Was That It? - The Pressure Behind the Strokes

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2025

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  • @Jeff.mp3
    @Jeff.mp3 6 месяцев назад +488

    I know when you found that clip at 15:38 you were like “I HAVE to include this,” and then the “albums are cousins” quote came up and you were like “YES”

    • @MarcButEvil
      @MarcButEvil  6 месяцев назад +117

      This is exactly what happened

    • @jester333
      @jester333 4 месяца назад +16

      immediately followed up by "He mentions in basically every interview from this era..."

  • @susragejr477
    @susragejr477 6 месяцев назад +1484

    Julian getting a lesson from Courtney Love about managing fame and ego is like getting a lesson from Mr. Krabs on managing money and greed

    • @MapleMilk
      @MapleMilk 5 месяцев назад +56

      Well, they know ball
      They just can't play

    • @DeadNorthRadio
      @DeadNorthRadio 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@MapleMilknice

    • @marianat1393
      @marianat1393 4 месяца назад +11

      @@MapleMilk the coach doesn't play

    • @lawjef
      @lawjef 4 месяца назад +36

      She may have had some good insights from her experience - no one questions her intelligence - even if she is totally incapable of following her own advice. The two things don’t always overlap

    • @DungeonTV100
      @DungeonTV100 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@lawjef Kurt got whacked. She done it.

  • @mrsneedy1034
    @mrsneedy1034 6 месяцев назад +606

    Can’t wait for the “Strokes lore” playlist

  • @joeanthony7759
    @joeanthony7759 6 месяцев назад +396

    All things considered, “Room On Fire” is a solid album; I like it as much as the first.

    • @Durrantula
      @Durrantula 6 месяцев назад +35

      I like it a 🤏 more than their first. Mostly bc of "Under Control"
      Such a marvelous tune.. Both albums are great, tho. IMO

    • @moog5260
      @moog5260 5 месяцев назад +13

      I like it more

    • @indigo5577
      @indigo5577 5 месяцев назад

      Used to put that on and think of my crush in high school 😢

    • @crisscorreag
      @crisscorreag 5 месяцев назад

      @@Durrantula man, Under Control is my fav

    • @j_soo
      @j_soo 5 месяцев назад +3

      I completely I agree I think I like it a little more actually. Then again I personally love each of their albums

  • @8thFurno
    @8thFurno 6 месяцев назад +556

    It’s Strokin’ time…

    • @VatrogasacMI
      @VatrogasacMI 6 месяцев назад +15

      Strokinnnnnnn timeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @dangrel
      @dangrel 6 месяцев назад +8

      No, dad, no!

    • @judasthepious1499
      @judasthepious1499 6 месяцев назад

      please use lubes

    • @yshml
      @yshml 6 месяцев назад +26

      I'm over here strokin my casablancas I got lotion on my casablancas rn just strokin my shit. I'm Abnormal as fuck I'm an angle like fr.

    • @scienceseason7059
      @scienceseason7059 5 месяцев назад +10

      I love the part is Is This It where the Strokes say 'It's Strokin' time' and start Strokin' all over the place

  • @outriggerunderground
    @outriggerunderground 5 месяцев назад +44

    I saw the Strokes play at Soma in San Diego. Right after the 2nd album released.
    Julian was sick and sat on a stool for the whole show. Somehow it was still the most entertaining show I’d ever been to. He rocked the house and barely moved

  • @maxresdefault_
    @maxresdefault_ 5 месяцев назад +298

    "Your next album has to be Nevermind" is a hell of a thing to live up to

    • @snorky222222
      @snorky222222 5 месяцев назад +14

      Territorial pissings is a catchy single. The rest is whatever. Strokes blew nirvana out of the water.

    • @PastPerspectives11
      @PastPerspectives11 5 месяцев назад +37

      @@snorky222222LOL

    • @jimjiminy5836
      @jimjiminy5836 4 месяца назад +8

      @@snorky222222lol..nope

    • @snorky222222
      @snorky222222 4 месяца назад +2

      @@jimjiminy5836 actually never mind is crap. Never listen to it. Over catchy pop and a few boring numbers.

