Icky Thump

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is the title of the new White Stripes LP

older folks, help me out: isn't "icky thump" a Goodies reference?

― henry s, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

Ecky Thump, I thought, but that's a minor difference.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

ah yes, it was "ecky",wasn't it...some sort of black pudding, if I recall correctly?

― henry s, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

I saw this in Mojo magazine.

Umm, this is the April edition, right?

― Mark G, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

I just checked the White Stripes' website, and it seems to be true.

Carry on.

― Mark G, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Ecky Thump is a form of ancient martial arts practised in Yorkshire by men in large hats. The principal maneuver is hitting someone on the head with a black pudding. According to the Goodies.

― everything, Thursday, 1 March 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

clearly a nod to momus

― modestmickey, Thursday, 1 March 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.whitestripes.com/IckyThump/cover_art/IckyThump_Cover.jpg

― StanM, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

They're pearly kings and queens now?

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

Who's the black one in the background?

― StanM, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

the black stripe etc?

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

Mr and Mrs Mitchell of Brockley Green, Fairstead Estate, King's Lynn, were watching their favourite TV comedy, The Goodies. During a scene about a new type of self-defence called Ecky Thump, Mr Mitchell was seized by uncontrolled laughter. After half an hour of unrestrained mirth, he suffered a heart attack and died. His wife, Nessie, wrote to The Goodies thanking them for making her husband's last moments so happy.

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 07:48 (eighteen years ago)

after a few more listens, I would rate the songs/album:

"Icky Thump" (9/10)
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (9/10)
"300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" (10/10)
"Conquest" (9/10)
"Bone Broke" (9/10)
"Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn" (10/10)
"Little Cream Soda" (10/10)
"Rag and Bone" (8/10)
"I'm Slowly Turning into You" (9/10)
"A Martyr for My Love for You" (7/10)
"Catch Hell Blues" (9/10)
"Effect and Cause" (9/10)

...for an average of 9/10. This, along with the first one, make amazing bookend albums.

― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 08:35 (eighteen years ago)

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