Why Are the Strokes Desperate to be on the MySpace Top 10?
When I logged on to MySpace today and check my friends bulletins, I got kinda sad because I saw this:
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)
1. Amrit | 8:28 pm on July 6th, 2006
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.
2. Erik | 10:10 pm on July 6th, 2006
Sorry, it’s what we’re (un)paid to do.
3. Lou | 1:33 am on July 7th, 2006
the strokes myspace is not official its not owned by the band or management
4. laura | 6:29 am on July 7th, 2006
wow how is that even allowed?
5. thigh master | 6:49 am on July 7th, 2006
who cares about the strokes anymore?
6. e | 7:44 am on July 7th, 2006
oh man, the nostalgia is killing me… that strokes/white stripes show was my first concert ever…
7. Fo | 8:25 am on July 7th, 2006
Ah the good old days. Before Myspace complicated everything.
8. Jo | 10:20 am on July 7th, 2006
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.
9. ah | 12:08 pm on July 7th, 2006
THAT (from the video) IS HOW NICK’S HAIR NEEDS TO BE!!
*lusts*
10. Henry | 12:59 pm on July 7th, 2006
Wow. That show was my first encounter with WS. Back when Strokes were good and Jack….wore white. Kamikaze Week 4eva!
11. Anonymous | 1:28 pm on July 7th, 2006
Jo, the Strokes are signed to RCA in the US, Rough Trade in the UK
12. laura | 7:34 pm on July 7th, 2006
right on Henry. oh how i remember the week from hell!
13. Merrie | 7:56 pm on July 7th, 2006
(”major” FOB is @ 11 now)
sorry i have to laugh @ this…
14. Fo | 5:30 am on July 8th, 2006
Kamikaze week was the best.
Ill trade all 2006 for that one week in 2002.
15. Chris | 1:42 pm on July 21st, 2006
It’s definately not The Strokes. I heard this from someone who’s connected to them a while back.
16. Anonymous | 10:28 pm on September 6th, 2006
That is definately one of the sweeter strokes videos out there. Those dudes are seriously brilliant.
17. rob | 6:23 pm on January 31st, 2007
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…!!!