2019 Headliners

[The Nal]

11 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

The Strokes at Leeds the last time they headlined remains the very worst live performance I've ever seen.

Saw them in 05 ish and was awful too. However I saw Albert Hammond Jnr live before and he was pretty good. 

[Yokel Again]

The Strokes won't be headlining Glastonbury. 

[incident]

35 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Sorry folks but The Strokes released one overrated single nearly 20 years ago. They cant headline based off that. 

FTFY

[stuartbert two hats]

30 minutes ago, caballosblancos said:

Had to google The Strokes to remind myself which songs were theirs. Pretty unmemorable period of sameness... 

They did Last Night.  And.... err.... some other songs?

[Anarion]

Is This It was a masterpiece, as The Nal so succinctly noted, but everyone who has spent more than five minutes on The Strokes know that Room On Fire is their best record.

[DickButkis]

10 minutes ago, Anarion said:

Is This It was a masterpiece, as The Nal so succinctly noted, but everyone who has spent more than five minutes on The Strokes know that Room On Fire is their best record.

Truth

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm not so sure that that's what The Nal was noting.

[StupidDream]

According to this https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/the-strokes-global-comeback-2019/ they won't even be headlining the Other Stage since they'd be starting their tour at BBK in July.

[mcshed]

41 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It shouldn't be possible, but one time I saw The Strokes and by about a third of the way through the gig every single one of them had fallen asleep.

Although you jest Casablancas did end up having a lie down under the drum riser for a couple of tunes at T in the Park 2004.

[Xeph1995]

32 minutes ago, Anarion said:

Is This It was a masterpiece, as The Nal so succinctly noted, but everyone who has spent more than five minutes on The Strokes know that Room On Fire is their best record.

Nothing the strokes have released is close to a Masterpiece to be quite honest. 

[Anarion]

1 minute ago, Xeph1995 said:

Nothing the strokes have released is close to a Masterpiece to be quite honest.

I think people must have forgotten all the crap nu-metal and post grunge crap we had to endure before The Strokes saved rock with Is This It.

It instantly changed mainstream music in both the US and the UK, and went on to influence many great bands. It's possible to discuss if it's a masterpiece or not, but its position in music history can't be denied.

 

 

[DarthSaul]

3 minutes ago, Anarion said:

I think people must have forgotten all the crap nu-metal and post grunge crap we had to endure before The Strokes saved rock with Is This It.

It instantly changed mainstream music in both the US and the UK, and went on to influence many great bands. It's possible to discuss if it's a masterpiece or not, but its position in music history can't be denied.

 

 

Absolutely. Even if they aren't the best at what they do, they influenced a lot of bands in to doing it better. 

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, Anarion said:

I think people must have forgotten all the crap nu-metal and post grunge crap we had to endure before The Strokes saved rock with Is This It.

It instantly changed mainstream music in both the US and the UK, and went on to influence many great bands.

And many utterly terrible bands. 

[Hugh Jass]

If they're still planning to announce anything this side if Christmas they need to get a move on...

[shuttlep]

Christmas eve announcement

 

 

still saying Macca 

[SwedgeAntilles]

One of the greatest gigs I've been to was The Strokes at the Barrowlands in 2001. A real 'I was there' moment. But there's no way they're Glastonbury headliner material. They could headline The Other or sub the Pyramid but I don't see them taking either slot if they're getting headline slots offered to them by the likes of BBK

[cdm22]

The best song The Strokes did was the mash-up with the Christina Aguilera track

I saw them at BST too and got mostly bored and wandered off before it finished.

[Stokesy10]

2 hours ago, Anarion said:

Is This It was a masterpiece, as The Nal so succinctly noted, but everyone who has spent more than five minutes on The Strokes know that Room On Fire is their best record.

I flick between both of them being my favourite, both absolutely incredible. But yes, ITI is an absolute masterpiece. No pissing around, punchy, excellent riffs, power, brilliant listening.

First Impressions isn't the worst either, it has some brilliant tracks on but not as consistent as the first two.

FWIW, I don't think they'll headline at all, but if they're there in any capacity it would be amazing.

[Hugh Jass]

18 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

First Impressions isn't the worst either, it has some brilliant tracks on but not as consistent as the first two.

FIOE has Juicebox, which for my money is the best thing they ever did.

Edited December 18, 2018 by Hugh Jass

[ghostdancer1]

Juicebox > Reptilia > anything on Is This It

[SwedgeAntilles]

1. Is This It

2. Reptilia

3. Under The Cover of Darkness

4. Everything else on Room On Fire

5. Heart In A Cage

6. Everything else on First Impressions Of Earth

7. Comedown Machine

8. Everything else on Angles

9. Pablo Honey

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

If they're still planning to announce anything this side if Christmas they need to get a move on...

He’s making his list, he’s checking it twice.

[GMF]

Gonna find out who's naughty and nice

Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you're sleepin'
He knows when you're a wake,

it really was a mistake friending the old white bearded bastard on facebook.

[Hugh Jass]

There’s only one old dude with a white beard’s list I wanna see...

[tevaburger]

4 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

One of their more memorable shows?

I'll throw my only Strokes gig into the mix

NY's Radio City Music Hall summer 2002, with the White Stripes supporting (I'd seen them for the first time at Glastonbury earlier that summer) and Jack White joining The Strokes during their encore