I know when you found that clip at 15:38 you were like “I HAVE to include this,” and then the “albums are cousins” quote came up and you were like “YES”
Lucky me. Caught them in NYC live at Roseland Ballroom or maybe the Bowery in 2001/2, before the explosion…one of most memorable rock shows I’ve seen. Rinsed those early tunes for months. Thanks for the back story friend 🤙🏽😎🖤
I am soooo interested in the strokes. I literally found one of my new favorite bands bc of this channel! Please keep making this amazing, enterteining, informative videos!!! Love from Argentina ❤🇦🇷
“Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak almost certainly inspired the album title and “Reptilia.” The melody of “the world was on fire” and “the room is on fire” is identical.
The real ones have always known this was the better album. I learned so much from this video. It was cool to see the order in which some of these songs were written, I had no idea.
Growing up I was OBSESSED with the Strokes and how dreamy Julian was ☠️ I continue listening to him through the Voidz. Did I also fell in love with Albert Hammond Jr’s solo work? Absolutely. And who could forget Fabrizio Moretti’s lovely work with Little Joy. These guys were (and still are) incredibly talented, authentic, and the definition of “cool” during the post punk revival era. What a great time to be an adolescent. Kids these days will never know!
Platinum and Gold records are not necessarily awarded for sales - contrary to popular belief, they're awarded after an album SHIPS, the thinking being that shipments will eventually equal sales (which hardly turns out that way, given how the record industry still accepts returns).
I saw the Strokes play at Soma in San Diego. Right after the 2nd album released. Julian was sick and sat on a stool for the whole show. Somehow it was still the most entertaining show I’d ever been to. He rocked the house and barely moved
The hunger to do better is not as strong as the hunger to fit in/make it. There is nothing more confident than a 20 year old as far as creativity. After that, doubt and second guessing mess it up.
Highly recommend Gordon Raphael’s book where he recounts working on Is This It and Room On Fire with The Strokes, absolutely crazy seeing a first hand account on the matter
I discovered this band last December. They are now tied with Weezer for my favorite band. And right as I started to get really interested with them you made the Is This It video. And now we have a sequel. I am excited for the strokes lore videos.
For someone who wasn't living the hype at the time, living in Brazil, Room on Fire was the sound that got me first and got me good. Apart from Last Night, it was only then I turned to Is This It and, of course, loved it.
Green Day sold more than the Ramones, album sales mean nothing. Also, Bleach wasn’t a quarter of the success is this it was, Courtney being a manipulative witch is all that was.
She was warning that as big as they are to avoid being a flash in the pan or that they are truly a worthy band, they would have to follow it up & be able to maintain. Green Day is Still a massive band. They never dropped off. Green Day also had Kerplunk which also wasn't a quarter of 'is this it'. I think a large part of it though is that Doomie & Nevermind were the first Major label releases for each respective band & they had a lot of money backing them going into those albums that they hadn't had previously. Still I don't think Courtney is totally without merit, she may have just been trying to knock them down a peg but the stress of 2nd album follow up is a known thing.
@@herecomeseveryone7562 what would Courtney know? She is famous for marrying a successful musician and all her hits were written by either Cobain or Corgan. You missed the point though. Green Day is an unoriginal band who churned out a palatable version of punk to the masses, they sold millions more records than the Ramones who were trendsetters and actually broke through with a new sound. Courtney is even worse because at least BJ wrote the music. And don’t forget BJ was brought up in musical theater. So, again, record sales mean nothing. Also, a better comparison would be In Utero as Nirvana wasn’t famous until Nevermind.
@@destroso I didn't miss your point I understood it, but I don't think it has much context to anything that was discussed within the video. The vid made it clear Julian was stressed over the success of their follow up album, which is what Courtney warned of & the strokes never really reached the heights of their first LP again. I've been a punk for over 30 years. I don't care about green day but they have become one of the biggest rock bands over the last few decades, without a doubt. Discharge has probably played a larger musical influence overall but to speak of them isn't really relevant to what's discussed in this video. In the video the have direct quotes from Julian about his stress of the 2nd album, how can you not understand what Courtney said was relevant? I don't even know what you're referring to with "BJ" I never cared for the strokes, green day, nivana, hole, or the smashing pumpkins. I'm just speaking what I know & what's in the video You're missing the entire point of the video being the stress of a major followup.
@@herecomeseveryone7562 let me say it again because you missed the point again. Record sales aren’t a measure of how good your album is. Courtney was being a self important, manipulative bitch, and Room on fire was not their Nevermind because they were already famous. She was just piling on stress for no reason. It’s very simple.
