Julian has one of the coolest voices ever. Very unexpected deep and growly pitch, but he has a lot of versatility and started utilizing it more in newer albums.
Lex totally hit it on the mark. This is a throwback of the guitar sound of British bands like The Kinks, The Who. It was just great to hear guitars again in music. At the time you had Aussie band Jet, The Vines and others reviving the sound.
@@sw1412 Which Petty song are you thinking of? Maybe a little bit of American Girls at the beginning of the solo, but other than that, I don't hear anything that reminds me of Tom's stuff.
one reason this guitar driven sound got popular was when their debut record was released in 2001, the charts were dominated by Boy Bands and Britney and Ricky Martin and early Eminem... so the guitar interplay on this record was a welcome return to rock for many fans.
Myargonauts Jason There was rock at the time, but it was mostly nu-metal, which is was very bad, with bands like Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park...The Strokes and the White Stripes (the Strokes first) kinda killed this genre, and it was a great thing for music. It gave un so many great bands, and it's still the case today.
The Strokes, and arguably Franz Ferdinand, pioneered early 2000s indie rock along with the White Stripes. They brought a back to fundamental riffing rock sound with a new cool aloofness to it. These bands were the bridge to the new age. My fav indie rock band is Bloc Party which took a more post punk, angsty route around the same era.
I agree with what you said entirely but let's leave Britney out of it. Yeah, I had a thing for Britney Spears when she came out. I was 17 when her first video came out and I was all beside myself, never seen anything like it. Instant crush and still to this day... There were way too many boy-bands, they flooded the airwaves almost as if it was being force-fed to you and shoved down your throat, causing a lot of people like me to resent modern music.
There were plenty of guitar driven rock bands doing better than The Strokes in 2001. The Strokes weren't a threat to the artists you mentioned. Creed, Blink 182, and Tool were competing on that level. Strokes got popular not cause they had a 'guitar driven sound'.. it's was the throwback garage rock ethos that made they (and the others in that wave of awesomeness like The White Stripes) stand out.. but those artists didn't dominate even in the world of rock at the time.
Lex has got it down again. Very intuitive feel for music. This was very much a 'throw back' style even when it was released back in 2001. The Strokes were absolutely dripping in vintage indie retro rock cool. You really should review more songs from their first album. Preferably before they end up on TV commercials so people can at least say they heard them here first.
They were not acting. They were all, especially Julian, the singer, big time drinkers for years and years. One of the best bands ever. Every song off their first three records are amazing. Every song. No exaggeration.
The Strokes! This is one of the best modern alternative rock bands out there right now. Very good 2000s alt/indie rock, post-punk, new wave/dance-rock, garage band from NYC. They are an old school rock feeling band. Kinda proto-punk feeling. Lex is right! Very late '60s, '70s, '80s sounding. They remind me of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ramones, The Stooges (Iggy Pop), The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed), Talking Heads, MC5, The Cars, a little like early U2 (at times) , early The Pretenders, The Kinks, etc. Yall need to check out more of The Strokes videos/songs! Many hits from them. They also throw very good concerts. This is a very successful group and they have a huge fan base. Other modern bands like The Hives, The Killers, Interpol, Bloc Party, White Stripes, Artic Monkeys, The Vines, Franz Ferdinand, Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric ( a little more new wave/synth heavy though) , Silversun Pickups (little more shoegazy/psychedelic like Smashng Pumpkins, though). etc are like them. Check them out as well! .Other songs/videos from them yall should dive into are Reptilia", "Someday", "Hard to Explain", "When it all Started", "Soma", "Heart in a Cage", "Take it or Leave It", "Alone, Together", "Trying Your Luck", "New York City Cops", " The Modern Age", "12: 51", etc. Yall might have heard their songs on radio or on tv, movies. Also look at concert video of MTV $2 Dollar Bill Concert, it was from the early 2000s, very cool. They play their music and sing like that intentionally BTW, Lex. It's punk rock influenced. lol. Unique jazzy crooner like Frank Sinatra, Danzig, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop. Also, Brad, all of The Strokes videos are like this kind of old school feeling and funny. They are great musicians, yall are right. This song became a hit BTW a little after 9/11 (fall of 2001) . Weird timing.
