The Strokes - Early Hard to Explain

No.

Wigger.

I'm not, and that's the point.

I loved Angles. Why should they keep putting out the same album?

Not the same, but better than angles.

no he just said he thinks it sounds like a live version

I know man... I cant even imagine it. This song is so brilliant, it's hard to believe that at one point Julian was some teenager who had no idea how to even come up with a melody, instead of being one of the greatest songwriters of the 21st century who happens to have one of the keenest ears for composing catchy and passionate music. If there was one thing I could wish for, it would probably be his talent for writing amazingly melodic tunes.

What lyrics are different in this version there a bunch of slight ones

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Yet coolest

''I should give the impressions that I'm amazingly talented, truth is, I record EVERYTHING' - Julian Casablancas

I never ever in my life listen this song. i have all the discs and the b sides and i never listen

Anyone who says this isn't the strokes must not know them very well.

Says "Are you alright?"
Shake my head to say
"Everything's just great."
I just can't remember
I just can't remember.

Love this sound.....

Lyrics:

Says he can't decide
I take the kids inside
What does he desire? 

Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

Oh, we shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame
I like it when it rains

Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Put the past behind us
I don’t miss them

I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I try but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right things, but act the wrong way
I like it out here, but I cannot stay
I watch the TV; forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young, and they are too old
The joke is on you, this place is a zoo
You're right it's true

Says “Are you alright?”
I shake my head to say
Everything’s just great

Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control

Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina, she says
I'm not like that
Put the past behind us
Can we go back

I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I try but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right things but act the wrong way
I like it in here but I cannot stay
(I watch the TV; forget what I'm told)
Well, I am too young, and they are too old
This place is a zoo, the joke is on you
You're right it's true

THIS FUCKIN BAND IS SO AWSOME! FAVE FOR ALL TIME.

I need a collection or an album of all these rarities!

Woo I’m from Carolina :) South Carolina anyway 

Where do people even get these demos and bootlegs?

I love it when julian like growls

My heart

Damn they had it cranked up on this version. Top shelf.

I already thought it was crazy fast and then I find this. How the hell did they manage to play this fast

So many of us desperately listening to their old stuff hoping the will soon be something new !

Is this Julian voice? sounds... weird hehe

Who are and what you did to Julian? The song sounds bad, it got a change for The best.

Where did you get it?

It's nice with the live drums. I understand the drum machine quantizing as a radio friendly unit shifter, but I always thought it would sound better with a proper drum sound. Sounds like a great show!

Nick y albert debieron tener el brazo derecho echo pomada despues de tocar asi de rapido

I wonder what happened to Jules to turn into what he is today... I’m sad about his changes

love the drums

Fuck Adam Sandler

I like how they're all formal, then there's Julian pulling off a double denim

Amo a voz do Julian!!! ❤❤❤❤

Hard to Explain is a rare, perfect song. The false stops just add to it. And the video for it just put this song into the stratosphere.

🔥🔥🔥

Albert is looking deep In your soul

Even though Fab never shows off with big fills or overly complex rhythm patterns, his ability to hit the snare the same way every time, with the same tone, velocity, and timing, proves it all. Fab's one of the best drummers alive and of the last 25 years in my books

It's weird. It's always puzzled me why fans always cheer at the 2 minute point (the false stop) as though the song is over. Even shows where the Strokes headline and everybody knows the song - they still cheer like noobs!

Band just fills me with joy. They are an unappologetic force.

It sounds so weird without Nikolai’s bass riff at the beginning

The crowd going wild in the background after the first false stop is what gets me

Standing there singing all fast like some sort of punk...

it's so strange hearing the opening lines that late into the song

Hmm I wonder if there’s a band called lonely gimmick with similar vibes lmaoo

You take the moon and you take the sun

i love this :( <3

i love how julian sings the first i miss the last bus i ll take the next train. i try but you see. its hard to explain and then he changes to the rythm
they have on the album. i thought it was a completly different lyric. but just another rythm. ❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