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The new Strokes song then....

spiritofjazz [Edit] [Delete] 105 replies 19:29 January 25th, 2013

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automatik | 25 Jan '13, 19:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Think they tarnish their legacy

with each subsequent release personally

beautiful_balloon | 25 Jan '13, 19:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ballbag.
  
  Their last album was excellent. At least five tracks on there were top notch.
  
  forzaborza @beautiful_balloon | 25 Jan '13, 19:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sunstroke_house, film_maker, badmanreturns, and the_dazzled this'd this
  - I commend you for even giving it a chance.
    
    When I hear stuff like this it confirms why I definitely don't ever intend to listen to anything bar their first two albums, because I value my ears.
    
    wrightylew @forzaborza | 28 Jan '13, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Und_Gorgeous_Cars this'd this
Very awful.

OvertakenByTractors | 25 Jan '13, 19:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I actually think it's alright
  
  It's just, well, Take On Me
  
  automatik @OvertakenByTractors | 25 Jan '13, 19:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  TheoGB this'd this
  - Well it uses a synth and almost the exact same chord progression (in a different key)
    
    for a lot of it, but it's really not take on me is it...
    
    OvertakenByTractors @automatik | 25 Jan '13, 19:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's like a copy of Take On Me where just enough has been changed to avoid copyright
      
      like they'd use on the DVD soundtrack on a series when they couldn't afford the copyright.
      
      TheoGB @OvertakenByTractors | 28 Jan '13, 08:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - If it sounds anything like Take On Me
    
    it must be fucking amazing. Looking forward to hearing it.
    
    robluvsnic @automatik | 27 Jan '13, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Well I didn't expect it and I certainly don't like it

Aha

the-breacher | 25 Jan '13, 19:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
ho lord

I thought I was hearing a MIDI version by mistake. And is that really the album cover? Because they stole it form Nsync:
http://www.nsync-fans.com/images/nsync_usa_cover.jpg

stalecloud | 25 Jan '13, 19:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah
  
  they've used that picture for ages as a band/promo shot I think
  
  OllieCT1992 @stalecloud | 25 Jan '13, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sean this'd this
piss poor

furio | 25 Jan '13, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
blimey

Nestor | 25 Jan '13, 20:02 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lucy_Faringold, rainmaker, JaguarPirate, and poptimusgrime this'd this
Sounds like a demo

Total shit

iaminterested | 25 Jan '13, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply

Stringly and LOLpop this'd this
S'alright.

Certainly not terrible. I think people have just got into the habit of being dissapointed in the Strokes.

Phantom_Heart | 25 Jan '13, 20:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

justanothersheeldz this'd this
Awful.

Love the Strokes, this made me feel sad. They've been gradually getting here for a while though.

Aaron | 25 Jan '13, 20:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
oh my oh my oh my

what the fuck happened here

BarryShitpeas | 25 Jan '13, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
i don't understand

Oh_Shangri-La | 25 Jan '13, 21:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

kittensgotclaws and JaguarPirate this'd this
I've listened to it twice now

and I'm pretty sure it's a Keane track played at double speed

styrofoamboots | 25 Jan '13, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

cheeseandbaconturnov this'd this
I like it a lot.

justanothersheeldz | 25 Jan '13, 21:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik, Oissin_, shrewbie, casinobay, niallKP, Grammar, heartbreaktuna, and badmanreturns this'd this
Best thing they have ever ever done.

Great song from a very average band.

aactv | 25 Jan '13, 22:26 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_, no-class, and OvertakenByTractors this'd this
- Not quite the best thing ( NYC Cops)
  
  but still an awesome track!
  
  casinobay @aactv | 26 Jan '13, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wait so this wasn't meant ironically...
  
  oops.
  
  OvertakenByTractors @aactv | 27 Jan '13, 00:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  no-class this'd this
it's great!

it sounds slightly unhinged. though i have no particular loyalty to The Strokes. Thinking about it, I could make a really brilliant Strokes playlist. Some of their tracks are excruciatingly boring, some are amazing. I've always found their aesthetic/shtick incredibly bland. But this is GREAT!

calumlynn | 25 Jan '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

casinobay this'd this
I really like this.

I hate everything else the Strokes have done (except Heart In A Cage and Reptilia), but this is a really nice pop song. Nothing more nothing less really.

