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{{Infobox musical artist
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| Name = Franz Ferdinand
[[Image:Usnaturalization.jpg|A judge swears in a new citizen. [[New York]], 1910|thumb]]
| Img = ConcertoFranzFerdinandLisboaSetembro2005.jpg
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| Img_capt = Franz Ferdinand in [[Lisbon, Portugal]] in September 2005
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| Background = group_or_band
| Alias =
| Origin = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]<br />[[Indie rock]]<ref name="mp3">{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3.com/artist/franz-ferdinand/summary/|title=Franz Ferdinand MP3 Downloads - Franz Ferdinand Music Downloads - Franz Ferdinand Music Videos|publisher=[[Mp3.com]]|accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref><br />[[Post-punk revival]]<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifixqyaldfe allmusic ((( Franz Ferdinand > Overview )))<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>[[New Wave music|New wave]]<br>[[Art rock]]<ref name="BBC"> {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3363875.stm|title=Sound of 2004: Franz Ferdinand}}</ref>
| Years_active = 2001—present
| Label = [[Domino Records|Domino]]<br>[[Sony BMG]]/[[Epic Records|Epic]]
| Associated_acts = [[The Karelia]]<br>[[Embryo (band)|Embryo]]<br>[[Yummy Fur]]<br>[[Correcto]]
| URL = [http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk www.franzferdinand.co.uk]
| Current_members = [[Alex Kapranos]]<br>[[Nick McCarthy]]<br>[[Bob Hardy]]<br>[[Paul Thomson]]
| Past_members =
}}
'''Franz Ferdinand''' is a [[Rock music|rock]] band that formed in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] in 2001. Named after [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]], the band comprises [[Alex Kapranos]] ([[lead vocal]]s and [[guitar]]), [[Bob Hardy]] ([[bass guitar]]), [[Nick McCarthy]] ([[rhythm guitar]], [[keyboards]] and backing vocals), and [[Paul Thomson]] ([[drum]]s, percussion and backing vocals).


The band first experienced chart success when their second single "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" reached #3 in the UK Charts,<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/518 "Music Charts: "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved [[January 12]], [[2004]].</ref> followed by their debut album ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'' which debuted on the [[United Kingdom|UK]] album chart at #3.<ref>[http://acharts.us/album/13357 "Music Charts: "Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved [[January 12]], [[2004]].</ref> The band went on to win the 2004 [[Mercury Music Prize]] and two [[BRIT Awards]] in 2005 for ''Best British Group'' and ''Best British Rock Act''. ''[[NME]]'' named ''Franz Ferdinand'' as their Album of the Year. From the album, three top-ten singles were released, "[[Take Me Out (single)|Take Me Out]]", "[[The Dark of the Matinée]]" and "[[This Fire (song)|This Fire]]".
'''Naturalization''' is the acquisition of [[citizenship]] or [[nationality]] by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born.


==History==
In general, basic requirements for naturalization are that the applicant hold a legal status as a full-time [[Permanent residency|resident]] for a minimum period of time and that the applicant promise to obey and uphold that country's laws, to which an oath or pledge of allegiance is sometimes added. Some countries also require that a naturalized national must renounce any other citizenship that he currently holds, forbidding [[Multiple citizenship|dual citizenship]], but whether this renunciation actually causes loss of the person's original citizenship will again depend on the laws of the countries involved.
===Formation===
The members of Franz Ferdinand played in various bands during the 1990s including [[The Karelia]], [[Yummy Fur]], 10p Invaders and [[Embryo (band)|Embryo]]. Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson played together in [[Yummy Fur]] and subsequently teamed up to write songs. Around the same time, Kapranos taught his friend Bob Hardy how to play bass. Kapranos met co-guitarist Nick McCarthy, who had returned to Scotland after studying [[jazz]] bass in Germany, in 2001. <ref name="hot scots">{{cite news| author=Hiatt, Brian | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/franzferdinand/articles/story/7662932/hot_scots | title=Hot Scots | accessdate=2008-01-11 | date=[[2005-09-22]]|publisher=RollingStone.com}}</ref>


Nationality is traditionally based either on ''[[jus soli]]'' ("right of the territory") or on ''[[jus sanguinis]]'' ("right of blood"), although it now usually mixes both. Whatever the case, the massive increase in [[population]] flux due to [[globalization]] and the sharp increase in the numbers of [[refugee]]s following World War I has created an important class of non-citizens, sometimes called [[denization|denizens]]. In some rare cases, procedures of mass naturalization were passed (Greece in 1922, [[Armenian Genocide|Armenian refugees]] or, more recently, Argentine people escaping the [[Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002)|economic crisis]]). As naturalization laws had been created to deal with the rare case of people separated from their [[nation state]] because they lived abroad ([[expatriate]]s), Western democracies were not ready to naturalize the massive influx of [[stateless people]] which followed massive denationalizations and the expulsion of minorities in the first part of the 20th century &mdash; the two greatest such minorities after World War I were the Jews and the Armenians, but they also counted the (mostly aristocratic) [[History of Russia|Russia]]ns who had escaped the 1917 [[October Revolution]] and the [[war communism]] period, and then the [[Spanish Civil War|Spanish refugees]]. As [[Hannah Arendt]] pointed out, [[internment camps]] became the "only nation" of such stateless people, since they were often considered "undesirable" and were stuck in an illegal situation (their country had expelled them or deprived them of their nationality, while they hadn't been naturalized, thus living in a judicial no man's land).


