I love both BernieSanders and thestrokes so I am LOVING today.
— and the indie one. Following Vampire Weekend's performance at Iowa's pre-caucus rally, NYC rock legends The Strokes caught the train up to New Hampshire to perform at Bernie's primary eve rally in Durham. With Bernie as a co-headliner, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cynthia Nixon, Cornel West, Nina Turner and Brooklyn rockers Sunflower Bean opening, it made for a sick bill.
In their wide-ranging set, The Strokes covered Talking Heads'"Burning Down the House," surely as a nod to Sanders' fans' hopes for the next congress. They also played two brand new songs,"At the Door" and"Bad Decisions," and announced that their first album in seven years, titled The New Abnormal, is out April 10 .One particular clip from last night, however, has single handedly made the middle-aged rockers cool again.
It was a poignant moment given the anti-authoritarian bent of the Sanders campaign, of which criminal justice reform and law enforcement accountability are key components. Particularly so, on a dayof one of Sanders' opponents, ex-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, defending racial profiling and and his administration's stop and frisk policy. Bloomberg was the mayor while the Strokes were coming up in New York City, which probably helps explain their allegiance to Bernie.
The rally also marked a political recoup of the raucous song, which came out on the The Strokes 2001 debut,. Given its lyrics,"New York City Cops" was removed from the American tracklist, when the release was pushed back following 9/11.Casablancas had a fairly hilarious way of sharing why he's feeling the Bern. While the frontman shared a perfectly lucid statement when the concert was announced , on stage he used pirates as a metaphor for the 1%.
"So I've been super into pirates lately," he bantered."As one is. As one does. Don't ask. Lot of similarities between the... I'm saying how pirates are the enemies of all mankind. Great fashion sense, but they stole and raped for money. As the people that Bernie is trying to knock out of office! But not...no disrespect to pirates though. Modern businesspeople, way worse. Alright. I'm just fuckin' around, I love y'all, I'm just here for the music.
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