10.12.2002

oh.my.god
setlist [brackets mean not sure of order]:
1 NYC Cops
2 Ze Newie
3 the Modern Age
4 Someday
5 Hard to Explain
6 Is This It
[7 Meet Me in the Bathroom
8 You Talk Way Too Much
9 Last Nite
10 The Way It Is
11 Soma
12 Trying your Luck]
13 Barely Legal
14 I Can't Win
15 Take It Or Leave It

Har Mar Superstar is one guy, and he's like Sir Mix-a-Lot if he was white, fat, dirty, long-haired and balding, used much more expicit innuendo, and performed only with a drum machine, and stripped down to his briefs.
You Am I was ok... kind of like pop-power-punk, but with more blues and jagged parts and some ethereal stuff. And kinda boring, and from New Zealand. But they had a limber lead guitarist. Man.
I was really tired from standing and shit and it took forever for the Strokes to come on. When they did... I forgot everything else. It was unbelievable. Everyone was jumping, screamed for all the guitar solos and breaks, singing all the words.
They played all the new songs, and added a break to "Meet Me in the Bathroom." Right after the first guitar break, the whole band stopped for a bar. It was sooo good. and all the songs were upbeat, no dragging. I heard "You Talk Way Too Much" for the first time. Julian sounded like a lounge singer. fantastic
and they played "I can't win." it didn't sound as varied as the live version from Harvard, but it was great none the less. the new album will be amazing
the whole band was really loose. instead of Julian being angry, it felt like everyone was there to have a kick ass time after a hard week. of course a hard week for the strokes is playing the same 15 songs every night... but it still felt really great.
that's just to get my thoughts out. pictures in a few days hopefully

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