They are an incredibly easy band to like. Their songs are short and catchy and distinct, completely lacking in pretentiousness. Just straight forward great bangers, one after the other played by good looking guys who dress cool. If I had to come up with some bands who were great but hard to get into at first the Strokes would be about as far away from making that list as possible. What part of their sound, or image do you think turns people off at first?
I started listening to them because a girl I liked in middle school had “The Strokes” written on her backpack in sharpie, so naturally I had to research and discover this awesome band. She never was interested in me but I was hooked with this band. Introduced them to my girlfriends there on after. So many memories, good and bad, with their music. I’m about to be 24 but those memories never fade when I put on one of their records.
I heard of them and arctic monkeys from a girl I really liked too! She had shirts from both of their concerts and we smoked a lot of weed talking about them😅 good times
It really is, especially since I just got the Itali GTO, takes me back to TDU2, and I swear I've heard this before, honestly I wouldn't be surprised lol.
LYRICS Was an honest man Asked me for the phone Tried to take control Oh, I don't see it that way I don't see it that way We shared some ideas All obsessed with fame Says we're all the same Oh, I don't see it that way I don't see it that way Raised in Carolina I'm not like that Tryin' to remind her When we go back I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train I'll try but you see, it's hard to explain I say the right thing, but act the wrong way I like it right here, but I cannot stay I watch the TV, forget what I'm told Well, I am too young, and they are too old The joke is on you, this place is a zoo You're right it's true He says he can't decide I shake my head to say Everything's just great Oh, I just can't remember I just can't remember Raised in Carolina She says, "I'm not like that" Tryin' to remind her When we go back I say the right thing, but act the wrong way I like it right here, but I cannot stay I watch the TV, forget what I'm told Well, I am too young, and they are too old Oh man, can't you see I'm nervous? So please Pretend to be nice, so I can be mean I missed the last bus, we'll take the next train I'll try but you see, it's hard to explain
The strokes were my favorite band in HS. My group of friends were into their music from the beginning. 20 years have flew by in the blink of an eye and now my kids love em. Passing on good music to the next generation
my brother showed me the strokes when i was 12-13 yrs old. Im 24 now, and man they have such a melancholy and nostalgic feeling when i listen to them… I understand what people meant when they say they are starting to feel old.
Right around my same age so I was right there with you. Smack in the middle of the millennials, it feels like we got a ton of the great music but also so much shittyness in the world. Hope you’re doing great my fellow class of ‘06 brother.
The strokes saved my sanity. As a UPS worker in my 20's I only had 2 Stokes CDs on my portable CD player that kept my mind occupied as I loaded trucks and then work the package slide. Horrible job. Should have been done by robots. Thank god for the Strokes.
1:21. A truly remarkable chord progression for a Pre Chorus. The energy is insane and it sets up the rest of the song. One of the greatest pieces of music of all time. Painfully underrated.
When i was a teenager i used to listen to this song for hours and i always imagined that i was playing along with them in a huge concert. This song gets me right in the feels.
This song makes me feel like im having those really lazy days where im tired and just stare at everything with a nostalgic feeling in the back of my head and the stock footage really helps with that, idk man its like The Strokes put an audio spreading disease in this song that spreads directly from your brain to your chest, so underrated imo
If you think about it, the songs of the strokes are not just a song or an emotion but a chapter of your live. A very precise moment you learnt something about life and you. This is how their song are sad and happy too cause you learnt something about you and there will be a before and an after that
Everytime I watch it I go through my memories, being a child and discovering things, the first girl that I fell in love with, my first kiss... My grandparents that are gone now, some people from my family that were important, the day that I almost lost my mom in the hospital, the day that my father almost left the house when I was 13 and I cried in front of him... my first serious relationship and all the mistakes that I committed and that eventually led to the end of it, and how much I still remember her. Even for a 3:50 minutes long music, it feels like an eternity when you listen to it over and over again, extremely nostalgic song.
I used to work oil rigs offshore in Qatar and Libya, I guess 10 years. I missed so many things we had no internet. Just found the strokes a couple of months ago. What a Band!!!!
That must be a cool life experience to catch up on a decade of worth of culture you weren’t aware of. Like nostalgia you never had but have at the same time
Probably the best 3:50 of content on this whole site. My favourite part of this song: -The no-nonsense mechanical beat -The super catchy bassline -The amazingly textured rhythm guitar -The hypnotic lead guitar -The passionately delivered vocals -The simple-yet-evocative lyrics -The gorgeous pseudo-lofi production -The awesome Koyaanisqatsi-esque video Whoops, I just described the whole damn thing!
This is my youth. This video is my everything. This video is me at 11 years old, wondering about everything to come, without a care in the world. And this is me now, chasing every dream this song made me so hopeful of capturing, battle-scarred and built of lost loves, but still filled with the same euphoria I felt the day I first heard this song.
