18-09-2012, 03:09
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JACK WHITE "blunderbuss" cd,2012. #1 AU, #1 UK, #1 US, #1 CAN
2011 was a bad year for Jack...breakup of The White Stripes and divorce from Meg(other member of TWS)...
so what i expected of 'blunderbuss' was quite correct...an album of vented anger and frustration, probably also uncertainty as to where he would go next...
and this album is full of those things, strange to note thae ex-wife Meg does make several appearances on this album(maybe they were destined to be White Stripes tracks?, who knows?
look, i find that you either like or dislike the disjointed,non-conformity of his music..i like it...reminds me a lot of Neil Young and Paul Weller in that respect...
the guy is a living musical legend IMO, always willing to step outside the box(not sure if he ever was in a box, again, like Bob Dylan in that respect)
as with every album he(and Meg) have made, there are always a couple of tracks that i cannot get my head around no matter how hard i may try(is that a sign of genius?)
either way, if you like what The White Stripes did and achieved in their career, then you'll really like this one like me, if you dont, well, you wont,aint no two ways about it!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: trash tongue talker
best track: hip (eponymous) poor boy
tracks:
1. missing pieces **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjZZ27pF7w live
2. sixteen candles **
3. freedom at 21 **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCyCluXHjFw live
4. love interruption ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErNRBTPbEc vevo video
5. blunderbuss ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVnadjRBgkM audio w/-lyrics
6. hypocritical kiss **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28JBTLhToQ audio
7. weep themselves to sleep ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXY9ChauWd0 audio
8. im shakin' ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZ8Q8Mk_bs audio
9. trash tongue talker *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV_UTxGfd-4 live
10.hip (eponymous) poor boy ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPhCDoUW4sI live on Jools w/-interview
11.i guess i should go to sleep ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr-NXf5id0I live
12.on and on and on **
13.take me with you when you go *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc_Ahtxkbqo live
3s=6
2s=5
1s=2
rating: 2.3
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.