::Names Week:: Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots Back On

Franz Ferdinand are one of those early 2000s "popular indie new wave revival" bands along with The Kaiser Chiefs and  The Bravery. Not necessarily ground-breaking by any means and sometimes annoying, but they can write some pretty good songs. Hailing from Scotland, these guys hit it big with their first, self-titled album and then released their second album You Could Have it So Much Better and then kind of lost steam after that. They released a third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand and are apparently working on a new one, but I'm not really that interested in finding out to be honest with you.

This song is from their second album and is a departure from their usual energetic guitars and dancy drum beats. It focuses on their soft side a bit with the ponderous piano and gather-'round acoustic guitar. The best parts of this song are the reverby-spy guitar and synth interludes that burst out from the choruses and make you feel like you just jumped and are drifting slowly back to Earth much like the lyrics suggest. This song also just made me realize there are a lot of really good songs about Eleanors.

Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
Leap until the Gulf Stream's brought you down

I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land

So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
Towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
Oh if you run
You can run to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and
Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down

I could be there when you land

So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here