In May 2003, the band signed to Laurence Bell's [[independent record label]], [[Domino Records]]. <ref name=autogenerated3>http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/biog.php</ref> The band had recorded an [[extended play|EP]] which they intended to release themselves; however, it was instead released by [[Domino Records|Domino]] as ''Darts of Pleasure'' in the latter part of 2003. The cover art was designed by Thomson. It reached #43 in the UK chart.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. The band won the "Phillip Hall Radar Award" at the [[NME Awards|NME Awards of 2004]], announced in late 2003.
After [[World War II]], the increase in [[Human migration|international migrations]] created a new category of refugees, most of them [[Foreign worker|economic refugees]]. For economic, political, humanitarian and pragmatic reasons, many states passed laws allowing a person to acquire their citizenship after birth (such as by marriage to a national or by having [[ancestors]] who are nationals of that country), in order to reduce the scope of this category. However, this system still maintains in some countries a large part of the immigrated population in an illegal status, albeit some massive regularizations (in Spain by [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero|José Luis Zapatero]]'s government and in Italy by [[Silvio Berlusconi|Berlusconi]]'s government).


===Debut album and mainstream success===
==Different naturalization laws==
=== In Finland ===
Finland became independent on December 6, 1917. The [[Swedish Constitution of 1772|old constitution]], dating back to Swedish rule, required all [[Finnish citizen]]s to be of [[Evangelical Lutheran]] faith. Both Jews and Muslims started to apply for Finnish citizenship in 1918. Muslims, however, were accepted only after the [[Constitution of Finland]] was modified and general freedom of religion was declared by 1919.


The band moved to Gula Studios in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]] with [[The Cardigans|Cardigans]] producer [[Tore Johansson]] to record their debut album. In January 2004 the single "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" ({{audio|Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out.ogg|sample}}) reached #3 in the UK charts. The album, ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'', was released in early 2004, debuting at #3 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] in February 2004 and at #12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004. The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the [[indie rock]] chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists. After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the "Take Me Out" video on MTV, the album eventually reached #32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004 and sold over a million copies in the United States.<ref name="hot scots" /> ''Franz Ferdinand'' received a generally strong positive response from critics. ''[[NME]]'' rated with 9 out of 10 and said that hed n ot been the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring [[Duran Duran]], [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Who]], [[Roxy Music]], the [[Sex Pistols]], [[Wire (band)|Wire]], [[Travis (band)|Travis]] and [[Blur (band)|Blur]].
=== In the United Kingdom ===
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On [[September 7]], [[2004]] the album was awarded the 2004 [[Mercury Music Prize]]. ''Take Me Out'' gained first place in the Australian [[Triple J Hottest 100]] for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry. Franz Ferdinand proceeded to win an [[Ivor Novello Award]] in 2004 and two [[BRIT Awards]] in 2005. The avant-garde music video for ''Take Me Out'' earned them a [[MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video|Breakthrough Video]] [[MTV Video Music Award|MTV Award]]. The NME named [[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]] the best album of 2004<ref>[http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear NME.COM - The world's fastest music news service, music videos, interviews, photos and free stuff to win<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, and also placed it 38th on their ''100 Best Albums of All Time'' list.<ref>[http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/2006NME.html 2006 NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time - All Time Top 100 Albums<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The band performed at the [[Grammy Awards of 2005]] where they performed "Take Me Out" as a live medley with [[Los Lonely Boys]], [[Maroon 5]], [[Black Eyed Peas]] and [[Gwen Stefani]]. "Take Me Out" was also featured on the video game [[NHL 05]]
There had always been a distinction in English law between the subjects of the monarch and aliens: the monarch's subjects owed him (or her) allegiance, and included those born in his dominions (natural-born subjects) and those who later gave him their allegiance (naturalized subjects).


===''You Could Have It So Much Better''===
The modern requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen depend on whether one is married to a British citizen or not.
The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Scotland working on their follow-up album, ''[[You Could Have It So Much Better]]'', which was released on [[3 October]] 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut,<ref>McLean, Craig. "Ferdinand: No Bull". ''Spin''. September 2005.</ref> but they changed it to ''You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand'' before settling on the final title.<ref>Spitz, Marc. "Franz Ferdinand". ''Spin''. November 2005.</ref> The album's cover design was modelled on Alexander Rodchenko's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik. The band attempted to broaden its musical range on the album; Hardy said, "There's more to life than disco-beat guitar music".<ref name="hot scots" /> After the critical acclaim of their debut, some reviews towards the new album became more polarised, with some complaints that the recording was rushed.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} However, it was generally well-received in the press and seen as an album equal to, or better than their first by most critics, including the NME.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8.
[[Image:Rosfranx.jpg|thumb|Franz Ferdinand at the Roskilde Festival in 2006.]]
On the tour that followed the album release, Franz broke the record for the longest run at the [[Alexandra Palace]], [[North London]], by playing 4 sold out nights during November-December 2005.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} To support the album, four singles were released. Included in that set is a [[double A-side]] single that contained a video-clip only single as well (both the AA-side "L. Wells" and the video-clip "Jeremy Fraser" are not featured on the album, recorded in early 2006 during the band's tour of Australia in support of the album). Also included is another video-clip-only single called "Wine In the Afternoon" which is the B-side to [[Eleanor Put Your Boots On]], and was also not featured on the album, but recorded on tour in Michigan. "[[Do You Want To]]" made it to number 4, while "[[Walk Away (Franz Ferdinand song)|Walk Away]]" and "[[The Fallen / L. Wells|The Fallen" / "L. Wells]]" entered the top 15 of the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The 4th and final single from the second album, "[[Eleanor Put Your Boots On]]" peaked at number 30.


===''Tonight''===
For those married to a British citizen the applicant must:
Since late 2007, the band have been recording their third studio album in [[Glasgow]], and it is expected to be released in January 2009.<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/51540-franz-lp-set-for-january-song-due-in-madden-09 Franz LP Set for January]</ref>
* hold [[indefinite leave to remain| indefinite leave to remain]] in the UK (or an equivalent such as [[Right of Abode (United Kingdom)|Right of Abode]] or Irish citizenship)
* have lived legally in the UK for three years
* been outside of the UK no more than 90 days during the one-year period prior to filing the application.
* show sufficient knowledge of life in the UK, either by passing the [[Life in the United Kingdom test]] or by attending combined English language and citizenship classes. Proof of this must be supplied with one's application for naturalisation. Those aged 65 or over may be able to claim exemption.
* meet specified [[English language|English]], [[Welsh language|Welsh]] or [[Scottish Gaelic language]] competence standards. Those who pass the ''Life in the UK test'' are deemed to meet English language requirements.


