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How Franz Ferdinand's New Video Avoids The Lily Allen Drugs Trap

Remember when Lily Allen said that stuff about drugs? (It was only last week, so you should.) Then everyone took the very worst bit and pretended she said she bloody loved fistfuls of filthy bloody drugs, yeah? Then EMI said she didn't say that, thank you? ANYWAY. Franz Ferdinand's new song Ulysses has cleverly avoided the same outrage by making a video for a song about drugs, sorry, "the chemical surge in your bloodstream" ((c) Kapranos), and making it look like a bad idea in all sorts of ways.

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04:28 on January 12 2009

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01:07 on January 13 2009

How Franz Ferdinand's New Video Avoids The Lily Allen Drugs Trap

The Lipster — Remember when Lily Allen said that stuff about drugs? (It was only last week, so you should.) Then everyone took the very worst bit and pretended she said she bloody love... more info

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03:00 on January 13 2009

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