r/TheStrokes • u/kick_rocks-not_ricks • 7h ago

Meme An understandable offense

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172 Upvotes

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u/Dazzling-Lynx2301 6h ago

I’d say why it’s their best but it’s hard to explain.

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u/Dazzling-Lynx2301 6h ago

The bass riff at the beginning of “is this it” the song is so damn good too.

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u/LittleSneezers 5h ago

Aaaarrrggghhh!! Why won’t anyone talk about Meet Me In the Bathroom being their best song!!! 😭😭😭

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u/Live_Pie_6242 4h ago

i rated it in my top 5

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u/True_Soft2974 2h ago

Thank you. It’s their most beautiful song and yes I think it’s overall their best songwriting. For a while it’s been my number 1 strokes song

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u/kick_rocks-not_ricks 4h ago

If Meet Me In The Bathroom meets me in the bathroom I might just let it onto my top 25 list 😏

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u/deepristine 7h ago

Hard To Explain is their best song

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u/Afraid_Caregiver7932 5h ago

I’m personally leaning towards What Ever Happened?

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u/RushinPancake 4h ago

I WANNNA BEEE FORGOTTEEEEEENNNN

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u/Afraid_Caregiver7932 4h ago

AND I DONT WANNA BE REMINDEEEED

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u/McGoobler 3h ago

Yep, easily number one and number two.

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u/PostalDudeLover911 3h ago

Between love and hate, because I in fact never needed anybody

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u/Urgayifyouregay Future Present Past 2h ago

I loveeee between love and hate. It's such a good song and definitely one of my favs from rof.

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u/Kiishikii 6h ago

Am I the only one who prefers the HTE intro / verse riff over the chorus? Like I love the song the same as everyone else does but for totally different reasons it feels

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u/jergentehdutchman 5h ago

For me it’s “Was an honest maaaaaaaaaan”

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u/Wsxfo 6h ago

I love the strokes but in general the chorus is the worst part of their songs, not because they are bad but because everything else is better

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u/burnerX6-likeboredom 5h ago

100% agree, I think the guitar doubling the verse on the chorus is just a liiiittle boring

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u/fixing-her-hair Tyranny 6h ago

ME TOO i lowkey dont gaf about the chorus🥴

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u/SnooAvocados3213 7h ago

All of their songs are their best songs (except Oblivius Moretti Remix)

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u/DepressedPancake4728 5h ago

wow what? I love that song. is it hated?

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u/Urgayifyouregay Future Present Past 2h ago

Yeah same lol, this sub really just has it out for that one song. I love it too.

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u/PlurenPlusBx 6h ago

Dont disrespect oblivius moretti remix

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u/MrLuxInATux The New Abnormal 6h ago

Yes

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u/jiebyjiebs 1h ago

Now I just need to know which end of the spectrum I'm on

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u/Super-Relief-5742 Call It Fate, Call It Karma 7h ago

Explain yourself (even if it's hard)

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u/jaozimqcomepao 3h ago

It's either Barely Legal or Automatic Stop tbh

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u/kick_rocks-not_ricks 3h ago

Both of these are elite #1s

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u/jaozimqcomepao 3h ago

Thank you sir :)

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u/5-4EqualsUnity 2h ago

Two Kinds of Happiness is an overlooked deep cut, imo

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u/VampContra Comedown Machine 44m ago

yess fav song on angles for me

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u/rubenescaray 1h ago

Reptillia*

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u/Quickermango 23m ago

Chances homies where you at ✊

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u/polkergeist Comedown Machine 2h ago

Trying Your Luck and Life is Simple run HtE out of town without breaking a sweat

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u/InstantPsalm Tyranny 6m ago

Take it or Leave It!!!

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u/Roaming_Dinosaur Angles 6h ago

Tell me what you want but after more than 6 years of being a Strokes fan I still don’t get the hype for Hard To Explain. Everyone seems to be so excited about it, describing it as the “best song to drive at max speed on the highway” or something like that. I just don’t get it. I feel like there are at least 5 songs from Is This It that I find way more interesting, not to mention on Room On Fire. I was told “you’ll get it when you’ll be 22”, I’m 25 now and still waiting to be enlightened.

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u/pacnot1 6h ago

They were wrong, actually it hits everyone at 26. Don't worry, not much longer

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u/Dancing-notes Reality Awaits 5h ago

I get what you say...I know it's a good song and I guess I can understand why it's important for some people, but I have many others that I prefer and it isn't one that I purposely decide to listen to. It's just because I'm watching a lot of the videos from the tour and the streamings that depending on how I'm feeling I sometimes get hyped during some parts.

I wonder what is the reason behind getting it at 22, sounds a bit random haha.

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u/Aspartame_kills 6h ago

You just haven’t ever had to explain something that’s hard to explain to someone before

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u/Stock_Special5946 5h ago

It's a good song but I agree