The first time I heard this song I literally had tears in my eyes a few minutes before i stopped by this song and I haven't been more happier since. I dnt think I can explain more anymore of what this song makes me feel like.
I was like 16 at the time I heard this song, had just gotten into college, started to become alcoholic, started to fuck, started an inmature and passional relationship, started to discover who I really was, started to feel like everything was wrong, dropped out college and everything went down. This song was there all the time, now its been like 7 years and eventhough those were fucked up years I can look at the past and feel happy about everything I went through. Whenever I listen to this song Im automatically transported to those beautiful, intense years of my life. Man this song is beautiful, life is fucking beautiful.
I remember buying this album (CD) in New York City a couple weeks after 9/11. I was up from Philly on a class trip, I was 15. I just picked a CD to put in my Walkman on the ride home. I chose wisely.
I want to tell them how much they have literally changed my life with their beautiful, beautiful music. It's so much better with it in. What a gift The Strokes are.
"this place is a zoo". its true aliens run every religion and he is trying to tell us in his videos. just look at all the space references. even the dinosaur in the vid represents the reptilians shapeshifters that control everything
I really like that part too. I saw the movie where that clip comes from not too long ago. I just don't know for sure what movie it was. I'll try to find it.
I think it's stock Boeing 747 footage, but I can't remember from where. I saw a lot of stuff I recognized tho.. A majority of the footage is from Brainstorm 1981, the Ferrari is from the opening of Magnum P.I., the tic-tac-toe from War Games '83, the fast film from Koyaanisqatsi '82.
I love this odd riff. It's kind of other worldly, extra-terrestrial. It sounds like it forgets where it's going a couple of times so goes somewhere else but never arrives. Unique song!
+Kylo Ren yesss! and everytime i watch this, i think about some things that i can't remember after the video finishes, and then i try to remember, but the only thing i know is that they were good thoughts!
I can't describe how much I love the strokes. Like, I also love other bands of the same general style like cage the elephant but the strokes are and always will be my favorite band.
I’m now 53 and my eldest son (23) listens to music from the 1960s most often: I gave him my vinyl of ‘Electric Ladyland’ years ago and then he got into The Stones, Cream etc. Youngest (19) likes electronic stuff like Daft Punk and most of the stuff I play in the car, INCLUDING The Strokes so there is hope on the horizon 😁
This is my personal favorite song of all time. I can think of a ton of artists and bands that I personally prefer to The Strokes. But this song just seems to capture everything I love about music. What can I say, It's hard to explain.
This band reminds me when I came back from high school and turn the TV and I had The Strokes in it. Now, I’m listen to them reminding those good old times. Thank You Julian, Albert, Nick, Fab and Nikolai from saving the Rock and Roll.
That guitar 🎸 riff it sounds soooooooooooooo similar to Strasbourg by the rakes great song btw 0:33 0:35 0:35 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:33 0:33 0:34 0:34 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 and i love the rakes so much
A lot of the footage clips are actually from the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi, an avant-garde documentary famous with arthouse crowds. The car against city lights at 0:08, the bombers at 0:41, Apollo 11's boosters at 0:52, crowds dancing on a multicolored light-up dancefloor at 2:28, microchips at 2:32. Maybe a couple others I'm missing.
This is my favorite song of all time. It effortlessly evokes a whimsical, freeing and mindful feeling so hard to explain. Truly a timeless masterpiece.
I don't have the vocabulary to describe how much I love this song. The music and the video makes the hairs stand on my neck. I'm not even a huge fan of the strokes but when this song comes on it just does something to me
I agree so much. It’s hard to explain why thing song is so good and It’s so weird. I never know when to feel depressed or happy with this song. It has a kinda “end of the world” vibe to it. It makes me emotional sometimes...
This video is absolutely stunning in its simplicity and aesthetically appealing imagery. Roman Coppola, Johannes Gamble and Julian Casablancas have truly created a work of art here along with the bands music. I could live in this video.
This brings me an overwhelming feeling of happiness and sadness at the same time This song's guitar riffs are very melancholic, and the rest of it sounds nostalgic.
Something about The Strokes on those first two albums... they were just one of those bands where their sound is like a total gestalt experience. To me personally the sound always embodied that of an intelligent 20-something going through something of an existential crisis and finding him/herself more and more disinterested in everything and drinking heavily to cope.
My favorite Strokes song. I think it really concentrates what I love about them into one song. The lofi elements, the rawness of the guitar, Julian's voice and lyrics. Such a classic.
