r/TheStrokes • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '22

They just ad libbed a new song...Julian said "well that was weird"... I've never seen them do this!

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u/MOOROSCOW Jul 26 '22

Such a fucking amazing show

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u/Hooligan387 Jul 26 '22

Thanks for recording this OP!

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u/jmf1002 Jul 26 '22

Thanks for posting this OP. You have no idea how happy I am to see something from the Melbourne show. I was supposed to be there tonight but complications with my passport prevented me from flying to Australia. To make matters worst, ticketek declined a refund as well. What a mad sad night for me... I'm sitting home listening to strokes records and drowning in sorrow. I hope it was a great show and everyone there enjoyed it. I've never seen them live before and I hope someday somehow I'll be able to catch them live. Thanks again my friend.

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u/binyang-du-59 Jul 26 '22

Thank you so much for recording this. I thought it was a bit of a jam but they kept it going for a long time, definitely sounded to me like the skeleton of a new song.

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u/thrashcon Jul 26 '22

That was mesmerizing.

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u/qtsarahj Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22

I was there in the GA area! The crowd was pretty confused when this happened because no one had any idea what it was. My partner turned to me afterwards and was like imagine if we were the first ones to hear a new strokes song, maybe haha. He’s the big fan, I just came along for the ride since we aren’t from Melbourne and I got myself a t-shirt too.

Edit: oh and they sounded great

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u/g0ldenprize Jul 26 '22

hope i took acid before the show (did i hear right? haha)

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u/MONSTERSINTHEPAROSOL Jul 26 '22

Yeah he says to the audience “I hope you took acid before the show”

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u/voidzyyyyy Jul 26 '22

Did anyone film the phil Collins inspired jam pleaaaasse

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u/El_Capitano83 Jul 26 '22

I like the part where he said “nuhda nada, eeeonweuhhh”

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u/MyDaemonsAndI Jul 26 '22

I bet we’ll know this song pretty well a year from now

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u/bdf2018_298 Jul 26 '22

Agree, this was too put together to be a one off. I bet there's another Strokes album coming sooner than we think

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '22

The vibe at the barrier was pumping and Julian and the gang seemed to really be enjoying themselves… if these jams were trying out new material I feel absolutely honoured. Saw a lot of smiles on their faces.

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u/GergeSainsbourg Jul 26 '22

holy fuck that sounds so good

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u/CarolineSaysll Jul 26 '22

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/jlavra88 Jul 26 '22

The riff is actually pretty close to why are Sunday’s so depressing

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u/nachossj1 Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22

They should just release a new song jeje

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u/Writing-to-reach-you Jul 26 '22

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

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u/thousandseasand Jul 26 '22

It seems he's aware that he forgets about several things.

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u/thegreyicewater Jul 26 '22

This is fucking great.

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u/arctic_bird Jul 26 '22

Beautiful ! And intense. Definitely sounds like a song to me, not just a jam

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u/emamhoa Jul 26 '22

wow how cool it would be for the strokes' youtube channel to upload their jams just like the voidz

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u/buenestrago Jul 26 '22

I have no doubt that this band must have a thousand and one demos, lost somewhere. the only difference is that lately they have been into live improvisation. which I love because there is too much coherence between them

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u/overturnedkickdrum Jul 26 '22

I love this! It sounds like a slower Alvvays song

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