I will have to vote on the genius side. The more I listen the more hooked I get.
I will have to vote on the genius side. The more I listen the more hooked I get.
I'm one of the older characters of here and I really think he's good. Even his CD with Loretta Lynn was fine.
If nothing else, the music is original.
And the tour they did in Canada was run by someone with some serious genius.
Did you hear that they did the shortest gig ever in Newfoundland? They came on stage, played one (single) note, then walked off stage, the gig complete. Elsewhere in Canada they played free (charity) concerts in a bowling alley, on a bridge, on a bus, etc. They generated serious buzz across the country. I would never have given their music a second listen (it's so different, after all) if I didn't keep hearing about them during this recent tour. Bravo I say.
Pete wrote:
If nothing else, the music is original.
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i love their music, but to say its original is odd. they take from a lot of different musical tastes, but it aint new.
nyc wrote: i love their music, but to say its original is odd. they take from a lot of different musical tastes, but it aint new.I guess it's original to me. The way he incorporates distortion and strange sounds isn't something I'm used to hearing on the radio stations I will listen to. I will admit it could simply be that as an old(er) man, I'm out of touch.
nyc wrote:
i love their music, but to say its original is odd. they take from a lot of different musical tastes, but it aint new.
But nobody else does it quite like the White Stripes.
Genius. Besides great guitars and singing, the song writing is just superb (often unpolished but that is ok by me).
He's a genius. My Dad and I are both working musicians, so I showed my dad of DVD of them playing live at Coachella cause I thought he might like Jack White's old rock style. He said, "Son, you could get up on stage and do better than that!" All I could say was, "No, Dad...I could not."
the guy has more rock and roll in the tip of his dick than any 100 letsrun posters you could grind up and suck through a straw.
That being said, the song "Icky Thump" sucks. I havent heard the rest of the album though so who knows. Always enjoyed the White Stripes though.
I saw them last weekend at the House of Blues in myrtle beach and it was an amazing experience. Genius.