Dan always looks cool, he can pull off anything I believe. This cover of Capt. Beefheart is INCREDIBLE! It is on the "Rubber Factory" album, but all of their albums are worth every cent. Especially "Chulahoma" a tribute to Jr. Kimbrough (sexy blues) & "Keep It Hid" Dan Auerbach's solo album (made with The Fast Five & family members actually). Dan & Patrick are 2 badass dudes. I'm addicted to them, PROUDLY- these guys are great no matter who they "work with" too. They are multi-genre'd! Rock on!
I can't believe you guys. The Keys are evolving and getting BETTER! Their songs, while not as raw, are great songs. Well produced, sound great, good lyrics, good riffs, great voice. They haven't changed in any way and still play the old stuff. You have to evolve in the music business. The Keys are one of the very few examples of bands who have done so without selling out or sacrificing quality for mainstream appeal.
Too everyone talking about the sound differences... Every band grows and matures. Its awesome to me to go through the Keys albums and listen to them grow and hear their sound change. It's awesome to me that a band is willing to let themselves grow musically.
I get it, you all want your hipster cred for liking a band that got mainstream cred before they were known by the mainstream. But they are still the same band and haven't changed at all. They still have the same soul they had in the beginning. This is not the band to play the "gee they sold out card." They still have it.
I don't think you understand what these guys had to go through. Being in a van for a year or two, playing at porno releases, and most of the time playing for only a couple people that were friends. Just to fucking garage blues...I admire that so fucking much. So yeah "Brothers" And "El Comino" were a little more on the mainstream side, but shit I would rather listen to The Black Keys than any other modern mainstream "rock" band.
Coming from a Beefheart/John French fanatic: Patrick Carney is the perfect drummer for the Black Keys. In this version of the song, it's all about the raw passion, the explosion of drums and guitar after each verse. Dan and Pat are tight, and the song is fucking unstoppable.
@blackkeychucktown I know that. when i said the 1st three albums im referring specifically to The Big Come Up, Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory cause those albums were the most bluesy & raw. Magic Potion was more of a straight up rock out album and Attack & Release was more alternative sounding, so thats why im referring to the 1st three when comparing them to brothers.. I hope i cleared that up for you?
I've been digesting their albums for just a couple of months now. If this is their weaker stuff than that's very impressive. I just put their whole catalog on shuffle and i'm good.
@resonancecascade89 I forget who said this, some famous bluesman. I think it was Willie Dixon. "blues is the roots: everything else is the fruits". The Black Keys are just producing fruit now haha. I mean, it all sounds spectacular, but it's just not as raw anymore. they'll go back though. I hope...
@tenaciousE21912 thank you! i dont get why some of these long time black keys fans & critics alike are acting like brothers is the worst thing ever made when its really not. It has soul & the quality of music is THERE but its soulful in a funk rock-ish ol school R&B-soul kind of way and because it aint the same usual gritty blues rock stuff that means its terrible. If it were any other band that made the brothers albums i bet these same critics would have nothing negative to say about it.
@tenaciousE21912 dont get me wrong, i love the gritty blues garage rock sound that they've became known for but at the same time i love the diversity/variety of music they have crafted. To go from the sound of the first 3 albums to brothers is a beautiful thing to me. They've made a great transition from one style of music to another, unlike many artists whos tried that and failed epicially (i.e. lil wayne attempting to do rock music...YIKES!!) and i welcome that as long as the music is good:)
@j5tj ..or they were just trying something new because they didn't want to be playing the same old thing and make an album that sounds exactly the same as all their other albums.
Whoever thinks this is better than Cooder and the Captain your bullshitting yourself. This is sloppy. Its good and all, but Ryland is too clean and plays it perfectly without moving to the blues and fuzz sounds
Dan always looks cool, he can pull off anything I believe. This cover of Capt. Beefheart is INCREDIBLE! It is on the "Rubber Factory" album, but all of their albums are worth every cent. Especially "Chulahoma" a tribute to Jr. Kimbrough (sexy blues) & "Keep It Hid" Dan Auerbach's solo album (made with The Fast Five & family members actually). Dan & Patrick are 2 badass dudes. I'm addicted to them, PROUDLY- these guys are great no matter who they "work with" too. They are multi-genre'd! Rock on!
this is a cover of a cover and you are correct sir! It is amazing!
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I can't believe you guys. The Keys are evolving and getting BETTER! Their songs, while not as raw, are great songs. Well produced, sound great, good lyrics, good riffs, great voice. They haven't changed in any way and still play the old stuff. You have to evolve in the music business. The Keys are one of the very few examples of bands who have done so without selling out or sacrificing quality for mainstream appeal.
Good thing I didn't go see them live back then, because my life would've been downhill from there on. Can't get any better than this.
this is the best live version of this song I've seen yet.
original is by robert pete williams.
beefheart was a cover aswell
Too everyone talking about the sound differences... Every band grows and matures. Its awesome to me to go through the Keys albums and listen to them grow and hear their sound change. It's awesome to me that a band is willing to let themselves grow musically.