The Strokes will always be one of my favorite bands. I saw them twice on their debut tour. I'd love to see them again now that their sound has evolved. You could pick pretty much any song off of any album and know it's going to be great.
Lex is correct, it’s “throwback,” and after this song hit big and ton of bands that sounded similar, lo-fi / Garage-Rock Revival, flooded the “college radio” airwaves, and bands like Jet exploded into the mainstream the sound was so popular. Other songs to check out: The Libertines, “Time For Heroes” & “Can’t Stand Me Now”; Jet “Cold Hard Bitch,” “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” “Rollover DJ”; The Von Bondies “Shallow Grave” & “C’mon, C’mon”; The White Stripes, “Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Date With The Night” & “Maps.” It is the official video, but even official videos that are actually live, (unlike this one which is staged,) have the official-album-audio. Their second album is a little different. The 2003 follow-up to Is This It, Room On Fire, features a slightly different sound while still being the throwback people were introduced to. “Reptilia,” I believe is the big single off that but there’s also “Meet me in the bathroom,” and “you talk way too much.”
Heart In a Cage and You Only Live once are also really good (actually most of their early stuff is really good). Julia's Casablancas, the singer, also has a very good solo album Phrazes for the Young, with some really good songs like Out Of The Blue, 11th Dimension, Ludlow Street, or Tourist.
Good ear, Lex. When they came out in 2001, they combined beloved music and influences that were not mainstream from the 60s and 70s and 80s and made it sound modern at the time. And it was just such a welcome sound! I saw them live and they were awesome. A few bands that come to mind spanning all those decades are Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, the Violent Femmes, Camper von Beethoven, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, and a whole lot more.
There's a good reason for it sounding as rough as it does. The plan was always to record the official video as this live clip, but they couldn't get it right and started getting frustrated and having some drinks while doing take after take. This is the one that finally made the cut. Needless to say Julien was more than a little tipsy by the time this take was recorded, definitely not acting! Also yes to the two main recommendations people have been giving to listen to next - Hard to Explain and Reptilia are both bangers. Also well worth checking out is lead guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr's dad, Albert Louis Hammond. A super talented songwriter, singer, and artist, who has written songs for the likes of Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Chicago, and Willie Nelson.
I've been waiting for you guys to hit the strokes. Incredible sound from this band that was almost retro-revolutionary at the time it came out. One of the bands that brought modern rock back on the map.
This is a live version but there is a "megaphone" effect given to the mic. This band is from around 1999-2001. They played off the hip, cool, alt punk type music scene.
They exploded on the scene here in NYC like an atomic bomb. Saw them at Arlene's Grocery and all over the East Village/LES in 2000. They were so cool and we all tried to dress like them. Miss these days.
They have a bunch of great songs. “You Only Live Once” and “Selfless” are amongst my favorites. Hopefully you’ll dig them enough to check those out some time.
Yes Lex. You hit the nail on the head. For a few years in the early 2000’s these guys were basically the anti-Beatles. All 2-3 minute pop songs delivered through 4-5 cocktails and a pack of smokes. Handsome kids. They were “it”.
OMG! You guys are knocking it out of the Park. I love this song. I was like 25 when this song came out. It's something that puts you in a place in a time of your life. Girls, situations. Enjoy. (I typically comment before I watch the review).
Check out some Australian bad's with the throw back sound in the 2000's The Vins and Jet..and many more Powderfinger, You am I. and 80's bands Hoodoo Gurus ..Mental as anything..The Saints from the 70's first Australian punk band.(''Know your Product '' or Stranded are fantastic songs!
