The Strokes

[MisterBishi]

Does anybody else around here like The Strokes or is it just me?

[FireHart]

I like to stroke...

[Urban3300]

I do :cool:. (DCC new album kthx) Are you drunk by the way?

[MisterBishi]

Originally posted by Urban3300
I do :cool:. (DCC new album kthx) Are you drunk by the way?

done.

and yes.

[dozer]

yeah they are ok, is their new album any good?

[Chrissy]

I like them, which is weird, since you usually think my taste in music is 'ghey' :D

[pleed]

yeah, d'ffrent strokes was great, webster was so cute.

[MisterBishi]

Originally posted by dozer
yeah they are ok, is their new album any good?

I just listened to the new album (Room on Fire) all at once for the first time and it's cool, better than Is This It if you ask me.

[kleph]

the strokes were hopelessly overhyped when they came out but proved to be a damn good band despite it. if you seriously dig their music you should also check out the underground new york bands that inspired them like television (http://forums.zgeek.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5970&perpage=15&pagenumber=4) and the velvet underground (http://forums.zgeek.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5970&perpage=15&pagenumber=8). if you really get into it you prolly should pick up a stooges record as well.

[MisterBishi]

In a kind of reversal of the old "I liked xxxx when they were underground" cliche, I didn't notice any of the hype because I watch very little TV - especially music TV - and rarely listen to radio or even buy magazines, although I vaguely remember GirlGeek mentioning them in a "Is Rock the new Rock" thread.

After borrowing and copying it some time in 2002, I only heard 'Is this it' (2001) in the last few months. I really am that crap. :o

I've seen you pimp Velvet Underground before and keep meaning to check it out, I must remember to.

[dozer]

do you really think the strokes are similar to the velvet underground? i havent really heard of television but will check them out. are you listening to any new music kelph? can you recommend any?

[kleph]

i left all my music at home when i came to peru. i've heard some really good stuff here but, since i don't speak the language, i have no idea what it was.

[dozer]

a friend who was in south america put me onto manu chau, she said he was pretty popular down there, and he definitely rocks but that was a while ago.

[Jaz]

i like the strokes. Its makes up part of the very little rock I actually listen to. I didn't see any hype. I got a copy coz my friend said "Here. this is good". He is like that (he had bought the first Gorillaz album before it was being played on radio).

I must say Rocket Science rock seriously hard.