This is one of the most energetic performances I've ever seen them do. Towards the end it seems like Meg just runs out of energy and loses the beat. Hell yea.
I've read all the comments...and I would just like to say that I am glad Jack White did not change much from his earlier days, and that is where his guitar technique comes from!!!! He is much better then you're all think, just listen to Raconteurs LIVE!!!!$)
white stripes rock but don't say the raconteurs aren't nearly as good. They have more musicians and different music. its refreshing to hear jack white with a better drummer and a bassist and some rhythm guitar.
the raconteurs will be forgotten in the test of time. where as the white stripes will be remebered always, up there in the same leauge as jimi hendrix, the beatles, the rolling stones and led zepplin
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shut the fuck up, you dont know what youre talking about. jack white is cool, but he is not dedicated enough to be in the same league. look at the greats, they were completley lost in music. in my opinion jack white is more of an artist than a musician, what is not a bad thing, but to talk of the same league... man, faggot
quit life, you fail... your pathetic and you have no friends. i bet your fat too, maybe thats why your so retarded. the fats gotten to your brain. go eat a twinky tubby
how do you know he cant play "complex" shit.....oh yeah,"youve been to concerts"...hah.....so have you ever heard him sit down and try to play,say,lamb of god or any of that notethrashingoblivionofnothingandnorythm?
Jack White Is NOT a good guitarist. I am a fan of the white Stripes and love them, but i think Jack gets alot of comparisons to alot of the guitarists of the older days because of his style music that he plays. And because they were good, people think hes good
im not comparing their skills. their styles are way to different to compair fairly with each other. but there is no denying that jimi hendrix is the greatest that ever lived. and if you dissagree its time for you to quit life...
and on another note. i think jack white is the greatest guitarist to exsist since hendrix. so i wasnt trying to diss him at all. king is a pretty good place to be if u ask me
there is no greatest guitarist of all time, because every musician is meant to create music, and the quality of music is a question of taste, which everyone has to answer themselves.
ustickx..wat are you on about he's not as good as other guitarists lol jus because he dont play the same as someone doesnt mean he not as good he jus doesnt copy their style he's got his own style. the white stripes are a two piece band that speaks for its self. his sound is awesome enough to not need no other guitars.
As good a singer as plant - probably, as good a guitarist as page - no way jose. I adore TWS but he aint a brilliant guitarist, he a decent guitarist whos isnt that accurate. However he does put passion and raw emotion into the performances and youve got to love him for that
accuracy wasnt the right word. i mean his guitar solos sound harsh and discordant sometimes. his sound doesnt have the fluidity and complexity of better guitarists. however, he knows that he is not the best guitarist, and uses a digitch whammy pedal to make his solos sound even more acute and distorted. he's my favourite musician and gives me hope that i dont have to produce complex solos or produce fluid solos to make my guitar playing sound good.
what are you talking about!!! jack white not being one of the best guitarists. man, jack is like the new Hendrix, even slash and page recognize that he is hellagood. and his sound is what makes the white stripes!!! i love his sound and.. his solos(easy ??) he plays like if the guitar is a part of his body.
lol if you're serious! jack white has been my favourite musician for sometime and i have all his major records and quite a few b-sides, so i'm definitely not biased against him. he is nowhere near as technically good on the guitar as hendrix or many other guitarists. but i would prefer his raw sound over some superfast guitar nutcase any day of the week.
his style isnt meant to have fluidity in any meaning of the word... if you listen to each and every cd of his, even dating back to his lps you just can feel the rawness that is jack white... which i have patitioned for the word rawness to be changed to jackwhite... but so far no luck....
I was making the point that a lot of people will think that jack white isnt an amazing guitarist. personally, he's got my favourite guitar style, i try to copy it espically when playing slide and i have virtually all of their original songs
guitar playing is anything but just technique. if you can play thousands of complex solos but never put out something original by yourself, your not a good guitar player, because a guitarist is meant to be a musician. you create music or perform music to express your feelings and transport them to others. if you can evoke some feelings, your quite good. when im listening to the white stripes my feelings are very intense, so yeah, i think jack is a fucking god.
people seem to keep misunderstanding my comments - jack white is my favourite musician, he really is! he is also my favourite guitarist because of his unique style! I'm only pointing out that he cant play the really complex stuff like you would hear in metal bands, who i happen to think are shit anyway
understand, but youve said that there are better guitarists than jack who can play more complex stuff. my point is that the quality of a guitarist is, that he makes good music. you dont know if jack can play this complex shit, he just doesnt play it. besides, he plays kinda complex rhythms sometimes and his playing is very intuitively, so that it is hard to cover one of his songs in every note. however, i dont understand the debate on every guitarist and who is the best and so on.
believe me, with the amount of white stripes and raconteurs performances ive seen and heard he has never played the really complex shit. for instance, i still think he is quite far off from jimi hendrix and jimmy page as a guitarist but i think he is better as a musician.
