Bad decisions the strokes3/10/2023 ![]() ![]() If “Bad Decisions” and its video are some kind of Jules piss-take on what people stereotypically want out of the Strokes, it’s still a damn good version of what people stereotypically want out of the Strokes. But then “Bad Decisions” kind of delivers on that, too. Given Casablancas’ more untethered endeavors with the Voidz, you could take it as a sort of meta-commentary on people always expecting a specific thing from this band. It’s a sort of spoof of retro infomercials, with the premise being you could buy a clone of the Strokes, particularly some uncanny echoes of the band in their earlier days. The song comes with a video directed by Andrew Donoho. (Though it’s Billy Idol who gets a co-writing credit, presumably for the similarity to the melody in “Dancing With Myself.”) (This was the same show at which the band unveiled their cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House” and where Casablancas sang “New York City Cops” into an actual cop’s face.) In many ways, “Bad Decisions” feels like a classic Strokes song - especially in the chorus melody - with a bit more New Order injected into the lead guitar riff. The song has a more traditional Strokes sound than At The Door, but the video is where the abnormal comes in. Some fans might already have come across “Bad Decisions” - the Strokes debuted it onstage last week, when they played a set at Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire rally ahead of the primary. Now, the group is back with a video for another new track, Bad Decision. Taking to socials earlier today, the band announced that after all this time waiting, we’d get two new Strokes songs in quick succession, with another single called “Bad Decisions” arriving just a week after “At The Door.” And in every way the last one was pretty and enigmatic, this is just a straight-up Strokes banger. Well, it turns out that the Strokes had a nice one-two up their sleeve: Start with the weird new introduction, chase it with something a bit more quintessentially Strokes-esque. (We liked it, though, ranking it as our favorite song last week.) Either way, it was a bold call, kicking off the rollout for the first new Strokes album in seven years with something enticing and elusive more so than something immediate and triumphant. All moody and atmospheric, with no percussion and little guitar, many heard “At The Door” as more reminiscent of Julian Casablancas’ solo work than the Strokes. The announcement was accompanied by a new track called “ At The Door.” While it wasn’t the first preview we heard of The New Abnormal - the band had already debuted a handful of new songs live - it was certainly a striking statement of a lead single. ![]() See it, you won't regret it.Last week, the Strokes finally announced their long-awaited, long-teased new album The New Abnormal, their first since 2013’s Comedown Machine. Yet I had a great time with this video, it was funny, beautifully composed with the 1970'sĬoncept and filmed in similar fashion that one can actually believe such commercial existed back in the day. Though in life and this year it can go to all possible aspects. Gotta have some humor in some pessimistic times where all you see is a frigthening repetition of bad decisions, here examplified by faulty technology The song was good and catchy - not sure why many poor reviews to the album - and the video manage to bring a fun combination to it with its thoughtfulĮlements. With those there'll always be some technical issues. The brilliance of modern times and technology but Dial the phone and get your Strokes models, and you can even design their looks and hair-style. Legendary New York Rock outfit The Strokes are undoubtedly back and have released a new single Bad Decisions accompanied with a surreal inspired music video.The video, directed by Andrew Donoho, is a parody-like retro film mocking the infomercials of television’s past and stars the band members themselves.Well, kind of. The idea here is to present a popular band (themselves) as being sold in cover models that buyers can have fun in their ![]() Only they sound as in their early times but they manage to go beyond that both musically and in imagery with this clip for "Bad Decisions" which pays tribute Not long ago I got time to appreciate this video of one of the coolest songs of 2020's and a nice welcome back to The Strokes. ![]()
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