I wish I had a clean copy of this version. The end is proper naughty. Best version
I get it, you all want your hipster cred for liking a band that got mainstream cred before they were known by the mainstream. But they are still the same band and haven't changed at all. They still have the same soul they had in the beginning. This is not the band to play the "gee they sold out card." They still have it.
I wish that they would get back to this kind of sound.
I don't think you understand what these guys had to go through. Being in a van for a year or two, playing at porno releases, and most of the time playing for only a couple people that were friends. Just to fucking garage blues...I admire that so fucking much. So yeah "Brothers" And "El Comino" were a little more on the mainstream side, but shit I would rather listen to The Black Keys than any other modern mainstream "rock" band.
Just think after the show they went back home to there van for another 6 years. The dedication still blows my mind
i think i've liked this song more than once
Coming from a Beefheart/John French fanatic: Patrick Carney is the perfect drummer for the Black Keys. In this version of the song, it's all about the raw passion, the explosion of drums and guitar after each verse. Dan and Pat are tight, and the song is fucking unstoppable.
my god that's amazing... this song is constructed so well! fucking love black keys!!!
Hard to believe a lot of the comments are from like 7 years ago
love the cover!
это круто!!!
реально!!!
парни так держать)))))
this team is unstoppable... AMAZING Beefheart cover. Original was Robert Pete Williams. LOVE THEN, LOVE NOW! :)
thanks. I see now you knew that
Yes!
@blackkeychucktown I know that. when i said the 1st three albums im referring specifically to The Big Come Up, Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory cause those albums were the most bluesy & raw. Magic Potion was more of a straight up rock out album and Attack & Release was more alternative sounding, so thats why im referring to the 1st three when comparing them to brothers.. I hope i cleared that up for you?
Their best performance of this song I've seen
Telecaster!!!
Athens love u guys and respect C B .
YES
@amickrocker Standard tuning in Em pentatonic maybe tuned a little flat.
rofl that guy who shouts Break it down! its timed perfectly hah
For just wo guys, the are MIGHTY!
Another beefheart one yeah!
these guys got soul
@Omie789 i think he played a vintage teisco
long life To Rock 'n' roll xD
LOOOOOOLLLLLL you silly willy billy
Faceeee MEEELLLLTTTTTT
That's the music industry for you, People make songs to make money, Music is a product
I've been digesting their albums for just a couple of months now. If this is their weaker stuff than that's very impressive. I just put their whole catalog on shuffle and i'm good.
Dan, you're such a cutie - and now we can actually see your face, finally!
@resonancecascade89 I forget who said this, some famous bluesman. I think it was Willie Dixon. "blues is the roots: everything else is the fruits". The Black Keys are just producing fruit now haha. I mean, it all sounds spectacular, but it's just not as raw anymore. they'll go back though. I hope...
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@tenaciousE21912 thank you! i dont get why some of these long time black keys fans & critics alike are acting like brothers is the worst thing ever made when its really not. It has soul & the quality of music is THERE but its soulful in a funk rock-ish ol school R&B-soul kind of way and because it aint the same usual gritty blues rock stuff that means its terrible. If it were any other band that made the brothers albums i bet these same critics would have nothing negative to say about it.
@tenaciousE21912 dont get me wrong, i love the gritty blues garage rock sound that they've became known for but at the same time i love the diversity/variety of music they have crafted. To go from the sound of the first 3 albums to brothers is a beautiful thing to me. They've made a great transition from one style of music to another, unlike many artists whos tried that and failed epicially (i.e. lil wayne attempting to do rock music...YIKES!!) and i welcome that as long as the music is good:)
Nice tone from the tele
Hey, I'm c. johnson too! Neat.
Also, he looks sooo different without his beard...
Have you all heard the original version? any Captain Beefheart fans out there? Listen to him, its fking amazing.
@j5tj
..or they were just trying something new because they didn't want to be playing the same old thing and make an album that sounds exactly the same as all their other albums.
@CicconeYouth04 You really need to listen to Brothers again. It had plenty of soul. "Unknown Brother" for example
Have you heard The Black Keys Cover Captain Beefheart
"break it down!"
If you like this cover, their cover of The Beatles' "She Said She Said" is pretty awesome as well.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
@aer0smith1 I was gonna say..onward and upward...they still are the same "kind" of musicians.
@yugang08 they made 5 full length albums before brothers
Is that a fretless Tele?
tell you mr ugly, he didnt look like you, fucking awesome
captainnnnnnnnnnn f.... Beefheart
+Dhimitri Meta Robert Pete Williams, look 'im up
*slow clap*
BEEFHEART!
haha agreed.
its not a beefheart original anyway.
even with the huge beard?
Whoever thinks this is better than Cooder and the Captain your bullshitting yourself. This is sloppy. Its good and all, but Ryland is too clean and plays it perfectly without moving to the blues and fuzz sounds
I think Dan used to look so cool, when he played Telecasters and had no facial hair.
came here from beefheart-found nothing
sorry, but you're wrong :)
Damn it, this is the Wisconsin show I missed shortly after discovering the Black Keys cuz I was still a minor.