White Stripes are my favorite band, that said, I agree that Jimmy Page is in another league but Jack is different and commands the stage better than anyone I have seen.
one of the few guys that have the pipes to actually get anywhere near Robert Plant, also one of the few guys who has talent in the same ballpark as Jimmy Paige... its like two for one, and not in AARP! (i love zeppelin btw) Zep had a lot of the same Missippi Delta blues influenceas well.
David Coverdale Sounds Like Robert Plant. Page had alot of dark influences in his playing as well. Page was a sloppy guitarrist by style, but i think Jack is sloppier, i think because pages music was darker, it has more of a mysterious feel, and has perhaps more emotion
there IS no bassist... thats part of what makes the WS so badass... see a live show. you will understand. the energy and ammount of friggin... UMPH and pwer and sheer sound these two create is phenominal.
also if she was playing like neal pert or somthing, i think it would really detract from the rawness of the WS... its that 'pop-KICK' that really adds the oomph to jscks playing, sotty i cant put it any better than taht
additionally people miss all too often what makes a good band, its passion and an intimate understanding of the members involved, they have no setlist in this vid (or any live perfomance)... so shes gotta be tottaly on top of his near eppileptic playing style. it takes good musicianship and improv...
also if you think meg is a poor drummer consider this:
its a 2 piece band, and when jack starts playin like his amps at 11 (and i believe it is) its basically just her infront of thousands of people... somtimes tens of thousands... shes a shy person to boot, and to be shy, and beat the living crap out of those skins the way she does especially when she dosent have any cover from a basist.... that takes bawls.
I cannot get enough of Jack's death letter...i have watched all of them, each one is different and awesome...god bless you Jack!!!and Meg god bless Meg for never missing a beat!! you go girl!!
I agree decoy .. I totally understand what you're saying and you're absolutely right. We haven't seen so much soul in music in a long time. Jack can't touch greats like SRV in terms of playing ability, but what he lacks in that department he more than makes up for in playing really passionately.
gawd.. thats is so effin sexy i wanna cry... this is some of the most soulful, passionate music i've heard since stevie ray vaughn. (for the record whiners i wasnt talking about playing ability or any of that. its different)
fantastic... u might want to check out robert randolph and the family band if you like these guys. RR uses lap steel guitar with slide...its pretty awesome. vheck em out
I'd let Jack White sit on my face.
Colin2720 6 months ago
No Stars in the Perimeter does an awesome cover of death letter
beautyfulgemini 8 months ago
I think Jack himself would say Son House is the greatest guitarist.
Pandemonium44 8 months ago
Jack plays like he means it, nobody has his soul
tbornem 2 years ago 4
I feel violated.
In a very good way.
Apopoc 2 years ago 4
It give me chills when Meg start wailing the drums at 6:41
ThePauly1 2 years ago 4
If Jimi Hendrix is God of guitar then
Jack White surely must be King!
Guitartod420 2 years ago
You´re fucking right men!!!
lexduex 2 years ago
They're both cool...like 2 princes...With two styles very different but the same strong will
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Hannahfslut4u31 3 years ago
This is one of the most energetic performances I've ever seen them do. Towards the end it seems like Meg just runs out of energy and loses the beat. Hell yea.
memorysfading 3 years ago
I've read all the comments...and I would just like to say that I am glad Jack White did not change much from his earlier days, and that is where his guitar technique comes from!!!! He is much better then you're all think, just listen to Raconteurs LIVE!!!!$)
valnody 3 years ago 2
raconteurs...!! they're not even a 10% good as the white stripes..
they're kool, i mean.. jack is in the band.. but.. meg is the rhythm, jack is the melody and both the storytelling..
so white stripes is the best band in all the world..
tremeloblues 3 years ago
white stripes rock but don't say the raconteurs aren't nearly as good. They have more musicians and different music. its refreshing to hear jack white with a better drummer and a bassist and some rhythm guitar.
that2007 3 years ago
the raconteurs will be forgotten in the test of time. where as the white stripes will be remebered always, up there in the same leauge as jimi hendrix, the beatles, the rolling stones and led zepplin
Guitartod420 2 years ago 2
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shut the fuck up, you dont know what youre talking about. jack white is cool, but he is not dedicated enough to be in the same league. look at the greats, they were completley lost in music. in my opinion jack white is more of an artist than a musician, what is not a bad thing, but to talk of the same league... man, faggot
moloko89 2 years ago
boy you are retarded... can you even read??? i was giving jack white high praise. please learn how to read before u comment on somthing...
fucking NOOB!
