--{({The=White=Stripes=})}--

PearlStripes

I don't think it's possible to describe how amazing a White Stripes show is to someone who's never been to one. I've been to hundreds of concerts and have never been so blown away as I was when I saw them in Kansas City, 2003. (Now have tickets to the Kansas City show on the 23rd). How was the show last night? Here's an awesome link, Jack and Conor. I live in Omaha and have caught Bright Eyes several times over the years.
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/pop/cl-ca-songwriters10oct10,2,4672775.htmlstory

MeddleDeal

PearlStripes wrote:

I don't think it's possible to describe how amazing a White Stripes show is to someone who's never been to one. I've been to hundreds of concerts and have never been so blown away as I was when I saw them in Kansas City, 2003. (Now have tickets to the Kansas City show on the 23rd). How was the show last night? Here's an awesome link, Jack and Conor. I live in Omaha and have caught Bright Eyes several times over the years.
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/pop/cl-ca-songwriters10oct10,2,4672775.htmlstory

OMG!! The show was AMAZING!! Totally blown away!! :eek: VEDHEAD and I were just overwhelmed by that band. How Jack just ran around playing every single instrument on stage. He was really showcasing his talents that night, and made me even a BIGGER fan, so big in fact that I want to get ALL of their albums!!

They have such chemistry on stage, Jack playing and singing to Meg, truly adorable!! And seeing him play marimba (from what i could see) was the highlight of the night for me.

They played Seven Nation Army, The Hardest Button to Button, and they even played We're Going to Be Friends..such a great show, and i HIGHLY recommend checking this band LIVE!!

VEDHEAD27

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*explodes*

This show was out of control people!!!! I was
soooooo worn out afterwards but I just could not even begin to sleep
after all that! :eek: Got home late last night and immediately put on
some White Stripes! haha. Kept the outrageous WS night flowing. The
show just pumped me up so much! I don't think I'm coming down for quite
awhile and that is ok by me.

JESUS!!! Where to begin?!

Well, first things first....

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

BALL & BISCUIT and JOLENE! HOLY SHIT! I will FLIP OUT
if I hear those 2!! WOOOOOW.

<~~~~ flipped out (to say the very least)

:eek:!!!! They played BOTH frickin songs!!!!!!! Holy shit. 2 of the MANY
highlights of the evening. These 2 were SUPER highlights though. OMG!!
Ball & Biscuit?! How daaaaamn out of this world/sexy is this song?!
Always been one of my absolute favs and live it was taken ALL to another
level. The song just possess you....forces you to grind the air! Good
god. So damn intoxicating. I cannot get over this one. Jack just going
off!!! Shit. No words left about this one. WOOOOOOW is about all I can
say at this point. :eek:


JOLENE?! I just need to say this is one the most beautiful covers ever.
Jack shined brighter than ever live on this gorgeous song. So much
emotion it was almost hard to watch. The man's voice was shivering,
pleading...sounded like he was about to cry. He poured it ALL out in
this beautiful song. Completely blown away!


Just like my friend from Portland noted, they definitely played a
mixture of ALL albums. So damn cool. A little bit of everything. Such
fan pleasers.

Meddle and I were about 6 rows back from the side of the stage...
PERFECT view of Meg, her set was facing right towards us...and a perfect
view of Jack center stage. I could not have asked for a better spot...or
a better show!!!

As we suspected, Blue Orchid opened things up just kicked everything
into place!!! The crowd was instantly bouncing all over and pumped as
fuck! The 2 just came out ready to rock and that they did....NON-stop!
It was seriously like a second break and them BAM another song. Soooo
kick ass! Just enough time to catch your breath. haha. The stage set up
was really cool. Awesome apple GBMS back drop, little shell lights,
white plants, ....everything all red and white...incredible red lights
flashing all through the show too. Oh and Jack's outfit was fuckin HOT.
Long tailed lookin coat with a top hat, some cute ass booty huggin black
paints with some red strips inserted on the sides! This man's style
just rocks all around, musically and then some. But ok, getting
too carried away with that.


Some other songs we got...



Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - this one tore it UP!

I Think I Smell a Rat - Ok, love the guitar work on this one and
experiencing all this fierce in your face shredding and thrashing was
AWESOOOOME!!!

Offend In Every Way - LOOOOOVE this song!!! Was so fuckin excited to get this one.

When I Hear My Name - Nice treat! Such raw WS! The breakdown
kicks so much ass.

Passive Manupulation - twice! Go Meg!:D

Little Ghost -hell yes!!

The Nurse - Jack fuckin those marimbas up. This one was VERY
cool live.

My Doorbell - Cathcy as hell! This instant classic song had the
whole place clappin and singing along.