In an interview with British newspaper ''The Independent'' the band stated that the upcoming [[Third Franz Ferdinand Album|third Franz Ferdinand album]] would have plenty of African influences. This was revealed at a recent African Express show, an event set up by [[Damon Albarn]], of [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Gorillaz]] fame. This was revealed after the band played a new song, which is unofficially titled "Can't You Let Me Stay Tonight". When it was played at the event, the song featured [[Mali|Malian]] [[Xalam|ngoni]] player Bassekou Kouyaté, [[Senegal|Senegalese]] percussionists, and [[British people|British]] [[british hip hop| rapper]] [[Kano (rapper)| Kano]]. While this has not yet been confirmed if the stated musicians will appear in an official recorded version,<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/a-whole-new-world-for-franz-ferdinand-795342.html A whole new world for Franz Ferdinand - Features, Music - Independent.co.uk]</ref> the band have reportedly finished recording the album, and Alex Kapranos has subesequently also stated that "The last record was...like a teenager having sex. This one's a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/42950/franz_ferdinand|title=Franz Ferdinand News - Franz Ferdinand on New Record: Friendlier for the Dance Floor|accessdate=2008-09-26|date=2008-09-24|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref>
For those not married to a British citizen the requirements are:
* at least five years legal residence in the UK
* been outside of the UK no more than 90 days during the one-year period prior to filing the application.
* indefinite leave to remain or equivalent must have been held for 12 months
* the applicant must intend to continue to live in the UK or work overseas for the UK government or a British corporation or association.
* the same language and knowledge of life in the UK standards apply as for those married to British citizens


A new song entitled "Lucid Dreams" was included in the ''[[Madden NFL 09]]'' video game. <ref>[http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/07/0905.cfm Franz Ferdinand on Madden 09]</ref> The song was released on [[August 19]], [[2008]] through iTunes.
All applicants for naturalisation must be of "good character". Naturalisation is at the discretion of the Home Secretary but is normally granted if the requirements are met.


On October 7th, 2008, reporter Michael Hogan from ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' interviewed Alex and Paul, who confirmed the title of their third album to be, simply, ''[[Tonight (Franz Ferdinand album)|Tonight]]''.<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/10/an-obama-fundraiser-my-big-franz-ferdinand-scoop.html</ref>
=== In the United States ===
The band also confirmed the ''Tonight'' title at a 'secret' Brooklyn show on October 8th, 2008. Six new songs were played during Franz Ferdinand's Music Hall of Williamsburg set, including "Ride Together", "Turn It On", "Send Him Away", "Katherine Kiss Me", "Ulysses", and "What She Came For".<ref>http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/10/09/the-st-scoop-franz-ferdinand-reveal-new-record-title-songs-at-secret-brooklyn-show/</ref>
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== Collaborations and covers ==
In the [[United States|United States of America]], naturalization is mentioned in the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
Franz Ferdinand covered the [[LCD Soundsystem]] song "[[All My Friends]]" which appeared as a B-side on the single, and is also working on an album of [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] covers, collaborating with the group on the recordings.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/franz%20plan%20heroic%20sparks%20album_04_04_2006|title=Franz Plan Heroic Sparks Album}}</ref> They have also covered "Sexy Boy" by [[Air (band)|Air]] and "It Won't Be Long" by [[The Beatles]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp's]] popular single "[[Mis-Shapes]]", [[Gwen Stefani]]'s top 5 hit "[[What You Waiting For?]]" and [[David Bowie]]'s song "Sound and Vision", featuring [[Girls Aloud]]<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=franz-aloud&method=full&objectid=19757930&siteid=64736-name_page.html|title=Franz Aloud|accessdate=2007-09-09|date=[[2007-09-09]]|publisher=Sunday Mail}}</ref> on backing vocals, for a compilation disc marking the 40th anniversary of [[BBC Radio One]] along with other leading artists. Additionally, Franz Ferdinand recorded a cover of [[The Fire Engines]]' song "Get Up and Use Me". In return, the Fire Engines recorded a cover of "Jacqueline". The band has had remixes by major electronic artists [[Daft Punk]], [[Hot Chip]], [[Justice]], and [[Erol Alkan]].


As far as collaborations go, Kapranos has announced that on the 22/04/08 he will begin collaborating with an unknown Canadian artist, as well as implying that the band was working with [[Xenomania]] on the new album, as Alex is a fan of their work with [[Girls Aloud]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The band also performed, played, and recorded with [[Jane Birkin]], covering the [[Serge Gainsbourg]] song "Sorry Angel" for the 2005 album [[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]. In addition, Franz re-recorded the track "[[The Fallen / L. Wells|Brown Onions]]" for David Shringley's compilation album ''Worried Noodles''.<ref>[http://www.davidshrigley.com/worriednoodles/newcd.htm New Cd From David Shrigley, Worried Noodles, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shringley which include the consistent repetition of the word "No" and occasionally "No brains, no teeth, no legs, no eyes...". [[Hot Chip]] a band who, it is reported are a favourite of Franz Ferdinand also performed their own version of "No" on the same album.
[[Image:NReuterCertifcate.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px|A Naturalization Certificate from 1911]]
Congress is given the power to prescribe a uniform rule of naturalization, which was administered by state courts. There was some confusion about which courts could naturalize; the final ruling was that it could be done by any "court of record having common-law jurisdiction and a clerk ([[prothonotary]]) and seal."


The band 'met' [[Gorillaz]] in December 2005, and interviewed each other for a feature in ''[[The Observer|Observer Music Monthly]]''.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://gorillaz-news.livejournal.com/116347.html|title=Franz Ferdinand interview Gorillaz - Observer Music Monthly|accessdate=2007-04-01}}</ref>
The Constitution also mentions '[[Natural-born citizen|natural born citizen]].' The first naturalization Act (drafted by Thomas Jefferson) used the phrases 'natural born' and 'native born' interchangeably. To be 'naturalized' therefore means to become as if "natural born" -- i.e. a citizen.


