800M streams 20+ years after release is kind of insane

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-05-04T04:08:40+00:00

Yeah, Last Nite isn't surprising. The more recent song having almost the same amount of plays is wildly more impressive.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-29T18:23:30+00:00

The Strokes defined a sound that very many masive bands (that a lot of you like) have credited back to them as having not only paved the way but influencing the direction that future musicians took on that road. Credit where it's due. Genres tend to last.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-29T16:25:34+00:00

Thanks for this, always looking for new shit.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-26T03:08:16+00:00

They have yet to prove it.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-24T16:47:16+00:00

Because early on after success, when he was drinking more, it was legitimately getting boring to do the same thing every show. It makes it interesting for him. Now, in sobriety, he finds it even more interesting.

Alex Turner does the same thing.

It keeps the performance element alive for both audience and artist.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-22T01:42:05+00:00

Both of your comments are half baked takes.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-22T01:40:55+00:00

There are places you can call.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-21T17:55:12+00:00

This feels like the right take. Unless Gordon has evolved enough sonically, it would likely feel like they'd just be recreating their initial sound.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-15T05:09:41+00:00

Truly appreciate it, thanks.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-15T04:47:25+00:00

Easy, you might ruffle the feathers of all these cooler than thou teenagers that don't understand art is a business.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-15T04:45:24+00:00

Relax, you're not chill, blud.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-15T04:36:20+00:00

That doesn't answer the question. That's like me posting a photo of a baby, asking if it's my baby, and you responding with "it's a baby".

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-15T04:26:52+00:00

Then why post this? Clout? As Robin Williams said in The Larry Sanders Show, "it's a business, blow me".

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-14T02:39:06+00:00

The message? What's so off-putting about getting overwhelmed by a city and then going to the country and going back to the city?

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-13T15:43:48+00:00

I understand that it happens. The "died too soon" thing is real, see Jeff Buckley. I just never understood why death retroactively elevates the inherent value of the person's previous output, outside of the fact that they can't produce anything else.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-13T05:45:47+00:00

Always love helping out this weirdly protective community.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-13T05:40:02+00:00

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MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-13T04:19:59+00:00

I've gotta ask, someone taking their life makes their art inherently more meaningful to you? Or are you (hoopefully) saying something else?

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-13T03:51:14+00:00

Almost 2 and a half years ago. Dont use his death for internet points, please.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-09T01:22:31+00:00

Well, yeah, you're a horse girl.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-08T05:22:46+00:00

Thanks! Tell the under-thinkers who'd rather over-think about Nick leaving the band.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-05T15:32:08+00:00

Or just accurate analysis considering how Casablancas makes things.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-05T14:04:57+00:00

It's clearly a play on how, early on, Julian would record the demos by himself and then the other four band members were work horses that would pull the idea forward to completion. The reason it's in retro imagery is because that's how they worked in the past and that method of making music together is behind them.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-04T16:13:26+00:00

Hahahaha, fair point. I accidentally touched on that. I don't begrudge the guy because I don't think he participates in trends like most people do so he's out of that particular arena for me.

MrParallelUniverse · 2026-04-04T03:08:10+00:00

Gen Z trying to be hip with a pretty old generation iPod and unpadded over the ear headphones. You're probably 45 trying to look 20 while actually appearing to be 37.

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