The White Stripes : Icky Thump (blues, albums, effect, members)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-16-2008, 01:57 PM

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Icky Thump
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
Conquest
Bone Broke
Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)
Little Cream Soda
Rag And Bone
I'm Slowly Turning Into You
A Martyr For My Love For You
Catch Hell Blues
Effect And Cause

jackhammer · 01-17-2008, 01:40 PM

I know that this is album is well liked amongst a lot of board members, but I just don't dig it. I really don't dig the Stripes much at all. I appreciate what they do and he is a great guitarist but Meg's awful drumming really really annoys me and there is just something about the band that I can't get into. I can't even describe it to be honest.

BONE BROKE, LITTLE CREAM SODA and RAG AND BONE are good tracks but I just don't find it moves me. I find their music impersonal at times maybe.

I would much prefer to do my own compilation as they have admittedly done some great tracks.

adidasss · 01-18-2008, 04:30 AM

I'm not sure you can get any more personal than A martyr for my love for you...if you can't feel any emotions in that song you're dead...

Lizzie · 01-18-2008, 08:54 AM

my friend had it and i gave it a listen. the title track is awesome and there are soem other really good songs on there...its kinda in between very good and average..but ill be gererous

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-18-2008, 09:49 AM

To my ears all the organ in it gives it a kind of mid 70s vibe to it.

I don't like it as much as De Stijl or Elephant but it's a huge improvement on their last album.

right-track · 01-18-2008, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss

I'm not sure you can get any more personal than A martyr for my love for you...if you can't feel any emotions in that song you're dead...

That song stunned me from the off.
Both personal and honest, probably my favourite track off the album.

MURDER JUNKIE · 01-18-2008, 11:31 AM

The whole thing is a little too close to Zeppelin for my taste, everytime I hear those Jimmy Page riffs I wanna be sick. Elephant was a much better package and showed a lot more originality and range, I like the White Stripes and I know that they can do a lot better.

The best thing the White Stripes have produced since Elephant is the Meg White home sex tape

jackhammer · 01-18-2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss

I'm not sure you can get any more personal than A martyr for my love for you...if you can't feel any emotions in that song you're dead...

One song does'nt make an album.

right-track · 01-18-2008, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

One song does'nt make an album.

I can hear Big3 grinding his teeth already.

jackhammer · 01-18-2008, 12:34 PM

We can't all like the same things though. Big3 hates The Floyd so it's different strokes and all that. I think another reason why i'm not a huge fan is the lack of bass. I love bass in whatever music I like. I think it adds warmth or an underlying energy to music.

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01-16-2008, 01:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	The White Stripes : Icky Thump The White Stripes - Icky Thump Icky Thump You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues Conquest Bone Broke Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air) Little Cream Soda Rag And Bone I'm Slowly Turning Into You A Martyr For My Love For You Catch Hell Blues Effect And Cause

01-17-2008, 01:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I know that this is album is well liked amongst a lot of board members, but I just don't dig it. I really don't dig the Stripes much at all. I appreciate what they do and he is a great guitarist but Meg's awful drumming really really annoys me and there is just something about the band that I can't get into. I can't even describe it to be honest. BONE BROKE, LITTLE CREAM SODA and RAG AND BONE are good tracks but I just don't find it moves me. I find their music impersonal at times maybe. I would much prefer to do my own compilation as they have admittedly done some great tracks. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-18-2008, 04:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I'm not sure you can get any more personal than A martyr for my love for you...if you can't feel any emotions in that song you're dead... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm Last edited by adidasss; 01-18-2008 at 07:12 AM.

01-18-2008, 08:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lizzie Diskobox Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver Posts: 660	my friend had it and i gave it a listen. the title track is awesome and there are soem other really good songs on there...its kinda in between very good and average..but ill be gererous __________________ white and black, are you looking for the sun boy? the sun doesn't shine down here, no, not in the shadow

01-18-2008, 09:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	To my ears all the organ in it gives it a kind of mid 70s vibe to it. I don't like it as much as De Stijl or Elephant but it's a huge improvement on their last album. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-18-2008, 11:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	The whole thing is a little too close to Zeppelin for my taste, everytime I hear those Jimmy Page riffs I wanna be sick. Elephant was a much better package and showed a lot more originality and range, I like the White Stripes and I know that they can do a lot better. The best thing the White Stripes have produced since Elephant is the Meg White home sex tape

01-18-2008, 12:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	We can't all like the same things though. Big3 hates The Floyd so it's different strokes and all that. I think another reason why i'm not a huge fan is the lack of bass. I love bass in whatever music I like. I think it adds warmth or an underlying energy to music. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”