The White Stripes - Death Letter/Grinnin' In Your Face (Son House Covers)

[steved314ify]

Mr. White, please go get rose at the local gas station and go BEG to get Meg back. You brought the talent, but since you've been without her....the magic is gone brother. You contributed more to the world with her than without her. You could fill the stage with the most talented musicians in the world and you know better than anyone else that what you create won't touch what you were able to to with Meg. Sometimes you just can't explain why but that's the truth.

[SkirtSoPlain]

Oh, I'm sorry, this video has an insufficient number of views. It has only 43,615 views when it should have 43,615,000 views.

[SkirtSoPlain]

an all time great live performance

[QOTSARadio]

Grinnin' in your face is song by son house. It's the favorite all time sogn from Jack white.

[RuubyMay]

absolutely mindblowing

[Fylswatter]

Wahnsinn!!!!

[MrAdomus]

Hard to imagine so much powerful sound could come out of such a beat up, simple looking guitar. FANTASTIC!

[harpo103]

Sounds like Zeppelin!

[MrAdomus]

@harpo103 You're right it does! 69-70 Zeppelin would sound fucking awesome! Secially with his Danelectro guitar!

[laydee531]

rocked and rolled me! Jack's hand is a blur...this is pure passion.

[theshortladders]

So much talent it's ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

[Music100Quality]

a lot of people think he's a shitty guitar play. but this surprises me when i listen to this. DEAR GUITARISTS JUST PLAY FROM YOUR SOUL AND ITS ALRIGHT

[JsMcGrath3]

@Music100Quality why would a shitty guitarist be ranked so high on the rolling stones magazine top 100 guitarists of all time

[Music100Quality]

i dig his voice when it gets all high and shit

[azer114]

8ppl felt that the video was so bad that they had to click dislike 

[17freakparade]

Holy...Shit...

[TheNadanothing]

Well Mr. White, the tests are back. Your guitar is pregnant.

[gingerAV]

i just shit red, white, and black bricks.

[paulenheims]

this shouldn't even be considered "playing" the guitar. this is more like passionate and wild love making with the guitar.

[WithCompany]

8 people must be deaf and blind.

[TitaniousGrubbs]

@WithCompany .... then how did they use the internet, come onto youtube and it the dislike button? Logic is not your friend.

[Pestashios]

Guys.. gals.... Let the ignorant play in their sand-boxes..

If they don't enjoy the music, don't give them the time of day, why should they get the privilege of ruining it for the rest of us? :)

[sosocoldsoul]

the best guitarest alive....

[TheRadi0clash]

@sosocoldsoul AGEED!!!!

[TheRadi0clash]

@sosocoldsoul

+1

[thepoisonwhisky]

SON HOUSE :D

[jerm828]

Jack White is a party animal

[Metakism]

God I like this guy voice!!

[QuantumoftheOpera]

Hahahahaha and there are actual people that say Jack White isn't a good guitarist nor a good musician..how boring and meaningless their lives must be..

[CCMFilms]

saw some fight comments. No offense guys but technically playing a genre doesn't mean you aren't original. You learn from others, your music heroes and make music that you wanna hear. Jack White is a white guy who wants to play the blues and hes doing a pretty dam good job by my ears.

[R610CODBEC]

what tuning is this?

[guiltybystander77]

*facepalm*

'Tuning' seems a bit irrelevant.

[R610CODBEC]

@guiltybystander77 why is that?

[astroboirap]

absolutley terrible not a patch on son house

[purpleownz176]

@astroboirap Different genres dude

[astroboirap]

@purpleownz176 good music is good music. and this baaad. bad as in bad

[purpleownz176]

@astroboirap In your opinion this is bad music. In million of other peoples opinions, it is good music

[danfrost313]

@astroboirap Lets see what you bring to the world then. Cos I don't know anything you've done. Pretty sure most peoples opinion of music is better than yours.

[moskov12nicholas]

@AmericanDiaz why r u hating on us just cause we think differently than you do. your telling people just because they like a type of music and say they like and that new music is based of old music you want to put us in labor camps. Really? just cause ur angry or ur like is sad or something doesn't mean you have to bring us down man. if you do that, then you dont know what rock and the blues really are

[pcthirtyone1986]

'don't you mind people grinnin' at your face!"

son house is thhhhuu shit

[rotauge]

I just slipped out of time and space for 7 minutes and 29 seconds.

[michaeldeath1111]

he was sheddin so hard

[Enjo1mydeathwish]

6:20 Badass.

[boomhauer15]

what tuning is he playing it in?

[jsystevo007]

@boomhauer15 d?

[romaletims]

@boomhauer15 open A as far as im aware

[outears]

Ugly, ugly cover of the Son House cover.

[Swedernish]

@outears Shut up.

[Spearman22]

@Swedernish rather have ugly blues then pretty blues

[Vogelfrei777]

I came.

[velocibg]

I need to find a better recording of this song, soooooooooooo amazing! Start to finish

[GratefulVince]

Its awesome to grow up a white stripes fan and then discover the older songs they were covering/influenced by as you get older.

[derflotr]

Look at everyone in the first row at 6:10. Like a sermon. UGH. So awesome.

