The Strokes- Ize of the world.

[MrBazingafy]

This song means a lot to me. It pretty much explains the state of America right now.

[Miloun]

I love the SMOTHER TO TRANQUILIIIIZE part

[Campacaster]

Wonderful!

[StrokeTheMonkeys]

I'm in love with this song ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[slapfacedingdong]

I'll never forget when they played this at Ricoh Collesium. So epic on mushrooms with crazy red lights one of my greatest experiences.

[thiagosnape]

the most apocalyptic song in the world... Beautiful this is real music man !

[xXxJokerManxXx]

is it really supposed to cut at 4:23 ?????

[fromsevenseas]

@xXxJokerManxXx Yes, it's the full song.

[smithomness01]

@xXxJokerManxXx yep it also cuts 1:53 its just part of the song.

[RicardoFollowill]

@xXxJokerManxXx "Cities will vapori..." You are suppose to assume the...Ize.

[melipatas]

@xXxJokerManxXx Yes...That's how it is

[cheeeefa]

one of my fav songs ever.

[TheLesleyPresley]

Makes me hate humanity more than i already do.

[strokesfan1107]

The solo is unreal....

[MashiganaWinning]

Major eargasm at 1:55 <3

[edivaldoboy19]

Hay algo mejor que escuchar esta rola mientras te tomas una cerveza y un cigarrillo no... de hecho mi novia por eso me dejo, preferia escuchar a the strokes y the ramones que estar con ella. La verdad es que es una musica adictiva que me hace pasar chidos momentos cuando siento que esta vida no vale mier...da. Y esta rola es simplemente CHINGONA!!!

[ivanymeli1]

@edivaldoboy19 de acuerdo,s solo una cancion pero t yeva a otro lado :)!!

[Strokeofluck12]

<3

[dsmithflu]

FURY TO TRANQUILIZE

Totally agree!!!!

[gfbelich]

this song remembers how confuse is my mind when i get stoned.

[FloydPablito]

1:54 ORGASM

[mLovelady30]

thegoodteacer(dot)com

[ArtVillago]

Está perrísima

[jayindie93]

0:25 - 0:28 gives me the odd image of Nick kicking in Julian's chair and making him slowly but epicly fall into a bathtub, like in Inception.

[samshirazim]

Just realized this song is pronounced "Eyes of the World"

[ilovejamesandmoney]

AND ITS A HEAD TO HYPONOSTIIIIIIIIIIISE!!!!!! GGRRR

[ilovejamesandmoney]

Bald heads to fertalize :0 bad joke :/ moooo

[moxsy17]

awesome solo!

[SuperKharlan]

QUE HERMOSA CANCIÓN!!!!!

[prettyraddude]

2:44 - 2:50 I love how he sings that so perfectly.

[chcolatteizzle]

the song made me cry

[jovifcp]

Maybe the song with best lyrics of The Strokes?

[asdf1724]

I always used to think at 1:23 he said "A wife to screw tonight." .........Whoops.

[ChocolateSmith88]

Ohh it really does cut off! I thought my ipod was broken...

[NahBennington]

1:16 aaawww im in love ♥.♥

[ARTsmacker101]

2:58 good picture of them

[ARTsmacker101]

@marz995 agreed

[marz995]

gahh fab jules and nick are hawwt!!

[missmaddyxoxo1]

@marz995 lol poor nikolai and albert theyre the ugly ones

[marz995]

@missmaddyxoxo1 haha,yeah,well its not that they're ugly,its just............idk,just "not my type"lol XD

[trex77754]

amazing voice amazing guitar amazing bass amazing drums and mexifrida what an amazing fuckin solo i love it incredible

[jorsalper90]

this will be the song on my slideshow of photos when I die.

[lololauren55]

@jorsalper90 Haha, i used this song for a slideshow for my graduation

[alternative10000]

@jorsalper90 badass. A bit harsh on the audience? lol

[carepig]

@jorsalper90 THE BEST SONG TO A FUNERAL THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD ;)

[YuriDavid16]

@carepig That is only for funerals of sinful people

[YuriDavid16]

@jorsalper90 Mine will be Someday

[mexifrida]

amazing solo.

