The White Stripes

[Popey]

No COOOOOOOOONQUEEEEEEEEEEST though :(

Blue Orchid was immense live. And Hotel Yorba. Everyone around me was dancing. :happy:

[Amii]

i went to see them on my 14th birthday..thery were immense...amazing..wow...lol :LOL:

[Rainbow]

Blue Orchid was immense live. And Hotel Yorba. Everyone around me was dancing. :happy:I realized there was a webcast? I missed it. :(

[sarahrebecca]

have you guys checked out the "Icky Thump" music video? its pretty tight.

[medusa_ c]

the video is quality!:D

i finally got to hear the whole album.Conquest for the next single i say :LOL:

[fairy lights]

:yesey:

Conquest is a fucking tune. :D

[musslie]

I love White Stripes too! My fav album is Elephant, and the best song: "I just don't know what to do with myself" :)

[Knightofcydonia]

They're now definitely my favourite band. I was bored the other day and wondered how cool it would be if WS and Muse were asked to bring back MTV Unplugged. Those would be 2 great shows.

The new album is fucking ace, I love the sounds of the first 2 albums making an appearance.

Martyr for My Love For You is in my head right now.

[moocow]

:yesey:

Conquest is a fucking tune. :D

Hell Yeah, its my favorite on the album

[stuffitv3]

:yesey:

Conquest is a fucking tune. :D

Fudge yah, Conquest fing rocks my socks off. It's such a BA song.

[fairy lights]

Hell Yeah, its my favorite on the album

Fudge yah, Conquest fing rocks my socks off. It's such a BA song.

:happy:

Conquest is my fave song off the album. It better be a single - I love to see a video for it.

[medusa_ c]

it was announced on Radio 1 that next single is going to be You Dont Know What Love Is :(

shame,i wanted to see a video for conqueeeeeeest.well,it can always be the next one :happy:it'd better be!

[Canadian]

Woo! I'm seeing them on Thursday. :D

I can't wait!

[Rainbow]

I can't wait!Me, too. :D
By the way, the opening will be Dan Sartain. I checked his MySpace, doesn't sound bad.

[edit]I was checking their merchandise, and found this.
http://whitestripes.kungfunation.com/images/USBset.jpg
USB drive contains the album (Icky Thump)!
This is a great idea for Jack, who's against free downloading music.
People who has mp3s would even consider buying it, because it's cute, and only produced 3,333 each.

http://whitestripes.kungfunation.com/images/large/Meg_LRG.jpg

[ʘ]

hah, ^^ those USB stix are well cool :LOL:


And after a few listens I now proclaim: Icky Thump > Era Vulgaris :yesey:
I really love Rag & Bone :D

[Knightofcydonia]

I used that cartoon Jack on top of one of my cars in Forza 2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9312815@N06/sets/72157600478480756/

[Rainbow]

hah, ^^ those USB stix are well cool :LOL:Yep, another thing to suck up my wallet. :unsure:I used that cartoon Jack on top of one of my cars in Forza 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9312815@N06/sets/72157600478480756/Is this just a design, or you actually own it?? :eek:

Anyway, I'm posting a part from a Toronto newspaper.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/229852

"I think we took for granted everything we do at home," said Daniel Glick, the young Montreal concert promoter overseeing tonight's Iqaluit gig on behalf of Gillette Entertainment Group.

"We didn't realize the intricacies involved."

Those intricacies included flying an entire road crew in from Vancouver over the weekend to begin assembling a stage and erecting a PA system in the venue, a former hockey rink that has fallen into disuse since the southern end of its floor sank a metre or so into the ground a few years ago.

They embarked on an 18-concert cross-Canada tour last weekend in British Columbia that will take them to every province and territory. Jack White admits it doesn't make sense and won't make much money, but says it's a dream trip rooted in childhood fantasies about the Great White North.

http://www.thestar.com/images/assets/243733_3.JPG
Musicians Jack and Meg White perform an impromptu concert in Whitehorse on Monday. The show was announced an hour before by word of mouth.

Another source: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2007/06/28/iqa-stripes.html
White Stripes jam with elders, rock Iqaluit

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2007/06/28/north-stripes-elders070628.jpg
White Stripes singer Jack White said he and drummer Meg White were fortunate to hear stories from Iqaluit elders on Wednesday.
(Photo courtesy Lissie Kelly)

I see only 15 people. :eek: It's so nice and cool what they did!
Apparently they filmed the whole 'North' tour, so it may will be a DVD.

[Canadian]

Yep, another thing to suck up my wallet. :unsure:

Ooooh, how much are they? I want, I want!!! :D

A DVD of it all would be awesome!

[Rainbow]

Ooooh, how much are they? I want, I want!!! :DIt's about US$60 for one, US$100 for a pair. I wonder if they sell at the concert ... I'll see. :D

[ʘ]

It's about US$60 for one, US$100 for a pair. I wonder if they sell at the concert ... I'll see. :D

How much stuff can it hold? :p

ohhhh, I want a DVD too :(

[Canadian]

It's about US$60 for one, US$100 for a pair. I wonder if they sell at the concert ... I'll see. :D

Ouch. I wouldn't be surprised if my wallet tried to bite me if I opened it to buy them. :LOL:

EDIT: Call me tonight!

EDIT2: Hehe, like my new avatar? :D

[Lynzi]

Whats happend to the little room?

I've just re-joined went to say hello and the board shows like this...
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t181/pink_hullabaloo/Random/untitled.jpg

I re-joined because I havnt been there for about 2yrs and I thought I'd see if some people were still there who I knew before, but yea I can't view it:(

[medusa_ c]

it works for me.dunno,maybe reregister?

[Lynzi]

it works for me.dunno,maybe reregister?

I did!!:LOL:

[Canadian]

I did!!:LOL:

Were you logged in?

