedarse quieto con este tema.

  • @MaximilianOOO491
    @MaximilianOOO491 5 лет назад +1

    Michael you’re the only one I’d ever want 🙌🏽🎵🎶

  • @larssmulderss2505
    @larssmulderss2505 5 лет назад +5

    Why aren't they more popular....

  • @Hed_Vase
    @Hed_Vase Год назад

    I'm sorry to say kiddos, but you can't simply split your lives in two. What you do here on earth, truly matters.
    (Loved my introduction to Franz Ferdinand in 2004, by a boy who betrayed me) Thanks

  • @crackedLCDsalvage
    @crackedLCDsalvage 4 года назад +3

    200 miles of El Capitan on Gran Turismo 4 with this one and Go with the flow from QOTSA. Just great.

    • @Gricey1998
      @Gricey1998 3 года назад

      60 laps of Tokyo R246 with this song and the Alfa 155 DTM

  • @paulhodnett50
    @paulhodnett50 5 месяцев назад +2

    One of the best driving songs ever... for me anyway

  • @TeamGeist06
    @TeamGeist06 5 лет назад +7

    Your last in the race in Gran Turismo 4
    this song comes on.
    You overtake everyone and win the race.

    • @Gricey1998
      @Gricey1998 3 года назад +2

      60 laps of Tokyo R246 in the ALFA 155 DTM car 😍

  • @nema1218
    @nema1218 12 лет назад +1

    Bought the album in summer '04,and still have it.Great one,2004 had the best music and movies ever!
    This Fire and Jacqueline were also great.