==Name==
There is an interesting loophole here in that the Constitution does not mandate race-neutral naturalization. Until 1952, the Naturalization Acts written by Congress still allowed only [[Whites|white]] persons to become naturalized as citizens (except for two years in the 1870s which the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] declared to be a mistake).
[[Image:Franz ferdinand.jpg|thumb|right|The late [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] inspired the band's name]]


The name of the band was originally inspired by a [[racehorse]] called The Archduke.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> After seeing the horse run on television the band began to discuss [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] and thought it would be a good band name because of the sound of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death (his assassination was a significant factor in the lead up to [[World War I]]). They discussed it in a very early interview with the Scottish magazine ''Is This Music?''<ref> [http://www.franzferdinand.org/press/f_isthismusic_000603.htm ''Is This Music?'' (link dead)], June 2003, SHOOTING STARS: FRANZ FERDINAND MARRY HISTORY AND ART, John Clarke.</ref>
Naturalization is also mentioned in the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]]. Before that Amendment, individual states set their own standards for citizenship. The Amendment states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof shall be citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside."


"Mainly we just liked the way it sounded," says Bob. "We liked the [[alliteration]]." "He was an incredible figure as well," continues Alex. "His life, or at least the ending of it, was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world ... he was a pivot for history. But I don't want to over-intellectualise the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good ... like music." Paul has a much grander notion. "I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure."<ref name=autogenerated3 />
Note also that the Amendment is ambiguous on the issue of singular or plural United States. In the early days the phrase 'United States' was used as a singular or a plural according to the meaning. After the Civil War, it was generally always a singular. The Amendment does not say 'its jurisdiction' or 'their jurisdiction' but 'the jurisdiction thereof'.


The song "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]", on the band's first album, was the second single to be released by the band. The single release of "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" came with the B-side, "All for You Sophia", based on the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, whose name was [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Sophie]], not Sophia. The band changed the name Sophie to Sophia to give the song a better ring to it.
The [[Naturalization Act of 1795]] set the initial parameters on naturalization: 'free, White persons' who had been resident for five years or more. The [[Naturalization Act of 1798]], part of the [[Alien and Sedition Acts]], was passed by the [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalists]] and extended the residency requirement from five to fourteen years. It specifically targeted [[Irish ethnicity|Irish]] and [[France|French]] immigrants who were involved in [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|anti-Federalist]] politics. It was repealed in 1802.


==Art==
An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of intent, after only one year of residence in the United States. An 1894 law extended the same privilege to honorably discharged 5-year veterans of the Navy or Marine Corps. Over 192,000 aliens were naturalized between May 9, 1918, and June 30, 1919, under an act of May 9, 1918. Laws enacted in 1919, 1926, 1940, and 1952 continued preferential treatment provisions for veterans. <ref>Schulze, Lorine McGinnis (2003) http://www.naturalizationrecords.com/usa/ Retrieved April 23, 2005</ref>
The band is notable for its use of [[Russian avant-garde]] imagery in album and single covers. Examples include: "[[You Could Have It So Much Better]]", which references a 1924 portrait of [[Lilya Brik]] by [[Alexander Rodchenko]]; "[[Take Me Out (single)|Take Me Out]]", which references ''One-Sixth Part of the World,'' also by Alexander Rodchenko; "[[This Fire (song)|This Fire]]" which references ''Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge'' by [[El Lissitzky]]; and "[[Michael (Franz Ferdinand song)|Michael]]", with single art based on ''A Proun'' by Lissitzky. The song "Love and Destroy" was inspired by the scene of disorder made by Margarita, a character of Michael Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita", in the apartment of the literature critic Latunzky.


Also, in "Outsiders", the lyrics "In seventeen years will you still be [[Camille Claudel|Camille]], [[Lee Miller]], [[Gala Dalí|Gala]] or whatever" are a reference to the lovers of the artists [[Auguste Rodin]], [[Man Ray]] and [[Salvador Dalí]].
Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment meant that, in theory, all persons born in the U.S. are citizens regardless of race. Citizenship by birth in the United States, however, was not initially granted to [[Asians]] until 1898, when the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment did apply to Asians born in the United States in [[United States v. Wong Kim Ark]].


===Videos===
The enabling legislation for the naturalization aspects of the Fourteenth Amendment was the [[Page Act of 1875|1875 Page Act]], which allowed naturalization of 'aliens of [[Africa]]n nativity and to persons of African descent,' but is silent about other races.
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Many of the videos to promote the band's singles take inspiration from [[Russia]]n [[avant-garde]] much like their LP & CD sleeves.


The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out", directed by [[Jonas Odell]], was inspired by [[Dada]]ism, [[Busby Berkeley]] choreographies and Russian [[Constructivism (art)|constructivist]] design.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=16427 Franz Ferdinand 'Take Me Out'] XFM staff writer</ref> [[Alex Kapranos]] explained the many and varied influences behind the '30s-style promo for second single 'Take Me Out:' "It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense. It's a montage of images; ourselves, pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange, abstract way. That's what gives the video that strange, jerky, style".<ref name=autogenerated2 /> The video for "This Fire" is similar to "Take Me Out" in style.
The 1882 [[Chinese Exclusion Act (United States)|Chinese Exclusion Act]] banned Chinese workers and specifically barred them from naturalization. The [[Immigration Act of 1917]], (Barred Zone Act) extended those restrictions to almost all Asians.


The lyrics of "Do You Want To" make reference to parties at the 'trendy' Glasgow art gallery Transmission and the video includes a variety of the work of contemporary artist [[Vanessa Beecroft]], along with a reference to Pink Floyd in the mix.
The 1922 [[Cable Act]] specified that women marrying aliens ineligible for naturalization lose their US citizenship. At the time, all Asians were ineligible for naturalization. The [[Immigration Act of 1924]] barred entry of all those ineligible for naturalization, which again meant non-Filipino Asians.
In each one of the music videos of Franz Ferdinands, the music sounds slightly different to the regular song.


