Great find! Fantastic video.

Now imagine that in a live performance (if you haven't seen 'em). Really nothing like it out there. As far as contemperary music goes, it is my opinion that this band is 'Music's/rock's last hope'.

EDIT: Also, it appears he stepped on the chord and pulled it out of the guitar on his way back to the stage. Nice improv there =p, even though he seemed a bit upset after the performance as in a "damn, I messed it up" type of way.

Until now, I didn't really get this band (haven't heard them much), but that was great.

This is when they played on Conan every night for a week in 2003. Incredible...

Good stuff... i'm not a fan, but this is heartfelt.
Btw, wazant, I am not a Pink.

There's a few other clips out there of their week on Conan which could be worth posting. And no comments about Meg's drumming, I think it's all been said by now...

Upvote for the boobs.

Abel_Prisc,
When I saw them play, one of the strings broke so he just improved, played a whole song with one string missing

Obsidianfire: Yeah, Meg White has an attractive body. Unfortunately she has no talent. I've heard 8th graders playing in their garage who are better than she is. Seriously.

Jack White is pretty impressive, though. I would love to see him do some collaborations with people who can actually play their instruments.

Upvote for the best drummer in music today.

yow, reminds me of old timey club punk

I dig some of their music, but I always found it mildly creepy that former husband and wife would pretend to be brother and sister.

As far as Meg's drumming, I'm in agreement that it's all been said.

Here's a quote from Bamdrew in another White Stripes sift that I feel should be read by anyone who comes into a WS sift and complains about Meg's drumming:

"i'm tired of people raggin on her sucking at drumming. she had no musical training before she started banging the beat out for jack; its not like she's pretending to be a virtuoso, she's backing up the lead with simple, primal, 1-2 beats.

i think it would be distracting if there were some fucking danny carrey going nuts on all their bluesy, roots-rock songs. they've been around for a while now, they have a grammy award, its time to understand she's playing the drums exactly how jack wants them played." -Bamdrew

Couldn't have said it better myself.


@Hex, That's awesome. I would've loved to have seen that. Jack White once said that his favorite shows are when things go wrong and he's forced to improv. He feels that some of this generation of concert-goers are somewhat 'spoiled' in the sense that they come to a show, giving nothing to the energy/atmosphere and expect to be entertained. He says that's why they never have a specific set-list, plays with instruments that he's played with for years, and never has anything specific in mind as to how the show will go. Any disasterous event (IE- a broken string) would be the saving grace, and leave the audience with something that they'd remember.

... amen to that!

They came out to Edmonton last week, they're also the first band I've heard of (and I'm betting ever) to do a tour that hits all of the Canadian Provinces and Territories. While traveling to Edmonton from their last location they called the Downtown Main Library to see if they could get the space to put on a free concert from inside the building, but they just couldn't make it work. So they just held it at a local youth centre.

I didn't like them when they first broke onto the scene a few years ago, but their sincerity in their performances has won me over. Very cool people, though not the only hope out there for rock right now. . . . Yes the bulk of the good stuff on the radio usually gets pushed aside for what the teenagers are spamming their phone lines for. Luckily we now have mobile media devices. Invade your local scene people.

" Any disasterous event (IE- a broken string) would be the saving grace"

You've got that right. All 6 strings broken would be classified as a benevolent miracle.

Awesome song, but the lyrics leave something to be desired -

some bricks now baby
let's build a home
some bricks now baby
let's build a home

c'mon
alright
c'mon

i'm getting lazy
throw me a bone
i'm getting lazy
throw me a bone

c'mon
alright
c'mon

aw
some bricks now baby
let's build a home
some bricks now baby
let's build a home

c'mon
alright
c'mon

But it's not really about that, is it?

@BillOreilly,
I've read your comments on many other videos, and I get it. I'm pretty impressed, actually, that you've got BillO's character down so well at times.

Not that I'm getting anywhere responding to your messages (Because I think you're playing a 'character', and if you aren't, then we'll probably never see eye-to-eye regardless), my reference was simply to the fact that it's fun and something to remember when something out of the ordinary happens that wasn't 'scheduled' or planned out. And yes, it's fun to see a performer's string break, and they continue with the song regardless, pull it off, and make it sound as good, if not better. My point was that the White Stripes say they don't worry about such occurances, instead they welcome it.


@karaidl,
Some of their song lyrics are incredibly simple, Let's Build a Home is definitely one of those. So is "Let's Shake Hands" and "Astro" (many of which could very well be double-meaninged =p). But they've also got some very well-written lyrics as well. Especially, but not exclusively, on their new album. If interested, check out Effect and Cause, A Martyr for my Love for you, and 300 MPH (Just a few off the new album). Good stuff

@myn,
Yeah, Canada loved them for touring every Province on such a significant tour (Their 10th anniversary AND the tour for their new record). They were raved about in the papers, and I went to the show the night before the Edmonton one you mentioned, when they were in Calgary. Great stuff, and yeah, the youth centre show was rather admirable.

Well, now I have to actually to go and see them.

Too bad I live around Houston, I wish I lived up in Austin, there's a much more lively music scene up there than down here. Makes seeing concerts harder. /damn Texas

yeah they are pretty good, but weird.

@billyoreilyy
she is not best drummer in music today. average at best.

Cartor Beauford is the best drummer today.

"@billyoreilyy
she is not best drummer in music today. average at best."

No, you are wrong. And I certainly wasn't being sarcastic in my original post.

Man I always liked how Conan latched onto certain acts or movies he 'just thought was cool'...back when he started he saw Reservoir Dogs and had practically all of the cast onto his show on different nights.

good clip

@tbone8ty

Yes, Carter's amazing. But nobody touches Danny Carey on drums. NOBODY.

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A vote for Meg's rack.....maybe not rock.

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