Jack White
 

Just curious about your thoughts on him as a musician. I, as you can tell, am a fan (glances at name). :P I went to a Raconteurs concert and was blown away. But my friends, except for my girlfriend, have no love at all for him lol. Call him a talentless peice of ****. :'( Makes me sad, it does. But enough of that. your opinions?

man IMO hes a future legend like Rock Hall of fame type of guy

How can u not like dis guy hes played and wrote some of the most KIller rock riffs in the past 15 years. And he has a unique voice, u know ur good when u hear a song on the radio and know instantly thats Jack white.

Big fan. Saw the dead weather a couple years ago, jack came out and played guitar for "will there be enough water". He played an epic solo, jamme so hard that he went crashing into a speaker and kept jamming while he was on the ground. I was close to front row, it really blew me away. He's not the most technical player, you don't have to tell me. But as mentioned, hes one hell of a riffer. And while he may not be the most technical, he's not that bad. He has a real unique and distinct style and tone. He's a great songrwriter, and he's pretty good on the keys and drums as well.

And I think the little blues revival of the late 20th and 21st century can be credited to jack white. There's been a lot of simple, 2 to 3 man bands in the last 10 years that have been following in his and the black keys footsteps.

Great musician and great songwriter. Sometimes the songs are so simple you wonder why you couldn't come up that yourself. That's the magic of Jack White to me. He finds something simple and makes it new again. Got to love. Songs like Ball and Biscuit are a good example. Can't deny the impact of Seven Nation Army either. Keep on rockin'.

I really enjoy the rawness of a lot of the Stripes' music, but I especially enjoy the homage they pay to their major influences.



All Captain Beefheart covers, and it's great to know that a fellow beefhead has achieved critical acclaim and that they are using their acclaim to open some eyes to the beef.

Exactly. Seven Nation Army is so simple, but I think it's sheer genius that he could turn something so simple into something so brilliant.

Absolutely love me some Jack White, and I totally agree with Norg he's already secured his place as a rock legend.

An interesting aside: before the White Stripes Jack worked at an upholsterers shop in Chicago. He and a fellow worker had a band called the Upholsterers and they would stash vinyl single's from their band inside random peoples couches\chairs that had been brought in to be fixed, so if you live anywhere near Chicago don't ever get rid of an old couch without looking inside it first, there may be a valuable record inside. :D

Yes, the Upholsterers were pretty good.

I never thought of jack white as a rock legend. He was pretty influential for in making garage rock revival popular but I never really thought of his influence going much beyond that.

He's certainly been a Rock legend of the last 12 years. He's a modern day Rock legend.

What criteria would you use to say that though? Personally I think rock legends are big innovators.

Youre right but he made a big mark on the music scene and brought back a style of music that was pretty dead among the mainstream. He had kids listening to some real roots inspired music. He had kids listening to Robert Johnson and son house songs, whether they knew it or not. Kids that probably had never even heard of those names. He took those old songs and put some life In them. I think his guitar tone is pretty unique and stands out, especially among mainstream guitarists of his era. The white stripes music is pretty unique and different for it's time. He's a rock legend and icon in my book.

Ah that makes sense especially if you could appreciate a lot of the music he helped give exposure too. To tell you the truth though I can't really see rock and roll legends being too relevant any more though. That is largely due to the fact that my criteria for being a legend is innovation and innovation in such an overpopulated genre is extremely sparse.

I hear ya. "legend" might be a bit of an overstatement. Icon fits a little better. Nonetheless, he's great in my book. I love how bands like the black keys and the white stripes have been and still are exposing a younger audience to some old roots music. I doubt many younger black keys fans had ever heard of junior kimbrough before they came out with the "chulahoma" album.

Yeah thats exactly how I feel towards Jack White. Anything that encourages diversity is good.

I just cant stomach the White Stripes. His juvenile riffs, his grainy voice, and the worst rock n roll drummer that ever existed.

Well it's just not your style. His riffs are great, some of the best rock riffs of the last 15 years. I love his voice. Meg Isn't technically good but her drumming style combine with jacks choppy riffing goes really well together. They're a great fit

I enjoy listening to stuff by Jack White. Not as much a fan of The White Stripes as I am of The Raconteurs.

All of the things that some people will hate about his projects are probably the same things that make me enjoy them. Technically speaking a lot of his work is kind of bad, but I like it that way.

I'm very grateful for people who aren't fully absorbed in the technical side of music.

I love most of his work but what has been up with him recently? Recording with ICP, letting an X Factor star cover his song........I worry for him.

^He's redeemed himself with this. New single, the album is coming out in april. I can't wait to hear more.


Jack White - Love Interruption - YouTube

I like. :) And it comes out around my birthday, too! Lol, I'm just gonna pretend it was a birthday present to me from Mr. White. :P

Maybe he thought that ICP were funny and wanted to have fun and hang out with them? Maybe he was flattered by whoever covered him?

Indie people don't always have to be in it for the artz, guys. They are human beings and sometimes want to enjoy themselves. >_>

^ Agreed. And who knows, some of the best music comes from people just ****ing around.

I suspected he was just f***ing around. I mean
I saw the Raconteurs live and they seemed to be just screwing around having fun. *Shrug

BTW, the opening act for that concert was Jeff The Brotherhood. :| He has to be in that for a laugh.

That's so cool! Jack white is not only a talented musician but he is one of the reasons vinyl is so popular. Love the dead weather, love the raconteurs, love the white stripes and love Rome. I'm really looking forward to that solo album.

Jack is going to be at Sasquatch. Please go to bonnaroo!

No, just, no.

*sheds a tear for the bad decisions on the part of musicians Frownland likes*

Anyone plan on seeing Jack during this new solo tour? I'll be there, March 15th.

I'm working on getting tickets now. :3 Plan on going to the Memphis show.

You better get em fast because it'll sell out in five minutes.

@blastingas10: I usually go to vividseats.com Lol, legalized scalping. But They haven't let me down yet. :)

And there haven't been any dates in Chicago I know of. The closest is Chatanooga TN. Its about a 10 hr drive from Chicago too. Tough break man :/

First off, the man is my god. He's my generation's Hendrix. And the people who hate his music just because it's minimalistic (which totally was NOT his goal to begin with :|) are kinda illegitimate to me. Listen to Son House, or Robert Johnson, or any of the pioneering Delta Bluesmen and say they sucked and don't deserve artistic respect and I'll call you an idiot. Christ, Led Zeppelin riffs were many times extremely simplistic in nature. Of course Jimmy Page was terrible, too. Secondly, I plan on going to the Memphis show, too, Peppermint. See ya there.

Certainly the best quintessential rock artist i can think of right now. Besides the raconteurs charade i've dug all his bands/releases.

I still rock out to conquest sometimes

I think it takes a stroke of genius to turn something simple into something masterful. Jack can certainly do that.

O M G. Jack White. Is just. Heavenly.

Wasn't too much of a fan of The Dead Weather (everything else he has done is just better sounding in my opinion). I LOVE his new track Love Interuption. So sexy, he's just perfect. I have the biggest crush on him. Sorry that sounds so lame but I can't help myself <3

blastingas10 : "I'm very grateful for people who aren't fully absorbed in the technical side of music" - I feel ya, it's just so much easier appreciating music :p

Dead Weather was at least interesting. The Raconteurs were terrible. There were too many times I thought "Benson has too much influence here."

Overall I think Jack White is incredible. His biggest problem, imo, is that he's made too many acts, so they all start to sound one-dimensional. If he just got a band and played whatever the hell he wanted I think he'd get more respect.