Casablancas, Julian - Long Island Blues Lyrics

Sounds like a slow English version of: ”il pescatore” by Fabrizio De Andre’

so fekkin beautiful. i <3

Beautiful

Julian Reed

Like it, theres kinda of a Leonard Cohen vibe to it.

Yep chorus is This Land. Verses are Big Rock Candy Mountain. Still a great tune.

don't keep those dreams and visions grounded...

this reminds me of Bob Dylan.

Terrible lyrics lol on a hack melody

This song has so much depth.. I brought me to tears the first time I heard it. It is so beautiful and simply well written. I’m about to graduate and head into the real world and this song definitely will forever shape my perspective in life. Julian is so very talented and underrated.

This song is incredible
Julian is incredible
I love him so much

Bob Dylan vibes here.

Lou Reed i'd say

this and humdrum blues are going on my sad cowboy playlist

My favorite color... I swear Julian is Jim Morrison reincarnate. Poetry. Thank you JC.

This one reminds me of John Lennon/ and the wallflowers dad. What's his name?

So freaking Good!! Why didn't I know about you before???

This is the most beautiful song I have ever heard.

This has the melody of that don't take my sunshine away song

This land is my land

Love that song. Thanx Julian!

Julian would make the best big brother

this tune is so simple yet so brilliant. It's nice to play it every now and then

It is a real shame for me even I know julian for a long time i have just discovered this song. Lets just listen to it till the sun rise

I hear a "Candy mountain". big rock candy mountain? haha, very cool. 😃

Sorry I’m late to the party but I just heard this song today and Big Rock Candy Mountain + This Land is Your Land is what I hear. I like the song and JC, just sayin...I hear the Big Rock Candy Mountain Song is all

thank God (nature) for Julian Casablanca

Woody guthrie -my land is your land. Te quiero- Andrés Calamaro-Paloma

i love you Julian

I don't think any song has ever made me cry so hard especially considering it's not some sappy love song

I was here

I was listening to this in class, and not a minute into the song I started crying. Man, I love this song.

I also get a "Rave On" vibe from the chorus of the song as well. Just me?

love Julian!! adore him... reminds me of the Pogues too...

Se fue al carajo con esta letra! me encanta :D

I already hope Julian does something with Jack White

i want him to sing this on my funeral

I can definitely hear how it sounds like the "This land is your land..." song but it definitely works! And I'm glad others get some Bob Dylan vibes from this like I do too

This song is so fun to sing, It just ebbs and flows like waves against the shore.

this song remind me of amy winehouse for some reason

Amazing song!!!!

This land was made for you and me

"Sometimes you hate each other, to forget you hate yourself." (...)

it reminds me of a Voidz (his other band) quote: "we look for our own flaws in each other"

Jihane; that's Julian's song 11th dimension, not the voidz

Beautiful, brilliant lyrics. Honestly, it inspires me.

FUCKKKK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this song so much.

"This land was made for me and you..." No one else? Just me?

It has been 18 years of life and I honestly think this song has been the best expression of life as a musically definition

+carlos enrique when roles are reversed, opinions are too.

that plot twist tho

its been 27 years of life for me dude, I agree too.

Lou Reed yeah but it has Bob Dylan melodies fo sho

I actually immediately thought it was some bob dylan cover uppon first hearing it!

I think he got a bit of the rythm from Buddy Hollys Rave On and added some sort of Lou Reed feel to it. All that with his unforgettable voice, just brilliant

@Angel Rebollo I thought the exact same thing, def took it from Rave On and slowed it down.

Sounds like he got the melody from that this land is your land this land is our land from the blah blah blah to the New York islands

I can relate to this song a lot its crazy(good, I think)

love this song because ot says real things about life

yeah somehow it seems to cover everything, and by the time it's finished you're already done dusting off your knees, looking straight ahead again, ready to embark on your next big act of foolishness ha ha

More Lou reed and folky than I would ever prefer.

this land is my land this land is your land.. haha

is this his original lyrics?

cat of truth I think so

I cannot believe I am barely listing to this song!:( Cuz I am such a obsessed Julian fan. This is the most beautiful song I ever heard I was tearing up.......

