FFS - Johnny Delusional (Official Video)

[@EhFrank]

I'm so happy I live in a world where a Franz Ferdinand + Sparks collaboration album is a thing that exists.

[@SunnyBear]

+EhFrank Of all the parallell universes we actually got this combination! Some luck!

[@aidangarvey7049]

+Sunny Bear True dat.

[@paulajoyce9504]

The right comment!!! You've nailed it!

[@georgeswanson9483]

You've distilled my feeling in a very short sentence. Holy moley.

[@ultragoku632]

I love 13

[@pogsquatch]

These guys almost sound like a cross between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks.

[@Libri_amore_e_fantasia]

LOL!!!!!😂 😂

[@stephaniekirch4938]

Because they are! 🥳

[@ZachScruggs]

I can definitely hear it

[@T0mR0b1n]

almost :D

[@butcholsen3237]

no not really I think they sound more like a cross of sparks and franz ferdinand

[@floridapmi]

"Some might find me borderline attractive from afar, but afar is not where I can stay and there you are" love that line

[@nikolaos9652]

My tinder bio

[@floridapmi]

@@nikolaos9652 lol

[@bensmith6518]

It's a hook, line and zinger... This song is so wild!

[@AM-xi6fq]

Ron is the ultimate lyricist

[@zenjon7892]

The most underrated song and video of the modern age

[@annabackman3028]

One of them.

[@_V.Va_]

Has over a million views, so not really.

[@marialindstrom9683]

Listen to my girl is taking me home

[@saltyscoundrel4368]

@@_V.Va_ Not enough considering what gets more

[@allhellbreaksloose3]

How the hell do Franz Ferdinand not ever fuck up? Every album gets better and better. Sounds fucking great!

[@vanickinela]

They are just a great group of individuals who found each other. Magic. Good things do exist.

[@ollyhp]

Imagine if Ferdinand didn’t go to the dentist that one time ⚡️

[@eysenvaldiviesogonzales1674]

Russell Mael's voice is pure harmony, the best

[@annabackman3028]

Listen to Sparks doing Beck's 'Why did you make me care'... Artwork to your ears...

[@WahldoK]

The more Russell gets old, the better he masters his voice.... He's exactly like good wine!!!!

[@christopher-wolter]

Russell’s voice is like the NFT of music-crazy beautifully unique and (more often than not) forever appreciating in wealth.

[@LUIGInator2109]

This is so heartfelt in such an upbeat way, also Russel Mael's voice is great and the way he sings "I know I haven't a chance" and "wouldn't it be terrible if there's no music there" make me cry it's so heartfelt and just hits the spot

[@annabackman3028]

Have you heard Sparks' version of Beck's "Why did you make me care"?? O M G! 💖😭💔😍💔😢💞😩💖💔😭💖💖💖💖

[@Big_Dai]

@@annabackman3028 That song has a COMPLETELY different feeling...

[@thomaspucher9825]

After seeing The Sparks Brothers this one reached a whole other level of geniusness for me

[@babettewitt3978]

Welcome on BOARD on the UNIQUE MAGICAL SOULFUL MEANFUL UNIVERSE of the MUSIC WORLD of Russell and Ron called "SPARKSLAND "!!!I am a huge fan since my childhood in the 90s! And YES their MUSIC is an IRREPLACEABLE GIFT and a MIRACLE at the SAME TIME! I adore their MUSIC, LYRICS and PERSONALITY and especially I love Russells UNBELIEVABLE, SOULFUL WARMHEARTED VOICE and his lovable playful sincere genuine CHARACTER! I feel an deeply KINSHIP in different ways! !

[@MariaDiazskn]

Words are in my head but I can't enunciate them clearly Headphones on your hair, they prevent a chance to even try Some might find me borderline attractive from afar But afar is not where I can stay and there you are Though I want you I know I haven't a chance Still I want you Johnny Delusional here I know yes and no in a couple dozen other languages But your form of no is the kind of look I can't deny Tell me, are resistance and stupidity the same? Tell me, is resistance so enticing, please explain Though I want you I know I haven't a chance Still I want you Johnny Delusional here Though I want you I know I haven't a chance Still I want you Johnny Delusional here paging Mr. Delusional You're wanted at the desk Paging Mr. Delusional You're wanted at the front desk Wouldn't it be terrible if there's no music there? Wouldn't it be terrible if she don't want you near? Wouldn't it be terrible if there's no music there? Wouldn't it be terrible if she don't want you near? Though I want you (wouldn't it be terrible if there's no music there?) I know I haven't a chance Still I want you (wouldn't it be terrible if she don't want you near?) Johnny Delusional here Though I want you (wouldn't it be terrible if there's no music there?) I know I haven't a chance Still I want you (wouldn't it be terrible if she don't want you near?) Johnny Delusional here