    • @Mcnutty924
      @Mcnutty924 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@PastPerspectives3 Idk if the strokes are better than nirvana or not. But when you dig deeper into music and find bands like the doors, talking heads, modest mouse, etc. You find there's so much better music than Nirvana. Nirvanas great but they're definitely on the lower teir of iconic bands.

  • @danmiller5869
    @danmiller5869 6 месяцев назад +44

    Impressive work. I've watched a lot of Strokes docs and videos and you taught me a few new things. Well done!

  • @kkorova
    @kkorova 5 месяцев назад +78

    Growing up I was OBSESSED with the Strokes and how dreamy Julian was ☠️ I continue listening to him through the Voidz. Did I also fell in love with Albert Hammond Jr’s solo work? Absolutely. And who could forget Fabrizio Moretti’s lovely work with Little Joy. These guys were (and still are) incredibly talented, authentic, and the definition of “cool” during the post punk revival era. What a great time to be an adolescent. Kids these days will never know!

    • @99FXR
      @99FXR 4 месяца назад +2

      While I didn’t crush on the dudes…the “indie” bands of NY were awesome! Interpol, the Strokes, The Rapture..etc (I know they’re from SF, when they went DFA, they were in NY) and LCD..so many great bands in the 00s! Definitely a kick as time in music

    • @nickparton5663
      @nickparton5663 3 месяца назад +2

      Yes, they will. They have their own heroes

    • @brittanygonzo5686
      @brittanygonzo5686 3 месяца назад +1

      I was obsessed. Little Joy ❤ om i miss them

    • @kkorova
      @kkorova 3 месяца назад

      @@99FXR agree! And just to clarify, I had no other crush but Julian 😂. But yes, they paved the way along with other awesome bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Libertines… Arctic Monkeys.

    • @Bob-kk2vg
      @Bob-kk2vg 3 дня назад

      I always assumed they were like a carefully crafted industry plant due to the boy band look. Kinda feel bad now learning they were a real band and not a monkees clone. (They came up when I was a kid and we couldn’t google everything on our phones).

  • @ItsWesSmithYo
    @ItsWesSmithYo 5 месяцев назад +32

    Lucky me. Caught them in NYC live at Roseland Ballroom or maybe the Bowery in 2001/2, before the explosion…one of most memorable rock shows I’ve seen. Rinsed those early tunes for months. Thanks for the back story friend 🤙🏽😎🖤

  • @jukeboxvertigo7946
    @jukeboxvertigo7946 6 месяцев назад +20

    Ahhhhh!! Not cool man!! I need a part 2! Angles is my fav album from them and you set it up so well. Looking forward to it

  • @coryphillips7945
    @coryphillips7945 6 месяцев назад +173

    I played their first album so many times my girlfriend at the time broke up with me. As soon as she moved out, i played the album again, even louder.

    • @goopaf3952
      @goopaf3952 3 месяца назад

      amen

    • @DungeonTV100
      @DungeonTV100 3 месяца назад +2

      😂 I bet she went on to greatness.. 😁I always thought they were so fake, NME darlings . Remember 'Gay Dad'? 😂😂 NME died in about 1997😢

    • @Layla12251
      @Layla12251 3 месяца назад +4

      It's always better dating a Strokes fan.

    • @coryphillips7945
      @coryphillips7945 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Layla12251 You get it.

    • @rocoe9019
      @rocoe9019 3 месяца назад +2

      She sounds very intelligent

  • @JOHNNY_GALLAGHER
    @JOHNNY_GALLAGHER 6 месяцев назад +8

    I collected all their albums back in high school. I bonded with my aunt and mom through the Strokes. Awesome video! 🤍

  • @paulicervetti3151
    @paulicervetti3151 6 месяцев назад +14

    I am soooo interested in the strokes. I literally found one of my new favorite bands bc of this channel! Please keep making this amazing, enterteining, informative videos!!! Love from Argentina ❤🇦🇷

  • @g21g28
    @g21g28 4 месяца назад +53

    their best album for me. the media hyped them up so insanely and then wanted to knock them down but the music in those first three albums (coincidentally the ones julian casablancas wrote near-singlehandedly) is almost flawless

    • @brittanygonzo5686
      @brittanygonzo5686 3 месяца назад

      Same!