Deam!! What could I do to make everyone I know listen to this song?

@Teresa S the statement he is making is that an unloved child does not love family traditions. so Teresa S, you're actually saying that you hate this song

Thank God for Julian Casablancas.

standing ovation and my hat off to this song

you should know it, you wrote it man.

This song just found me something that rhymes with orange.

Just recently he revealed he was going to do another solo album. I expect it will be after the follow up to angles. I personally think his solo album was genius. I am a huge Strokes fan but I can appreciate what he did in the solo album. I love it just as much as The Strokes!

His lyrics are so true. I mean, how can "You hate others to forget you hate yourself." How more true can it get?

Proud to Live on Long Island.

maybe he'll make anoter albums, but i think it will be when TS is finally
gone...

Yeah, they've gone

You know im not a fan of Julian, I just respect him so much because his work is .. i dont know, whatever u like to say... his work deserve respect. I feel like he is my friend since 7 years ago.

Thumbs up for Julian being so awesome as to be only person in history to get that close to rhyming with "orange"

@Eamonn15ify You brought up some real good points..they do seem to be pretty famous all around the world..and they DID headline all those big festivals. I do agree that so many bands were strongly influenced by them. It's just that when I read that even Julian had wished they could have brought their cool music to more mainstream ears...it just reminded me how frustrated I get with the choices on the radio..so much crappy stuff being played..it just doesn't seem right!

Guys , the strokes are NOT a secret . Look at Ireland , the UK , Australia and New Zealand . After 5 years of nothing , they can come back without an album and headline major summer festivals , be it T in the Park , Oxegen or Reading and Leeds . They re massive here , they ve completely reinvented a genre that had been in decline since Brit Pop and Girls bands. They re part of the reason that guitars have become so popular for young kids . Think how many bands have been influenced by them !

@killanjo I agree..it's almost like a secret Strokes club..BUT..I do get frustrated that our really talented guys do not get the recognition they deserve..I read an interview just yesterday where Julian said "I wanted to bring underground, cool music to the mainstream-and since 2001 we haven't been able to do that" and he mentions bands like Green Day...STROKES MUSIC DESERVES TO BE HEARD!!! Who IS running these stupid radio stations???!!!

@KatyForever93 the Strokes are like a special secret amongst us fans. people that dont know them dont know what great music theyre missing out on. that makes the Strokes even more special for me :)

@KatyForever93 That makes two of us.

how come the strokes aren't like someone everybody knows. when i bring up the strokes all i get are a bunch of " Who's???" i think i'm the only one in my school to know who they are...

This is so good.

This guy just rhymed a word with orange... Julian Casablancas is a god.

@MTrencher4life Listen to what he's saying, and interpret it your own way, not someone else's opinion on a website..how does it relate to you.

@MTrencher4life maybe you'll find it in this site: songmeanings . net

I love this like an unloved child love family traditions !

@YourMomJJCC oh lmfao you're right i forgot.

LEAVE JULIAN MUSIC TO THE ONES THAT DESERVE IT

@yourpainismygain Julian is not influenced by anyone how dare you say that

@KicsiRamy um, do you really want a bunch of stupid little girls obsessing over him like idiots? I think its better this way, just leave Julian to the people who deserve him. I dont know about you but the last thing I would want is his image ruined by bieberfans, thank you. Just my opinion

this song has such a dylan influence, and i love it. so beautiful man. julian is a genius.

@KicsiRamy couldn't have said it better myself.

He sounds like Bob Dylan here, weird, but not really...

@KicsiRamy I agree with you, but maybe it's better if Julian and The Strokes are followed by people who can really appreciate how much they're good and talented =)

@68mastermind

If you knew anything about music you would know all folk musicians copy melodies and chord progressions that aren't their own. A lot of Bob Dylan's early songs copied chord progressions directly from old folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs. He had no shame in admitting this. All musicians copy each other, what matters is whether they or honest or not.

@pupl0vr but you can actually understand Julian Casablancas ;) lol Bob Dylan is great, but I cant understand what hes saying half the time.

this is fucking brilliant.