Honestly, there is no place better to hide from a crowd than behind someone like Jack on stage. 😋 I have an anxiety disorder, and I used to perform with a musician whose presence completely dominated the room. Backing him up on stage was the perfect spot to be - I got to go out to the club and enjoy the music without anyone paying attention to me and without being in the crowd.
Yeah definitely he gets his own sound because he's using little Fender Reverb amp 50 Watts through a PA He has a great ear to get that sound down and that's why he doesn't sound like any other band Super original I love his sound and with Meg so perfect
I'm old enough and I have no excuse. I'm pretty ashamed that I never got really into this band until recently. I always knew about them and knew all they're singles are awesome, but for some reason I never got around to buying an album or seeing them live. The only good thing is that now I have a lot of good music I haven't heard yet. And don't worry, I'm sure you'll get a chance to see them live.
Yeah, hopefully. I saw Jack White 3 years ago when he was on tour with one of his solo albums and it was really impressive, but I prefer the music he did a TWS.
Olaf Sikorski I'm old enough to remember seeing them in 2000 when their first album De Stijl came out. Saw them in a dingy bar in New York Meg White had a bad case of stage fright and was being hazed all night. All new bands go through it. Who knew a few years later they would explode and Meg's crappy drumming would be cool.
@@wolfhaddad7677 Certainly not in terms of technical prowess lol. But overly technical music gets stressful to listen to after a while, and that's where simple-but-catchy music comes in handy.
Rush imo were a fantastic rock band. They strived for perfection. White Stripes imo have better songs than Rush played in a DIY punk fashion. Jack is a great musician but comparing him to Alex Leifson is like saying a banana is better than an orange.
His main pedals are the electro harmonix big muff, the digitech whammy (which he uses for the high pitched solos) and the MXR micro amp. He also uses the electro harmonix POG for some of his songs.
What can I say? I could list a huge list of legends that have probably had some influence on this man, & their differences but I'm far too busy watching him carve his name into music history forever.
I'm completely blown away. They are brilliant, unique, sensational, amazing. Both of them. I love her drumming, and he is .... goodness me....I can't find the words....Fantastic!!
They were the greatest band of a decade. Meg polished to the perfect that simple straight kick, jack played those years like the one other guy from Detroit. Both they did the loudest group in the world. Wanna be surprised by level of noise by just two people listen LIGHTNING BOLT
Jack is awesome in his own right but Jonny greenwood is out of his class , don’t get me wrong it’s all about making noises that resonate so much that u have to get them out..speaking of which I just remembered I need a xylophone pronto and toys r us somehow disappeared in these parts and I can’t steal one of Amazon either so wat was I saying again???
If you haven't already, check out "The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights" on DVD. Their best concert recording IMO. You can find a used copy on Amazon for around $15. It has some of the best performances including the best version of Black Math I have seen or heard. You can find some clips on YT if you look hard enough, but a lot are missing. Here is that version of Black Math- ua-cam.com/video/EQI6tjXa2oM/v-deo.html
I grew up listening to a lot of The white stripes. They had a great influence on me musically and I love them very much. Jack White unique sloppy guitar playing is a thing of beauty almost similar to J.Hendrix and J.Page sloppy guitar playing. Thanks for all the great memories!!!
@@1985cactus dude.... page is sloppy as fuwk live (GREAT in the studio and a great composer and arranger). King of the overbend and king of playing indiscernable garbage but end it on the right note and its ok....
I dont care what anyone says Meg was talented behind the kit! The fact that she can hold a beat! Very underrated drummer! Not to mention playing and being sexy at once!
jack speeds up and slows down a lot, changes his intensity a lot. can especially see it on death letter live. she manages to keep the timing right when hes improvising on the spot. they face each other when doing this which looks super intense, he gives little signals to her to keep the pace right. love her
Oh I'm not even talking about pedals and stacks and that signature high squeal, I'm just talking about the combination of JW having such a unique and, at least to me, complex style, and me being so shitty on guitar. I've been playing since '94, but if I'm not playing power chords, it's probably gonna sound like rubbish. I was sitting here earlier, wondering if I could play a proper "B" chord! But I don't even know what a B chord is! Wait! I'm on the interweb. It's research time!
I get it now. Also, I completely forgot that I had learned "I can tell that we are gonna be friends". I know people who don't even play guitar that can play that. And I remember seeing that doc advertised. Isn't there a third guitarist featured on it besides Jack and Edge? Anyway, I'll check it out - tnx man...