[@consma1]

Thank you Marie!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Second verse it's "Tell me are _persistance_ and stupidity the same?", it's only "resistance" in the next line.

[@violetbowie4567]

I CAN'T STOP LISTENING.

[@ElBigotudodeVerde]

+violet bowie me too! it's so good

[@scumonthepond]

+violet bowie Beautiful song. Kapranos is a genius.

[@CaroVasquezFTW]

+violet bowie I'm on a Johnny Delusional lock down.

[@SlytherinPrincess4]

+John Shepherd Alex K may well be a genius, but this song was written by Ron Mael

[@taXicity]

+violet bowie Please halp, i need to go to work tomorrow.

[@clintt5266]

We listen to this cranked, in the car. It's triumphant hearing my four year old daughter belt out that chorus. Amazing.

[@object_ash]

Saw Sparks play this in Glasgow last night, unreal. What an anthem, "still I want you..."

[@mushroomdemon9994]

I love FFS but this song with my current situation just speaks to me “though I want you, I know I haven’t a chance, still I want you Johnny delusional here”

[@FumbleAIBO]

I love this song and video. All of the charm, playfulness and genuis of Sparks mixed with FF's melodicism and wistfulness, it's fantastic. And Russell is the handsomest septuagenarian ever. 😍

[@zceylan]

This deserves more millions,masterpiece

[@radiotimes2100]

Still at the grindstone at this stage. Doing it well, fueled by the genuine appreciation of true fans. Divas they ain't, what they are now is a beautiful freak of nature, eccentric craftsmen of interesting music that still retains their personal stamp through what is now generations. It has been a privilege to behold.

[@annap-bajice]

It's a perfect world where Sparks and Franz Ferdinand are playing together. Still love this music 😍, 5+ years can't change it.

[@TheSmiler62]

Ron Mael....This town IS big enough for the both of us....Great to see some old faces from my Musical youth :)

[@ianabroad]

What a most perfect and almost natural collaboration. It's great to hear and see the Mael brothers again -isn't it? Makes me feel not quite so old! A great move from Franz Ferdinand but I am certain that both of these fantastic bands will extend their audience from this project.

[@Prechtl91]

I love Russells Voice!

[@WahldoK]

So do I and not only his voice. I think he is one the most charming persons of the pop rock scene. Moreover he is maybe more enticing now than in the early eighties, when he purposely used to play the smiling and dancing playboy on the stage.

[@johnnydelusional3823]

God bless you Ron and Russell

[@SensualSalmon]

This song is great because its real. It tells a story that i can relate too. U sincerely hope that theres gonna be more. You kind sirs have a fan.

[@Time2Splitt]

Crazyschizomaniac that's what the best arts do, it expresses our failures & struggles - things we don't like talking about yet have such an effect on us. A lot of the time it's related to love (other struggles include not knowing where you are in life, feeling lost) and you do get this in the most popular music, though it can be elsewhere of course, like in literary arts (novels & poetry), or performing arts (e.g. theatre, dance, music, can be combined with others), & most familiar to us nowadays from visual arts (paintings, sculpture, films & tv shows). The arts that are 'best' seem to connect with us over our failures & struggles, the thing we try not to express.

[@etttlesaintfrusquin2670]

more what..

[@jasonappleseed84]

God damn I will never not love this song.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Man, what a beat! Love this song. And the music video is such a head trip, I think it's going to end up a personal all-time favourite. EDIT: It is, I keep coming back and watching it over and over. The only thing I don't like about this song is that I can't sing it solo at karaoke because it's a duet.