[Knightofcydonia]

Is this just a design, or you actually own it?? :eek:

What own it in Forza? Yes, that was my handi-work, manipulating squares and circles etc into a cartoon face. Took about 40 minutes.

[Rainbow]

How much stuff can it hold? :p512MB, I think. With Icky Thump, the album.EDIT2: Hehe, like my new avatar? :DSUPER!

More cool news: they did a secret show on a bus. :eek:

"On July 2, 2007, a small group of dedicated White Stripes fans got an excellent surprise. A message was left on a message board that said: "Please meet us at the southeast corner of Water Avenue and Waterfront Drive (near the Provencher Bridge) at 3:10pm SHARP. Further instructions will be delivered there".

Around 100 people arrived 10 minutes after the message was posted. Only a few (Including myself and Free Press Photographer, David Lipnowski) made it onto a Winnipeg Transit bus where they were soon joined by Jack and Meg White. They played wheels on the bus, and Hotel Yorba for these incredibly lucky fans. They left the bus after the two songs, and thanked the fans. They hopped into a white van and headed on down to the Provencher bridge.

David and I ran from portage and main, to the forks and arrived in time to hear them play We're gonna be friends. Jack then had a jam session with one lucky busker."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6IDIcCkhxo

Canadian: They are in town today. Checking their boards, yet? *over-excited*

[edit]Secret show: I collected info from The Little Room and a fan is saying it will likely be near the venue. So Torontonian fans now are gathering near the site, checking the The Little Room every minute. Argh, I can't get there in 15 min ... :(

[edit2]New T-shirts. :D

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1171/543750866_c0997e5859.jpg

[Lynzi]

Were you logged in?

I'd only just registerd. Apparently you have to wait a few hrs for a mod to conferm registration.

[Rainbow]

While I was being busy at work, this has been posted in The Little Room.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/Bellamy_button/0705-secretshow.jpg

Secret Live has been done at a YMCA (Yonge x Wellsley -- sorry I know this has nothing to do with most people on this thread, but let me post this since there is someone. ;)

Posts from The Little Room:

"here is the update i just got ~ source can tweak it if i got anything wrong ~ lol.
he was inside the YMCA ~
quickie rundown of songs in no particular order

canon
sugar never tasted so good
apple blossom
martyr
yorba

also ~ had kids sing a few songs ( i can fly r.kelly?)
wheels on the bus. "

"My younger brother hightailed it up there from Queen & John and got there just in time to hear the last song ("Hotel Yorba"). He said that the doors were open to the street, and that the room had maybe fifty people or so in it...mostly kids that looked like they were campers. Sounds like this one wasn't quite as 'open to whoever can make it in time' as the others, but it also sounds like it was a REALLY sweet thing to do for the kids."

---------------
Apparently people got there after reading the call, but YMCA told them "members only, please" so most people stood outside of the locked door. Weird.

[Canadian]

While I was being busy at work, this has been posted in The Little Room.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/Bellamy_button/0705-secretshow.jpg

Secret Live has been done at a YMCA (Yonge x Wellsley -- sorry I know this has nothing to do with most people on this thread, but let me post this since there is ... someone else. ;)

Posts from The Little Room:

"here is the update i just got ~ source can tweak it if i got anything wrong ~ lol.
he was inside the YMCA ~
quickie rundown of songs in no particular order

canon
sugar never tasted so good
apple blossom
martyr
yorba

also ~ had kids sing a few songs ( i can fly r.kelly?)
wheels on the bus. "

"My younger brother hightailed it up there from Queen & John and got there just in time to hear the last song ("Hotel Yorba"). He said that the doors were open to the street, and that the room had maybe fifty people or so in it...mostly kids that looked like they were campers. Sounds like this one wasn't quite as 'open to whoever can make it in time' as the others, but it also sounds like it was a REALLY sweet thing to do for the kids."

---------------
Apparently people got there after reading the call, but YMCA told them "members only, please" so most people stood outside of the locked door. Weird.


:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Soooo close!!!!! :'( Okay, I'm going to crawl in a corner and die now.

EDIT: It was probably the camping kids that I passed them on my break around 2pm downstairs! There was a huge group of em.*sigh*

[Rainbow]

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Soooo close!!!!! :'( Okay, I'm going to crawl in a corner and die now.Oh wait a minute. Since Maybe Jack and Meg maybe are taking a walk outside of your office right now .... :rolleyes:
It's better than standing outside the locked door, anyways. If we were there,we would've been grinding our teeth to death, crying and begging for an immediate membership. :LOL: See you tonight!

[Lynzi]

I've registerd and I'm posting now. I remember when that place had like 4 different default layouts. Kingsnake and twitch are still there:happy:

and I've just seen pigtails who I used to get on with.

memories are flooding back:happy:

[Knightofcydonia]

Martyr for MY Love For You is now one of my top 5 favourites. I love that fuzz guitar bit heralded by him whistling.

[Rainbow]

White Stripes rock Toronto day camp
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/01b8b2a8-f449-4746-8e42-e3e213ae7ba8/whitestripes004.jpg

Source: http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=0167b146-f0b2-49c9-a25c-d04efcce687c&k=68294

I think Jack scared the kid. :LOL:

[WutDaFucksy]

they've announced a new UK tour :happy:

O2 here i come :D

[Ril]

Yep, bloody weekday presales though. :indiff:

[Judderman]

to go see or to work?hmm

[Beast Love]

Does anyone wants to megaupload me one or two songs from the new album? The clips I heard from the advert sounded good, but I've been disspointed by White Stripes albums before.

I should probably give them another go anyway.

[medusa_ c]

Does anyone wants to megaupload me one or two songs from the new album? The clips I heard from the advert sounded good, but I've been disspointed by White Stripes albums before.