Thank god for the big day out as I would have never seen this magic couple of individuals I was go smacked and have not had a musical experience so unexpected! I went absolutely mental 😇🤪🤘
HAHa Ha yeah... Fuckin Icky Thump is an EARGASM!!! Megs drumming, is , like fuckin... doing something to me...Jack is the absolute epitome of a rock an roll legend... These two should have been bigger than the Beatles... I'm kinda glad they weren't though... Its our little secret.....
I used to hang cds on my wall and enjoyed the artwork. There was many that didn’t have the band’s name on them nor names of the songs, no way to identify the cd. I used to play two of them frequently and loud. I would play them when people came over hoping someone would know who it was. Back then you couldn’t just play songs and have your phone identify it in seconds. Unfortunately, by the time I figured out it was The White Stripes they had broke up. Thank God for You Tube so I can watch and listen to them live, since I was unable to see them live.
I just recently discovered this band and cannot get enough!!! The style and uniqueness is 2nd to none. I think this is the last great rock n roll band before rap took over.
They could have called themselves the White Noise because they sure made a lot of it! Holy Sheet! Grunge, Punk, Garage! WTF! Great Live Duo! Meg White the cutie who barely talks and is very shy but can pound the drums and Jack White who’s from Detroit but I could swear he’s like a British Jim Dandy. Who could have predicted this unique pair would come out of Detroit and rock the World 🌎 for 10 years? Nobody could have. Just as unlikely as Cobain coming from Aberdeen and going to Seattle and then becoming a phenom and achieving world wide Rock Stardom. Unbelievable but it happened. 🎸😎
discovering them during a festival night back in 2005 and seeing them live for the first time while waiting in front row to see Underworld playing after them will always be my greatest live concert shock and bestest live experience. so lucky me. so sad they are no more.
Good morning ,Vietnam and Americans while the red and white n black goes through my veins.and making this mega sounds, oooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh I love it ,you are the only ones that do this to me Jack and Meg that do it to me every time anh anh anh anh anh anh anh anh anh businesses as usual.
Two weeks all of a sudden all I could do listen to is The White Stripes and sure my audio collection satisfies but these live performances are monsters of energy and fun. Maybe I just yearned to fill a void in my soul. Think I did find it.
I love this. This video really gets across how hard Jack worked on stage in the WS. The physicality of what they did. Meg seems really well shot here too.
I went to the first solo show in Nashville. Kicked everybodies ass. Open up with Dead Leaves, then Missing Pieces, then Sixteen Saltines. Played a bunch of White Stripes songs. I saw with the male band, but I would have loved to see the female
This is so fricking awesome ! So much energy ! I was the 1,000th like ! Jack finishes up with lyrics from Blind Willie Johnson 'John the Revelator !' Nice !!!
Never being able to see The White Stripes kills me
Feels lile missing the metallica 89 and justice for all seattle live or some historic event
I saw them before they were really on the radio.. a few hundred people. It was epic
Seen twice 😁
Yeah
Me too!
Meg: I'm shy and have severe anxiety disorder
Jack: We'll be a two piece band that plays festivals.
Jama Thaughn Ummmm. You forgot to add:
Meg: Uhhh...okay.
And all at once, these two parts became one hell of a post.
Honestly, there is no place better to hide from a crowd than behind someone like Jack on stage. 😋 I have an anxiety disorder, and I used to perform with a musician whose presence completely dominated the room. Backing him up on stage was the perfect spot to be - I got to go out to the club and enjoy the music without anyone paying attention to me and without being in the crowd.
Meg could hide behind Jack except there's one little song called In The Cold Cold Night which Jack used to punish her for mistakes haha
Prehistoricman he used it to punish her for mistakes? did he say this somewhere?
I like how they sound like an old Woodstock live band that just lost their bass player because he passed out on drugs - and the show must go on ~
theothertroll r/oddlyspecific but it works
Haha well said
Im from Detroit and seen Goober and the peas with John Gillis on drums
🤪😂✌️❤️🤘
Yeah definitely he gets his own sound because he's using little Fender Reverb amp 50 Watts through a PA
He has a great ear to get that sound down and that's why he doesn't sound like any other band Super original I love his sound and with Meg so perfect
They give me this weird feeling that this is how rock was supposed to be done all along.
The white stripes are indeed rock in its truest form...
Just a few modern bands from the last 2 or 3 decades come close.
If there is one thing I regret in life it is the fact I was born 10 or even 5 years too late to see The White Stripes perform live...
i feel your pain
I'm old enough and I have no excuse. I'm pretty ashamed that I never got really into this band until recently. I always knew about them and knew all they're singles are awesome, but for some reason I never got around to buying an album or seeing them live. The only good thing is that now I have a lot of good music I haven't heard yet. And don't worry, I'm sure you'll get a chance to see them live.
