10.10.05
Franz Ferdinand go Black and White
According to the news at MTV, Franz Ferdinand are the next band to follow this year's retro black and white music video trend.
Kaiser Chiefs had a perfectly nice video for "I predict a Riot", that envolved a massive pillow fight, and decided to replace it with a new black and white tribute to early mute cinema that finishes with a performance in what appears to be Shakespeare's Globe. Nice, but I actually liked the original full colour, low budget one better.
The Killers also pulled their rather dull colour video for "All these things that I've done" and replaced it with a black and white wild west mini film. It wouldn't be so annoying if it didn't have Brandon Flowers' very serious "i've got soul, but i'm not a soldier" voiceover. Another band who's all for the b&w look is The Bravery with the videos for "Fearless", and "An honest mistake", although they didn't fall for the retro thing. The White Stripes did, though, with the fantastic "My Doorbell". (brilliant website, by the way).
For me White Stripes are the band with the best music videos ever, but Franz Ferdinand have an impressive collection as well, so I can't wait to see what they come up with this time.
