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The White Stripes entered their adult stage with They occasionally repeat themselves ( There's No Home for You Here is reminiscent of Dead Leaves) and frequently quote other people's musicД«ut overall their sound is still getting more personal and growing up. Hit The Road Jack and Sonny & Cher's I Got You Babe. It's True That We Love One Another seems to make fun of Ray Charles' The Air Near My Fingers boasts the catchiest melodic progression,ДЄnd Meg White sings the low-key anguished In The Cold Cold Night. You've Got Her In Your Pocket is the barenaked lullaby du jour, Top laments, the tender I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Of the power ballad into something else, as proven by the two On the soft side of things, the White Stripes continue to develop the form Seven-minute agonizing rhythm'n'blues meditation, Ball and Biscuit,ДЄ veritable tribute to black Chicago circa 1950. The demonic Girl You Have No Faith in Medicine, Led Zeppelin and John Spencer Blues Explosion withД«oth driving punk-ish numbers (the feverish, swirling Black Math, Surprisingly, the band did not turn radio-friendly in response to the hype.Д®lephant (V2, 2003) continues their fusion of Nonetheless, the White Stripes became overnight superstars.

Too much filler prevents the album from being the milestone that most criticsДeemed it to be. Signal a new, more conventional direction.Д«oth sides are performed with the kind of 'detached enthusiasm' that pervades The simple lullaby of We're Going To Be Friends The power ballads I Can't Wait (the album's melodic zenith) and The Same Boy You've Always Known, as well as The catchy and martial country-rock rigmarole of Hotel Yorba, ( I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman).ДЄlas, the two minutes of non-sequitur stoner-metal Aluminum are the exception, not the rule. Is still capable of an amazing synthesis of roots-rock and hard-rockДЄnd sometimes tempered with agonizing bluesy tones White Blood Cells (Sympathy, 2001) is a mixed bag. His vocals are even less original.ДЄ decade before, but with a lot more passion and competence. Jack White's guitar is not innovative, inventive or acrobatic. Let's Build a Home evokes the style of theДЄnimals, but the comparison only shows how inferior the White Stripes are.ДЄnd compare the playful Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me with the Of course, all this referencing the past is a double-edged sword: Imitation sung the way the British bands used to in the early 1960s. Loud and insistent blues riff a` la Slim Harpo.Д«est is perhaps I'm Bound to Pack It Up, a quintessential Delta blues Hello Operator boasts the aggressive vocals of Chicago's rhythm'n'bluesДЄnd the guitar of hyper-syncopated blues-rock a` la Free. You're Pretty Good Looking is classic power-pop, with a refrain andДЄ riff that have been heard countless times since theДЄpple Blossom apes the catchy folk-rock of the Turtles.Д«est of the melodic items is perhaps Sister Do You Know My Name, boosted Offered a wealth of sonic extracts of blues music without actually playing

The white stripes professional#

The more professional De Stijl (Sympathy, 2000) Leveraging atonal guitars, sloppy vocals and trash rhythms, the White StripesДЄchieved a sense of poignancy and urgency that is truly the soul of the blues. ( The Big Three Killed My Baby, Sugar Never Tasted So Good,

Visions of Jon Spencer covering Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin White Stripes (Sympathy, 1999), recorded in their basement, The Big Three Killed My Baby (Sympathy For The Record Industry). White Stripes is Detroit-based couple Jack WhiteДЄnd his wife Meg White, a guitar and drums duo.ДЄ few singles introduced their old-fashioned blues-rock: The key to understanding the early 2000s. If 'post-rock' was the key to understanding the 1990s, 'pre-rock' was Raconteurs: Consolers Of The Lonely (2008), 6/10 Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers (2006), 6/10 ( Copyright В© 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) White Stripes: biography, discography, reviews, links