It's funny how distance can make you hear something different. I loved this album at the time but never kept up with the Strokes after that. I remember all the talk of the Velvets/Lou Reed being an influence, and garage rock and the UK bands the Who and the Kinks, and all that's true, but listening again to the way Julian smushes up his voice against the mic, I also now hear Iggy and the Stooges. If you can, look for Iggy Pop's live version of "The Passenger" at the Manchester Apollo, and you'll hear what I mean. Anyway, I've rarely encountered someone who has more of a pure instinct and feel for music (both its sound and its era) than Lex; she is spot on so often it's almost eerie!
I thought music was dead, then within weeks of each other the stokes and the white stripes exploded and all music was saved. Alberts guitar is so cool. So there you had the strokes with New York chic and Jack & Meg looking like they walked out the mason compound after 30years. Music was alive again
They claim that they didn't mean to straight up rip off "American Girl" with this jam, I believe them. But once you hear it you can't Un-hear it, much like Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers sounds similar to "Mary Jane's Last Dance"..still love both bands 🙂
@@richardrobbins8067 😂 yeah .. but I heard that Tom Petty was touring wit a band that had a song that sounded a lot like “ Marry James Last Dance “ and that’s where the sound came from so it was a rip off of a rip off 😂 reminds me of people who say other bands sound like Led Zeppelin but Led Zeppelin has been in court for ripping off other artists since the 60’s 😂
Until watching this, I'd never noticed that The Strokes kinda took a page out of Pearl Jam's book by re-recording this track for the music video. This version is definitely NOT the studio version on the LP.
Lex is completely accurate about the sound. It’s a 60’s influenced band with a post punk twist, so essentially it is a darker sound mixed with that 60’s Kinks and/or Stones flare
If not done already, someone needs to make sure Lex knows that Slash is in their video for "Someday". Also, Pacifica, a duo from Argentina, does great The Strokes covers on TH-cam.
I remember when this album came in 2001 and it managed to sound like an old album, like the Velvet underground, this isn't a live version this is the recorded version. The whole album is this it, is excellent
This is different from the radio version definitely. I remember because I was really into them back when they came out that version is a little bit more upbeat. But this is still good
You should check out Under Cover of Darkness by them. It always seemed to me like it was an updated cover of an old swing song. And please go with the official video version, it's pretty cool.
Just saw them in Brooklyn for their "delayed" New Year's Eve concert. Sounded great. Check out "The New Abnormal". Ironically named since it came out right before the pandemic changed everything.
Reading a comment below the video (which I don't find anymore), I discovered that they were really drunk, they did several takes, and in each one they drank. They decided to keep the last one, which was where they were most drunk
You need to react to more of the strokes they are one of the best modern rock bands and they have so much variety in there music I recommend selfless or all the time
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There's a lot of good songs off this album you could do. Especially...Hard to Explain or Someday. Or off their second album... Reptilia.
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Someday, not sometimes.
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Reptillia is their best song.
There's literally no skips on this album
Or anything off The New Abnormal.
Julian has one of the coolest voices ever. Very unexpected deep and growly pitch, but he has a lot of versatility and started utilizing it more in newer albums.
Lex totally hit it on the mark. This is a throwback of the guitar sound of British bands like The Kinks, The Who. It was just great to hear guitars again in music. At the time you had Aussie band Jet, The Vines and others reviving the sound.
It's actually I direct rip off of Tom Petty....but as I said before....I love it
They ripoff everyone. Their last/newest radio hit had a guitar ripoff of an 80’s hit and the chorus of a Billy Idol song.
@@sw1412 Which Petty song are you thinking of? Maybe a little bit of American Girls at the beginning of the solo, but other than that, I don't hear anything that reminds me of Tom's stuff.
You could also argue The VU.
@@lumpyfishgravy I think they're more akin to The VU, The Stooges, Television, etc.
one reason this guitar driven sound got popular was when their debut record was released in 2001, the charts were dominated by Boy Bands and Britney and Ricky Martin and early Eminem... so the guitar interplay on this record was a welcome return to rock for many fans.
