The Strokes - Soma (Live)

[SHORTstopp99]

Love The Strokes just more than The Killers and Arctic Monkeys!

[ktnnatattack]

when i get asked where i would go if i could travel back in time...

[MrThejack1988]

this band is very good and forever in the rock garage¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[mance02]

They're playing on the same stage Elvis Presley did when he did his 1968 Comeback!

[meamojfc]

I love the way he says "stop."

[QuarantineThePast]

Jesus anyone would think this video is from the 70s

[selfexplanatorz]

back when music was cool but more importantly when the people at the gigs were freaking cool

[Italo56194]

i lke soma

[danichavarria89]

it looks older than the albert hammond dad videos

[Massoud762]

"losing against fig trees" awesome

[AdrianLiez]

This band should be reconized in the same category as the beatles or the doors or queen, they're just as awesome

[blashphemyFFS]

@AdrianLiez rock is too modern to ever recreate the kind of fame beatles and rolling stones had in the 60s. it's too "mainstream" if you will. i agree that they are just as good if not better than beatles and rolling stones though :)

[diekontrolleure]

@AdrianLiez yep stfu you useless idiot strokes are better than the fuckin doors you idiot

[jrfitz88]

@AdrianLiez I dont think their career is nearly as prolific/world changing as the artists you mentioned.

But this concert is easily as historic as anything those twits did. ;)

[redwings1141]

God, this has replaced the album version for me, 1:42 to the end is just incredible, i repeat "well i'm not listening no more" dozens of times

[HeeeyMacarena]

my favorite song of all time

[taxdubexta]

Am i the only one who knows all the lyrics to all of their songs? (probably not)

[OMFGgennypotter]

@taxdubexta

Uh, obviously not.

[noskool4]

@OMFGgennypotter Fk, now I have to look for @taxdubexta's comment :(

[CarusoV3i]

@noskool4 no you don't



[zoso4221]

@taxdubexta no you are not the only one lol

[sisman4132]

Sooooma, lalalalalalalalala

[MrChingoro]

it's a same there's no dvd of any of their performances

it shows that there's not just interested in selling and making money!

love them <3

[Blankcard92]

@MrChingoro probably cos julian destroys like one camera per performance

[dstallwell]

I now know one good reason why I read brave new world in high school

[ThinCrustPizza67]

@dstallwell haha same here man...when I had to read Brave New World by William Blake for senior english I was immediatly reminded of this song the first time I read the word SOMA in that book.

[darthragar92]

@ThinCrustPizza67 Isn't that book by Aldous Huxley?

[TxStroke23]

@darthragar92 yeah it is. That guy is wrong

[AlbertoD41]

FUCK THAT WAS POWERFUL!

[payne0410]

What venue is this?

[ReneeRawrz13]

@payne0410 MTV $2 concert.

[Tima1995]

I don't think there is a single song by The Strokes that I am not completely in love with. I GOT IT BAAAAD for The Strokes <3

[mmontes26]

@Tima1995 Yup, The Strokes is the greatest band ever.

[hipsterkid101]

I get a pain in my chest when I hear this song because I just love it so much

[GAdawgsfan93]

Yeah, the Smashing Pumpkins song called Soma is WAAAAYYY better than this.

[M16KING82]

@GAdawgsfan93 STFU

[JeffroTV]

@GAdawgsfan93 I agree!!!!

[Wolfreys44]

@GAdawgsfan93 no one gives a shit. go watch a fucking video of that song then

[festrokes]

increible

[VonnegutFrusciante]

my favourite video on youtube.

[nat4u235]

Only The Strokes can make a bad quality video seem cool.

[animalyelpedelse]

1:40 another poor mic stand

[Am3rIca16]

i learned how to play this song in one hour in guitar :D

[benglee14]

@Am3rIca16 Wow AMAZING! You must have been playing for 10 years to be that good!

[Am3rIca16]

@benglee14 Ikr

[TheWegeg]

@Am3rIca16 I learned how to play this song in about 5 minutes, it's pretty simple

[pensacolanate]

@TheWegeg Yeah, but have you ever WRITTEN a song that sounds this awesome?!?!

[skyNbell]

Julian looked so high (idk if he was) that he was fascinated by his hand for a sec. He's so awesome. Period.

[dark3rbol]

@skyNbell I can imagine them taking the stage hungover and stoned.

[SGKlD]

this sounds ALOT like the master track..

[eastcoastamish]

Nick's wearing a nice Jimmy Page circa-Led Zeppelin I outfit

[CountThoseFingers]

Soma, Something we used to do in the old days!

