julian drank so much after one of the ohio shows that he passed out at the bar or close too. ryan & a friend had to pull him to the bus. it's no wonder they sleep til 5pm. x
yeah, i've heard you're pretty lucky if you see julian after a show doing something other than being completely passed out somewhere. not surprising though, when i think about all the plastic cups i saw surrounding fab's drum kit during the show. crazy!
Seriously! I was so happy that they played all of my favorites, except they did not play Meet Me in the Bathroom, for shame! None of the kids I was with had heard NYC Cops, which is seriously my favorite record and live song of theirs, and it was a nice little treat to get them to hear it for the first time live.
what's amazing in every single strokes concert, is the way people let go, dance, scream at the top of their lungs, hav fun, just, don't care and have a good time for one hour or more. people like to hate the strokes right now, it's trendy to hate a trendy band ; they go all huffy against the hype, blabla, the names, the suits, the girlfriends, the haircuts, whatever reason they can find to despise the strokes as a non-real rock band (whatever that means, by the way, i haven't found any strokes hater yet able to develop that argument a bit more).
but in the end, if all those assholes cared to see them live, which is the purpose of any rock band, they would enjoy it quite as much as we do, because anyway, it's all about having fun, meeting people and feeling great for one evening. they're awesome onstage, no one can say the contrary ; so why don't they just shut the fuck up and enjoy what they've got ? man, strokes concerts are probably the biggest catharsis i have ever found to this date.
my all-time favorite argument against the strokes i've gotten is "because they french kiss each other." seriously. i've not heard a solid argument against them yet. yeah, i've been told so many times by people that they're no good because they "borrow their sound" when really, in this day, who doesn't? and there are many more bands that are far more derivative than the strokes are. you are so right, it's a trend to hate trends, and i've seen people who loved the strokes completely turn against them as soon as the backlash started, as soon as they made every magazine cover. yeah, sometimes it sucks when bands lose their underground status, but what's even more lame are the people who can't like them anymore because the rest of the world does too
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haha, i can't remember exactly what he said, he was basically making fun of them and and being the typical i'm-from-new-york kind of guy. plus he was majorly drunk. and i mean completely cocked.
but like, right after the words "red sox" left his mouth, the whole crowd started booing and shouting "YANKEES SUCK!" over and over. and he started laughing and was like "jesus christ, relax, this isn't a fucking baseball game!". it was the best moment of the night.
i could not stop making fun of that rave girl the whole night. i was like "where's that bitch? i need some entertainment."
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When I saw them recently they totally played a GBV cover and all but 3 of their songs. It was incredible.
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really though, they played such an awesome set. one of the best nights of my life, so far. ♥
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the strokes sucked didn't live up to my expectations when i was them. i blame this on julian not being drunk enough :/
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how horrible are we that we're encouraging julian's alcoholism. but hey, it makes for a good show.
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but in the end, if all those assholes cared to see them live, which is the purpose of any rock band, they would enjoy it quite as much as we do, because anyway, it's all about having fun, meeting people and feeling great for one evening. they're awesome onstage, no one can say the contrary ; so why don't they just shut the fuck up and enjoy what they've got ? man, strokes concerts are probably the biggest catharsis i have ever found to this date.
glad you had a great night. <333
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my all-time favorite argument against the strokes i've gotten is "because they french kiss each other." seriously. i've not heard a solid argument against them yet. yeah, i've been told so many times by people that they're no good because they "borrow their sound" when really, in this day, who doesn't? and there are many more bands that are far more derivative than the strokes are. you are so right, it's a trend to hate trends, and i've seen people who loved the strokes completely turn against them as soon as the backlash started, as soon as they made every magazine cover. yeah, sometimes it sucks when bands lose their underground status, but what's even more lame are the people who can't like them anymore because the rest of the world does too ( ... )
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haha what did julian say about the red sox?
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but like, right after the words "red sox" left his mouth, the whole crowd started booing and shouting "YANKEES SUCK!" over and over. and he started laughing and was like "jesus christ, relax, this isn't a fucking baseball game!". it was the best moment of the night.
i could not stop making fun of that rave girl the whole night. i was like "where's that bitch? i need some entertainment."
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