chriservin22
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: Portland, OR
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:33 pm |
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| Mister Toups wrote: |
Here are my thoughts:
-probably the best lyrics Jack has written
-but the songwriting sucks
-but the guitar playing is fucking awesome
-in fact, this album maybe ROCKS harder than any other white stripes record
-but the songwriting still sucks -- it feels like an excuse to show off guitar solos (which are good, but not that good
-the cover of conquest is amazing
-seconding the desire for a video of meg's jubblies
all in all it's not as good as get behind me satan... but then, what is? |
The phrase "the songwriting sucks" is pretty broad in this context, and I'm not quite sure what you mean. I'm listening to 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues at the moment and the last thing it seems like is an excuse to play some nasty blues licks. Perhaps it's a little bit of a "I love overdubs!" showpiece, but I hear that song and think "Goddamn, Jack White has absolutely perfected the White Stripes' approach to dynamics" It's crazy how the song is all mp to ffff
to p... and it does it all JUST jarringly enough to remain surprising and not annoying every time.
It is just honing that typical "White Stripes" style, but that sounds like songwriting to me. |
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