Soma - The Strokes

[CiJeay02]

It's been almost six years since you've made this, avshalom, how do you reflect upon this fact

[plopsie8d]

Avshalom Hasfari is my favourite artist.

[bigavsha]

@plopsie8d undoubtedly

[TheDeathonlegs]

Towards the end it honestly sounds like the greatest voice i've ever heard...

[bethanywhitebear]

Can we just mention the strokes only not another band, musician, or whatever

[2011ginger1986]

Wonderfully strange.

[thandidara]

Adorei! haha

[dis161]

like (:

[RHCP1231]

* IS THIS IT

[GreeneMachine23]

@RHCP1231 THIS IS IT

[TheWAHTShowTV]

who the fuck is deadmau5 !!

[migger248]

fuck skrillex

[FLaiR791]

@migger248 I agree, but why even bring it up?

[TheChurchBell]

haha, this video actually helps you remember these lyrics (y)

[Niqoleh]

HAHAAH♥

[RainbowDashXSyndrome]

Writing a 5 page report about A Brave New World i put off to the last minute. \m/ Rock on my fellow Soma-poppers

[Lsexuales]

Perikaryon is what they would take when hard times opened their eyes

[RHCP1231]

To listen the album "This Is It" and read Scott Pilgrim ... What could be better?

[Marwin212]

@RHCP1231 if you're listening to michael jackson, why would you comment it on a strokes song?

[RHCP1231]

Why are you soo stupid?

[Marwin212]

@RHCP1231 lmfao sorry i just had to

[ImTryingYourLuck]

Like if you're or were on soma while listening to this.

[JassyLovesHorses]

My brothers name is Soma :'D



[ShopaholicCrazyCook]

At first at thought this video was weird but you got me, and now I'm loving it!

[federiocuarto]

ooohh but thats it !!!!!!!!!



[sekaiheiwamusic]

My name is Soma Hoshino!

[hjhbsdcf]

It is "Losing against FIG TREES" ;)

[unpook]

Yes, it is style.

[freshenerable]

these pictures are awesome lol! this is cool.

[kazzieturner99]

Me encanta..! ^^

[plopsie8d]

loving the 'i am' picture :) very nice, very nice indeed

[Defusify]

And these FRIENDS, THEY KEEP ASKING, FOR M0:00RE!!!

[TANGAGABO]

reminds me yellow submarine

[thismartam]

Memories- Weezer :s

[5rookies]

My favorite song this week. Have listened to it at least two dozen times in the past few days.

[5rookies]

My favorite song this week. Have listened to it at least two dozen times in the past few days.

[MrBeatlesfan12345]

@5rookies Haha that isn't too much... You gotta listen to it atleast two dozen times in the next hour

[ilovejamesandmoney]

I used to have an over bite like that lol thanks dad. I had braces

[WeekendWars89]

I don't why the hell this reminds me of Scott Pilgrim but I like it..

[cassidapax]

best strokes music video they ever made, directed by Spike Lee

[Cripple1981]

Wonder if anyone actually understand s him .....Doesn't seem that way ?

[Cripple1981]

LOve the ...I AM picture -Fuking brilliant

[wagawagawoo]

Reading 'Brave New World', this came on shuffle - Mind blown.

[riceandbeans643]

@wagawagawoo same dudeeeee

[plopsie8d]

@wagawagawoo

Haha really? Im reading that book at the moment? And this song is amazing!

[lulu2lalas]

I think I've given this video 10,000 of its views, I play it at work whenever I am testing the sound...which is always :P

[patsyohulaghan]

What is soma ?

[RobertAdrianAnderson]

@patsyohulaghan Soma is a drug that everyone in the novel 'Brave New World' takes to fight their daily depression living in a utopian, yet domineering society. Soma is also my personal favorite song off Is This It.

[patsyohulaghan]

@RobertAdrianAnderson haha...this song just got better now i know that..cheers man and i dont have a favourite song off " is this it ? " too hard to choose :/

[PigsWithAttitude7]

tht is one bigg finger 0:42

[chcolatteizzle]

"his" teeth are so....

[chcolatteizzle]

how could anyone dislike this?

[nooshi95]

תל אביבי אה? :P

[anatvip]

@nooshi95 לא.

[bezthiia]

Hermoso! <3

[kayyyp55]

Reading Brave New World now and i hear this song in my head every time it says "soma" which is quiteeee a lot!

[MrLuis992]

If you don't like this song...fuck you!

[KrazeWorld]

Yall know what soma is right?

[sighedeffects]

@KrazeWorld It's a muscle relaxer, but I'm pretty sure the reference in the song is to Brave New World

[KrazeWorld]

@sighedeffects bravo! its kinda important if your going to listen to the lyricks.

