The Strokes close out their Coachella set with videos denouncing CIA and Israel crimes



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10 Comments

  1. lunadenavajas on

    They also changed some of the lyrics of the song (Oblivius):

    What side you standing on?

    And we take
    What we want from them
    And then say
    “What do you want from me?”

    The earlier parts of the song had visuals of other moments of US foreign intervention, like coups in Latin America. I think it’s safe to say they probably won’t be invited back to Coachella lol

  2. Traditional_Maybe_80 on

    And before that part, the visuals also showed presidents of the global south whose governments were overthrown with the CIA’s complicity, MLK Jr. and images of slavery and segregation. It was really well done.

  3. henryofskalitzz on

    The strokes / Casablancas especially has always been outspoken about their political beliefs, but this is still shocking to see on a stage as big as Coachella where all the biggest acts are sanitized to an extreme degree

    W strokes

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