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Rating: "Thirteen fast and very enjoyable tracks."
That's how this album was introduced to me when I had the pleasure of listening to it. Two weeks later, needing to form my own opinion, I wouldn't know how to choose better words.
Listening to these four young guys from Melbourne, who remain fond of beards, long hair, and flared pants, it feels like taking a leap back about thirty years. Riffs reminiscent of the "rollingstones" perfectly blend with calmer tracks enhanced by acoustic guitars and piano. Nic Cester's voice, the singer and mastermind of the group, blends perfectly with the created sound, without monotony or Oasis-style droning.
The whole package is nothing but pure lifeblood for the musicality and melody of an album that, as already mentioned, flows quickly, leaving you with that sense of satisfaction and contentment for not having wasted the 15 euros spent on the purchase.
It's interesting that a simple and calm album like this signals the onset of a change towards a more complex musical style that is forcefully gaining ground.
There is a need to rediscover old sounds that rock can never do without, yet at the same time, the desire to make everything more modern, accessible, and appreciable (perhaps even more commercial).
It's precisely this last observation that makes me hold back one star from the rating. The other day, happening upon MTV by chance, I found the catchy "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" (the second track of the album) as the theme for a program whose shocking banality is, in itself, an insult to human stupidity in its worst sense.
Not thrilled with the sold-out Strokes of the latest album, I prefer to keep my feet on the ground...
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Last Chance (01:52)
(Can you just give me one more try at that? Yeah!)
You ain't nothing to me if you got nothing to say
I don't know what you got that I can use anyway
Last chance, honey
Last chance, honey (yeah!)
This is your last chance, honey (whoo!)
Last chance, honey (yeah!)
This is your last chance (whoo!)
You ain't nothing to me so keep your money in check
I got something for you that you ain't never gonna get
So come on
Last chance, honey
Last chance, honey (yeah!)
This is your last chance, honey (whoo!)
Last chance, honey (yeah!)
This is your last chance (whoo!)
(Yeah!)
This is your last chance, honey (whoo!)
Last chance, honey
02 Are You Gonna Be My Girl (03:33)
Go!
So one, two, three
Take my hand and come with me
Because you look so fine
And I really wanna make you mine
I said you look so fine
And I really wanna make you mine
Oh, four, five, six c'mon and get your kicks
Now you don't need that money
When you look like that, do ya, honey
Big black boots
Long brown hair
She's so sweet
With her get-back stare
Well I could take you home with me
But you were with another man, yeah!
I know we ain't got much to say
Before I let you get away, yeah!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?
Well, so one, two, three take my hand and come with me
Because you look so fine
That I really wanna make you mine
I said you look so fine
That I really wanna make you mine
Oh, four, five, six c'mon and get your kicks
Now you don't need that money
With a face like that, do ya
Big black boots
Long brown hair
She's so sweet
With her get-back stare
Well, I could see you home with me
But you were with another man, yeah!
I know we ain't got much to say
Before I let you get away, yeah!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
C'mon!
I could see
You home with me,
But you were with another man, yeah!
I know we ain't got much to say
Before I let you get away, yeah!
Be my girl
Be my girl
Are you gonna be my girl?
Yeah
03 Rollover D.J. (03:16)
Got your rhymes going round in my head
Got your supersonic beats mixing up my Keds
So dance little DJ come on
What's your name?
I wanna move but I don't feel right
'Cause you've been playing other people's songs all night
So tell me what you're trying to say
What's your name?
Hey, roll over DJ
You're spinning away
All my time
Hey, who cares what you play
Say whatever you say, I don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ, if you don't mind
Well I know that you think you're the star
A pill-poppin' jukebox is all that you are
So tell me it ain't that way
What's you're name?
Hey, roll over DJ
You're spinning away
All my time
Hey, who cares what you play
Say whatever you say, 'cause I don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ if you don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ
You're spinning away
All my time
Hey, who cares what you play
Say whatever you say, 'cause I don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ if you don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ if you don't mind
Hey, roll over DJ if you don't mind
04 Look What You've Done (03:50)
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seemed like such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Ooh oo
Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say, what should I do?
Well you choose
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems like such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
Take my photo of the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems like such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
05 Get What You Need (04:07)
Call you on the telephone (she's not there)
You're always leaving me alone (she don't care)
I'm through with messing around (she's not there)
If you got a lady friend I'll take her to town (she don't care)
Come on, so come on, yeah, come on, come on
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Come on and get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Alright, now, get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Now I'm in a rockin band (she's not there)
And no one has to hold my hand
Word starts getting round (she's not there)
If you got a lady friend I'll take her to town
Yeah, so come on, yeah, come on, come on
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Come on and get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Alright now get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
YEAH!
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
Come on and get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
You're gonna get what you need
(gonna get what you need)
06 Move On (04:20)
Well, I've been thinkin' about the future,
I'm too young to pretend
It's such a waste,
to always look behind you
You should be lookin' straight ahead
Yeah I'm gonna have to move on,
before we meet again
Yeah it's hard
If you had only seen
Ten thirty-four, Flinders Street Station,
I'm lookin' down the tracks
A uniform man,
askin' how-I'm-a-pay-it-all.
Why would I wanna be there
Yeah I'm gonna have to move on,
before we meet again
Yeah it's hard
If you had only seen
Take control,
and don't be afraid of me
Every once in a while,
you think about if you're gonna,
get yourself together
You should be happy just to be alive
And just because,
you just don't feel like, coming home,
don't mean that you'll never arrive
Yeah, I'm gonna have to move on,
before we meet again
Yeah it's hard
If you had only seen.