[@anselmoecheverria6342]

La unión de Franz Ferdinand (FF) y Sparks (S) se ha convertido en una de las noticias musicales de la temporada. A priori la idea generaba bastantes dudas, aunque la banda escocesa y la estadounidense comparten criterios pop con puntos en común. Finalmente la cosa ha funcionado a la perfección ya que ambos grupos aportan su lado más juguetón para crear un disco de pura new wave bailable y realmente adictivo., donde no falta glam pop, en el que los escoceses ponen las guitarras y el dúo californiano los teclados. De este modo surgen cosas tan chulas como "Johnny Delusional" o cosas tan delirantes como "Collaborations don't work" ("Las colaboraciones no funcionan") o "Police Encounters", y canciones tan resultonas como "Call Girls" o la histriónica "Save me from myself". Esperemos que este proyecto no se quede en una anécdota, para que en el futuro nos puedan presentar más discos fruto de esta acertada colaboración. Música independiente novedades.

[@glennpagemusic]

This song and video are top notch. Quality doesn't get nearly enough attention anymore.

[@Neurodisco77]

It's over the million views, it's not that bad actually

[@glennpagemusic]

Neurodisco77 Relatively speaking, considering the history and caliber of the bands involved... It's kinda small.

[@ShaqKoyokArt]

This is addictive

[@johnhuggins2873]

Much, much better than I would have dreamed.

[@AgentHawke]

I feel dizzy and need more of Alex's voice. He is amazing

[@TheRealValC]

So many years have passed since this song came out and yet it still bangs.

[@jis87BE]

Been a FF fan since the very first moment I heard Take Me Out, got all their albums, saw them 5 times live.....and only NOWWWW I hear about this FFS??! WTH 🤯🤯😅 LOVE THE ALBUM!!!

[@weirdopop]

It´s perfect how it´s created the atmosphere of being captured by someone, trying to get off but repeating the story again and again... I love it!!!!!

[@lonelyone]

It’s only after watching this video that I understood the part about “wouldn’t it be terrible if there’s no music there?” is referring to the girl wearing headphones in order to avoid talking to him.

[@jantuijp]

Crushing. Literally.

[@Геннадий-ж7о4ц]

A wonderful collaboration between the two greatest bands of our time!

[@KeelyBurnMusic]

Sometimes I wish I could erase this song from my brain and listen to it for the first time all over again. I'll never forget how it felt first hearing the "Some might find me borderline attractive from afar" part and the dance beat on the chorus. Suddenly I went "oh wow, this really IS Sparks + Franz Ferdinand!" This was my pick for album of the year in 2015 and I still regard it highly- and I still dream that we'll receive a follow-up someday.

[@tippycanoe99]

I'm four and a half years late for this and I want the whole album.

[@surelychordophonic]

I was on time and was hoping for a second album.

[@ScottKornfeld]

It's good, I hope you pick or picked it up.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

It was a great album. I assume you know that by now.

[@nolimit6377]

i'm four and a half years old and i was born when you made this comment.

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

Fantastic song tbh the best one from FFS though i enjoy the album very much.

[@truemansparks]

I've only just realised how brilliant the actual video is I was to distracted by the awesome music to notice it at first!

[@andymir4469]

That is some kickass compositing there!

[@ctmdoh6542]

love this video love this song going to see them in Chicago this Thursday.. love the decades-long victim humor with Ron always the poor schmuck

[@saphirearmor]

on les a vu a lyon dimanche au transbo, si vous etes encore sceptiques par l album comme on pensait,en concert allez y c est vraiment extraordinaire,le pied

[@dennisschmieder7684]

An absolutely perfect pop song. Long live FFS!

[@fede-tk3rm]

fuck... 5 years ago... feels like yesterday

[@WahldoK]

Comment ne pas aimer une musique si dansante et intelligente en parole ainsi qu' un clip aussi merveilleusement réalisé. Même si je n'étais pas Fan de Sparks, je trouverais vraiment que ce clip et sa musique sont un vrai petit bijou... Je trouve Russell complétement chou, en Ronald... Ces deux gars sauront toujours charmer, de toute façon..

[@mariselanahui8365]

This is beautiful!!! ❤

[@taXicity]

I heard this on the radio and i looked it up in the app and it said FFS. Didn't have a clue who they were. Of course it's Franz fucking Ferdinand. Absolutely astonishing!

[@jesiecordero7675]

+taXicity And Sparks* :)

[@katiestuckey7408]

This is really beautiful. This song makes me cry. Cheers.