[SebastianVela10]

I love the guy who has been 'doing this for 25 years'!

This song puts me in mind of a band from England called The Kaines, try it once you might like it.

[TheSoulman55]

:) ♥

[ben59320]

Love your videos of The Strokes !

[philsays]

Excellent animations!

[95railflip]

the massive finger on the pointing hand kills me haha :P

[MrLuke506]

This is about Brave New World.

[drawingdiego]

It sounds a little bit like "You Talk Way Too Much" at certain parts... still a wonderful Stroke's song regardless!

[JohNNyBcOoL17]

its losing against fig trees.but i like your line better..losing their dreams..great vid anyways:)its so random i love it

[NSenSSe]

I don´t stop people with my left hand =PP

[historiadorderock]

Good video but how come I can't find the original video???????

[po0nisher]

@historiadorderock Because there is no such this as an original video for this, as it was not a single.

[historiadorderock]

@po0nisher Okay thanks man

[kaykaykaykaykayful]

Brave New World is the bomb! and this song is equally bomb-ish.

[MISAEL702]

this song is fucking AMAZING man!!

[zy0potdark]

0:45 That face kills me ...

[BbonersBusyBuisness]

Everytime I hear this song I envision a fat asian kid named Soma. I dont know why maybe cuz it kinda sounds like suma, like a suma wrestler

[thatkindofxGIRF9]

@BbonersBusyBuisness THIS SHOULD BE TOP COMMENT XD

[gigi31898]

@BbonersBusyBuisness just picture the drug

[Rllysrry2]

Damn, I wish they would play this live.

[DeegoL9]

Fucken Hilarious 

[latios4]

AUTISM

[mateuszplawski]

Nice Video ;D

[cornonthecobweb]

This video is excellence

[Chacha5678]

i know too many songs by heart

[JSvideos576]

THIS SONG RADIATES WARMTH AND ELATION

[nicolevalois]

lol high steaks 

[Deblopez3]

lmao, this video is so cute

[marwa321]

lol this has become the official video for me :D

[soma1706]

This song is about meee :D

[tcsdef]

cool video

[jthen75]

Yes it's a pill

[lilacifyable]

This was cool and i appreciated extremely :)

[whybother1312]

The I Am guy looks like a retard.........

[krapticfool]

now this video make me easy to remember the lyric :D

[L0veepanicc]

shit you're pretty good at paint! aha

this song is jizzzzz

[syafiq659]

wtf is soma?

[UnderControlofSoma]

@syafiq659 it's a drug to relax your body.

[imacooldude506]

@syafiq659 Its a reference Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel "Brave New World." In the book, the people took a drug called Soma to escape from life. But they weren't really aware that it was an escape, they saw it as just something fun to do.

[zuannetolu]

@imacooldude506

"Brand New World" and"Brave New World Revisited" written by Huxley almost thirty years after Brave New World are beautiful prophetics books

[25mariagtz]

@syafiq659

Its a drug used in the book Brave New World by Huxley to keep population undercontrol. They'd take "soma Holidays" & would be content, forget anything was wrong with their life or society.

[brightgreen14]

When it says "open your eyes" the guy looks asian...

[jimmefoxx]

this cheesy video opened my very tripped out stoned mind up to this band about a year ago or two ago...here iam two years later tripped out looking for badassness and somehow link after link i somehow got to this random ass video again....thanks man!! love this shit then adn now...

[MsWhitestripes100]

i don't know why i love this video so much!

[iamawes0me98]

Kind of disturbing

[OliviaM301]

I loved the draws.

Congratulation, so much fun

[111dv]

this is pretty sweet, gottta hand it to you. well job done

[dhawan81]

Is this related to soma in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley......

[sk8rockguy]

@dhawan81 Probably

[Falcons8455]

when i saw her for the first time...

[aubidubi]

Yeah, you aaaaaare [stop] :P

[mental07]

u clearly have a fuck lot of time on ur hands. but wat the hell it was class lmao

[colffenstein]

Brave New World anyone?

[kaloo123]

@colffenstein LMFAO i JUST came on for the exact same reason!

[10094926]

Wonderfull, Mustapha Mond would be proud.

[TANIIH16]

Soma lovely!!!!!!!!!!! lovely!!!

[JurricaChiannaNycole]

lovely

[dveenhof]

Anyone pause this video and take a look at the pictures? Pretty clever haha.

[ThatCrazyGingerChick]

@kilgorealex omfg it is!

