Who Assassinated Franz Ferdinand?

"Victoria Park after dark kissing on the wall trying not to fall/ Naive, young and not too clever, will it be this way forever?" As a Manchester University alumnus whose first year digs were in Victoria Park, I once asked a similar question. Middleton locals The Courteeners have written a barrel full of reflective odes to their city to make any honorary Manc's spine tingle for their soon-to-be-released second album Falcon. But one such song may get a slightly different bodily reaction from Alex Kapranos whose band Franz Ferdinand can be detected in You Overdid It Doll. The first single, which will no doubt enter the charts on Sunday, bears a striking resemblance to their Number 3 hit Take Me Out (1 minute 22 seconds in). Incidentally that song was all the rage in Victoria Park when Jaz was a young 'un...



And the Glaswegian's efforts:




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