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I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I legitimately don't understand what makes the Strokes so interesting to everyone. Honestly their sound on Is This It seems pretty bland to me

because it's not Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

>>43241486
>source: me

>>43241486
Room on Fire is clearly a superior album. I dunno, they're pretty good and very accessible so it's easy for a lot of people to really like them. They're not even the best band in that category of popular 21st century garage rock revival. The White Stripes are superior in every way.

>>43241710
the white stripes were straight ahead blues rock when they started out
which was also the only time at which they were any good

indie shit

>>43241427
it's really really bad. like 3/10 at best

>>43241563
muh nigga

>>43241783

a both wrong and disgusting answer/opinion

>>43241427
MBDTF

>>43241486
because everyone copied it

>>43241427
I consider it a 9.5/10 but far from best.

It is also a shockingly amazing album considering the mediocrity which followed.

>>43241710
Don,t get me wrong, I like The Strokes and White Stripes, but why does everybody always forget about The fucking Hives man?

>>43241917
I hope you arent serious

i thought it was boring too. i was disappointed. the only thing good about it was the cover

It's hard to explain

>>43242430
maybe someday

>>43241907
nah bro

indie music is garbage

it's one step above top 40

>>43242352
Because The Hives fucking suck

I thought this was the cover

you guys are bland and pleb if you seriously don't consider this album to be at least a 9/10

>>43242656
>being this new

>>43241427
Okay... name one element of the album that is in any way extaordinary?

The composition?
The performance?
The lyrics?
The production?

I really wanna know what elements in this album are special?

it's just power chords and average rock vocals and lyrics?

>>43242784
I don't get it

>>43242754
I'm not like that

strokes blow and that album is no exception

>>43242754
quite the contrary my friend

anyone who considers this a 9/10 has not sufficiently broadened their horizons

>>43242802
you say the right things but act the wrong way though

>>43242618
Explain yourself. Their music is energetic, has attitude and has a great thing going on between the simplicity of the chords contrasted with the eclectic drums, not to mention how wild the singer sounds. Of course, if you're searching for complex and thoughtful music, that's not it though.

>>43242864
>friendo
>saying the right things
>ever
>implying i dont realize those are song lyrics

>>43242796
OP's version is UK/Euro release, cover was changed to yours for US release because it was too scandalous/lewd

>>43242796
The cover was censored in the US and changed for this

>>43242898
The joke is on you

>>43242927
>>43242921
I see
My brain is now filled with new knowledge

>>43242864
can't you see he's trying
he don't even like it

>>43242864
>>43242970

guys pls
Is This It was a great song though I can't deny

>>43242892
there's nothing eclectic about the drums at all...

If you want wild, energy, attitude you would love Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj. May even be your new "album of the 21st century"

>>43242944
implying this place is not /mu/

Hard to Explain evokes the feels of the highest caliber in an entirely new dimension for me...

does this make me a pleb

>>43243026
and the people you know as plebs get the same feeling from Calvin Harris

plebs don't realise they're plebs

>>43243019
you're right, it's true

>>43243084
stop pretending to be nice so you can be mean

>>43243142
I don't see it that way

>>43243005
no choice now
its too late

>>43243215
Aw mama runnin' out of luck
Just like my sister, don't give a fuck

This is the best rock album of the 21st century

>>43242582
>indie music is one step above top 40

>one step
>above
>not several below

>>43243292
ok

>>43243292
>source: me

>>43241783
what the fuck does this even mean
indie isn't even a genre

>mfw I just bought this CD used today and have still not listened to it

if someone gets dubs within the first 8 replies to this posts I will listen to it, if not....into the trash

>>43243026
fuck
this song is so good

>>43243484
Says he can't decide

>>43243473
>implying you like a vast range of music instead of bland samey hipster horseshit

>>43243473
didn't say it was a genre

>>43243581
Referring to it like one
It's like calling someone a hipster as an insult, it carries absolutely no weight or meaning to it

>>43242921
>>43242927
>ameriprudes

>>43243484
>>43243549
I shake my head and say
That everything's just great

>>43243484
if this is dubs then don't listen to it

>>43243621
>implying i like When It Started over NYCC
>implying i like science over sexy glove

This album defined my life in high school. For that alone, it will always have a place in my heart.

>tfw Someday comes on.

>>43243774
Hard to Explain > Someday

>>43243774
it completely changed the way i looked at music. pretty much changed my life, as corny as it sounds

>>43243621
but that version is better

>>43243602
Like "pretentious faggot" or "insufferable douchebag" too

Totally meaningless terms

For sure

>>43243816
I like that one too. It's a close second for me though.

>>43243834
Yep, same here. It was the album that really got me into music.

>>43243852
>actually thinking hipster has some kind of weight to it
Damn...

>>43242562
not after last nite though

>>43243877
trying to continue that joke? now you're just trying your luck

>>43241427

But 2000 is 20th century. Are you retarded?

>>43241427
fucking pathetic. Do you also listen to Kings of Leon and Mumford and Sons?

>>43243868
fuuuuuuuuuuuck, i really do love the strokes

>listen to dadrock online
>one summer night browsing /mu/ seriously for the first time
>is this it is mentioned
>decide to download cause ive heard of the strokes before but never listened
>listen to barely legal cause i thought the title sounded cool
>change forever

>>43244010
Haha, funny, I'm listening to Is This It right now and Barely Legal was playing as I read your post.

>>43244045
we're pretty much married now

>>43244072
Sounds good to me.

I'm surprised people here like it so much
I was listening to it in my faux-hipster music phase

>>43244093
r u a qt

>>43244117
Probably because 90% of /mu/ are in their faux-hipster music phase

>>43244152
>tfw

>>43244117
I think timing has a lot to do with how much you'll enjoy this album.

>>43244138
I don't know.

