I am sad they are no more. I remember seeing them play right after Blue Orchid hit the scene at the Carling Academy. All the roadies were dressed in sharp black suits with little red highlights. A red handkerchief, a red shoe. All so stylish, all part of the performance.
And Jack White - what a talent. Dressed to kill in a Brazilian doll costume and pointed goatee. His smile was a little demented. Meg White - the perfect foil to his leading man. Many say she was a terrible drummer. But there was no more that she needed to do other than provide that primal thump - a baser note to Jack's guitar.
Jack White is probably one of the most talented musicians in the rock music scene. His side projects have never been quite as fabulously successful as White Stripes, but I don't think that is through his fault. I think he needs the outlets - something to take his mind off the grand performance. In all of his other bands he has taken, to an extent, a back seat - he has let the other band members speak as it were. They are never 'brother' or 'sister'. He tries to give them equal space - credit where credit is due. And yet it doesn't work quite so well as when Jack is Jack White.
I guessed that after Meg had a breakdown and Jack started a family they would be no more. Took a year or two to say it, but they have finally spat it out. I don't know if it is because Meg refuses to perform any more, or whether the ship has finally sailed. Perhaps, like many good bands before them, they decided not to risk it and pull out while they still could. Except maybe this is a risk in a way. Now Jack will have to throw himself and his wealth of ideas into something else. It might all be sort of exciting to see what will happen next.
But for now, so long White Stripes. You gave me many an idle hour listening to your music, one of the only songs I can play on guitar with a kind of competence, a lasting sense of slight embarrassment whenever '7 Nation Army' came on, and much enjoyment still to come.
And Jack White - what a talent. Dressed to kill in a Brazilian doll costume and pointed goatee. His smile was a little demented. Meg White - the perfect foil to his leading man. Many say she was a terrible drummer. But there was no more that she needed to do other than provide that primal thump - a baser note to Jack's guitar.
Jack White is probably one of the most talented musicians in the rock music scene. His side projects have never been quite as fabulously successful as White Stripes, but I don't think that is through his fault. I think he needs the outlets - something to take his mind off the grand performance. In all of his other bands he has taken, to an extent, a back seat - he has let the other band members speak as it were. They are never 'brother' or 'sister'. He tries to give them equal space - credit where credit is due. And yet it doesn't work quite so well as when Jack is Jack White.
I guessed that after Meg had a breakdown and Jack started a family they would be no more. Took a year or two to say it, but they have finally spat it out. I don't know if it is because Meg refuses to perform any more, or whether the ship has finally sailed. Perhaps, like many good bands before them, they decided not to risk it and pull out while they still could. Except maybe this is a risk in a way. Now Jack will have to throw himself and his wealth of ideas into something else. It might all be sort of exciting to see what will happen next.
But for now, so long White Stripes. You gave me many an idle hour listening to your music, one of the only songs I can play on guitar with a kind of competence, a lasting sense of slight embarrassment whenever '7 Nation Army' came on, and much enjoyment still to come.
I think you're selling The Dead Weather fantastically short by calling it a source of recreation compared to the "main event" of The White Stripes. Have you listened to the two albums they released?
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