The Strokes

TheBig3 · 05-10-2011, 02:42 PM

Anyone know what Undercover of Darkness is about?

Laser · 05-10-2011, 11:28 PM

No but I love the new album. Undercover of Darkness is incredible and I really like "You're so Right". I've heard some really good albums that came out this year and this is one of them. =D

DIDIPP · 06-17-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Anyone know what Undercover of Darkness is about?

By Julian himself:

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“It’s about someone who works in the military, and has a girlfriend. It’s cheesy, I guess, but it’s about having to leave a loved one. I weirdly like the bridge and the chorus of that Clarence Clemons song [‘You’re A Friend Of Mine’, a 1985 duet with Jackson Browne, and US Top 20 hit –’80s crap pop ed]: (sings) “Years may come and goooo!” So that was the vibe we were going for. I shouldn’t confess to these things!”

-nme.com

Howard the Duck · 06-22-2011, 07:35 AM

wasn't that impressed with them before but i really love the new album

OOS · 06-24-2011, 07:44 AM

Angles has grown off of me a little bit since it came out, but it's still a great album and much better then many people give it credit for.

aliciacc · 06-29-2011, 11:38 AM

I'm surprised at how much Angles have turned on poeple to the Strokes finally after all this time. It is a great amalgamation of their sounds, but i still think they should be enjoyed as a whole - all 4 albums in

lauraborealous · 07-02-2011, 10:50 PM

Angles is a good album, but it sounds completely different from what The Strokes originally sounded like, and in that aspect I don't like it.
I think that as a Strokes album, it isn't all that good, but as an album standing on it's own it is pretty amazing.
I'm quite taken to Taken For A Fool.

TheNiceGuy · 07-21-2011, 03:11 AM

I've only heard The Strokes first album in Is This It? but I admit their gritty sound is very well done. I also love how the vocalists (something Casablanca's?) voice fits in well with that sound.

I should probably catch up on a few more of their albums, to see if they lived up to their debut.

OOS · 07-22-2011, 12:47 PM

People tend to disagree with this, but I think that Room On Fire is even better then ISI.

BastardofYoung · 07-22-2011, 02:06 PM

^well, all that matters is that you believe it.

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05-10-2011, 11:28 PM	#232 (permalink)
Laser Music Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 64	No but I love the new album. Undercover of Darkness is incredible and I really like "You're so Right". I've heard some really good albums that came out this year and this is one of them. =D

06-24-2011, 07:44 AM	#235 (permalink)
OOS Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 124	Angles has grown off of me a little bit since it came out, but it's still a great album and much better then many people give it credit for.

06-29-2011, 11:38 AM	#236 (permalink)
aliciacc Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 8	I'm surprised at how much Angles have turned on poeple to the Strokes finally after all this time. It is a great amalgamation of their sounds, but i still think they should be enjoyed as a whole - all 4 albums in

07-02-2011, 10:50 PM	#237 (permalink)
lauraborealous Groupie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 2	Angles is a good album, but it sounds completely different from what The Strokes originally sounded like, and in that aspect I don't like it. I think that as a Strokes album, it isn't all that good, but as an album standing on it's own it is pretty amazing. I'm quite taken to Taken For A Fool.

07-22-2011, 12:47 PM	#239 (permalink)
OOS Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 124	People tend to disagree with this, but I think that Room On Fire is even better then ISI.