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Hard to Explain

Certain Songs #2526: The Strokes – “Hard to Explain”

January 10, 2023 by Jim Connelly

Album: Is This It
Year: 2001

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On the song that was the first single released from This Is It, producer Gordon Raphael compressed drummer Fabrizo Morettis drums so much that they sounded like a drum machine, which I guess begs the question why not use a real drum machine? But of course, the answer is in the question, and even if Moretti’s snare is almost fully lost, there is so much forward momentum in “Hard to Explain,” it almost doesn’t matter.

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Previously on Medialoper

  • Certain Songs #2625: Talking Heads – “Crosseyed and Painless (Cherry Hill 11-08-1980)”
  • Certain Songs #2624: Talking Heads – “Houses in Motion (Cherry Hill 11-08-1980)”
  • Certain Songs #2623: Talking Heads – “The Great Curve (Central Park 08-27-1980)”
  • Certain Songs #2622: Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
  • Certain Songs #2621: Talking Heads – “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)”

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