Strokes (again)

[Hansione]

I saw a great gig, I felt like something realy happend there. clever guitarlicks, a crazy uptempo drummer and a singer that hypnotized me and a lot of the other visitors. It was a pitty that half the audience were musicjournalists and not fan’s. They were outside, hoping for a ticket!
I am so fed up with all that shit about the future of R&R. Popmusic is not a scientific subject!! Good music a about "that feel" and that’s all!
In the southern part of Holland people use a nice phrase when there is too much talk instead of playing good music. Speuluh!!!! Wich means PLAY!

[Bucky Ramone]

I saw a good, tight gig as well, but I think in the case of the Strokes you can’t ignore the whole hype thing anymore, as the band start believing the hype themselves….

They played for 45 minutes (and I think it’s the same set of recycled Ramones/Blondie/Television/Pixies songs they’ve been playing for at least a year now), no encores, Ryan Adams played for three and a half hour, with one hour of encores, the Strokes haven’t written any new songs the last year, Ryan Adams writes ten new songs a day, I know you can’t actually compare the two of them, but guess you can guess who den Buck thinks is the bigger talent…..

[Hansione]

I don’t think the strokes are doing anything different then a year ago when they boomed in New York, it is there format.

I was kinda hypnotised during their 50 minutes-show and I felt an electric atmosphere, that doesn’t happen to me often; even the rhythm-guitarlics were sing-a-long tunes. Hypnoses don’t last long, thats probably why it was only 50 minutes <img> <img>
I can understand that a lot of people (including you) are afraid that it’s just a big marketing trap and you don’t want to be in. That is why I keep saying: listen and enjoy their music, just let it enter your sub consciousness and stop interpretate it all to the bone, until the it is dead and scientific. Future of R&R, my ass, no it’s just a good eclectic band. Like Garbage, Sparklehorse, Mercury Rev and Eels and all the other sorry for the word indie alt-bands, they all are quoting too!
They are all standing on the shoulders of giants!

I don’t mind if their next album proofs that all you criticasters were right. I have a great album and I saw a great gig!! <img>

Ryan Adams has a great talent and endurance. Saw him twice and he is fantastic (too) c’mon let’s not end in to a Beatles / Stones-discussion….

[malcom]

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font> the Strokes haven’t written any new songs the last year, Ryan Adams writes ten new songs a day, I know you can’t actually compare the two of them, but guess you can guess who den Buck thinks is the bigger talent…..
</font><hr></blockquote><font>I never knew there was a connection between output and talent

<small>[ 03-03-2002, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: EvIl MaLCoM-DiSasTeR ArEa ]</small>

[Bucky Ramone]

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font>Originally posted by EvIl MaLCoM-DiSasTeR ArEa:
<strong>I never knew there was a connection between output and talent</strong></font><hr></blockquote><font>There is a direct connection: no output—>no talent!!!! <img>

[Bucky Ramone]

If you want to hear it, here is the complete Strokes@the Paradiso gig , yes, this is it…..

[Hansione]

Nice! Good work den Buck.

And just like the last song: "take it or leave it!!"
see ya!

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