I should probably give them another go anyway.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9LS1MKZ

[Beast Love]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9LS1MKZ

:LOL: I didn't want the whole thing but cheers. I'm onto track 3, I'm liking it so far. It might just be the cd to fill my summer

[medusa_ c]

oh,hehe.no worries :p.yeah good one,that is.

conquest and rag and bone own!:yesey:

[Beast Love]

haha, yeah, conquest is epic. I've got to Bone Broke and stopped. Because I want to buy the album.

But I'll probably listen to the rest first anyway...

[mr.jingles]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/thinknutt/meg_white232.jpg

Meg has such a nice rack.

[Ril]

She does. I could happily lose my face in there. :D

[Rainbow]

She does. I could happily lose my face in there. :DEven to me (as a woman), she appeared adorable, sexy and cute at the same time. :happy:

Their new tour venue has been announced: They are going to Alaska!

[davetoms]

Got myself two standing tickets for the O2. I was undecided as to whether to get them or not but I thought what the hell. :)

[davetoms]

Did anybody get tickets today?

[Beast Love]

this album is well good. I'm gonna dig out my old ones

[Canadian]

I'm addicted to 'Catch Hell Blues' at the moment.

[Ril]

Did anybody get tickets today?
I got them (well not me in person, but I have tickets). :happy:

Not so sure about this new album yet... :erm:

[Rainbow]

New video: 'You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)'
Jjc2lsNZqQc
The video was filmed in the Nunavut territory in Canada while the band was on tour there (Wiki).

Yay, they love Canada. :D

[medusa_ c]

I'm having a love affair with this album.

especially with Little cream soda :happy:.gotta love them cracking minor riffs.

^^and cool video,that is.

[White Collar Boy]

I was let down by Elephant, but revisited White Blood Cells almost a year after my first listen and fell in love, and was happy they were coming out with a new album. It's one of my favorites of 2007, behind Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys' new releases. :D

[LTM]

Jack White is one of the best musical talents out there.

[Ril]

Their tour is cancelled! :'( :'( :'(

[Tania]

Their tour is cancelled! :'( :'( :'(

Eh? Why? :(

[Max]

Eh? Why? :(

Meg is suffering from acute anxiety.

Ah well, I'm gutted but they'll come back.

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

Poor Meg :(

[Duckie!]

Poor Meg :(

+1 :(

[Simone]

nah, elephant is the best record.
nothing beats them live though...


I bought festival tickets to see them tomorrow, but they cancelled :'(
I had a feeling they'd be a good live band...


BTW, I think that their current music sounds much better than their earlier stuff. Does anyone else think that they've improved massively?

[Judderman]

muse are replacing them at a festival though.

[Rainbow]

Poor Meg :(+1, too.
But meanwhile, we can look forward new Rac's album (possibly a tour as well), and a White Stripes' Canadian tour DVD. :D

[Bradass]

I hated this album on first listen, but after leaving it for a bit and going back to it I bloody love it.

[Simone]

muse are replacing them at a festival though.

Muse was already gonna play, but now they get White Stripe's time slot. Yes, I'm happy about that. Muse deserve all the glory.:D

[Judderman]

ohrite enjoy.

[Canadian]

White Stripes' Canadian tour DVD. :D

:D

[Puppetmaster]

"It's like a mansion, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF!" Makes me :D every time.

[Beast Love]

"It's like a mansion, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF!" Makes me :D every time.

:LOL: that song made me lawwwwwwwwwwl

[Puppetmaster]

:LOL: that song made me lawwwwwwwwwwl

Jack <3 :D

Icky Thump's the best tho. *headbangs*

[stuffitv3]

Jack <3 :D

Icky Thump's the best tho. *headbangs*

I have to agree. Icky thump is my favorite album right now. But I heart Jack White, I'll listen to anything he is part of. I didnt even hear any songs off the new album. My dad just told my that they had a new album and I rushed out to get it. Shame about Meg though. I hope she recovers I want to see them live again so badly.

[higginst]

yeeeeah awww meg :(:(

Icky Thump is amazing. My fav song on the album keeps changing.

2 best bands in the WORLD = Muse + TWS

:D:D:happy::happy:

[Knightofcydonia]

Woah! Mega bump.

Got the Conquest EP on eBay this afternoon for a tenner, still sealed. I've had the MP3s since Christmas, but it'll be great to have the CD and the full-quality rips to my iPod.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/byrniezero5/289d_1.jpg

Cash Grab Complications On The Matter is one of my all-time favourite WS songs to boot.

[Rainbow]

Got the Conquest EP on eBay this afternoon for a tenner, still sealed. I've had the MP3s since Christmas, but it'll be great to have the CD and the full-quality rips to my iPod.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/byrniezero5/289d_1.jpgNice. :D

I saw a new documentary called "It Might Get Loud". (http://www.tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/itmightgetloud) Jack's part was very interesting.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/080deuQ4Qc3KQ/610x.jpg

[Knightofcydonia]

Crikey, I only bought it yesterday afternoon and the CD was waiting for me on the welcome mat this morning!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/byrniezero5/conquestEP.jpg

rare CDs <3 (well rare here, anyway).

[Farperoo]

"Icky Thump" was okay but I think that The Raconteurs easily out-shine The White Stripes.

[Max]

"Icky Thump" was okay but I think that The Raconteurs easily out-shine The White Stripes.

Hell no they don't. The White Stripes have made better albums than the two Raconteurs ones.

[Static Shadows]

I'm surprised no one has posted this here:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5UJvnbbuY

Official James Bond Quantum Of Solace theme - Jack White & Alicia Keys

Personally I think the music is really good, but the vocals sound cluttered making it sound a bit dull. As much as I like Jack's voice it would definately have been better for the song to have just used Alicia's vocals as they just seem to better suit a James Bond theme feel.

[Clunge]

S'good, really like the song as a whole.