===Other Media===
Following the [[Spanish American War]] in 1898, [[Philippines|Philippine]] residents were classified as US nationals. But the 1934 [[Tydings-McDuffie Act]], or ''Philippine Independence Act'', reclassified Filipinos as aliens, and set a quota of 50 immigrants per year, and otherwise applying the Immigration Act of 1924 to them.
''An A-Z of Franz Ferdinand'' by Helen Chase


''An A-Z of Franz Ferdinand'' was published in late 2007. The book is a complete encyclopedia of the band compiled by Helen Chase with input from both Franz Ferdinanad and many of their fans. The book contains exclusive interviews with the band as well as exclusive photographs. The book is intended to be a celebration of the bands' first five years and has quickly became a fans' favourite. The book is being published in a German language version in 2009 (Edel).
Asians were first permitted naturalization by the 1943 [[Magnuson Act]], which repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act. [[India]] and the Philippines were allowed 100 annual immigrants under the 1946 [[Filipino Naturalization Act]]. The [[War Brides Act]] of 1945 permitted soldiers to bring back their foreign wives and established precedent in naturalization through [[marriage]].


''Eating With Alex Kapranos'' by Alex Kapranos
The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (better known as the [[McCarran-Walter Act]]), lifted racial restrictions, but kept the quotas in place. The [[Immigration Act of 1965]] finally allowed Asians and all persons from all nations be given equal access to immigration and naturalization.


In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand. The writing is as much about where he eats and the people he eats with as the unusual flavours he tastes on the road. Whether it's munching donuts with cops in Brooklyn, swallowing bull's balls with the band in Buenos Aires or queuing for a saveloy in South Shields, these are surprising and vivid snapshots of life on the road. Funny, poignant, sickening or sexual depending on the situation, the material, both new and previously published in the Guardian, is fascinating and entertaining.
[[Illegal immigration]] became a major issue in the US at the end of the 20th century. The [[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986]], while tightening border controls, also provided the opportunity of naturalization for illegal aliens who had been in the country for at least four years.


==Discography==
The [[Child Citizenship Act of 2000]] streamlined the naturalization process for children [[adoption in the United States|adopted]] [[international adoption|internationally]]. A child under age 18 who is adopted by at least one U.S. citizen parent, and is in the custody of the citizen parent(s), is now automatically naturalized once admitted to the United States as an immigrant.
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=== Other Countries ===
===Studio albums===
*''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'' (2004)
*''[[You Could Have It So Much Better]]'' (2005)
*''[[Tonight (Franz Ferdinand album)|Tonight]]'' (2009)


==Awards==
The following list is a short summary of the duration of legal residence before a national of a foreign state, without any cultural, historical, or marriage ties or connections to the state in question, can request citizenship under that state's naturalization laws.
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
|-
| rowspan="3"|2004
| [[Mercury Prize#2004|Mercury Prize]]
| [[Mercury Prize]]
|-
| [[NME Awards#NME Awards 2004|NME Awards]]
| Philip Hall Radar Award
|-
| [[Q Awards]]
| Best Video ([[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]])
|-
| rowspan="4"|2005
| [[BRIT Awards]]
| Best Group
|-
| [[BRIT Awards#2005|BRIT Awards]]
| Best British Rock Act
|-
| [[NME Awards#Shockwaves NME Awards 2005|NME Awards]]
| Best Track ([[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]])
|-
| [[NME Awards#Shockwaves NME Awards 2005|NME Awards]]
| Best Album (''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'')
|-
| 2006
| [[NME Awards#Shockwaves NME Awards 2006|NME Awards]]
| Best Live Band
|}


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* Netherlands: 5 years continuous<ref>[http://www.ind.nl/EN/verblijfwijzer/ IND Verblijfwijzer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (dual citizenship allowed under specific circumstances, such as acquiring a spouse's nationality, otherwise prohibited)
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* New Zealand: 5 years continuous (reside in NZ for at least 240 days in each of those 5 years, 1,350 days in total) as a permanent resident immediately before the application (dual citizenship is allowed) <ref>[http://www.citizenship.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Citizenship-General-Requirements-for-a-Grant-of-New-Zealand-Citizenship?OpenDocument#ten Residence Requirements<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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* Belgium: 3 years continuous<ref>[http://www.diplomatie.be/en/services/nationalitydetail.asp?TEXTID=42519 Nationality - Detail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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* Ireland: 5 years over the last 9 years, including at least 1 year before applying.<ref>[http://www.movetoireland.com/movepag/pascitzn.htm Irish Citizenship - Becoming a Citizen of Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Dual citizenship is allowed, however Irish citizenship can be revoked if a naturnalized citizen obtains citizenship of another state (other than automatic citizenship by marriage) subsequent to naturalization or leaves the state for an extended period without periodically expressing their intention to return.


==Notes==
=== Massive naturalizations ===
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==References==
A few rare massive naturalizations procedures have been implemented by nation states. In 1891, Brazil granted naturalization to all aliens living in the country<ref>http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constituiçao91.htm art. 69</ref>. In 1922, [[History of Greece|Greece]] massively naturalized all the Greek refugees coming back from [[History of Turkey|Turkey]]. The second massive naturalization procedure was in favor of Armenian refugees coming from Turkey, who went to [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]] or other former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman countries]]. [[Canada]] instituted a mass naturalization by [[Act of Parliament]] with the enactment of the [[Canadian Citizenship Act 1946]].
*Hiatt, Brian (2005). [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/5237151/articles/story/7662932 "Hot Scots - Franz Ferdinand get rock fans dancing again"] ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (accessed [[June 16]], 2006)


==External links==
The most recent massive naturalization case resulted from the [[Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002)|Argentine economic crisis]] in the beginning of the 21st century. [[Right of return]] laws in [[Spain]] and [[Italy]] allowed many of their [[diaspora|diasporic]] descendants to obtain—in many cases to regain—naturalization in virtue of ''[[jus sanguinis]]'', as in the Greek case. Hence, many Argentinians and Latin Americans acquired European nationality.
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Since the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] grants citizenship only to those "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof", and the original [[United States Constitution]] only grants Congress the power of naturalization, it could be argued that all acts of Congress that expand the right of citizenship are cases of massive naturalization. This includes the acts that extended U.S. citizenship to citizens of [[Puerto Rico]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], [[Guam]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], as well as the [[Indian Citizenship Act of 1924]] which made all [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] citizens (most of them were previously excluded under the "jurisdiction" clause of the 14th Amendment).