Guitartod420 2 years ago
you fucking noob should learn how to read. read my comment again and try using some of your brain while youre doing it
moloko89 2 years ago
quit life, you fail... your pathetic and you have no friends. i bet your fat too, maybe thats why your so retarded. the fats gotten to your brain. go eat a twinky tubby
Guitartod420 2 years ago
haha you are too funny... how old are you?
moloko89 2 years ago
yes
seaoutro 3 years ago
Maybe Jack White isnt the most skilled guitarist of all time but at least hes creative and trys different effects unlike many artists today
canadadry78 3 years ago 4
how do you know he cant play "complex" shit.....oh yeah,"youve been to concerts"...hah.....so have you ever heard him sit down and try to play,say,lamb of god or any of that notethrashingoblivionofnothingandnorythm?
SoverignSect 3 years ago
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Jack White Is NOT a good guitarist. I am a fan of the white Stripes and love them, but i think Jack gets alot of comparisons to alot of the guitarists of the older days because of his style music that he plays. And because they were good, people think hes good
bp4586 3 years ago
He has feeling.. and thats what's not given to any nerd sittin 12 hours a day playing power riffs like a computer would.. nuff said
neopandorex 3 years ago 2
if a guitarist sounds like that n isnt good..... i dont know wat to say then....
gwen2814 3 years ago 2
that made no sense
shut up
justingregoire 3 years ago
no he can play, see some of his raconteurs performances. Hes not going to go into some fast, ripping solo, thats just not the stripes' style.
imafoolhahaha 3 years ago
i get your point, but outside this 'skill' comparison hes a authentic player and a master of his own style...
moloko89 2 years ago
im not comparing their skills. their styles are way to different to compair fairly with each other. but there is no denying that jimi hendrix is the greatest that ever lived. and if you dissagree its time for you to quit life...
Guitartod420 2 years ago
and on another note. i think jack white is the greatest guitarist to exsist since hendrix. so i wasnt trying to diss him at all. king is a pretty good place to be if u ask me
Guitartod420 2 years ago
there is no greatest guitarist of all time, because every musician is meant to create music, and the quality of music is a question of taste, which everyone has to answer themselves.
FunkyMonk2809 3 years ago 9
the White stripes are unique!
there has never been anything remotedly like them!
Jack is an excellent guiar player, he plays with his soul, and Meg ...God Bless her, is the only one that knows what Jack is up to.
They are the most genuine group that's ever been!
eevlwich 3 years ago
ustickx..wat are you on about he's not as good as other guitarists lol jus because he dont play the same as someone doesnt mean he not as good he jus doesnt copy their style he's got his own style. the white stripes are a two piece band that speaks for its self. his sound is awesome enough to not need no other guitars.
7adambaxter7 3 years ago
This performance sent chills down my spine... literally goosebumps....
My gawd I wish I was there.
lllCo2lll 4 years ago
so much talent, energy and soul. jack white is one of the best artists ever and guitarists.
VernelF 4 years ago 5
As good a singer as plant - probably, as good a guitarist as page - no way jose. I adore TWS but he aint a brilliant guitarist, he a decent guitarist whos isnt that accurate. However he does put passion and raw emotion into the performances and youve got to love him for that
ustickx 4 years ago
Explain how he isn't accurate. I'm not being condescending or sarcastic...I just honestly want to know what you mean by that.
wyattE415 4 years ago
accuracy wasnt the right word. i mean his guitar solos sound harsh and discordant sometimes. his sound doesnt have the fluidity and complexity of better guitarists. however, he knows that he is not the best guitarist, and uses a digitch whammy pedal to make his solos sound even more acute and distorted. he's my favourite musician and gives me hope that i dont have to produce complex solos or produce fluid solos to make my guitar playing sound good.
ustickx 3 years ago
what are you talking about!!! jack white not being one of the best guitarists. man, jack is like the new Hendrix, even slash and page recognize that he is hellagood. and his sound is what makes the white stripes!!! i love his sound and.. his solos(easy ??) he plays like if the guitar is a part of his body.