I am new strokes fan , found this song and album 1 month ago and this is has become one of my favorite songs of all time . The melody is amazing and feels very nostalgic
RAISED IN CAROLINA, I’M NOT LIKE THAT…. Still gets me every time even after 21 years of listening to it. The absolute best part of the whole of “Is This It “
Yesterday my grandma passed to a better life, all the weekend I had this song in my head, reminds me every happy and sad times I had with her. She had a happy and large life 90 Years old we cried, laugh thanks for al grandma you from all the family and friends.
this song is so senior year of high school for me. my now ex girlfriend, the stress i went through and still go through today, this song captures it in a weird way. it's so hard to explain (no pun intended). life is taking me in such a weird and dark place and i hate it but love it at the same time. i'm scared to see the day where it makes no sense for me to say "well i am too young and they are too old". i'm still super young and have a long way to go but i'm stuck. i hope you, if you're reading this and also feel stuck, find your escape and happiness like i'm trying to.
Never been a better time than right now! You might be scared of your own undetermination, just try it, cause you will never be able to call it something else but a try
"gotta keep them separated!" I can't hear this song without hearing Final Fantasy VII - Main Theme Of Final Fantasy VII in my head, it's a curse, being a musician, knowing every single mellon collie song in the world, cuz you can't hear one without hearing a thousand others, in your head 1:22 . Maybe "Trying to remind her" originally was , "Trying to remember (where I got this melody from)". As far as the video goes= "Girls, Flight, Cars, Dancefloors"
This song is so meaningful to not only me, but mankind itself. It explains how we wake up everyday, work, invent new things, travel, explore, fight, have peace, and have a lover in our lives. The drums tell the beginning, the bass comes in and tells more, and then the guitars come in and lastly the singer tells the morale of the song. It may seem to be a little love song to people, but if you listen very closely, and you look at the pictures that go along, it is also showing Human accomplishments, culture, thrills, laughter, and things that we Humans can feel. And what is really amazing, is that we are the only known creatures to have feelings on not only this planet, but the explored universe so far. It is all really..........Hard To Explain.
Logan SJ Those words I said come from a lot of experience of the song, this song is purposely trying to bring back nostalgia to old timers who lived in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I am only 14 3/4, but the reason why I love this song is not just the images or words, but the meaning of the song, as I stated before, it also lists out Human accomplishments and discoveries within the Human accomplishments. I know, this is coming from a kid on a computer who seems like a Sci-Fi nerd, but I am actually an Average Joe explaining the reasoning behind this very song, which is why...it is...Hard To Explain.
This song always makes me feel different, when i listen to it i picture a lot of good memories in my mind and i go nostalgic for a while, sort of positive and negative song at the same time, it makes me think of how life always goes on no matter what happen to you and all the memories you have collected so far that will never die. It gives me hope for a better tomorrow but it makes wanna cry as well.
I saw this by chance in my early teens (around 2005?) getting ready for a high school disco with the music channel on in the background. Almost 20 years later I still love it
Man, I was so into these guys the summer this album came out. I think everyone was. What a time. Looking back on it, being 13 in 2001 was pretty great. Things were simpler then for youngins. No phones, no internet, no nothing. Just my guitar and my bike. Talk about nostalgia...
In case if anyone was wondering, at 1:45 that's a Pioneer RT-909 (with the Pioneer logo covered up), the left reel is for Maxell 35-180 tape (there are several variations that use that reel, also has the Maxell logo covered up by the M) and the right reel is the Pioneer PR-101 pickup reel which I believe comes with the player, and the large reel adapters are Pioneer PP-220A. I don't know anything about either players on the side or the equalizer on top
this song, and this video, have a strange effect on me. in my struggles with depression, I connected with this song. I don't know why. watching this video makes me feel like everything will be okay, things will get better, that I'm happy to just be alive. hang in there, boys. it's hard to explain.
I used to be a fool. When I was 16, I used to see their videos on MTV on a daily basis because they were it, they were new, they were cool, but I didn't like them back then. I saw Last Nite was on and I changed the channel immediately. Two years later, my taste in music changed completely and the first CD I bought was Is This It. I listened to it every single day. My taste in music changed, I stopped being a fool. Thank you, The Strokes.
The Strokes are that kind of band that people dont like them quickly, but once go through their music, is the most amazing thing. It's hard to explain
Stfu, trying so hard to come up with a clever and witty comment with the song title. Quit trying to copy people and come up with your own.
@@pugsforever5837 ?
I know!!
You're wrong. I liked them quickly!
They are an incredibly easy band to like. Their songs are short and catchy and distinct, completely lacking in pretentiousness. Just straight forward great bangers, one after the other played by good looking guys who dress cool. If I had to come up with some bands who were great but hard to get into at first the Strokes would be about as far away from making that list as possible. What part of their sound, or image do you think turns people off at first?
Is This It is still one of the best rock albums that comes out during the 21st century.
i forgot whats the first one is.... but i know its something new when i see the new one is a zoom in Moretti
Yeah i see fabs face too, what was the old one?
*laughs in remembering the old thumbnail*
The original thumbnail was at around 1:39 I'm pretty sure.