Isn't that from a book?

[MrLamasticot]

@CountThoseFingers Yep, it's from Brave New World, Soma is a kinda drug

[tHeStRoKeSlOvEr4]

This song makes me happy=)

[ArcadeStroke]

How the fuck are they all sitting down? haha? I would be too i guess if my ass was gorilla glued to the seat.

[NikkiFlowers24]

This live in LA it's the best live ever from the Strokes, the style, the public, all here is gorgeous!

[mellovictor]

this is the one Stroke's song that i can never get enough....

[sydneyxerin]

Too bad they're not this anymore :( heart wrenching.

[MegaPotterfreak]

@sydneyxerin they're still amazing. different, yes, but still amazing.

[FlyBird]

@ThePopsicleAddict It's a vocal effect that's used live as well. It's not that complicated.

[Am3rIca16]

Great song i hope i see them in madison square garden april 1st!!

[CaseyXXoXXo]

@Am3rIca16 I hope they play this there, it's one of my favorites!

[Aquamarine611]

One of my fav songs<3

[starcharm]

they sound incredible live and that is an amazing thing. many bands cannot do this and they lose me as a fan. julien is amazing, can't wait for the new album. i've purchased 2 of their albums and did not steal them online lol. they are worth it, i am never disappointed in any of their songs, honestly.

[FAMOUSKANKAMEL]

the strookes are better then any ther band so yeah phuck u haters

FAMOUS KAMEL

[zeeoz1786]

god i love the strokes.

[Dford16]

Julian delivers the best Frankenstein impression in this one. Love this band.

[Ibeatyou23]

This is usually in my top 5 favourite strokes songs.

[MrCalemFilms]

FUCK Youtube.

[samx919]

Keeping rock n' roll alive

[azharkamar]

Love this song. And Julian's drunken antics.

[Saloni63]

they own a piece of my heart as well

[agustingriveos]

ahuevo eso si es meterle pasion a las rolas

[DavidCollinsGarcia]

rhcp is a late 80s early 90s band they represent gen x

[mrporky08]

New Brave World!

[Cyberdalo]

The only thing i dont like about the vid is the quality but fuck that shit, strokes are cool

[LUCASNSGUACHO]

11 people actually never tried soma

[Abe91195]

this looks out of 1977 or something, its badass

[frusciante319]

the strokes are a decent, maybe good, band but not the best of our era at all

[ahshit1006]

@frusciante319 im gonna assume you think the red hot chilli peppers are. Strokes rule homie hop off

[frusciante319]

@ahshit1006 chili peppers are my favorite but i don't think they are the best. i didn't call strokes bad, and i wont but im not sure best band of our era

[cavemanfarts]

Nick looks a bit like early Jimmy Page in this video for some reason?

[Abe91195]

@cavemanfarts yeah, and nikolai, kind of looks like john paul jones

[golfcartonthefreeway]

@cavemanfarts ...when Jimmy was on heroin in the late '70's.

[jcroldan89]

this set is pretty solid

[ThePopsicleAddict]

Legen----(wait for it, I hope you're not lactose intolerant)-----dary

[Zefunker]

I can't believe I'm gonna see them twice NEXT week. Oh god I might turn gay for a second.

[owel89k]

i saw them in 2001 and in 2004 i think. by far the best concerts that ive ever been to

[bobngo10]

1:33 WTF! look at nick's legs! fukin skinny bastard

[zaqmjy627]

this song is fucking shit compared to soma by the smashing pumpkins

[Backalleypeprally]

@zaqmjy627 Different tastes for different people i suppose...

[RodjinegroGT]

have you read A Brave New World? this song is inspired by that book

[Emunity]

@RodjinegroGT lol, I read it and then later found out about this song--ahaha I love how I knew exactly what they meant. XD

[KINGSTON9226]

@RodjinegroGT oh yea! ill take soma any day..a gramme is better than a damn

[VivaLaCasablancas8]

love this song-3

I love when nick gets really into his guitar playing its so hott!

and jules is uh-mazing as always:)

[p4cm4n182]

Soma is what they would take when

The Strokes opened their eyes

Heard things in a new way

Awesome in just a few names

Dancing with the sun beams

Looking for their new dreams

[SAuLAmoaSTrokesStrat]

SOMA SOMA SOMA............AMO A STROKES

[juliancisthebest]

Love this song...Love The Strokes...Julian's insanely hot...Yup, that's all my complex feelings right there lol :)

[arauzdave86]

awesome as always its the strokes baby

[valerojaz]

♥

[WrongChris]

...is what they would take when Hard times opened their eyes Saw pain in a new way High stakes for a few names Racing against sun beams Losing against their dreams In your eyes And I am Stop And go In your eyes See I am Stop And go In your eyes Let's go Oh, darling, let me go Tried it once and they like it Then tried to hide it Says, "I've been doing this 25 years" But I'm not listening no more And these friends, they keep asking for more Oh, yeah Oh, but that's it

HATE NONE 8  9

CONSOL!

