The Strokes - Taken for a Fool (Live on Letterman 03-23-2011)

[L0veepanicc]

NIKOLAI IS SO FANCY

[walidb123]

what was julian pissed at?

[carito96inu]

♥__♥ oh god....my dream: meet Julian ....

[carito96inu]

@carito96inu I'm agree with you °Q° ♥¬♥

[driedhidehills]

check out Milli Vanilli: Baby, Don't Forget My Number

[Bromoteknada]

3:18 Julian complains to the drummer for playing too loud.

[IsThisIt1992]

@Bromoteknada If you were a true Strokes fan you'd know the name of the drummer.

[Bromoteknada]

@IsThisIt1992 the truth is that I'm a big fan,but I don't know any of musician's names.

I hear a lot of music and admire lots of bands,but I was never interested in their names.I am interested only in what I hear.Is that bad?

[SoaringMuse]

@IsThisIt1992 Well that depends. If you just like their sound (except the 4th album Angles I guess) then all you gotta know is Julian

[isa0ber]

Fab is going hardcore back there! XD

[TheKIMMISTROKE]

Awesome. Nick's like, "Oh c'mon!" *rolls eyes*

[unrated12soloist]

niko didn't get the black memo

[nuramber]

Nick is so sexy <3

WHY IS FAB ALWAYS SO DAMN ADORABLE???

[bridges3211]

esto es lo mejor ke le e visto a los strokes en mi vida :o

[TheHouseOffice]

Every time I click this video I'm like, "I can't wait to hear how great they are live!"

Then I Watch the video and all I can do is go "Liiiiiiiiiipssss" O_O

[MastaMatt123]

"These your drums or rentals?"

"Oh they're not mine. I only play drums for The Strokes at everyone of the concerts, so I just rent my drums."

[breachmania]

1:07 Eric Banas in the band...

[Mirrrooslav]

I love the gestures he makes in minute 1:24 :) (LLLLLLLLL)

[Fenvox79]

Julian is always playing up on the Letterman shows. I think its brilliant. ZE STROKES!

[ChimpDotCom]

nick looks so sad!

[JohNNyBcOoL17]

@ChimpDotCom hes not sad they all just got absoulutley smashed before the show..theres an interview somewhere..julian says before the show they got drilled to fast..funny shit...i love it cause you can see him express the feeling of the song more....MORE DRUNK JULIAN!

[fer95py]

i cant believe julian is 34! i give him at least 25

[BobDylan1201]

3:13 Bloody nose?

[zigCARNIVOROUS]

'radioo endin' lol

letterman's right, way too hard on yourself, julian ;D

[SoaringMuse]

0:28 - 0:30 LOL

[Galenstrumpa]

Is julian in to heroin T_T?

[pher4992]

lettermans a douche

[RoKr93]

0:17 nick's like "fucking christ, not this song again" haha

[MusicMan44144]

Feeling it like the old days!!

[omgmtstrangeworld95]

he gets so into his music lmao... and always ends up knocking down the mic stand haaah :3 man hes adorable

[FluorescentAdolesc]

fail at 1:45 haha but nice song love it <3

[sk8zerosd]

justin bieber

[qubeysan]

@sk8zerosd go away

[iApAchy]

"Oh Radio endi-iing" Were they supposed to play a shorter ending? :S Great performance!!

[LinkThatLove]

The Strokes aka the tallest band (seriously the average height is 6'2)

[thekillers1stfan]

@LinkThatLove that's not true, Julian is 6'2", Nick is 6' 3-4", Albert and Nikolai are both like 6' and Fab is 5'9". Queens of the Stone age are taller

[WalkLikeALegend]

I think im in love

[22AlvaRock]

00:29  "conchetumadre"

[ricarwito]

@22AlvaRock

MMMM no

[bortsinapellido]

@22AlvaRock jajajajajaja!

[SuperMv73]

Nick is goin for the John frusciente/Jesus look lol

[TheJamieRockwells]

@SuperMv73 Nah he's goin for the Joe Perry of the Strokes

[luxospina]

0:15 trance ((nick))

[Wchedlund]

If u look closely you can see Jules has to move the mic away constantly because he can swear on tv something he failed at on snl.. SOO BA.

[whenthemusicsover1]

i love letterman man, so funny. you alright? are those rentals or are those yours?