>> ENCORE....

Jack came out solo and bust out....

I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)- painfully beautiful,
fuckin mesmerizing...just Jack and that piano.


I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - definitely one of my
most listened to WS tracks. LOOOOVE this song! Yet another one that
rocked even more live and made my night.


Hotel Yorba - Crowd was going off with this classic!!! Loved it!



Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)- !!! Um HI....first song I
chose to kick start the thread of praise! MissYouAllDay knows. This
one was even more gorgeous than on the cd. Jack completely owning every
bit of my heart and soul for sure. He straight up demands it on this
masterpiece!



We're Going to be Friends- JUST bumped this thread before I left
and posted this song. looove this one and was so feelin it today. Was
very excited to get this beauty.


OK this was a funny part of the night. Not even midway into the song a
big ass 104.9 beach ball flew up on stage....Jack stopped singing and
said "What the fuck is this?! A radio promotion?!?!" ha. He took the
beach ball and threw it off to the side of the stage then was like
"now...as I was saying..." and burst back into the song.

When it was over he said "now if we get blacklisted from that radio
station and they refuse to play our music...I would like a written
apology for them interrupting my song!!!" LOL!!!


Seven Nation Army - Daaaaamn! I mean what needs to be said? This
song pleases all. Kicked even more ass live.


Boll Weevil - closed the show with this badboy. Jack got the
entire crowd to sing along. Amazing!! Talk about going out with a bang.





EVERYTHING I loved about these 2 was taken to an even higher level last
night. The love and respect is skyrocketing at this point....and here I
already thought it was at an all time high. HA! Seeing them live done
did it. Ooooh, and here I thought Jack was already a musical
genius....experincing that live?!!? :eek: Like Meddle said, he man had
so many instruments set up on that kick ass stage and all through the
night he kept running over to different ones for different songs. It
really is mind blowing to witness this much music come out of ONE
person. The man is SO DAMN AMAZING!!!! It makes me mad how talented he
is. haha. Like how in the?! You are soooo fuckin incredible guy. Jesus!
Is there anything you CANT do? Putting us all to shame. hehe. A few
times during the night he completely had me STUCK...just in complete aw,
unable to move. The sounds he makes come outta that guitar are
unbelievable. From shreding, to making it weep, all twangy and drenced
in blues, to makin it all distorted and chunkified, to making it sound
like bass, ..etc etc. There are just so many damn sounds that come outta
this man and so many with his main instrument alone. I LOVED the way he
owned it all up there! He just oozes such confidence.

I've read in the past that doesnt like to feel comfortable on stage, he
wants nothing to feel rehearsed...he wanted everything stripped down,
vulerable and all natural...so him and Meg NEVER rehearse. Well damn.
Yet another thing that blows my mind cuze the attitude says I OWN THIS.
I guess when you're this mighty rehearsing isn't necessary. hehe. Really
though, excellent touch on that and everything does just seem so natural
up there. Witnessing the chemistry betweem him and Meg was great! They
totally engage each other. I love how Jack has a mic set up center stage
and then one in front of Meg. It was very cute how he'd just run over to
her set and sing to her....sharing the spotlight the entire time. They
were having lots of fun during Little Ghost...laughing away. Adorable.
Speaking of Meg... damn, she is really sexy on those skins. All her
little playful flirty faces she'd make at Jack, her little
pauses/poses....the way she's feels the music and gets down while
confined to a stool. She's awesome and really has such a prescence. I
don't think I'll ever look at the *girl* the same again. She is for sure
a *woman* now. hehe.




At the end of the show Jack thanked Berkeley/SF for being the FIRST city
to ever like them outside of Detroit and how he will never forget
that. AWWW!!


Overall, I am just completey blown away and even deeper in love (incase
you can't tell). It's a damn shame that I don't get paid until the
16th or else I would definitely try to go to the 2nd show tonight. I am
soooo thirsty for more live WS. It's no joke...this band takes it all to
another level live. I will never get over this

PaulJam

Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself so much. They definitely seem to get better and better.

March to Fuzz

Meg loves those cymbals on the new album. Great sound.

VEDHEAD27

Thanks PaulJam! Man I am still in total shock and disbelief...soooo incredible. Meddledeal and I cannot stop going off about it!

March to Fuzz wrote:

Meg loves those cymbals on the new album. Great sound.

YES! Agreed! This is another thing Meddle and I were talking about....loooooooove the cymbal usage on this new album. Meg crashes the hell outta those things. So awesome on The Nurse too...how they just come crashing outta nowhere. Love that!