Yeah, hopefully. I saw Jack White 3 years ago when he was on tour with one of his solo albums and it was really impressive, but I prefer the music he did a TWS.
Olaf Sikorski I'm old enough to remember seeing them in 2000 when their first album De Stijl came out. Saw them in a dingy bar in New York Meg White had a bad case of stage fright and was being hazed all night. All new bands go through it. Who knew a few years later they would explode and Meg's crappy drumming would be cool.
Koi Mies Profeetta De stijl isn't their first album. They released their first album "The White Stripes" in 1999 and they started in 1997
Meg the poor thing, getting all this heat! Thumbs up if you love meg, fuck the haters!
I don't understands those haters; I allways stated her drumming isn't bad at all
Back in 81 my buddy said..."man..who could be better than Rush..they only got 3 guys".
........
White stripes are way better than rush
@@wolfhaddad7677 Certainly not in terms of technical prowess lol. But overly technical music gets stressful to listen to after a while, and that's where simple-but-catchy music comes in handy.
@@SpongeBath_ShitPants yeah that’s true
Not this band.
Rush imo were a fantastic rock band. They strived for perfection. White Stripes imo have better songs than Rush played in a DIY punk fashion. Jack is a great musician but comparing him to Alex Leifson is like saying a banana is better than an orange.
His main pedals are the electro harmonix big muff, the digitech whammy (which he uses for the high pitched solos) and the MXR micro amp. He also uses the electro harmonix POG for some of his songs.
Good to know
Why do they all sound like elaborate sex toys?
@@hatandbeardmedia5925 Because he sounds like he's making wild love to he guitar when using them
Poggers
Have you checked out his own brand pedals thru third man records?
When you have Jimmy Page and The Edge taking master classes from you, you know you're doin' sumpin' right :-)
What can I say? I could list a huge list of legends that have probably had some influence on this man, & their differences but I'm far too busy watching him carve his name into music history forever.
Papa Pie-hole me as well
I miss Meg and her wonderful bouncing boobs
No better words you are damn right
0:00 Dead leaves and the dirty ground
3:42 Black Math
6:56 Icky Thump
10:00 Cannon
Thanks man.
i witnessed Stripes 13 times. Jack.total of 15 performances. Wrapped my arms around Meg Once. I am content.
I'd like this but you're at 33 likes.
Stalker
@@jetsamperes5762 ?
1985cactus are you even a real fan if you don’t get this reference?????
@@S71597 No, not really.
Jack White: Hardest Working Man in Music
Nope. That goes to Warren Haynes. Hands down.
@@pachewechomp Who tf is that?
Boomer music.
I'm completely blown away. They are brilliant, unique, sensational, amazing. Both of them. I love her drumming, and he is .... goodness me....I can't find the words....Fantastic!!
man they can rock and make some noise with just 2 members, great band
They were the greatest band of a decade. Meg polished to the perfect that simple straight kick, jack played those years like the one other guy from Detroit.
Both they did the loudest group in the world.
Wanna be surprised by level of noise by just two people listen LIGHTNING BOLT
It's absolutely amazing what they do. This great level of live performances and kick ass music from a band of two people. TWO freakin' people!
when you see Jack play the organ with his left hand and guitar with his right on Icky Thump - you know you're watching greatness.
far better than RadioHead
Jack is awesome in his own right but Jonny greenwood is out of his class , don’t get me wrong it’s all about making noises that resonate so much that u have to get them out..speaking of which I just remembered I need a xylophone pronto and toys r us somehow disappeared in these parts and I can’t steal one of Amazon either so wat was I saying again???
I miss the white stripes :(
4:20 brilliant how Meg follows Jack with those changes of beats till the end of the song
Kick Ass Rock Band.
This is one of the best videos of The White Stripes and one of the best videos I've ever seen. WOW.
Tealk you must see " Jolene"
If you haven't already, check out "The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights" on DVD. Their best concert recording IMO. You can find a used copy on Amazon for around $15. It has some of the best performances including the best version of Black Math I have seen or heard. You can find some clips on YT if you look hard enough, but a lot are missing. Here is that version of Black Math- ua-cam.com/video/EQI6tjXa2oM/v-deo.html
They've got so many, truly. Just about any televised performance on youtube has similar energy levels
The changing of the speed they're playing is just amazing
I wish I had seen them live when I had the chance. Now they are one of my favorite bands.
nice to see another mcr fan who actually knows who the white stripes are.
