Let’s start with a band I just really got into, The White Stripes

1: “Take Take Take” off of the album “Get Behind Me Satan”. A very unknown song, but one of their best. I talks about Jack meeting a famous person in a bar and how he keeps asking her for stuff, the whole time thinking he is not being greedy. A very simplistic song, just guitar, drums, piano, and vocals. That is basically all their songs but whatever. Panning is a very used effect in this song, as there is even one part where only one line that Jack White says changes speakers about 8 times. Stops very suddenly, but it is just an awesome track.

2: “Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine” off the album “Elephant”. This was the one song that really got me into The White Stripes, as it was in the video game “Skate”. It is a harder song with the guitar blaring and Jack borderline screaming some lines. The drums kicks and snares come hard and fast, like a slap to the face. The guitar solo is also borderline face melting.

3: “Rag and Bone” off the album “Icky Thump”. Yes… it was a single… but it isn’t that well known. This is by far my favorite White Stripes. It is mostly Meg and Jack talking… and it is freaking hilarious. It is calm… but then builds up to very hard with real distorted guitar during the chorus, then calms down again for the talking parts. Just awesome.

If you are a hardcore White Stripes fan… please don’t yell at me for not putting any of their older stuff on.