― dave q, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 10:56 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 10:58 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 11:01 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 11:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 13:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 13:21 (twenty years ago) link
V
― V (1411), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 13:39 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
cramps = lower fi and better sound
― mig, Wednesday, 7 May 2003 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
I know I'm not making much sense, but can anyone relate? Or do they have a personal band that makes them feel calm and collected?
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 6 June 2003 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 6 June 2003 19:46 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 6 June 2003 19:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 6 June 2003 19:48 (twenty years ago) link
SPLIT
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
say what?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Eagerly awaiting the protracted legal battle over who gets the red stripes and who gets the white ones.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Bummer. Great band.
― NYCNative, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of sad, but it seems right. Any subsequent albums would've just felt like kicking a dead horse.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
figured they've been over since they bowed out of that last tour.
best rock band of the 00s, but I'm okay with them hanging it up, seems like the idea ran its course
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
agree, they'd played out their sound -- great first 3 albums, went epic/zep stylee on Elephant, then pushed the boundaries a bit on the last couple w/ diminishing returns. good time to call it quits imo
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ the official statement
"The reason is not due to [...] lack of wanting to continue"
yeah that makes sense guys, good line
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
R.I.P. real good band IMO
great first 3 albums, went epic/zep stylee on Elephant, then pushed the boundaries a bit on the last couple w/ diminishing returns. good time to call it quits imo
^^sounds about right to me
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i really hated '00s garage rock in general (no time for any of that strokes, hives, vines bullshit) but these guys did it right.
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
well, strokes and vines weren't really garage rock, so
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoy "Hate To Say I Told You So" more than any White Stripes tunes (and I like the White Stripes).
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
indie garage rock revival, or whatever u wanna call it then xp
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
their last album is great.
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
btw, might as well cue the white stripes 2018 reunion & sold out world tour now
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
^I doubt they'll wait that long. What't the optimum split time now? Four years, maybe five? Jack is already eyeing that reunion coin I bet.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
heard they were playing coachella 2012
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
This reminds me, was there any confirmation that Meg had a baby? I remember some speculation when they were on the last "Late Night" Conan* and it looked like she was hiding something w/her guitar.
*Which I guess was the bands last performance ever--until the reunion.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it looked like she was hiding something w/her guitar.
uhhhh..... she plays DRUMS? (wtf)
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
She joined Jack on an electric for the show:
http://img.youtube.com/vi/NiuGrOCOjMM/0.jpg
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oh cool
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
did u know meg white plays drums?
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
No she doesn't
― Parenthetical Grillz, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
*rimshot*
― Parenthetical Grillz, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
The band may end, but the bad drummer lines last a lifetime.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Get Behind Me Satan is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
― markers, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Pleased at this news.
― paulhw, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
^ ban this dude
― markers, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
meg's gonna drop sprawling triple album a la All Things Must Pass later this year
― buzza, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that they're gone, let's praise the shrewd marketing (maybe their greatest talent?) for hiding the fact that they were an occasionally excellent minor band.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
4th side taken up entirely by 25-minute long drum solo
xp
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it's already leaked. here's the first video btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN1jC6KpcMY
― omar little, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
All Breasts Must Sag
― buzza, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
this kid is Ginger Baker by comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nByWAVeYhhI
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://achewood.com/comic.php?date=12042006
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just going to write " now that she's retired, I hope she'll have more time for sex tapes".
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, god forbid I go and criticize a band on a music discussion board. You make it like i kicked your dog or something.
Let's recap your post:
"No, fuck you."
Boy, you are so right. How could I miss the cutting and precise criticism in that post? Amazingly insighful and really brought me a whole new understanding of the White Stripes. Ugh. Its one thing to be a willful troll, but to try and play it off as if you were actually adding something of value to the thread is NAGL.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
You know who doesn't seem to have a big ilm presence but all this White Stripes talk is reminding me of? Thee Headcoats!
― Ass Mutha Temple (kkvgz), Thursday, 3 February 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Take it easy, jon chi. Not quite sure what your problem is with me. I responded to a post saying "FUIUD" by SMC, who Ive bantered with good naturedly for years (See exh. A-any Sabbath vs. Zeppelin thread). You seem to have gotten butthurt by that. Take it easy, its only a band that broke up. Jack and Meg couldnt give a shit about you, so dont take it so hard.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck off and die please.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
What's fuiud anyway? Tried googling, nowt.
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
jon/via/chi: wow. chill out.
― Ass Mutha Temple (kkvgz), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, let's all defend the troll again.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
"fuckUifUdon't"
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
But I guess if I have to clarify that I wasn't being 100% serious when I posted "fuck off and die", then I've got bigger problems with my entire posting style.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Take it down a notch, man. Jeez.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:37 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You've got much bigger problems than your posting style, apparently.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Did you just not read my last post? It wasn't a serious thing dude. I am seriously annoyed by your tendency to pop into threads only to toss in an insult, without any real attempt at engaging, but whatevs.
