Thoughts on jack whites overall hackery readings plus discussion on his work in both business and music post white stripes? Personally I really enjoy the raconteurs first record but I'm kind of whatever about dead weather and his solo work. Dudes a killer lead guitar players for sure though, one of my modern favorites next to josh homme.
He can play guitar and he has a proper appreciation for music
But he can't sing, write, or do much of anything except the aforementioned. I was never personally a fan of white stripes but that was definitely when he was at his best
>>60510096
can he actually play guitar, tho? everyone always says he can, but those people are usually guitar-hero fuckwit sorts of people
I think that he's kind of a dick. I think that he's one of the most brilliant minds in music and I think he definitely has creative ideas about music. But I also feel as if he demands too much money for the things he does. He talked about releasing a record book for kids and then charged a substantial amount of money. One could argue that the quality of his work/the format is definitely worth it but I feel like it's more of a defect rather than postive thing.
>tl;dr desu he's a prick
>>60510170
I mean, when you put it like that I agree with you, he can play guitar in a non-offensive manner but he's never done anything that blew me away
>>60510170
He's okay. Nothing that strays from the E-A-D progression with a blues pentatonic solo over it, though.
>>60510096
maybe hes a nice dude but his music has never done anything for me
>>60510096
He's a good musician, but he's totally delusional. That picture you included is so corny from the burning record to his lame ass jacket and hairdo.
>>60510170
I don't think he's incredibly virtuosic when it comes down to it but the guy knows his way around pentatonic "blues" playing. I do think he has layed down some of the more riveting guitar work of the 21st century purely in the vain of really charged and hectic rock music imo. I mean that first raconteurs record has really got some tight moments on it for guitar, while not necessarily tickling the progressive listeners pickle 100% of the time.
>>60510411
Like this
http://youtu.be/vb5gDt5R7oM
>inb4 shitty fan video
>>60510096
i got into the white stripes probably 2007 - 2008.
hes a clever business man.
i like alot of his novelty retroist ways.
and his creative ideas. definitely a clever dude.
but once he i saw he had that "im famous and successful" ego thing... i just thought....eh...gross...
guy seems to have played out his relevance. The White Stripes put out consistently good records. Never got into The Raconteurs, but i liked the second Dead Weather record. Thought his solo stuff was/is boring. Dude needs good bandmates to write/play off of. not a dis, just IMO.
