When is Jack White going to lose the gimmicks?

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My advice: hire a bass player; hire a drummer; ditch the costumes.

― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

You should wait till he's taking a shower and hide them.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Hide his mustache, too.

― darin (darin), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Don't you be hiding his white pants!!! Never, ever, begrudge a handsome man the right to wear white pants. Gimmick or no.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Is that a gimmick in your pants or are you etc. etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Geese, Nigel. You sound like the part in Freaky Friday (the new one) where Jamie Lee Curtis and Chad Michael Murray are at the coffe house discussing bads they like.

She says "The White Stripes?"
He says "Mmm. Can't Stand Them"
She says: "I Know. I mean, HIRE A BASS PLAYER"

I then they both sing to the punk cover of Hit Me Baby One More Time.

Stupid movie and stupid thread.

― Horridmonsta (MichaelCostello1), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

"Boy George? More like GIRL George."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Commando

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

"hire a drummer" ?

Anyway, I remember Jack White was in a very proficient Detroit band years ago with all the bass players and drummers you need. They were called Goober and the Peas. Check 'em out - you sound right up their street.

― everything, Monday, 25 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

I saw them open for Four Jacks and a Jill at the Ramada in Dearborn. Very tight sound, excellent cover of "Shout."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 25 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I hear they blow Murph and the Magic Tones away.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 25 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Hey, Coober and the Peas are pretty good. It's really good Psychobilly.

Plus if you wanna hear him with bass, try these

The Go: Whatcha Doin'
Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose
The Strokes: New York City Cops (Live at Radio City Music Hall) (if you can find it)

and this one I think is pretty ironic, which is probably the joke.
Beck: Go It Alone (in which JW plays bass).

― Horridmonsta (MichaelCostello1), Monday, 25 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ijamming.net/NewFiles/03Index/HappyMondaysBez0500_L.jpg

― Boring Satanic Space Jazz (sexyDancer), Monday, 25 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Goober and the Peas... Sounds intriguing. I'll check them out.

― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 25 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

I was just thinking today how I no longer think it's charming for Jack to so steadfastly stay with Meg. I've obsessed over the White Stripes to varying degrees over the past 5 years, but now I'm just ready for him to ditch her. I've defended her playing as "proficient" and "good enough" for too long....I watched the recent South American concert that MTV played, and decided that she just fucking annoys me now. I reach for the remote every time she sings, I'm not nearly as charmed by her "I'm so innocent" gimmick anymore, and I'm ready for Jack to find a way to match the ferocity of his guitar playing with someone who can do a little more than just barely keep up.

Oh, and I dig his bandido look. For some reason I find everything HE does hilarious.

― PB, Monday, 25 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

gimmicks or not, it makes them a hell of a lot more interesting than a bunch of other tired guitar bands WITH bassists, good drummers and dressed in their normal boring as fuck clothing.

― ff, Monday, 25 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

he needs a drum machine dressed in red and white!

― latebloomer: You may order a puppet similar to this one (latebloomer), Monday, 25 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

when is momus going to lose the gimmicks?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

oh wait, he is the gimmicks.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Aren't The Gimmicks like a Norweigian Bossa Nova group? Oh, we mean the neo-Garage Rock group. That makes sense.

http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~void-mag/GALLERY/PROMO/PES10/PES10/pes118.jpg

http://www.cdmusicsongs.com/alternative/images/B00004L89C.jpg

The question is, when are The Gimmicks going to lose Jack White?!

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

This whole line of thought is what leads to awful "supergroup" garbage. Meg is in the band. If Jack White wants to play with other people (as he has in the past), he can call it something else.

― schwantz, Monday, 25 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, and it would sell about 10 percent of what anything with "White Stripes" written on the cover would.

― everything, Monday, 25 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Perfectly valid thread, particularly in context of this article from The New Republic:
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050725&s=hajdu072505

From the studied theatricality of the duo's public relationship, through their fetishization of old technology, to the rigid constriction of their music and their highly codified stage presentation, the White Stripes are a small circus of gimmickry.

― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

and the worst part is, just like Bruce Springsteen or the "emo" trend, much of their initial appeal to the rockcrit establishment was their supposed "authenticity" vis a vis Britney et al.

― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ginger-baker.com/pix/Baker_20050506b_JF.jpg

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00187/jack_white_white_st_187467g.jpg

White Cream.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

er...

http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2001/Jack-Bruce-Bass-small.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

I had a waking dream the other day that he dumped Meg and hired Janet Weiss...............

― PB, Monday, 25 July 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

as long as they keep putting out excellent albums he can keep gimmicking like a motherfucker

― gear (gear), Monday, 25 July 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

I think Ginger Baker (or maybe Phil Rudd) is the only thing that would make the White Stripes remotely interesting. Meg is the least of their problems.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum/dpa47/terrybozzio1.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

When I think of "The White Stripes," Meg doesn't even enter my mind. She has virtually nothing to do with the recorded music, which I find excellent, unless she sings, and then she's repellant. Live, she can be hugely distracting, because she continually messes up her timing and otherwise flubs up. And lately Jack has been encouraging her to sing, which is like encouraging cheese to walk.

Hopefully he continues to head out into his little side projects and one day realizes the charm and simplicity of Meg White gets old quick.

― PB, Monday, 25 July 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

Waling cheese, now there's a gimmick...

― Ben Dot (1977), Monday, 25 July 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ml/img/melies.jpg
'auguhgh my fucking eye!!!'

― 2, Monday, 25 July 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

That's fucking brilliant!

Fuck, walking cheese...

― Ben Dot (1977), Monday, 25 July 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe whaling cheese? That's gonna put a few people out.