Take control,
don't be afraid of me
07 Radio Song (04:32)
Take a look
At what I took
A leaf out of everybody's book
We see what you can't see
I'm caught in a trap of my own
Like everybody I know
This won't be played on your radio tonight
This won't be played on your radio tonight
This won't be played on your radio tonight
Do you all know
Of the emperor's clothes
Walking down an empty road
We see what you can't see
That's not how I wanna be
Anyhow, everytime, the same dream
This won't be played on your radio tonight
This won't be played on your radio tonight
This won't be played on your radio tonight
This won't be played on your radio Show
This won't be played on your radio tonight (oh no)
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na�
08 Get Me Outta Here (02:56)
I went down to the bank
Just to get me a�pay
I'm gonna get me outta here
I got me some cash
I'm heading back to LA
I'm gonna get me outta here
I'm sacking the man
'cause the man is a thief
I'm kicking the plan
before the plan kicks me
I'm gonna get me
Get me out of here
I'm gonna get me
Get me out of here
I went down to the Duke
10 time a day
I'm gonna get me outta here
Drink all night and talking shit all day
I'm gonna get me outta here
I'm sacking the man
'cause the man is a thief
I'm kicking the plan
before the plan kicks me
I'm gonna get me
Get me out of here
I'm gonna get me
Get me out of here
I don't mind how I live my life
Without the luck you got
I ain't tryin� to keep in time
So just keep off my ride
You won't hang your rusty sign on me
I went down to the bank
Just to get me my pay
Get me outta here
I'm gonna get me
Get me outta here
I'm gonna get me
Get me outta here
09 Cold Hard Bitch (04:03)
Yeah! Oh yeah!
Gotta leave town
Got another appointment
Spent all my rent
Girl you know I enjoyed it
Yeah!
Ain't gonna hang around till there's nobody dancing
I don't wanna hold hands and talk about our little plans, alright
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
Then I was on my knees
I'm waitin', give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
So that was all that I needed
Gonna check her out
She's my latest attraction
Gonna hang around
Wanna get a reaction
Yeah!
Gonna take her home cause she's over romancing
Don't wanna hold hands and talk about our little plans alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
Im waitin', give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
So that was all that I needed
Im waitin', give me
Cold hard bitch!
Took just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
Yeah im waitin'
Yeah im waitin'
Yeah im waitin'
Yeah im waitin'
Yeah!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
and I was on my knees
I'm waitin', give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
And that I was all that I needed
Im waitin',give me
Cold hard bitch
Took just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waitin' give me
10 Come Around Again (04:30)
Yeah, I'm waiting
For you, it's been so long
Yeah, I'm waiting
For you, it's been so long
Yeah, I'm sad when I'm on my own
They said it takes a long, long time
If it's not too much
Could you hear me now?
You promised me
You'd always be
When I wake up
Please come around again
Come around again
You promised me
You'd always be
When I wake up
Please come around again
Come around again, yeah
Yeah, I'm waiting
For you, it's been so long
Yeah, I'm sad when I'm on my own
They said it takes a long, long time
If it's not too much
Could you hear me now?
You promised me
You'd always be
When I wake up
Please come around again
Come around again
You promised me
You'd always be
When I wake up
Please come around again
Yeah, there's something I was thinking about
Get it out of my head
Yeah, something was kicking around
Something you said
I don't know when I'm right
I only know when I'm wrong
So when you gonna leave some light
To show it all?
Keep the lights from going off
'Cause I don't see, yeah
'Cause I'm waiting
For you it's been so long
Yeah, I'm lost but I'm at home
They said it takes a long, long time
If it's not too much
Could you hear me now?
Come around again
Come around again
Please come around again
11 Take It or Leave It (02:22)
Yeaaah!
Take it or leave it! Yeah!
Yeah! Did you get what you needed! Yeah!
Come on, don't you know what you got to do?
Yeah! Just take it or leave it! Yeah!
You gotta roll with whatever you know
You gotta move if you don't know what to do, here's the groove
Yeah!
Yeah! Just take or leave it! Yeah!
Yeah! Just lose it or keep it! Yeah!
Come on, I think you know what you've gotta to do
Yeah! Just take it or leave it! Yeah!
You gotta roll with whatever you know
You gotta move if you don't know what to do, here's the groove
Yeah!
Yeah! Just take it or leave it! Yeah!
I said just take or leave it! Yeah!
I said now take or leave it! Yeah!
I said just take it or leave it
12 Lazy Gun (04:42)
"Is it on?"
"Uhhh, yeah."
"Alright."
Lazy gun messed up my television, yeah
You get no younger from those colours in your hair
You teach your kids how they're all young enough to fight
You talk about the answer, tell them they're all right
Change nothing
Future's in
Close the door
Wear a name
Be the same
Take some more
Lazy gun messed up my television fun
Shoot the shotgun but the war is never won
Who's the enemy who's sucking all my sun?
I'm the only one left now, you've taken all my fun
Change nothing
The future's in
Close the door
Wear a name
Be the same
Take some more
Change nothing
The future's in
Close the door
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm
Change nothing
The future's in
Close the door
Wear a name
Be the same
Take some more
Change nothing
The future's in
Close the door
13 Timothy (04:30)
Timothy, I took your place
Timothy, 'cause it's such a waste
Timothy, we found your spaceship
Timothy, it's the farthest you've ever flown
Never used your head
To find out what this whole thing meant
It's not what it seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been?
Timothy where have you been?
Timothy, where did you go?
Timothy, the boy can throw
Timothy, we found your spaceship
Timothy, did it hurt when you hit the ground
Never used your legs
To walk 'round in this whole big mess
It's not what it seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been
She cried in the kitchen
To let you go
Timothy where have you been
Missed your photo
Missed your birthday too
Missed your photo
It's not what is seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been
She cried in the kitchen
To let you go
Timothy where have you been
Missed your photo
Missed your birthday too
Missed your photo
Missed your birthday too
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