[alexjestermusic]

@WrongChris I wish I could copy and paste lyrics as good as you.

[naota1800]

@WrongChris ur wrong chris its fig trees

[NickValensi999]

When I saw her for the first time lips moved as her eyes closed

Heard something in his voice

"And i'll be there," he says and he walks out

Somehow he was trying too hard to be like them..........

My favourite verse!!

[TininSkywithDiamonds]

my favorite song from Is This It

[atatski1]

havent listened to it that much... doesnt exactly sound like it.. but there are similarities.. what i meant was there are songs in the 3rd album which they used synthesizers.. i still love the third album but i mostly prefer the raw tunes better... razorblade and you only live once...

[EnokiSkai]

the 3rd album sounds nothing like julian's solo album...

[atatski1]

maan i miss the strokes... hopefully their 4th album is more like the 1st and 2nd one... 3rd one sounds like julians album new album...

[therealsolstice]

there is only one soma... and it's billy's.

[kappser]

Billy's is much better.

[metallifan84]

@therealsolstice chill out, they're both great songs. sure. billy has more creativity and named his song "Soma" first, but I don't think the Strokes named it after something he did. The songs are both totally different from each other musically.

[VorsichtFalle]

the concert location is nice. It's funny how there's no actual direction where the band can look.

[PigShadowKan]

yeAHH , strokes 4 ever !!

[BRFeatter]

one of the best rock bands in the 21st century!

[022095treehugger]

the strokes are theeee best(:

[erobles15]

FUCK ALL YA'LL CRITICS... The Strokes Are Indeed The Best Rock Band In Our Era.. sooo fuck ya'll bitches.. Rock n' Roll History!!!!!

[jeffreybiderpdee]

@erobles15 Is this It is one of the best albums in Rock n Roll history.

But The Strokes aren't. They'll never do it again

[PhoenixRising235]

@erobles15 You mean, if the strokes threw down against Zeppelin, Floyd, Nirvana, the White stripes, and robert johnson for kicks, they would be greater? *WRONG*

[erobles15]

FUCK ALL YA'LL CRITICS... The Strokes are.. THE SHIT!!! Best Rock Band In Our Era..... fuck ya'll bitches!!!

[desasterz]

Yeah, but their third album brings them down really...

What you can say, is the started the era, without them, people would be watching All Time Low and Sum 41 and in england they would be probably recicling britt pop and theres no need for that...

[erobles15]

well said homie...

[desasterz]

thank you marge...

[blinkmeblazer182]

Well said. The strokes influenced all the indie rock/garage rock that i hold dear (don't mind my screen name, when i made it i was naive.) If it wasn't for the Strokes pop punk would still be prominent, and my favorite band, Arctic Monkeys, might not be around. Can't wait for the Strokes' 4th album. Hopefully it isn't like Julian's solo album, i wasn't too fond of that.

[needmodestmouse]

For the record, I would love it if it was as good or had a similar sound to Julian's solo album. I love it. I love the sound equally as much as I love the old Strokes, though the album did have weak spots in it that made it overall, not as good as the Strokes.

[ZamsadaZombie]

I think this is one of the best songs from them, if not, then one of the greatest songs ever.

[kappser]

The Strokes, the White Stripes, The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys, Muse.......Bands for people who skim the surface of music and just dig what their friends think is cool.

[eltoroo69]

so are you saying these bands are not that good, i agree with u about A.Monkeys and Muse but the others are great

[kappser]

The Strokes and the White Stripes have talent, but it makes me sad that rock n' roll has gotten so shitty that these guys are considered the best.

[SanderX0]

Your opinion. Roll n Roll is from the 70's and 80's. You can not compare the Strokes with bands from that decade. You just can't.

[kappser]

Indeed my opinion, but I think there are plenty of better bands from this decade as well. I'm just not that into the whole retro thing.

[SanderX0]

Please give some examples of "greater" bands.

[kappser]

Caribou, Radiohead, Godspeed you black Emperor, Queens of the Stone Age, Explosions in the Sky, Agalloch, The Books, Holy Fuck, Broken Social Scene, High on Fire, Battles, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Enon, The Notwist, Dizzee Rascal, Stephen Malkmus, Wilco, Clinic, Isis, Jesu.

