I, respectfully, disagree. On my fifth or so listen now and I really dig what he’s doing. Don’t get me wrong, it’s weird. But I like it when an artist takes a sharp left turn and subverts everyone’s expectations. I think the funk drums work really well with Jack’s style and I think some of the more jam-y songs are gonna kill live. Jack has never been one to over produce his songs, and the chances he takes here somehow simultaneously sound looser and tighter than anything he’s ever done.
All that said, I’m pretty sure my wife is going to hate 80% of the album, haha. But that’s the great thing about music; we all have our own ears and everything hits each one ofnus differently.
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St. Louis 4.22.03
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Kansas City 5.3.10 Phoenix (EV) 4.13.12
Phoenix (EV) 11.4.12
Phoenix 11.19.13
Wrigley 1 8.20.16 Seattle 1 8.8.18 Phoenix 4.11.20 Phoenix 5.9.22 Indianapolis 9.10.23 Los Angeles 1 5.22.24 Indianapolis 8.26.24
Okay, so where can I find the leak? If you all have listened to it several times, it must be somewhere! ... I have already paid for two copies of the thing on vinyl, so I'm not too worried about listening to it for free right now, lol.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Okay, so where can I find the leak? If you all have listened to it several times, it must be somewhere! ... I have already paid for two copies of the thing on vinyl, so I'm not too worried about listening to it for free right now, lol.
I have the vault and four copies of the cd coming from buying tickets. I hope it's decent!
Okay, so where can I find the leak? If you all have listened to it several times, it must be somewhere! ... I have already paid for two copies of the thing on vinyl, so I'm not too worried about listening to it for free right now, lol.
I have the vault and four copies of the cd coming from buying tickets. I hope it's decent!
Yeah, I got the second one because they offered the regular pressing with my ticket for only $18. How could I say no?
Hey, I just got my Vault shipping notification. Yay!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
My Vault has already arrived, sleeve is nice, worth the extra $... not sure. Probably one of those things I should have just picked up on regular LP when I saw it at a sensible price. Not had a full listen yet.
My Vault has already arrived, sleeve is nice, worth the extra $... not sure. Probably one of those things I should have just picked up on regular LP when I saw it at a sensible price. Not had a full listen yet.
Yeah, I know I'm going to regret spending the money on this Vault, lol. I did the same thing with Lazzaretto. I don't know why I go for the vaults when the only real difference between the LPs is the colour. It's quite stupid, lol.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
BTW, I just realized that the Vault was actually shipped four days ago. They just sent out the tracking info once the package was already in Canada. That is a great way to do it. Don't tell us it's on the way when we still have to wait a while, lol. Tell us once it's well on the way! Cuts down on the impatience. I also noticed that the Vaults are shipping out of Illinois now, not Nashville like before. I assume that's because of the new plant in Michigan. Good deal - packages usually get out of the US way faster when they originate in the North.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Was able to score a ticket to the Warsaw show and super pumped! These album reviews are making me nervous though--hopefully the songs translate well live. Nevertheless, gonna be cool to see Jack in such an intimate venue.
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Was able to score a ticket to the Warsaw show and super pumped! These album reviews are making me nervous though--hopefully the songs translate well live. Nevertheless, gonna be cool to see Jack in such an intimate venue.
The show in LA last night was pretty awesome. I was impressed with how the new songs come across live. I particularly enjoyed Corporation and Respect Commander live, despite their lack of real lyrical content, because Jack lets loose on those songs and really jams. LIke some of the new, more rockin' arrangements he played on some of the older acoustic stuff like the song Blunderbuss, and Just One Drink.
Looking forward to seeing him a couple more times later this summer.
The show in LA last night was pretty awesome. I was impressed with how the new songs come across live. I particularly enjoyed Corporation and Respect Commander live, despite their lack of real lyrical content, because Jack lets loose on those songs and really jams. LIke some of the new, more rockin' arrangements he played on some of the older acoustic stuff like the song Blunderbuss, and Just One Drink.
Looking forward to seeing him a couple more times later this summer.
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One line from that REALLY BAD!!!! review, lol, that bugged me a bit: "And there is a whole song, “Why Walk A Dog?,” in which White seems to
equate pet ownership with absolute evil: “Are you their master? / Did
you buy them at the store? / Did they know they were a cure for you to
stop being bored?” (The answer to the title question, at least, seems
pretty obvious: You walk a dog so that it does not shit in your house.)"
No, the song is not about equating pet ownership with absolute evil, lol. Overall I think the review took a bit too much too literally. But Jesus, that's a bad review, and I'm particularly disturbed by the part about how he's turning to synth-shit, auto tune, and easy to play guitars and shit. If true, I hope that's a very brief phase.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Alright, I've finally had a listen... I actually like this album, with a few exceptions. "Ezmerelda Steals the Show" sucks for me because I really don't care for spoken word in general, and if anything shouldn't be doing spoken word, it's Jack White. I don't even like it when he talks during his live shows. Also, I HATE highly auto-tuned vocals, so "Get in the Mind Shaft" is pretty awful for me as well. And "What's Done is Done" is just kinda lame and it's way too country for me. Those three songs are in succession, so that whole section of the album is not doing it for me at all. But I like the rest of it enough to actually spin it I think. Obviously it's not anywhere near as good as his other two solo albums, and I agree with that scathing review in that he seems to have really taken a step back from actual songwriting in way. That's a shame. Also, I have no idea how much of me thinking most of the album is okay is just blind JW bias ...... Is this how it feels to like Backspacer or Can't Deny Me????
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I tried to get through it again and there are brief moments where I think it’s gonna grab me, but it’s followed by some of the worst musical decisions I’ve ever heard.
I figure this will get very occasional spins when it settles in, but right now it’s one of the worst albums by a name artist that I can remember.
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All that said, I’m pretty sure my wife is going to hate 80% of the album, haha. But that’s the great thing about music; we all have our own ears and everything hits each one ofnus
differently.
St. Louis 10.11.00
Kansas City 10.12.00
St. Louis 4.22.03
Kansas City 6.12.03
St. Louis 10.5.04
Kansas City 5.3.10
Phoenix (EV) 4.13.12
Phoenix (EV) 11.4.12
Phoenix 11.19.13
Wrigley 1 8.20.16
Seattle 1 8.8.18
Phoenix 4.11.20
Phoenix 5.9.22
Indianapolis 9.10.23
Los Angeles 1 5.22.24
Indianapolis 8.26.24
Then knew this would happen.
Hey, I just got my Vault shipping notification. Yay!
Which annoys me since I've been a huge all things Jack fan forever.
But like WTF is going on here?
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2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
I'm really wanting to see him there.
Anybody with an extra ticket?
Looking forward to seeing him a couple more times later this summer.
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2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
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2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
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One comment about the above review... "aging out rock star"?? He's only 42!
"And there is a whole song, “Why Walk A Dog?,” in which White seems to equate pet ownership with absolute evil: “Are you their master? / Did you buy them at the store? / Did they know they were a cure for you to stop being bored?” (The answer to the title question, at least, seems pretty obvious: You walk a dog so that it does not shit in your house.)"
No, the song is not about equating pet ownership with absolute evil, lol. Overall I think the review took a bit too much too literally. But Jesus, that's a bad review, and I'm particularly disturbed by the part about how he's turning to synth-shit, auto tune, and easy to play guitars and shit. If true, I hope that's a very brief phase.
I figure this will get very occasional spins when it settles in, but right now it’s one of the worst albums by a name artist that I can remember.
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