Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
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This is the story of “You Only Live Once”, one of the biggest Strokes songs, and how it was conceived as a story with many extra lyrics.
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0:00 The Strokes saved Rock n’ Roll
0:14 A really cool story
0:36 Origins
2:00 From Magnetic Fields to Prince
2:22 A title to keep the song’s soul intact
2:36 One of Julian’s favorite Strokes songs
2:50 The truth behind the demo
3:43 I Want to Break Free?
4:16 ToneGym
4:53 Music Video
5:40 Warren Fu & Daft Punk
7:11 Soundtrack
8:41 The mainstream
9:55 A personal song?
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Get 30% off ToneGym's Pro Membership using this voucher: tonegym.co/coupon/view?id=2HMSNP5HNB3&aff=2108
This is the story of “You Only Live Once”, one of the biggest Strokes songs, and how it was conceived as a story with many extra lyrics.
~
0:00 The Strokes saved Rock n’ Roll
0:14 A really cool story
0:36 Origins
2:00 From Magnetic Fields to Prince
2:22 A title to keep the song’s soul intact
2:36 One of Julian’s favorite Strokes songs
2:50 The truth behind the demo
3:43 I Want to Break Free?
4:16 ToneGym
4:53 Music Video
5:40 Warren Fu & Daft Punk
7:11 Soundtrack
8:41 The mainstream
9:55 A personal song?
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![Alex Turner - Glass in the Park [Piano cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dh2PsaIIXL0/mqdefault.jpg "Alex Turner - Glass in the Park [Piano cover]
Submarine is one of my favorite records, Id definitely like to cover more songs from it in the future, but its tough to make them sound right without being Alex Turner.")
