tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sat April 11, 2020 10:57 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:I agree the Keys aren’t trying to create the same sort of visual/stage persona as my other examples. But their billing as a couple of regular guys just making some dirty blues will never sit right when the commercial aspirations are baked into the music and they’re advertising $10K watches.
They were on ...colbert report years ago....i think along with..the shins? or maybe spoon? or something. And they had a competition who could " sell out" more.
It was a funny bit. They aren't idiots. They have never hid the fact they wanted to make money and have commercial aspirations.
I think you are wrong about them, friend.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sat April 11, 2020 10:58 pm
by oasisfan35
tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah but theirs is so incredibly boring! Literally some of the most tiresome music I’ve ever heard.
There it is.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sat April 11, 2020 11:00 pm
by epilogue
LDR certainly is a character. But I don't think it's fair to call her an uninteresting person outside of the persona. Nor do I think your take on why she's created the persona/what she's actually doing is accurate at all. But I suppose to all belongs in a different thread.
I don't really listen to The Strokes. Eddie Vedder seems to like them though. *shrugs*
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sat April 11, 2020 11:04 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah but theirs is so incredibly boring! Literally some of the most tiresome music I’ve ever heard.
Whatever. GO LISTEN TO PHISH AND STEELY DAN!
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sat April 11, 2020 11:05 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah but theirs is so incredibly boring! Literally some of the most tiresome music I’ve ever heard.
Whatever. GO LISTEN TO PHISH AND STEELY DAN!
YEAH TRAG, DRINK YOUR BIG BLACK COW AND GET OUTTA HERE
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sun April 12, 2020 12:52 am
by VinylGuy
The new album was kinda alright i guess?? Nothing really grabbed me.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sun April 12, 2020 1:14 am
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sun April 12, 2020 2:07 am
by i got bugs
I like this album as a whole.. it's not their best stuff.. it's different but not in an awful cheesy 80s way like the last one.. the 2nd half is really good specifically
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sun April 12, 2020 2:15 am
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah but theirs is so incredibly boring! Literally some of the most tiresome music I’ve ever heard.
Whatever. GO LISTEN TO PHISH AND STEELY DAN!
YEAH TRAG, DRINK YOUR BIG BLACK COW AND GET OUTTA HERE
Big black cow??
Pfft, do you even Steely Dan bro?
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Sun April 12, 2020 9:27 pm
by Teeeeeekay
God damn Julian sounds great on this thing. I’m digging it a lot.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 3:37 pm
by RAG319
Yall sleeping on this album. It's fucking great. Probably their most consistent and confident since Room On Fire. They're finally organically expanding their sound and NOT just tacking on throwback Strokes rockers this time around.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 9:12 pm
by Strat
Eternal Summer, Not the Same Anymore, and Ode to the Mets are fucking fantastic.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 9:39 pm
by bodysnatcher
I’ll listen at some point I guess. Not a ton of curiosity, but what else do I have to do
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 9:53 pm
by BurtReynolds
I hate it
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 9:55 pm
by Strat
Honestly the vocal performances on those last two songs make this a must listen.
I'm coming around rather quickly on this album.
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Mon April 13, 2020 10:04 pm
by verb_to_trust
The end of Mets is one of the only things I like here
Re: The Strokes
Posted: Tue April 14, 2020 5:41 am
by its_not_1974
The last three songs are especially great. I think the version of The Adults Are Talking falls a liiiiiiittle flat. Great vocals throughout. It's not Room on Fire but it's really good.