Franz Ferdinand - The Dark Of The Matinée (Official Video)

Franz Ferdinand - 'The Dark Of The Matinée' from 'Franz Ferdinand' released 2004 on Domino Record Co.
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[@sakaridis]

Damn... That first Franz Ferdinand album is such a flawless masterpiece...

[@sakaridis]

@Samuel Powell Very nice! Thanks!

[@flamingbanana5831]

@Samuel Powell paramores this is why also gives me FF vibes

[@will..........]

Obviously

[@endoffate5475]

First 3 albums.

[@sakaridis]

@@endoffate5475 While I don't disagree that the second and third FF albums were also pretty great, the first one was on a whole different level, in my opinion.

[@Lilithdammit]

There is not one bad song on this album. That’s rare.

[@bubsharangozo3692]

Agree!

[@robertsteinberger5667]

And each song could be a single

[@supremebuffalo6322]

Songs for the Deaf

[@RoshenArtes]

Agreed...also Audio Slave,not one bad song

[@brightonmart]

Hard to believe this is 20 years old, still sounds fresh and remains my fave Franz Ferdinand track.

[@shanjanusman9974]

The Line about Wogan is Legendary and also it reminds me of Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United Manager 😅

[@dohmies77]

All of the songs by FF have such a memorable tune

[@bennolas6096]

freeskier?

[@dohmies77]

Ben Ňolas I prefer freeriding, but not by much.

[@bennolas6096]

+Mikael K ye, but you look like freestyle skier. :D

[@mrfole9723]

yeah they are the best at making super catchy, danceable and memorable riffs, such a fun band

[@shane8119]

Mikael K I know Foo Fighters are amazing

[@BlueMHart]

This is just an absolutely perfect song. Everything about it, I can’t imagine it getting better.

[@TheScienceguy77]

Nice PFP

[@BlueMHart]

@@TheScienceguy77 Thanks! Looks a bit like yours I think haha

[@shanjanusman9974]

@@BlueMHart The Line about Wogan is Legendary

[@kiana.s_]

Better than Take Me Out?

[@BlueMHart]

@@kiana.s_ Definitely!

[@Arrica101]

One of the few albums I have come across where literally every song is a quality tune

[@jackiec498]

Absolutely. They came and were a presence for such a short time......but how incredibly profound a mark they left. It's one of the few bands in the past 20 years who, I feel, have influenced music as a whole...if only to a small degree.

[@marksab]

I was 18, broke my collarbone in a bike accident. 6 weeks off work in my parents basement, listening to Dutch alt Rock radio for days. This song still lingers in my mind to this day. Brilliant lyrics, musical talent and style.

[@MrAlpaca19]

that happened back in 2010?

[@armincartoonist]

@@MrAlpaca19 This song is way older than 2010! It's from 2004.

[@mikeoyler2983]

@@armincartoonist Thank you! Franz Ferdinand is indeed older than 2010! I'm rolling on the floor, laughing that anybody could think otherwise. I in fact remember when "Take me Out" hit US shores, and I was already in my early 20s. Their tune was so alternative and youthful that it made me feel old.

[@imetevile]

I remember my parents playing this album to me when I was 6/7. We listened to it every day in the car. And still do. Franz Ferdinand forever.

[@brunocirac]

Times goes by...?!

[@WillIngram08]

F**k I'm old!!!!

[@WillIngram08]

@@brunocirac Right!

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

You still a kid then ? This wasn’t that long ago

[@luchilds]

Thanks for making me feel old

[@miriamuSama]

I love it when he sings 'All the clothes I hate.Oh Ill never be - anything I hate.' This song came out in a period when I was young and started to listen to rock music.

[@michaeledwards6683]

I love three juxtaposition with the line "you smiled and mentioned something that you liked." That just really seems to hit me as such a weirdly and wonderfully romantic line

[@DanielFranc35]

Too much JB guys!

[@adamgw187]

Yeah for me it's that following line that brought this song back to my mind - the idea of someone squashing my negativity with something nice really struck a chord with me.

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@adamgw187 Same. As an adult, we often go along with the things others hate not to disrespect their feelings, but it's so much nicer to just share smth you DO like when someone's bitching about insignificant things hehe

[@mrfole9723]

I just love alex's voice i can listen to it the whole day

[@cabrinibruno]

Why you can't?