It's hard to explain
I started listening to them because a girl I liked in middle school had “The Strokes” written on her backpack in sharpie, so naturally I had to research and discover this awesome band. She never was interested in me but I was hooked with this band. Introduced them to my girlfriends there on after. So many memories, good and bad, with their music. I’m about to be 24 but those memories never fade when I put on one of their records.
That girl is angel, mate.
I heard of them and arctic monkeys from a girl I really liked too! She had shirts from both of their concerts and we smoked a lot of weed talking about them😅 good times
So many memories
it goes to show everthing happens for a reason👑👑👑
Buckle up buddy, you will have plenty more memories to experience
Boomer granny here. I love the Strokes. Good music is timeless
Hi listen to this amazing song called ( faceless humming by the impures)
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Zoomer here, introduced by my dad. Love live le strokes
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Keep on rocking in the free world ♥️
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This song playing while racing through the streets of Los Santos during a sunset is such an unexplainable vibe.
Yessir
It really is, especially since I just got the Itali GTO, takes me back to TDU2, and I swear I've heard this before, honestly I wouldn't be surprised lol.
kult fm is where its at!
This man knows! cruising to the new station and this song plays for the first time every single of my arm hair went up lol such a nice feeling
You owe me a cruise and bullshit sesh
Hard to Explain is the best song by The Strokes, without a doubt. I can listen to this song every day for the rest of my life.
oi mate are you still listening this music
Ben Moxon yeah you still here?
still here bro?
I’m sorry guys but legend says he’s listening to Cardi B now :(
From the Strokes to Cardi B? No way man..
LYRICS
Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says we're all the same
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Tryin' to remind her
When we go back
I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I'll try but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right thing, but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I watch the TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young, and they are too old
The joke is on you, this place is a zoo
You're right it's true
He says he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Everything's just great
Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember
Raised in Carolina
She says, "I'm not like that"
Tryin' to remind her
When we go back
I say the right thing, but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I watch the TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young, and they are too old
Oh man, can't you see I'm nervous? So please
Pretend to be nice, so I can be mean
I missed the last bus, we'll take the next train
I'll try but you see, it's hard to explain
The strokes were my favorite band in HS. My group of friends were into their music from the beginning. 20 years have flew by in the blink of an eye and now my kids love em. Passing on good music to the next generation
I'm 17 and so scared of time flying by man
@@mrloxicoz9353 there's literally nothing to be scared of.. live it one day at a time kid.. it's a trip
@@mrloxicoz9353 I’m 16 and me2
@@mrloxicoz9353 you get to pay bills and pay taxes to gangsters who call themselves government officials. It's bliss
my brother showed me the strokes when i was 12-13 yrs old. Im 24 now, and man they have such a melancholy and nostalgic feeling when i listen to them… I understand what people meant when they say they are starting to feel old.
This song makes me remind myself of how quickly time goes by, and how all the good times are just memories now.
Jorge B. But dude, the best times are just around the bend!
The fast riffs thats why....
Holy shit.
Same. You said it. :c
@@ryanjavierortega8513 great response!
This song gives me such an odd feeling I am not sure if I am happy, sad, nostalgic, calmed, or anything really, it's Hard To Explain
*slow clap*
Bruuuh
Kidagine unplug Fairfield crane street coma no.led do t remember anything but raven the cat..
me too.. i guess it's just me feeling like that...
Happens with most Strokes songs. At least for me
these types of guitar intros are awesome. definitely my favorite intro from the album
Woah. I was 14, just about to start high school when I first bought this album. I'm 34 now and still listening. Vibes.
....another great indie track to vibe 2 is TIME BY THE IMPURES :D
IS great tbh
Time flies :'(
Right around my same age so I was right there with you. Smack in the middle of the millennials, it feels like we got a ton of the great music but also so much shittyness in the world. Hope you’re doing great my fellow class of ‘06 brother.
Wasn't even born yet lmao. I'm a junior in undergrad now.
Ditto
The strokes saved my sanity. As a UPS worker in my 20's I only had 2 Stokes CDs on my portable CD player that kept my mind occupied as I loaded trucks and then work the package slide. Horrible job. Should have been done by robots. Thank god for the Strokes.
The whole album is on another level.
My heart belong to The Strokes. There's no band who could take their place atm 💘😔
1:21. A truly remarkable chord progression for a Pre Chorus. The energy is insane and it sets up the rest of the song.
One of the greatest pieces of music of all time. Painfully underrated.
Like Steve Reich.... So ambiguous G-Em_add9-etc... Absolutely electrifying
When i was a teenager i used to listen to this song for hours and i always imagined that i was playing along with them in a huge concert. This song gets me right in the feels.
Love how the song is so good near nobody quits near the start so its all most replayed.