    • @superfarful
      @superfarful 3 месяца назад +2

      I think every album after first impressions of earth is better than it, you only live once is the only song of that album i go back to and the strokes and voidz are easily some of my most listened bands of the last 5 years

    • @jostu7742
      @jostu7742 2 месяца назад

      ​@@superfarful eso es muy subjetivo de tu parte hermano, soy todo lo contrario a lo que haces tu

    • @superfarful
      @superfarful 2 месяца назад +4

      @jostu7742 i think the new abnormal is the best strokes album

    • @Itachi-p3j
      @Itachi-p3j Месяц назад

      ​@@superfarful Lmao no

  • @videodump3083
    @videodump3083 6 месяцев назад +45

    BABE WAKE UP NEW MARCBUTEVIL

  • @morganmensa5129
    @morganmensa5129 6 месяцев назад +24

    I was 18 when Room On Fire came out. The album is a masterpiece. It's my favourite album from them. Such fashion icons.

  • @earleebyrd
    @earleebyrd 3 месяца назад +15

    13:19 "A boombox can change the world
    You gotta know your limits with a boombox
    This was a cautionary tale
    A boombox is not a toy"
    - Julian Casablancas

  • @ihatezoofy
    @ihatezoofy 6 месяцев назад +264

    5:11 you really thought you could hide that huh

    • @enshen2190
      @enshen2190 6 месяцев назад +28

      But he didn’t hide 0:04 🤭

    • @rsa7026
      @rsa7026 20 дней назад

      Fight Club flashback there woooah!

  • @fisherkhongmaly9893
    @fisherkhongmaly9893 6 месяцев назад +7

    You know its a good day when @MarcButEvil posts a video about the strokes

  • @wyethmiller281
    @wyethmiller281 6 месяцев назад +9

    The real ones have always known this was the better album. I learned so much from this video. It was cool to see the order in which some of these songs were written, I had no idea.

  • @de132
    @de132 Месяц назад +4

    "I used to have a crush on my Danish cousin"
    Sir, I asked if you wanted your sandwich toasted...

  • @NotErik144
    @NotErik144 6 месяцев назад +33

    hell yeah more strokes content

  • @emysu
    @emysu 22 дня назад +2

    I saw these guys when I was thirteen during their second album tour. Front row looking up at Julian. I cried when it ended, that room was on fire.

  • @SteveDC101
    @SteveDC101 6 месяцев назад +27

    For a rushed record it's on fire 🔥🤟. I'm a new strokes fan since December of last year.

  • @AnAbsurdExistence
    @AnAbsurdExistence 3 месяца назад +2

    Excellent research, excellent video, well done Marc

  • @datdude3327
    @datdude3327 6 месяцев назад +189

    15:37 what made bro say this

  • @_demagistre
    @_demagistre 5 месяцев назад +2

    ICONIC video. Need part 2!!

  • @Bball2
    @Bball2 6 месяцев назад +4

    thanks for putting the sources, pretty helpful. great video! :)

  • @_solange
    @_solange 5 месяцев назад

    I had already forgotten about some of these quotes, facts and you put them all together really well.

  • @AllanZi
    @AllanZi 5 месяцев назад +2

    For someone who wasn't living the hype at the time, living in Brazil, Room on Fire was the sound that got me first and got me good. Apart from Last Night, it was only then I turned to Is This It and, of course, loved it.

