Jack White (1 Viewer)

[bosoxs45]

I saw the Raconteurs recently and Jack White was pretty amazing.

 

[mex]

He is good but he is no Ke$ha

 

[Postradamus]

I think he is easily.

 

[Chaka]

He is remarkably talented. And he knows it too.

 

[boom king]

He is, with lady gaga a close 2nd

 

[Seymour Corn]

I just watched 'It Might Get Loud', and I think he makes Page and Edge look like pikers.

 

[Ilov80s]

I think he is. Look at everything he has done:

- Guitar, singer, and songwriter for one of the biggest bands of recent memory with The White Stripes. They brought back the whole garage sound and managed to be popular and raw at the same time.

- Singer, guitar, and song writer of the Raconteurs. Another very fine band

- Drummer for The Dead Weather who'se newest album is quite good.

Who else has 3 active bands? Nobody.

He built an his own studio. He produced much of the Cold Mountain soundtrack. He took an aging country legend in Loretta Lynn and produced one of country's finest albums in recent memory. He produced an album for Wanda Jackson (pioneering rockabilly artist from the 50s and 60s) which comes out soon. He is also producing an album for a new artist, Karen Elson.

 

[General Malaise]

I used to think so, but his work post Elephant has been very pedestrian, IMO. I thought Get Behind Me Satan was awful. His side projects bore me. Guy can absolutely destroy it on guitar, but I haven't heard anything from him that comes close to Elephant or White Blood Cells. Raconteurs is generic radio rock.

I'll take Beck Hanson as the best artist around. Not best musician, but best artist overall. He has never produced a bad album, IMO. Creative driver behind all his work, the guy re-invents himself nearly every album. Hard to do....hard to do while still sounding good.

 

[travdogg]

I'd vote for Josh Homme, but White is definately in the conversation, probably top-5.

 

[General Malaise]

He is, with lady gaga a close 2nd

I heard a song of hers at an airport bar called "telephone". I thought it was horrible. I say that objectively. I just don't get what people see in her.

 

[General Malaise]

JJ Cale.

 

[Chaka]

I just watched 'It Might Get Loud', and I think he makes Page and Edge look like pikers.

He might currently have more skill than a 67 year old Jimmy Page but come on. White still has a ways to go to be on the same plane as Page.

 

[Mister CIA]

I used to think so, but his work post Elephant has been very pedestrian, IMO. I thought Get Behind Me Satan was awful. His side projects bore me. Guy can absolutely destroy it on guitar, but I haven't heard anything from him that comes close to Elephant or White Blood Cells. Raconteurs is generic radio rock.I'll take Beck Hanson as the best artist around. Not best musician, but best artist overall. He has never produced a bad album, IMO. Creative driver behind all his work, the guy re-invents himself nearly every album. Hard to do....hard to do while still sounding good.

Beck crossed my mind immediately when I saw the subject line. I don't skip Beck songs nearly so often as I do Jack White songs.

 

[Eviloutsider]

Dave Grohl

 

[southeastjerome]

I used to think so, but his work post Elephant has been very pedestrian, IMO. I thought Get Behind Me Satan was awful. His side projects bore me. Guy can absolutely destroy it on guitar, but I haven't heard anything from him that comes close to Elephant or White Blood Cells. Raconteurs is generic radio rock.I'll take Beck Hanson as the best artist around. Not best musician, but best artist overall. He has never produced a bad album, IMO. Creative driver behind all his work, the guy re-invents himself nearly every album. Hard to do....hard to do while still sounding good.

From an individual artist standpoint, I agree with this.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Who else has 3 active bands? Nobody.

Josh Homme fronts Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures and drums for Eagles of Death Metal.I'm a fan of both but I like Homme better.

 

[Bluesbomber]

Super Chikan , James Johnson get's my vote. Makes some really cool guitars as well.

 

[Otis]

JM

 

[gigantor]

I'd vote for Josh Homme, but White is definately in the conversation, probably top-5.

ThisBeen a big fan of Homme since Kyuss. Guy finally getting some credit..

 

[tdoss]

Dave Grohl

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Jack White? He's my dentist. He played QB for Paterno about 45 years ago.

 

[KCC]

He's one of the most overrated guitarists out there - and, no, I'm not kidding.