[SanderX0]

Dizzee Rascal HAHAHA

[MshaunC]

i fully agree with mrseasalty90 besides most of the strokes songs are alternative so stick with metallica or something like that.

[multibuypie]

who says you can't listen to metallica aswell as the strokes. they are both in my top 20 fav bands.

[SanderX0]

This music (the Strokes) is unique. I tried to find a band that plays the same as the Strokes, and I failed. Besides, all my friends do not listen to this kind of music, and I do? Fuck off, go listen some n*kker music.

[kappser]

Try listening to the Velvet Underground or Television. The Strokes were a good band and wrote some cool tunes, but didn't deserve the hype back then and don't deserve their status now. They really didn't do anything to make music more interesting other than playing like they didn't care and wearing leather jackets..........uhhh....never­mind. By the way? What might a n*kker be?

[eltoroo69]

Dude you didnt not just mention velvet underground, they were one of the most overrated bands ever, they were okay but not great, the only reason they received such hype was because of andy warhol, ther were/are countless bands better than them

[kappser]

Ummm.....yeah and they were so popular back then. I always thought they got a lot of hype because they influenced indie rock, punk, electronic and avant-garde music. Julian Casablancas himself wrote about how much they influenced his own music in rolling stone.

[eltoroo69]

Dude i'm not saying they werent influential but ther were other bands around that time were better, and more influential like the who, the kinks, mc5, the stooges, as for the strokes yeah they didnt do anything "new' but they did make good old fashion kick ass music

[flamnjon6969]

What? All those bands you named are from the 20th century dude. These guys came out in 2001. But none the less, those bands you named are fuckin rad as shit! I would even go far as to say they're in my top 20!!!

[multibuypie]

haaaa u no nothing

[CandSproductionz]

Is that nbc?

[jajairo92]

could anbody tell me the order of songs of this concert? please,anybody, you dont know much time i have spent to find the order

[festrokes]

SON YO

[flamnjon6969]

Oh man, i was there and i think i was like 17! I'm gettin old! The Strokes are still awesome IMO.

[Fbastidas]

Some of my favorite bands are going to release new albums; Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, and that's great !!

[Mageskey]

The Strokes own a good portion of my heart.

[rvz77]

@Mageskey buy it back!

[bioken007]

@Mageskey Sorry, I really like your comment but I can't ruin the 69 thumbs

[HiiDeeLaV09]

@Mageskey thats the BEST thing i've ever heard someone say about these guys:] i respect that.

[tyrocks14]

strokes rule. f**cki'n sweet

[kenkocarmenb]

the strokes are the fuckin masters of the universe!

If I ever listen to a better band than them I'll be in heaven

[mylesmedlin55]

dude i cant wait for the new album is gonna b fuckin epic!

am i wrong?

[IAMOHSOGREAT]

probably yes. I don´t think they can get better than Is this it

[tyrocks14]

no way its gonna be awesome!

[Bolancity]

HOT!

[jevonheatherley]

Fucking brillant.

I saw these in Nottingham in 2006. Best band in the world.

[HazaaStrokinIt]

i recently saw a pic and vid of julian and he is still sexy as hell.

[HazaaStrokinIt]

i love the strokes i cant wait for the best band ever to come back!it means more music,more fans,and unfortunately more haters.but who cares cuz this is some of the best music that is left today.

[NickRamone0]

Yah, I almost cried when I heard they were back. It was a devastating thought that these guys only would make 3 short albums. but thank god! the strokes are back! I have a feeling this is a sign 2010 is gonna be a good decade.

[zeikoru]

The White Stripes are back next year too! it will be a good decade.

[IAMOHSOGREAT]

and the libertines might reunite.

2010 is going to be the garahe-rock-revival-revival(-r­evival).

[zeikoru]

the hives might have an album too. And hopefully the Greenhornes.

[mylesmedlin55]

what makes you say that?

[IAMOHSOGREAT]

pete announced it and carl was present and didn´t deny it (he always does this, I guess he´s fat up of hearing questions about the libertines.) Pete said he would twist his arm and get the Libertines reunited.

[mylesmedlin55]

no i mean the garage rock revival

what makes u think there is gonna b one?

im not being synical im just wondering?

[IAMOHSOGREAT]

I mean that all these garage-rock-revival bands (/the two most important and inspiring ones) are going to come back. This and it this will also cause other new bands with this style.

I´m working on something but I will start when I have a bigger amount of songs written