The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
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Free Music Review: Raw, understated, simple... brilliant!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you do not like the White Stripes, there is nothing here that should win you over. This album is a great representation of what the Stripes are all about. If you enjoy their past records, I cannot imagine you will not fall in love with this release as well. As has been highlighted, Jack's piano playing is featured as much if not more than his guitar paying on this album. In that regard, the album has a different sound, but the compositions and delivery are classic Stripes.
The first two tracks are the most experimental. The first (Blue Orchid) is a reductionist rock tune where Jack sings in falsetto. The second (The Nurse) has a great melody but is accompanied by unique instruments for the Stripes. The third and fourth tracks (My Doorbell, Forever for Her) are vintage White Stripes. The fifth (Little Ghost) is a great little hillbilly/bluegrass tune with wonderful and plain backing vocal harmonies. Track seven (White Moon) plays like a beautiful piano driven lament. The eighth track (Instinct Blues) is reminiscent of Jack's earlier guitar driven blues work. Meg sings a quaint little ditty on track nine - almost a refrain (Passive Manipulation). Track eleven (As Ugly as I Seem) is acoustic without drums. Track twelve (Red Rain) is one of the more rollicking rock songs on the album. Of course, Jack joins it with a sound that reminded me of a "cookie monster" piano I had as a kid. Track 13 (I'm Lonely) is a country blues piano ballad.
Jack's voice is as squeaky as ever, but his vocals are full of emotion and depth. His lyrics are strong as always - intimate and layered, soulful even. Meg does a great job vocally and musically. You have thirteen great melodic tracks that run the gambit of musical genres. Someone complained that they have put out another album of demos. But for those who get it, that is what it is about. It is not about polished production value. It is about stripped down real music done real well. The polish has its place, but not on a Stripes album. Jack and Meg, please keep it coming! You guys rock!
Free Music Review: Loved it. . .
Hit: 5 Stars
So, I'm out in Cali this summer, being an intern for a Christian Church plant. I came here on the 3rd of June, so, on the 7th I rush to my laptop and purchase the highly anticipated, forth-coming, Ultimate White Stripes album. After several days of waiting, watching, praying for the mailman to come my door, it finally arrived, in that little CD box that we all are so fond of. During that time of waiting, I probably overloaded the USPS web serving checking the updated shipping information. I tore the little brown box labeled "Amazon.com" open, looked at it, and then held it to my chest, ever so fondly. I got my CD player and head phones, went out to the back yard, and sat in the swing. My heart thumped quickly as I sat down and eagerly pressed play. I had heard Blue Orchid on [...]. It was one of those songs that kindly scared me. I was hoping Jack and Meg hadn't gone too far off their road. The second song, "I've been thinking about my doorbell, when you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it," reminded me of the week I spent in quiet desperation and not so quiet desperation wondering when the mailman would bring my package. The rest of the album brought as many and many more feelings to heart. The last so is very powerful, saying "I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet," as he went down to the river and looked. It's an amazing album, I like it from beginning to end, as I do all their albums.
My passion for the Detroit duo began only recently, March, maybe April, when a friend of mine let me listen to White Blood Cells. I was hooked. I now own every album except their self-titled, and I have their DVD waiting for me back in Georgia when I get done with my internship. I had already appreciated Jack White for his work on Cold Mountain (I'm listening to him sing Wayfaring Stranger as I type, his song and arrangement bring chills to my spine each time) and for his work on Loretta Lynn's album. I believe him to be the greatest musician alive.
So, Jack and Meg, if y'all ever read this, thanks.
Free Music Review: Un pas de plus vers l'immortalité!
Hit: 5 Stars
Finalement les White Stripes sont en train de faire mentir cette fameuse loi de la gravité de Isaac Newton; incapable de redescendre même si les attentes sont immenses et que les regards sont de plsu en plus nombreux à vouloir observer une faille dans ce "zeppelin" tricolore! Avec ce nouveau CD, Jack White prouve qu'il est non seulement l'un des plus fantastiques compositeurs de chansons rock contemporains, mais qu'il risque de marquer une époque difficile à cerner, souvent capricieuse avec les artistes. Sachons qu'aujourd'hui tout est question de rapidité et de consommation à la vitesse de l'éclair, alors comment expliquer la "forme" exemplaire du duo de Détroit? Et bien, la meilleure façon de continuer à être bon...c'est justement d'être toujours à la hauteur de la situation tels Jack & Meg!