Myargonauts Jason
There was rock at the time, but it was mostly nu-metal, which is was very bad, with bands like Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park...The Strokes and the White Stripes (the Strokes first) kinda killed this genre, and it was a great thing for music. It gave un so many great bands, and it's still the case today.
The Strokes, and arguably Franz Ferdinand, pioneered early 2000s indie rock along with the White Stripes. They brought a back to fundamental riffing rock sound with a new cool aloofness to it. These bands were the bridge to the new age. My fav indie rock band is Bloc Party which took a more post punk, angsty route around the same era.
I agree with what you said entirely but let's leave Britney out of it. Yeah, I had a thing for Britney Spears when she came out. I was 17 when her first video came out and I was all beside myself, never seen anything like it. Instant crush and still to this day...
There were way too many boy-bands, they flooded the airwaves almost as if it was being force-fed to you and shoved down your throat, causing a lot of people like me to resent modern music.
@@posesepulu3771 interpol as well.
There were plenty of guitar driven rock bands doing better than The Strokes in 2001. The Strokes weren't a threat to the artists you mentioned. Creed, Blink 182, and Tool were competing on that level. Strokes got popular not cause they had a 'guitar driven sound'.. it's was the throwback garage rock ethos that made they (and the others in that wave of awesomeness like The White Stripes) stand out.. but those artists didn't dominate even in the world of rock at the time.
Lex has got it down again. Very intuitive feel for music. This was very much a 'throw back' style even when it was released back in 2001. The Strokes were absolutely dripping in vintage indie retro rock cool. You really should review more songs from their first album. Preferably before they end up on TV commercials so people can at least say they heard them here first.
The Strokes was a rabbit hole I fell down a few months ago and really struggled to get out of. In fact, I think I left my keys down there. BRB
They were not acting. They were all, especially Julian, the singer, big time drinkers for years and years. One of the best bands ever. Every song off their first three records are amazing. Every song. No exaggeration.
The Strokes are my favorite band . Julian's constant battle with the mic stand is a story in itself lol and his voice is so underrated.
The Strokes! This is one of the best modern alternative rock bands out there right now. Very good 2000s alt/indie rock, post-punk, new wave/dance-rock, garage band from NYC. They are an old school rock feeling band. Kinda proto-punk feeling. Lex is right! Very late '60s, '70s, '80s sounding. They remind me of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ramones, The Stooges (Iggy Pop), The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed), Talking Heads, MC5, The Cars, a little like early U2 (at times) , early The Pretenders, The Kinks, etc. Yall need to check out more of The Strokes videos/songs! Many hits from them. They also throw very good concerts. This is a very successful group and they have a huge fan base.
Other modern bands like The Hives, The Killers, Interpol, Bloc Party, White Stripes, Artic Monkeys, The Vines, Franz Ferdinand, Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric ( a little more new wave/synth heavy though) , Silversun Pickups (little more shoegazy/psychedelic like Smashng Pumpkins, though). etc are like them. Check them out as well!
.Other songs/videos from them yall should dive into are Reptilia", "Someday", "Hard to Explain", "When it all Started", "Soma", "Heart in a Cage", "Take it or Leave It", "Alone, Together", "Trying Your Luck", "New York City Cops", " The Modern Age", "12: 51", etc. Yall might have heard their songs on radio or on tv, movies. Also look at concert video of MTV $2 Dollar Bill Concert, it was from the early 2000s, very cool.
They play their music and sing like that intentionally BTW, Lex. It's punk rock influenced. lol. Unique jazzy crooner like Frank Sinatra, Danzig, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop. Also, Brad, all of The Strokes videos are like this kind of old school feeling and funny. They are great musicians, yall are right. This song became a hit BTW a little after 9/11 (fall of 2001) . Weird timing.
Might also like The Libertines.
@@jco207 True!
"Jukebox, soda pop shoppe' sound....you nailed it, this is garage rock inspired by 60s and 70s stuff like Lou Reed, Ramones!
