do you think their best is is this it? or room on fire? i'm torn on that question
― Treeship, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
also "call it fate or karma" is amazing.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
it's still room on fire but man the second half of this record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
its their third best record, but thats kinda faint praise considering how highly i rate the first two
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah I still like this. I'd rank it behind the first two albums but it's a big improvement over the last album. It's a shame no one bought it and the campaign seems like it's over. Partners in Crime, Chances, Welcome to Japan and Call it Fate are the highlights for me.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
Room on Fire is still my favourite overall.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
http://vevo.ly/o0K2Oe
Love the Daft Punk nod in the bridge.
― Pyschocandles, Thursday, 26 May 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
Hmm, not sure why that link doesn't go through. http://radio.com/2016/05/26/the-strokes-oblivious/
― Pyschocandles, Thursday, 26 May 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
comedown machine is their best album and this is as good as anything on it imo
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 May 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
listened to his radio show this morning, it was neat. new song is cool. he had this burned out just shot up and smoked a million cigarettes affect. after he played C.R.E.A.M. he was like "some people like to peg me into one genre....but i like to go all over the spectrum."
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 May 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
i agree that comedown machine is their best but i'm not sure oblivius is quite as good, it doesn't have that lightness?
i don't like drag queen though, it feels like the voidz album but not in a good way
― ufo, Thursday, 26 May 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
yeah "drag queen" is kinda wacky
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 May 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
i think i really love the voidz album now
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
felt like if i kept listening to it i would inevitably fall in love with it but never dedicated the time
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
it's really something! i have 40 hours a week at least in front a computer so i got the time
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Listening to Comedown Machine reminds me it's pretty good.Actually, thinking about their output, I think they only released one bad album : First Impressions (still it has one of their best songs on it !).The first 2 are great. The 2 latest are good.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 13:02 (seven years ago) link
I'd agree that they've only made one bad album, but I'd go with Angles. I tired of that one very quickly. The three singles are the only keepers.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
if julio did nothing but release eleven-minute songs called 'human sadness' i might quite like him
― imago, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Dud.
Destroy all of it.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Classic.
Great drumming.
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 8 September 2016 10:24 (seven years ago) link
*julian, lol
― imago, Thursday, 8 September 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
ahah. julio would be a cooler name for him actually !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 8 September 2016 11:35 (seven years ago) link
There's apparently an oral history, when they could have just used our old threads instead.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
And having scanned the thing, all these people going "No really, that first album is a classic!" now sound as desperate as people did back then when they were trying to pretend it was going to save music.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
Is This It really is a perfect album though. I really don't care how many people agree.
― evol j, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
The first two albums are classics.
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Monday, 15 May 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
I would happy erase their master tapes.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
the oral history comes from this http://fabersocial.co.uk/2017/03/22/meet-me-in-the-bathroom/
Joining the ranks of classics like Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Meet Me in the Bathroom is the definitive account of an iconic era in rock-and-roll.
― piscesx, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
"An iconic era where NYC musicians once again thought they were they only thing that mattered."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
It was a silly scene for sure and I think the excerpt acknowledges that, the fact that these guys really didn't sell a whole lot of records. Doesn't detract from how great the debut was though (and yeah, Room on Fire was very strong as well).
― evol j, Monday, 15 May 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
saw some excerpts here it reads like the most delicious parody ever, but then it gets kind of sad.
still a damn fine band there for a minute though
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Monday, 15 May 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
weird how them turning down a Heineken ad is considered "dumb", i mean smart move i'd say.
― piscesx, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
weird time to release a book about the 2000s rock revival, since that scene has virtually no lasting significance, at least not right now
Like, the bands profiled in Our Band Could Be Your Life, another book about a burst-and-boom scene, mattered even after their commercial window closed. Much harder to make that argument about most of the 2000s bands
― Evan R, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
If nothing else the excerpt proves that Ryan Adams is without a doubt, a total ding-dong
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
sorta interested in the claims of them being an amazing live band -- were they really that good? Casablancas always struck me as a pretty uninspiring frontman, and the rest of 'em seem dull as well. maybe i just haven't seen the right clips.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
I saw them once in a very small room right when the first album came out. They were fine. Def could have been three out of four on a wknd night in Mpls.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
lol Ned otm
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
One reason I hoped I would live to see 2017 is that I thought people would finally be done talking about The Strokes by now.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Monday, 15 May 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
Nah, nostalgia cycle at work. Makes sense. If everyone's been muttering about a nu-metal revival for the past couple of years, this might as well follow. (In that respect, Ja Rule returning to public attention does too.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
On this we can all agree.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
lol yeah, this part is greatWhen he shows you a song, he doesn’t stop for hours. You’re like, “Oh, that reminds me of a song I wrote.” And you play a G chord and he’s like, “I know what you’re talking about,” and he grabs the guitar back. There’s no way to play music with him. It’s the Ryan show, always.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
I mean, that whole Ryan Adams/John Mayer douche crew thing. Imagine being stuck in THAT room.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
"You two have inspired me to form a band consisting of nothing but evil industrial noises and anti-heterosexual lyrics."
YOUR BODY IS A DEATHTRAP/I'LL USE MY TONGS*
* I don't know any Ryan Adams songs, completely by choice, so I can't parody them as effectively
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Monday, 15 May 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
Ryan Adams (musician): One night I was hanging with the Strokes guys and Ryan [Gentles, the band’s manager]. We were really stoned because we were basically always smoking pot.
Ryan Adams: I didn’t do drugs socially, and I don’t remember doing drugs with Albert ever
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
i listened to the ryan adams maron episode and man, he is irritating.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
all of these people seem like dumbbells
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
I saw the Strokes around 2006 at a *Heineken Sponsored Event* in NYC hosted by Paul Shaffer. All around great time, not sad or weird at all.
― orifex, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
So that means you like The Strokes, Mr.Sinkah? :)― Omar, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 01:00 (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkNevah heard a note, Omah!! Doubtless they are toss.― mark s, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 01:00 (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nevah heard a note, Omah!! Doubtless they are toss.― mark s, Wednesday, 25 July 2001 01:00 (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So wise, wonder if he ever heard them.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
that whole era of fashion spread version of junkie '70s rock is pretty dull. i liked the strokes' debut well enough, but in the same way i liked Poison's debut in '86. in other words, they're no Def Leppard.
― nomar, Monday, 15 May 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link