Ce disque roule donc depuis mardi dernier et impossible de l'enlever du lecteur tellement cette nouvelle suite rouge-noire-blanche est du même calibre que leurs autres albums pourtant déjà des classiques truffés de perles!Le talent de Jack White a toujours été de bien cerner la mélodie à l'intérieur même du morceau et d'en faire un objet sonore hautement calibré où tout convergerait vers une structure implacable! On nomme ça des HITS! Comme le You Really Got Me des Kinks, le Transmisson de Joy Division ou le Blitzkrieg Bop des Ramones, les morceaux des Stripes sont des bombes de beauté, mais aussi des rasoirs déjantés dans les speakers!
Plusieurs morceaux psseront à l'histoire de ce Get Behind Me Satan et ça, ce n'est pas le hype qui vous le dira, mais la qualité suprême d'un groupe, qui au début, était surtout réputé pour son fameux mystère: sont-ils mari et femme? Sont-ils frère ou soeur? Ah qu'il doit bien rire ce Jack!
Un pas de plus vers l'immortalité!
Free Music Review: Get Behind Me Satan
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a really solid album despite the fact that it lacks the blue rock, ultra distorted "power-riffs" that make up their previous 4 records. In fact, there are only 3 track is which Jack White's famous electric guitar is evident. The tracks are: the heavy radio played single "Blue Orchid", the howling, bluesy, and somewhat painful "Instinct Blues" and the rocking "Red Rain" which brings back fond memories of White Blood Cells and De Stijl. The rest of the album relys heaviy on Jack's piano ability and he does not fail to amaze me. The catchy, piano-loaded pop tunes such as "My Doorbell" and "The Denial Twist" are fun and easy to listen to, while the dark ballad "White Moon" is usually enjoyable. One of my personal favorite tracks, described as "Mountain Music" bu Terry Gross in an interview with the band, combines every string imaginable, along with multiple vocal tracks and a steady, Meg White signature beat. There is also the experimental, marimba track, "The Nurse", which makes you scratch your head in disbelief as you wonder if this is really the White Stripes. Jack White plays the marimba and also makes the "crash" noises that follows almost every verse. The album also contains a few acoustic gems such as the humorous track "Take, Take, Take." The end of the White Stripe's war with tecnology is evident here as the vocal track jumps back and forth from each stereo channel. (I strongly advise you to listen to this song with headphones on so you can catch the "bouncing") "As Ugly As I Seem" and "Forever For Her(Is Over For Me)" are more acoustic songs, this time melancholy and sorrowful. The abulm's final track "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) is a piano only track based on a phone conversation with Lorretta Lynn.
So there you have it.
I encourage you to buy the album and when you do, listen to it at least 3 or 4 times. trust me, you'll like it. It might weird you out at first but you'll like it
Free Music Review: A Higher Plane
Hit: 5 Stars
Good-bye to the casual fan; hello new sound. The White Stripes got popular with simple, catchy, and very creative songs. From De Stijl, to White Blood Cells, to Elephant, their popularity skyrocketed as their songs and albums got better and better. As everyone could tell, their style peaked at Elephant. So, I was expecting to be disappointed by Get Behind Me Satan because how could it be better than Elephant?
I was wrong. Like David Bowie with Aladdin Sane (after Ziggy Stardust), The White Stripes did not try to best Elephant, they altered their style and have written their best and most intricate songs yet. In short, they took a step back and sideways to go forward.
Just pick a great song. "Red Rain" is Jack White's most creative song to date and it's melodic in the most interesting way. "The Nurse," with it's seemingly random but calculated guitar crunches and it's purposeful lack of a real chorus, it has all the elements of great indie rock. "Take Take Take" is an off-rhythm harmony that's probably the best melody in the White Stripes catalogue.
You've heard the White Stripes go country before, but on "Little Ghost" Jack pushes to bluegrass and still makes it work. The textures and layering of the song are beautiful. "My Doorbell" is probably the song that is most representative of their former style on this album. It's simple, catchy, and funny. "As Ugly as I Seem" has great transitions and the patient notes come off perfectly.
After an album of experimentation and great results, the White Stripes have all the credibility they need to write a traditional closing song which is still really good anyway. Even when they write formulaic songs they elevate above the formula.
This album cements the White Stripes as a classic rock band. Without hesitation, I'd put them and Radiohead up there with The Doors, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Nirvana, and so forth.