[@blademonkey48aspieeightyseven]

Maybe the best indie rock song of the 2000s.

[@lukepimblott7141]

@Trips sorry big man

[@plutus0]

@Trips my guy the comment is 8 years old there is a good chance that dude is dead.

[@rashotcake6945]

It’s got some strong competition. Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Godspeed, Strokes, Interpol, Wilco, Tool, Arctic Monkeys, White Stripes, etc

[@agentfries1560]

@@rashotcake6945 ye the stroke + franz Ferdinand is like the best combination ever

[@saltyscoundrel4368]

@@agentfries1560 My two favourite indie bands! 🎸

[@mickharrison90]

I like how Noel Gallagher said he thinks Franz Ferdinand nailed Indie Disco

[@chrisbardell]

15 years later, and this still sounds fantastic. Clever, lyrical, catchy, uplifting. Perfect pop song?

[@LordCroker]

This wasn't pop fella

[@GavySunner]

@@LordCroker someone had to tell buddy 😂

[@filiplipkowski4963]

​I think the term ,,pop" ​is much wider than an attempt to describe the genre. I guess he just meant that this song has simple but great structure. Just like folks are saying that Cobain was good at making pop melodies @@LordCroker

[@IanPaiva15OFFICIAL]

The melodies and grooves on their songs are so fucking good.

[@CosmicContrarian]

RIP Terry Wogan, was listening to this for the past week and just heard the news.

[@josesalas3873]

Rip Benny Harvey

[@rosco5765]

Fuck Terry Wogan, he knew about Savile all that time.

[@SlapTheMonkey100]

Rosco he probably knew about Rolf aswell.

[@mychemicalromancewillpierc5241]

@@SlapTheMonkey100 knew about what??

[@David-Brent]

How was he listening to this?

[@KoiseOfficial]

the amazing ability to change the groove of the song at the perfect moment. That is Franz Ferdinand.

[@ShOscar]

can we all agree that the choreography in this video is just AMAZING? like damn, now this is what I call a music video

[@jose7223898020]

This was the first song that I heard from Franz Ferdinand, I was like 9 years old

[@nena5803]

+Josè Luis Vera Yeah me 2

[@adeelyounis594]

good times bro. I remember pumping this on my headphones playing CS >.

[@bouncer2074]

+Josè Luis Vera and now they suck The End

[@brookie2464]

+Josè Luis Vera I must have been about 4 or 5

[@cabrinibruno]

How old are you now, cara?

[@helenaoliveira9231]

The Dark Of The Matinée You take your white finger Slide the nail under The top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool Slacken ties and I'm Not to look at you in the shoe But the eyes find the eyes Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine I time every journey To bump into you accidentally I charm you and tell you Of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate How I'll never be anything I hate You smile, mention something that you like Or how you'd have a happy life If you did the things you like Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine So I'm on BBC2 now Telling Terry Wogan how I made it and What I made is unclear now But his deference is And his laughter is My words and smile are so easy now Yes, it's easy now Yes, it's easy now Find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee Well, find me and follow me Through corridors, refectories And files you must follow Leave this academic factory Will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes, it's mine A Escuridão Da Matinê Você pega o seu dedo branco Desliza a unha debaixo Do primeiro e do último botões do meu blazer Para ajeitar a lã puída Afrouxa a gravata e eu Não devo olhar para você no sapato Mas os olhos encontram os olhos Encontre-me e me siga Por corredores, refeitórios e arquivos Você deve seguir Se livrar desta fábrica acadêmica Encontre-me na matinê Na escuridão da matinê É melhor na matinê A escuridão da matinê é minha Sim, é minha Eu cronometro todos os turnos Para topar com você acidentalmente Eu a enfeitiço e lhe conto Sobre os caras que odeio, as garotas que odeio As palavras que odeio, as roupas que odeio Sobre como nunca serei nada do que odeio Você sorri e menciona algo de que gosta Ou como seria feliz Se fizesse as coisas de que gosta Encontre-me e me siga Por corredores, refeitórios e arquivos Você deve seguir Se livrar desta fábrica acadêmica Encontre-me na matinê Na escuridão da matinê É melhor na matinê A escuridão da matinê é minha Sim, é minha E agora eu estou na BBC 2 Contando a Terry Wogan como cheguei lá e Onde cheguei não está claro Mas o respeito dele está E a gargalhada dele também Minhas palavras e meu sorriso são tão fáceis agora Sim, é fácil agora Sim, é fácil agora Encontre-me e me siga Por corredores, refeitórios e arquivos Você deve seguir Se livrar desta fábrica acadêmica Encontre-me na matinê Na escuridão da matinê É melhor na matinê A escuridão da matinê Encontre-me e me siga Por corredores, refeitórios e arquivos Você deve seguir Se livrar desta fábrica acadêmica Encontre-me na matinê Na escuridão da matinê É melhor na matinê A escuridão da matinê é minha Sim, é minha