[78eaglesfan]

SAFE TO SAY JACK COULD WIN A TICKLE FIGHT............WHITE STRIPES FAN TIL' DEATH!!!

[secretagentYTer]

Nice little son house tribute

[thebignomnomface]

@TawnyKay death letter is on De Stijl

[clikityclak]

Weell then... lmfao

[Eeonny]

biggest shivers when he started singing grinnin in your face. 

[ConKelly92]

WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS NOT HAVE A MILLION VIEWS! WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE, COME ON!!!

[yoursaxman]

if she could hold a beat more than 3 minutes, and he had an original thought to his name- they MIGHT be worth a listen. I think i'll stick to the originals, thanks.

[AmericanDiaz]

Oh yeah and before a shit storm of replies starts from my previous comment, please know that I really don't give a crud what u say and u shouldnt care bout my opinion of these guys. I am entitled to think they are mediocre at best. Jack white and his whole clockwork orange posturing is fkn annoying.

[MrDpeter]

@AmericanDiaz Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one. You are entitled to your opinion; too bad it shows your total ignorance of Jack White's abilities.

[AmericanDiaz]

White stripes suck so bad that they should be banned from covering any other great american icons songs. Lets face it the only reason these guys made it is because they are white hipster kids. I know because I live in hipster mecca where everyone buys "vintage" clothing and try to act the role. Hipsters suck!!!! Invent your own style of music and quit lookin for the easy way out.

[LilRedRasta]

@AmericanDiaz shut the fuck up kid. you have no clue what your talking about.

[AmericanDiaz]

@LilRedRasta hey lil red rasta go and smoke another spliff and listen to some real music like, Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Lucifers Friend, Dio, Steel Prophet, Moody Blues, CSNY, Coroner, Vader, Broken Hope, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, or even Cheap Trick, lol. My first show was Pink Floyds The Wall in 1980, so the only kid is you little bitch, eat my shorts, lol

[staff0rdshire]

@AmericanDiaz congrats u were a hipster in ur own fuckin decade, do u think that music originated when u got born or something?, music evolves and automatically takes bits and pieces from its predecessors, legends are meant to be remembered and denying jack white's geniosity is just very narrowminded, no sound is completely original, its the surplus u give it which matters, jack white respects the blues and he deserves some fucking respect too, open your mind or climb in ur grave

[MrPotatoesLatkie]

@staff0rdshire Great point! The more I watch and, listen to this, I like it. A fine, rocking performance.

[MrKoonies]

@AmericanDiaz  wow, you are a moron. words alone cannot express how moronic you are. Do this country a favor and kill yourself as soonas you read this. May Jack White and all other guitarists who ever walked this earth have mercy on your soul, you stupid, communist,, c**k sucking bastard. Listen to limp biscuit fag

[AmericanDiaz]

@MrKoonies hey bitch, first of all what does politics have to do with the fact that jack white licks balls? Im not a communist but if I were, Id send you and all white stripes fans to work in labor camps. Him and Meg are lame as shit and idiots like you should go and bury yourself in the sand during low tide, hahahaha. loser.

[pmavroudis]

i found in this performance everything i love in musik.....

[j0rge1000]

jajaja para grinnin in your face se volvio loko xD

[Blackstarguitar]

please know Son House is pissed.

[theachtungtree]

he poses to much...

[Strolls1]

Its from the album De Stijl, prob their best album

[robschaapNYC]

she sucks. she got lost a number of times when he went off

[josemontenegro777]

@robschaapNYC without a bass, I would like to see how you keep tempo in drums with only a lead guitar

[Avolution33]

Son House be grinnin' in yo face Jack

[ZombiemanSteve]

:megusta:

[danfrost313]

Just to clear up guys, only Death Letter is on De Stijl, NOT Grinnin In Your Face.

This cover of both songs was only done live, and has never been recorded in the studio.

[NeoExcelsior]

BANG! Girl I tell you love is dead! Hurry Hurry!

[Ang1eMan5on]

Jack is... there are no words.

[kodiak1402]

@gaabboman Yeah because its live. The one on De Stijl is not.

[karina1678f]

fucking awesome

[jenniferjuniper97]

Can get an aMEN!!!!! Holy moley that boy can play.

[TawnyKay]

On De Stijl...the ONLY album I don't own- go figure! Now we know what's on my shopping list! Thanks everyone who responded.

[BrianAkABP]

@TawnyKay It's on De Stijl I think.

[JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed]

Thank Son House for Jack White

[glamking75]

this young man is a portal for all the greats who are no longer with us, too many names to mention, johnson, son house, they all live and breathe through this guy's soul and energy, people such as jack white are so sincere with the way they play, it just radiate's with everyone who takes the time to tap into what he is about!! jack is the real deal!

[VenturaCuyumjian]

Looks like Son House have influenced someone after all.

[lovebichix]

anyone else get cold chills while listening to this?

[copenhagen331]

Jack White is an amazing MUSICIAN!!!! be sweet to jam with him!

[DeaddWeather]

i just admire him for bringing the blues back in our times

he made it to compete with the original

[MrRizikoo]

@DeaddWeather and he sucked at it.

[umnomedeutilizador]

@DeaddWeather he didn't, he did it in pure respect to the original, so different, dude...