@@herecomeseveryone7562Courtney’s like Yoko Ono, people just needlessly go into a blind rage whenever those two names are invoked or quoted, regardless of their merits.
Am i the only one who (at the time) thought Room On Fire sounded very different to Is This It? It's less retro and more new wave and brighter sounding and the songs and arrangements are very different. Most band's first 2 albums sounded similar pre 2001..
Really engaging work! This captures the self-seriousness of many bands and fans in the early-2000s music scene. It's a phenomenon brought into greater relief - and even made poignant - by the decline of music as a signaling tool for young people (Gen Z) to indicate their tastes and group memberships (cf. Rick Beato's commentary: czcams.com/video/TU96wCDHGKM/video.html). Remember how John Cusack's character in the movie High Fidelity talks about his "desert island" songs/albums? Most young people today would probably not even know what the phrase "desert island" means in the context of music. And among those who do, the idea probably doesn't resonate as well because it hinges on an assumption of scarcity: Gen X and older generations remember what it was like for music to be out of reach (e.g., waiting for a song to be played on the radio, hoping an album will be on the shelf in Tower Records). The Strokes may be kind, well-meaning people in real life, but that doesn't take away from the silliness we can see in this old footage now: trust-fund hipsters bogged down by seriousness in their intention to made records that would do little more than retread classic rock sounds from the '70s more than 20 years later. I remember seeing the Strokes perform at a club in 2000/2001. They got to their single, "Last Nite," and it sounded to me like a cut-time shuffle suspiciously similar to Tom Petty's "American Girl." I liked it, but I didn't think a straight-faced advertisement of taste amounted to something culturally important in itself. Now nearly 25 years later, it's fun to remember when music still meant so much to young people. It meant much to me, but by seeing the old footage here, I'm reminded that it's okay for some sacred cows to die.
I was Rough Trade's Label Manager at their distribution co. in the UK. Vital Distribution back in 2000/2001. Hearing the Modern Age at Rough Trades offices for the first time, seeing their first UK shows in 2001, the release of subsequent singles and the finally the release of the Is This It album was a really exciting time . I have a platinum disc for x 300'000 UK sales. I don't think I've ever listened to Room On Fire or any of their other albums all the way through. Never saw them live again aside from one encounter at the recording of a live spot on the Later: With Jools Holland TV show where the atmosphere around the band (and crew) was pretty grim. Fun while it lasted though!
I remember the day room on fire dropped and going to buy the cd later that evening. I kept listening to it on repeat as I loved the off beat songs and still love it to this day!!
I love that picture of all of them,after recording is this it, with the giant mixing board.I was such a fan when it came out and I was so happy they just keep on getting better. ❤❤
I was at art college in the UK in 2001 and it seemed like everyone around me had the first Strokes album, they were so hyped, I remember seeing them at a festival where they were headliners and they didn’t even have a full hour of material. The Pixies played beneath them!!!
I’m so mad at the crown they placed on their heads when the band didn’t want it, saviours of rock’n roll etc. Yes it’s a very much needed and loved sound but the expectations alone doomed the band to stay between the line of something old and something new. If this wasn’t their origin story maybe specially Julian would’ve loved the band much more and put out more stuff. I feel like even with The New Abnormal’s success the guy wants to get away as much as possible from the name the Strokes. Well as an epitome of fear of failure i respect that they’ve managed to handle all of that. I’ve stopped studying after getting in to med school and also stopped writing after an editor proposed to publish a poem of mine. You just don’t want to try anymore once you are admired if you’re a perfectionist.
I saw The Strokes on the Is This It album tour and then on the Room On Fire album tour. The difference between the shows was stark. Is This It was a new band with confidence and swagger in a small venue. Room On Fire was a tired, unsure band in a massive conference hall. I've seen them live a couple of times since, and they have always been disappointing when compared to the first time. Julian's detached aloofness did not age well.
14:01 the reason why this happens, is the label has to file paperwork for the artist to get the thing certified officially and all of that stuff. It happens to many artists with them either not having the right plaques on the site or it’s outdated from years ago.