Dude? Who isn't letting it go now?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I propose settling this with a knife fight behind the gym after school
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
"I am seriously annoyed by your tendency to pop into threads only to toss in an insult"
I dont think that I do this, and i certainly dont go out of my way to be insulting, but hopefully your mommy taught you that sometimes not everybody's going to agree with you, and you're not always going to get your way. You're the one calling me a troll and telling me to die and being a fucking baby. I'm already over it.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
propose settling this with a knife fight behind the gym after school
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:53 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
I'm in
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
You apparently are "over" it. One facetious comment versus calling me names in like three consecutive posts? Buy one clue please.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
gosh i never thought the jon 2.0/bill magill breakup would be uglier than jack white/meg white but here we are!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Hah, that would have meant that I at some point liked/respected the dude.
Anyway, enough of him, back on topic. I sort of have a feeling that they won't ever reunite. I think Jack will remain stubborn for a few years and then it will reach a point where Meg won't want to bother. I guess it depends on how well she stockpiled her cash from their peak.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah both should be pretty financially secure I would think. and Jack's got plenty to keep him busy
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll probably be proven wrong at like, Coachella 2016, but I feel like their only "reunions" will be like some sort of Live8 telethon type of thing in 15 years.
I am really sad that I never got to see them live though.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^it's mutual, trust me. See you behind the school
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Let it go, christ.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
DON'T RESPOND TO HIM
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
so are you guys brother & sister, or once married??? the world wants to know!!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
can't believe bill and jon finally split ;_;
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
not helping
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
okay okay back to stripes
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I played a show once where we got a terrible review and they compared my drumming to Meg White. I took it as a huge compliment!
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 February 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
The 00s' most boring, overrated band have split up, and have done so by posting - as someone noted upthread - an incoherent, doubtless narcotics-fuelled load of gibberish as a farewell message on their website.
― Freedom, Thursday, 3 February 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
never got the sense these guys indulged in many drugs
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
if any
yeah wtf Freedom
― ellj versus deej (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 3 February 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I was surprised this was still a "thing" tbh.
― Favourite Song, Album and Band? Icehouse. (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 3 February 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
what, quotation marks?
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 February 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
mostly i think it's wack that the #1 rock band of the 2000s (and i wouldn't dispute that they are in most senses) dealt so comfortably with dull blues-isms
Some of us like the blues-isms. And think that the way blues-isms were essentially made verboten in the late 70's was a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and are glad that the #1 rock band of the 2000s felt comfortable to indulge them rather than stick to no-arse, unswung, straight 8th, Julie Andrews major-key plod. And like the way the White Stripes went back to the source, skipping the Claptonisms and covering Son House, and the appealing way the backdoor man mythology of the blues contrasted with a guy who was "finding it harder to be a gentleman everday" and "wants to be the boy who warms your mother's heart". Some of us anyway.
― Féile Kuti (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
sorta interested in this, had no idea they covered so many dylan songs: musicruinedmylife.blogspot.com/2011/02/white-stripes-bob-dylan-white-album.htmlwould be cool if they worked on an album together.
― tylerw, Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
ooh "I Threw It All Away"!!!
d/ling that shit
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I never minded them, but I haven't bought any of their records either. They've always seemed to me to be the last band that will get inducted into the RNR Hall of Fame before the doors are shuttered forever on that place in 2023.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of imagine dylan would be white's ultimate white whale, in terms of producing an album. he's even baiting dylan by having wanda jackson cover "thunder on the mountain."
― tylerw, Thursday, 3 February 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
eh "I Threw It All Away" is just a couple verses tacked onto the beginning of "I Ain't That Lonely Yet"
meh
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 February 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i have more stripes records (lots of singles) than i thought i did. still think most of their ballady/gentler stuff is generally their weakest (even the stuff like got her in your pocket, jack sounds like hes trying too hard to be earnest/tender) but i give him some respect for being one of the few mainstream rockers to say something about immigration (even if it did sound like a bad prince lyric).
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I love all six albums. "the nurse" is the only song that gets skipped often.
fare thee well, my beloved bombastic stomp
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
And so, on to immortality:
http://deadspin.com/5875933/how-the-song-seven-nation-army-conquered-the-sports-world
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Not wanting to derail the thead but seems relevant to above. Ned, are you aware of Depeche Mode's 'Just Can't Get Enough' 'conquering' the football terraces?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msk1B1HrVKE
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 13 January 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Hahah nice.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 January 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
I love the White Stripes, and I hate to be that guy but they have so many better songs.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 14 January 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/O3l3rI5I0YX
― 龜, Sunday, 29 March 2015 12:16 (nine years ago) link
https://third-man-records.imgix.net/7221db89-20e2-420f-912c-25816987e030/TMR_700_TheWhiteStripes_GreatestHits_FRONT.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg
― piscesx, Sunday, 22 November 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Official track listing
Let's Shake Hands The Big Three Killed My Baby Fell in Love with a Girl Hello Operator I'm Slowly Turning Into You The Hardest Button to Button The Nurse Screwdriver Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Death Letter We're Going to Be Friends The Denial Twist I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself Astro Conquest Jolene Hotel Yorba Apple Blossom Blue Orchid Ball and Biscuit I Fought Piranhas I Think I Smell a Rat Icky Thump My Doorbell You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) Seven Nation Army
― piscesx, Sunday, 22 November 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link