The Strokes - Soma

[CompletamentNervioso]

Hardly know what he's talking about but this tune helps me to ge super high

[theboomboxattacks]

Brave New World :)\



[kellsbells232011]

sorry to burst your bubble. nope i didnt. didnt have to. the radio let me know it was useless

[fodgd]

@kellsbells232011 man you should stop commenting here

[stivio00]

Its a Jewish nose

[MadMonsterMansion]

@stivio00 how the fuck is that a nose? lol

[IHateEveryoneLots]

It's an elephants left testicle

[Seawhati5ea]

It's the photographer's wife, the one that took this picture for the strokes. I donno people, wth kind of knee's do you have?

[tylz12]

if that was a knee, there would be an arrow in it. problem solved

[leoshow1the1]

Its a picture of the butt ;3 Point!

[DannyVsTheWorld]

hate to be captain obviouse but isnt it a womens backside???

[elizaBeann]

There is no way that's a knee. I MUST NOT BE DISTRACTED BY THE MARVELOUS PICTURES. Concentrate on the music. That's what really matters in the long-run.

[Icechiv132]

obvious ass is obvious

[engeljakob]

obviously it's an armpit.. lolz

[DavidFrat123]

it's clearly not a knee you idiots.

[venusazem]

oohhh... how i loved this song when i was a teenager..still one of the best

[krizalidstayaway]

I looooveeee this song. Its so upbeat and happy

[TheDeathonlegs]

@krizalidstayaway I thought it was actually kinda sad...

[atillathechun]

it's a knee but it looks like an ass :)

[XxScreamInSilencexX]

@atillathechun if thats a knee is a very fat knee

[thelittlemissinlove]

I still dont get if this is some kind of reference to ''Brave New World'', or what? ....:D

[TheScienceguy77]

@thelittlemissinlove Soma is a drug in Brave New World that makes people happy with "no negative side effects". Named after an Indian plant/drink of the same name that has hallucinogenic properties.

[thelittlemissinlove]

@TheScienceguy77 Yes,yes I know.. So is that the reason for naming this song Soma...? :D

[TheScienceguy77]

@thelittlemissinlove I believe it is.

[squeezeslemons]

why in the FUCK would it be a knee. great song btw.

[DavidFrat123]

soma? meaning the hindu ritual drink, a reference to 'A Brave New World' or literal translation to body?

[miscriant]

why the fuck is there a World of Warcraft commercial!?!?!

[whaleking900]

has anyone seen a naked person? thats a butt now listen to the song

[kitkat0011n]

The album picture might be a knee or an ass but who gives a fuck, the song is fantastic and you should be focus on the music.

[INF3darkgreen]

I love how on nearly every single song of theirs from this album on here people are arguing about whether that's a butt or a knee.

[fortyaider]

I just took a soma

[Luis11717]

You Talk Way Too Much sounds an awful lot like this.

[Compton3clipsed]

I thought this band was British originally, you'll know what I mean if your from the UK, I feel Suede and Blur dripping off these guys with an extra strong dose of kickass.

[JAYRETRO17]

@Compton3clipsed Same thing!!! Im not from the UK but i felt the same way when i first listened to them. Just that style i guess?

[shockzrock]

@Compton3clipsed Really? They're oozing with the Velvet Underground, Television and Ramones.

[Compton3clipsed]

@shockzrock - I definitely feel the Velvet Underground, that's a sure thing.

[TheDeathonlegs]

@Compton3clipsed I thought that too...

[opiumkidx]

the hips are the size of a 9 year old

[thebigsouthsider]

this is from brave new world right

[Scofields1828]

@thebigsouthsider I love that book

[Carlino31]

STOP.....eeaaaannnddd gooooooooo....

[ouuyeahouuright]

This is my fav song right now.

[irrazionale88]

Is this it è a mio parere il miglior album degli Strokes...

[braindrain52389]

easily my favorite band from this era

[PattyGreendale]

Just because The Strokes didnt sound the exact same all 4 album sure as hell doesnt mean that they suck now.

[rockbanddan]

10 years :)

[kellsbells232011]

kinda sad this was the only good album they ever made. everything after this was trash

[trobinso92]

@kellsbells232011 Shut up

[kellsbells232011]

@trobinso92 sorry dude. truth hurts but after this the strokes went downhill.....waaaaaaaaayyyy down

[MrEntelechy1]

@kellsbells232011 Bollocks ! Did you watch any of the uploads of the last tour which ha only just finished ? They are well and truly back on form - Fab's drumming is better than ever, Nikolai's bass is as steady as a fuckin rock. Albert's playing is on top form. He's playing well, he knows he's playing well and he's enjoying himself. Nicky is playing to his usual impeccable standard, faultless performances night after night. Lastly Julian, He's been singing better this tour than he has in ages

[fodgd]

@kellsbells232011 i'm sure you didn't listen to all their songs after this album (:

[iloveponandzi1]

@JhonyHellrocker why? because they are the motherfucking strokes they can do whatever they please to do. They are just that awesome :)

[TJMs16]

love the strokes !! :)

[rodrigopacheco12]

how can you not see its an ass???