Oissin_ | 26 Jan '13, 00:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
6/10

Sounds like Erasure being locked in the bathroom on the Sims.

At least they're out of their comfort zone..

MajorCriiimes | 26 Jan '13, 00:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ."sounds like erasure being locked in the bathroom on the sims"
  
  amazing
  
  CrispinAlexander @MajorCriiimes | 26 Jan '13, 00:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  calumlynn, sunstroke_house, spiritofjazz, _TheBeautifulOnes_, wrightylew, ThisTemporaryLife, and Antelope this'd this
  - Sounds like Pet Shop Boys at the bottom of the Thames River.
    
    cronenberg @CrispinAlexander | 26 Jan '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
was not expecting that falsetto

JaguarPirate | 26 Jan '13, 03:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
haha.

its great.

sunstroke_house | 26 Jan '13, 03:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
brilliant

think it will work better in an album too. cheer up everyone!

Jordan_229_2 | 26 Jan '13, 09:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
really not sure on this after one listen

maybe it will grow on me. Maybe it's taken me by the surprise. As you say, at least they're out of their comfort zone but sometimes that can go either way. Time will tell!

Furryboy | 26 Jan '13, 09:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
i've not heard it yet

But it's a pretty good song, clearly not as scene defining as their earlier work, but decent enough, I'm looking forward to seeing how it fits onto an album

pieces_of_reece | 26 Jan '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

spiritofjazz and andyvine this'd this
Truly the Fernando Torres of indie

Never has such a brilliant band gone so irredeemably shit in such a short space of time.

ThirstyDog | 26 Jan '13, 11:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  styrofoamboots @ThirstyDog | 26 Jan '13, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate, wrightylew, Und_Gorgeous_Cars, and Antelope this'd this
It's great!

Sounds like they don't dive a shit at all anymore
Bd

chris-budget | 26 Jan '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
The fact I've had this on repeat for about, oh, two hours, is a good sign.

Love the chorus. Don't know how the fuck Julian's gonna sign it live though.

drakepress | 26 Jan '13, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

Jordan_229_2 this'd this
Not that good

Take On Me influence is very obvious

deep-blue | 26 Jan '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
It doesn't do anything.

And I'm so, so sure the bit where he sings 'Tell me, tell me, don't you understand? Show me, show me, shooooooow meeeeeee' has been lifted, melodically, from an early-2000s pop songstress, but I can't put my finger on the song/singer.

poptimusgrime | 26 Jan '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the 'tell me' bit
  
  is the 'So little time/ Try to understand that I'm
  Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
  Try to stay awake and remember my name blah blah blah...'
  
  bit from that Keane tune.
  
  drakepress @poptimusgrime | 27 Jan '13, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
So I think I hate this,

but have listened to it about 5 times straight through.

NOT SURE.

icehockeyhair | 26 Jan '13, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
the fuck is this

japes | 26 Jan '13, 16:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I quite like it.
  
  It bears up to repeated listens, and improves every time. Also, it's a teaser track, it's hardly like it's going to be the main single from the album.
  
  It's also better than most of the shit they've churned out since the first album.
  
  felson @japes | 26 Jan '13, 19:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
i don't understand how people can hate this

calumlynn | 26 Jan '13, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is great, you're all insane.

Kitchmo | 26 Jan '13, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

furio, Grammar, Miikka, and badmanreturns this'd this
Do the Strokes have a bass player?

LOLpop | 26 Jan '13, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yup, the one with the big nose
  
  I think his name is Nikolai. Top bloke.
  
  Kitchmo @LOLpop | 26 Jan '13, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - You can never ever hear any bass lines in there songs.
    
    He must play without it plugged in, or something!
    
    LOLpop @Kitchmo | 27 Jan '13, 15:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - You can't hear the bass line?!
      
      OvertakenByTractors @LOLpop | 27 Jan '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      badmanreturns this'd this
    - As soon as I read this I swear the bass got louder.
      
      skellywager @LOLpop | 28 Jan '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Awful.

Just awful. Please stop.

amputee-porn | 26 Jan '13, 22:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
torn between

'what the fucking fuck is this?' and 'this is great'. No idea which side I'm going to come down on yet.

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 26 Jan '13, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

MajorCriiimes, SCROTUM, and JaguarPirate this'd this
- It'd be cool if they did a mental Sandinista-style double album
  
  But I really don't think they have the creativity or attention span
  
  MajorCriiimes @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 Jan '13, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
The Strokes have a few songs, like this one, that don't sound like The Strokes

and those are the ones I like.

