//extremely intelligent person with enormously sophisticated taste
Thats me...
And I like them, too.

right on dude
thats exactly why i like the strokes
i also like how its basically one dudes song writing, ie julian casablancas but the band are still absolutely essential, (in my opinion bands are always essential to the core songwriter, keeping tabs on their 'preciousness' amongst other things (drinking buddies))
are they a band for girls?
i dont think so, and if they are, so what? what the fuck is a band for girls? surely a way to get laid more regularly, or possibly, less painfully, if one played in a band 'for boys'
2c

//and I'm thinking of doing a wee EP of strokes covers

Please make them better than the Ryan Adams versions. I know I'm jumping on the "Who the fuck does Ryan Adams think he is the whiney shit" bandwagon, but the couple covers I heard by him were shithouse.

no, they aint, and that's the whole point. they actually do something different. you can tell because they are a band that has a whole heap of influences, even in the one song - a heap of "another rock revival" bands just have the one, dumb, obvious, not-even-stretched influence, and that's it.

the strokes appear to be both musical fans (hence the influences) and musicians (hence the evolution into something slightly new).

though i don't own anything by them, i do like them, and should i see one of their albums second-hand, i might buy it.

They have cool music, and the singers voice is really easy/pleasant to listen to.
Also I like it how their songs all tell stories that you can easily relate to.
At the moment I've been listening to hard to explain,what ever happened,reptillia, and under contol as they really tell the story of my life at the moment. Especially under control.
*sigh* ~emo moment alert.~

// stop writing teh //

faux writing disorder maybe?

//faux typing disorder perhaps//
yea or maybe he jus cant spell "the"

you cant compare the strokes and metallica tho, cos they are in two completely diffrent genres of music :P

aw, you dont even know.

no they don't

She'll (he'll?) never tell you

From what I've worked out there are two variations:

1) first there's a jab at the musical elitists: the best music appeals to the head, the heart and the *ahem* ass. Music that appeals to one or two of those is still ok just as long as the artist and the fans don't try and pretend it's something that it's not. music that just appeals to the head especially comes under fire because of all the fans insisting that it's superior to music that just appeals to the heart or the *ahem* ass.

2) golden ratio: most artists have written stuff that's brilliant, shit and mediocre. The best artists are the ones whose stuff is either brilliant or shit:
b 90%, m 0%, s 10% = good.
b 10% m 0% s 90% = good.

most artists go in this category or similar:
b 5% m 90% s 5% = crap.

the golden rule requires your own personal lena o to tell you what is b/m/s

saw them in nyny in 2000 & uk in 2001- great both times- smallish venues tho

I think the albums are full of catchy goodness and they write some 'nice' songs. Whether any of its relevant in 5 years time. Who knows?

I knew their live show was not very dynamic and went and checked them out at the BDO. Was kinda dissappointed very their performance. It was really sloppy. I guess after seeing The Mars Volta two days in a row you will have high expectations of a bands performance and musicianship.