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The Strokes — Soma
Album: Is This It
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6.4

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Released: 2001
Length: 2:32
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Soma is what they would take when
Hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sun beams
Losing against fig trees
In your eyes

And I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
Said I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes

Let's go

When I saw her for the first time
Lips moved as her eyes closed
Heard something in his voice
"And I'll be there", he says
Then he walks out
Somehow he was trying too hard
To be like them

Well I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes
And I am
Stop
Oh, darling let me go

Tried it once and they liked it
Then tried to hide it
Says, "I've been doing this 25 years"
Well I'm not listening no more
And these friends, they keep asking for more
Oh, but that's it
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i saw them live when this came out. i loved everything about it. like this song, but i don't really care for their most recent stuff for some reason. 
Posted 11 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Stone's Rocks Off followed by The Strokes. Am I the only one to see a pattern here? Am I the only one that had oysters for lunch? Am I the only one who thinks all the strokes sound like all the other strokes?
Posted 19 years ago by Mikey    [ Reply ]
My daughter likes this song. And so I give it a 10.
Posted 19 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
I don't understand why no one understands why The Strokes are so great. Am I the only 30-year-old in the nation who still listens to music at high decibles while driving over the speed limit? OF COURSE the Strokes sound pedantic when you sit at your computer and dissect them. You're supposed to FEEL those drums, not analyze them.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
snurfer wrote:
Soma....great Smashing Pumpkins song...There's one and only Soma. Get lost guys!
:D :D :D
Posted 20 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
All right! I love the strokes, how about some songs from "Room on Fire" like 'the end has no end' or 'you talk to much'
Posted 20 years ago by littleRoom    [ Reply ]
Soma....great Smashing Pumpkins song...There's one and only Soma. Get lost guys!
Posted 20 years ago by snurfer    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
I was listening to some songs at random today, and heard New Order's "Age Of Consent" which I thought was this song at first. Very striking similarities.
Posted 20 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
The folks hyping these guys to death must think that Lou Reed was better than the Beatles... but I don\'t. They\'re OK, but they ain\'t the saviors of Rock \'n Roll
Posted 21 years ago by audiozeb    [ Reply ]
I need Soma to listen these guys. They are pretty popular around here. I don\'t get it.
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Neuf: You really don't need to play them ever again... :(
sure we do!! its such a fun band. can't wait for the next cd! :D
Posted 21 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by skinnyo: These guys are OK but I don't understand what all the rage is about.
Read some of these comments and you'll see all kinds of rage. Lighten up people, it's only pop.
Posted 21 years ago by k2    [ Reply ]
These guys are OK but I don\'t understand what all the rage is about.
Posted 21 years ago by skinnyo    [ Reply ]
More Strokes. More plastic, too. We get the music we deserve, and we\'ve been bad, bad kids all year.
Posted 21 years ago by meatload    [ Reply ]
You really don\'t need to play them ever again... :(
Posted 22 years ago by Neuf    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Videll: Great! More Strokes Please! Not the best band, nothing really new, but it sure is a much needed rain when looking back at the rock-n-roll draught over the last few years.
so this is the new-new wave...it is alot better than most of the angst rock-rap, sam kinison impersonators out there now. so i agree with you Videll. i recently purchased this cd and realized that most of the cuts sound alike. no matter... i liked it anyway. at least it is upbeat and good to work to. oh, and thanks lily 33 for this one. bizarre, i used to have a waterbed mattress called soma.
Posted 22 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
The Feelies rehashed with less of a singer.
Posted 22 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
sounds like they may indeed become one-hit wonders. havent heard anything other than their first big radio hit that was any good.
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
They seem to have the right, self-willed attitude, that\'s often half of the succes in rockmusic. Gotta listen to some more of them, I quess, to really know how much more there is but the right attitude.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Thought this song sounds a bit like Cracker and gotta love a soma reference.
Posted 22 years ago by Terror-Tubby    [ Reply ]
Great! More Strokes Please! Not the best band, nothing really new, but it sure is a much needed rain when looking back at the rock-n-roll draught over the last few years.
Posted 22 years ago by Videll    [ Reply ]
Perfect on a friday afternoon. Lot of great songs on this album.
Posted 22 years ago by duke    [ Reply ]
Hear Here! What a completely fun album! Love it all!
Posted 22 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]