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!
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.
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!
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
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.
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...'
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.
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.
SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY
Think they tarnish their legacy
with each subsequent release personally
Ballbag.
Their last album was excellent. At least five tracks on there were top notch.
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.
Very awful.
I actually think it's alright
It's just, well, Take On Me
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...
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.
If it sounds anything like Take On Me
it must be fucking amazing. Looking forward to hearing it.
Well I didn't expect it and I certainly don't like it
Aha
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
Nah
they've used that picture for ages as a band/promo shot I think
piss poor
blimey
Sounds like a demo
Total shit
S'alright.
Certainly not terrible. I think people have just got into the habit of being dissapointed in the Strokes.
Awful.
Love the Strokes, this made me feel sad. They've been gradually getting here for a while though.
oh my oh my oh my
what the fuck happened here
i don't understand
I've listened to it twice now
and I'm pretty sure it's a Keane track played at double speed
I like it a lot.
Best thing they have ever ever done.
Great song from a very average band.
Not quite the best thing ( NYC Cops)
but still an awesome track!
Wait so this wasn't meant ironically...
oops.
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!
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.
6/10
Sounds like Erasure being locked in the bathroom on the Sims.
At least they're out of their comfort zone..
."sounds like erasure being locked in the bathroom on the sims"
amazing
Sounds like Pet Shop Boys at the bottom of the Thames River.
was not expecting that falsetto
haha.
its great.
brilliant
think it will work better in an album too. cheer up everyone!
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!
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
Truly the Fernando Torres of indie
Never has such a brilliant band gone so irredeemably shit in such a short space of time.
:D
It's great!
Sounds like they don't dive a shit at all anymore
Bd
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.
Not that good
Take On Me influence is very obvious
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.
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.
So I think I hate this,
but have listened to it about 5 times straight through.
NOT SURE.
the fuck is this
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.
i don't understand how people can hate this
This is great, you're all insane.
Do the Strokes have a bass player?
Yup, the one with the big nose
I think his name is Nikolai. Top bloke.
You can never ever hear any bass lines in there songs.
He must play without it plugged in, or something!
You can't hear the bass line?!
As soon as I read this I swear the bass got louder.
Awful.
Just awful. Please stop.
torn between
'what the fucking fuck is this?' and 'this is great'. No idea which side I'm going to come down on yet.
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
The Strokes have a few songs, like this one, that don't sound like The Strokes
and those are the ones I like.
Best thing they've done since Juicebox
.
i.e -
Only good thing they've done since juicebox.
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.
You're all right...and all wrong
It's a seesaw between really good and really awful. 6/10
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.
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.
It's quite sad that you can't get that this is a great song.
weak tea
Wow
This is even more mental than when The Rapture covered Thong Song
I actually think it's pretty good
and I'm easily disappointed by The Strokes, it's nothing special though.
Starting to warm to it now.
It still sounds like a disco'd parody of their earlier stuff though.
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.
ROF is easily, easily their best album
Best review yet:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4765276/The-Strokes-latest-song-is-disappointing.html
He's the editor as well
bwahahaha
Even as a journalist, I'm kinda glad print media is fucked.
from them...
...i would have hoped for nothing less. perfect.
one of the hippest guitar bands of recent years
Sounds like a song written entirely on keyboard
played on guitars
It probably was.
I've always written on keyboard and on the guitar. Even with the Strokes it was always written 50/50
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
Holy
Fucking
Shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbS1JaqY1xs
oh wow..
Can we just assume The Strokes have ran out of ideas?
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
That's cool.
I hope you knew this because you've got all the Mana back catalogue.
fuck me.
I hope all you people who 'like' it upthread are feeling good now.
i like it even more now!
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.
fuck guns n roses at least
Fuck sunstroke_house
Get a grip, man.
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...........................................................
Yeah
I guess they're breakout single was a rip of 'American Girl' by Tom Petty. May as well do what they know.
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.
compare this to
the modern age, for example. no thanks.
Yep, definitely love this.
Listened to it enough now to decide that it's good
lame
but then, it is by The Strokes
New album 'Comedown Machine', out March 25th
This sounds good
Not amazing, but I'm definately up for the record.
Poor quality 30 second clip of the first single proper, anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1skbfKTACI
The single is up
It's not great
http://www.thestrokes.com/us/onewaytrigger
*
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/02/listen-to-the-strokes-new-single-all-the-time/
Once was enough, thanks
ok where did they steal that chorus...is it a TV theme tune?
I'd argue it's terrible.
Surely their worst single ever. Easily.
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
it's alright
I actually really like this
Like the melody of the verse more than the chorus though.
It sounds so lazy
Like they couldnt't be bothered to write it properly.