I think at the time people didnt feel Room On Fire , so it kinda underperform and the strokes were demotivated after that , but the time has really made this album a classic one , i just love room on fire and comedown machine , hot take machu pichu is one of their underrated song , i hope it stays underrated hahaha
I hate to be that guy, but I was there in the summer and fall of 2001. I got the EP in July and I got the British import of the album because I wanted to hear it so bad (because I loved the EP). And then I saw them twice in the fall. And I don't want to say they sucked, but they weren't great. They only had an hour's worth of material, and they just played a passable version of what you heard on the album. They didn't seem like they had the chops that some of my friends' bands had. By the time the second record came out, I didn't really care any more. I'd moved on to the White Stripes, and then to The Mooney Suzuki. When I saw the Mooneys open up for the Strokes in 2003, they blew the Strokes off the stage, and they clearly didn't care what the Strokes might have thought about it.
Man you missed an opportunity at 5:41. After those five, you could have included Gordon Raphael talking about when he met Julian back from tour and was talking about being very buisy and had six songs to write and wa shopping to make them good.
Wow this video is amazing. Watched until the last second. Would love similar ones to all follow up albums. Specially now that they seem to not be on good grounds with Julian talking shit about the band
I know when you found that clip at 15:38 you were like “I HAVE to include this,” and then the “albums are cousins” quote came up and you were like “YES”
This is exactly what happened
Julian getting a lesson from Courtney Love about managing fame and ego is like getting a lesson from Mr. Krabs on managing money and greed
Well, they know ball
They just can't play
@@MapleMilknice
Can’t wait for the “Strokes lore” playlist
Stroking lore
The death of Margaret Thatcher
@@susragejr477marry me
*buddy holy riff*
@@RuralProgressive ☝️🤓 WEEZER MOMENT
All things considered, “Room On Fire” is a solid album; I like it as much as the first.
I like it a 🤏 more than their first. Mostly bc of "Under Control"
Such a marvelous tune.. Both albums are great, tho. IMO
I like it more
Used to put that on and think of my crush in high school 😢
@@Durrantula man, Under Control is my fav
I completely I agree I think I like it a little more actually. Then again I personally love each of their albums
It’s Strokin’ time…
Strokinnnnnnn timeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
No, dad, no!
please use lubes
I'm over here strokin my casablancas I got lotion on my casablancas rn just strokin my shit. I'm Abnormal as fuck I'm an angle like fr.
I love the part is Is This It where the Strokes say 'It's Strokin' time' and start Strokin' all over the place
"Your next album has to be Nevermind" is a hell of a thing to live up to
Territorial pissings and a catchy single. The rest is whatever. Strokes blew nirvana out of the water.
@@snorky222222LOL
5:11 you really thought you could hide that huh
But he didn’t hide 0:04 🤭
15:37 what made bro say this
alcohol? in part maybe frig who knows, wild tho
Lucky me. Caught them in NYC live at Roseland Ballroom or maybe the Bowery in 2001/2, before the explosion…one of most memorable rock shows I’ve seen. Rinsed those early tunes for months. Thanks for the back story friend 🤙🏽😎🖤
BABE WAKE UP NEW MARCBUTEVIL
For a rushed record it's on fire 🔥🤟. I'm a new strokes fan since December of last year.
Impressive work. I've watched a lot of Strokes docs and videos and you taught me a few new things. Well done!
I’ve literally never heard of the Courtney Love thing wtf
0:37 that line is both menacing and very dreadful at the same time
id simply retire
I played their first album so many times my girlfriend at the time broke up with me. As soon as she moved out, i played the album again, even louder.
Ahhhhh!! Not cool man!! I need a part 2! Angles is my fav album from them and you set it up so well. Looking forward to it
The Stokes only have six albums, and not one of them is bad. I love them all.
hell yeah more strokes content
I am soooo interested in the strokes. I literally found one of my new favorite bands bc of this channel! Please keep making this amazing, enterteining, informative videos!!! Love from Argentina ❤🇦🇷
Check out the garden
“Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak almost certainly inspired the album title and “Reptilia.”
The melody of “the world was on fire” and “the room is on fire” is identical.
I collected all their albums back in high school. I bonded with my aunt and mom through the Strokes. Awesome video! 🤍
You know its a good day when @MarcButEvil posts a video about the strokes
wait WHAAAT? i had no idea the strokes werent british. Wild
Yup,they`re far too good to be American lol.
@@mjh5437majority of the best rock bands of all time are American but alright
I got you, their sound is so old school rock it almost seems like one of those old British projects from the 60s
Haha, I cracked up at that photo at 0:04
where was Nick, under the table? just playin, yo
The real ones have always known this was the better album. I learned so much from this video. It was cool to see the order in which some of these songs were written, I had no idea.
