The Libertines

Certain Songs #927: The Libertines – “Can’t Stand Me Now”

July 10, 2017 by Jim Connelly

Album: The Libertines
Year: 2004

When they came out, you might remember that The Libertines were posited as the U.K.’s answer to The Strokes, but outside of being obvious rock stars from the get go, the two bands couldn’t have been more different.

With The Strokes, every single note was hammered into place by precision nanobots, whereas every note played by The Libertines seemed utterly shocked to exist in the first place.

18 Musical Moments to Die For

April 20, 2009 by Jim Connelly

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done one of these, but I’m back!! In black. (Which is a terrible choice, because it’s, like, 150 degrees today.)

This time, on Musical Moments to Die For, we have two of the greatest cover versions of two of the greatest songs ever recorded; druggy people writing songs about their drug problems, and casual rockstar sexism.

We also have the usual 80’s indie obscurity, and run the gamut from catchy artsy sophistication to catchy dumb-ass stomping crapola.

This is the eighth in a series: The first one had 25, the second one had 24, the third one had 23, the fourth one had 22, the fifth one had 21, and the sixth had 20, and the seventh had 19.