[SaschaSingsSongs]

Jules is very, very hard on himself sadly ... all we can do as fans is keep supporting him (and the rest of The Strokes obviously)

[morenoisaac18]

Nick looks funny with a beard.

[Caaaaaaate]

I love how Nick uses his thumb for playing chords :)

[alaganaga]

Awww Albert is just being hated by Julian!!

[7edgarjr]

Sensacional!!!

[shnizzlebizzle4rizzl]

so fuckin good



[kevinx237]

Wish they could have performed with the same intensity they used to...by they I mean Julian

[crimsonmonieful]

True musical talent is when you sound great in live performances

[fodgd]

LOL, nick's face at the beggining.

[Franciscaaa0]

los amos <3

[Steve9289]

They're acting like were gods..... well, They are!

[7edgarjr]

Sensacional!

[goodtimesontoob]

Nick Valensi looks like Jesus! :O

[DonnerParty1000]

3:31 did Jules bow down to Letterman?

[alicearmstrong1702]

julian committed mistakes 4 times. :S

[pandoralily]

I love this you can see his eyes I love it :) Also I love that hair!

[reds9017]

this is better than the studio version! o_o i'm stoned!

[kadidido]

hehe he messed up

[andu29]

fabrizio ♥

[TheLunaradcliffe]

@andu29 Fabrizio es mio y julian tambien

[andu29]

@TheLunaradcliffe AJJAJA okeeeeey

[Gracelovestodance]

I've found that they sound much better live than recorded. :D

[gerundking]

@Gracelovestodance na

[BrendanLikesApple46]

julian why u worrying man? you did awesome

[baldazz]

You can see that the drums are hugely influenced by Matt Helders

[FabrizioCasablancasP]

@baldazz

Fab's been around a lot longer than Helders, idiot. Helders got influence off him.

[baldazz]

@FabrizioCasablancasP They cited AM as an influence for this album, idiot -.-' I don't know if the drums are influenced by Helders or not but it looks like it.

[purpledragonmaid]

no puede tener esos ojos este chico, es hermooooooso!

[TheJopi22]

amo a the strokes sin duda

[MrGuiga34]

Better than the studio version

[hellospacemonkey]

it really sad but im pretty sure angles will be there last album they all look bored ecspeacially nick val...jules looks like a junkie :"(

[hAzElRoSe5443]

@hellospacemonkey nah, I don't think so.. I remember reading from a legitimate, reliable source that they were recording some new songs already.. They have some print interviews with Nikolai saying they are recording.. I really hope Angles isn't their last album!

[hAzElRoSe5443]

@hAzElRoSe5443 Once source was actually NME

[paulchadwick]

i miss fabs fro

[LTdrumma]

whats up with that "your reaction?" bullshit on the right?

[anaintheskywith]

FUCKIN PUSSY!! Jules is awesome <3

[agee895]

WHY JULIAN NO THINK HE IS GREAT?!!?!

[TokyoChopSquad]

I just realized hes got the same body language as Rob Dyrdek

[danielaprr]

I fucking looove Jules <3_<3

[theguywhomakesmovies]

i love how julian says "thank you" before anybody aplauses

[lwlw250]

This is cool. Julian actually takes his job seriously.

[GettinYellow]

1:24 julian got angry whit albert :s

[Niqoleh]

@GettinYellow Mmm... I don't think so :/ 

[kdavis06601]

@GettinYellow he was mad at his vocals not albert. i was there i could read his lips. he said "fucking pussy" A LOT! poor julian lol

[AslanRoom]

HQ

[dennizcasablancas]

Julian Parece salido de la pelicula "trainspotting" pero el es tan genial :D

[TheRoberto44]

min 0:29 seems as if to say, fuck Albert



[kdavis06601]

@TheRoberto44 what? he said fucking pussy. not even close lol

[TheRoberto44]

@kdavis06601 jajaja :(

[NewageDork]

That song was sounded stale and Julian knew it lol. Vocals were drowned out by the other instruments.

[TheSomepizzaguy]

hes gotta a led zepplin patch on the jacket

[glHFMfG]

The Strokes: the god send us to make a music!

Chuck Berry: YES! i did!

:-)

[Wisconsin222]

Wish the studio album could have sounded like this.

