It's The Strokes: The Modern Age.



Great song, as are the majority of their songs.

"We started work on the guitar idea for that track almost two years ago now," says Rowlands. "It's just a little riff that I had working, and it didn't really strike me as that (similar to The Modern Age), but someone else said it the other day too, so I'm going to have to compare them. But Surface to Air for us is just an expression of joy. The album has some heavy stuff on it, and it's quite hard and tough, but we just thought it was a brilliant way to end the album, with this rush of absolute joy. We'd been playing it live this last (UK) summer, obviously before people had heard it, and it's just a track that really connects with people. It seemed like the right way to end the album, and it's a track that we really, really love."

TPPR is the opposite to STA. One is harsh and one is melodic. Both reach the same song concept and intensity.

a mate of mine was telling me today how he heard the Stereophonics - Dakota on radio one this afternoon and he thought that sounded like surface to air. in places it does sound like it a bit. that strokes tune though when i heard it was very close to surface to air.



personally the begining of the tune makes me think of an oliver stone vietnam film. the sound of slow motion helicopter rotor blades rotating. that would probaly upset tom and ed linking the sound to something negative. they didn't like the idea that surface to air could be taken in the sence of a missile.

Thor_Saytyr Escribi�:

TPPR is the opposite to STA. One is harsh and one is melodic. Both reach the same song concept and intensity.

Hmmm. It sounds weird, but I look at both songs like this: The Private Psychadelic Reel has cool tones, Surface To Air has warm tones. I don't know how to explain it any better than that. Maybe it's the feeling I get, maybe it's what I see in my mind's eye...



Bah! I can't find the right words. I'm no good at explaining anything tonight!! :x

I like the sounds...I feel the outer space.That is beautiful merody+harmony! I feel a cosmos beats + New Order+ Classic music .

:P :D