Modern English acknowledge that The Strokes “completely ripped off” ‘I Melt With You’ for ‘Bad Decisions’

Modern English afirmou que The Strokes “completely ripped off” seu sucesso de 1982 ‘I Melt With You’ no single de sucesso da banda de Nova York ‘Bad Decisions’.

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Conroy went on: “Yeah, they had a song and they completely ripped off ‘I Melt With You.'” Writers of Billy Idol‘s 1981 hit ‘Dancing With Myself’ are credited on ‘Bad Decisions’, which featured on The Strokes 2020 album ‘The New Abnormal‘, but Modern English are not.

Apesar disso, o texto ao lado do vídeo dizia: “Just kidding we still love them.”.

In an NME review in 2020 of ‘Bad Decisions’, we also picked up on the similarities of the track with Modern English’s hit, writing: “There are shades of The Clash’s ‘Lost in the Supermarket’ and a nod to ‘I Melt With You’ by Modern English in the giddy central guitar refrain – but it’s also an acknowledged riff on Billy Idol’s ‘Dancing with Myself’, with Idol and Tony James receiving a songwriting credit.”.

Na época, o NME premiou ‘The New Abnormal’ com quatro estrelas, escrevendo: “Há muito a elogiar no disco, mesmo que o ouvinte tenha sido certificado como um segundo pensamento.”.

Like its cover, the Jean-Michel Basquiat artwork ‘Bird On Money’, it’s spiky but quite stunning. This is a cool album, the kind you begrudgingly grow to love, even if it never cared about you.

E não é isso que é tipicamente The Strokes.

The Strokes are currently on their huge ongoing 2026 tour dates, celebrating the release of their seventh album ‘Reality Awaits‘, which was released in June.

Already, the shows have seen them break out new songs live for the first time – including giving ‘Lonely In The Future’ its live debut at Summer Sonic Tokyo, and breaking out ‘Going To Babble On’ at Just Like Heaven.

At a recent show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, they also added ‘Tyrants Of The Mellow Moon’ to their setlist for the first time.

A turnê mundial ‘Reality Awaits’ continua pela América do Norte neste mês, antes de chegar ao UK e Irlanda em outubro. Essas datas incluem duas noites no O2 de Londres, seguidas por shows em Newcastle, Manchester e Dublin.

See all the dates here and find any remaining tickets here.

NME gave ‘Reality Awaits’ four stars, writing: “Whether unleashing disses or getting deep into the weird and wonderful, a quarter of a century on from their debut, The Strokes sound more alive and locked in than they have in years.”.

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