Those solos makes me feel good
And that drummer is on the egde - man what a job follow in Jacks wimbs
I grew up listening to a lot of The white stripes. They had a great influence on me musically and I love them very much. Jack White unique sloppy guitar playing is a thing of beauty almost similar to J.Hendrix and J.Page sloppy guitar playing. Thanks for all the great memories!!!
Page isn't a sloppy guitar player.
@@1985cactus dude.... page is sloppy as fuwk live (GREAT in the studio and a great composer and arranger). King of the overbend and king of playing indiscernable garbage but end it on the right note and its ok....
@@charliekaminsky8489 Alrighty then
Super sloppy and super exciting band. Not every band wants to sound like Rush (Who I love) or Kansas (Who I hate)
The charm of the stripes was the total perfection of imperfection
Meg never missed a beat in a concert. I love her
I'll cut my right hand off before I purchase any product that is stupid enough to advertise in the middle of Icky thump. Brilliant.
Yeah, this is the anti advertising of the century.
I love the sound of the snare drum
I dont care what anyone says Meg was talented behind the kit! The fact that she can hold a beat! Very underrated drummer! Not to mention playing and being sexy at once!
jack speeds up and slows down a lot, changes his intensity a lot. can especially see it on death letter live. she manages to keep the timing right when hes improvising on the spot. they face each other when doing this which looks super intense, he gives little signals to her to keep the pace right. love her
She's the beating heart of the band.
See my comment...i agree...and i was born in and live in Detroit
I used to pass the Yorba daily to my job on the jw Westcott mailboat 1987-1991
One word.... EXPLOSIVE
Love it. Especially anything off the Icky album. But I've just stopped trying to learn this shit on guitar. It's the guitar tunings of a madman.
Oh I'm not even talking about pedals and stacks and that signature high squeal, I'm just talking about the combination of JW having such a unique and, at least to me, complex style, and me being so shitty on guitar. I've been playing since '94, but if I'm not playing power chords, it's probably gonna sound like rubbish. I was sitting here earlier, wondering if I could play a proper "B" chord! But I don't even know what a B chord is! Wait! I'm on the interweb. It's research time!
I get it now. Also, I completely forgot that I had learned "I can tell that we are gonna be friends". I know people who don't even play guitar that can play that. And I remember seeing that doc advertised. Isn't there a third guitarist featured on it besides Jack and Edge? Anyway, I'll check it out - tnx man...
Thank god for the big day out as I would have never seen this magic couple of individuals I was go smacked and have not had a musical experience so unexpected! I went absolutely mental 😇🤪🤘
the cave man style of drumming is spectacular. i like it.
I like it too it reminds me of Bill Ward, savage drummer and you never know where they're going to land it's amazing 🤘
Still remember discovering them in 2002 and i was sold immediately. Changed my life
This is crazy I remember watching this exact video in 2011 when it was posted and hearing it all and being amazed 8 years later still just as amazing
I remember been in my bedroom with my guitar and my tabs rocking out to this, love you jack 😘
"I wanna give you what you give to me". Jack White is such an amazing songwriter there are no words... Soooo talented
THIS IS THE SHIT, GODDAMIT
No wait maybe icky thump my favorite no it's I'm shakin damn there's so many would love to see them in concert again
HAHa Ha yeah... Fuckin Icky Thump is an EARGASM!!! Megs drumming, is , like fuckin... doing something to me...Jack is the absolute epitome of a rock an roll legend... These two should have been bigger than the Beatles... I'm kinda glad they weren't though... Its our little secret.....
I used to hang cds on my wall and enjoyed the artwork. There was many that didn’t have the band’s name on them nor names of the songs, no way to identify the cd. I used to play two of them frequently and loud. I would play them when people came over hoping someone would know who it was. Back then you couldn’t just play songs and have your phone identify it in seconds. Unfortunately, by the time I figured out it was The White Stripes they had broke up. Thank God for You Tube so I can watch and listen to them live, since I was unable to see them live.
Pretty sure Google was around then and you could search the lyrics.
jack white is sooo amazing!! he sure as hell can play that guitar :0
We are really gonna miss this
Yes please more of all of this!!! Time Machine thine Activate!!!!
Jack know exactly where lead meg in the fuckin jams. improvise and impressive!
Pure genius
He played two solo shows in Nashville. I went to the fisrt of the two in Nashville
Wow.....So F'ing Good! ..... Where has music gone? Where have the Cowboys & Cowgirls gone...?