[Rainbow]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5UJvnbbuY

Official James Bond Quantum Of Solace theme - Jack White & Alicia KeysThanks for posting the vid, I was going to check out some time.
I like the video, it's cool. Also cool to see Jack playing drums so fluent. :cool:
His voice is not suiting for James Bond though, the image of the film gets confused with this song.

[Ril]

Hell no they don't. The White Stripes have made better albums than the two Raconteurs ones.
On recent albums though I'd say it's true. I really was disappointed with the last White Stripes album. I'm sure Jack saved his best songs for the Raconteurs.

I think the Bond theme is rubbish.

[Muse Engine]

Consolers of the Lonely > every Stripes album I have. Except maybe Elephant.

[JackAndrews]

when they perform live do they have a bass player?

[Clunge]

No.

[Obi]

Consolers of the Lonely > every Stripes album I have. Except maybe Elephant.

:noey:

[Rainbow]

I saw Quantum Of Solace in a theatre - confirming the theme song doesn't match with the film!

[Knightofcydonia]

Consolers of the Lonely > every Stripes album I have. Except maybe Elephant.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahaha. Ha!

[Orpheus3]

I have all the records save Get Behind Me Satan. Is that worth a buy?

[Rainbow]

I have all the records save Get Behind Me Satan. Is that worth a buy?I like it very much. :happy:
I was listening to it today, and thought "It was a good old days when Jack was enjoying music more" ...

[Kaoss22]

Great great band. Well.....half of it is. Meg's meh as a drummer, however she's got that style that goes into the music, y'know? Plus, she's not bad to look at in the chest area, y'know? >_>

And Jack White? Man, what a guitarist. So raw!

[Travisx2112]

I only have Elephant but they/that album is no where near as good as the Raconteurs and their two great records they have :)

[Spy Fox]

Death Letter.

Amirite?

[Rage Kitty]

Has anyone seen them on the last Conan O'Brien Late Show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh3sUu7kEc

[Spy Fox]

Meg playing Guitar > Meg playing Drums.

:chuckle:

[pinkfloyddsotm]

i love jack whites guitar playing,its so sketchy and raw , like pages and omar's, their not perfect but thats what makes it sound raw.

[Kylee]

http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/exercise_ball_blue.jpg
+
http://www.kfc.com/menu/images/sides_biscuits.jpg

:yesey:

[Rainbow]

I just got home from a premiere screening of The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/whitestripesundergre), a documentary on the Canadian tour of The White Stripes in 2007.
Jack and Meg showed up and spoke a little for the opening, sat through the film. It was great to see them both together! And the film was interesting, seeing them touring up, up North like Nunavut (arctic), meeting people. Lots of beautiful shots as well as interviews and live footage. I felt once again, The White Stripes brings the best out of Jack than any other of his bands.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/Bellamy_button/09-19-09-whitestripes.jpg

Good news.
Jack and Meg attended the press conference for the film early in the day, and Jack said he hopes to make another White Stripes album soon, and that he and Meg have been talking about working on some new songs.
"We worked on a couple recently, a few months ago, and we'll hopefully work on some more when I get a few moments," he said.

:D :D :D

[Ghosty Ghost]

I felt once again, The White Stripes brings the best out of Jack than any other of his bands.

You're spot on. I wish he would stop fucking around and focus on the White Stripes, and nothing else.

[Problemfanatique]

You're spot on. I wish he would stop fucking around and focus on the White Stripes, and nothing else.

+1 :mad: His side projects are okay, but no where near as good as TWS. It's probably quite frustrating for meg too.

[happypanda]

err Hi everyone, I've heard a few songs by The White Stripes and I want to buy one of their albums... is there a particular album which is good for someone first getting into their music? Thanks in advance:)

[Rainbow]

err Hi everyone, I've heard a few songs by The White Stripes and I want to buy one of their albums... is there a particular album which is good for someone first getting into their music? Thanks in advance:)Hello. :)
I like Elephant (2003) the best.
But what you'd like depends on your taste, why don't you read Wiki's description and decide? I like every one of their albums, except for Icky Thump.

[Spy Fox]

Hello. :)
I like Elephant (2003) the best.
But what you'd like depends on your taste, why don't you read Wiki's description and decide? I like every one of their albums, except for Icky Thump.
And to show the nature of opinion, I don't like Elephant as much and think that Icky Thump is their best in a while :p White Blood Cells is my favourite.

Start from the beginning and work your way up.

[happypanda]

Hello. :)
I like Elephant (2003) the best.
But what you'd like depends on your taste, why don't you read Wiki's description and decide? I like every one of their albums, except for Icky Thump.

And to show the nature of opinion, I don't like Elephant as much and think that Icky Thump is their best in a while :p White Blood Cells is my favourite.

Start from the beginning and work your way up.

Thanks both of you:) I'll have a look on wiki.

[Peden]

Great bamd but i think they

[Problemfanatique]

Jack White revealed he's planning to record a solo album this year..

I wish he'd stop faffing around with side projects and whatnot and focus on TWS a bit more

[Ghosty Ghost]

Jack White revealed he's planning to record a solo album this year..

I wish he'd stop faffing around with side projects and whatnot and focus on TWS a bit more
Agree entirely. Second Dead Weather album is apparently also at recording stage too :facepalm:

[Hi, how may I help you?]

Dead Weather are mint though.

[Problemfanatique]

Yes I agree The Dead Weather are brilliant but it's been almost 3 years since a new White Stripes album, I'm sure his side projects could be put aside for a bit (hence side project!) It shouldn't be dominating over his main band which doesn't really seem to be much of a priority anymore.