I've never loved a band so much
same
+Jack Starling it's eh
Love these guys
love (just) this album like no other
I agree pepe
This song makes me feel like im having those really lazy days where im tired and just stare at everything with a nostalgic feeling in the back of my head and the stock footage really helps with that, idk man its like The Strokes put an audio spreading disease in this song that spreads directly from your brain to your chest, so underrated imo
The Strokes always bring nostalgia with their music
I'm there with you enjoyed it with a cigarette and a beer
I don't see it that way
man!!!, where do you live?, in a vintage village or what??
Would you say the feeling is Hard to Explain ?
This song makes me feel nostalgic for all the experiences that I've never had and maybe will never have.
ME TOO!!! I couldnt explain it to anyone else but this is exactly how this song makes me feel, its like i associate fake good memories with it.
Same it’s something about that opening guitar part
You perfectly described the strokes for me
I feel the same when i hear someday
The Strokes has such a nostalgic sound.
If you think about it, the songs of the strokes are not just a song or an emotion but a chapter of your live. A very precise moment you learnt something about life and you. This is how their song are sad and happy too cause you learnt something about you and there will be a before and an after that
Not joking when I say this is one of the best rock songs ever made. Probably one of the best songs honestly
one of the best alt rock songs for sure, not sure about rock songs or any song idk tho
Completely agree, by the way, The Glow Pt. 2 is my 2nd favorite album to Is This It! love your taste
BASED PFP
@@beethovensoupit’s easily the greatest song of all time
Everytime I watch it I go through my memories, being a child and discovering things, the first girl that I fell in love with, my first kiss... My grandparents that are gone now, some people from my family that were important, the day that I almost lost my mom in the hospital, the day that my father almost left the house when I was 13 and I cried in front of him... my first serious relationship and all the mistakes that I committed and that eventually led to the end of it, and how much I still remember her.
Even for a 3:50 minutes long music, it feels like an eternity when you listen to it over and over again, extremely nostalgic song.
"Raised in Carolina...(she said) I'm not like that. Trying to remind her, when we go back" What do you think that line means, dude ?
Perfectly stated mate. I see my most emotional memories and moments in 3 minutes and 50 seconds
I used to work oil rigs offshore in Qatar and Libya, I guess 10 years. I missed so many things we had no internet. Just found the strokes a couple of months ago. What a Band!!!!
What is it like to work on oil rigs? Kind of a big question, I guess. Excuse me for that.
@@aeronautisch Was hard because the weather! but I meet the best people. Some time I miss it.
That must be a cool life experience to catch up on a decade of worth of culture you weren’t aware of. Like nostalgia you never had but have at the same time
I work for Centerline Logistics, just started with them. I’m on an ATB tug
No one cares
The music video is just a bunch of stock clips yet it is one of the best videos from this band
Probably the best 3:50 of content on this whole site.
My favourite part of this song:
-The no-nonsense mechanical beat
-The super catchy bassline
-The amazingly textured rhythm guitar
-The hypnotic lead guitar
-The passionately delivered vocals
-The simple-yet-evocative lyrics
-The gorgeous pseudo-lofi production
-The awesome Koyaanisqatsi-esque video
Whoops, I just described the whole damn thing!
learned the whole dictionary reading your comment
Yes Bro
Dude
Get a room 🤣
Art school really paid off for some of us
This whole album’s an indie rock CLASSIC! Easily one of my all-time favourites and one of the best ever made.
This is my youth. This video is my everything. This video is me at 11 years old, wondering about everything to come, without a care in the world. And this is me now, chasing every dream this song made me so hopeful of capturing, battle-scarred and built of lost loves, but still filled with the same euphoria I felt the day I first heard this song.
The first time I heard this song I literally had tears in my eyes a few minutes before i stopped by this song and I haven't been more happier since. I dnt think I can explain more anymore of what this song makes me feel like.
No matter how many times I've heard this song, I will always get chills.
Me too, for real. How come? It's a classic.
oh ok
i just saw them in concert . and this is the song that was playing when i walked in the giannnnt stadium.... it was the most epic this ever .
Same. Makes me feel like a lot has happened in life and that we’ve all come a long way.
its just hard to explain.
I was like 16 at the time I heard this song, had just gotten into college, started to become alcoholic, started to fuck, started an inmature and passional relationship, started to discover who I really was, started to feel like everything was wrong, dropped out college and everything went down. This song was there all the time, now its been like 7 years and eventhough those were fucked up years I can look at the past and feel happy about everything I went through. Whenever I listen to this song Im automatically transported to those beautiful, intense years of my life. Man this song is beautiful, life is fucking beautiful.
One listen is simply not enough.
true!!!!!!!!!
Yep. Since 2001
One shot is never enough
This is the song I always loop on spotify
IT'S THEH FUCKIN STROKES BRO :.)
