strokes_news (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} themodernage) wrote,@ 2006-05-18 13:55:00 |
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The Strokes, Eddie Vedder and Lou Reed Rock for Our 1000th Issue
At 11:30, columns of red strobes lit the stage as the Strokes launched into their breakthrough tune "Someday." The band went on to play the recent single, "Heart in a Cage," and earlier fan fave, "The Modern Age," with Casablancas promising the audience, "We're gonna honor a lot of music tonight."
Introducing him as a "hero of ours," the band welcomed Eddie Vedder who headbanged to the opening riffs of "Juicebox" (the lead single off First Impressions of Earth), sitting on Fabrizio Moretti's drum riser before stepping up to swap lead vocals. As Vedder wailed, "Why won't you come over here?/ We've got a city to love," Casablancas dropped to his knees for the refrain.
To maintain the rock & roll high, the New York-based rockers broke into "Last Night," with guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. leaning back during the solo in rock-god style. An electrifying "Vision of Division" and "Barely Legal" followed, with Hammond pulling the coolest rock move of the night: a trust fall into a back roll out of the song's ending note. In one surreal moment, comedian David Cross made his way to the front row to shout "hip-hip hooray!" between songs.
Apparently, one visiting rock icon wasn't enough for the Strokes. "Enough of that shit. We got a guest here," said Casablancas. "The man himself, the beautiful Lou Reed."
The former Velvet Underground frontman sauntered onstage armed with a white axe, and let Casablancas kick off the first verse of his solo classic, "Walk on the Wild Side." The two traded verses, as Valensi improvised on guitar. Not only the crowd was feeling it: In high drama, Moretti came down from his drum set to throw himself to his knees in front of the rock legend, and Reed put his arms around Casablancas in a big embrace.
The band wrapped up the evening, thirty-nine years in the making, with a rendition of their relentless "Take It or Leave It." At the song's abrupt close, Moretti once again hopped from his platform, this time beer in tow, and jumped off the stage -- to join all the rockers and rock fans in the crowd.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/st
At 11:30, columns of red strobes lit the stage as the Strokes launched into their breakthrough tune "Someday." The band went on to play the recent single, "Heart in a Cage," and earlier fan fave, "The Modern Age," with Casablancas promising the audience, "We're gonna honor a lot of music tonight."
Introducing him as a "hero of ours," the band welcomed Eddie Vedder who headbanged to the opening riffs of "Juicebox" (the lead single off First Impressions of Earth), sitting on Fabrizio Moretti's drum riser before stepping up to swap lead vocals. As Vedder wailed, "Why won't you come over here?/ We've got a city to love," Casablancas dropped to his knees for the refrain.
To maintain the rock & roll high, the New York-based rockers broke into "Last Night," with guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. leaning back during the solo in rock-god style. An electrifying "Vision of Division" and "Barely Legal" followed, with Hammond pulling the coolest rock move of the night: a trust fall into a back roll out of the song's ending note. In one surreal moment, comedian David Cross made his way to the front row to shout "hip-hip hooray!" between songs.
Apparently, one visiting rock icon wasn't enough for the Strokes. "Enough of that shit. We got a guest here," said Casablancas. "The man himself, the beautiful Lou Reed."
The former Velvet Underground frontman sauntered onstage armed with a white axe, and let Casablancas kick off the first verse of his solo classic, "Walk on the Wild Side." The two traded verses, as Valensi improvised on guitar. Not only the crowd was feeling it: In high drama, Moretti came down from his drum set to throw himself to his knees in front of the rock legend, and Reed put his arms around Casablancas in a big embrace.
The band wrapped up the evening, thirty-nine years in the making, with a rendition of their relentless "Take It or Leave It." At the song's abrupt close, Moretti once again hopped from his platform, this time beer in tow, and jumped off the stage -- to join all the rockers and rock fans in the crowd.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/st
