![]() Backed by his well known garage rock guitar riffs, “Screwdriver” is one not to be missed off Stripes’ self-titled debut. “I got a little feeling going now!” Jack White wails over and over. “Why Can’t You Be Nicer to Me” ( De Stijl)īasically a dis track to the world, this track from the duo’s second album comes out kicking with a great riff and proceeds to rip into everyone: “People don’t even know me / but they know how to show me.” Also, the chorus features an electric violin that sounds like a strangled cello. From the darling lego stop-motion animated music video to Jack and Meg’s raging instruments, this is the song that America fell in love with.ĥ. “Fell in Love With a Girl” ( White Blood Cells)įell in love with the White Stripes is more like it. Recorded in the very hotel off I-75 in southwest Detroit, Michigan that gives the song its name, “Hotel Yorba” brings an upbeat country sound that got the pair “sort of banned for life” from the hotel.Ħ. Trading in his traditional guitar for a piano, Jack helped garner the duo a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Ball & Biscuit - The White Stripes longest song and the best track to showcase Jacks prowess on the guitar. Patience is rewarded with one of Jack’s signature guitar explosions.Ĭoming from their second studio album, De Stijl, “Let’s Build a Home” uses a guitar slide and a quick rhythm pace to fuse the band’s blues and punk styles.Ĩ. “Hello Operator, can you give me number nine?” We pause a beat, waiting for a response as the operator ticks away. Some mainstay singles, some lesser known gems, all distinctly Jack and Meg. What we want is to look back at 10 of our favorite songs by the iconic rock two-piece. ![]() ![]() “The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want.” “The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore,” the band said in a statement. Citing neither artistic differences nor lack of health or desire, but rather a desire to preserve something beautiful, Jack and Meg White parted ways after more than 13 years of music. Wednesday, the world mourned as The White Stripes announced their official break-up. ![]()
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