The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
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Free Music Review: slop
Hit: 1 Stars
sounds like the kind of people that go out the door before there shoes are tied!Free Music Review: another hit by the white stripes
Hit: 5 Stars
GREAT MUSIC. Jack White is a musical genius on and off the stage and I would recommend buying anything he is involved with. "Get behind me satan" continues the bands style while experimenting with new sounds and is fun to listen to. Definitely worth your money. Free Music Review: Jack White is a genius
Hit: 5 Stars
I will not pretend to be a music critic, even an amateur one, but I will tell you how this album and the White Stripes make me feel. I noticed the editorial review said "least focused." I wonder if that's a compliment or criticism. I see it as a compliment because Jack White and his "sister" could fart a great song. It hardly takes much effort because it flows in his veins. The man's a natural.
Another common complaint about this album; "It's weird." Ok, yeah, if you like your music formulaic and to fit perfectly inside the box, this CD isn't for you. Weird is a word that simpletons use to describe things that frighten them or that they don't understand.
When people start blabbing/complaining about Meg's drumming ability or making an issue of their relationship, stop listening/ reading. They're missing the point. The point is they are simply two people who love music and create it with a passion that is rarely found on the radio these days. Or anywhere for that matter. And the radio is NOT an accurate representation of what music is anyways. The fact that they happened to break into the mainstream tells me that most people are ready to hear something genuine, even amongst all the bile filling up the airwaves.
Onto this album, which is a milestone in their career thus far. Yes, their catalog up to this point is impressive and should be listened to if you're a true fan. But here, Jack seems to relish the freedom of making music that pleases him, whatever whim it may be. This album is full of passion and fury, tenderness and beauty. This tenderness is showcased in "As Ugly as I seem," which contains some of Jack's best acoustic guitar work and touching lyrics yet, reminiscent of "We're going to be friends."
"Red Rain" is another favorite, where Jack wails about standing in the rain, waiting for a girl, maybe to tell her he loves her, maybe to tell her she's a liar. "You think not telling is the same as not lying, don't you?" You feel this song in your bones. It's visceral.
"Instinct Blues" may be obvious in its intent, it may have simple lyrics, but when Jack howls, "Yeaaaaahhh..." any woman, or man if that does it for you, will turn to a puddle of warm water. The series of climatic power chords in this song are so raunchy it makes you blush.
The White Stripes are creating some of the best music of their generation. This album proves again Jack White is one of the greatest musicians of our era, not afraid to do what he wants. You can argue this or ignore it. But, "If there is a lie, then there is a liar too..."
Free Music Review: Getting behind
Hit: 3 Stars
Sooner or later, it had to happen. The White Stripes have made an album that is Not Great.
Granted, it's not terrible either. But "Get Behind Me Satan" is perhaps the weakest album the Stripes have yet put out, after four albums of solid, bluesy rock'n'roll. And what is wrong with it, exactly? It feels unfinished, like a wonderful album that needs another six months to reach its potential.
It opens with a dark, sludgy riff that cycles around itself several times, before Jack White's high voice slips in: "You got a reaction/You got a reaction didn't, you?/You took a white orchid/You took a white orchid -- turned it blue..." Then he launches off into a string of embittered snaps, telling an unnamed lover that her lips "taste sour."
It's followed by a grim string of tropical-tinged rock, bluesy rhythms, murky ballads and some slightly creepy country-flavoured songs. There's even a song that is played only on drums and piano, with Jack singing wistfully about dying friends, pictures, memories and so on.
With that tone in mind, the White Stripes manage a few more sizzling rockers, but seem to be leaning more on the slower songs toward the end. Though they rouse up a blistering blast of rock'n'roll in "Red Rain," the melancholy end to all this is the mournful "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)," with its meandering piano and sorrowful vocals.
Whether you like them or not, it has to be admitted that the White Stripes have become a major force in modern rock'n'roll, to the point where other bands rip them off. Their rough, raw, bluesy sound has gotten them fans of all types, and unlike many rock groups, they actually have some decent rock (REAL rock, not pop!) to back them up.
But the fact is, these songs don't really feel finished. I love that dark riff Jack plays in "Blue Orchid," but he plays it constantly, without a climax or any real payoff -- it continues and ends as it began, with one simple riff. The same is true of the lyrics, which range from simplistic to wonderfully odd ("White moon, white moon/Breaks open the tomb/Of a deserted cartoon that I wrote...")
As a result, several songs feel almost like good demos -- good listening, but not quite up to the caliber of a finished, fully-realized song. Fortunately several others -- "Little Ghost" and the quirky "Nurse," for instance -- can combine quirky songs with some gritty musicianship.
Jack sounds pretty unhappy here, without much fire in his singing, but it's replaced with an introspective intensity; Meg gets to lend her sweet, off-kilter voice to a brief interlude, urging women to listen to their mums. And they both are in good form musically, whether it's a barn-dance tune or a a mournful ballad. There's less drumming from Meg and more piano, although she does get to rock out in songs like "Denial Twist."
While not-good-enough-to-be-excellent White Stripes is still enjoyable rock, the Stripes weren't quite on top form in "Get Behind Me Satan." A pleasant, if bittersweet listen.
Free Music Review: True Music
Hit: 5 Stars
In a world of music that degrades women and speaks freely of pimps, it's a blessing that The White Stripes have survived.
They got it down...
The words have meaning, and aren't just senceless dribble. Go with it, and you'll be surprised at how awesome these to are. Jack White makes it look easy.
Definetely worth it.