Friday, November 29, 2013

A New Obsession with The Strokes

I am in the midst of the best obsession I've ever had. I've never had a favourite band before, and I've actually never really been a fan of any music group or individual to the extent that I am with The Strokes right now. The only other obsession that I've ever had that might come close to my feelings toward The Strokes was with Regina Spektor, so imagine my surprise when I find this song, Modern Girl and Old Fashion Men, which is The Strokes and Spektor being awesome together, and then imagine the explosion that followed when I found out that Regina Spektor dated the lead singer of The Strokes, who just happens to share my first name, Julian Casablancas. I feel like the band is calling for me to be a fan, and that would be difficult for me to do, except that The Strokes are actually amazing. I don't know enough about music to make a technical argument for their awesomeness, but when I put on one of their albums everything becomes better, I can't help but sing along and rock my head. I wish I played guitar, I have a guitar, and I took a couple lessons, but I stopped along with my piano and saxophone lessons almost two years ago. I wanna be a rock star, but in the way that 6 year old girl wants to be a pop star. I don't really want that, but I love to think about it, and the fact that it makes me fiddle with my guitar for a couple hours isn't doing me any harm, so I'll just go with it for now.

1 comment:

  1. The Strokes are GREAT. I approve completely. Feel free to obsess.

    Now - being a rock star - we should do a rock band again - would you want to try singing lead if we set up a band?

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