  • @_Majunior
    @_Majunior 5 месяцев назад +1

    Your editing and story telling is getting better

  • @backpack_buddies93
    @backpack_buddies93 6 месяцев назад +4

    I was waiting for this video. I love this band 👌

  • @---df5sr
    @---df5sr 4 месяца назад +6

    I was remember being really disapointed when i found out they were all sons of really rich men. They portrayed themselves as kind of working class but they were trust fund babies

  • @ZEN_Ivan
    @ZEN_Ivan 6 месяцев назад +14

    another local legend video drop

  • @tannerdodge6029
    @tannerdodge6029 4 месяца назад +2

    First song I ever heard from the Strokes was Reptilia and from there I was hooked, by that point they'd already broken up, but I still had what they'd made to enjoy. Then the New Abnormal came out and it made me happy that they came together again and made that all that time later

  • @georgeviney9360
    @georgeviney9360 6 месяцев назад +79

    0:37 that line is both menacing and very dreadful at the same time

  • @99problemstoysaint1
    @99problemstoysaint1 6 месяцев назад +1

    I remember the day room on fire dropped and going to buy the cd later that evening. I kept listening to it on repeat as I loved the off beat songs and still love it to this day!!

  • @nmg_official
    @nmg_official 5 месяцев назад +4

    We need the rest of the discography!!!!!!! Please!🙏

  • @DazGuardado
    @DazGuardado 6 месяцев назад +1

    I didn't know anything about the strokes before. Now I do, thanks Marc

  • @rerun84x
    @rerun84x 6 месяцев назад

    Great video man, i can't get enough of your content. You're doing great work; excited to watch you grow

  • @timhall3575
    @timhall3575 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was Rough Trade's Label Manager at their distribution co. in the UK. Vital Distribution back in 2000/2001. Hearing the Modern Age at Rough Trades offices for the first time, seeing their first UK shows in 2001, the release of subsequent singles and the finally the release of the Is This It album was a really exciting time . I have a platinum disc for x 300'000 UK sales. I don't think I've ever listened to Room On Fire or any of their other albums all the way through. Never saw them live again aside from one encounter at the recording of a live spot on the Later: With Jools Holland TV show where the atmosphere around the band (and crew) was pretty grim. Fun while it lasted though!

  • @Gaven7r
    @Gaven7r Месяц назад +1

    I don't listen to the strokes, but hearing their story..
    man, Mr Julian C. pushed himself a lot.
    I get it's because of the era,
    but I think that having time to rest is REALLY important to
    relax and let new ideas flow.
    And the "perfectionist" tendency is kinda relatable.
    If you're trying to make a song or piece of art that succesful enough
    to NOT be forgotten after a while... You NEED it to be as perfect as it can
    but, that starts to weight a lot on ya.
    Fortunately, things turned out good.,
    but as you said, the pressure never fades,
    and the rest, well, is up to history.
    as with every band

  • @ebu888
    @ebu888 6 месяцев назад +1

    You deserve my subscribe. cant wait for more videos about the strokes

  • @brunolevi2661
    @brunolevi2661 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow this video is amazing. Watched until the last second. Would love similar ones to all follow up albums. Specially now that they seem to not be on good grounds with Julian talking shit about the band

  • @samg013
    @samg013 11 дней назад

    Great video, now I would say a great follow up would be talking about what the band members went on to do afterwards

  • @boonesboroughbeachboy9341
    @boonesboroughbeachboy9341 6 месяцев назад

    I love that picture of all of them,after recording is this it, with the giant mixing board.I was such a fan when it came out and I was so happy they just keep on getting better. ❤❤

  • @dmaster5556
    @dmaster5556 5 месяцев назад +9

    I go back and forth between Is This It and Room on Fire as being my favorite Strokes album. Kinda just depends on my mood any particular day lol.

  • @Dabel111
    @Dabel111 6 месяцев назад +16

    I discovered this band last December. They are now tied with Weezer for my favorite band. And right as I started to get really interested with them you made the Is This It video. And now we have a sequel.
    I am excited for the strokes lore videos.

    • @J-MOGES
      @J-MOGES 6 месяцев назад +4

      If you haven’t, listen to Arctic Monkeys debut. Very much influenced by the Strokes and its an absolute class record

    • @attamusk
      @attamusk 6 месяцев назад +6

      Strokes > Weezer and Arctic Monkeys. Easily.