 

[skycriesmary]

Thom Yorke.

####### brilliant.

 

[Truman]

^Agree that White is nothing special as a guitarist.

Who else has 3 active bands? Nobody.

Josh Homme fronts Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures and drums for Eagles of Death Metal.I'm a fan of both but I like Homme better.

He also established 'The Desert Sessions'As for Grohl:In 1992, Grohl played drums on Buzz Osborne's Kiss-styled solo-EP King Buzzo, where he was credited as Dale Nixon, a pseudonym that Greg Ginn adopted to play bass on Black Flag's My War. Grohl also released the music cassette Pocketwatch under the pseudonym Late! on the now defunct indie label, Simple Machines.In 1993, Grohl was recruited to help recreate the music of The Beatles' early years for the movie Backbeat.[15] Grohl played drums in an "all-star" lineup that included Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, indie producer Don Fleming, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum. A music video was filmed for the song "Money (That's What I Want)" while Grohl was with Nirvana on their 1994 European tour, footage of Grohl was filmed later and included.Later in 1994, Grohl played drums on two tracks for Mike Watt's Ball-Hog or Tugboat?. In early 1995, Grohl and Foo Fighters played their first US tour opening for Watt, and helped make up Watt's supporting band. Nicknamed the "Ringspiel" tour, Watt's band featured Grohl and William Goldsmith on drums, Eddie Vedder and Pat Smear on guitar, and Watt on bass.Grohl at the Roskilde Festival in 2005During the early 2000s, Grohl spent time in his basement studio writing and recording a number of songs for a "metal" project. Over the span of several years, Grohl recruited his favorite metal vocalists from the 1980s, including Lemmy of Motörhead, Conrad "Cronos" Lant from Venom, King Diamond, Scott Weinrich, and Max Cavalera of Sepultura, to perform the vocals for the songs. The project was released in 2004 under the moniker Probot.[16][17]Also in 2003, Grohl stepped behind the kit to perform on Killing Joke's second self-titled album. The move surprised some Nirvana fans, given that Nirvana had been accused of stealing the opening riff of "Come as You Are" from Killing Joke's 1984 song "Eighties". However, the controversy failed to create a lasting rift between the bands. Foo Fighters covered Killing Joke's "Requiem" during the late 1990s, and were even joined by Killing Joke singer Jaz Coleman for a performance of the song at a show in New Zealand in 2003.Grohl lent his drumming skills to other artists during the early 2000s. In 2000, Dave played drums and sang on a track, "Goodbye Lament", from Tony Iommi's album Iommi. In 2001, Grohl performed on Tenacious D's debut album, and appeared in the video for lead single "Tribute" as Satan. He later appeared in the duo's 2006 movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Beelzeboss and performed on its soundtrack. In 2002, Grohl helped Chan Marshall of Cat Power on the album You Are Free and also played with Queens of the Stone Age on their album Songs for the Deaf. In 2004, Grohl drummed on several tracks for Nine Inch Nails' 2005 album With Teeth. He also drummed on the song "Bad Boyfriend" on Garbage's 2005 album Bleed Like Me. Most recently, he recorded all the drums on Juliette and the Licks's 2006 album Four on the Floor [18] and the song "For Us" from Pete Yorn's 2006 album Nightcrawler. Beyond drumming, Grohl contributed guitar to a cover of Neil Young's "I've Been Waiting For You" on David Bowie's 2002 album Heathen.In June 2008, Grohl was Paul McCartney's special guest for a concert at the Anfield football stadium in Liverpool, in one of the central events of the English city's year as European Capital of Culture.[19] Grohl joined McCartney's band singing backup vocals and playing guitar on "Band on the Run" and drums on "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "I Saw Her Standing There".[20] Grohl also performed with McCartney at the 51st Grammy Awards, again playing drums on "I Saw Her Standing There".Grohl played drums on the tracks 'Run With The Wolves' and 'Stand Up' on The Prodigy's[21] 2009 album Invaders Must Die.In July 2009, it was revealed that Grohl was recording with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones as Them Crooked Vultures.[22]

 

[scoobygang]

As long as Prince is still playing, every one else is playing for #2.

A++ guitarist

A+ jazz pianist

decent drummer

even if you hate his falsetto (and I don't), he's a strong singer when he's out of it.

