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chris05chris05 Posts: 347
edited January 2006 in Other Music
Any one else on here like these guys.... I love their new song " Juice Box " ..seen them on SNL last nite to.....awesome
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    CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Their debut is amazing, their second one has some good songs and their new one is probably about the same as their second. If you like them definitely pick up their debut, "Is This It?", one of the best albums of the 2000s and one of the better rock debuts of the past 15-20-however many years.
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    chris05chris05 Posts: 347
    its really that god? sweet ill have to pick that up this week
    Who cares if the world is going down the toilet? Eddie Vedder got his mojo back!
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    CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    MookieJam wrote:
    "First Impressions of Earth" is an absolute masterpiece that will be hard pressed to be beat this year. The best album of 2006 came out on January third.
    Do you like it more than "Is This It?"
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    shahrilshahril Posts: 288
    MookieJam wrote:
    "First Impressions of Earth" is an absolute masterpiece that will be hard pressed to be beat this year. The best album of 2006 came out on January third.

    masterpiece? i have to disagree..they are great at writing catchy tunes...but that record is not masterpiece material surely...

    Ten was a masterpiece...OK Computer was a masterpiece..Dark Side of The Moon was a masterpiece..

    First Impressions? No way..

    ;)
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    Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    Masterpiece is steep. But I think it is a pretty damn good album. Not better than Is This It? I thought they looked really good on SNL. Sounded perfect.
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    smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I like their first album the most, but this one definitly has me more intrigued and I am enjoying it more than the 2nd one they released. This one has more legs
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    Man_Of_The_HourMan_Of_The_Hour Posts: 330
    MookieJam wrote:
    "First Impressions of Earth" is an absolute masterpiece that will be hard pressed to be beat this year. The best album of 2006 came out on January third.

    I don't like the new record. It's weird with the Strokes and me. I like about half of their songs, but I hate the other half. If I liked half of them and kinda liked the other half it would be all good but they have a tendency to write songs that really get on my nerves. Best example is Other Side.
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    Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    New album is deadly. It's the first Strokes album that Ive liked straight away after listening to it.
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    pushmepullmepushmepullme Posts: 255
    I think the new record is perhaps 2 songs too long, otherwise it would've been masterpiece material. But its probably got the best opener of any record I've heard.
    "I am a doughnut." (live - Berlin, Germany - 11/03/96)

    "Behave like rock stars - not like the President." (live - Noblesville, IN - 8/17/98)

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    pushmepullmepushmepullme Posts: 255
    And I don't think they get enough credit as musicians, Nick the lead guitarist is amazing, he can fret with the best of them, and Fab is a very good drummer.
    "I am a doughnut." (live - Berlin, Germany - 11/03/96)

    "Behave like rock stars - not like the President." (live - Noblesville, IN - 8/17/98)

    --Ed

    "Yeah, I was gonna learn to play it (Breath) but somebody slipped me a bottle of viagra and was busy doing something else six times last night" (live - New York, NY - 9/10/98)

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    AngusAngus Posts: 376
    For me, it is:

    1. First Impressions of earth
    2. Room on fire
    3. Is this it?

    I love bands who can keep on getting better.
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    Man_Of_The_HourMan_Of_The_Hour Posts: 330
    pushmepullme wrote:
    I think the new record is perhaps 2 songs too long, otherwise it would've been masterpiece material. But its probably got the best opener of any record I've heard.

    Funny that you say that. It's the opener that makes me wanna turn it off right away. It's this "I want to break free" theme and that they just ripped it and put it right at the beginning of the record is a bit much for me to be honest.
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    MeGaJuNkIe^MeGaJuNkIe^ Posts: 45
    man they are one of my favorite bands.... man red light is a work of art
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    chris05chris05 Posts: 347
    Sweet a fellow newfie..... haha..... hows it goin.

    Yeh im really getting into the Strokes now to
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    JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    I'm going to see them in April.
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    chris05chris05 Posts: 347
    sweet...that should be an excellent show
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    brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    Dick Jones wrote:
    Masterpiece is steep. But I think it is a pretty damn good album. Not better than Is This It? I thought they looked really good on SNL. Sounded perfect.

    i like them but that night julian was singing waaaaaay out of key don´t you think?
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    MeGaJuNkIe^MeGaJuNkIe^ Posts: 45
    actually me and a couple buddies of mine are doing a strokes cover show... well with a few originals, oh and elderly woman
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    Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    brhf9 wrote:
    i like them but that night julian was singing waaaaaay out of key don´t you think?

    I honestly thought they sounded really good and tight. It seemed like his voice was very raspy. Although I was a little out of it at the time, I loved, I cranked it up at my friends during the card game.
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