The Strokes - Someday

Someday is the third single from The Strokes' first album Is This It so at this time the band where still making a name for themselves. They were more popular in England than they were in America.

Does it meet genre conventions?

Many rock and indie bands videos are performance and narrative based which this video. We also see members of the band Drinking and Smoking a convention of rock and roll, we also see a 'fight' between The Strokes and Guided by Voices at the end of a game show.

Is there a relationship between lyrics and visuals?

You could read it as the visuals that are being shown are 'the good old days', and you could say that 'together we fall apart' is visualised in the fight on the gameshow. You could also say that perhaps the video is saying this is now and the lyrics are saying things will go down hill from then on. 'I'm working so i don't have to try so hard' is shown by them practicing as a band. This is why it stands up to repeat viewings because different people can read the lyrics and visuals differently.

Is there a relationship between Music and Visuals?

None, the video doesn't seem to have any similairty to what is shown in the visuals. The cuts are in time with the music, as when it slows down the amount of cutting decreases. The music is quite upbeat and this is reflected within the visuals as the band are seen smiling and having fun.

Are there lots of close ups? Building of star image?

There are lots of close up of all the members of the band rather than, the usual of just having close ups of the lead singer. The visuals and close ups show the band having fun and being on a gameshow, this makes them seem approachable and very friendly. It also shows images of members of 'Guided By Voices' and Slash the guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses showing they have various 'friends' in the music business.

Are there any intertextual references?

The major untertextual reference is of course to the popular American gameshow Family Feud, The Strokes take on Guided by Voices and lose 350 - 211 in the end. There are appearances by other bands and other members of bands possibly a move by record companies to promote forthcoming albums or singles, through another bands music video.

Is it Narative, Performance or conceptual based?

It is a mixture of Narrative and Performance based, althought the performance isn't a major part and when shown it feels as if the band are still young and upcoming (which they were) as they are showing having a sort of band practice or maybe they are within a recording studio.