 

[Finless]

Toss up

Jack Johnson and Thom Yorke

 

[Claydon]

Trent Reznor is pretty damn good too.

 

[skycriesmary]

Trent Reznor is pretty damn good too.

His best albums are way behind him, but jesus, does the dude bring it live.

 

[Parmcat]

I have seen "It Might Get Loud" and became very intrigued with White. Where do I start if I want to get into his stuff? What is the must hear stuff?

tia

 

[Ilov80s]

I have seen "It Might Get Loud" and became very intrigued with White. Where do I start if I want to get into his stuff? What is the must hear stuff?tia

I'd start with the White Stripes, probably "White Blood Cells" and "Elephant" would the albums to check out.

 

[joffer]

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

these

 

[Chiwawa]

Not sure, but Sea of Cowards has been in heavy rotation this week.

 

[Disco Stu]

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

these

... are terrible answers.

 

[billymays]

overrated

guy is a hack on guitar.

here is a musician that can do it all

 

[Bruno2]

I have seen "It Might Get Loud" and became very intrigued with White. Where do I start if I want to get into his stuff? What is the must hear stuff?tia

I'd start with the White Stripes, probably "White Blood Cells" and "Elephant" would the albums to check out.

Some songs I like:The White StripesBlack Math-ElephantHello Operator-De StijlIcky Thump7 Nation Army-ElephantGirl, You Have No Faith In Medicine-ElephantWasting My time-The White StripesScrewdriver-The White StripesDeath Letter-De StijlI'm Bound To Pack It Up-De StijlLittle Bird-De StijlInstinct Blues-Get Behind Me SatanI Can't Wait-White Blood CellsWe're Going To Be Friends-White Blood CellsDead Leaves And Dirty Ground-White Blood CellsYou Don't Know What Love Is-Icky ThumpBlue Orchid-Get Behind Me SatanThe Raconteurs SongsLevel-Broken Boy SoldiersSteady As She Goes-Broken Boy SoldiersThese Stones Will Shout-Consolers of the LonelyTop Yourself-Consolers of the LonelyConsoler of the Lonely-Consolers of the LonelySalute Your Solution-Consolers of the LonelyThe Dead WeatherHang You From the HeavensCut Like a BuffaloTreat Me Like Your MotherThat should give you a pretty good idea of what Jack White is all about. From the older bluesy stuff like the song Death Letter, to the more progressive songs off of Icky Thump.

 

[Parmcat]

I have seen "It Might Get Loud" and became very intrigued with White. Where do I start if I want to get into his stuff? What is the must hear stuff?tia

I'd start with the White Stripes, probably "White Blood Cells" and "Elephant" would the albums to check out.

Some songs I like:The White StripesBlack Math-ElephantHello Operator-De StijlIcky Thump7 Nation Army-ElephantGirl, You Have No Faith In Medicine-ElephantWasting My time-The White StripesScrewdriver-The White StripesDeath Letter-De StijlI'm Bound To Pack It Up-De StijlLittle Bird-De StijlInstinct Blues-Get Behind Me SatanI Can't Wait-White Blood CellsWe're Going To Be Friends-White Blood CellsDead Leaves And Dirty Ground-White Blood CellsYou Don't Know What Love Is-Icky ThumpBlue Orchid-Get Behind Me SatanThe Raconteurs SongsLevel-Broken Boy SoldiersSteady As She Goes-Broken Boy SoldiersThese Stones Will Shout-Consolers of the LonelyTop Yourself-Consolers of the LonelyConsoler of the Lonely-Consolers of the LonelySalute Your Solution-Consolers of the LonelyThe Dead WeatherHang You From the HeavensCut Like a BuffaloTreat Me Like Your MotherThat should give you a pretty good idea of what Jack White is all about. From the older bluesy stuff like the song Death Letter, to the more progressive songs off of Icky Thump.

CoolThanks!

 

[bosoxs45]

1. Jack White

2. Tom Yorke

3.Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother)

my top 3 imo,thoughts?

 

[lakerstan]

Are we talking MUSICIAN or guitar player?

I hear some guy named Yo Yo Ma is pretty good with the cello.

If guitar - I've gotta throw Slash in there.

