Jack White/ThirdMan/THE VAULT

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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,549
    This will probably be my last TMR vault ever unless they pull out some mega rare Stripes thing. 

  • Daron Oshay
    Daron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,591
    I didn't make it through one complete song and I am pretty confident I'll never listen to this again ever.

    Which annoys me since I've been a huge all things Jack fan forever. 

    But like WTF is going on here?
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    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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  • BrainOfJHA
    BrainOfJHA KC Posts: 711
    So are the singles that have been released so far the best tracks from the album?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    samjam said:
    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.
    Sam do u have an extra or need a +1, lol!?!

    I'm really wanting to see him there.

    Anybody with an extra ticket?
  • kasedoug
    kasedoug The Golden State Posts: 3,011
    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.
  • timdwilli
    timdwilli Posts: 297
    kasedoug said:
    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.
    Agreed. Great setlist last night!
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,549
    great review
    https://www.stereogum.com/1987906/premature-evaluation-jack-white-boarding-house-reach/franchises/premature-evaluation/
  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,600
    Tim Simmons said:
    great review
    https://www.stereogum.com/1987906/premature-evaluation-jack-white-boarding-house-reach/franchises/premature-evaluation/
    Wow! Haha. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Leave it to Stereo Gum to brutalize an artist.  I'm sure it's right, but no hold barred on that site.  
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    At least, hopefully, the vault will come in a nice looking box.  
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    Tim Simmons said:
    great review
    https://www.stereogum.com/1987906/premature-evaluation-jack-white-boarding-house-reach/franchises/premature-evaluation/

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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    Tim Simmons said:
    great review
    https://www.stereogum.com/1987906/premature-evaluation-jack-white-boarding-house-reach/franchises/premature-evaluation/
    yikes! 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    I've read some good reviews too. Can't wait to hear this for myself... still haven't because nobody will help me out with that. ;)

    One comment about the above review... "aging out rock star"?? He's only 42!
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    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.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,549
    I think all those things could work, but they just don't work here. 
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited March 2018
    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. :lol: 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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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited March 2018
    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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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    mrussel1 said:
    Leave it to Stereo Gum to brutalize an artist.  I'm sure it's right, but no hold barred on that site.  
    It sounds like a man disappearing permanently up his own asshole.

    :rofl:
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
     Stop ignoring the beauty of mouse death, fools!

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