I remember buying this album (CD) in New York City a couple weeks after 9/11. I was up from Philly on a class trip, I was 15. I just picked a CD to put in my Walkman on the ride home. I chose wisely.
I want to tell them how much they have literally changed my life with their beautiful, beautiful music. It's so much better with it in. What a gift The Strokes are.
Some friends of mine met the lead singer and told him this.
He just said cool, apparently it as really awkward lol. pretty funny.
@@1337dubstepaa
Yeah Julian is so awkward lol
*sigh*
This song just perfectly captures those awkward teenage years. That struggle trying to figure yourself and your world out.
I don't think we ever really figure it out.
edgy af
"this place is a zoo". its true aliens run every religion and he is trying to tell us in his videos. just look at all the space references. even the dinosaur in the vid represents the reptilians shapeshifters that control everything
Lonnie Thompson gonna capture that on your electromagnetic turbo insulationator camera?
r/im14andthisisdeep
Album changed my life. Amazing to experience. Appreciate the strokes for creating such transcendent music.
This videoclip is a piece of art!! The scene of the plane at 1:00 always make me shiver! Kudos, The Strokes and everyone responsible for this clip!!!
I really like that part too. I saw the movie where that clip comes from not too long ago. I just don't know for sure what movie it was. I'll try to find it.
I think it's stock Boeing 747 footage, but I can't remember from where. I saw a lot of stuff I recognized tho.. A majority of the footage is from Brainstorm 1981, the Ferrari is from the opening of Magnum P.I., the tic-tac-toe from War Games '83, the fast film from Koyaanisqatsi '82.
@@meritamitygoat for mentioning this
These guys helped me through some pretty hard times. Music like this fills my chest with excitement and a deep sadness at the same time.
Yo it's the same here. The Strokes are simply the best.
I love this odd riff. It's kind of other worldly, extra-terrestrial. It sounds like it forgets where it's going a couple of times so goes somewhere else but never arrives. Unique song!
This video is still the best aesthetic image collection I’ve seen
Nostalgia of something I never lived
+raiden-aiden12 same too
+Kylo Ren yesss! and everytime i watch this, i think about some things that i can't remember after the video finishes, and then i try to remember, but the only thing i know is that they were good thoughts!
why is this so true
BigSmellyFatJewishHunkyNerd6969696969969696 , wavves rules !
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5.45am. Can't sleep. Wemt for a cigarette and this popped into my head. I love the strokes
thats life!
I can't describe how much I love the strokes. Like, I also love other bands of the same general style like cage the elephant but the strokes are and always will be my favorite band.
This brings me an overwhelming feeling of happiness and sadness at the same time
Same here!
Its look like a nostalgy of something i never lived
same
same omg
i guess its hard to explain
This song helped me make the decision to move away from home to start a life independent from my family and I'm so happy I did
Hope it’s still going well for you dude
Wow, it actually made me do the exact opposite... i moved back home after 18 years away ☺
Luke Martinez good 4 u bro
Me too sir. Me too. Glad I committed to that decision. The strokes really helped clarify my decision.
I want to leave this place so bad but I'm not brave enough and I dont really have the means to do so. This state feels so dead
fell back in love with this song 🥲🥲 i remember hearing this at a department store in 7th grade and been a fan ever since
The strokes just sweat iconic sounds and a nostalgia feel that you can’t quite put your finger on always driving forward. Great great band
Stop using the word "just" so much. It is abused and now has no meaning.
My favorite song from them, can't explain why.
well its hard to explain
@@acekid4599Believe me or not, i didn"t think to that when i wrote it.
I feel like a fool.
I’m now 53 and my eldest son (23) listens to music from the 1960s most often: I gave him my vinyl of ‘Electric Ladyland’ years ago and then he got into The Stones, Cream etc. Youngest (19) likes electronic stuff like Daft Punk and most of the stuff I play in the car, INCLUDING The Strokes so there is hope on the horizon 😁
The scenery the music, I don't think I've ever been hooked to a song as much as this one. 0:22 especially here.. it has been my wallpaper for years.
This is my personal favorite song of all time. I can think of a ton of artists and bands that I personally prefer to The Strokes. But this song just seems to capture everything I love about music. What can I say, It's hard to explain.
My favorite song ever!
Shut up
yes, I love this song but they're not my favourite band. However, I respect them for this indeed
This band reminds me when I came back from high school and turn the TV and I had The Strokes in it. Now, I’m listen to them reminding those good old times. Thank You Julian, Albert, Nick, Fab and Nikolai from saving the Rock and Roll.
this song sounds like PURE nostalgia & i love it. my favourite song from them & one of my faves of all time
the best way to put it, i think we can possibly agree this could be the song for the closing credits, if we pass on.
Just by hearing that "Was an honest man", this song completely blown my mind. What a masterpiece 🙌 This is my favorite the strokes song!
