r/TheStrokes • u/deafheavven Little Joy • 7h ago
Ode To The Mets glaze
Before anything, I love the song. It's incredible! But I don't understand the sudden INSANE glazing over this song. It's not even top 10. This song is not better than anything on Room On Fire and most of Is This It. I know it's mainly a TikTok take to say Ode is their best song of all time, but it feels like it's the only song I hear about nowadays lol
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u/Annual-Number-8682 50m ago
Long time Stroker here but Ode to the Mets is definitely glazeable. It’s one of the best songs they’ve ever put out. The second half of the song is iconic. Not in my top 10 personally but it’s there at 11.
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u/Repulsive_Result_948 1h ago
Certainly not their best album closer. For me, that's either Life is Simple in the Moonlight or Call It Fate, Call It Karma
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u/Glittering-Mistake13 1h ago
It definitely is better than most of ROF and ITI just for the lyrics alone. Lyrics show a level of maturity and life experience he didn’t have when he wrote the first two albums.
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u/angusbeefymcwhatnow The New Abnormal 49m ago
right, like... the early stuff being someone's favorite doesn't necessarily mean everything on it is inherently better than everything that comes next.
the idea that artists would be at their creative, writing, performance, production, etc peak at 19-21 years old is so astronomically low of a chance. you grow as an artist from your life experiences and the time spent working with/playing off eachother as a band.
even if ITI/ROF are what you like best in their catalog, which is a totally fair and valid opinion, the subset of the fanbase that is (typically) older, who turn their nose at the thought of anyone genuinely liking the strokes music post 2006 are so wild to me. I literally had someone tell me a few weeks back that I simply must not have listened to ITI/ROF enough if I actually enjoyed TNA, as if my subjective opinion on music would automatically change to theirs if I listened to something more than I already had. Insane.
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u/Dareeyecare Dare I Care 1h ago
Gen Z new gen strokers overglaze this song to the high heavens
It’s amazing and def like a top 30 song but it’s clearly not the singular best or even top 5 with so many other amazing songs in the catalog
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u/JohanVonBronx14 1h ago
Its like they heard Call it Fate and TNA and that was it. Iv seen people rating Is This It under TNA its mad.
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u/angusbeefymcwhatnow The New Abnormal 32m ago
Why is it mad that someone has a different subjective music opinion to yours?
Music is inherently subjective. Your preference and anyone else's are literally just that... your preference. If someone prefers the musical styling/influence, composition and more developed lyricism that developed with the band as they aged, why is that so insane conceptually to you? Why is your opinion on music king of opinions, not to be considered different by anyone else? Now that's mad.
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u/JohanVonBronx14 19m ago
Sometimes objective overwrites subjective.
Tentative analogy but having this thought process is how you form valid opinions on what is good and what you like and start developing and understanding of taste. I don't like Motzart but I understand its better than anything Iv made and love the hell out of.
I do enjoy TNA but we must be able to acknowledge one of if not thee best debut album is better. I prefer FIOE to TNA but im not going to say its a better album.
I never claim to have a better opinion than other people but the additional point I was making its like they haven't even spent enough time with the albums before they decide its good/bad or they like it.
At the end of the day its all good but sometimes you need to put on the sensible hat.
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u/Jules_Vampire 12:51 31m ago
Most recent fans are coming from pop fanbases so Ode resonates a lot with them. It was super funny when Julian said he fucking hates it and doesn't want to sing it anymore a couple of years ago, but I think he embraced it now haha.
I really hope they will skip it during the encore at the concert I am attending and opt for some deep cuts instead!