[lyricalwax]

Apparently there's a solo album on the cards, although he wasn't very clear about when.
[link (http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/49121)]

[rufygirl]

There is a pic on the front of Third Man Records. I wonder what that is all about. lol
http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/

[Spy Fox]

There is a pic on the front of Third Man Records. I wonder what that is all about. lol
http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/
Killed Meg. :erm:

[Larzipan]

If Jack did a solo album, I would hope his style would be more like the White Stripes then anything. The Raconteurs, in my opinion, were the worst of his three bands. I only really like the Dead Weather because they are more abstract.

I do hope very much that him and Meg get back together and make another album. I would be very pleased, as the White Stripes were my introduction the rock world, and I am very faithful to them.

[Max]

Listening to the live album that has just come out makes me realise how much I miss The White Stripes. They just completely and utterly shit on both The Raconteurs AND The Dead Weather.

[rufygirl]

Yep, totally miss The White Stripes. I've watched UGNL twice now and teared up at the end both times.

[Davinq]

The White Stripes were one of my first, and are always one of my favourites. I was heartbroken when Jack and Meg split. :(

[Spy Fox]

I need The White Stripes again :(

Raconteurs are alright, nothing compared to what Jack does with Meg though.

[Davinq]

:'(

[Wingardium LevioSIA]

Official end of the band:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SyiuGTP54x0/TUmdJBhIGhI/AAAAAAAAATY/gNupn4UGJG0/s1600/TheWhiteStripes.jpg

[Iddy]

*sobs*

Prolly my first favourite rock band. Gutted :(

[One Swei Tres]

Official end of the band:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SyiuGTP54x0/TUmdJBhIGhI/AAAAAAAAATY/gNupn4UGJG0/s1600/TheWhiteStripes.jpg

:(
They were a fantastic band.

[Rainbow]

Sad news. :(

Meg maybe becoming a mom, though.

[Static Shadows]

Damn. I was really hoping for one last album this year. :(

[James.]

It's a real shame that they've split. I was hoping that they'd release at least one more album.
:(

[Kieren]

No. They are not allowed. Officially stamping them as 'not allowed to split'.

[Spy Fox]

We'll always have fondest memories. All their albums are great.

[Muse are terrible]

Meh. I saw it coming.

[harrypottermegan]

It was looking like it was going to happen....but still sad news.
They've left behind an excellent legacy of albums, just a shame I'll never get to see them live.
Oh well at least we still have Jack doing so many other things

[Max]

It was looking like it was going to happen....but still sad news.
They've left behind an excellent legacy of albums, just a shame I'll never get to see them live.
Oh well at least we still have Jack doing so many other things

Even then they are hit and miss: it can range from the rather excellent The Raconteurs to over-producing a Wanda Jackson record.

Sad news though. Elephant was a vital record in terms of getting me into alternative rock/indie rock/whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-call-it rock and it's a treasured piece in my record collection.

[harrypottermegan]

Yeah I don't like everything he's done since the white stripes, but some stuff is good. The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs are pretty awesome - I was just saying it's good that he's still in heaps of other bands then if neither of them had any involvement in music at all anymore.
In some ways its good that they decided to split up now before releasing an album just for the sake of it or something. They have a great bunch of albums to be remembered by

I was pretty sure they were gonna break up sooner or later, once Under Great Northern Lights was released it kinda seemed like it was meant to be shown as the last thing they would do.

I'm not too upset about this because I saw it coming.

[Max]

I'm looking forward to hearing his work with Danger Mouse later on in the year. Most things that Danger Mouse does tends to be great so I've got high hopes.

[Jase]

:dance:

[Kieren]

Yeah, very glad we still have The Raconteurs, but in reality Brendan Benson is the driving force in that. Still don't like The Dead Weather.

[Max]

Yeah, very glad we still have The Raconteurs, but in reality Brendan Benson is the driving force in that. Still don't like The Dead Weather.

Yes, though it's not a bad thing. That man can write some damn good songs.

[harrypottermegan]

I much prefer The Dead Weather to The Raconteurs.

[Dispatch Absolution]

I hope its a lie... they do that right?

[Max]

I hope its a lie... they do that right?

That's some real optimism you have there. I think you've misplaced it though with this one, sadly.

[Beast Love]

waaaaaaaaaaaaah :(

[Static Shadows]

I much prefer The Dead Weather to The Raconteurs.

:yesey:

I've always found The Raconteurs a bit hollow and dull. Too safe and predictable. But The Dead Weather is a wild animal of a band, and features my (future) wife. :happy:

[Gareeh]

jack white should just go solo, but get someone who can actually play drums well, cause he and meg are average, if that.

[Althea]

I knew they were done, but still.....:'(

Ah well, everything must come to an end sometime..

[Knightofcydonia]

I would rather have seen Muse finish than the Stripes.

I just hope Jack decides to do some proper blues and put it on a CD. Still won't be the same without Meg's drumming, though. People say she's rubbish. I say they listen to the band properly and tell me what drum line isn't spot on, superbly delivered, enthralling.

[Clunge]

Chuffed; Jack should just do The Raconteurs full-time, easily the best band I have ever seen live and two cracking albums under their belt.

TWSs leave some good albums behind, but nout groundbreaking if you ask me.

[Muse are terrible]

I'm glad they quit when they did. White Blood Cells and Elephant were quite good for what they were worth, but when The Stripes exploded and became this massively hyped thing they lost a lot of their appeal to me. Get Behind Me Satan was utter rubbish. Icky Thump was better but still not touching the quality of their earlier works. I don't like Dead Weather at all and The Raconteurs were just OK... I could tell another White Stripes album at this point wouldn't be particularly worthwhile.

Anyway, the split has helped me realise. If you listen to their early works and only think of them as a fun little blues rock duo then it's really enjoyable stuff. If you listen to their later works it only comes across as pretencious and unappealing. The White Stripes have well and truly accomplished whatever it is they wanted to accomplish by now. This is a fitting end. I'm just amazed it didn't happen sooner.