[GlassTearsx]

I figured he just cut off the last part cause he says "Vaporize" and he "vaporized" before he finished the word.

[RW5522]

Great song, I hate the ending

[missmaddyxoxo1]

fucking love this song man

[itsbrennabitch18]

Ohh god (; picture of Jules at 1:05 ....man he is one good-lookin man (:

[marz995]

the strokes to idolize!!

[jayindie93]

Sleeper hit of First Impressions. I think people generealize too quickly. Yes, censorship is one of the central themes of this song, but I think it's a bit bigger. It' about the corruption we've been accustomed to, and fail to ever change. It's a commentary on human tendencies as a whole.

[itsbrennabitch18]

The picture of Julian at 0:17 is so cute! Where'd you get it?!

[ThinCrustPizza67]

This is an amazing and brilliant song, don't get me wrong, but every time I hear this guitar solo I imagine how great it could have sounded in the middle of their song 12:51...I don't know why, but just imagine it in your head and make your own opinion about how that would go together sooo well...a perfect song just like all of The other Strokes songs.

[cfcphila23]

i still never learned all the ize

[romandy89]

my favourite albert's solo

[ILYmucho2011]

Where did u get the pic @ 3:43

[angusm621]

most underrated strokes song

[diekontrolleure]

@angusm621 FUCK YOU YOUR COMMENT IS WORTHLESS JUST LIKE YOU!!!! I HAVE A PHD!!!!!!!!

[strokesfan1107]

@diekontrolleure anyone with a PhD. would have a lot more class than to go onto youtube and use it against people

[PeByron]

@strokesfan1107 I would do that

[Allureist]

SUCH A GOOOD SONG

[kamarrabaksh]

I wish Nickolai would get a different haircut and smile more often, he looks so much better when he smiles.

[tubeyouitsaccount]

pure brilliance!

[marz995]

omg,jules' hair,gotta love it  3:43 !!! :)

[haircutbob2]

That guitar solo is Weezer-ish. Which is totally a good thing.

[sliperuknot]

Strokes to immortaliZE.

[sexDrugsNrockNroll1]

...cities to vapouri

[lukee100]

big tune.

[1HippieRebel]

This song is about CENSORSHIP! So he cut the words off early ON PURPOSE, guys!

It is SUPPOSED to be like that. Nothing's wrong with this song, nor is it bad. I for one, love it for its' message and because it just sounds so damn good.

So shut up about Julian cutting off notes for God's sake.

[Nogard229]

@1HippieRebel I don't think it's about censorship dude. There's nothing in the song that points to that. Actually, I'm positive it's not about censorship.

[1HippieRebel]

@Nogard229 It doesn't have to bluntly say CENSORSHIP IS BAD to show it, and I've heard this from a lot of people. But of course you, can interpret it how you want.

[Nogard229]

@Nogard229 I understand why you would think it's about censorship i.e "I think I know what you mean but watch what you say 'cause they'll be trying to knock you down in some way". But other than that the rest of the song wouldn't fit. I think it's a little bit more deeper than censorship. It's more about life, and the world.

[rtserra]

Albert Hammond Jr. = Genius

This solo is one of the best things made on music =D

[sassyone10]

I've had First Impressions of Earth for years now and I'm sort of re-discovering this song. I'm ashamed to say it's taken me this long to realize just how brilliant it is, but better late than never, I suppose.FIoE is the Strokes' most underrated and slept on record, but hopefully people will go back and re-discover some of the gems that are on there, like this song, and give it a few more listens. Ize has some of the best lyrics Julian has ever written and the music is SICK.

