[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y5J4K3wMN8[/youtube]
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Bereits im Januar 2010 haben wir Frankie & The Heartstrings zu den great white hopes der britischen Gitarrenszene ausgerufen und spätestens als sie ihren Orange-Juice-meets-Dexys-Sound bei der brillanten Single “Ungrateful” um die Blondie-circa-Atomic-Komponente erweiterten, durften wir uns bestätigt fühlen.

Nun ist das Debütalbum endlich erschienen und – passender könnte es nicht sein – sogar von Orange Juice Mann Edwyn Collins selbst produziert worden, was man durchaus als verdienten Ritterschlag sehen darf!

* Your three favourite Punk singles/songs?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgzwQBtFaA&feature=related[/youtube]
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** Stop that girl by vic godard
** Ever fallen in love by buzzcocks
** Totaly Wired by the fall

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96kBt_PsV4[/youtube]
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* A record that will make you dance?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0NuvwTuHV0[/youtube]
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Just can’t get enough by depeche mode

* Your favourite song lyrics?

‘If bombs were love then you can call me dresden’ by chris rollen

(Anm.: aus dem wunderbaren, leider völlig unbekannten Song “Dresden” von Les Cox (Sportifs))

* Your favourite song about England?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmAcHjOm_48[/youtube]
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New England by billy bragg

* The best “new” artist / band right now?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WY-Iin7P_w[/youtube]
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Veronica Falls

* Your favourite song by Orange Juice?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPxN5MY-sE&feature=related[/youtube]
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Blue boy

* The best song this year so far?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuOrRtbgk9c[/youtube]
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“If you wanna” by The Vaccines

* Your favourite book about music?

Renegade by mark e smith

* What’s best thing about Sunderland?

Tough one….. Erm…… The futureheads!

* Your favourite song by Pete Doherty?

Ironically I like ‘can’t stand me now.’

* The most overrated band/artist?

Ellie goulding. What the fuck?

* Your favourite song by Dexy’s Midnight Runners?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiX-ze-MexM[/youtube]
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“Apparently living in yorkshire doesn’t count”. (I might have got the name completely wrong)

(Anm.: Ehm, ja. Der Song heißt “Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire Doesn’t Apply”)

* Your favourite german song/record?

Tago mago by can

* Your favourite record of all time?

The best of david bowie.

(Antworten: Michael von Frankie & The Heartstrings)

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