Hey if you like listening to The Strokes you should check out my brothers band, it's called The Doublejumps
words can not explain how much i appreciate this song. the strokes has truly taught me what music is
The opening line is incredible even though it’s so simple it’s delivered incredibly 0:33
That guitar 🎸 riff it sounds soooooooooooooo similar to Strasbourg by the rakes great song btw 0:33 0:35 0:35 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:36 0:33 0:33 0:34 0:34 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 0:35 and i love the rakes so much
A lot of the footage clips are actually from the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi, an avant-garde documentary famous with arthouse crowds. The car against city lights at 0:08, the bombers at 0:41, Apollo 11's boosters at 0:52, crowds dancing on a multicolored light-up dancefloor at 2:28, microchips at 2:32. Maybe a couple others I'm missing.
This is my favorite song of all time.
It effortlessly evokes a whimsical, freeing and mindful feeling so hard to explain. Truly a timeless masterpiece.
I don't have the vocabulary to describe how much I love this song. The music and the video makes the hairs stand on my neck. I'm not even a huge fan of the strokes but when this song comes on it just does something to me
I agree so much. It’s hard to explain why thing song is so good and It’s so weird. I never know when to feel depressed or happy with this song. It has a kinda “end of the world” vibe to it. It makes me emotional sometimes...
2:20 is actress Daniela Giordano from the 1971 Italian film Quante volte... quella notte.
Wow this was in 2009... I´ve been through so much in all these years and now I like this song and love the strokes, I didn´t back then.
Way before then. This was from 2001!
This video is absolutely stunning in its simplicity and aesthetically appealing imagery. Roman Coppola, Johannes Gamble and Julian Casablancas have truly created a work of art here along with the bands music. I could live in this video.
Every line in this song feels iconic
"Was an Honest Maaaaaaan!"
was an honest maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
I love how at first most people don't like The Strokes and then there song become so addictive, it's hard to explain.
I’m 60 friggin years old and I dig this song! But I’ve loved great music since I can remember.....
This song makes me feel things. All of the things. Favourite song to ever exist.
YES
I swear I have like 10 stroke songs that are my favorite song ever😅😂
This brings me an overwhelming feeling of happiness and sadness at the same time
This song's guitar riffs are very melancholic, and the rest of it sounds nostalgic.
I hope the strokes know how much their music has changed so many lives for the better
No one asked
@@pigwithoutasnoutl1744 shut up.
They'll never know how many memories they helped create through their music.
this song must be the definition of nostalgia. The way it feels to listen to this is unique.
Something about The Strokes on those first two albums... they were just one of those bands where their sound is like a total gestalt experience. To me personally the sound always embodied that of an intelligent 20-something going through something of an existential crisis and finding him/herself more and more disinterested in everything and drinking heavily to cope.
Sounds like Julian lmfao
primeDecomposition you have fucking nailed it mate. That is it.
That's basically their lead singer in his younger days
That made sense of my 20s
Why because that's you ?
My favorite Strokes song. I think it really concentrates what I love about them into one song. The lofi elements, the rawness of the guitar, Julian's voice and lyrics. Such a classic.
I am new strokes fan , found this song and album 1 month ago and this is has become one of my favorite songs of all time . The melody is amazing and feels very nostalgic
RAISED IN CAROLINA, I’M NOT LIKE THAT…. Still gets me every time even after 21 years of listening to it. The absolute best part of the whole of “Is This It “
This is always the first song I play when I introduce people to The Strokes. Its just too good!
Under cover of darkness for me, it’s impossible for people not to love it. This one too ofc🫡
Soma for me but hard to explain is a great song.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this is one of the greatest songs in history.
Yesterday my grandma passed to a better life, all the weekend I had this song in my head, reminds me every happy and sad times I had with her. She had a happy and large life 90 Years old we cried, laugh thanks for al grandma you from all the family and friends.
A BIG THANK YOU (wherever you are ) , to the Tower records employee in San Diego who recommended this album to me after I sung him a few bars.
"Is This It" is truly one of the greatest albums ever made
This whole song is on a whole other level man
u said it best brother
Definitely one of my favorites. It was behind and ahead of its time. Somewhere between nostalgia.
I don't see it that way
+Natalia Vargas blink 182 reference?
Cabo yesss!!! the beginning of first date
this song is so senior year of high school for me. my now ex girlfriend, the stress i went through and still go through today, this song captures it in a weird way. it's so hard to explain (no pun intended). life is taking me in such a weird and dark place and i hate it but love it at the same time. i'm scared to see the day where it makes no sense for me to say "well i am too young and they are too old". i'm still super young and have a long way to go but i'm stuck. i hope you, if you're reading this and also feel stuck, find your escape and happiness like i'm trying to.
