The Strokes - The Modern Age (Official HD Video) 

A few things: 1. Julian is cooler than ice. 2. I'm never going to get tired of that solo. 3. This song is timeless.

This is that album that you inadvertently come across when something is changing in your life . Someway, somehow, you find it . You listen to it over and over again, and from that point on, it becomes the music you're familiar with when your whole life became something you didn't recognize .

Julian can somehow sing with complete apathy meanwhile singing with more emotion than any other modern singer i can recall

Usually, after falling in love with a band, I try to find out bands sounding similar and with the same vibe. The Strokes are the only ones which made me fail at that. There's something in Julian's voice and in how guitars intertwine with each other that is absolutely unique

The Strokes give me a feeling that I've never felt before. And no other band/music can make me feel that way. like a young carefree reckless summer in new york

Julian's voice here feels like a warm hug. I love the early tracks so much.

“In the sun, sun, having fun, it’s in my BLOOD” genius. Such an incredible, timeless bands. One of the last great true rock bands.

It's interesting how Julian takes a break and look away (while having some beer) to let the whole audience atention focus on Nick's riff; it's amazing the work of each one and then the whole, is just great.

I'm old enough to remember when when this song came out and The Strokes were being hailed as the new saviors of rock along with a few other bands. I thought it was hype and then I heard this song and was hypnotized by it. It sounded like a classic Lou Reed track reimagined, not a cheap copy but a truly vibrant and young nod to authentic rock n roll. Then I heard him shout that Little Richard "wooooooo!" on the second verse and it brought a tear to my eye. It's such a classic rock'n'roll signifier that sounded so beautifully out of place in a time when the radio was dominated by limp bizkit. To me, that "woooo!" is the moment rock and roll came back for me.

I love how they all play their instruments in such different ways. Fibrizio looks so concentrated while Nick makes playing the guitar look so effortlessly.

This is some of the most guitar‑centric music you'll ever hear: The fuzzed mid‑volume vocals really lets the music guitars dominate the songs, which is great because Nick and Albert's riffs are so well‑woven together. It's like The Cars blended with Black Sabbath, yet with a Cobain-Lennon coolness fusion and punk attitude.

Man The Strokes really just have a timeless sound. You could tell me this song came out a few weeks ago and not in 2001 and I'd believe you

Letra/Lyrics The Strokes - The modern age Up on a hill is where we begin This little story a long time ago Stop to pretend, stop pretending It seems this game is simply never-ending Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go, oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leavin' just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So I'll pretend I'm leaving Our fears are different here We train in A-V-A I wish you hadn't stayed My vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go Darling let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leaving just in time Staying for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So this is why I'm leaving

okay. 10 times in a row is enough for now

If you're listening to this in June 2020 or beyond, you got my vote.

Recently discovered this band Man I love it so much They're my life

This song is a crazy masterpiece. I'll tell you why, the part where he's talking about all this effort "trying to catch your eye", he sings it with no effort, there's no effort being seen through his actions in the live performances and also in his voice. Thats why it's so fantastic. I cannot express how much, thought has gone into this song, it's crazy.

They were so young, this makes me feel so fucking old

I was blessed to have seen The Strokes play with The White Stripes in NYC in 2002. Julian Casablancas was a pure genius. I was in New York City art scene in 2000, 2001 and I remember the buzz on the street about this band and others in the NYC scene were blowing up. People don't realize but September 11th has a big part in this because all these things were happening in NYC at the time - I remember saying to a buddy after 9-11 that now everyone's gonna come to NYC and they did. It just so happened that the kids in the underground art and music scenes in NYC in 2001/2002 were the ones helping heal the youth of the city from within. We had Interpol, Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radio 4, Black Dice, The Strokes, on and on. Nothing like being a 25 year old in NYC in 2001 and discovering this band, The Strokes. They changed everything. By 2003, all the original scenesters left and we ended up with... a ton of hipster knock-off noise and the new Williamsburg scene.

0:43 Fab: "It's good, it's just scoliosis for life"

I admire The Strokes beyond words. People say that multiple artists relate to them through their music. Personally, this band is probably the one I relate to more than any other band/artist out there by a long stretch.

I've always loved the clothes julian wears

I literally have to stop myself cuz this julian era is absolutely torturing my soullllll, how can someone look this perfect, sound this perfect, be this perfect???????????? its killing me

This song is the soul of this genre.

My Brother, Zisi loved this band. he passed aways last year and I miss him so much... I never actually listened when he played these tracks, but I definitely break down to some of them cause i subconsciously remember him playing them.. Love you so much Z man, rest in power♥️

No matter how much time goes by, I always end up going back to the Strokes

I really respect a group that sounds studio live, every song they do live sounds perfect.

I frickin' love how he says varieties

This song makes me sad by 0:11, super sad by 0:21, and really fucking sad by 0:28. I love it!

The Strokes til the end of my days yo.

holy shit after countless times replaying this video I just noticed Julian's voice cracked at 3:40 lol

I love Julian's chilled out and slow vocals. It almost looks he does it effortlessly.