― Ben Dot (1977), Monday, 25 July 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Jack White is a delivery system for Meg White. She's a great natural drummer.

― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Fuck me! The White Stripes have introduced gimmickry to Rock and Roll.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

GIMMICK JAGGER

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

GIMMICKY JONES

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

As soon as he strays from the "gimmick" someone is going to say he "sold out" so better to just drive it into the ground, ride a good thing while it lasts, etc. and then move on, possibly.

― Smarty, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Look, Neil Peart plays red drums -- he's in!

http://www3.telus.net/photographix/Neil%20Peart%20RUSH.jpg

― charles in charge, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

GIMMICK JAGGER

GIMMI' SHELTER

― PB, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

GIMMIK MAK MOK MOK MAK HRRRRRRR ZING ZANG!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

I'd pay a lot of money to see a jack White/Neil Peart duo.

The White Rush?

The Rush Stripes?

The Striped Rushes?

The Rushed Strip?

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Those bass drum heads ...

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

he doesnt need to ditch the costumes... he needs to bring the original ones back. no fringe.

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

jack white is a weirdo
http://static02.mediaite.com/styleite/uploads/2011/06/49.jpeg

― tylerw, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)

"so please no plus ones or dead beats"

aw maaaan

― Z S, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8B-_Jq2ro

― mohawk oroducer (abanana), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 04:30 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8B-_Jq2ro

same as above; should embed

― mohawk oroducer (abanana), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 04:31 (eleven years ago)

Like him or not, he is finding some pretty creative things to do with vinyl. I'll give him that much. Too bad that ULTRA version will probably cost like $120 or something, which, uh, it's still just a Jack White solo album.

― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 14:36 (eleven years ago)

hand on my heart I thought he was covering "Lanzarote."

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 14:37 (eleven years ago)

who's the cunt with the hair/shit tie

― online hardman, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:04 (eleven years ago)

Dude is living the dream!

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:06 (eleven years ago)

I mean Jack White, not his lackey.

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:06 (eleven years ago)

yellow tie guy is Ben Blackwell, Jack's nephew and one of the drummers for the Dirtbombs

― brio, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 16:15 (eleven years ago)

Too bad that ULTRA version will probably cost like $120

ultra lp is only $20 which is ALMOST cheap enough to own as a curiousity ...except for the elephant in the room of it being a jack white record

― diamonddave85‌ (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 16:29 (eleven years ago)

This reminds me of a Mr. Show sketch. Every "bonus" thing is almost comically not-interesting as music or sound. Acoustic/electric split song is a cool idea though.

― brio, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 17:45 (eleven years ago)

prob posted abt this somewhere but limited third man records can be flipped for a ton of $$$ it's kind of disgusting

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 17:54 (eleven years ago)

were you the person who talked abt the guy who sits outside the shop in a car all day, and buys everything he can the day it comes out?

― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 17:57 (eleven years ago)

Why would I want to ruin a perfectly good needle with this shit?

― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 17:58 (eleven years ago)

I don't know anyone that crazy but it was a revelation to find out how much people are willing to pay for random third man records that were brand new, but limited

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:02 (eleven years ago)

they weren't very interested in sharing the tunes with us. That said, I think all of those tricks are ace, the angel in particular. Just don't know if I would have blown all those ideas on one record.

― how's life, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:03 (eleven years ago)

I passed up buying a copy of the white stripes first single on Italy records for 20 bucks a few years ago, really regret it.
I'm not a fan and I never buy stuff to flip, but I should have jumped on that.

― brio, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:10 (eleven years ago)

They first came out when Napster did, so I caught up with all the rare stuff quite quickly, never bought the actual records.

um, doh?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:37 (eleven years ago)

you win

― brimstead, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:43 (eleven years ago)

how long until jack white dies accidentally electrocuting himself with one of his steam powered oak veneered wire recorders

― brimstead, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:44 (eleven years ago)

It's not wire; it's tendons harvested from the corpse of Robert Johnson.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:51 (eleven years ago)

I have the Robert Johnson steam powered oak veneered tendon recorder but I missed out on the first edition which came with tri-color blue red marble cinnamon swirl mp3s

― Evan, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 20:02 (eleven years ago)

Relevant find:

http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyljerk

― Evan, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 20:05 (eleven years ago)

this subreddit is hilarious yet I have no idea what theyre talking about

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 8 May 2014 20:39 (eleven years ago)

not that it matters with that kind of LP, but i hope the album is good (found the last album pretty dull compared to the stripes)

― StillAdvance, Thursday, 8 May 2014 22:12 (eleven years ago)

this is pretty awesome! angel holograms! dope...c'mon guys...you gotta give it up...i think it's cool cuz it's just redonkulous, why not have fun in the weird afterlife of the music business?

― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 May 2014 22:44 (eleven years ago)

Yeah srsly, you dudes are fun haters

― ohhhh lorde 2pac big please mansplain to this sucker (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 May 2014 23:36 (eleven years ago)

this subreddit is hilarious yet I have no idea what theyre talking about

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, May 8, 2014 4:39 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's a direct satire of r/vinyl, which is full of younger people who are both really new to vinyl and at the same time fetishize it.

― Evan, Friday, 9 May 2014 00:18 (eleven years ago)

This reminds me of a Mr. Show sketch. Every "bonus" thing is almost comically not-interesting as music or sound.

yes

also jack white's determination not to smile

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 May 2014 11:08 (eleven years ago)

"This is how a brand new 78 may have looked in 1978"

― Mark G, Friday, 9 May 2014 11:32 (eleven years ago)

I lol'd.

― how's life, Friday, 9 May 2014 11:39 (eleven years ago)

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