Is This It but it's only bass and drums

[@askl23]

When just the bassist and the drummer show up and ur like, “is this it?”

[@privatedialect]

lol

[@cookietinsewingkit]

Yeah, its hard to explain.

[@Smoove_J]

For new drummers, I would start by playing along with Fab. He has perfect time, zero wasted notes, and everything is simple and straightforward.

[@mpkbeating]

Fantastic idea, man

[@charliesunday1099]

Bro this is literally how I got going on drums! The Strokes are great for learning any instrument

[@DanielS10291]

On this album he only uses a crash ride and a hi hat for cymbals! One high tom and one floor. Such a cool minimalist set up

[@doylemcpoyIe]

Last Nite is was what got me interested in drumming

[@mpkbeating]

@@doylemcpoyIe I know, so simple and still so amazing

[@PKFlashBeta]

This album is always a highlight of how being good at your instruments reflects in simple songs that anyone can really play.

[@jamesheath7601]

0:51 that bass line ❤

[@paulglhf]

Elliot Smith...

[@laschocoaventuras6370]

​@@paulglhf??

[@0x44_]

I remember an interview where he said he was nervous and happy that no one ever noticed he just ripped the entire thing off a Cure album

[@Onottii]

@@laschocoaventuras6370 the users pfp

[@guilineki2809]

what album?@@0x44_

[@jehnull]

love this, i can finally focus on how cool the bass

[@mpkbeating]

I know its great ✨

[@RyanBrown22]

is

[@SquareTimes]

I’ve always been impressed that there are no drum fills or crashes on the entire album.

[@mpkbeating]

Yeah, their simplicity is so awesome as their dynammic.

[@asger7442]

there are a few small fills like the toms on someday

[@smartoperator7716]

This is it!

[@HandsomeHungarianHenderson]

Genuinely thought this was about to a drum n bass remix to the whole album and got real excited

[@kingdodongo4126]

why

[@harold30404]

I can still hear the guitars and vocals in my head. Guess I've listen this album too much

[@romi9485]

the stem separation cannot be perfect too

[@bobbyrobles358]

too much is not enough!

[@harold30404]

@@bobbyrobles358 the right answer!

[@Eli_B3000]

@@romi9485 The new Akai stem tool they just announced may change that

[@ameerhamid89]

Ghost Julian leaking through

[@sean.anthony6044]

As a beginner bassist of two years looking to move into the realm of playing with people and hopefully joining a band, I will cherish this

[@gobadgego]

At the heart of every great pop song is a drummer who can do THIS.

[@mjcastro82]

Holy Moses...The Strokes are almost eligible for the R&R Hall of Fame...

[@stefansteff13]

hahah I'm dying.. :D

[@paulrhodesquinn]

Ah, but the drums are in time here.

[@qi_kayon]

I thought this was going to be a drum n bass cover of the album, this is also cool

[@ethanmiller631]

dream blunt rotation

[@2dollarcrew]

One of the perfect bass lines

[@chickentikka7890]

Finally some appreciation for Nikolai and Fab!

[@mpkbeating]

I know bro, they’re awesome!

[@somatalks]

Was trya find a video to watch while I eat my tacos. I ended up just vibing😂

[@pmfnr]

When you write the song on keyboard and the tell the rhythm section to play it just like that. Huge new wave influence. So effective when musician egos don’t get in the way of the song.

[@moreykammerman4377]

Gives a whole new appreciation to these musical geniuses.

[@sonnysumo8172]

The baseline on “Is This It” (Title Track) taken out of the mix is still groovy but also kinda goofy. Like I can see it soundtracking a cartoon walk cycle.

[@CarlosTowersIsNotFamous]

It's that gallopin' NYC Post Punk Bass, which IS super goofy. Like so much of the sound of the early aughts was VERY goofy; this album is SUPER goofy now that I think about it.

[@fabfreebird1]

still slaps! @@CarlosTowersIsNotFamous

[@0037kevin]

Ive always loved that bass drop after the first chorus

[@moh_probs]

so good for playing along on guitar

[@mpkbeating]

Totally! 🤘

[@chickentikka7890]

I always wanted to hear the isolated bass and drum parts of the strokes

[@GreetTheSacredCow]

This is great. How about Interpol's "Turn on the Bright Lights" album?

[@mpkbeating]

Nice one, u got it 🤘

[@bearvsshaan]

yessss lets get some Carlos D goin@@mpkbeating

[@lnb29]

drum'n'bass it's only DRUM'N'BASS

[@evan8654]

The bass on 'When it started' is non-existent. Best part of the song.

[@fruitsarefun5824]

Take It or Levae It bass and drums work is amazing

[@mpkbeating]

Yeah totally rocks 🔥

[@briantabora8661]

Please do Room on Fire album, I believe is the best of The Strokes, specially the bass and guitar.

[@mpkbeating]

Yes, you got it bro🔥

[@Smoove_J]

Automatic Stop is my favorite Strokes song. The shift at the chorus is like a magic trick.

[@PCDisciple]

@@Smoove_Jthose arpeggio riffs in the chorus are what got me into the strokes

[@sonikj5568]

Love this, have a hard time picking up bass lines so sometimes I found myself surprised listening!

[@mpkbeating]

Me too, last nite has a cool swing note I just found out

[@gavinpikky]

Drums please.. fab

[@slimebwoy]

Damn I thought this was going to be the whole album of Is This It but as drum and bass

[@toml9819]

I always thought the intro to Is This It was all played on bass. Guess I learned something today.