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'''Denaturalization''' is the reverse of naturalization, when a state deprives one of its citizens of his or her [[citizenship]]. From the point of view of the individual, denaturalization means "[[revocation]]" or "loss" of citizenship. Denaturalization can be based on various legal justifications. The most severe form is the "stripping of citizenship" when denaturalization takes place as a penalty for actions considered criminal by the state, often only indirectly related to nationality, for instance for having served in a foreign military. In countries that enforce [[multiple citizenship|single citizenship]], voluntary naturalization in another country will lead to an automatic loss of the original citizenship; the language of the law often refers to such cases as "giving up one's citizenship" or (implicit) [[renunciation of citizenship]]. Unlike these two cases, which affect also [[native-born citizen]]s, naturalized citizens can lose their citizenship by an [[annulment]] of naturalization, also known as "administrative denaturalization" where the original act of naturalization is found to be invalid, for instance due to an [[Administrative_Error|administrative error]] or if it had been based on [[fraud]] (including [[bribery]]). In the US, the [[Bancroft Treaties]] in the 19th century regulated legislation concerning denaturalization.
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[http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_780.html Loss of U.S. citizenship was a consequence of foreign military service] based on Section 349(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act until its provisions were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1967. Following the 1923 [[United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind]] Supreme Court decision, which claimed Indian-origin immigrants could not claim to be Caucasian, and thus be given the privilege of US citizenship, [[A. K. Mozumdar]], who had been naturalized ten years before, lost his nationality.

After [[annexation]] of the territories east of the [[Curzon line]] by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945, [[Communist]] [[Poland]] denaturalized en masse all the inhabitants of those territories - including ethnic Poles, as well as its other citizens who had been deported into the Soviet Union, mainly to [[Kazakhstan]]. Those persons were forcibly naturalized as Soviet citizens. In contrast to [[Germany]], which affords the ethnic [[Germans|German]] population in [[Russia]] and Kazakhstan full citizenship rights, Poland has only a very limited [[repatriation]] program and treats the repatriates as foreigners who need to be naturalized.

[[Yaser Esam Hamdi]] was a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001. The U.S. government claimed that he was fighting against U.S. and Afghan Northern Alliance forces with the Taliban. He was named by the Bush administration as an "illegal enemy combatant", and detained for almost three years without receiving any charges. On September 23, 2004, the United States Justice Department agreed to release Hamdi to Saudi Arabia on the condition that he gives up his U.S. citizenship, which was later revoked by the courts after his refusal to give it up.

=== Between World Wars ===
Before [[World War I]], only a small number of countries had laws governing denaturalization that could be enforced against citizens guilty of "lacking [[patriotism]]". Such denaturalized citizens became [[stateless person]]s. During and after the war, most European countries passed amendments to revoke naturalization <ref> [[John Hope Simpson]], ''The Refugee Problem'', [[Institute of International Affairs]], October 1939, quoted by [[Hannah Arendt]], ''[[The Origins of Totalitarianism]]'' (1951), section 2 on [[Imperialism]], last chapter </ref>.

In ''[[Homo Sacer|Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power or Bare Life]]'' (1998), philosopher [[Giorgio Agamben]] mentioned a number of denaturalization laws that were passed after World War I by most European countries:

:"''It is important to note that starting with the period of World War I, many European states began to introduce laws which permitted their own citizens to be denaturalized and denationalized. The first was France, in 1915, with regard to naturalized citizens of "enemy" origins; in 1922 the example was followed by Belgium, which revoked the naturalization of citizens who had committed "anti-national" acts during the war; in 1926 the Fascist regime in Italy passed a similar law concerning citizens who had shown themselves to be "unworthy of Italian citizenship"; in 1933 it was Austria's turn, and so forth, until in 1935 the [[Nuremberg Laws]] divided German citizens into full citizens and citizens without political rights. These laws - and the mass statelessness that resulted - mark a decisive turning point in the life of the modern nation-state and its definitive emancipation from the naive notions of "people" and "citizen."''"

The 1915 French denaturalization law applied only to naturalized citizens with "enemy origins" who had kept their original nationality. Later under [[Raymond Poincaré]]'s government, another law was passed in 1927 which entitled the government to denaturalize any new citizen who committed acts contrary to the [[national interest]].

In 1916, Portugal passed a law which automatically denaturalized all citizens born to a German father.

In 1922, Belgium enacted a law revoking the naturalization of persons accused of having committed "antinational acts" during the war; this was supplemented in 1934 by a new decree against people "in dereliction of their duties as Belgian citizens."

After 1926 in Italy, people who were deemed not to deserve the Italian citizenship or who were considered to represent a threat to the [[public order]] could be denaturalized.

Egypt in 1926 and Turkey in 1928 enacted laws authorizing denaturalization of any person threatening the public order. Austria passed a similar law in 1933 by which it could denaturalize any citizen who participated in a hostile action against the state. Russia also passed several similar decrees after 1921 <ref> Hannah Arendt, ''op.cit.'' </ref>.

In 1933, Nazi Germany passed a law authorizing it to denaturalize any person "living abroad" and began restricting the citizenship rights of naturalized citizens of Jewish origin, followed in 1935 by citizens by birth on the basis of the [[Nuremberg laws]].