Oh I forgot to mention, Jack was fuckn shit up soooooo much on the sexy ass BALL & BISCUIT that he broke a string on his guitar. The song is too sexy for it's own good...even the man himself got carried away with it.

Toolgarden

I bought white blood cells when it first came out and loved it. I don't know why I didn't keep up with them. What cd should I get next?

Great review, by the way ved.

VEDHEAD27

Awwww, thanks Toolgarden! That show was by far one of the greatest things I've ever experienced. This band is TOO MUCH!

White Blood Cells is a kick ass album. I highly recommend that you get De Stijl next. Love that album! Love em all, but yeah. That's what I'll recommend. Whatever you decide to go with though you really can't go wrong.

MissYouAllDay

Wicked review.

Jack White is a crazy motherfucker (in the words of dave grohl last night).

I am getting more and more pumped to see them all the time. Sept 16th. The molson amphitheatre is one of the best places to see a concert in NA too.

VEDHEAD27

Thanks MissYouAllDay! FOREVER FOR HER?! Can you believe that shit?!

MissYouAllDay wrote:

Jack White is a crazy motherfucker (in the words of dave grohl last night).

Say whaaa? haha. Please do elaborate.


Oooo I'm excited for your show too. That's gonna be here so soon!! Damn! I know you'll have an incredible time no matter what BUT...here's to hoping you also get to experience FOREVER FOR HER.

I'm truely excited for any/everyone that's going to see these guys. I now "fully" understand.

sigh eternally

wow... what an amazing review! thanks for that info. now I am even more pumped to see them again, four nights in a row starting later tonight.
with all the excitement, i just cant get to bed, and thats on top of 4 days in vegas going with minimal sleep.
i'll be dead by the end of the show on the 18th.

did you pick up any merchandise at the show?

VEDHEAD27

AHH SIGH!! Starting later on TODAY!!?! :eek: I WANNA GO! I WANNA GO! FUCK, I'm kickin myself for not being able to go yesterday. While I was VERY grateful for all that I got and experienced...I was telling Nadia..."if they play Red Rain & As Ugly As I seem at the second show I will be so jealous" Guess what they played?????? HA! God I wish I coulda gone!!! Well, next time they come around I'm going all out sigh~style. hehe. Hopefully I won't be so strapped for cash cuze of PJ shows like I am this time around.


Glad you enjoyed my review bud. I'm just in aw of these 2 more than ever and there is no way I'd be able to sleep either if I was you. Good lord!!!! Here's to hoping you survive

Merch...I wanted the baby-t with the dead tree on it SO damn bad. Shit was $30 bucks though and I had no money. When I say I'm broke I mean I'm B-R-O-K-E. I had $5 to my name. haha! I definitely plan on buying that one later on down the line though. They had a cute ass tote bag too!


HAVE A BLAST!!!! 4 days of heaven right there. :eek: I'm still so high from ONE.

sigh eternally

i'm gonna pm you. hope you're still up.

VEDHEAD27

sigh eternally wrote:

i'm gonna pm you. hope you're still up.

Rock stars never sleep.

rage333

ROCK ON WHITE STRIPES. I love this band more than anything.

VEDHEAD27

rage333 wrote:

ROCK ON WHITE STRIPES. I love this band more than anything.

FUCK YEAH!! AWESOME!!


Jack White is suuuuuuuch a bad ass motha!


I love how the man can reach my heart and soul with his gorgeous slow numbers....and at the same time make me rock the fuck out like there ain't no tomorrow. GREAT balance! Best of all worlds.


BUMP it up with another beauty........

OH the power of just this voice and some gorgeous ass, crsytal clear, heavenly guitar!!!





˚˚I'm Bound To Pack it up˚˚

I've thought about it for a while
and I've thought about the many miles
but I think it's time that I've gone away

The feelings that you have for me
have gone away it's plain to see
and it looks to me
that you're pulling away

(Chorus)
I'm gonna pick it up
I'm gonna pick it up today
I'm bound to pack it up
I'm bound to pack it up
and go away

I found it hard to say to you
that this is what I have to do
but there is no way that I'm gonna stay

there are so many things
you need to know
and I wanna tell you before I go
but it's hard to think of just what to say

I'm gonna pick it up
I'm gonna pick it up today
I'm bound to pack it up
I'm bound to pack it up
and go away

I'm sorry to leave you all alone
you're sitting silent by the phone
but we've always known there would come a day

The bus is warm and softly lit
and a hundred people are ridin' it
I guess I'm just another running away

I'm gonna pick it up
I'm gonna pick it up today
I'm bound to pack it up
I'm bound to pack it up
and go away

Oh yeah, yeah

MeddleDeal

BUMP for the ALMIGHTY WHITE STRIPES!!