[@oli76130]

Cette collaboration est juste magnifique sur le plan artistique, les paroles, le son, le rythme et ce clip ! Fantastique ! Tellement mieux que les daubes actuelles ! 🎶

[@tony.hiscox]

absolutely brilliant on the super scale of brilliance above the standard scale

[@TheDachrii]

Two great groups put togheter, what more can you ask for?

[@howardjdownes]

Having more or less given up on contemporary music but for the latest Marianne Faithful or Bowie albums to discover FFS clearly communicate such joy and so contagious a buzz performing makes me want to see a live band again. The Sparks excited me in an era of mainstream Osmond and Bay City Roller shite and for someone who came of age as punk and new wave surfaced its awesome seeing them thrill and inspire with mindblowing material alongside one of todays band and reach a new generation. Wow !

[@Libri_amore_e_fantasia]

+Howard Downes The same goes for me. I no longer go to live concerts, since I can't find anything interesting these days (well... maybe Beck) but for FSS I would make an exception.

[@annabackman3028]

@@Libri_amore_e_fantasia, I hope you have heard Sparks version of Beck's "Why did you make me care?"? Exquisite.

[@ambarnavarro5048]

amazing music video !!!!! very talented director(s)

[@leoheinzel2851]

after i listened to the song i was like "Thats Allright" but its been stuck in my head for the past 45 minutes so its definitely a good one. looking forward to the full length.

[@freyavandenbussche]

great collaboration, it's very great song

[@walterwilliam7091]

Best groups EVER!

[@DirtyMirror2011]

Feeling bloody dizzy after that! Great song

[@bokrif]

The single best video clip. Ever.

[@fifthrider]

Holy shit... This really worked. You could hear the influence of both. ...also, Sparks, For Fucks Sake.

[@matiasmoulin2126]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Ahhh ...Ron and Russell, still as fresh and great as they were when I first saw them on TOTP around 1974 :-) Looking forward to seeing you guys at Glastonbury.

[@tigerboy1966]

Sparks have always done their own stuff and having made a nice stack of cash back in the day they don't have to give a flying fk about commercial or critical opinion. That's why they are still almost unbearably ace.

[@AAZEDLARC]

Actually, they didn't make a stack of cash. Which makes the ace and brave xoxo

[@jantuijp]

@@AAZEDLARC Let me correct that: _fortunately_ they didn't make a stack of cash. If they had, they would now be either dead or somewhere on a yacht, acting like their age. In stead they are forced to keep coming up with brilliant material.

[@ilnonno4343]

Franz Ferdinand + Sparks = sooner or later it had to happen. Since the first time I've heard Franz Ferdinand it was very clear to me that FF had to join Mael brothers for making great music. And now here they are!

[@revolverdolls]

Simply fantastic!

[@kaitieladay]

When I watch this video I am offered many videos of Franz Ferdinand on the side but where's the Sparks??!!??? Is it possible for someone to find this and find a great Sparks song? 'Girl from Germany', 'No. 1 Song' or 'Moustache'?? Rambling, but why doesn't everybody know about Sparks? They are on a different level I suppose! What a phenomenal and ever-changing band!!!!

[@kaitieladay]

PS Love Ron sitting on the ladys lap!!!! 😚

[@saskiakiernan5922]

Kaitlyn Aguilar Sparks were (still are) very inspirational. I don't know how people don't know them! They've inspired the smiths (and solo moz) , franz and so many more!

[@Evanator24o]

The Sparks were an older band that's "glory days" have past but they still have great music

[@FoolOfGods]

+Evan Siefke (Evanator24) By 'glory days' you must mean pop chart success - sorry mate but Sparks could have been but never wanted to be BCR/Slik/Roxy Music or make music like any other band out there - they do want recognition and success [who doesn't] but most of all they enjoy creating quirky, provocative masterpieces. Most other musicians would not choose to go on tour at the age of 60+ ... FFS is a breath of fresh air in an age where the music of Swift and Minaj [no disrespect intended] has become all pervasive.

[@Slayer_Jesse]

+FoolOfGods Or if they do, they only work cuz.. .they need the money!

[@WaltDittrich]

Still SO good!

[@eclectica1]

Love this song, but jeez, the video...motion sickness much?

