White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan

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1 Blue Orchid
2 The Nurse
3 My Doorbell
4 Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)
5 Little Ghost
6 The Denial Twist
7 White Moon
8 Instinct Blues
9 Passive Manipulation
10 Take, Take, Take
11 As Ugly as I Seem
12 Red Rain
13 I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)

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First single and album opener "Blue Orchid" got things off to a hard rocking start, with vocalist/guitarist Jack White climbing to a near falsetto and unleashing an AC/DC-worthy riff atop drummer Meg White's primal pounding.

The first sign of experimentation came with the marimba lead-in of the positively weird "The Nurse," punctuated by crashing guitar/drum downstrokes that eventually reach full-on thunder. "No, I'm never gonna let you down," Jack promised.

The piano and tambourine accents on "My Doorbell" gave off a Motown vibe, while on the acoustic guitar and piano-tinged "Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)," Jack's singing nodded to the impassioned style of Prince a la "Purple Rain."

Jack's 2004 collaboration with country icon Loretta Lynn seemed to rub off on "Little Ghost," on which he and Meg sing together over back-porch acoustic strumming. "I'm the only one that sees you, and I can't do much to please you," Jack proclaimed to the paranormal subject.

The sexy cool strut of "The Denial Twist" gave way to the slow, piano-led "White Moon," a quasi-church confessional loaded with rhyming couplets. But the Stripes' gritty rock'n'roll returned on "Instinct Blues," a raw slab of garage blues that found Jack emoting in his best Robert Plant homage.

Meg took the mic for the short "Passive Manipulation," which instructed listeners: "Women, listen to your mothers / don't just succumb to the wishes of your brothers." Jack kicked in quickly on acoustic guitar for "Take, Take, Take," a romantic fantasy about late actress Rita Hayworth, who ultimately does not give in to the narrator's advances.

"As Ugly As I Seem" proved the band's effectiveness in a stripped-down setting, marked by a sliding acoustic guitar progression and sparse percussion. "I'm as ugly as I seem / worse than all your dreams could ever make me," Jack sang.

"Red Rain" featured more of Jack's sweet, high-register singing and what sounded like a triangle or a xylophone, eventually toppled by sudden full-band blasts of rock with shades of past favorite "There's No Home for You Here."

"Get Behind Me Satan" closes with the soulful lament "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)," which imagined Jack on solo piano in a dusty saloon. "I miss my mother / I miss being her son," he sang, "Sometimes I miss her so much I want to hop on the next jet."

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Op maandag 18 april 2005 19:44 schreef pfaf het volgende:
Dan mail ik terug, dat ik de officiële versie heus wel ga kopen.

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Op dinsdag 19 april 2005 18:01 schreef nipeng het volgende:
Zojuist de laatste single gehoord. Die klinkt best goed.

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Op dinsdag 19 april 2005 18:47 schreef methodmich het volgende:

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Meg bestaat niet, dat is een robot.