Collaborations Don’t Work

Collaborations Don’t Work

FFS

An intentionally ironic mini-opera about the perils of collaborating, performed by Franz Ferdinand and Sparks for their collaborative LP, FFS.

Franz Ferdinand’s lead singer, Alex Kapranos, said the following about the tune in an interview with Digital Spy:

I think if anything, that song sets the grounds quite clear, as well. While there is a sense of humour, there is a valid point in there. Sometimes collaborations really don’t work. And the song just lists the way that collaborations can’t work.

I guess the essence of it is that if you’re too precious, and take yourself too seriously, that it’s definitely not going to work. Maybe that’s what we learnt – maybe we learnt from that song… learnt how to make sure a collaboration would work.