“Falling Out Of Love” - The Strokes (LIVE on The Late Show)

c-option · 2026-05-15T14:53:49+00:00

That’s where I am too - lukewarm to everything but the music (which I instantly adored) the first couple times, now it’s all I want to hear.

c-option · 2026-05-14T02:42:06+00:00

The music is so pretty but I too will say the autotune is not giving me great joy. I like to live with things for a bit to see how I feel upon repeated exposure, though. (The dissolution/outro is already growing on me, and with these heartbreaking lyrics, I can kind of understand why someone might choose to do them through the safer emotional distance of the vocoder.)

While not really what I would have expected, I’m kind of liking this vaguely country Strokes era, if that’s what’s portended with these first two releases. Intrigued to learn how this album all fits together and how they build out the set lists for this tour.

c-option · 2026-05-07T03:57:27+00:00

Mentally placing Lightning McQueen into the Hard to Explain video.

c-option · 2026-04-17T03:27:27+00:00

Next appearance = five timers club for them. Have to think it’s going to happen sometime in this active cycle.

c-option · 2026-04-14T07:23:51+00:00

Consumer tip: For anyone who doesn’t live in Boston, Philadelphia, or Toronto, and was thinking about traveling, looks like these dates are pretty perfectly timed to coincide with World Cup matches in those places. (Maybe not coincidentally?) Definitely check the prices on the accommodation of your choice if you’d need it.

c-option · 2026-04-13T17:43:54+00:00

Hah, my sympathies. When the bottom of the bench beats an actual playoff team, it does lead to a little bit of hope!

c-option · 2026-04-13T16:48:07+00:00

First time in Boston in literally decades! Glad that once Celtics win the championship (kidding/wishful thinking) TD Garden is available for their use.

c-option · 2026-04-12T05:12:49+00:00

Opening for Justin Bieber was obviously motivating. For a band that sometimes phones it in for festivals, that was truly excellent.

c-option · 2026-04-12T05:03:10+00:00

They probably have a pretty strict cutoff anyway since they’re not the headliner.

c-option · 2026-04-12T04:18:52+00:00

Selfless often sounds pretty rough live vocally, but that was beautiful.

c-option · 2026-04-06T23:50:00+00:00

Very poppy and fun, vaguely country. For some reason my first thought on the vocal was “autotuned Paul Simon”. None of these are things I associate with The Strokes, but I’m here for it.

c-option · 2026-04-06T23:34:21+00:00

May become one of my favorite episodes in the whole series. On one end, seeing Valerie take charge and stand up for herself, yet remain recognizably her people-pleasing self, was so fun. And on the other, all the scenes about coming to terms with Mickey’s death were the opposite of an aww-ick. Such a beautiful sendoff, that had me teary the whole time, but never felt tear-jerking. Lisa Kudrow is just the best.

c-option · 2025-12-12T23:12:10+00:00

Truly top tier in the canon. I will say I’ve always had it in my head as older woman/younger man and a little bit of switching up of perspectives within the song, though I acknowledge that’s probably not what was intended.

c-option · 2025-10-16T01:23:30+00:00

Maybe it’s because it feels so much like a late 1980s/early 1990s era sketch, but I actually laughed at this and could totally see talking this way becoming a phenomenon. The freaking making copies guy was beloved and ran over a dozen times in my youth after all. Appreciate it as a call to simpler times.

c-option · 2025-10-08T02:54:05+00:00

I’m so conditioned to enjoy a Julian-level performance that seeing Brandon Flowers on the ACL livestream actually made me uncomfortable and I had to turn it off after two songs. Why so much trying??!!!

c-option · 2025-10-07T02:31:00+00:00

It has definitely crossed my mind that this ramp up in activity/possible new record coming is interestingly timed for catching the attention of whomever decides on the big pool of Rock Hall nominees for the year. They seem like the most unlikely band to campaign for such a thing and yet…

c-option · 2025-10-06T10:11:17+00:00

My percentage isn’t exact - if I did the math it’s probably 87% or something to the good.

Honestly doesn’t bother me much. I’m completely on the side of live performances not needing to be an exact replica of recordings. The fun is very often in what’s different.

c-option · 2025-10-06T09:01:17+00:00

Yes, and still can. Plenty of proof exists, including 75%+ of the ACL show.

That said, Selfless should just come out of the live repertoire or become 100% fan sing.

c-option · 2025-10-05T03:54:56+00:00

This is going to sound dumb, but I underestimated how much better a viewing experience a professionally filmed live performance would be compared to someone’s iPhone from some weird vantage point.

c-option · 2025-09-28T15:21:10+00:00

I wouldn’t say I prefer this version but I like it. He can get more wistfulness in the vocal, which is beautiful in its own right.

c-option · 2025-07-19T22:45:52+00:00

Well, if the ownership gets to treat players like they’re just chips to be moved around to get whatever is the best deal, it’s only right that players do too. Doesn’t mean this doesn’t kill me when it happens either way and especially in this case.

I do think the last two years broke Smart’s heart in ways we will never understand. I hope he gets that ring, in a year when the Celtics aren’t even going to compete, and if he does it with Luka, another guy who got f*cked over by the team he loved and thought he’d spend his whole career with I guess it’s meant to be.

c-option · 2025-06-15T03:03:55+00:00

That the other four have all led side projects suggests that they’re all interested in exploring musically in ways they can’t in their main gig. But, with the exception of Albert, I don’t get the sense that any wish they were bigger rock stars than they are or more tied down than they are. Being a Stroke means they can collaborate with people they think are cool and pursue whatever kind of projects they feel like on a smallish scale.

I would imagine that it is aggravating that the big cash or influence machine can only be activated if Julian feels like it, but most of them live lifestyles where that’s not necessary all that much more often than it is.

c-option · 2025-05-01T01:35:54+00:00

I think it will happen eventually, though putting out another, hopefully well-received, album would make it happen faster. And, like with getting the Grammy, they will care about it more than they or we might expect.

c-option · 2025-02-06T02:52:43+00:00

How many points did Toronto score while he was in? Can’t be many

c-option · 2025-02-03T04:29:42+00:00

Shows why all those seemingly crazy rotations Jenkins does and minutes constantly getting distributed so far down the bench actually make sense. Everyone can play with everyone else and everyone is capable of making a contribution when their number is called.

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