[@Hellbopper]

Nice one

[@aidanlucid9619]

Love this song. Great guitar playing. These guys have an old school yet modern style about them.

[@aidanlucid9619]

@Samuel Powell Thanks for the recommendation. I will check it out. Thanks again. Have a great weekend. 👍

[@jamiecal11]

just the way he comes with the "You smile and tell me something that you like" is 10/10 for execution. top song.

[@alanbrito5239]

11 years.... VIVA FRANZ FERDINAND!!

[@seba24000]

+Alan Brito Alan Brito Delgado

[@garden2571]

you're not English and this was 2 years ago but DAMON ALBARN AAAAAAAAAAA

[@boo99742]

DAMON

[@aibpresto]

AAAAA DAMON!

[@alanbrito5239]

@@garden2571 2020 here yee bro

[@MatiasBertuzziPH]

This was my favourite band back then when I was like 10 years old. I started playing guitar to learn this song, so many memories. Still one of my favourite songs after 17 years

[@aimeebeacham6801]

Scribbled FF 4eva in one of my books at school. I still stand by this quote in my 30s 🥰

[@johnkagabo4408]

Haah !! 😍😎🥰😘

[@user-df5hw3yt8m]

Seeing the franz live was a life changing experience ❤

[@timecracky]

The extremely talented band. God bless you, guys!

[@lucianovd]

Saw the news about Terry Wogan today and this is the first thing that came to mind... RIP.

[@nightcore1946]

Well at least they got to tell him how they made it!! RIP to a legend!!

[@simonettacocco792]

Pezzo perfetto. Voce perfetta. Non credo si possa desiderare di meglio.Charming.

[@underneonloneliness0]

I time every journey To bump into you accidentally, I Charm you and tell you Of the boys I hate All the girls I hate All the words I hate All the clothes I hate How I'll never be anything I hate You smile, mention something that you like Oh, how you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like Anyone else does identify with these lyrics?!

[@pablocanete7346]

The last part always crack me out a bit

[@DarkAngelEU]

Common advice from anyone to an angsty teen. Just do the things you like. Fuck the rest. or like Chris said it: Fuck it.

[@brendonwife]

Pure brilliance. And how cute does Alex look in this video?!

[@SignoreMP]

They looked so young then.. It's been a while.

[@ladyi7609]

I had a minor celebrity crush on Alex at the time this album was released. Of course it was appropriate at the time considering I was a few years younger than him, but damn do they all look like such babies in this video!

[@sunjimaru0731]

this song sure hit me in the head.

[@johnkagabo4408]

Hooh !! 😅😉

[@mauricioprocopio8841]

The dance at the end, it just sticks to you

[@marksab]

by far, the best song this band recorded.

[@skd9087]

This song just randomly popped up in my head after many years. How could I forget this killer of a track!!? Genius!

[@1sportsangel]

This is the first Franz Ferdinand song I ever saw back in 2004 in music channel not "Take me out" or "Do you want to". Wow time has gone so quickly! I was in school back then. I thought it was a strange video back then but bought their CD in few years and loved their songs ever since.

[@sandracristinadecarvalho2214]

I love this song!!!! Perfct song!!!! I remember so many good things...

[@renans.5095]

And Franz Ferdinand was never the same again... I miss 2004.

[@TeeTimeMike]

Got a chance to see them live in Philly a few months ago and they were awesome. They still rock.