[ThePinawela]

@sassyone10 100% I agree this is really great album with very good lyrics sometimes very personal, bitter and ironic

[trippification]

"How disappointed would D.(ead) I.(dealistic) D.(esperate) I.(nventor) P.(ioneer) P.(hilosophers)

Be to see such power in our hands all wasted on greed

Am I a prisoner to instincts?

Or do my thoughts just live

As free and detached

As boats to the dock?"

best lyrics ever !

[CircleKris]

It spunds like a megaman song at 1:54 - 2:30

[ipi223]

for me every song of the strokes is light years from the usual radio filling $hit

[4xwellable]

Underrated song ! Damn this is one thousand times better than most of the things done these days

[GHOSTtreeS9]

1:54 is the start of the sickest part.

[Allureist]

You guys..Julian always says you shouldn't evaluate his songs too much ebcause their just written for fun. Maybe you should take it more literal? As in the song is called Ize because all of the words end in ize? And "vaporize" ends in "vapor" because it was actually vaporized?

[caroline1697]

@Allureist yeah but julian said that in the strokes earlier days and since then in FIOE and phrazes his lyrics obviously had a lot of meaning behind them especially in phrazes so i don't think he still goes by that. this song definitely has meaning to it.

[Allureist]

@caroline1697 Yeah I agreem it does have meaning but I think people evaluate it too much where some of the theories are just out of no where :p

I agree with the person below that it's "about the corruption we've been accustomed to, and fail to ever change. It's a commentary on human tendencies as a whole."

[Allureist]

I love how it ends.

[Lunchboxen]

Guitar solo is amazing.

[amllbo]

This is, by far, the best Strokes song! The most underrated too.

[KimestraAucuparia]

@amllbo couldn't agree more! especially parts around 2:20 and 2:43. <3

[lilacifyable]

NICK IS SOOO CUTE i love how he's always the one kissing them on the cheek or hugging them <3

[lilacifyable]

I love making wonderful discoveries <3

[deathtrack15]

Fuck all you dickheads stop arguing among yourselves and just enjoy the music

[Pickerfish]

Best Strokes song ever!!

[lampstamp1]

why the fcuk are you guys arguing about this band?

they are perfectly imperfect :) just like any other band an i know that, thats a cheesy saying but still.. its true :D the strokes are the hottest things that ever walked :D haha

and at the moment channel [v] is playing a lot of their music in these past few days so they are gonna get more popular :D

which is AWESOME!

[xoxominniepark]

he kinda sounds like he's speaking french in some parts <3

[Maximumpmf]

Abrupt end, like John Lennon did with "I want you (she's so heavy)"

[pamsp]

always thought my version at home was with a problem... lol

[aznjenc07]

There is not one song that I do not like from this band which I find amazing

[DrScbSteve]

He stopped mid sentence because when recording, Julian Casablancas mentioned Candlejack, which was a huge mista

[BarryProvolone]

@DrScbSteve ke!

[volcom7sk8er]

the reason he stopped and went vapori... is to complete the title of the song IZE of the world.

[ooBallahollik]

@volcom7sk8er tienes razón :D

[TanJarin303]

@DrScbSteve I said Candlejack atleast a 100 times over after reading this.

[terracaixa]

best strokes Song of all time...I mean it

[ZedoTopete03]

Tudo q eh bom no mundo tem sempre um Brasileiro no meio!!! heheuheuhe

Fabrizio Moretti - Drums!!!

[MiiNiiMaaLAdriiaN]

Perfect song for a revolution

[xeloraxyeahx]

Lol I thought there was a problem with my copy of this song when it just finished all of a sudden.

[ThatGirlWhoLikesCats]

@xeloraxyeahx

Lol same

[yumyum090995]

The Strokes<3

That's All I Have To Say.

[zkay206]

a we che video ta chido me gusta un chingo esa rola

[MasterHobo21]

I think it's about the crap one sees in our world. "Ize" sounds like "eyes". So like "Eyes of the world." Just food for thought.