The Strokes will always be one of my favorite bands. I saw them twice on their debut tour. I'd love to see them again now that their sound has evolved. You could pick pretty much any song off of any album and know it's going to be great.
Lex is correct, it’s “throwback,” and after this song hit big and ton of bands that sounded similar, lo-fi / Garage-Rock Revival, flooded the “college radio” airwaves, and bands like Jet exploded into the mainstream the sound was so popular.
Other songs to check out: The Libertines, “Time For Heroes” & “Can’t Stand Me Now”; Jet “Cold Hard Bitch,” “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” “Rollover DJ”; The Von Bondies “Shallow Grave” & “C’mon, C’mon”; The White Stripes, “Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Date With The Night” & “Maps.”
It is the official video, but even official videos that are actually live, (unlike this one which is staged,) have the official-album-audio.
Their second album is a little different. The 2003 follow-up to Is This It, Room On Fire, features a slightly different sound while still being the throwback people were introduced to. “Reptilia,” I believe is the big single off that but there’s also “Meet me in the bathroom,” and “you talk way too much.”
Heart In a Cage and You Only Live once are also really good (actually most of their early stuff is really good). Julia's Casablancas, the singer, also has a very good solo album Phrazes for the Young, with some really good songs like Out Of The Blue, 11th Dimension, Ludlow Street, or Tourist.
Good ear, Lex. When they came out in 2001, they combined beloved music and influences that were not mainstream from the 60s and 70s and 80s and made it sound modern at the time. And it was just such a welcome sound! I saw them live and they were awesome. A few bands that come to mind spanning all those decades are Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, the Violent Femmes, Camper von Beethoven, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, and a whole lot more.
Lex is so intrigued... Amazing reaction. With Brad's insight and demeanor.
lex, i love your interpretations. Very simple song, but loosely performed, much like a live song.
You guys should react to…
The Strokes - Someday
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Pretty sure this was from live from Conan or letterman. I was obsessed with them in highschool, they were drunk. Lead singer is sober now.
There's a good reason for it sounding as rough as it does. The plan was always to record the official video as this live clip, but they couldn't get it right and started getting frustrated and having some drinks while doing take after take. This is the one that finally made the cut. Needless to say Julien was more than a little tipsy by the time this take was recorded, definitely not acting! Also yes to the two main recommendations people have been giving to listen to next - Hard to Explain and Reptilia are both bangers.
Also well worth checking out is lead guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr's dad, Albert Louis Hammond. A super talented songwriter, singer, and artist, who has written songs for the likes of Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Chicago, and Willie Nelson.
This is what's known as garage band rock. It started in the 60's, not 50's, and made a comeback in the early 2000's.
I've been waiting for you guys to hit the strokes. Incredible sound from this band that was almost retro-revolutionary at the time it came out. One of the bands that brought modern rock back on the map.
This is a live version but there is a "megaphone" effect given to the mic. This band is from around 1999-2001. They played off the hip, cool, alt punk type music scene.
A lot of bands were playing that heroin chic, too cool to care attitude.
YES ! Finally you have reacted to my favorite band of all times!! :)
They exploded on the scene here in NYC like an atomic bomb. Saw them at Arlene's Grocery and all over the East Village/LES in 2000. They were so cool and we all tried to dress like them. Miss these days.
Their sound was definitely inspired by old music but they were also pretty revolutionary for the 90s garage rock band sound.
Use to listen to the Is This It ?album everyday while in Theatre School back in 2004 a fellow classmate introduced them to me.
This band has also been compared to the second coming of the Velvet Underground.
I love the look on both your faces when Julian started to sing. When this album came out, I listened almost exclusively to it.
Lex, again you hit the nail on the head. Reminds me of The Kinks with a more dark, angsty sound.
One of THE best bands of the last 20 years. Check out 'Reptilia', 'Modern Age', 'Hard to Explain', and 'Someday'.
This band ❤️
We need more strokes reactions!
