I thought I told you, this world is not for you.

More stuff from the roadtrip, plus more bluesy rock to warm up my winter. At least it's a bit warmer today than it has been! It's supposed to get up in the 60's in the District of Columbia. Maybe all the snow on the ground will melt. On our roadtrip, once we get tired of trying to find decent radio, Jimmy and I take turns picking songs or albums on his iPod. It's really funny how much you learn about someone based on their music. Jimmy had quite the STP collection on there and he let me listen to more than a bit of it.

At the risk of getting them stuck in my head again I put The Strokes on. Jimmy chose this song, "Reptilia" and I fell in love. In love enough to go ahead and invest in the entire album. Room on Fire is even better than Is This It. Yeah, yeah, I know it's been out forever but I'm always initially skeptical of new music. Especially the past few years. It seems like fewer and fewer bands are actually taking the time to focus on their whole album as opposed to just getting a single out there the second they get signed. *Sigh*

But, I digress. This song has a lot of the same qualities as "What Ever Happened?". They both start out with strong drum beats and then launch into a catchy and quick guitar bar. The biggest difference between the music for the chorus and the verses are that the bass and drums drop back a bit for the verses, and the guitar drops into a half time beat. It really makes the entire song sound almost frantic. Which works perfectly when Casablancas is so in control he's almost growling through the verses and then on the chorus he sounds practically desperate. Oh Julian Casablancas.

I couldn't listen to this song while driving, I'd surely get pulled over. It's amazing for riding in the car though, or getting ready in the morning, or dancing. It doesn't get stuck in my head as much as "What Ever Happened?" though. It's almost uncomfortably quick... it makes you just as frantic as it is.