Damian | 27 Jan '13, 01:02 | X | ^ This | Reply

chickenbones this'd this
Best thing they've done since Juicebox

.

Grammar | 27 Jan '13, 01:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i.e -
  
  Only good thing they've done since juicebox.
  
  Grammar @Grammar | 27 Jan '13, 01:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Juicebox is great isn't it?
    
    shame the rest of the album sounded nothing like it. It does sound a lot like the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster though. Also forgot that the video has Tobias Funke in it.
    
    lemonbrickcombo @Grammar | 27 Jan '13, 15:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
You're all right...and all wrong

It's a seesaw between really good and really awful. 6/10

oceanRain | 27 Jan '13, 01:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
I do kind of admire them for sticking it out for so long

Considering most bands that get so much hype crash, burn and go back to working in Burger King.

MajorCriiimes | 27 Jan '13, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's quite sad to see a band who you see as extremely important to your music taste developing in your teens

just sort of lose their sanity / dignity.

wrightylew | 27 Jan '13, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's quite sad that you can't get that this is a great song.
  
  drakepress @wrightylew | 27 Jan '13, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
weak tea

Mick_Squalor | 27 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wow

This is even more mental than when The Rapture covered Thong Song

lemonbrickcombo | 27 Jan '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

stalecloud this'd this
I actually think it's pretty good

and I'm easily disappointed by The Strokes, it's nothing special though.

Yesiamaduck | 27 Jan '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Starting to warm to it now.

It still sounds like a disco'd parody of their earlier stuff though.

LOLpop | 27 Jan '13, 16:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
I think I love this?

It's completely mental. But then again I can't ever seem to hate anything The Strokes do.

Also, all of you mentals saying they've done nothing good since Is This It are all completely batshit mental if you don't like Room On Fire.

badmanreturns | 27 Jan '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ROF is easily, easily their best album
  
  CrispinAlexander @badmanreturns | 28 Jan '13, 00:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  andyvine, p_a_u_l, and Nestor this'd this
Best review yet:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4765276/The-Strokes-latest-song-is-disappointing.html

jopzorz | 27 Jan '13, 19:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- He's the editor as well
  
  Yesiamaduck @jopzorz | 27 Jan '13, 19:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- bwahahaha
  
  Even as a journalist, I'm kinda glad print media is fucked.
  
  drakepress @jopzorz | 27 Jan '13, 19:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- from them...
  
  ...i would have hoped for nothing less. perfect.
  
  sunstroke_house @jopzorz | 27 Jan '13, 20:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- one of the hippest guitar bands of recent years
  
  CrispinAlexander @jopzorz | 28 Jan '13, 00:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sounds like a song written entirely on keyboard

played on guitars

untrue | 27 Jan '13, 19:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It probably was.
  
  I've always written on keyboard and on the guitar. Even with the Strokes it was always written 50/50
  
  Coja @untrue | 28 Jan '13, 02:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Can't believe this site hasn't sorted out the quotation mark problem yet...
    
    There should be quotation marks around the text in the main body of the comment above.
    SOURCE: http://laist.com/2009/11/11/laist_interview_julian_casablancas.php
    
    Coja @Coja | 28 Jan '13, 02:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Holy

Fucking

Shit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbS1JaqY1xs

poptimusgrime | 28 Jan '13, 00:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

mangifesta and amputee-porn this'd this
- oh wow..
  
  icehockeyhair @poptimusgrime | 28 Jan '13, 02:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Can we just assume The Strokes have ran out of ideas?
    
    Yesiamaduck @icehockeyhair | 28 Jan '13, 04:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I'm just assuming it's a coincidence this is out at the same time Tracy Thorn was in the Sunday Times magazine
      
      www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6gauistUic&t=0m8s
      
      MajorCriiimes @Yesiamaduck | 28 Jan '13, 23:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That's cool.
  
  I hope you knew this because you've got all the Mana back catalogue.
  
  justanothersheeldz @poptimusgrime | 28 Jan '13, 09:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- fuck me.
  
  I hope all you people who 'like' it upthread are feeling good now.
  
  wrightylew @poptimusgrime | 28 Jan '13, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i like it even more now!
    
    chris-budget @wrightylew | 28 Jan '13, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    sunstroke_house this'd this
  - you're right.
    