I love the Polka band timing!😉
They have a bunch of great songs. “You Only Live Once” and “Selfless” are amongst my favorites. Hopefully you’ll dig them enough to check those out some time.
Brad & Lex, check out the British Indie band, The Libertines!! Start with "Up the Bracket" and try "Don't Look Back into the Sun"!
Yes!!!
Yessss!
Love that retro sound.
There was a whole wave of "The" bands around that time. The Strokes, The Killers, The White Stripes, The kooks. Try The Kooks - Ooh La.
More Strokes!!✌️😊💜
Yes Lex. You hit the nail on the head. For a few years in the early 2000’s these guys were basically the anti-Beatles. All 2-3 minute pop songs delivered through 4-5 cocktails and a pack of smokes. Handsome kids. They were “it”.
they have so many good songs. "is this it?" is my favorite. so g****mn catchy
OMG! You guys are knocking it out of the Park. I love this song. I was like 25 when this song came out. It's something that puts you in a place in a time of your life. Girls, situations. Enjoy. (I typically comment before I watch the review).
Stokes is a mood
Crooner voice
That first album is just gold! Thank you guys!
LOVE that your doing strokes reactions my fav band would love to see more!
Lex you nailed it all on them. So impressed.
Yeeeeessssss!!!! The Strokes are IT!!! They absolutely got it! Thank you for the upload and reaction.
Check out some Australian bad's with the throw back sound in the 2000's The Vins and Jet..and many more Powderfinger, You am I. and 80's bands Hoodoo Gurus ..Mental as anything..The Saints from the 70's first Australian punk band.(''Know your Product '' or Stranded are fantastic songs!
Julian Casablancas is the most important musician since the turn of the millenium.
I hear Tom Petty in this song. Particularly American Girl.
I always loved this song
The Strokes are awesome!
Great reaction.
It's funny how distance can make you hear something different. I loved this album at the time but never kept up with the Strokes after that. I remember all the talk of the Velvets/Lou Reed being an influence, and garage rock and the UK bands the Who and the Kinks, and all that's true, but listening again to the way Julian smushes up his voice against the mic, I also now hear Iggy and the Stooges. If you can, look for Iggy Pop's live version of "The Passenger" at the Manchester Apollo, and you'll hear what I mean.
Anyway, I've rarely encountered someone who has more of a pure instinct and feel for music (both its sound and its era) than Lex; she is spot on so often it's almost eerie!
Yes, I agree with the Iggy influence. I also heard some Tom Petty in there. Nice song!
@@cdemp4795 Yes, good call on Tom Petty too!
Excellent description, Lex! I always see myself walking down a dirty pavement on hot summer's night...I love that album, played it to distraction.
Lex you fucking nail it.. how cool are these guys
I thought music was dead, then within weeks of each other the stokes and the white stripes exploded and all music was saved. Alberts guitar is so cool. So there you had the strokes with New York chic and Jack & Meg looking like they walked out the mason compound after 30years. Music was alive again
Great Band!!! They def got it!!! Every album is amazing!!
Has a tom petty, American girl feel and sound
This is one of my favorite songs to karaoke. This band in general is so underrated it's criminal.
Not that's just how he sounds. He's not much of a singer but his voice works great for the sound this band has. The Strokes are an awesome band!!
The almost laid back lazy sound to this bad is infectious.
React to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps.
Love the Strokes .. I love how they’re from the 2000’s and sound like Classic Rock .. they remind me a lot of The Cars and Tom Petty sometimes 🔥
They claim that they didn't mean to straight up rip off "American Girl" with this jam, I believe them. But once you hear it you can't Un-hear it, much like Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers sounds similar to "Mary Jane's Last Dance"..still love both bands 🙂
@@richardrobbins8067 😂 yeah .. but I heard that Tom Petty was touring wit a band that had a song that sounded a lot like “ Marry James Last Dance “ and that’s where the sound came from so it was a rip off of a rip off 😂 reminds me of people who say other bands sound like Led Zeppelin but Led Zeppelin has been in court for ripping off other artists since the 60’s 😂
One of the best rock albums between 2000-2010. Death Cab For Cutie "Plans" is incredible as well.