[stifoam]

just ate a couple Soma's=]

[Urizhx]

LOVE IT ;)

[kilgorealex]

is that brian in a banana suit?

[MissKJO24]

@kilgorealex looks like a dog wearing a banana suit! lol

[gabynine]

fucking cool video

[OdoubleTO]

damn these guys fell off! lol :P

[luciano9009]

The Strokes are just too awesome.

[cazz4561]

Nice vid!! Nice paint hehe

[cazz4561]

Nice vid!!

[AliciaTL]

i am

[tfcporciuncula]

Great video, you made it funny in a simple way. Just some lyrics mistakes, like at 0:25: it's "losing against fig trees", not "loosing against their dreams". :P

[arinross523]

The song's kinda pretty. This is their best album, hands down i believe. Soma, which is a currently abused drug (a muscle relaxant, like a milder vicodin) is a big part of Huxley's classic novel: A Brave New World. I haven't read about the book, but my father talks about it all the time, and the lyrics match up with the novel's premise.

[thesoundgrove]

I think this song is about them, realizing that there being controlled by the record company.



[antrod1112]

i would sex this song.

[lbf1978]

I've been forcing this song on my children...lol :) It's just THAT* good!

[sophiefatalexx]

i love this.

[l3inno]

95 people took Soma and it fucked them up.

[hannlmnop]

I enjoyed this

[yankeesarethebest224]

i kinda wish it was "their dreams" and not "fig trees"..

[mexipinos]

you know, i hate indie rock, or you know all this new shit that has come in the 2000's, but honestly, the strokes are pretty cool

[zomb3kill3r]

love the video!!! creativity at an amazing out of this world level.

[TheStrokesBaby]

Listening to The Strokes' older songs gives me this huge wave of nostalgia. I'm sad because I don't think their new album, whenever that comes out, is going to be any good. How can they make up for all that lost time? But, I'm going to try and stay positive because I love their music anyways!

[winggoddess]

good song for a brave new world music video. sounds kind of like that song called "is it any wonder" by keane.

[AdictSant]

1:12

[indiemolly]

oh,but thats it.

[Chacha5678]

haha i already know the lyrics by heart

[LondonHarrods]

amazing song!!!

[koistalflower]

This is cute. :)

[LieutenantSarcasm26]

am i the only one who will relate to the video that this person has bothered to post? the pictures are hilarious, especially the part where he goes "I AM". crackhead drawings for sure.

[Dermagrind]

Judging by the lyrics this song is totally about John the "savage" and how he perceives the brave new world. Good song for a good book.

[M1NORLOVESJESS]

Fucking love the strokes .. my favorite song [: .. Too bad they don't perform here :(

[dudewhosbored]

is this song a reference to brave new world or to the hindu drink? because if its the former i now love the book and the band infinitely more.

[preptilele]

@dudewhosbored I think is Brave New World, and i totally agree

[mardarrer]

90 people must have taken soma before clicking the like button.

[UuWHITEPANTHERuU]

Of course a Justin Beiber comment appears.

[wtficantgetausername]

soma is the drug of choice in the book brave new world by aldous huxley isnt it?

[kylhunt]

I wonder how many people who take the drug Soma today have actually read Brave New World..

[ohbiggles]

this is so sick

[liogarus]

great song, and really easy to play!

[chriscasablancas]

EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC SOOOOOOOOOOONG

ONE OF THE BESTS SONGS OF THE STROKES

PERFECT BAND ♥_♥

[sensatonew]

buena music not stop not stop

[sensatonew]

buena music muy rockanrolesca los graficos son para niños pero la musica es buena. yo soy sttoping

[AthenaKargeui]

wtf

[bepelias]

1:24 #LOL :B

[VinnieG690]

great artwork lol

[joeleb]

South Massachusetts

[ThePutizorra]

julian love uuu so much

[therednovember]

big ass finger



[Txnaro]

Admirável mundo novo de Huxley

Música perfeita...

"Soma is what they would take when

hard times opened their eyes..."

[Rockon2themax]

This is a very cool video ^_^ and love the song.

[fateola]

loosing. *sigh*

[Musicasaurus]

Nice illustrations (no sarcasm, here)

[blackenstien]

STFU bitch

[williamobomomelhor]

soma <3 ♥ s2 sz

[shibbyguy95]

I reeeeeeeeeeally like the art in this video not only because theres anautistic kid at 0:32 and 0:45, but also because it narrates the song... and also, is that brian from family guy? in the banana suit ofcourse

[Joeilli]

Did u know that soma is a gang in Arizona??

[NoYouHaveProblems]

@Joeilli

and theres a tagger with the name soma

and a street artist who calls himself soma project

its just a word