[JhonyHellrocker]

why did the strokes put an ass on this albuM??? what does it means? xD

[electricladyland77]

you can totally tell its an ass, knees arent big and round like that lol

[kellsbells232011]

@electricladyland77 no you can even see her stomach if you look closely like its bent over

[WARREN5028]

fuck yeah!!!!

[patsyohulaghan]

Julian puts soo much into his singing :)

[eBloom91]

One dislike? Someone needs a lesson in good music.

[Maximumpmf]

this song is getting better through the years, awesome!

[johnplumbal]

This is By far the best strokes song!

[strokesprincess]

@DrSquidley haha I see what you mean.

[Noam315]

So what is the song about?

[slushpup9696]

This song is why I am reading Brave New World.

[Soma4ever1493]

Love The Strokes, one of the best Indie Rock bands ever!^_^ Even if this song is about drugs :p

[MgHq]

its about brave new world. how do not know that?

[Soma4ever1493]

@MgHq it's also about drugs "Soma is what they would take when hard times open their eyes, saw pain in a new way..." not to be a smart ass or anything sorry if I come off that way :/

[stueyAfor1]

@Soma4ever1493 From the book 'A Brave New World'!

[Soma4ever1493]

@stueyAfor1 haha never read it :P is it any good?(:

[fortonetee]

0 dislikes...prime

[donovan2010c]

@fortonetee you jinxed it.......

[DrSquidley]

@fortonetee yeah you jinxed that pretty bad

[ZacBla]

i think that this could very well be the strokes' best song.

[TheHotcarlton]

love me some strokies

[SimplyShadow]

4/5 the drummer is amazng.

[Hypact1v3]

@SimplyShadow 5/4*

[NudyBronque]

@Hypact1v3 I was going to say 4/5 isn't hard at all

[SimplyShadow]

4/5

[Chaucer129]

YES! :) Love The Strokes....Brings back happy memories from High School. :)

[Khultan]

 To my homey, you know this is it. : )

[M16KING82]

@97SSphobia then GTFO 

[modsheff1]

@97SSphobia go on then ....go and listen to kenny rogers....and FUCK OFF!

[97SSphobia]

@modsheff1 lmao look at you gettin all butt hurt about a gay ass song and band...you need some counseling dude..kenny rogers kills this anyday maybe you should listen to it too.

[Titanicluver321]

@97SSphobia dude if u don't like this band then why r u spending hours on utube looking them up? no one fucking cares.... just go away

[sosielovely11]

brave new world!

[pelteux]

I wish I could be fuckin high on soma right now

[xGRABxYOURxGUNx]

I just had to read Brave New World for english and I looooved it, and my friend mentioned this song so I had to listen to it. Very good. :]

[sheeplord1]

I love the Brave New World reference, if you didn't know, soma is a perfected drug in the story Brave New World that the citizens take whenever they begin to feel emotions.

[HellGirl6661]

One of my favorite songs of the strokes. Thanks for uploading the video. I love this band. Top rock. Bye bye.

[deathnote645]

it's the best' song of the strokes

[DannyWalton92]

I've been doing this for 25 YEARS!!

[M16KING82]

BEST SONG TO ME  AFTER IS THIS IT

[BehindTheSea29]

This song reminds me of summer :)

[KickenItOldSchool]

They have been holding back on this album for a while now but i still think it'll come out

[DiCkRiChArDz]

fucking dope tune!

[iamLizardJohnny]

Fuck, I love The Strokes.

They're the best shower music. They make me happy.

[missrococo94]

@iamLizardJohnny oh ma god! and I thought I was the onlyy one! Thumbs up for you.

[1251ification]

sometime this year

[KingJames456]

whens there next cd coming out!?!?

[94luftballons]

From what I heard, they're aiming to release it in September.

[rahul20]

slated for september they say...

[TheJudgeAndTheThief]

Just accept it's a fucking butt...

When you get older you'll realize that sex ain't a bad thing. :<

[ChrisMcewan2oo9]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief it might be a man

[th3unconscious1988]

@ChrisMcewan2oo9 it is the girlfriend of the photographer who took the picture for the album cover, the hand belongs to julian casablancas if im 100 percent correct. not sure about the last part though... but if you wanna think it is... thats weird.. but tolerable.