sigh eternally-we want to hear a FULL report on that show...if you aren't too tired!!

sigh eternally

night number 2 at the greek theater blew away the previous night's show. still shocked that these shows arent sold out, as they seat only 6,000 people. the band bolted onto the stage in a flash and ripped open with Black Math. I dont have the complete setlist, but I remember (not in order):

Black Math
Little Ghost
I Think I Smell a Rat (little tease, not the whole song)
Passive Manipulation x2 - once with piano, other with electric guitar
Denial Twist
Seven Nation Army
My Doorbell
As Ugly as I Seem
We Are Going to Be Friends -with Brendan Benson
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - on piano
Blue Orchid
The Big Three
I Fought Piranhas
Love Sick
The Nurse
Boll Weevil
Death Letter
Do
Hardest Button to Button
Lets Shake Hands
Yorba
Girl You Have No Faith in Medicine
When 'I Hear My Name
I Think I Smell a Rat
Ball and Biscuit
Forever For Her

Jack was making jokes about Paris Hilton as it seemed she was in the first row behind the pit from where I was standing. he said something about the crowd sounding like her dog Tinkerbell being thrown underneath a truck and getting squished, and how he checked with PETA and it was okay for him to say that. The last 10 minutes he must have mentioned Paris 6 or 7 times. He was upbeat and digging the vibe. I remeber Eddie's qoute about the Greek Theater being "the devil's backyard" as orange lights made the trees surround the venue look otherworldly, and Meg's shadow from the lights hitting her behind her drumkit could be seen on the trees making it look like a 6 story monster was bashing away with sticks as the bright summer moon rose above the head of her massive shadow, almost looking like a glowing crown.
It was really an amazing vibe tonight.
and I still have two more shows to go to.

thanks to idrather be for being so kind to me. love ya. hope you enjoyed the show!!!! and I hope to seeya there thursday!

more to come...

MissYouAllDay

Hey all,

Whats the biggest show the stripes have played thats not a festival. Like where they are headlining? Will the molson amphitheatre be it?

I wish I coulod see them in a tiny club, that would be insane. The Foos were also talking about how the amphitheatre was their biggets show ever (15000), hmmmmm. I wonder.

You guys have the blackpool lights DVD? It's pretty wicked, if not too rockin

What is really cool is that my doorbell is gettin played as a single here on the radio. How cool would it be for such a bizarre song (by mainstream standards) to become the next seven nation army. Honestly that song is so insanely catchy once you get over the "weirdness" of it.

I really hope it does well.

VEDHEAD27

Thanks SO much for the review Scott!!

Wow, sounds like an amazing show. Bolted on stage and immediately shreddin it up with Black Math?! :eek: Shit. That says a lot right there...the night was bound to kick major, MAJOR ass. Awesome set! Awww, you guys got Love Sick too?!?!?! Sooo beautiful!!!!! When I Hear My Name!? Oooh man, LOVE that song! Damn...and of course As Ugly As I Seem AND Forever For her! Both? *faints* Wooooow.

LOL! Paris was there? Jack seems like he was in great spirits...all joking about her dog? hehe. What? He said "I'm in charge tonight"? ha! What a badass! And I absolutely LOVE your description of Meg shadows and those trees...sounds totally haunting...like it just completely added to the experience/vibe and made it that much more. Very cool! Awww Lizzy went with you??? Yes! Hope she enjoyed herself? How could she not?

Thanks again for the review. Can't wait to hear more. Damn....you still have 2 more nights!!! Lucky punk. haha.



Heeeey MissYouAllDay...we "missed" you around here.

YES, blackpool DVD is fuckin amazing. Love it!

Hmmm, not too sure about the biggest show?


And YES...My Doorbell is getting played sooooo much here as well. It really is such a cathcy ass song. It is doing very well over here. I actually know a few people that have been turned onto Get Behind Me from hearing that song alone. It's getting stuck in heads all over the Bay Area and making people fiend for some WS.


Oooh speaking of radio....

In my previous review I talked about the balloon incident on Friday night...well apparently it happened at the Saturday night show too and this time it was even worse. A local radio station (Live 105) here keeps talking about it. :eek: I guess another balloon flew up and stage and Jack cursed out the station and told everyone they shouldnt listen to them...then left the stage for like 10 minutes or some shit? :eek: Sounds like he was pissed and just not even having it at ALL. Now this local radio station keeps going off about Jack not liking "their balls" and how they are giving all "their balls" away...so call when you hear the sound of a ball interrupt a White Stripes song and you will win a Live 105 beach ball. This is all being done so "their balls" will no longer be all up in peoples faces. Daaaamn. It's insane. haha.