This song makes me feel happy and sad at the same time! It's hard to explain... No, wait! This is The Modern Age... but... wait! Ah, you got it!

God Julian was so cool. And there aren't any words to describe how cool Nick was

Still to this day my favorite song by them. Not only because its a musical masterpiece, but also because it invokes the memories of driving around with my friends on backroads at 17 celebrating 420 after school, and being kids. We didnt have cell phones in our faces 24/7 back in my day. Ya know. 20 years ago lol

0:42 holly fuck, seing Fab hitting that shit... It makes me wanna be a drummer...

Lowkey the best Strokes song

Julian’s voice makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

Love the Velvet Underground/Lou Reed influence on this one. Strokes are incredible

what shampoo do these guys use? Everyone's hair looks so soft and fluffy!

Love the rawness in his voice

3 bands I absolutely fell in love with for no reason whatsoever and loyally stuck with for years on the rawness of their talent, like no other bands before or since: 1. Radiohead (aged 17) 2. Wilco (20) 3. The strokes (25)

Lyrics: Up on a hill is where we begin This little story a long time ago Stop to pretend, stop pretending It seems this game is simply never-ending Oh, in the sun, sun having fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now, let me go Oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leavin' just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So I'll pretend I'm leaving I feel so different now we trained in A-V-A I wish you hadn't stayed, my vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties Oh, in the sun, sun having fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now, let me go Oh, darling let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leaving just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So this is why I'm leaving.

Julian Casablancas is seriously the shit

It always blows my mind how they can create so much from so little. Their sound is like a wall of bricks that just hit you in the face.

I don't even need to say anything. This shit speaks for itself and I mean that in a good way.

You can really hear the influence of the Strokes on bands like Arctic Monkeys and Kings of Leon etc. Their influence is similar to what the Beatles were to bands that followed. They’re like the rock Godfathers of the 2000’s.

Rest easy in paradise Matt I miss you so much brother. You introduced me to many great bands but the strokes are by far the hardest to listen to, way to much memories. It's been six years

I started liking these guys too late i'm sad

Damn, the strokes really grow on you The first time I heard this song I did not like it at all, now its one of my favourites 😂

I’m 72 .. one of my favorite bands.. if you’re not tapping your foot & rocking out to this your brain dead.

2024. I never knew what they looked like until earlier today. My OH My! Lead singer is really really ridiculously good looking.

“Up on a hill, here’s where we begin/This little story, a long time ago” Maybe New York City isn’t technically a hill and maybe 14 years isn’t so long ago, but, excepting that, the opening line from “The Modern Age” could serve double-duty as the first words in the story of The Strokes. After all, the song was the title track and one of three songs included on the EP the band released in 2001 that set off a bidding war for their services and cranked up the hype machine to deafening levels. It also is one of the most memorable tracks on the band’s debut album Is This It, an album that somehow managed to exceed that hype. The Strokes’ sound, which combined the ramshackle attitude of garage rock with the arched-eyebrow posturing of art rock in striking fashion, receives a lot of that credit for the band’s success. But that sound wouldn’t have meant quite as much if it weren’t attached to memorable songs courtesy of lead singer Julian Casablancas. “The Modern Age” is a fine example of this alchemy. Chunky staccato guitars in the intro eventually open up into a buoyant bass line from Nikolai Fraiture and stomping drums from Fabrizio Moretti. Nick Valensi takes off on a searing guitar solo in the middle portion of the song, yet the melody in the chorus balances that out with its melancholic chord changes. Casablancas’ vocals contain that same kind of variety, as he trades off between dejected monotone and animated braying, like some unholy cross between Ian Curtis and Jim Morrison. The lyrics also can’t decide whether they want rhapsodize about some idealized afternoon in the sun or moan about the peripatetic nature of 21st-century life. Along the way, Casablancas’ lines, seemingly tossed off and nonchalant, start to draw blood. “Stop to pretend, stop pretending/It seems this game is simply never-ending,” he sings, seeming to reference the chasm between childhood playfulness and adult seriousness that the young-at-heart futilely try to bridge. When he sings, “Work hard and say it’s easy,” it’s an interesting theory for this at-the-time budding rock star to put forth: that the appearance of nonchalance may be crucial to success, but the practice of it is career suicide. Through the song a loose story about the narrator trying to shake free from a clinging suitor runs, but “The Modern Age” is after bigger fish than that, as evidenced by the song’s title. The pleasures are ephemeral (“No time to feel the breeze”), the coping mechanisms are numbing (“I took too many varieties”), and, when you can’t make it work, it’s best just to bail and try again another day (“Tomorrow may be different/So this Is why I’m leaving.”) Speaking about his band’s enduring popularity in a 2014 Rolling Stone interview, Casablancas shook off the plaudits. “It feels humbling and validating that you’re doing some things right,” he said. “But it’s the same thing with an actor: If a movie does really well at the box office, they make 10 of those afterward because that’s what they think people like. . . . If something has commercial value, it doesn’t mean it’s good.” False modesty and indifferent cool is all well and good, but many have tried to copy The Strokes formula in the wake of Is This It and have fallen well short. And the story the band started with “The Modern Age” still enthralls.

up on a hill is where we begin this little story a long time ago.....