[cavemanfarts]

@th3unconscious1988 That is a womans hand.

[th3unconscious1988]

@cavemanfarts i know.... u replied to a replier lol.....

[cavemanfarts]

@th3unconscious1988 I know... it's still a woman's hand.

[th3unconscious1988]

@cavemanfarts ok? dont care? shut up please?

[EricAteEverybody7]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief Sex is definetly not a bad thing. Children a terrible, terrible thing.

[cymbeli]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief lol...you have to wait to get older to realize that....I think its the other way around....daring album cover...maybe if I start dancing again I can get my butt like this.....you know before I get OLDER!! ;)

[hopebgood]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief I thought it was a sexy knee........

[karenw757]

@hopebgood so did I!! then I looked farther to the right and was like, "Oh...right on haha".

[karenw757]

@karenw757 this looks really weird haha, I'm accidentally logged onto my moms youtube account hahaha

[Dan88CG]

@hopebgood How could that be a freakin knee, with the glove, and everything

[hopebgood]

@Dan88CG Guess I see lots of sexy knees!  lol

[DaGypsy25]

@hopebgood thats a ass

[Justpooinabush]

@hopebgood Ahahaha it's not a knee?!!?

[MrCoto17]

@hopebgood yes it is jajjajjjaja <3

[Seph123ff7]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief Eh it's also overrated, like it's going to be something that changes your life.

[aijunk2]

@TheJudgeAndTheThief

Yes. We know it is a butt. One:  It looks like one. Two: We want it to look like an ass because we're MEN. And finally three: Julian himself has confirmed it is the side view of an ass (it's his EX GF's ass. When they took this, obviously the two were going out.)

[father042]

perverts...ummm

[bcome82]

the picture is of a butt, the strokes said it themselves on a interview!

[saitoasis90]

no you're mistaken, it is from girl's actual hip side

[oorreeooss]

@saitoasis90 hmm looks like a knee to me 0.o lol maybe i need to see the eye doctor again

[COREYTIMfromtheband]

@SuperMistertee no elbow looks like that...

[bitingolive]

oh and soma backwards is amos, a crucial character from the bible.. oh wait who cares i just like the song tbh

[tavyan12]

I think it has to do with" the brave new world" by aldous huxley. Soma is a drug of sorts. its talking of john from the book and his first time using it. check out the book its straight up G.

[StephanieLikesTea]

Yeah! What gnorralicious. Brave New World is famous.... you silly people.

[laxlaxloo]

I just wonder, for those of you pretentious enough to cite "Brave New World," have you even read Huxley's novel? No. You haven't.

[gnorralicious]

Lol at you thinking that citing the obvious source of inspiration for this song is pretentious.

The book was published in 1932 and is required reading material in several schools throughout the United States — I myself was required to read it in my sophomore year. So that fact that they know the name of a fairly well-known, old book doesn't make them pretentious. It makes them pretty much normal.

The only really pretentious one here seems to be you.

[clairethenola]

Does this song have anything to do with the book "Brave New World"?

[Kkerr72]

Well it has too, soma only exist in Brave New World. I think it's more borrowing context from the book to give the words more meaning.

[PsychedelicVibes]

@Kkerr72 Soma is a real pharmaceutical drug that is just great. But reading all these comments it's starting to make sense that it's A Brave New World and not the pill we take when our body is in pain.

[silkrevolver]

Was the inspiration brave new world?

[TorrinTheGreat]

LOVE this album...

[chrischrist2u]

reminds me of You Talk Way Too Much, like the rythym :) good song

[thezombiekid69]

why am i reading and writing comments about songs im lame good tune though

[joeydivision92]

My favourite song from Is This It. Got me from the first line.

[Imagoodboy3]

this song is intoxicating by means of sound and beat =)

[bcome82]

great song great band great sound!

that's all I got to say :)

[audiophil92]

hehe heard this whole album in an irish pub 2 days ago, made for a great atmosphere :)

[dominic2014]

love this whole album, takes me rght back to '01

[burgermiester1]

so·ma

n.

An intoxicating or hallucinogenic beverage, used as an offering to the Hindu gods and consumed by participants in Vedic ritual sacrifices.

yay! i finally get it

[RodSkark]

Sta Banda Si Se La rifa Jejejej

[ega111]

muy bien que buena banda..

[hannahlll13]

you got that right. them and the BLOWING TREES are my favorite bands

[strokesprincess]

4 words:

awesome song

awesome band :D

[DrSquidley]

@strokesprincess technically, thats only 3 words....