[Ghosty Ghost]

Get Behind Me Satan is their best album.

[Max]

Get Behind Me Satan is their best album.

It comes really close to being my favourite. It is brilliant though.

[Ghosty Ghost]

Honestly, I very rarely feel like listening to WBC or Elephant all the way through. GBMS is so varied though, I really enjoy it.

[Spy Fox]

Honestly, I very rarely feel like listening to WBC or Elephant all the way through. GBMS is so varied though, I really enjoy it.
:yesey: It took me a while to get into, but Get Behind Me Satan is definitely one of their best works.

[marigold]

Get Behind Me Satan is their best album.

I have only recently started listening to them - and they end it! I have this album, and someone recommended De Stijl.

Favourite off GBMS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3w6-cCn10

[Dispatch Absolution]

Article my friend's brother wrote about the first time he saw the White Stripes in 2001, posted it as a note on facebook about a week ago and just showed up in The Daily Oklahoman (a newspaper) today. Feel free to read and enjoy it, though i'm not really interested in criticism because I didn't write it. ;) In September of 2001 I stood outside what is now known as the Conservatory but was then known as the Green Door on Western Avenue in Oklahoma City with Chris Kramer and Tee Milla waiting to see a band called The White Stripes. Previous to that night, I hadn't heard a single note of a single song.
Because the next coolest thing to actual cool things was waiting for cool things, we were five hours early and thus the only people there. The sun was still out.
This was about a month before “Fell in Love With a Girl” and a full year before they were a worldwide rock 'n' roll-savior-ing phenomenon. In fact, the only thing we could claim to know about the band came from a paragraph-long blurb in that month's Rolling Stone: brother and sister, red and white, guitar and drums, the blues. Weird mysterious rock 'n' roll. “Cool. Let's grab burgers after class and sit on a sidewalk the whole afternoon for that.”
After an hour or two, Jack White appeared before us. Red slacks, white T-shirt — in character. He lit a cigarette, nodded to us. Direct exposure to his cool froze us in silent awe. He peered inside the furniture store next door that would later become Size Records, and we just sat there.
“Here for the show tonight?”
We said yes, noting we wanted to make sure we got tickets. Jack seemed amused by this notion. He smiled.
“Cool. See you guys in there.”
Our line had grown to about 12 by the time they let us inside. The sign said “8 Bones,” so we paid for our hand stamps, bought sodas at the bar and went to the middle of the floor for more waiting.
Three sloppy opening acts later, and it was 11 p.m. There were now about 30 people scattered about, but not enough to feel like anyone else was there. We were starting to get restless and tired — our feet sore, our sodas barely sustaining us.
Tee Milla hit the road. “Let me know how it is.” It was getting late, the openers weren't great, and we couldn't really blame him.
But our anticipation grew during the setup: two mics, one facing the audience, one '50s vintage next to the drum set with a distortion pedal.
The candy cane kick drum. The Red JB Hutto Montgomery Airline guitar.
Suddenly, Meg sat down behind her drums. She looked listlessly to the ceiling and began stomping her kick pedal. Just thud thud thud, and nothing else. It seemed like she was barely paying attention to what she was doing. Pouting petulance like she was throwing a temper-tantrum.
Then she started snapping her snare in time with the bass and focused her attention offstage.
We turned to see what she was looking at — Jack White sitting at the bar, finishing his drink.
It was at that moment when I got the first tingle of a notion that I was about to watch the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life unfold right in front of me.
Jack tilted his head back, swallowed the drink and leapt off his barstool in the sort of haphazard way that makes parents yell at their children. He ran to the stage and jumped up over its front edge from the floor. His back to the audience, he slipped on the Airline, spun around to face us and time stopped, the universe melted away and I had to stop myself from falling over backward.
Meg's drums cut on a dime and Jack tore into the opening riff of “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” like a madman. Rock writers have spent the past decade inventing new hyperbolic ways of describing Jack White's god-level guitar-murdering, so there's little need to add to the pile. Needless to say, I could barely process it. I was floating.
A religious experience high I'd never felt before. I remember the sensory hallucination of a cool breeze. I was losing my mind.
The White Stripes made rock 'n' roll new and amazing, and in that moment, it felt like it was just for me. An hour passed by in a second, and when it was over, the world was a bigger place. Nothing felt the same.
We mustered the courage to approach him after the show. He thanked us for coming, signed our CDs and gave us buttons. Then we drove 20 minutes back to Edmond.
I'll never again have rock 'n' roll heroes like I had The White Stripes.
And as many shows as I see, nothing could possibly top that night.
In their statement announcing the end of the band, The White Stripes wrote:
“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”
Long story short: That's why I'm spinning “Death Letter” so loud and over and over.


Read more: http://newsok.com/on-the-end-of-the-white-stripes/article/3538860#ixzz1DPZieENn

[Davinq]

