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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    HushBull wrote:
    Wait, Jimmy or Jack, who's more creative. If you are speaking of Jack being more so than Jimmy... well, you're wrong. :o

    I said all around creative... in things other than music as well :)
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  • HushBull
    HushBull Posts: 996
    meme wrote:
    I said all around creative... in things other than music as well :)

    Hmmm... what else does Jackie boy do? :)
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  • pretext
    pretext Posts: 1,294
    I do love Seven Nation Army and got Get Behind Me Satan on the cheap, but that's about it for me. No, I don't get the hype. But then, I only have/need one Radiohead album too. :)
  • poorgirl23
    poorgirl23 Posts: 194
    You're not the only one, no.

    But I happen to think there's a whole lot of talent, depth, passion, creativity, and an atmosphere of history and tradition in every aspect of White's work. I'm profoundly grateful to have discovered The White Stripes a long time ago, and more recently The Raconteurs. And I'm profoundly grateful that I got to witness Jack's onstage talent and charisma yet again last night. It will never get old for me. There's a spirit and a soulfulness there that is indescribable. There's something about the way he performs that has me completely hooked, and something about the songs that he writes that make me want to dissect every note and every word. I can't stop playing those records. And I love that old-fashioned sort of vibe that he has. Very cool. That's only my opinion, of course. Sorry to gush a little much, but this is why it's up there with Pearl Jam for me.

    I understand that it's not for everyone. that's okay, because the less people feel the way I do, the better chance I have of being on the rail at every show. ;)
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    meme wrote:
    I said all around creative... in things other than music as well :)

    Jimmy Page was a painter. What else does White do?
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I think Jack is absolutley amazing in EVERYTHING he does. The White Stripes are amazing, and I think the Raconteurs are even better.

    And I saw the Stripes from the second row last year, you could feel the energuy coming off that stage, holy shit.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    reeferchief wrote:
    I like some songs but in general find them very overated.

    And cate is it not The White Keys collaboration? haha. Yes I am a dork.

    OMG :rolleyes: yes yes you are... youre a bigger dork than i ever thought you were. least i had the smarts to just think it and NOT post it. :p:D
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  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I like some of his work.....

    Love some of the guitar solos on Elephant, love the raw sound....
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  • jcmark611
    jcmark611 Posts: 93
    If you are in a band, play the riff to "7 Nation Army" at your next gig or party and see how many people love it. It may not do well with the over 30 crowd but, the youngsters love it!
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jcmark611 wrote:
    If you are in a band, play the riff to "7 Nation Army" at your next gig or party and see how many people love it. It may not do well with the over 30 crowd but, the youngsters love it!

    im over 30 and 7 nation army does well with me. :p:D but then again, jack white is in my "can never do wrong in my eyes box." :D i think ill be listening to little bird until the day i die. :)
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  • lisam
    lisam Posts: 75
    He isn't the greatest but you have to give him credit for being unique.
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  • She'sCominDownFast!!
    She'sCominDownFast!! Posts: 49
    samick wrote:
    you're not the only one...........

    I'm done with the white stripes after the last album.........I can't believe any record company would want to tie their name to that album...........


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  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    I feel the same way. I kinda like the retro-sound, the way his stuff is recorded, but I don´t really get it too. The songs are just not very well written...

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  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    I thought all of their albums were crap. I heard some songs off icky thump and was thinking about buying it...but then when a radio station played the album a week before it came out and he called up and bitched out the dj...something the station has done before but nobody else cared about. Pretentious mother fucker in my book.

    caught the raconteurs at bonnaroo and thought they put on a good show. I'll never buy a Jack White album and please people stop comparing him to Jimmy Paige and Zeppelin. Nowhere near where he/they were.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i like the raconteurs... not big on the white stripes... jacks definitely overrated... still very talented and fun to see live
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