[ThinCrustPizza67]

The Beatles < The Strokes

[Rlcosta93]

@ThinCrustPizza67 -.- dont be ridiculous

[snugglebear97653]

@ThinCrustPizza67 by far. beatles are not talented.

[ish701]

@snugglebear97653 I can't believe you would say that The Beatles aren't talented. They did a lot for music.

[snugglebear97653]

@ish701 yeah, i get shit for believing that all the time, but if you compare, (and i know all you guys will be like, you cant compare them theyre not from the same time!) but again, if you compare them with bands like, i dont know, The Chili Peppers, Tool, or Bright Eyes, they dont compare musically. Chad Smith can rock harder on the drums and Connor Oberst is a lyrical genius. None of them can, "shred" on their instrument. They were simply the 1st band to get big. Lucky them.

[snugglebear97653]

@snugglebear97653 another thing going back to them being the 1st band to get big. IF ANY BAND, ANY BAND, shitty ass Nickelback or shitty ass Lady Gaga, if they were the first ones to get big (for whatever reason) they would be the shit. everyone would be like, Oh, Nickelback, hell yeah, i love them, i listen to them because everyone listens to them and if you dont, you dont know music. (i know thats not what youre saying at all, but i hear that all. the. time.) The Beatles got lucky.

[LauraBode731]

@snugglebear97653 the fact that they were the first is a big deal though, like man i dont like them that much either but you have to admit that they were pioneers in the guitar rock genre. honestly, i dont know if a band like the strokes could go back in time and have the success the beatles had in the same era because i dont know if in 1963 if the world was READY for music like this. you have to remember that the beatles started out as pussies and got more and more progressive as time passed

[snugglebear97653]

@LauraBode731 ehh i guess so? haha, i personally dont believe the music would matter...the music fit the time, whos to say the strokes wouldnt have been as successful? whos to say the beatles could have never gotten as big? and what starts as a pussy is always a pussy. example = Paul McCartney.

[nadinesmoczynski]

@snugglebear97653 lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the beatles got lucky i dont thiiink so, almost every band has a guitar riff or voice effect that is derived from a beatles song, and the strokes are awesome but :/ not good enough to influence the entire world of music!!,,

and the beatles did not start out as 'pussies' hamberg!!.... they had to pretend to be pussies to market themselves for the puritanical americans ,

[nadinesmoczynski]

the strokes started out being all 'bad' and so did pleanty of modern bands but that was not possible in their time if they were to of started out as they wer ein hamberg they wouldnt of got a record deal so go fuck your self you ignorant twat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snugglebear97653]

@nadinesmoczynski the strokes did not start off bad, youre just an idiot with a really bad argument. sorry, try again with something that makes fucking sense.

[spreadtherandomvibe]

@ThinCrustPizza67 That comparison makes absolutely no sense. Different eras, different genres, different careers

[ThinCrustPizza67]

@spreadtherandomvibe Oh well...I wasn't comparing there careers or overall success...I like the beatles too no doubt, but all this comparison is about is what band I like better...and I like the Strokes better. and I know that just because I think they are better does not mean they are, but that's just my opinion.

[deanna6576]

I know this isn't one of their more popular songs but its by far my favorite. I freaking LOVE the guitar solo. God, I love the Strokes.

[ipi223]

don't really say why you say underground.... maybe those lyrics don t talk to some..... but for me every strokes song is like a firework

[intoantics]

in the underground, this song should be in the top 10 song of the decade!!!! is really awesome has a great theme!

[Message167]

i fucking love this song, been a fan for quite awhile. never really gave FIOE a chance...glad I did =].

[nge1301]

this is my favourite song. its not a big hit, or even a single. but its my favourite song. can somebody explain this to me?

[FranzyXL]

@nge1301 yes, all the gratest songs this world has known, are unknown and unpopular, because they're unique in a way the majurity of the population wouldn't understand (that's at least how i see it).