During [[Vichy France]], 15,000 persons, mostly Jews, were denaturalized (between June 1940 and August 1944), following the setting up, in July 1940, of a Commission charged of revision of naturalizations since the 1927 reform of the nationality law <ref> François Masure, "''Etat et identité nationale. Un rapport ambigu à propos des naturalisés'', in ''Journal des anthropologues'', hors-série 2007, pp.39-49 (see p.48) {{fr icon}}</ref>.

=== Before World War I ===

In the United States, the proposed, but never ratified, [[Titles of Nobility amendment]] of 1810 would revoke the American citizenship of anyone who would "accept, claim, receive or retain, any title of nobility" or who would receive any gifts or honors from a foreign power.

== See also ==
*[[French nationality law]]
* ''[[Homo sacer]]''
* [[Citizenship]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.politicoslatinos.com/2008candidates-videos.html PoliticosLatinos.com] Videos of 2008 US Presidential Election Candidates' Positions regarding Immigration


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Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand is a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001. Named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the band comprises Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals), and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals).

The band first experienced chart success when their second single "Take Me Out" reached #3 in the UK Charts,[4] followed by their debut album Franz Ferdinand which debuted on the UK album chart at #3.[5] The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year. From the album, three top-ten singles were released, "Take Me Out", "The Dark of the Matinée" and "This Fire".

History

Formation

The members of Franz Ferdinand played in various bands during the 1990s including The Karelia, Yummy Fur, 10p Invaders and Embryo. Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson played together in Yummy Fur and subsequently teamed up to write songs. Around the same time, Kapranos taught his friend Bob Hardy how to play bass. Kapranos met co-guitarist Nick McCarthy, who had returned to Scotland after studying jazz bass in Germany, in 2001. [6]


In May 2003, the band signed to Laurence Bell's independent record label, Domino Records. [7] The band had recorded an EP which they intended to release themselves; however, it was instead released by Domino as Darts of Pleasure in the latter part of 2003. The cover art was designed by Thomson. It reached #43 in the UK chart.[citation needed]. The band won the "Phillip Hall Radar Award" at the NME Awards of 2004, announced in late 2003.

Debut album and mainstream success

The band moved to Gula Studios in Malmö, Sweden with Cardigans producer Tore Johansson to record their debut album. In January 2004 the single "Take Me Out" (Audio file "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out.ogg" not found) reached #3 in the UK charts. The album, Franz Ferdinand, was released in early 2004, debuting at #3 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2004 and at #12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004. The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists. After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the "Take Me Out" video on MTV, the album eventually reached #32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004 and sold over a million copies in the United States.[6] Franz Ferdinand received a generally strong positive response from critics. NME rated with 9 out of 10 and said that hed n ot been the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring Duran Duran, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, Wire, Travis and Blur.

On September 7, 2004 the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. Take Me Out gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry. Franz Ferdinand proceeded to win an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two BRIT Awards in 2005. The avant-garde music video for Take Me Out earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award. The NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004[8], and also placed it 38th on their 100 Best Albums of All Time list.[9] The band performed at the Grammy Awards of 2005 where they performed "Take Me Out" as a live medley with Los Lonely Boys, Maroon 5, Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani. "Take Me Out" was also featured on the video game NHL 05

You Could Have It So Much Better

The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Scotland working on their follow-up album, You Could Have It So Much Better, which was released on 3 October 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut,[10] but they changed it to You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand before settling on the final title.[11] The album's cover design was modelled on Alexander Rodchenko's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik. The band attempted to broaden its musical range on the album; Hardy said, "There's more to life than disco-beat guitar music".[6] After the critical acclaim of their debut, some reviews towards the new album became more polarised, with some complaints that the recording was rushed.[citation needed] However, it was generally well-received in the press and seen as an album equal to, or better than their first by most critics, including the NME.[citation needed] It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8.

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Franz Ferdinand at the Roskilde Festival in 2006.

On the tour that followed the album release, Franz broke the record for the longest run at the Alexandra Palace, North London, by playing 4 sold out nights during November-December 2005.[citation needed] To support the album, four singles were released. Included in that set is a double A-side single that contained a video-clip only single as well (both the AA-side "L. Wells" and the video-clip "Jeremy Fraser" are not featured on the album, recorded in early 2006 during the band's tour of Australia in support of the album). Also included is another video-clip-only single called "Wine In the Afternoon" which is the B-side to Eleanor Put Your Boots On, and was also not featured on the album, but recorded on tour in Michigan. "Do You Want To" made it to number 4, while "Walk Away" and "The Fallen" / "L. Wells" entered the top 15 of the UK Singles Chart. The 4th and final single from the second album, "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" peaked at number 30.

Tonight

Since late 2007, the band have been recording their third studio album in Glasgow, and it is expected to be released in January 2009.[12]

In an interview with British newspaper The Independent the band stated that the upcoming third Franz Ferdinand album would have plenty of African influences. This was revealed at a recent African Express show, an event set up by Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz fame. This was revealed after the band played a new song, which is unofficially titled "Can't You Let Me Stay Tonight". When it was played at the event, the song featured Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyaté, Senegalese percussionists, and British rapper Kano. While this has not yet been confirmed if the stated musicians will appear in an official recorded version,[13] the band have reportedly finished recording the album, and Alex Kapranos has subesequently also stated that "The last record was...like a teenager having sex. This one's a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor."[14]

A new song entitled "Lucid Dreams" was included in the Madden NFL 09 video game. [15] The song was released on August 19, 2008 through iTunes.