    • @marmarino2070
      @marmarino2070 3 месяца назад +2

      Weezer is also one of my favorite bands 😮😂❤!

  • @paradigm_conjecture
    @paradigm_conjecture 3 месяца назад +6

    Every song on their second album is a banger. Back when a whole album was a thing.

  • @matthewsommerville88
    @matthewsommerville88 22 дня назад +1

    I remember when this came out. Half of me was sum 41 and Blink but another was The Hives, Cure, Smiths, NIN from my generation x father….whom gave me Is This It in the 8th grade. I loved 3 songs. It wasn’t until I was 30 that the album clicked as perfection. We have lost our ability to slowly digest art that deserves it. We are slowly dying I promise

  • @nolagospeltracts8264
    @nolagospeltracts8264 5 месяцев назад

    Great narration. You're very good at putting life into all those quotes.

  • @zachgunderman2120
    @zachgunderman2120 2 месяца назад +1

    I love that I didn't know any of this, and Reptilia has been one of my favorite songs of all time. I couldn't care less what critics think of the album, but its cool to see Julian look back on it more favorably. Automatic stop and End Has No End are great, too. These and some songs from First Impressions like Juicebox and Ize are the reason I have loved the Strokes. New Abnormal might be my favorite album from them.

  • @fogpumas
    @fogpumas 5 месяцев назад +42

    1:10 they were Nepo babies. Never a part of any kind of underground. Their parents’ connections got them signed. Great band, no doubt, but no one would have ever heard of them had they not come into the business with these connections. It was the main point of criticism by most everyone at the time.

    • @jorden9821
      @jorden9821 5 месяцев назад +3

      Wow, do you mean like pretty much all significant people throughout all of history?

    • @jorden9821
      @jorden9821 5 месяцев назад +4

      Nietzsche would love The Strokes

    • @Aramisbyjoe
      @Aramisbyjoe 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@jorden9821why?

    • @invisibot6
      @invisibot6 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah everyone I ever encountered who felt this way was always an oblivious douche with bad taste.

    • @jackpijjin4088
      @jackpijjin4088 5 месяцев назад +2

      I like that I just heard them one day and loved them, had no clue who they were related to until I actually searched.

  • @Paul-dw2cl
    @Paul-dw2cl 6 месяцев назад +18

    Haha, I cracked up at that photo at 0:04

    • @Paul-dw2cl
      @Paul-dw2cl 6 месяцев назад +2

      where was Nick, under the table? just playin, yo

  • @Rrodfer
    @Rrodfer 6 месяцев назад +1

    Your channel is amazing! Thats for the great content

  • @danieldrkness7489
    @danieldrkness7489 6 месяцев назад +3

    I will always love The Strokes. Its only band that I seem to only really remember the words too. That says a lot after 20 yrs

  • @andresmoralesish
    @andresmoralesish 3 месяца назад

    Please keep going with their story this was great! 👍🏽

  • @josephmilia9533
    @josephmilia9533 5 месяцев назад +1

    The sophomore record is my favorite of their discography. I might get shade for this take but it’s so consistent in its tone and so minimalist

  • @Khesedlive
    @Khesedlive 5 месяцев назад +1

    I love your videos best album reviewer ever

  • @Blarg
    @Blarg 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for this video.. nice ANGLES on this bands story.

  • @TheLobster99
    @TheLobster99 5 месяцев назад +1

    Please make a video on the recording of First Impressions of Earth! I’m loving these strokes videos, man. Thank you.

  • @TS-xr9hj
    @TS-xr9hj 3 месяца назад

    Such a great vid. A part 3 shoud be really cool 🙌🙌

  • @Andyanddiana467
    @Andyanddiana467 6 месяцев назад +9

    Platinum and Gold records are not necessarily awarded for sales - contrary to popular belief, they're awarded after an album SHIPS, the thinking being that shipments will eventually equal sales (which hardly turns out that way, given how the record industry still accepts returns).