This isn't the actual version from the album. Don't think it's live though. The album/single version is quicker.
This song always gives me Velvet Underground vibes
The Strokes were definitely influenced by Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. Definitely check them out the next time you’re reacting to 60s rock!
Television were their biggest influence
I would say also The Kinks, The Who as well
@@IntoTheWhite04 lol Albert said they hadn’t even heard of Television prior to the Strokes. Lou Reed was definitely their biggest
Please more strokes. Any of the first 3 or the last albums. My favourite band. Amazing.
"Reptilia" is a fantastic track of theirs
I love this album.
These guys give off those early 70s vibes
Until watching this, I'd never noticed that The Strokes kinda took a page out of Pearl Jam's book by re-recording this track for the music video. This version is definitely NOT the studio version on the LP.
cool song. good band. I always think of The Struts "It could have been me" when I hear this.
Lex is completely accurate about the sound. It’s a 60’s influenced band with a post punk twist, so essentially it is a darker sound mixed with that 60’s Kinks and/or Stones flare
The Strokes to me are if Tom Petty and the heartbreakers had a child with The Ramones.
I would say Lou Reed and the ramones. Tom Petty is way too melodic...
I can totally hear “she was... an American girl” in this song.
@@davidzieglmeier1020 strokes are pretty melodic too mate. In many of their songs there are several different hooks. Absolute earworms
First 2 albums are both 10/10
Great Reaction. Great Band. Any song off of the 1st 2 albums and you won't be disappointed.
If not done already, someone needs to make sure Lex knows that Slash is in their video for "Someday". Also, Pacifica, a duo from Argentina, does great The Strokes covers on TH-cam.
If you liked The Strokes then you might like Jet!
I love Lex's view of the song! Great Video!
I remember when this album came in 2001 and it managed to sound like an old album, like the Velvet underground, this isn't a live version this is the recorded version. The whole album is this it, is excellent
The song in this video is not the album version.
this is a live version, compare the vocals
I grew up listening to The Strokes. Nostalgic 🥲
This is different from the radio version definitely. I remember because I was really into them back when they came out that version is a little bit more upbeat. But this is still good
You should check out Under Cover of Darkness by them. It always seemed to me like it was an updated cover of an old swing song. And please go with the official video version, it's pretty cool.
For sure. My favorite song from them.
I was 16 when this album came out I'm 37 now and I still love it
Love The Strokes.
Nice reaction, guys✌️😎
About time
Your reaction caught me off guard. Like you were thunderstruck. These guys were huge for a hot minute. There's a lot of good music on this album.
"This bands got it!" Yessiree Lex luv it - debut album was called 'Is This It'. Check out Reptilia.
Just saw them in Brooklyn for their "delayed" New Year's Eve concert. Sounded great. Check out "The New Abnormal". Ironically named since it came out right before the pandemic changed everything.
There is a phone effect on the voice of this very modern band:)
The whole first album is DOPE.
Without doubt the Best Album in the last twenty five years.
Their latest album from 2020 is just awesome, in every possible way.
Lex u are good. Nailed it again.
Reading a comment below the video (which I don't find anymore), I discovered that they were really drunk, they did several takes, and in each one they drank. They decided to keep the last one, which was where they were most drunk
Lexie - bang on the mark for The Strokes, fromfirst listen. I've never even heard quite this perfect a review of their sound before. Great stuff ~!
and yes Julian was a young alcoholic. Was most likely drunk
yes yes more strokes!
This and Pete Yorn's 'Life on a Chain' played on a loop for me for a long time.
You need to react to more of the strokes they are one of the best modern rock bands and they have so much variety in there music I recommend selfless or all the time
LOVE Julian Cassablancas~!
They'd be surprise if they react to Julian's other band, The Voidz.