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Why Are the Strokes Desperate to be on the MySpace Top 10?

July 6, 2006

in music, nyc bands, the strokes, video

When I logged on to MySpace today and check my friends bulletins, I got kinda sad because I saw this:

strokes myspace plea

Ok please tell me that there’s some crazy intern at RCA writing these MySpace posts and not The Strokes creating these messages themselves. Please tell me the Strokes are not “skimming” MySpace to see how popular they are. Since when do rock ‘n’ roll bands care about being on the MySpace Top 10 Artists page? Hellz, I didn’t even know such a page existed. (Although I’m happy to see Panic! up there at number 2…uh…”indie”. HAhaha! And FOB at 12 “major”.)

Seriously, who cares about that stuff besides record execs who like to talk about the “MySpacing” of the music industry over drinks at the SoHo Grand and journalists who need to justify the reason why their editor is making them write about some unlistenable sh-tty unsigned band full of ugly dudes that happens to have 1 million friends on the ‘Space?

Not me. And I don’t like seeing my favorite bands beg! Note to whoever is posting this stuff on The Strokes profile–this is kinda not cool:

OPERATION: TOP 10 ARTISTS

Today and tomorrow: visit our page over and over again, leave millions of comments, listen/add our songs to your profiles, and then post bulletins telling all your friends to do the same. Help us get on the Top 10 Artists Page!

Come on! The Strokes are so much better than this MySpace popularity bull crap.

Need a reminder of how awesome The Strokes are? Watch this vintage clip Fo sent me the link to:

WATCH: “New York City Cops” by The Strokes ft. Jack White (From the Radio City show)

{ 17 comments }

Amrit July 6, 2006 at 8:28 pm

Smells of intern to me. I asked Nick Zinner about the management of YYYs MySpace and he was like “totally interns, all the time.” Made him feel kinda bad that his “friends” thought they were getting responses from the band though.

I hate it when my intern does that shit.

Erik July 6, 2006 at 10:10 pm

Sorry, it’s what we’re (un)paid to do.

Lou July 7, 2006 at 1:33 am

the strokes myspace is not official its not owned by the band or management

laura July 7, 2006 at 6:29 am

wow how is that even allowed?

thigh master July 7, 2006 at 6:49 am

who cares about the strokes anymore?

e July 7, 2006 at 7:44 am

oh man, the nostalgia is killing me… that strokes/white stripes show was my first concert ever…

Fo July 7, 2006 at 8:25 am

Ah the good old days. Before Myspace complicated everything.

Jo July 7, 2006 at 10:20 am

RCA SUCKS ASSS!!!
But why the hell would rca care considering that it is not The Strokes label. The Strokes Label is RTA which stands for Rough Trade America.
Whoever posted that was probably a stupid obsessed fan.

ah July 7, 2006 at 12:08 pm

THAT (from the video) IS HOW NICK’S HAIR NEEDS TO BE!!

*lusts*

Henry July 7, 2006 at 12:59 pm

Wow. That show was my first encounter with WS. Back when Strokes were good and Jack….wore white. Kamikaze Week 4eva!

Anonymous July 7, 2006 at 1:28 pm

Jo, the Strokes are signed to RCA in the US, Rough Trade in the UK

laura July 7, 2006 at 7:34 pm

right on Henry. oh how i remember the week from hell!

Merrie July 7, 2006 at 7:56 pm

(“major” FOB is @ 11 now)

sorry i have to laugh @ this…

Fo July 8, 2006 at 5:30 am

Kamikaze week was the best.
Ill trade all 2006 for that one week in 2002.

Chris July 21, 2006 at 1:42 pm

It’s definately not The Strokes. I heard this from someone who’s connected to them a while back.

Anonymous September 6, 2006 at 10:28 pm

That is definately one of the sweeter strokes videos out there. Those dudes are seriously brilliant.

rob January 31, 2007 at 6:23 pm

i was wondering about this, my fridns band is in there top4, and i cant figure out why…now it makes sence. “vanishing act” kicks ass though…!!!

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