  • @publicjeremynumberone
    @publicjeremynumberone 5 месяцев назад +1

    Saw them several times playing in bars before they blew up. Totally great songs and shows and deserved all the success

  • @4IndieForever
    @4IndieForever 6 месяцев назад

    Good Video i enjoyed it very much i love the strokes. Well deserved like i like the way you speak also. Thanks!

  • @EandQproductions21
    @EandQproductions21 5 месяцев назад +2

    Highly recommend Gordon Raphael’s book where he recounts working on Is This It and Room On Fire with The Strokes, absolutely crazy seeing a first hand account on the matter

  • @nickpower3185
    @nickpower3185 4 месяца назад +1

    Yes we like you!!!
    The New Abnormal is cool definitely worth hearing!

  • @daveconnor6174
    @daveconnor6174 6 месяцев назад

    Great as always!

  • @marcandris3367
    @marcandris3367 3 месяца назад

    Outstanding segment

  • @bloodborneonpc7
    @bloodborneonpc7 6 месяцев назад +116

    I’ve literally never heard of the Courtney Love thing wtf

    • @yungcee321
      @yungcee321 3 месяца назад +2

      It's what inspired the song "meet me in the bathroom" his response to her song after they met

    • @bloodborneonpc7
      @bloodborneonpc7 3 месяца назад +8

      @@yungcee321 that’s just a fan theory and there’s barely any evidence supporting it. People just get confused because Courtney says “meet me in the bedroom” in her song

  • @kusfhizjingjiongia4564
    @kusfhizjingjiongia4564 6 месяцев назад +12

    CHAOS AND CREATION MENTIONED!!!!

  • @laughinglegoproductions
    @laughinglegoproductions 3 дня назад +1

    Pressure on Julian

  • @north_star_yt
    @north_star_yt 10 дней назад

    I fukn will always always love this band! They just have a sound that’s always a go-to for putting this heavy head of mine in an instant better mood! ❤ happy to have found this band when I did.

  • @maxssister1985
    @maxssister1985 3 месяца назад

    Is this it changed my life when i was 10. Still my favorite album.

  • @cristian.ilie.018
    @cristian.ilie.018 5 месяцев назад +2

    "Strokes - Machu Picchu" is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard...Hands-Down !

  • @JSMo-uo3rk
    @JSMo-uo3rk 6 месяцев назад +3

    Let’s gooooo! NEW VIDEO!!!!

  • @aprendizdecapivara2841
    @aprendizdecapivara2841 6 месяцев назад +2

    The The New abnormal video is gonna be fire, I just know it

  • @radioheadfanuk1252
    @radioheadfanuk1252 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love your videos, especially your Weezer and Strokes videos, would love to see similar videos about Radiohead too.

  • @beanz2342
    @beanz2342 6 месяцев назад

    your videos are amazing every one of em slaps

  • @christopherrusch
    @christopherrusch Месяц назад

    I like that you had some Ryan James carr on laying throughout the intro

  • @neptwo9563
    @neptwo9563 2 месяца назад +2

    I'm so curious how Room on Fire would've turned out if they had a couple more weeks as he said, as Room on Fire is arguably on the level of Is This It (every song except The Way It Is is a top tier Strokes song)

  • @siddharthsingh3249
    @siddharthsingh3249 6 месяцев назад +6

    Room on Fire is their best album by far, they bat out their issues from Is This It

  • @UrbanSLUG
    @UrbanSLUG 5 месяцев назад

    Ending on a cliffhanger, I hope you make more

  • @Godsmack4k
    @Godsmack4k 6 месяцев назад

    I love this channel

  • @wadepitre579
    @wadepitre579 6 месяцев назад +1

    Lots of great songs still to this day

  • @akurocarlimbux9403
    @akurocarlimbux9403 24 дня назад

    Okay I suscribed and liked the video... now, where is the next part?! that cliffhanger of the "foundation" next to be explained

  • @dalodeper
    @dalodeper Месяц назад

    Went back and listened to Come Down Machine recently, and godamn that shit slaps. At the time I felt like the title of the record. But listening to it now I feel like there was some real heaters on there. Love it.