This... I wish I can favorite a comment.
memento mori
Never been a better time than right now! You might be scared of your own undetermination, just try it, cause you will never be able to call it something else but a try
Erick Vega I’m a senior right now bro and your comment just hit me way too hard :/
Seek the Lord! You willfind meaning and guidance in Him.
"gotta keep them separated!" I can't hear this song without hearing Final Fantasy VII - Main Theme Of Final Fantasy VII in my head, it's a curse, being a musician, knowing every single mellon collie song in the world, cuz you can't hear one without hearing a thousand others, in your head 1:22 . Maybe "Trying to remind her" originally was , "Trying to remember (where I got this melody from)". As far as the video goes= "Girls, Flight, Cars, Dancefloors"
My personal favourite song by the Strokes. I'd tell you why but it's hard to explain .
agreed
Anche io
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Jolly good show
This song is so meaningful to not only me, but mankind itself. It explains how we wake up everyday, work, invent new things, travel, explore, fight, have peace, and have a lover in our lives. The drums tell the beginning, the bass comes in and tells more, and then the guitars come in and lastly the singer tells the morale of the song. It may seem to be a little love song to people, but if you listen very closely, and you look at the pictures that go along, it is also showing Human accomplishments, culture, thrills, laughter, and things that we Humans can feel. And what is really amazing, is that we are the only known creatures to have feelings on not only this planet, but the explored universe so far. It is all really..........Hard To Explain.
Fucking nailed it
Logan SJ Those words I said come from a lot of experience of the song, this song is purposely trying to bring back nostalgia to old timers who lived in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I am only 14 3/4, but the reason why I love this song is not just the images or words, but the meaning of the song, as I stated before, it also lists out Human accomplishments and discoveries within the Human accomplishments. I know, this is coming from a kid on a computer who seems like a Sci-Fi nerd, but I am actually an Average Joe explaining the reasoning behind this very song, which is why...it is...Hard To Explain.
Used your paragraph for a school homework all rights reserved hope you don't mind... (If you do mind i'm still using it btw)
This song's guitar riffs are very melancholic, and the rest of it sounds nostalgic.
Hard to explain last nite and someday All on their debut album is Legendary
Best song of the strokes
This song always makes me feel different, when i listen to it i picture a lot of good memories in my mind and i go nostalgic for a while, sort of positive and negative song at the same time, it makes me think of how life always goes on no matter what happen to you and all the memories you have collected so far that will never die. It gives me hope for a better tomorrow but it makes wanna cry as well.
Same
This music video always stays with me
me too 🤟
I saw this by chance in my early teens (around 2005?) getting ready for a high school disco with the music channel on in the background. Almost 20 years later I still love it
Man, I was so into these guys the summer this album came out. I think everyone was. What a time. Looking back on it, being 13 in 2001 was pretty great. Things were simpler then for youngins. No phones, no internet, no nothing. Just my guitar and my bike. Talk about nostalgia...
One of my favorite stroke songs but God they’re all my favorite
hard to choose
@@beebeebboop6177 i guess you could say its hard to explain
@@AlqhemyA😂
I’m a 52 year old mother and I’m disappointed my sons aren’t into The Strokes.
Well, that"s what I call a very good mother... by the way, the same happens to me and my 2 nephews... brazillian greetings ... 🇧🇷
Mundonauta I haven’t given up yet!
I'm 53 and I don't think I've ever heard of them before. I was in a bad motorcycle accident 4 yrs so I'm not really sure.
Well, I wish my mother has the same taste in music as u :(
Suicide is badass
In case if anyone was wondering, at 1:45 that's a Pioneer RT-909 (with the Pioneer logo covered up), the left reel is for Maxell 35-180 tape (there are several variations that use that reel, also has the Maxell logo covered up by the M) and the right reel is the Pioneer PR-101 pickup reel which I believe comes with the player, and the large reel adapters are Pioneer PP-220A. I don't know anything about either players on the side or the equalizer on top
2:07 makes a very brief appearance in the last nite music video as well.
this song, and this video, have a strange effect on me. in my struggles with depression, I connected with this song. I don't know why. watching this video makes me feel like everything will be okay, things will get better, that I'm happy to just be alive. hang in there, boys.
it's hard to explain.
@@Juliana_So_Unique ????
I used to be a fool. When I was 16, I used to see their videos on MTV on a daily basis because they were it, they were new, they were cool, but I didn't like them back then. I saw Last Nite was on and I changed the channel immediately. Two years later, my taste in music changed completely and the first CD I bought was Is This It. I listened to it every single day. My taste in music changed, I stopped being a fool. Thank you, The Strokes.
conheci strokes nos meus 11 anos e continua sendo a minha banda favorita
hoje tenho 30 :D
It's hard to believe this came out 13 years ago. Good music is ageless and timeless.
It came out in 2001
I'm seeing these guys in about a week with the RHCP and am beyond stoked!
22 years ago hammer