    Fuck the Strokes, and you know what, while we're at it, fuck Chuck Berry. Fuck Little Richard. Fuck James Brown. Fuck Woody. Fuck Elvis. Fuck the Beatles. Fuck the Stones. Fuck the Byrds. Fuck Dylan. Fuck the Zombies. Fuck the Doors. Fuck Zeppelin. Fuck Gainsbourg. Fuck Big Star. Fuck Waits. Fuck Bowie. Fuck the Stooges. Fuck Michael Jackson. Fuck the Clash. Fuck Glenn Branca. Fuck the Replacements. Fuck Black Flag. Fuck Sonic Youth. Fuck the Bad Seeds. Fuck the Pixies. Fuck GNR. Fuck Prince. Fuck the 'Roses. Fuck the 'Scream. Fuck Nirvana. Fuck MBV. Fuck the Manics. Fuck Blur. Fuck Oasis. Fuck Radiohead. Fuck Belle & Sebastian. Fuck Wilco. Fuck Cat Power. Fuck God's Pee. Fuck the White Stripes. Fuck the YYY's. Fuck ATDI. Fuck TVOR. Fuck the Walkmen. Fuck MIA. Fuck Amy Winehouse. Fuck St. Vincent. Fuck Girls. Fuck anyone in the vague and glorious pantheon of the rock and pop genre for not being 100% original, all the way back to Robert Johnson and Kokomo Arnold and Honey Boy Edwards. what a bunch of plagiarizing twats they were. Feel free to add anyone I may have missed. I'm betting there's a few.
    
    Fuck Girls is the name of my new fake band. Smiley face.
    
    sunstroke_house @wrightylew | 29 Jan '13, 01:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    OvertakenByTractors and Antelope this'd this
    - fuck guns n roses at least
      
      gonad @sunstroke_house | 29 Jan '13, 01:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Fuck sunstroke_house
      
      Get a grip, man.
      
      amputee-porn @sunstroke_house | 29 Jan '13, 23:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      sunstroke_house this'd this
- The same chord progression (it's a common chord progression)
  
  and similarly unstructured vocal melodies...so what?
  
  The truth is this Strokes song is lazy and generic rubbish. SHOCK HORROR...........................................................
  
  OvertakenByTractors @poptimusgrime | 28 Jan '13, 21:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah
    
    I guess they're breakout single was a rip of 'American Girl' by Tom Petty. May as well do what they know.
    
    poptimusgrime @OvertakenByTractors | 28 Jan '13, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I mean lazy and generic rubbish as opposed to a rip off of any particular song.
    
    there will be lots of songs that use that chord progression.
    
    OvertakenByTractors @OvertakenByTractors | 29 Jan '13, 01:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
compare this to

the modern age, for example. no thanks.

theintl | 29 Jan '13, 06:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yep, definitely love this.

badmanreturns | 29 Jan '13, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Listened to it enough now to decide that it's good

untrue | 29 Jan '13, 12:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
lame

but then, it is by The Strokes

soapy | 29 Jan '13, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
New album 'Comedown Machine', out March 25th

spiritofjazz | 30 Jan '13, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
This sounds good

Not amazing, but I'm definately up for the record.

FromANewWorld | 30 Jan '13, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Poor quality 30 second clip of the first single proper, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1skbfKTACI

spiritofjazz | 11 Feb '13, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
The single is up

It's not great

http://www.thestrokes.com/us/onewaytrigger

spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *
  
  http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/02/listen-to-the-strokes-new-single-all-the-time/
  
  spiritofjazz @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Once was enough, thanks
    
    automatik @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ok where did they steal that chorus...is it a TV theme tune?
    
    fiddygent @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'd argue it's terrible.
  
  Surely their worst single ever. Easily.
  
  automatik @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I haven't listened to this yet, but I will be absolutely gutted if it's shit
  
  I'm not even a Strokes fan, I just want them to be consistent for ONCE
  
  calumlynn @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 19:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's alright
    
    calumlynn @calumlynn | 13 Feb '13, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    justanothersheeldz this'd this
- I actually really like this
  
  Like the melody of the verse more than the chorus though.
  
  henshinagogo @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It sounds so lazy
  
  Like they couldnt't be bothered to write it properly.
  
  rainmaker @spiritofjazz | 13 Feb '13, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

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