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Jack White... Where to start?

capthowdy1027capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
edited October 2012 in Other Music
I know some stuff just hearing it here and there, but I don't know much. So what do you suggest?

***I'm assuming everybody will say just start at the beginning*** :lol:
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  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,818
    Well I'd give his new solo album "Blunderbuss" a good listen. Then I'd probably check out the White Stripes "Elephant," then "White Blood Cells". Also the Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely." I'm a big fan of all his albums actually, but these would get you started.
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Raconteurs.....And then White Stripes......Then Solo....

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  • anthonybroxtermananthonybroxterman Posts: 59
    Are you heading to the show in Columbus? I am heading there next Monday myself.
  • push me and i will resistpush me and i will resist Posts: 958
    Dead Leaves and the dirty ground and hotel yorba. Check em out pal.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    Elephant, Consolers of the Lonely, and his solo disc Blunderbuss. That's a pretty good cross section of the total package imo.
  • Jason78Jason78 Posts: 400
    Di Stijil.
    If that doesn't get you nothing will. An let's give some love to Meg.
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    i love how every single post is a slightly different suggestion...myself, Consolers of the Lonely (The Raconteurs) is my favorite Jack White project, followed by White Blood Cells (White Stripes) and Elephant (White Stripes). And Horehound is my favorite of the two Dead Weather Albums. Seriously though, Jack is pretty talented and diverse so give yourself time to check out everything.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I'd go one of each...

    Elephant, Consolers Of The Lonely, Blunderbuss, and Horehound.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Just start from the beginning from the first White Stripes album and hear his progression through the years.
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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,050
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,078
    just pick up anything from him. Can't go wrong.
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  • PL10476PL10476 Posts: 9
    Has anyone heard an explanantion as to why he bolted at Radio City last night? He cursed at the crowd when he first came out (very garbled...couldn't tell if he was mad, joking, or just excited) and then mumbled "Thank you" a bunch of times along with some other stuff I couldn't make out at the end. By far - the worst show I have ever seen him put on. Not sure if he was sick, unhappy with the sound or what.
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    I love dead weather personally..
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.

    What!?!? I'm seeing him tonight :x
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  • PL10476PL10476 Posts: 9
    Good luck. You will either see the same nonsense as last night or a spectacular show making up for what happened last night.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    PL10476 wrote:
    Good luck. You will either see the same nonsense as last night or a spectacular show making up for what happened last night.

    I'd be kinda surprised if he pulled it again, but I feel like he has a big enough ego to try it.


    Nobody's sure of a reason yet, but he was complaining about the crowd, the number of scalped tickets and security supposedly said he wasn't satisfied with the sound. All of them sound pretty fucking lame though.
  • BIGDaddyWilBIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,067
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.

    What!?!? I'm seeing him tonight :x


    Way to go Jack.....

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/jack ... 46989.html

    What a turd!!!
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,692
    Well great show Friday in Boston.

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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,078
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.

    What!?!? I'm seeing him tonight :x

    :o that's highly unlike him :thumbdown:
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  • PL10476PL10476 Posts: 9
    He definitely said "What is this a f***in' NPR convention?" when he hit the stage due to lack of crowd energy. Leading up to that point he had a band (Fern Turdknuckles and the Potted Plants) or something like that open for him. The lead singer was on Boardwalk Empire this season playing music in the early 1920's. That is what his band does.

    I am sure they are fine guys and they can sure play...but ragtime folk music doesn't exactly get people on their feet. If you saw a clip of them and were told it was from an old skit on Late Night with Conan O'Brien you would believe it 100%.

    The crowd was basically put to sleep for more than an hour (between the opening act and resetting the stage for Jack) and greeted with a garbled insult. Now 'Black Math' starts and is immediately slowed down and becomes indecipherable...crowd energy lulls again.

    The rest of the show didn't sound great (save for an exceptional version of 'Take Me With You When You Go') but was just fine I suppose...I will still go to see Jack White when I have the opportunity but I will be taking the rest of this tour off.

    If anyone goes tonight please provide the blow by blow here if you can.
  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,818
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.

    What!?!? I'm seeing him tonight :x

    Give us a recap of tonights show when you get a chance. Will be interesting to see if he appologizes or not.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,050
    I would check out The White Stripes last
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  • capthowdy1027capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    Well I listened to some stuff from all his projects on Spotify and really like everything I heard, so I went to the record store today and picked up the White Stripes self titled. I guess I'll just go through the discographies at this point. I really don't know how I missed these great tunes for all these years. But, better late than never, right? Thanks for all the suggestions guys and girls!
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    capthowdy1027 wrote:
    Well I listened to some stuff from all his projects on Spotify and really like everything I heard, so I went to the record store today and picked up the White Stripes self titled. I guess I'll just go through the discographies at this point. I really don't know how I missed these great tunes for all these years. But, better late than never, right? Thanks for all the suggestions guys and girls!
    Enjoy! The first WS album was made in Jack's living room.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    ... I could not be more stoked for the show tomorrow night. I caught him in Seattle and it was killer.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    FYI...He walked out on the Radio City Music Hall show after 1 hour tonight. Don't start with this bootleg.

    What!?!? I'm seeing him tonight :x

    Give us a recap of tonights show when you get a chance. Will be interesting to see if he appologizes or not.

    He did not say one word to the crowd the entire night and played for only 1 hr and 15 minutes. I am officially done giving this guy my money.
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  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Indifference wrote:
    Well great show Friday in Boston.
    You must have been on the floor, because it sounded like total shit every where else in that building (I know because out of sheer desperation I spent the whole evening searching for ANY place to stand that sounded halfway decent).

    I will never ever ever EVER see another live show at the Aganis Arena in Boston. My ticket money was totally wasted. I wished I hadn't gone and just hung on to my memory of seeing him in Amsterdam at the Heineken music hall.

    I could tell that the performance was good, but the house sound system was the absolute worst I've ever heard anywhere.

    One set of PA speakers hanging high on either side of the stage, cranked too loud in order to fill a college hockey arena. The only thing that was produced was loud muddy noise. I couldn't understand one lyric.

    Imagine the worst sounding bootleg on PJ radio, crank the bass all the way up, the treble all the way down and put the speakers under a coffee can, this would have sounded better.

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  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,818
    SVRDhand13 wrote:

    He did not say one word to the crowd the entire night and played for only 1 hr and 15 minutes. I am officially done giving this guy my money.

    :shock: Wow. I always thought he was a straight up class act. Yikes.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:

    He did not say one word to the crowd the entire night and played for only 1 hr and 15 minutes. I am officially done giving this guy my money.

    :shock: Wow. I always thought he was a straight up class act. Yikes.

    I have bought everything he has ever released and seen every act he has been a part of, and I was pissed when the show ended last night. I can't even imagine how the people felt at the Saturday show. Last night my girlfriend and I took a cab back to my place, watched multiple tv shows and went to sleep before a Bruce show would even finish :lol:.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,050
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:

    He did not say one word to the crowd the entire night and played for only 1 hr and 15 minutes. I am officially done giving this guy my money.

    :shock: Wow. I always thought he was a straight up class act. Yikes.

    I have bought everything he has ever released and seen every act he has been a part of, and I was pissed when the show ended last night. I can't even imagine how the people felt at the Saturday show. Last night my girlfriend and I took a cab back to my place, watched multiple tv shows and went to sleep before a Bruce show would even finish :lol:.
    What TV shows...that's the question 8-)
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