[@moonandantarctica2]

Lol wtf

[@assblastly334]

How?

[@oggabob]

Doesn’t sound at all like a bass

[@Dance_Yrself_Clean]

Just like when the Strokes played All Points East

[@mpkbeating]

Exactly!

[@classicbambi]

pls make one for room on fire

[@mpkbeating]

Sure, I will 🤘

[@MaxDolluz]

this is dope. cool band

[@contextiseverythingmediane2816]

Amazing thank you for sharing

[@stalwartzero7001]

Would be cool if you played some of the riffs on bass too. I did a whole b side of my own music with just a 707 kick and snare/ modded 6 string SG bass. Still appreciate you sharing this!

[@jacquesmesrine8031]

I'm watching my cat play to this music and it's actually hilarious 😂

[@zeitgeistyreport]

they really did capture a refreshing sound for a minute in the early oughts.

[@GyroLamb]

don’t forget Julian wrote every part, every instrument

[@Nerokennedy99]

Source?

[@functionparameter]

@@Nerokennedy99it’s common knowledge he wrote the first two albums and most of the third, look it up

[@produccionesdebajosrecurso7451]

XD yeah right @@functionparameter

[@final_animal]

OK, do literally just look it up though. It's on their wikipedia page for example, and the credits for the album@@produccionesdebajosrecurso7451

[@guitarr44]

Didn’t believe this when I first read it but it seems to be true. Julian wrote all the parts for the first two albums and recorded demos for the rest of the band to learn. Other band members would contribute to the parts and change them in small ways. For example, Julian wrote most of the guitar solo in Last Night, but Albert came up with the beginning part of it after hearing a similar lick in a Freddie King song. I guess it explains why their sound began to change a lot after Room on Fire as the songwriting became more collaborative.

[@leitaoVstrom]

I thank man, cool

[@facundonunia4794]

this it great! i kinda feel like it would be much cooler with vocals too

[@GibberishDraw]

Shame we'll never know what Bass and Drums only will sound like with guitar and Vocals only.

[@EduardodoCoutof]

amazing!

[@mpkbeating]

Thank youu 🙏

[@luisagudelo677]

You the man!

[@NTNchamp2]

This is my new study music. This is a great album, but I am saddened at how many later Strokes albums are kind of ruined by Julian Casablancas distracting vocals and lyrics.

[@Chimpthatisbig]

I think we got the answer to "is this it" 💀💀

[@AlexandraGonzalesgodoy]

GASPI QUE HACES AHI

[@homeGardenTree]

hard to explain 22:14 thanks me later i come from 2006

[@PCDisciple]

Love this!! Would be very fun to jam to also. Def subbing😊

[@fisherkhongmaly9893]

Is it supposed to be 20001 and not 2001??? That’s what it says in the description

[@rnr45s]

hey "hard to explain" doesn't have a proper time stamp in the description btw

[@sp52pi]

Did you use the koala sample splitter ai thing?

[@mpkbeating]

@@sp52pi no, just Lalal

[@universalempire818]

I don't say this often, but I miss my youth

[@Nykobelicko]

que grande el gaspi

[@LauchansChrome]

Booooeeenaass

[@nathanialshicks]

normal type pokemon gym theme intensifies

[@SELOKITV]

SEM FIRULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ManGoatHamburger]

We need jungle, I’m afraid

[@thorntailband]

So innocent 😊

[@danteperchita9613]

Que haces Gaspi???

[@slink66]

oumupo af 💗 #ouxpo

[@Morgan-r9r]

We’re not enemies, we just disagree

[@LikeSomeDude]

Is This It was ghost written by JP Bowersock. The songs are more than 20 years old when they came out

[@benibbotson2014]

They got the title for the album because initially they turned up to the studio with just this and the producer asked "is this it?"

[@superdoer]

@eirckr can you isolate into the west parts for me, it's for my wedding.

[@mpkbeating]

How come the west parts?

[@superdoer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqepZGRjZ8eJhKc @@mpkbeating

[@biaotoch]

love

[@asafzamora]

Gaspi?

[@ironicockxssleep64290]

Can someone do this to Radiohead next ?

[@mpkbeating]

Wich album? 🤔

[@ShantSSS]

@@mpkbeatingOK Computer 🩵

[@rainor771]

@@mpkbeating I think In Rainbows has some of the best basslines of any radiohead album. Would prob sound cool just bass and drums

[@mpkbeating]

@@rainor771 cool man, let’s do it!

[@mpkbeating]

@@rainor771 weird fishes rocks

[@slunk1236]

Pues meh. Algunas lineas muy buenas en bajo, pero lo grandioso de esta banda es su simplicidad y lo mucho que logran con eso.

[@MrFirefox]

niccccceeeeeee

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

Melodic bass instead of keeping the beat. Peter Hook (Joy Division) and Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) do so.

[@LazaroGonzalez-jz7cb]

Y hard to explain?

[@mpkbeating]

22:14

[@startervisions]

🥸😎🤓

[@aledmb]

18:20 thank me later.

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

Is This Shit

[@JustDatBoi]

The Strokes are kinda gay

[@sweetspike]

Makes it easy to hear rough drum edits and bass auto tune

[@moonandantarctica2]

This sounds awful

[@sleddy01]

so much better without that voice

[@clipmania42]

anyone else think this shit is so lame

[@101EV]

Why?

[@jacksonprinceful]

No

[@mansillagm]

go to play fortnite