#181 Franz Ferdinand & Opinions on St. Vincent and Green Day

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2009

⏱️ 59 minutes

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After taking the U.S. by storm with their hit song “Take Me Out,” Scottish band Franz Ferdinand is back touring the country. They stopped by our studio for a conversation with Jim and Greg, as well as a live acoustic performance. Later, they'll review new albums from Green Day and St. Vincent.

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0:00.0	You gotta understand something here. This music is the glue of the world. It holds it all together.
0:06.0	Without this, life would be meaningless. What are you getting so crazy about? It's just music.
0:27.0	Welcome to sound opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media.
0:35.0	I'm Jim Deregottis, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun-times.
0:39.0	And I'm Greg Kott. I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune.
0:42.0	Today in the world's only rock and roll talk show, Jim and I. I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune.
0:42.5	Today in the world's only rock and roll talk show,
0:44.5	Jim and I talk to members of the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand.
0:48.0	We're going to hear acoustic versions of their Electro new wave tracks.
0:51.5	And later on, Greg and I'll review the new records from Pop Punk Superstars
0:55.4	Green Day and singer-songwriter St. Vincent.
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