FINALLY somebody says it... this song is heavily underrated and it makes me beyond joyed to see somebody address this line, as it is one of my favorites of any strokes songs.... this song is a BANGER and id love to see your analysis of more of their songs.. jules has a stroke of GENIUS when it comes to lyricism and music in general
"Though we may try we are powerless to escape from the social system & the societal ills of the society that we find ourselves in" 🙏🏽 Well said brother. Fkin love your content; please keep it up!
I am so happy to hear that! Promoting deeper music appreciation in both musicians and music lovers who know nothing about theory is one of my main goals!
If someone hasn't said this yet, I feel like Julian repeats the triplet throughout the song over the time signature, like he's almost constantly fighting to be free of the rules that dictate us. "Is your free time to free minds or for falling apart?" That lyric almost matches "... just live as free and detached as boats to the dock?"
Long theory time It’s very obvious around this point in Julian’s career he started to shift into becoming a leftist, I see this song as Julian’s critique of capitalism/ contemporary hierarchical society’s as a whole especially 1st world nations such as America in particular inevitability making cogs of us all in a otherwise bigger machine that we hold no control/ power over. The song I believe talks about the natural progression of a citizens existence in a country like America, and how it makes a once hopeful optimist finish as a defeated cynic. The song starts with Julian talking to a person, a child or young adult starting out life “once that your music was born it followed you round, and then it gave your activities meaning and let you be loud”. This is a line that is said in the first half of the song, that in my opinion very clearly states “music” in this context is this persons principled moral outlook on life the way somebody would live there life for purpose/ meaning, but by the end of the song the lyric changes into “just like when music was born and detached from your heart, is your free time to free minds or for falling apart” the progression of this person Julian is emblematically talking about is becoming an adult and is slowly learning the disparity of growing in world we’re you have little control over your life, the monotony of everyday life/ existence is getting to this person as they get older, in a capitalist structure that only cares for profits over the well-being of mankind. Another point I believe was very intentional is the two chorus parts in this song the first chorus being a overview of someone growing up in this society, while the second chorus is what that same society inevitably does to the citizenry as they grow older and become effective workers, even to the point where I believe they are comprised in there once grounded beliefs. My perspective is that Julian is trying to convey what not very many people know about America and it’s pervasive actions to sedate and placate the masses. I believe he is talking about America and it’s use of manufactured consent to desensitize the masses to comply/ agree with their selfish violent motives, with lines such as, “sometimes it feels like world is falling asleep, how do you wake some one up from inside a dream” “generations to desensitize” obviously and “fury to tranquilize” the whole second chorus part really appeals to this theory in general I suppose. But lines such as “How disappointed would D.I.D.I.P.P be, to see such power in our hands all wasted on greed” and this videos analysis on the boats to dock lyric reinforces my theory on this being a critique on capitalism. The ending part ultimately just talks about someone becoming a rugged individualist/ capitalist and slowly devolves into a nation inevitably using its manufactured consent to lead us into yet another economic war, that forces us to use nuclear armament, and eventually leads to mutually assured destruction, the silence at the end implying this ofc.
I would like a breakdown of this song.. not a fan of lyrics. The live version of this song is amazing! After watching the video I appreciate you. Will never understand lyrics but that was pretty cool incorporating the scales. I wish I could pick your brain to listen to music 😅
I did one video breaking down the solo, and a short is coming soon breaking down the intro riff! Look forward to that! There's options of patreon and/or doing private lessons for you to be able to pick my brain about stuff!
yes. i haven't even gotten one minute through the video but yes. yes. Edit: Yo, I just sang this verse and I died lol. I dunno, it's kinda hard but very nice analysis on that verse.
first impressions of earth is my favorite album of all time!!! you only live once saved my life and ize of the world followed by evening sun makes me feel so comfy idk how to explain it I LOVE THE STROKES ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve been waiting my whole life for somebody to hyper-analyze this song. You took me to church
heck yes friendo, tysm for being on my level and coming with me down this rabbit hole hahah
one of the most painfully underrated strokes songs
Ize is one of the best songs from The Strokes.. and thanks for your poetic outnerding !
thank you for coming down this rabbit hole with me 😎
YOU ACTUALLY SUNG THE PART jumping up and down😳😳
The great lesson in these videos is that Julian knows much more about music than he lets on. This guy knowwwwssssss
He certainly does! In my modern age videos i talk about how we know for a fact he's educated on this stuff!
FINALLY somebody says it... this song is heavily underrated and it makes me beyond joyed to see somebody address this line, as it is one of my favorites of any strokes songs.... this song is a BANGER and id love to see your analysis of more of their songs.. jules has a stroke of GENIUS when it comes to lyricism and music in general
i've analyzed a bunch of other strokes and songs and lots more to come!
This is the kind of stuff I would love to write for an English class if I knew any music theory. A+
i swear I was the only kid who enjoyed writing essays hahaha
"Though we may try we are powerless to escape from the social system & the societal ills of the society that we find ourselves in"
🙏🏽 Well said brother. Fkin love your content; please keep it up!
tysm for the support 🙏
Al fin alguien que analiza a este nivel el trabajo de Julian casablancas. Al fin encuentro a alguien tan observador
I don’t understand anything AT ALL about music theory, in a literal sense, at all, and yet I enjoyed this so much! Thank you
I am so happy to hear that! Promoting deeper music appreciation in both musicians and music lovers who know nothing about theory is one of my main goals!