Growing up I was OBSESSED with the Strokes and how dreamy Julian was ☠️ I continue listening to him through the Voidz. Did I also fell in love with Albert Hammond Jr’s solo work? Absolutely. And who could forget Fabrizio Moretti’s lovely work with Little Joy. These guys were (and still are) incredibly talented, authentic, and the definition of “cool” during the post punk revival era. What a great time to be an adolescent. Kids these days will never know!
I go back and forth between Is This It and Room on Fire as being my favorite Strokes album. Kinda just depends on my mood any particular day lol.
Platinum and Gold records are not necessarily awarded for sales - contrary to popular belief, they're awarded after an album SHIPS, the thinking being that shipments will eventually equal sales (which hardly turns out that way, given how the record industry still accepts returns).
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All of The Strokes songs are about how cool it is for your hot cousin to come over to your apartment
I was 18 when Room On Fire came out. The album is a masterpiece. It's my favourite album from them. Such fashion icons.
CHAOS AND CREATION MENTIONED!!!!
BANGERBANGERBANGER
I saw the Strokes play at Soma in San Diego. Right after the 2nd album released.
Julian was sick and sat on a stool for the whole show. Somehow it was still the most entertaining show I’d ever been to. He rocked the house and barely moved
The hunger to do better is not as strong as the hunger to fit in/make it. There is nothing more confident than a 20 year old as far as creativity. After that, doubt and second guessing mess it up.
Room on Fire is their best album by far, they bat out their issues from Is This It
Highly recommend Gordon Raphael’s book where he recounts working on Is This It and Room On Fire with The Strokes, absolutely crazy seeing a first hand account on the matter
another local legend video drop
I discovered this band last December. They are now tied with Weezer for my favorite band. And right as I started to get really interested with them you made the Is This It video. And now we have a sequel.
I am excited for the strokes lore videos.
If you haven’t, listen to Arctic Monkeys debut. Very much influenced by the Strokes and its an absolute class record
Strokes > Weezer and Arctic Monkeys. Easily.
I can’t believe pitchfork would give TNA a 5.7
We need the rest of the discography!!!!!!! Please!🙏
For someone who wasn't living the hype at the time, living in Brazil, Room on Fire was the sound that got me first and got me good. Apart from Last Night, it was only then I turned to Is This It and, of course, loved it.
Green Day sold more than the Ramones, album sales mean nothing. Also, Bleach wasn’t a quarter of the success is this it was, Courtney being a manipulative witch is all that was.
She was warning that as big as they are to avoid being a flash in the pan or that they are truly a worthy band, they would have to follow it up & be able to maintain. Green Day is Still a massive band. They never dropped off. Green Day also had Kerplunk which also wasn't a quarter of 'is this it'. I think a large part of it though is that Doomie & Nevermind were the first Major label releases for each respective band & they had a lot of money backing them going into those albums that they hadn't had previously. Still I don't think Courtney is totally without merit, she may have just been trying to knock them down a peg but the stress of 2nd album follow up is a known thing.
@@herecomeseveryone7562 what would Courtney know? She is famous for marrying a successful musician and all her hits were written by either Cobain or Corgan. You missed the point though. Green Day is an unoriginal band who churned out a palatable version of punk to the masses, they sold millions more records than the Ramones who were trendsetters and actually broke through with a new sound. Courtney is even worse because at least BJ wrote the music. And don’t forget BJ was brought up in musical theater. So, again, record sales mean nothing.
Also, a better comparison would be In Utero as Nirvana wasn’t famous until Nevermind.
@@destroso I didn't miss your point I understood it, but I don't think it has much context to anything that was discussed within the video. The vid made it clear Julian was stressed over the success of their follow up album, which is what Courtney warned of & the strokes never really reached the heights of their first LP again. I've been a punk for over 30 years. I don't care about green day but they have become one of the biggest rock bands over the last few decades, without a doubt. Discharge has probably played a larger musical influence overall but to speak of them isn't really relevant to what's discussed in this video. In the video the have direct quotes from Julian about his stress of the 2nd album, how can you not understand what Courtney said was relevant?
I don't even know what you're referring to with "BJ" I never cared for the strokes, green day, nivana, hole, or the smashing pumpkins. I'm just speaking what I know & what's in the video
You're missing the entire point of the video being the stress of a major followup.
@@herecomeseveryone7562 let me say it again because you missed the point again. Record sales aren’t a measure of how good your album is. Courtney was being a self important, manipulative bitch, and Room on fire was not their Nevermind because they were already famous. She was just piling on stress for no reason. It’s very simple.