[Titanicluver321]

i think its more then just how the song end with vaper and there is no ize... i think its all about the different "ize"s of the word (monopolize, critisize, idolize) and idk why it ends early, but it doesnt make sence is you say the title of the song after the end... "cities to vapor...ize of the world" that doesnt make sence!

[genhy]

Who's going to see them AT COACHELLA 2011>>> Can't wait for their new album:) MArch 22:) Coachella April 15-17!!!! Love the Strokes :)

[prisonertoinstincts]

An epic song. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to hear it live in the coming months. Oh, I can't even begin to fathom! I'm tempted to quote my favorite line, but my username surely says it all.

[Scottfanalltheway11]

19 people like to listen to mainstream music.

[nge1301]

I love both arctic monkeys and the strokes. I have no idea of which is my favorite. But this video is about the strokes isnt it? so lets shut up about arctic monkeys in this vid ok?

[nge1301]

@lilb1u3e why is that funny?

[kikowmega]

love the strokes very much

[lilb1u3e]

Lol you know what i find funny? The fact that the strokes influenced the arctic monkeys to start playing. They even say so in a interview.

[idahodriversmanual]

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[SPIDERSAM2004]

i never get tired of staring @ pics of julian added w his genius the ways he makes metaphors in2 music he is awsume

[xXtheveeXx]

The strokes invented multiple orgasms I fucking love them

[MegaIndieLover]

i just love this song

[ipi223]

This world is ruled by corporate sons of bitches who don't care about our freedom and well being, they only care about greed.

[Yoshi5020]

19 people got vaporized.

[slushpup9696]

Is there a bad Strokes guitar solo in existence?

[mckidees]

One of the best songs on the album!

[bobngo10]

plus they created more hype and excitement with that long pause of not making an album. but if they didnt i think they would've crushd them. Hopefully they do with this new album now that humbug was so crappy...

[bobngo10]

IDK why people think arctic monkeys are the best.they think they're better than the strokes.have they not heard this song? they say alex turner is a great lyricist but not really. julian is way better.i think its cuz they stopped making albums after 2006 & arctic monkeys were getting all the hype & attention so they wanted to give them a chance and not risk getting forgotten.some were waiting for a new album but lost hope and got into AM.but if they didnt i think they would've crushd them

[sloan5]

@bobngo10 i think both of those bands have nothing in common what so ever lol

[bobngo10]

@sloan5 EXACTLY. thats my point, arctic monkeys suck, but people say they're like a better version of the strokes, but they're not, no one could ever be as good as the strokes

[12palisades]

@bobngo10 ive never heard that in my life and i wish i could somehow make my mind vomit the idea that someone compared the strokes to the arctic monkeys

[bobngo10]

@12palisades its british ppl, they always think british music is better..bastards

[AidanCobra99]

@bobngo10 dude not cool.

[bobngo10]

@AidanCobra99 lol..sorry no offense..but its true, evry time i go to a arctic monkeys video they're always saying arctic monkeys are the best band right now and i say something and they diss me cuz im american and say strokes suck and all american music sucks..they're just ignorant. not all british ppl tho, u seem like a nice fellow =)

[AidanCobra99]

@bobngo10 it's cool man. It would really be a stupid thing to say that the strokes suck because cmon, it's obvious that they are one of the best bands ever. All other rock bands aspire to them, the arctic monkeys even did a cover of Take it or leave it so yeah. I'm english and i think that the strokes are way better than the monkeys. I'm sure you've heard of them but if you like the stroke then you'll love the libertines. Trust me, them and the strokes are the two best new rock bands of like the

[AidanCobra99]

@AidanCobra99 2000's

[bobngo10]

@AidanCobra99 of course man i agree with you..i love the libertines they're like the clash of our times..they're great..i like the arctic monkeys too but i was just saying how some ppl always say they're better wen clearly the strokes started this whole new rock movement and its obvious they're probably influenced by the strokes..

[NAUJCUEM]

yeah¡¡



[TheLastOrigin]

the song means the title. Ize of the world, he just sings about the different things in life that just happen to end in -Ize.