[@keith5612]

Amo tanto esta cancion, y mas el principio😍👌 una de mis favoritas FRANZ FERDINAND!!

[@jjxxjjxx9460]

me sube el animo ver comentarios actuales de canciones viejas jajsjsj AGUANTE FRANZ

[@beepst]

Best Franz Ferdinand song. PERIOD.

[@TheMrCrabbit]

Rest In Peace Terry Worgon!

[@Alessandra-sq3ly]

all Franz Feridnand music videos are intersting.

[@crunkbucha4667]

This is my favorite song.

[@zergiopiscoya5211]

Otro buen clásico de Franz Ferdinand de los mejores que buenos tiempos con esta música..😎🖤🔥🎶🎵🇵🇪👍🏻

[@andrewmason7671]

Fantastic song

[@PolishRatEuropean]

Old but pure gold.

[@jimmarvel]

love this song, love this video, love franz ferdinand!!

[@dianacabral3614]

Aquela música com gosto de adolescência ❤ Que saudade !! 😌

[@rachelizs]

Por que amo todo de Franz Ferdinand?!!

[@endless_n1ght]

Yooo

[@TheLovepools]

Some of the best lyrics in rock.

[@SmashedTomatoes]

Every hour, about 70 people listen to this song.

[@yzamonteiro3689]

My favorite song! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@clairehewitt3381]

The opening lines of this song are so perfect

[@primitivoperez8120]

Desde el 2008 estuve buscando esta canción y hoy 3 de mayo del 2020 la encuentro, que felicidad!!!

[@pablocanete7346]

Temazo encima

[@Catafracta230588]

Qué envidia escuchar este tema por primera vez

[@himster22]

Cómo no la vas a encontrar?? Es de Franz Ferdinand y se llama dark of the matinee

[@RobinSchenk1]

I'm listening to this song since 2004, just to find out in 2019 that it has a music video. That's like having early Christmas.

[@PerliuxXx]

IKR? I never thought of Google it before. Guess I'm "that old"

[@LOPREXRock]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpOpZ6t7eNVlqrM Rock Argentino translated and subtitled. Like like like Enjoy it and share

[@Evelyn-uy2tb]

A classic one from FF 💙

[@alemrzt]

I love this song!

[@MrPalkov]

I keep returning to this - both the song and the wonderful video!

[@Lysimachus]

"I'm on BBC2 now" is one of my favourite lyrics.

[@vladanlausevic1733]

I am going to be at the concert tonight in Stockholm. Last time I heard the songs live was in 2009!

[@sheilamitchell2215]

I just love these guys and they made some fantastic music. They were all gorgeous too...... Saw them live once they were brilliant xxxxx

[@WhiteSlift]

It's so melancholic and beautiful.

[@queso7484]

No entiendo como esta joya no tiene ni 50 millones, se merece 10000 millones

[@mydogsdanglybits]

First time I’ve listened to that in ages and still an absolute belter! 🥳

[@what2heck]

im new to franz and i just saw all their videos im so scared

[@pigammon7843]

haha this is the best comment ever

[@benno3608]

Do you know Ciara?

[@stillnessintime]

Dude I watched these videos when I was about 4 and I loved them haha

[@hanabiwu]

XDDD

[@ManzanitaFruit]

Millenial

[@frankh.rockel5811]

Masterpiece! Music and lyrics.

[@yarnodrummergameplays5220]

Franz ferdinand always be a Great band

[@skitlz1229]

This song is absolutely brilliant. Then this has to be the greatest video ever!

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Franz Ferdinand's Finest Hour.

[@cinzia_79]

... The darkness of the matinee is mine... 🎶🎵🎤💓 outstanding music! thank you for these vibrant notes ...

[@lalizjl2583]

Simplemente es Franz Ferdinand!!!

[@squiddymcsquidface3097]

Highkey an absolute bop.

[@WhatMouse]

I cant believe someone killed such a great band :/

[@paplight]

?

[@zuggy_t]

?

[@WhatMouse]

?

[@nonfluent6074]

No one killed them. Keep cool guys :-)

[@WhatMouse]

how do u think ww1 started idiot. read a book.

[@zackspiker_]

Jesus, that’s a gorgeous band.

[@TheMrfont]

This song was played in the International Festival of Viña del Mar, Chile 2006 and it was a massive hit!