Legit one of my favorite live performances ever. I kinda like more than the album version.

the strokes the definition of rock and roll

No one is gonna talk about how this is clearly a live recording and not the album version?

1:35 the transition of the camera and the background colors along with the music is so perfect. I definitely love this part.

Nicks playing in this song is just phenomenal

The way Nick tremolos the open D and G strings and hops in and out of notes down the fret board is pretty damn awesome, but I'm not entirely surprised, after all these guys are fucking geniuses. 👏

I saw them in 2002 with The White Stripes in New York City. I was 27 years old. Ya had to be there. Greatest times, man!

This album. oh, maaaaan. What more can you say. Seriously?

the chorus of this specific version of this song breaks my heart in the best way possible

Ahh this damn album is flooded with memories, it makes me so sad and happy at the same time. Too bad I could never stop listening to the strokes or I'd be spared of the feels.

I’ve never heard anyone say “Oh, in the sun sun having fun” and sound like they really are not having fun though. I love it so much.

My dream will come true! i'm gonna see them in lollapalooza brasil in 2017. Life is good man!

Nobody listens to this anymore. What a shame. Hell of a song.

I will be 60 and still jam out to this

What do you during the guitar solo, Julian? Smoke.

Am I the only one who stumbled across them (especially these videos) and thought, damn, another 70s punk band I missed the boat on. They're just so true to their music. Lucky to say I've seen them twice, their performances literally give you an out of body experience

The most underrated The Strokes's songs

They needa release this damn concert on blu ray in 1080p HD I swear it's one of the best concerts they ever gave.

One of my favorite guitar solos of all time

I was so lucky to see these guys live in June 2001. It was amazing! I saw them again in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2011

Up on a hill is where we begin This little story a long time ago Stop to pretend, stop pretending It seems this game is simply never-ending Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go, oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leavin' just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So I'll pretend I'm leaving Our fears are different here We train in A-V-A I wish you hadn't stayed My vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go Darling let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go

I may have just watched this ten times in a row...

Who the fuck dislikes this video?

Still one of the best strokes songs. Let’s fucking gooo 2022

2001,i was 20 and by the 1.listenning,straight felt in love with this sound,now 15 years, thed same ear, the same sound, the same feeling,i love this guys,amazing, and sooooo underrated,but othersides, im glad,if they were maistream, it was boring probably. so, i enjoy it!

When I first heard this song along with the rest of the album, my whole perspective on life changed. Their music sounded familiar but they made me feel something I had never felt before with music. It's because of them that I started playing and writing music in my own band. You guys should come check it out. You won't regret it.

I can't get enough of this song.

Up on a hill, here's where we begin Leaving just in time, stay there for a while Rollin' in the ocean, tryin' to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different, so I'll pretend I'm leaving [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] I feel so different now, we trained at A-V-A I wish you hadn't stayed, my vision's clearer now but I'm unafraid Flyin' overseas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties [Pre-Chorus] Oh, in the sun, sun, havin' fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now, let me go, woo! Darling, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go [Chorus] Leaving just in time, stay there for a while Rollin' in the ocean, tryin' to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different, so this is why I'm leavin' This little story, a long time ago Start to pretend, stop pretendin' It seems this game is simply never-endin' [Pre-Chorus] Oh, in the sun, sun, havin' fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now, let me go Oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go

So many Strokes songs start out intense then turn into something of pure beauty

Chorus always gets me emotional 🔥

Whoosh that man is all over that fretboard on the solo (Nik?) Man alive. Burning it up.

The song which for me started it all...

Holy shit is this song freaking amazing to listen to when you're high!!! Gah, love the Strokes

The modern age is the most beautiful song of all time❤❤❤❤

2:04 God bless this dude

Best strokes tune IMO

1:05 I literally played it 20 times I just love him when he says pretendin

I'm not a smoker but I love the cigarette dangling from his hand. Great song from a great band.

This song, this album, this band will never get old. 🖤

2023 and still my all time favorite song

25 at this point in my life. this album just became that much more valuable. life is precious man ,time and music mix so well together :). born in 93' didn't really get into this till 08' barely hitting high school. but I have older sibling's and cousin's in which I know somewhere I heard it as a kid :). shit is gold man the older this gets. I'm glad I got to experience thar music era in some way.

20 years later and this is still my favorite song from them.

"Up on a hill, here's where we begin This little story, a long time ago"..... Probably the best way to explain to my children in the future how I started to love the strokes

Up on a hill is where we begin This little story a long time ago Stop to pretend, stop pretending It seems this game is simply never-ending Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go, oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leavin' just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So I'll pretend I'm leaving Our fears are different here We train in A-V-A I wish you hadn't stayed My vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties Oh, in the sun, sun having fun It's in my blood I just can't help it Don't want you here right now Let me go Darling let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go Leaving just in time Staying for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So this is why I'm leaving

This song literally saved me years back. Thank you.

“Tryna catch your eye” Believe me, Jules, you’ve already caught my eye since eye first laid eyes on you and the strokes