 

[dickey moe]

In regards to technical skill, no. But creatively, he's right up there.

 

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yorke

 

[Chaka]

People calling JW a hack should get together with the people calling Jennifer Love Hewitt fat and go bowling.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

Matt Bellamy.

 

[zoonation]

I would vote for Bellamy.

 

[Chiwawa]

I would vote for Bellamy.

 

[Glaven]

He's one of the most overrated guitarists out there - and, no, I'm not kidding.

All the guys listed in this thread are pretty mainstream. There are literally TONNEs of outstanding musicians, nothing that Jack White does differentiates himself from all the other outstanding musicians imo.

 

[Chiwawa]

He's one of the most overrated guitarists out there - and, no, I'm not kidding.

All the guys listed in this thread are pretty mainstream. There are literally TONNEs of outstanding musicians, nothing that Jack White does differentiates himself from all the other outstanding musicians imo.

Being an "outstanding musician" doesn't necessarily mean you can make great songs. Jack White, regardless of his technical proficiency, makes great songs.

 

[zoonation]

I would vote for Bellamy.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Well the #1 slot is open now that Ronnie James Dio has passed

 

[Jewell]

Jack White releases obscure blues records for 'no profit'

Jack White says he will make no profit by releasing a huge catalogue of pre-war and country blues on his own record label. The former White Stripes frontman said his aim was to make the rare recordings accessible for everyone.

"It's very important to American history and also to the history of the world," he told BBC 6 Music.

The back catalogue of more than 25,000 tracks is owned by Document records, a tiny Scottish independent Blues label. White intends to re-issue them all, on vinyl, via his company Third Man Records.

The Document label was set up in Austria in 1986, but is now owned by husband and wife Gary and Gillian Atkinson, who run it from their house in Scotland.

Mr Atkinson said the project came about when White emailed them at home.

"There's over 25,000 recordings," he explained, and White wants to set about "releasing the full recorded works [in] chronological order. It's not a project for the faint-hearted."

The US musician became a fan of country and pre-war blues after being introduced to the genre as a teenager, thanks to a clutch of Document Records releases.

"I had been looking for Blues records when I was a teenager and the older ones seemed to have been kinda swallowed up," he explained to 6 Music's Elizabeth Alker.

"They were few and far between and the 78s were non-existent."

"At one point in Detroit a whole Blues collection was dropped off at this vintage record store, so that's when I first bought a whole batch of Document records - Tommy Johnson, Ishman Bracey, Roosevelt Sykes… I'd never seen those records on vinyl before."

White believes the importance of the vast back catalogue, which includes recordings by Mississippi Blues artist Charley Patton - regarded as the founder of the Delta Blues - cannot be underestimated.

"It's this amazing time period where lots of different things came together," he said.

"The Depression's hitting, newly-started record companies are trying to sell records to urban people, and then they decided 'Why don't we sell records to black people in the south too? We need to record the music that they like'.

"So they brought a lot of these Blues musicians up to Chicago and Wisconsin to record and they were recording the first moments of modern music.

"This was the first time in history that a single person was writing a song about themselves and speaking to the world by themselves. A man with a guitar or a woman singing by herself a cappella.

"A lot of these records were just ignored once more popular music came along in the '40s. The Big Band era started and the war started and people kinda forgot about a lot of these Blues musicians.

"Those musicians had become janitors, going back to farming, and [the record companies] had to go down to see if they could still discover these people."

White admitted some of the material was an acquired taste, which even he had difficulty warming to initially.

"When I first heard Charley Patton I didn't like it - I didn't like it 'til the third time I listened to it and then it just exploded for me and I'm in love with the man and everything he wrote.

"So it's a harder sell if you're trying to run a record company that wants to turn a profit

"At Third Man Records, we don't really care. We just want to create things that we want to see exist and if it breaks even, we're lucky - if not, it doesn't really matter."

All of the recordings will be re-released on remastered vinyl, with White adding: "I think it's the most reverential format because you're very involved, you're dropping the needle yourself, you're part of the mechanics of the music.

"When we pop this iPod on we don't really see any moving parts, so it's not very romantic to us, it just becomes a machine, like a microwave or something. You don't really know why it's working, you just know when the food's hot."

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21352483

 

[Abraham]

Not a fan of his music, but this is cool.