Article my friend's brother wrote about the first time he saw the White Stripes in 2001, posted it as a note on facebook about a week ago and just showed up in The Daily Oklahoman (a newspaper) today. Feel free to read and enjoy it, though i'm not really interested in criticism because I didn't write it. ;) In September of 2001 I stood outside what is now known as the Conservatory but was then known as the Green Door on Western Avenue in Oklahoma City with Chris Kramer and Tee Milla waiting to see a band called The White Stripes. Previous to that night, I hadn't heard a single note of a single song.
Because the next coolest thing to actual cool things was waiting for cool things, we were five hours early and thus the only people there. The sun was still out.
This was about a month before “Fell in Love With a Girl” and a full year before they were a worldwide rock 'n' roll-savior-ing phenomenon. In fact, the only thing we could claim to know about the band came from a paragraph-long blurb in that month's Rolling Stone: brother and sister, red and white, guitar and drums, the blues. Weird mysterious rock 'n' roll. “Cool. Let's grab burgers after class and sit on a sidewalk the whole afternoon for that.”
After an hour or two, Jack White appeared before us. Red slacks, white T-shirt — in character. He lit a cigarette, nodded to us. Direct exposure to his cool froze us in silent awe. He peered inside the furniture store next door that would later become Size Records, and we just sat there.
“Here for the show tonight?”
We said yes, noting we wanted to make sure we got tickets. Jack seemed amused by this notion. He smiled.
“Cool. See you guys in there.”
Our line had grown to about 12 by the time they let us inside. The sign said “8 Bones,” so we paid for our hand stamps, bought sodas at the bar and went to the middle of the floor for more waiting.
Three sloppy opening acts later, and it was 11 p.m. There were now about 30 people scattered about, but not enough to feel like anyone else was there. We were starting to get restless and tired — our feet sore, our sodas barely sustaining us.
Tee Milla hit the road. “Let me know how it is.” It was getting late, the openers weren't great, and we couldn't really blame him.
But our anticipation grew during the setup: two mics, one facing the audience, one '50s vintage next to the drum set with a distortion pedal.
The candy cane kick drum. The Red JB Hutto Montgomery Airline guitar.
Suddenly, Meg sat down behind her drums. She looked listlessly to the ceiling and began stomping her kick pedal. Just thud thud thud, and nothing else. It seemed like she was barely paying attention to what she was doing. Pouting petulance like she was throwing a temper-tantrum.
Then she started snapping her snare in time with the bass and focused her attention offstage.
We turned to see what she was looking at — Jack White sitting at the bar, finishing his drink.
It was at that moment when I got the first tingle of a notion that I was about to watch the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life unfold right in front of me.
Jack tilted his head back, swallowed the drink and leapt off his barstool in the sort of haphazard way that makes parents yell at their children. He ran to the stage and jumped up over its front edge from the floor. His back to the audience, he slipped on the Airline, spun around to face us and time stopped, the universe melted away and I had to stop myself from falling over backward.
Meg's drums cut on a dime and Jack tore into the opening riff of “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” like a madman. Rock writers have spent the past decade inventing new hyperbolic ways of describing Jack White's god-level guitar-murdering, so there's little need to add to the pile. Needless to say, I could barely process it. I was floating.
A religious experience high I'd never felt before. I remember the sensory hallucination of a cool breeze. I was losing my mind.
The White Stripes made rock 'n' roll new and amazing, and in that moment, it felt like it was just for me. An hour passed by in a second, and when it was over, the world was a bigger place. Nothing felt the same.
We mustered the courage to approach him after the show. He thanked us for coming, signed our CDs and gave us buttons. Then we drove 20 minutes back to Edmond.
I'll never again have rock 'n' roll heroes like I had The White Stripes.
And as many shows as I see, nothing could possibly top that night.
In their statement announcing the end of the band, The White Stripes wrote:
“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”
Long story short: That's why I'm spinning “Death Letter” so loud and over and over.


Read more: http://newsok.com/on-the-end-of-the-white-stripes/article/3538860#ixzz1DPZieENn

Now I really regret never seeing them, that was beautifully written. :(

[FabriPav]

:awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD12wH9En6s
:awesome:

[Max]

I quite like it. I wasn't expecting much if I'm completely honest but that was pretty good.

[FabriPav]

I really like it. Can't wait to hear the b-side of the single, which is a non-album track, and the rest of the album.

[JessicaSarahS]

Very nice! :happy:

[FabriPav]

:awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZRVzs0EL3Y

The hype for the album grows and grows.

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

jack white should just go solo, but get someone who can actually play drums well, cause he and meg are average, if that.

Why get a proper drummer when The White Stripes were mostly influenced and cover solo Mississippi Bluesmen who only ever used a kick drum doing straight 4/4 at most?

Yet again missing the entire point.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g

All Son House does is kick the ground...

In fact in this one, he only claps while singing this standard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBoP70A7Q0

[Davinq]

Why get a proper drummer when The White Stripes were mostly influenced and cover solo Mississippi Bluesmen who only ever used a kick drum doing straight 4/4 at most?

Yet again missing the entire point.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g

All Son House does is kick the ground...

In fact in this one, he only claps while singing this standard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBoP70A7Q0

And Son House is beautiful, right?

[Gareeh]

Why get a proper drummer when The White Stripes were mostly influenced and cover solo Mississippi Bluesmen who only ever used a kick drum doing straight 4/4 at most?

Yet again missing the entire point.


I'd hardly say the Stripes songs didn't try to involve a good drumbeat, and how the FUCK was I supposed to know that?

Holy fuck some people

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Somebody with a genuine passion and interest in music will look further into music, Blues being especially important as it is the backbone to popular music over the last century. Rather than sit on messageboards telling those that do that they are snobby & elitist.

[Travisx2112]

Somebody with a genuine passion and interest in music will look further into music, Blues being especially important as it is the backbone to popular music over the last century. Rather than sit on messageboards telling those that do that they are snobby & elitist.

:yesey:

[Gareeh]

Somebody with a genuine passion and interest in music will look further into music, Blues being especially important as it is the backbone to popular music over the last century. Rather than sit on messageboards telling those that do that they are snobby & elitist.

You and the wee cunt that agrees with you, are you telling me every artist you have liked (even a wee bit) you go and find out absolutely everything about their music?

Didn't call you a snob but you're certainly persistent at acting the Guru

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

That has to be the stupidest question ever! :LOL:

[Gareeh]

That has to be the stupidest question ever! :LOL:

So basically of course you don't so why take a dig at me because I didn't know all of Jack's influences?

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

:facepalm:

I never said I didn't or at the very least I try my best to. Just because I've not heard every song by every band ever and know everything about every band ever doesn't give any less credit to the point I'm making.