[@QuietBatperson96]

***** Me too.

[@Vinge327]

***** had to stop looking at the screen and scroll down. way too dizzy

[@FoolOfGods]

***** You get the same effect if you were to try to watch a music DVD on a tablet while riding on the waltzer at Coney Island or Six Flags

[@QuietBatperson96]

***** Was it an interesting experience?

[@FoolOfGods]

Max Bennie Watching the video was interesting, but then again Sparks FF video's are anything but boring or run-of-the-mill.

[@fede-tk3rm]

i will always come back here every once in a while. thank you franz ferdinand for being in my life for more than 10 years, since i first heard your music.

[@angellopezr.2802]

this video is a master piece of art...

[@cuenquishdan123]

a piece of art this video. Amazing

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

ffs, FFS is awesome! 😅

[@DesertFoxSoftware]

I want this song on the radio!

[@MadameLil]

DesertFoxSoftware Would be nice ...

[@dezzy76]

DesertFoxSoftware Huey Morgan played it on BBC 6 Music yesterday, listen again (Fantastic show) - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wcwyn

[@Popmetalj]

DesertFoxSoftware I hear it every day on Radcliffe & Maconie on 6Music but I know what you mean. The song deserves to be MASSIVE [he said, using block caps for effect]

[@MadameLil]

DesertFoxSoftware Yeah, but what if ageism gets in the way? Look at Madonna ...

[@renskooij9603]

It's already populair in Holland

[@Ken-re6pt]

Excellent video. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album.

[@anaknoles7098]

What a gem. So excited to see them play this summer. :)

[@jameshelmer9572]

Loved the video. Took me back to the style used by Zbig Rybczynski with his early films and early experiments with HD video and compositing long before there was computerized motion control, After Effects, etc. Sparks and Franz Ferdinand are a terrific team and their video producer has matched these artist's efforts with this video. Congrats!

[@KarlLind]

YES! This is fantastic.

[@danielesaibene6829]

Great! a refreshing song, with a sad meaning, great work! can't wait for the album

[@robertdavidson9393]

Wonderful!

[@steverossi6525]

Amazing Can't wait for the album.

[@richardward3005]

This is great! FFS is the best cd in years buy a copy now!! The sound of summer 2015.

[@KWLSSnet]

SummerSonic2015 TOKYO　HOSTESS CLUB ALL-NIGHTERでのFFSのパフォーマンス、圧倒的に楽しかったです！このビデオを初めて見た時と同じような感覚…眩暈がするほど素晴らしいステージでした！！ また日本に来てほしい！！！

[@beatlesgtpepper]

01:36 XD i love you, Ron

[@kailakai0729]

I just found these guys, they are brilliant

[@TheHapexamendios]

Damn! That's catchy! Always glad to see the Mael brothers doing their thang. God bless and may they keep on forever.

[@MANIMALIZED]

This is such a tune

[@jean-nicolasduff6210]

This is simply brilliant! Such immense talent & brain power involved it bends the very fabric of space time, making this masterpiece is nothing short of pure genius! When's the next FFS album?

[@_Patobot]

Beautiful!! This is art.

[@rockvideos5748]

Beautiful

[@dmitrymorran9699]

Great! It's the beautiful song!

[@Popmetalj]

It really is a perfect marriage!

[@eastend59]

Giddy giddy giddy! The camera work!

[@annabackman3028]

Our intire city Each and every person the Epitome of giddiness!😉 FFS actually works💖

[@BillsBoxOfSound]

Damn, this rocks! Ordering.

[@grahamebrown7473]

FFS ,what a tune ,get this released

[@selinak6072]

Nick looks adorable here!

[@googalunga]

Classic Ron Mael, baby!

[@janslingerland7015]

shared this on the Facebook page of 10:11 PM - The power of music!

[@OnSergLine]

Fucking Brilliant

[@flachairexavier2762]

this song is perfect

[@catchdawave3409]

Since I saw them at Kabuki in SF. they have never missed a beat as a forward/trend setting great Duo/group..Hail the Mael Bros.....#1 song in Heaven???? that's off recent releases kinfolk!

[@Diatonic5th]

Brilliant collaboration!

[@louise_8546]

As I listen to 6Music every day, I just assumed everybody hears this song regularly, sad to think that might not be the case. Viva Ron and Russell! Viva Franz Ferdinand! Viva FFS! :D