[CharlesAlexandersson]

@Wisconsin222 I feel like that with a lot of their live performances. You miss that feel which is lacking in the recorded version. Still good though but you know.

[whenthemusicsover1]

@Wisconsin222 all their Angles songs are better live! except ucod

[bobboll1]

Are those your drums or rentals? Nice!

[TraviverTwist]

Nick has a name tag on the amp; it looks like it's from the Someday music video.

Has that always been there?

[FireTheMarshall]

nick looks like he hasnt bathed in month

[buddhagirl0819]

I love how nick always looks mildly stoned....

[digaolot]

Melhor música do novo CD!

[pauvasconcelo]

I love how Jules always talks between the lyrics of the song :)

[xOxCrapWeaselxOx]

@pauvasconcelo hahahahah xD talking to himself

[A7Xpanda]

I luv this performance Julian didn't sound bad at all

[YoSHyPxnDOZz]

The strokes siempre es bienvenido aqui en Mexico!

[ERACRYZZ]

<3

[papayonpapaya]

Julian movements make this video is cool

[FyreNail2]

1:18 - 1:23 , hope he doesn't actually feel like that :P

[MrFucker96TV]

Next!

[Mokeyfrog]

I love the drama in this... Nick is stressing out Jules bad. Nick so badly needs to take a midol.

[Mokeyfrog]

@0000AllFitness0000 See what I mean. Nick is giving Jules the Stone face.

[electroshoker1982]

excelente!!

[LTdrumma]

what was going on there at the end? i didnt understand. Why was he asking julian is he was ok?

[raddestgirlEVARR]

@LTdrumma He was trying to joke with him since Jules was upset over the fact that he dropped his mic & messed up the first line. I think they did great but Julian is a perfectionist. Can't say I blame him when you're JULIAN CASABLANCAS.

[xOxCrapWeaselxOx]

@LTdrumma Apparently Julian was talking to himself between the lyrics saying "fuckin pussy" :S poor julian

[Augmata]

Never seen Julian stylin so much.

[zeitlin]

Nikolai and all the others don`t care for this kind of rules...

they`re already emancipated from this kinds of social rules...

and this guitar with distorcion is soo cool!

[SeahorseBubbles]

julian is such a natural on stage, like he really does make it look effortless... and that voice... wow

[InsomniumX]

@SeahorseBubbles What the hell are you talking about? Here it seems like his head is about to burst out at any momento, he looks like he's really struggling with the vocals.

[Ennishaha]

@InsomniumX i agree. in fact, on the new album, he hits notes that seem impossible for him judging by his live performances, in almost every song. then i see him do it live and his voice just cant take it

[SeahorseBubbles]

@InsomniumX i'm sorry what? wtf do you mean his 'head is about to burst out'? lol that doesn't make sense. and i meant his voice in general.. this may not be his best performance vocally but he's amazing anyway...

[InsomniumX]

@SeahorseBubbles His voice is absolutely amazing, that's a fact. But the thing is that he isn't that good of a singer, which is to say that he's not that good at using said wonderful voice; live, he always struggles with high notes and doesn't have a very wide range.

In this particular performance, he looks like he's about to pass out or something at various points because of the immense effort you can see him doing when he's battling with the high notes. That's what I meant.

[csihandgranade]

PINCHES OJERAS DE COCAINÒMANO xD  "buena banda"

[leedevra]

Oh My Gosh!! Julian can walk off tripod of microphone !

[mrcarepig]

badass



[aprates92]

this is better than the studio version! o_o i'm stunned!

[darkangel294]

@aprates92 you won't fucking breathe in front of them :$

[arcticpunk]

sin duda la mejor banda del mundo"""""""

[malenkytoys]

p.s. julian is fit as hell

[malenkytoys]

this performance is amazing. they are so good live now it's ridiculous. I would pay up the ass to see them live!!!!

[TheWastedfreak]

Lol

[timbotones24794]

Obviously Nikolai didn't get the memo about dressing casually...

[BrandonHeilBHB]

@timbotones24794 Obviously you didnt get the memo that nikolai can do whatever he wants!

[ecilana1234]

@timbotones24794 Niko is too cool to go by the rules.

[rofaruri]

I <3 THE STROKES!!!



[sAusmyname]

One of my favourite songs from Angles

[1980MAC]

This is fucking AWESOME!!!! 1:29 is just so GOOOOOOD!!