Genius Lyrics
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Julian Casablancas – Out of the Blue
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The opener to Phrazes for the Young kicks off the album with a casually timeless “woah ooo ooh” chorus, starting a run of three tunes that should slake those looking for a bit of
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Julian Casablancas – Out of the Blue (Live from Electric Lady Studios for WRXP, New York)
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Somewhere along the way my hopefulness turned to sadness / Somewhere along the way my sadness turned to bitterness / Somewhere along the way my bitterness turned to anger
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Julian Casablancas – Tourist
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I wish that clouds could hold me up / Like I thought as a child, growing up / I wish I could sound as soothing as the rainfall / But I am only a drop from the storm / Feel like a
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Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
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Single 11th Dimension’s sprightly two-note synth line does sound like an electro-pop departure, a fist-pumping, naive little brother to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Zero.
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The Strokes – Life Is Simple in the Moonlight
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In an interview with NME (2011), Julian Casablancas shared:
That’s probably my favorite on the album. The verse was a random old Brazilian thing I had, but it works well with the
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Julian Casablancas – Ludlow St. (Live from Electric Lady Studios for WRXP, New York)
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Everything seems to go wrong when I stop drinking / Everything seemed to go my way last night / Everything seems so wrong to me this morning / I know things will be brighter later
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Julian Casablancas – Old Hollywood
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This song is a bonus track from Julian’s first solo album Phrazes For The Young.
After The Strokes' third album (First Impressions of Earth) the band had a few issues and it
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Julian Casablancas – Glass
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7th song on Julian Casablancas' “Phrazes for the Young”
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Julian Casablancas – Long Island Blues
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I see a drug bust in your eyes / There are bruises on your thighs / I can tell you're trying to hide / All the darkness in your mind / You got sawdust on your toes / From that
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Julian Casablancas – Ludlow St.
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Everything seems to go wrong when I stop drinking / Everything seemed to go my way last night / Everything seems so wrong to me this morning / I know things will be brighter later
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Julian Casablancas – 4 Chords of the Apocalypse
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Fourth song on Casblancas' only solo album, “Phrazes for the Young”
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The Lonely Island (Ft. Julian Casablancas) – Boombox
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[Verse 1: Andy Samberg] / Imagine in your mind a posh country club / The stuffy old money where the poor get snubbed / The spread is bland, sauerkraut and boiled goose / There's no
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Daft Punk (Ft. Julian Casablancas) – Instant Crush
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“Instant Crush,” the fourth single off of Random Access Memories, sees Daft Punk team up with Julian Casablancas from The Strokes in a mid tempo song with bass driven mellow verses
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Julian Casablancas – I’ll Try Anything Once (Live from Electric Lady Studios for WRXP, New York)
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Ten decisions shape your life / You'll be aware of five about / Seven ways to go through school / Either you're noticed or left out / Seven ways to get ahead / Seven reasons to
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Julian Casablancas – River of Brakelights
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We might be in for a late night / Stuck in a lava flow of brake lights / I can hear a rattling bass drum driving back to where it came from / Sit back / I shop therefore I am the
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Julian Casablancas – Left & Right in the Dark
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Track 2 on Casablancas' first solo album, Phrazes for the Young, released in 2009.
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The Voidz – Human Sadness
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The first official release from Tyranny, “Human Sadness” centers on a sample of Mozart’s “Requiem” in D minor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPlhKP0nZII
A requiem is a Catholic
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The Strokes – Barely Legal
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One of three tracks originally included on The Modern Age EP that prompted a record label bidding war and would later appear on their debut album Is This It.
“Barely Legal” is
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Julian Casablancas – 30 Minute Boyfriend
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This was listed as a BONUS track on the fully-released album.
It seems that Julian can’t resist his best friend’s girlfriend and hooks up with her… Again and again.
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The Strokes – Selfless
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“Selfless” is centered around love and relationships, with Julian beckoning to a significant other that he wants them to come live life with him, not missing out on a moment that
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The Strokes – Last Nite
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One of three tracks originally included on The Modern Age EP that prompted a record label bidding war and would later become the second single off of Is This It.
In March 2005, Q
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The Strokes – I'll Try Anything Once
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This song was included as a B-side for the track, Heart In A Cage.
Its lyrics and melody are similar to You Only Live Once being that it’s an early demo version of that song.
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Dirty Projectors – Break-Thru
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[Verse 1] / What's up? / How's it going? / Neo real cheekbone / She is so dreamy / Like she's got features on Fellini / Deadpan, unimpressed / Archimedes Palimpsest / Just hanging
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The Strokes – Call It Fate, Call It Karma
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The last track off Comedown Machine.
Discussing the recording process with Zane Lowe, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said:
We got off tour and we had these songs, some left over and
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The Strokes – 12:51
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The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas said “12:51” was about “the moment right before you fuck.”
Lead guitarist Nick Valensi managed to painstakingly create the sound of a
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The Strokes – Ode to the Mets
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On “Ode to the Mets,” the final song on The New Abnormal, Julian looks back at the band’s career and history in New York City, where they grew up together.
Bleak, quiet guitars
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The Strokes – One Way Trigger
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[Intro] / (One, two, three) / [Verse 1] / Get dressed in your bed / While she's asleep / It isn’t right / But it isn’t hard / Tell me, tell me, won’t you understand / Show me, show
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Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension (Live from Electric Lady Studios for WRXP, New York)
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I just nod, I've never been so good at shaking hands / I live on the frozen surface of a fireball / Where cities come together / To hate each other in the name of sport / America
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