On October 7th, 2008, reporter Michael Hogan from Vanity Fair interviewed Alex and Paul, who confirmed the title of their third album to be, simply, Tonight.[16] The band also confirmed the Tonight title at a 'secret' Brooklyn show on October 8th, 2008. Six new songs were played during Franz Ferdinand's Music Hall of Williamsburg set, including "Ride Together", "Turn It On", "Send Him Away", "Katherine Kiss Me", "Ulysses", and "What She Came For".[17]

Collaborations and covers

Franz Ferdinand covered the LCD Soundsystem song "All My Friends" which appeared as a B-side on the single, and is also working on an album of Sparks covers, collaborating with the group on the recordings.[18] They have also covered "Sexy Boy" by Air and "It Won't Be Long" by The Beatles, Pulp's popular single "Mis-Shapes", Gwen Stefani's top 5 hit "What You Waiting For?" and David Bowie's song "Sound and Vision", featuring Girls Aloud[19] on backing vocals, for a compilation disc marking the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio One along with other leading artists. Additionally, Franz Ferdinand recorded a cover of The Fire Engines' song "Get Up and Use Me". In return, the Fire Engines recorded a cover of "Jacqueline". The band has had remixes by major electronic artists Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Justice, and Erol Alkan.

As far as collaborations go, Kapranos has announced that on the 22/04/08 he will begin collaborating with an unknown Canadian artist, as well as implying that the band was working with Xenomania on the new album, as Alex is a fan of their work with Girls Aloud.[19] The band also performed, played, and recorded with Jane Birkin, covering the Serge Gainsbourg song "Sorry Angel" for the 2005 album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. In addition, Franz re-recorded the track "Brown Onions" for David Shringley's compilation album Worried Noodles.[20]The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shringley which include the consistent repetition of the word "No" and occasionally "No brains, no teeth, no legs, no eyes...". Hot Chip a band who, it is reported are a favourite of Franz Ferdinand also performed their own version of "No" on the same album.

The band 'met' Gorillaz in December 2005, and interviewed each other for a feature in Observer Music Monthly.[21]

Name

The late Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria inspired the band's name

The name of the band was originally inspired by a racehorse called The Archduke.[7] After seeing the horse run on television the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the sound of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death (his assassination was a significant factor in the lead up to World War I). They discussed it in a very early interview with the Scottish magazine Is This Music?[22]

"Mainly we just liked the way it sounded," says Bob. "We liked the alliteration." "He was an incredible figure as well," continues Alex. "His life, or at least the ending of it, was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world ... he was a pivot for history. But I don't want to over-intellectualise the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good ... like music." Paul has a much grander notion. "I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure."[7]

The song "Take Me Out", on the band's first album, was the second single to be released by the band. The single release of "Take Me Out" came with the B-side, "All for You Sophia", based on the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, whose name was Sophie, not Sophia. The band changed the name Sophie to Sophia to give the song a better ring to it.

Art

The band is notable for its use of Russian avant-garde imagery in album and single covers. Examples include: "You Could Have It So Much Better", which references a 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik by Alexander Rodchenko; "Take Me Out", which references One-Sixth Part of the World, also by Alexander Rodchenko; "This Fire" which references Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky; and "Michael", with single art based on A Proun by Lissitzky. The song "Love and Destroy" was inspired by the scene of disorder made by Margarita, a character of Michael Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita", in the apartment of the literature critic Latunzky.

Also, in "Outsiders", the lyrics "In seventeen years will you still be Camille, Lee Miller, Gala or whatever" are a reference to the lovers of the artists Auguste Rodin, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí.

Videos

Many of the videos to promote the band's singles take inspiration from Russian avant-garde much like their LP & CD sleeves.

The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out", directed by Jonas Odell, was inspired by Dadaism, Busby Berkeley choreographies and Russian constructivist design.[23] Alex Kapranos explained the many and varied influences behind the '30s-style promo for second single 'Take Me Out:' "It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense. It's a montage of images; ourselves, pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange, abstract way. That's what gives the video that strange, jerky, style".[23] The video for "This Fire" is similar to "Take Me Out" in style.

The lyrics of "Do You Want To" make reference to parties at the 'trendy' Glasgow art gallery Transmission and the video includes a variety of the work of contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft, along with a reference to Pink Floyd in the mix. In each one of the music videos of Franz Ferdinands, the music sounds slightly different to the regular song.

Other Media

An A-Z of Franz Ferdinand by Helen Chase

An A-Z of Franz Ferdinand was published in late 2007. The book is a complete encyclopedia of the band compiled by Helen Chase with input from both Franz Ferdinanad and many of their fans. The book contains exclusive interviews with the band as well as exclusive photographs. The book is intended to be a celebration of the bands' first five years and has quickly became a fans' favourite. The book is being published in a German language version in 2009 (Edel).

Eating With Alex Kapranos by Alex Kapranos

In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand. The writing is as much about where he eats and the people he eats with as the unusual flavours he tastes on the road. Whether it's munching donuts with cops in Brooklyn, swallowing bull's balls with the band in Buenos Aires or queuing for a saveloy in South Shields, these are surprising and vivid snapshots of life on the road. Funny, poignant, sickening or sexual depending on the situation, the material, both new and previously published in the Guardian, is fascinating and entertaining.

Discography

Main article: Franz Ferdinand discography

Studio albums

Awards

Year Award Category
2004 Mercury Prize Mercury Prize
NME Awards Philip Hall Radar Award
Q Awards Best Video (Take Me Out)
2005 BRIT Awards Best Group
BRIT Awards Best British Rock Act
NME Awards Best Track (Take Me Out)
NME Awards Best Album (Franz Ferdinand)
2006 NME Awards Best Live Band

Music samples

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Notes

  1. ^ "Franz Ferdinand MP3 Downloads - Franz Ferdinand Music Downloads - Franz Ferdinand Music Videos". Mp3.com. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  2. ^ allmusic ((( Franz Ferdinand > Overview )))
  3. ^ "Sound of 2004: Franz Ferdinand".
  4. ^ "Music Charts: "Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out". aCharts.us. Retrieved January 12, 2004.
  5. ^ "Music Charts: "Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand". aCharts.us. Retrieved January 12, 2004.
  6. ^ a b c Hiatt, Brian (2005-09-22). "Hot Scots". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 2008-01-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b c http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/biog.php
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