3:42 This version of "Black Math"
I got to see them live four times all up, in venues from small band rooms to headlining massive festivals. They were magic each time.
They're on fire here...
Í wish I could have gone to one of their concerts!!
Man....I love them so much! Just cool ass music.
I just recently discovered this band and cannot get enough!!! The style and uniqueness is 2nd to none.
I think this is the last great rock n roll band before rap took over.
A little taste from the different albums ❤❤❤❤❤
Men this people, god how i miss them being around live :(
Mr. Jack White Is A Fuckin REAL Musical Genius!
His Writing Is Truth.
They could have called themselves the White Noise because they sure made a lot of it! Holy Sheet! Grunge, Punk, Garage! WTF!
Great Live Duo! Meg White the cutie who barely talks and is very shy but can pound the drums and Jack White who’s from Detroit but I could swear he’s like a British Jim Dandy.
Who could have predicted this unique pair would come out of Detroit and rock the World 🌎 for 10 years? Nobody could have.
Just as unlikely as Cobain coming from Aberdeen and going to Seattle and then becoming a phenom and achieving world wide Rock Stardom. Unbelievable but it happened. 🎸😎
discovering them during a festival night back in 2005 and seeing them live for the first time while waiting in front row to see Underworld playing after them will always be my greatest live concert shock and bestest live experience. so lucky me. so sad they are no more.
Never before seen them live. A great band anyhow, but this is beyond my expectations. Jack is one of the greatest..
Good morning ,Vietnam and Americans while the red and white n black goes through my veins.and making this mega sounds, oooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh I love it ,you are the only ones that do this to me Jack and Meg that do it to me every time anh anh anh anh anh anh anh anh anh businesses as usual.
Never realized dudes got a killer voice.
Her seemingly effortless badassness makes me love Meg!
Two weeks all of a sudden all I could do listen to is The White Stripes and sure my audio collection satisfies but these live performances are monsters of energy and fun. Maybe I just yearned to fill a void in my soul. Think I did find it.
I love this. This video really gets across how hard Jack worked on stage in the WS. The physicality of what they did. Meg seems really well shot here too.
Possibly my 3 favourite songs by WS, love the raw live sound!
Honestly one of, if not THEE best sets I have ever seen in concert history!!!!!!!!!!!!
Black math is the best song they played live
no more WHITE STRIPES....what a loss...but ----thank you Meg---jack--- for the life altering music and lyrics
You, sir, are a hero!
This duo was a pure rock n roller.
God, 2007 was a long time ago.
Monday morning music love jack!
The best life of icky thumo
Meg is awesome when they play yummy thumb! Oops! I meant Icky Thump!
Unbelievable outstanding rock on forever
Only got to see them once in 2004 but man was it memorable.
I went to the first solo show in Nashville. Kicked everybodies ass. Open up with Dead Leaves, then Missing Pieces, then Sixteen Saltines. Played a bunch of White Stripes songs. I saw with the male band, but I would have loved to see the female
Props to the cameraman for that move at 2:01 lol
legendary.
Fine tunes
Craziness and tears made to be listen to.
One of the best artists i have ever seen! Jack you the man
To all the doubters...how else could just 2 people make so much sound?
Try listen to THE PACK A.D - Maya on drums and Becky on hot guitar - before hearing White Stripes i was following The Pack AD but like them both
They really working hard both of them , AWSOM
The crunchy riff that Jack runs through his stomp box is so deadly
He has said many times that hes not doin anymore stripes he felt it ran its course.
Hard to do anymore Stripes when Meg stops taking your calls. It was on her terms not his.
Michigan Rocks!!!
Thank you!
I think the Stripes brought Punk to perfection and it's understood.
It's exactly punk and Rock in a real syntesis.
i wish every video on youtube was 13 minutes of the white stripes playin...
i want more more more
HB
This is so fricking awesome ! So much energy ! I was the 1,000th like ! Jack finishes up with lyrics from Blind Willie Johnson 'John the Revelator !' Nice !!!
sonic genuis
i hear Johnny got an A+ in music class. He now teaches at the Brixton Academy. Ive attended his lectures over a dozen x's.
..YES-😁🎶🎸🎼🐦💈🏁. Thanks. BOBZGT.
Monday morning music love Jack
Debra Knight
Monday night music as we are speaking.
I LOVE ICKY THUMP!!!!!!
This is amazing
Instant fan
Jack is a Legend
this is a jimmy hendryx and grunge and the traditionnal american blues wow wow wow this music is insane wow genius