@@herecomeseveryone7562Courtney’s like Yoko Ono, people just needlessly go into a blind rage whenever those two names are invoked or quoted, regardless of their merits.
thanks for putting the sources, pretty helpful. great video! :)
The The New abnormal video is gonna be fire, I just know it
ICONIC video. Need part 2!!
Saw them several times playing in bars before they blew up. Totally great songs and shows and deserved all the success
I had already forgotten about some of these quotes, facts and you put them all together really well.
I was waiting for this video. I love this band 👌
After the required amount of the strokes I go to sleep
Nigel Godrich also composed the Scott pilgrim VS the world sound track.
Please make a video on the recording of First Impressions of Earth! I’m loving these strokes videos, man. Thank you.
Despite Room on fire not being the next is this it it's still a good album imo
Am i the only one who (at the time) thought Room On Fire sounded very different to Is This It? It's less retro and more new wave and brighter sounding and the songs and arrangements are very different. Most band's first 2 albums sounded similar pre 2001..
Really engaging work! This captures the self-seriousness of many bands and fans in the early-2000s music scene. It's a phenomenon brought into greater relief - and even made poignant - by the decline of music as a signaling tool for young people (Gen Z) to indicate their tastes and group memberships (cf. Rick Beato's commentary: czcams.com/video/TU96wCDHGKM/video.html). Remember how John Cusack's character in the movie High Fidelity talks about his "desert island" songs/albums? Most young people today would probably not even know what the phrase "desert island" means in the context of music. And among those who do, the idea probably doesn't resonate as well because it hinges on an assumption of scarcity: Gen X and older generations remember what it was like for music to be out of reach (e.g., waiting for a song to be played on the radio, hoping an album will be on the shelf in Tower Records). The Strokes may be kind, well-meaning people in real life, but that doesn't take away from the silliness we can see in this old footage now: trust-fund hipsters bogged down by seriousness in their intention to made records that would do little more than retread classic rock sounds from the '70s more than 20 years later. I remember seeing the Strokes perform at a club in 2000/2001. They got to their single, "Last Nite," and it sounded to me like a cut-time shuffle suspiciously similar to Tom Petty's "American Girl." I liked it, but I didn't think a straight-faced advertisement of taste amounted to something culturally important in itself. Now nearly 25 years later, it's fun to remember when music still meant so much to young people. It meant much to me, but by seeing the old footage here, I'm reminded that it's okay for some sacred cows to die.
I will always love The Strokes. Its only band that I seem to only really remember the words too. That says a lot after 20 yrs
Room On Fire was awesome.
"Strokes - Machu Picchu" is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard...Hands-Down !
I was Rough Trade's Label Manager at their distribution co. in the UK. Vital Distribution back in 2000/2001. Hearing the Modern Age at Rough Trades offices for the first time, seeing their first UK shows in 2001, the release of subsequent singles and the finally the release of the Is This It album was a really exciting time . I have a platinum disc for x 300'000 UK sales. I don't think I've ever listened to Room On Fire or any of their other albums all the way through. Never saw them live again aside from one encounter at the recording of a live spot on the Later: With Jools Holland TV show where the atmosphere around the band (and crew) was pretty grim. Fun while it lasted though!
You deserve my subscribe. cant wait for more videos about the strokes
I remember the day room on fire dropped and going to buy the cd later that evening. I kept listening to it on repeat as I loved the off beat songs and still love it to this day!!
I love that picture of all of them,after recording is this it, with the giant mixing board.I was such a fan when it came out and I was so happy they just keep on getting better. ❤❤
The sophomore record is my favorite of their discography. I might get shade for this take but it’s so consistent in its tone and so minimalist
that title is wild
Lots of great songs still to this day
MOM I SAID I CAN GO TO DADS FUNERAL MARK UPLOADED
Did he have a stroke
@@justinainsworth8635 yup
Let’s gooooo! NEW VIDEO!!!!
Here before Marc has to photoshop Julian in from his swimming photoshoot for video transitions in the reupload
Great narration. You're very good at putting life into all those quotes.
I was at art college in the UK in 2001 and it seemed like everyone around me had the first Strokes album, they were so hyped, I remember seeing them at a festival where they were headliners and they didn’t even have a full hour of material. The Pixies played beneath them!!!
I’m so mad at the crown they placed on their heads when the band didn’t want it, saviours of rock’n roll etc. Yes it’s a very much needed and loved sound but the expectations alone doomed the band to stay between the line of something old and something new. If this wasn’t their origin story maybe specially Julian would’ve loved the band much more and put out more stuff. I feel like even with The New Abnormal’s success the guy wants to get away as much as possible from the name the Strokes.