Relating the lyric to the allegory of the cave is such a crazy thought I never even considered, such a great video man
thank you for coming on this journey with me :)
If someone hasn't said this yet, I feel like Julian repeats the triplet throughout the song over the time signature, like he's almost constantly fighting to be free of the rules that dictate us. "Is your free time to free minds or for falling apart?" That lyric almost matches "... just live as free and detached as boats to the dock?"
Oh yeah!! Great observation, thank you so much for pointing that out!
Priceless! That sounds like magic!!!
YESSS we need more stuff like this
tysm 🤗 I didnt see anybody talking about stuff in this manner so I figured I'd step up and do it hahaha
Thank you for recommending this on the stream for me last nite! Very interesting :D
Hope you find it satisfying 😁 maybe we'll do the rest on stream sometime
It is so good
Long theory time
It’s very obvious around this point in Julian’s career he started to shift into becoming a leftist, I see this song as Julian’s critique of capitalism/ contemporary hierarchical society’s as a whole especially 1st world nations such as America in particular inevitability making cogs of us all in a otherwise bigger machine that we hold no control/ power over. The song I believe talks about the natural progression of a citizens existence in a country like America, and how it makes a once hopeful optimist finish as a defeated cynic. The song starts with Julian talking to a person, a child or young adult starting out life “once that your music was born it followed you round, and then it gave your activities meaning and let you be loud”. This is a line that is said in the first half of the song, that in my opinion very clearly states “music” in this context is this persons principled moral outlook on life the way somebody would live there life for purpose/ meaning, but by the end of the song the lyric changes into “just like when music was born and detached from your heart, is your free time to free minds or for falling apart” the progression of this person Julian is emblematically talking about is becoming an adult and is slowly learning the disparity of growing in world we’re you have little control over your life, the monotony of everyday life/ existence is getting to this person as they get older, in a capitalist structure that only cares for profits over the well-being of mankind. Another point I believe was very intentional is the two chorus parts in this song the first chorus being a overview of someone growing up in this society, while the second chorus is what that same society inevitably does to the citizenry as they grow older and become effective workers, even to the point where I believe they are comprised in there once grounded beliefs. My perspective is that Julian is trying to convey what not very many people know about America and it’s pervasive actions to sedate and placate the masses. I believe he is talking about America and it’s use of manufactured consent to desensitize the masses to comply/ agree with their selfish violent motives, with lines such as, “sometimes it feels like world is falling asleep, how do you wake some one up from inside a dream” “generations to desensitize” obviously and “fury to tranquilize” the whole second chorus part really appeals to this theory in general I suppose. But lines such as “How disappointed would D.I.D.I.P.P be, to see such power in our hands all wasted on greed” and this videos analysis on the boats to dock lyric reinforces my theory on this being a critique on capitalism. The ending part ultimately just talks about someone becoming a rugged individualist/ capitalist and slowly devolves into a nation inevitably using its manufactured consent to lead us into yet another economic war, that forces us to use nuclear armament, and eventually leads to mutually assured destruction, the silence at the end implying this ofc.
Well said, my friend 👏👏👏 Couldn't have said it better myself, excellent lyrical analysis! Please come around my comment section more often haha
Great video! Thanks for sharing your insights! =)
thank you for watching :)
*thank you for making this song, i love how your explanation of the song*
*can you make Undercover of Darkness music theory*
love UCoD, would love to get to it someday
Co-signed, would love to see UcoD
that cover tho 😳😳
Nice one, nice one.
Nice Seagull guitar! Them Canadian guitars making their way down south!!
Thanks for that wisdom !
thanks for watching!
🙏👏🥰❤ wonderful analysis!!! (Julian is my hero of musical creativity!)
👈😎👈(mine too)
Grat video :D
ty for watching 🙏
can you analyze razorblade even tho its a simple song
Please analyse "Out Of The Blue" lyrics by Julian Casablancas. I can't believe those lyrics❤
Dude, you’re a cyborg…and I mean that in the best possible way
lmao no idea what that means but tysm 🙏
@@mattygregmusic 😂 just means that I’m impressed with the way you break down music…I love your channel 🙌🏼
I would like a breakdown of this song.. not a fan of lyrics. The live version of this song is amazing!
After watching the video I appreciate you. Will never understand lyrics but that was pretty cool incorporating the scales. I wish I could pick your brain to listen to music 😅
I did one video breaking down the solo, and a short is coming soon breaking down the intro riff! Look forward to that!
There's options of patreon and/or doing private lessons for you to be able to pick my brain about stuff!
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yes.
i haven't even gotten one minute through the video but yes.
yes.
Edit: Yo, I just sang this verse and I died lol. I dunno, it's kinda hard but very nice analysis on that verse.
yeah it is SO high heheh
prIZEm
I do too
first impressions of earth is my favorite album of all time!!! you only live once saved my life and ize of the world followed by evening sun makes me feel so comfy idk how to explain it I LOVE THE STROKES ❤️❤️❤️