White Stripes' "Hardest Button to Button" Video

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Have you seen this? It's incredible, but it must have been a logistical nightmare to film.

http://www.whitestripes.com/hardestbutton.html

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you underestimate the power of computer trickery. BTW, he looks like Kirk Hammett with that moustache.

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm talking primarily about the subway shots, which I think must have taken some careful planning regardless of any special effects used.
Pretty cool video either way.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

what does the title mean ?

the hardest button to button ?

do what as they say in cockernee.

― piscesboy, Monday, 22 September 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha I was complaining to myself that the band shouldn't be allowed to be so hot and then I saw Jack White's moustache, which decreased my desire to lick the computer screen. I was grateful.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Kirk Hammett+Beetlejuice

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Fucking Gondry

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 22 September 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

that moustache is so dylan

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 22 September 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

what does the title mean ?

It's obviously a lament about tight trousers, innit? Since the White Stripes became successful they've been dining solely on foie gras, caviar and roasted swans. The button on Jack's trouser waistband has therefore become "the hardest button to button," do you see?

Next White Stripes album: Floydesque epic about how horrible it is to be successful.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Monday, 22 September 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

brits are witty!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 22 September 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Cover art: Meg wearing a muu muu dress, Jack in a spacious pair of trousers, the waistband pulled up to just below his armpits.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"trousers"

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what they are, man. You'll never convince me that pants are anything but underwear. Knickers, if you will.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

god save the queen

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't get the fucker to play. Anybody know why?

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

;) haha blount youre so dismissive!! ;) ;) ;)

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

That was a lot of fun to watch. Real cool. So glad it was in QuickTime, btw.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Which WS video is it that has Kate Moss pole-dancing in it?

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oh i see. the hardest buttun (noun) to button
(as in verb meaning to fasten) yes.
i honestly didnt see that it meant that.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Jacob that was 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself'

Gondry's video for 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground' is probably the Stripes' best vid. i just love the image of Jack White on the no. 73 bus (well it MIGHT have been the 73)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

where can i find a place to download i just dont know what to do with myself video

― anthony ponce, Monday, 22 December 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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