I remember the first time I heard the White Stripes, I would’ve been 12 or 13 (2001), they had just released “White Blood Cells” (I was unaware of it or them), and I saw the video for “Fell in love with a girl” by pure chance – it was one of those “What is THIS?!” moments. It was the very beginning of the “garage rock revival” that happened in the early 00s.
I realized recently I had never seen video of them live.
I think what was so intriguing about them for me is that their brand of garage-rock blues with a bit of country twang logically has the potential to become played-out and boring super quick. However, with the strength of the songwriting as well as their regular experimentation with tempo and texture, they manage to keep it fresh and interesting – and that is some major noise coming from just two people. Helps that Jack White has some serious stage presence.
Worth a watch. The song itself starts at the 2min mark, but the lead-in is good too.
Meg was perfect for the White Stripes. Anything fancier wouldn’t quite fit. She does her job and does it really well. She has a bit of magnetism like Jack too, love watching her hammer on the drums.
Yesterday marks 30 years since “Loveless” was released, and album that had an immeasurable influence of my musical tastes and the trajectory of my musical interests when I heard it for the first time in late 2006. It was the very first album I bought for my record collection, ~10 yrs ago or so, back when I lied to myself that I’d “amass a small collection, only of albums which are of major significance in my life” (lol, LIES).
If you have never heard the album, do yourself a favor.
Edit: TS is telling me that @Hailstrom already posted this one last month. Hi buddy!
They are awesome. I went to see a documentary a few years back about them and Thurston Moore was taking questions. My mate went full on fangirl but to be fair to him it was pretty amazing.
Joni Mitchell was the “girl with flowers in her hair”
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were infatuated with her and went to California to see her … and wrote the song.
Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell! 78.