  • @chuckchuckerson5364
    @chuckchuckerson5364 Месяц назад +1

    I love The Strokes, but even 2 months in studio is crazy. Insisting you need a year, and a half is absolutely ridiculous. The Beatles spent less time in the studio for their entire careers than a year, and a half, and are widely considered the most innovative, and influential band of all time. Nevermind was recorded in 16 days.

  • @Stevewebstermusic
    @Stevewebstermusic 6 месяцев назад +4

    After the required amount of the strokes I go to sleep

    • @alphaotakux
      @alphaotakux 3 месяца назад

      I understand that reference

  • @puddintaine5846
    @puddintaine5846 Месяц назад +1

    as someone who kind of just grew up in 2009 with these guys on my ipod touch, i feel like the songs are about way more than their popularity or careers like thats such a shallow take and those plot points about fame money and pressure can be applied to pretty much any artist's lyrics.

  • @thecircushasarrivednow
    @thecircushasarrivednow 17 дней назад

    Well done. Would love to see you do a piece on FIOE into the Oberg albums.

  • @stomachpop5971
    @stomachpop5971 5 месяцев назад

    I was at art college in the UK in 2001 and it seemed like everyone around me had the first Strokes album, they were so hyped, I remember seeing them at a festival where they were headliners and they didn’t even have a full hour of material. The Pixies played beneath them!!!

  • @ambientbluntsmoke
    @ambientbluntsmoke 5 месяцев назад +1

    is this it changed my life

  • @IDIOTAbandUS
    @IDIOTAbandUS 2 месяца назад

    I have watched a lot of these and this is the most organized and least irritating. It compiles all of the major points from media and interviews.

  • @MarcButEvil
    @MarcButEvil  6 месяцев назад +123

    For the first time EVER... I will be PINNING my FAVORITE comment in ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!! (please clap)

  • @betweenlemontrees826
    @betweenlemontrees826 6 месяцев назад +5

    Really engaging work! This captures the self-seriousness of many bands and fans in the early-2000s music scene. It's a phenomenon brought into greater relief - and even made poignant - by the decline of music as a signaling tool for young people (Gen Z) to indicate their tastes and group memberships (cf. Rick Beato's commentary: ruclips.net/video/TU96wCDHGKM/видео.html). Remember how John Cusack's character in the movie High Fidelity talks about his "desert island" songs/albums? Most young people today would probably not even know what the phrase "desert island" means in the context of music. And among those who do, the idea probably doesn't resonate as well because it hinges on an assumption of scarcity: Gen X and older generations remember what it was like for music to be out of reach (e.g., waiting for a song to be played on the radio, hoping an album will be on the shelf in Tower Records). The Strokes may be kind, well-meaning people in real life, but that doesn't take away from the silliness we can see in this old footage now: trust-fund hipsters bogged down by seriousness in their intention to made records that would do little more than retread classic rock sounds from the '70s more than 20 years later. I remember seeing the Strokes perform at a club in 2000/2001. They got to their single, "Last Nite," and it sounded to me like a cut-time shuffle suspiciously similar to Tom Petty's "American Girl." I liked it, but I didn't think a straight-faced advertisement of taste amounted to something culturally important in itself. Now nearly 25 years later, it's fun to remember when music still meant so much to young people. It meant much to me, but by seeing the old footage here, I'm reminded that it's okay for some sacred cows to die.

  • @preadultpostteen
    @preadultpostteen 6 месяцев назад +2

    thank god you didn’t say anything negative about room on fire. I had my finger hovering over the unsubscribe button all video long. great video though ❤

  • @tripleg724
    @tripleg724 6 месяцев назад +4

    Despite Room on fire not being the next is this it it's still a good album imo

  • @HurtCopai
    @HurtCopai 6 месяцев назад

    New MarcButEvil video finally dropped