[@InnerFears]

this song is enchanting

[@colinonlyyoungonce]

Brilliant song and the video is outstanding

[@Retrostar619]

This song is so wonderfully pervy.

[@FellTheSky]

12 years! gosh im old

[@psympson]

yeah! me too! But i feel like yesterday! =D

[@arnaudmahu8996]

same here

[@veni9516]

in what sense your 12 years old?

[@veni9516]

man im kinda late on replying here xD

[@judemacmillan1125]

I am an asshole Ooferton I seen this and now I want to be late too, did I do ok?

[@rileybowman5988]

This would be such a fun music video to be part of

[@simatian2019]

One of the best anti-mainstream song ever written.

[@cgzepp]

Ten years past and this is still one of the coolest vids and songs I've ever heard... And look how younger and sweeter Nick used to look (he's such a lean mean machine nowadays...)

[@Ehh97]

FF: Its pronounced Mati-nay Me, an idiot: *Manatee*

[@larsland]

🤣

[@glassofwater281]

The amount of times I've said dark of the Manatee makes me feel like a complete dumbass

[@DerSonntagsgamer]

it doesn't even sound close to "Manatee" :-) More like "Mata-nee"

[@felipem869]

Find and follow me and perhaps you’ll find me in the manatee

[@user-en2hu6wp7p]

YES FUCKING SAME ISTG IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO FIND THIS SONG BCOZ OF THAT OMHMJNHB

[@santiagocardozo4612]

This song is pure nostalgia for me ...

[@venturadventuremtb8842]

Me encantó!!! Simplemente una joya de cancion

[@Gweny_l]

13 Jahre !!!! danach gesucht. Danke ❤️

[@marinamonteiro4955]

A melhor! Saudades de ouvir de novo

[@Seagirl441]

Go to the school is awesome when is in the Franz Ferdinand way...a dance class...amazing

[@ThePykachu97]

by far my favorite song by them

[@aadithnarayanan3880]

We need more music videos like this.

[@DarkAngelEU]

Indie was hot for, maybe, five years? lol but it's still so wonderful to go back to and enjoy that weird feverish explosion of styles, emotions, hopes, dreams, angst.

[@brandonechegaray3874]

Will listen till the end of time. Still bops in my book

[@carolmargulies]

This might just be my favorite Franz Ferdinand track

[@helkemiller1251]

I have noticed a few similarities with the Beatles, when in the Magical Mystery Tour they danced Your Mother Should Know. I love the graphics on this video clip too!

[@UberSynth]

I love this track.

[@LB-ne4zq]

the lyrics....someone probably already posted them but if they did it's way far down, so here they are again (maybe?) You take your white finger Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool, slacken ties And I'm not to look at you in the shoe, but the eyes, find the eyes.... (chorus) Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files You must follow me, leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes it's mine.... I time every journey to bump into you, accidentally I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate All the girls I hate All the words I hate All the clothes I hate How I'll never be, anything I hate You smile, mention something that you like How you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like.... Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files You must follow me, leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes it's mine.... So I'm on BBC2 now, Telling Terry Wogan How I made it and What I made is unclear now, But his deference is, and his laughter is My words and smile are so easy now... Yes, It's easy now, Yes, It's easy now..... Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files You must follow me, leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee, Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files You must follow me, leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee The dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine Yes it's mine

[@LB-ne4zq]

* Oh!!! Also in case anyone is wondering...a refectory is a "dining hall that is in an institution, college or religious house" (i'm american, I had to look it up. Because we don't have "refectories" we have cafeterias. but refectories sounds way cooler, does it not? we should make that a thing here.) ** Also, in case anyone wants to know what "deference" is, it means "respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another." (like I said, I live in America, so it makes sense that I wouldn't know a word like that. lolzzzz, amirite folks?) THE MORE YOU KNOW!

[@raphaelsteinmetz9377]

Ce sont des génies.

[@mariamata3725]

Me da nostalgia esta canción.... Aquellos tiempos......

[@ohok8970]

I can't believe one of the greatest leaders of all time is named after this band.

[@leticiagratao]

One of the best concerts I went im my whole life. I just love them.

[@ayechan12394]

Why is this masterpiece underrated?