The White Stripes covers a fair number of songs by Blues musicians, it's not hard to go and listen to the originals, the sound of the band is Garage Blues, it's not hard to go and find 60's Garage bands and up to the present day. It's only your lack of interest preventing you from finding this stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5dKaGBUJA

And that's a cover of a song by The Sonics, also worth checking out as they were a big influence on Nirvana (Who also covered Black Girl by Leadbelly, although renamed it "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"), with Kirk Cobain stating they had the best drum sound ever.

Both The Swamp Rats & The Sonics did versions of Louie Louie (The Kingsmen, The Kinks), which was covered by a number of bands, which you into the 60's British Invasion and Reggae/Ska (Toots & The Maytals)

[Futurellama]

If you're not interested enough in the band to know something as obvious as The White Stripes' blues influences, why bother to comment on the band? :erm:

[Gareeh]

If you're not interested enough in the band to know something as obvious as The White Stripes' blues influences, why bother to comment on the band? :erm:

I knew the blues influence, who said I didn't. I didn't know the extent went as far as the drumline, because it certainly doesn't resemble any blues track I've heard.

[FabriPav]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC1nKRIljHY

0:21 - 0:32

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exWI-hHUPs

0:50 - 1:02

[Electricmuser96]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC1nKRIljHY

0:21 - 0:32

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exWI-hHUPs

0:50 - 1:02

I can see where you're coming from but Matt's just playing the Grand Omega Bosses riff from the middle section of Assassin. I doubt he was thinking of TWS when he was playing/wrote it.

[FabriPav]

I doubt he was thinking of TWS when he was playing/wrote it.

I didn't mean that :p

I think both Bellamy and White had in mind Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor when writing the songs.

[Electricmuser96]

I didn't mean that :p

I think both Bellamy and White had in mind Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor when writing the songs.

Ah, I didn't know Jack was into the sort of thing (I'm new to the band). If so, it'd make perfect sense then I guess.

[FabriPav]

Ah, I didn't know Jack was into the sort of thing (I'm new to the band). If so, it'd make perfect sense then I guess.

I'm not sure if White has ever listened to Rachmaninoff (even though I assume he had), but to my ears the influence is almost obvious.

Just personal thoughts, though :LOL:

[Gareeh]

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet

I like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWOsb9KThfE&feature=channel

[FabriPav]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tdq41eVVu8

Studio version :awesome:

[Electricmuser96]

I think The White Stripes have become my new favourite band - shame I'm only just getting into them now though. I hope they do a reunion at some point so I can see them live.

[Dispatch Absolution]

I'd like to see Jack and Meg on stage together, but they confirmed they were done with recording and performing together last year at some point.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12351234

But Jack is touring right now and he has been playing a good amount of WS (Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground, Ball and a Biscuit, Seven Nation Army, I just Don't Know What to Do With Myself) plus a little Raconteurs and Dead Weather.. Should be an awesome show, and I'm going TOMORROW! :D

[Electricmuser96]

I'd like to see Jack and Meg on stage together, but they confirmed they were done with recording and performing together last year at some point.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12351234

But Jack is touring right now and he has been playing a good amount of WS (Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground, Ball and a Biscuit, Seven Nation Army, I just Don't Know What to Do With Myself) plus a little Raconteurs and Dead Weather.. Should be an awesome show, and I'm going TOMORROW! :D

True, but I wouldn't just want to see TWS for the songs - it'd be for the energy that would come from Jack which I don't know if he would have if he was by himself.

However, I would like to go see him - any UK dates and ticket prices?

[Dispatch Absolution]

I think there may be one or two UK dates not sure about the prices, got mine for about 35 USD though.

He hasn't been playing solo though, he has (I'm pretty sure) two backing bands, so I'm sure he will be up there doin his thing. I read he has been switching off between an all male and all female backing band..? not sure of the significance but that is definitely what he did on his SNL performances if you wanna check em out on youtube.

[FabriPav]

Jack's new album :awesome:

This guy is just so consistent.

[Electricmuser96]

Jack's new album :awesome:

This guy is just so consistent.

You've listened to it?

[FabriPav]

You've listened to it?

It leaked yesterday, obviously I can't link it here, but you can find it on newalbumreleases.

It's just :awesome:

[klock]

It's streaming on iTunes as well. http://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZContentLink.woa/wa/link?path=jackwhite

[Electricmuser96]

Just got done listening to it. Fantastic album, can't wait to buy it and see him live :awesome: Tickets are going pretty cheap aren't they?

If I were to think of any flaws I'd say that maybe the second half/last third starts to get a bit slow but it's really not that bad.

[FabriPav]

http://www.youtube.com/user/JackWhiteVevo/unstaged here's the streaming of this night's gig. :awesome:

Amazing setlist:

GIRL BAND
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Missing Pieces
Freedom at 21
Love Interruption
Hotel Yorba
Two Against One
Top Yourself
I’m Slowly Turning Into You
Blue Blood Blues
Take Me With You When You Go

GUY BAND
Sixteen Saltines
Cut Like a Buffalo
Weep Themselves to Sleep
Trash Tongue Talker
You Know That I Know (Hank Williams Cover)
We’re Going to be Friends
Hypocritical Kiss
Hello Operator
Carolina Drama
Seven Nation Army
Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly cover)

[Electricmuser96]

http://www.youtube.com/user/JackWhiteVevo/unstaged here's the streaming of this night's gig. :awesome:

Can't wait to see him live! :D I'm just waiting for him to announce some dates in northern England.

[FabriPav]

He's starting to upload single songs performances :awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frfFjLP8yQI

[JessicaSarahS]

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet

I like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWOsb9KThfE&feature=channel

Oh, the things that I would do to that man... :yesey: :eyebrows:

Great song. Love the album so far.