The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
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Free Music Review: Diversity Is The Spice Of White.
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, I'm not going to rave about this album, that's already been done. I would like to point out though, that some of the reviewers on the first page read some of the other reviews and didn't actually read what was said. Someone at one point said a lot of the previous reviewers didn't like it because of the diversity, or that it wasn't the same old same old. At the point that comment was made, everyone was actually in agreement that those were the things that made the album a breath of fresh air. Point number two: to the idiot who said they could afford better recording equipment, you totally don't get it at all. Who wants to put out another overproduced, slick, jive ass, U2-Rick Rubin peice of crap? Not anyone with taste and definitely not anyone as tasteful as Jack and Meg. Point number three: someone compared it to Exile On Main Street, but I see it as more of a Physical Grafitti affair(in fact I can't believe noone noticed what a great Robert Plant impersonation Jack does on this album, not that I think it was intentional, but just that his voice has gotten better) As Ugly As I Seem is the Black Country Woman of our generation. And lastly, with the stripped down instrumentation you really notice that both Jack and Meg have improved on their respective instruments since the last album, and who knew Jack could play piano? In a way I hope this album doesn't do so well because that will be a testament to how great it really is, and we can get rid of the morons who jumped on the White Blood Cells bandwagon and have them back for ourselves. Then maybe they'll go back to playing smaller clubs at affordable prices. If musical growth is a step backwards in these commercially obsessed times, then I say Back it on up guys!Free Music Review: Get Behind Me Satan........ ah, how good.
Hit: 5 Stars
The new White Stripes album is out tommorrow and I was lucky enough to score an advance album copy. I have to say its the most impressive disc I have heard from them yet. Even though I started to ditch them and go totally Von Bondies on the world, I figured I'd give this album a shot and I loved it. I heard "Blue Orchid" first and loved the kind of foot-stompin', yeah yeah feel the tune gave me. So when i heard the rest of the album i was surprised to hear the fifth song (its about falling in love with a ghost.) It's very bluegrass inspired and made me realize how Jack White had some inspiration rub off on him from those glory days he recorded with good old Loretta Lynn. And finally, I have to say that the "Denial Twist" is the best song the band will ever do, and has ever done. The humour is apparent in our friend, Mr. Jack White's voice and the way the loud bass on piano on bass drum applies is great. I think the album over all is 4.5 out of 5 star material, if not the full five star experience. Oh, hell, i give it a 5. I reviewed it for gosh sakes, I rarely feel motivated to review an album on here. And as an ending side note, I'd like to say that I laughed at the review that said it was too 60's rock sounding. I actually burst into laughter. Aren't the White Stripes always retro? I always looked for 60's influence in their music since day one. I don't think it's any coincidence that they sound retro, I think Jack and Meg kinda do that naturally.(take note that I started my interest in the White Stripes prior to White Blood Cells, so I really appreciate all their work, if this album does not click with you, maybe try White Blood Cells as an alternative.)Free Music Review: Absolutely Amazing
Hit: 5 Stars
I was recommended this album by a good friend of mine. I must say that I was slightly wary of "The White Stripes", having only heard "Seven Nation Army" on the radio. I thought it was a good song, but deffinitely overplayed. I had this ignorant presumption that the White Stripes was this indie band who maybe had one good single but which people mostly listened to because they thought they were really cool.
Despite all of this, I bought "Get Behind Me Satan" at my local record store. I thought it was absolutely amazing, and I'm not exaggerating. I was mesmerized from beginning to end. Some of the stand-out tracks for me were:
"Blue Orchid": This hard rock opener is possibly my favorite song on the album. I absolutely love the opening guitar riff.
"My Doorbell": This fun little ditty of song is quite fun to listen to, and performed excellently.
"Little Ghost": This song is really interesting. If you listen to its lyrics, I believe its about a guy's love affair with a ghost. But it's folksy twang and test of Jack White's higher vocal range made it one of the album's highlights for me.
"Passive Manipulation": Though an odd choice for one of my favorite songs of the album, this 35-second song sung by Meg White gets stuck in my head like no other, so it's got to be good.
"I'm Lonely (But I Ain't that Lonely Yet)": This song really sealed the deal for me. This heartfelt closer is one of the better songs on the album.
All in all, though I wasn't really hip to some of their more "experimental" tracks, this is one of my favorite albums in recent memory.
Free Music Review: Play it loud. This rocks.
Hit: 5 Stars
I had a pretty strong aversion to the White Stripes when I first became aware of them a few years ago. Being different for the sake of being different had kinda lost its novelty. I mean, come on, no bass guitar? In a hard rock band? (Not to mention the whole red/white/black color scheme and sister?/ex-wife? thing.) But the White Stripes sound so damn good that it was easy to get past my hang up. This is a talented duo of ex-spouses or siblings, whichever rumor you happen to believe.
For the exclusive hard-rock/metal fans, this one may disappoint, but for anyone else, especially those sick of hearing the same old stuff from the same old bands (Coldplay), this will be your album of the year--or at least of the summer. "Get Behind Me Satan" sounds really, amazingly, refreshingly different from anything else out there. Perhaps this is not a groundbreaking album, but it's not far off, either. The Stripes prove they can do anything and hang with anybody with this one. The incorporation of about twenty different instruments works really well. It sounds funky and well, awesome.
From start to finish, "Get Behind Me Satan" is a very complete, listen-able album. There isn't a weak or wasted track ("Passive Manipulation" seems to annoy some, but the lyrics are amazing and hey, it's real short). From the hard rock start of "Blue Orchid" to the bluegrass-y, country "Little Ghost" in the middle, to the lovely "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)" that concludes the CD, this album is laid out perfectly from start to finish. It rocks, it soothes, it's genre-defying. This one will be in heavy rotation for a long time.
Free Music Review: It Stands By Itself
Hit: 5 Stars
I am a big fan of the White Stripes and like many other fans like me, we know the evolution of their success through each album they have released over the past 5 years. Get Behind Me Satan stands by itself just like every WS album that came before it. Each album has its own sound and style, you can easily identify which songs come from De Stijl as opposed to their first album and which songs from Elephant as opposed to White Blood Cells; and that is what makes the White Stripes a good band. Though I do admit, "Get Behind..." is a great departure from any album Jack and Meg have done in the past by introducing instruments never before used by them. I'm sure when you listened to the album you were wondering, "Uhh, what is a marimba doing in this song?", but surprisingly, it works greatly. To anybody that is angry that the WS didn't come out with another Elephant, too bad. Elephant, just like any other album they have released, was made because they wanted to make that type of music at that particular time. The WS are making the music that they are feeling at that time. Though obviously the album was influenced by Jack's producing of Van Lear Rose (which by the way, won Best Country Album at the Grammy's)and his singing in the Cold Mountain sountrack, this is pure White Stripes and there punk influenced blues is not gone and never will be, just see them electrify the stage in concert. All in all, I suggest listening to every White Stripes album to realize where Jack and Meg came from, otherwise you are insulting a great album that you never gave a chance because of your prejudice towards the band's Elephant album.