>>43244152
Well to be fair, most of /mu/ is probably younger people.

They're so bland

They're like the rye toast of music

>>43241710
>he White Stripes are superior in every way.
>Fabrizio Moretti > Meg White

>>43242656
thats the american version, which contains "when is started" instead of "new york city cops"

>>43244117
>>43244152
because some people don't listen music for the image

>>43244279
That's why I listen to good music now

>>43243816
>last nite > Hard to explain > someday

>>43244117
the strokes arnt hipster retard, just because you listened to it when you were a faggot dosnt mean the music is for faggots

>>43244347
They're hipster like The XX and Mumford and Sons

>>43244309
Someday >= Hard to Explain > Last Nite

>>43244309
someday and last nite are much catchier but the level of feels on Hard to Explain are indescribable

>>43243997
>mfw reading this

>>43244374
0/10

>>43244376
Hard To Explain = Someday > Last Nite > Soma > New York City Cops

>>43244374
Are you stupid? Good god

>>43244379
Someday has a lot of feels too. Especially as you get older. One day I was listening to it and I swear I started to tear up a bit.

>>43244438
I may be stupid but I don't have bad taste in music

the strokes make some of the blandest music out there. i guess they're cool if you've never heard of television though.

pic related is the greatest album of the 21st century btw btw

>>43244435
Now this I can get behind.

>>43244379
>>43244447
>Promises, they break before they're made, sometimes
>You say you want to say by my side, darling your head's not right
>Alone we stand, we fall apart
Easily my favorite song on ITI, it's such a nostalgic song

>>43244447
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?

>>43244481
I like Television too.

>>43244494
This anon knows what's up.

>>43244531
Yes. ;_;

i like the song about dating the 18 year old
cheers me up for some reason

Is This It? More like This Is Shit lmao

>>43244605
Barely Legal ye?

>>43244619
#rekt

>>43244605
12:51?

>>43244619
you clearly didnt lose your virginity to this album
>tfw no nostalgia

>>43244641
yeah thats the one
its funny

>>43244619
Maybe once you stop being a virgin fag and get a qt gf only to have her rek all your feelings for her or anyone will you understand why this album is good

>>43244657
no I lost it to Peter Brotzmann like a true patrician

>>43244718
I go for true wizard status, unlike you plebeians.

>>43244657
>>43244715
>Liking music for reasons that don't have to do with the music
Plebeians general?

>>43244718
>Peter Brotzmann
>not losing it to giles corey

>>43244819
>Liking Music

>>43244819
we still like the music for what it is but there's a certain sentimental attachment to it that makes me not care that I'm a pleb for listening to it

>>43244819
Not those guys, but I do admit I love this album because it's so nostalgic. Does that make me a plebeian? Does it really matter outside of /mu/? Probably not.

>>43244819
>lyrics aren't music
>singing isn't music
>chord progressions aren't music
>sentimental melodies aren't music
k dood

>>43244894
>>>/facebook/
>>43244900
Neither of those posts talked about any of those things. Also lyrics aren't music, they're poetry.

>>43244973
Someone liking something you don't automatically makes them a facebook user? Okay.

oh ye?

>>43241427
but radiohead, joanna newsom, and flips are better

But for real: is that a knee or an ass?

>>43245024
We're on /mu/. If you want to talk about thing's that don't matter outside of /mu/ go someplace else.

>>43245064
That wasn't the point I was making, but alright.

>>43245064
jesus christ you are buttmad

>>43245064
Yeah if you wanna talk about stuff outside of /mu/ go to /mu/ or something

>>43245098
I was telling you why you should go to facebook.
>>43245126
Typical response of a Strokes fan
>>43245158
Reading is hard :(

>>43245224
>I was telling you why you should go to facebook.

I hate disagreeing with people sometimes, too. It gets easier to deal with as you get older though. (I'm talking about mental age here.)

>>43245292
Reading is hard :( 2.0

>>43245372
I bet.

>>43245372
only sometimes

Every so often, this thread pops up to annoy Strokes fans by this guy who had a trip name for a while but I forgot it. But yeah, it's pretty much a bait thread. You're welcome :)

Unpopular opinion but god I think The Strokes are awful. I've never ever heard a song I've liked by them. You'd think I'd at least like "Last Night" just cos it's their biggest song, and those usually appeal to everyone except those who already like the band.

Can someone give me a reason that these guys are good?

>>43245490
Nostalgia, simple but catchy garage rock. Personally, they are one of my favorite bands. Like I said earlier, it kind of depends on when you first listened to them.

>>43245490
Idk man, i really dig The Strokes but like not every band is for everyone ya know? like I think i'm one of the few that really digs their like choice to shift sounds every so often but like maybe you should check out different album by them like my personal favorite is Angles which has more of a synth-y take to it kinda but i mean Room on Fire was good and First Impressions of the Earth was pretty good too

>>43243903
soma

>>43245580
Oh i actually really enjoyed Comedown Machine Julians falsetto is beautiful

ITI>CM>ROF>FIOTE>A

basically their discography

>>43245734
ITI>ROF>who fucking cares

>>43245734
A>ITI>CM>FIOTE>ROM
FTFY

>>43245772
FUCK I ACCIDENTLY A F

Easy. Bingo. This trumps all.

>>43245734
Probably best I've seen besides my own.

>>43245734
I agree with this 100%

>>43245734
Except Comedown Machine is complete garbage.

>>43245896
nah

>>43245896
I'd have to disagree with you m8

>>43243440
>>43243460
you should listen to it and then disagree
>protip: you won't

>>43241427
>some band album
>Best of 21st Century

Thread discarded

is this it is the only okay song on the entire album

it is also the only song you need to listen to to be able to know what this album is about

>le hipster ennui, i smoke cigarettes and live for the night