Well as an epitome of fear of failure i respect that they’ve managed to handle all of that. I’ve stopped studying after getting in to med school and also stopped writing after an editor proposed to publish a poem of mine. You just don’t want to try anymore once you are admired if you’re a perfectionist.
Your channel is amazing! Thats for the great content
You should check out Guided By Voices! They're a great band who were a huge influence on the Strokes! They're even in the Someday music vid!!
Great comment
Courtney Love is a vampire I give Julian so much respect for not entertaining her bullshit. Dude's vibe detector is on point
I didn't know anything about the strokes before. Now I do, thanks Marc
I love Room on Fire. I agree with later Julian. It’s like Is This It? Part II. And I love it.
Love your videos, especially your Weezer and Strokes videos, would love to see similar videos about Radiohead too.
I like Room On Fire better than Is This It. It’s a more mature album.
Thought there album “Angles” was called “Angels” for a long time.
it's not strange at all for US bands to be bigger in the UK. countless examples.
Jimi Hendrix and Blondie and The Ramones being prime examples
I saw The Strokes on the Is This It album tour and then on the Room On Fire album tour. The difference between the shows was stark. Is This It was a new band with confidence and swagger in a small venue. Room On Fire was a tired, unsure band in a massive conference hall. I've seen them live a couple of times since, and they have always been disappointing when compared to the first time. Julian's detached aloofness did not age well.
You remember a band that opened for the strokes on their first tour called Long wave?
I love your videos best album reviewer ever
Great video man, i can't get enough of your content. You're doing great work; excited to watch you grow
R.I.P Marc Spitz. The book Poseur was great!
10:14 Gil Norton mentioned. The MCU (MarButEvil Cinematic Universe) becomes yet more intertwined.
Okay, great video again
But how about that Interpol video, dude?
10:51 that’s Radiohead in a nutshell
14:01 the reason why this happens, is the label has to file paperwork for the artist to get the thing certified officially and all of that stuff. It happens to many artists with them either not having the right plaques on the site or it’s outdated from years ago.
Their new album should be called my nan had a stroke. And every song should include an elderly women dying sound effect
😂😂😂❤
Typical unfunny Anthony Fantano sub comment
I think I'm too stupid to get the joke. The New Abnormal is a masterpiece.
For the first time EVER... I will be PINNING my FAVORITE comment in ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!! (please clap)
I wanna marry julian casablancas, I'm not gay right?
@Articinvolved Nah fam your good
Yay
That is so gay
I clap
Your editing and story telling is getting better
Ending on a cliffhanger, I hope you make more
2:35 NYC rock has always been very welcome in the UK. America's realy sceptic and slow about new cool and New York bands are all about new and cool.
I think at the time people didnt feel Room On Fire , so it kinda underperform and the strokes were demotivated after that , but the time has really made this album a classic one , i just love room on fire and comedown machine , hot take machu pichu is one of their underrated song , i hope it stays underrated hahaha
someone said "it could take you a whole life to release an album, but you only have one year to release the second"
I hate to be that guy, but I was there in the summer and fall of 2001. I got the EP in July and I got the British import of the album because I wanted to hear it so bad (because I loved the EP). And then I saw them twice in the fall. And I don't want to say they sucked, but they weren't great. They only had an hour's worth of material, and they just played a passable version of what you heard on the album. They didn't seem like they had the chops that some of my friends' bands had. By the time the second record came out, I didn't really care any more. I'd moved on to the White Stripes, and then to The Mooney Suzuki. When I saw the Mooneys open up for the Strokes in 2003, they blew the Strokes off the stage, and they clearly didn't care what the Strokes might have thought about it.
Good Video i enjoyed it very much i love the strokes. Well deserved like i like the way you speak also. Thanks!
Marc: "I mean it could be a *_silver record_* but would they really want to show that off?"
Me: "I've accomplished nothing important in my life"
It may be heretical to say this but Room on Fire really is just Is this it but better. If there was another tier beyond perfection
Man you missed an opportunity at 5:41. After those five, you could have included Gordon Raphael talking about when he met Julian back from tour and was talking about being very buisy and had six songs to write and wa shopping to make them good.
Definitely another Strokes video incoming
Wow this video is amazing. Watched until the last second. Would love similar ones to all follow up albums. Specially now that they seem to not be on good grounds with Julian talking shit about the band