VernelF 3 years ago 3
lol if you're serious! jack white has been my favourite musician for sometime and i have all his major records and quite a few b-sides, so i'm definitely not biased against him. he is nowhere near as technically good on the guitar as hendrix or many other guitarists. but i would prefer his raw sound over some superfast guitar nutcase any day of the week.
ustickx 3 years ago
his style isnt meant to have fluidity in any meaning of the word... if you listen to each and every cd of his, even dating back to his lps you just can feel the rawness that is jack white... which i have patitioned for the word rawness to be changed to jackwhite... but so far no luck....
nivek0270 3 years ago
I was making the point that a lot of people will think that jack white isnt an amazing guitarist. personally, he's got my favourite guitar style, i try to copy it espically when playing slide and i have virtually all of their original songs
ustickx 3 years ago
guitar playing is anything but just technique. if you can play thousands of complex solos but never put out something original by yourself, your not a good guitar player, because a guitarist is meant to be a musician. you create music or perform music to express your feelings and transport them to others. if you can evoke some feelings, your quite good. when im listening to the white stripes my feelings are very intense, so yeah, i think jack is a fucking god.
FunkyMonk2809 3 years ago
people seem to keep misunderstanding my comments - jack white is my favourite musician, he really is! he is also my favourite guitarist because of his unique style! I'm only pointing out that he cant play the really complex stuff like you would hear in metal bands, who i happen to think are shit anyway
ustickx 3 years ago
understand, but youve said that there are better guitarists than jack who can play more complex stuff. my point is that the quality of a guitarist is, that he makes good music. you dont know if jack can play this complex shit, he just doesnt play it. besides, he plays kinda complex rhythms sometimes and his playing is very intuitively, so that it is hard to cover one of his songs in every note. however, i dont understand the debate on every guitarist and who is the best and so on.
FunkyMonk2809 3 years ago
believe me, with the amount of white stripes and raconteurs performances ive seen and heard he has never played the really complex shit. for instance, i still think he is quite far off from jimi hendrix and jimmy page as a guitarist but i think he is better as a musician.
ustickx 3 years ago 2
White Stripes are my favorite band, that said, I agree that Jimmy Page is in another league but Jack is different and commands the stage better than anyone I have seen.
tbornem 4 years ago
He sounds like led zeppelin during some of this
zmbluesjr 4 years ago 3
one of the few guys that have the pipes to actually get anywhere near Robert Plant, also one of the few guys who has talent in the same ballpark as Jimmy Paige... its like two for one, and not in AARP! (i love zeppelin btw) Zep had a lot of the same Missippi Delta blues influenceas well.
decoy8812 4 years ago
David Coverdale Sounds Like Robert Plant. Page had alot of dark influences in his playing as well. Page was a sloppy guitarrist by style, but i think Jack is sloppier, i think because pages music was darker, it has more of a mysterious feel, and has perhaps more emotion
bp4586 3 years ago
This is so amazing.... perfect.
Michael5678 4 years ago
I love 2 things:
1. The sound.
2. Meg's boobs bouncing.
Not in that particular order.
tmick7 4 years ago 16
someone should really post tabs for, Lord, I just can't keep from cryin
ASTROAVERY 4 years ago 2
Slack tune your guitar a figure out... they pretty much stick with the same rythm
PhoenixRising235 4 years ago
Man... watching them is like a religious experience. Un-fucking-believable....
ItsTheErinShow 4 years ago 2
i've thought the same thing, esp. when he goes on tirades like "Grinning in Your Face" (lookit up on YT if you havent seen it!)
decoy8812 4 years ago
Mmmmmhmmmm... that's good stuff!!!!
ItsTheErinShow 4 years ago
this and many other videos in here are the answer to whoever says the stripes are amateur.
blackleatherjacket 4 years ago 2
this is absolutely AMAZING!!!!! thanx so much for posting it!!! :)
LonelyPixie 4 years ago
rock will never die because of this
CalvinTubeyou 4 years ago
where is their bassist
bonscott992001 4 years ago
You're kidding, right??
jp2421 4 years ago
there IS no bassist... thats part of what makes the WS so badass... see a live show. you will understand. the energy and ammount of friggin... UMPH and pwer and sheer sound these two create is phenominal.
that is all.
decoy8812 4 years ago 2
also if she was playing like neal pert or somthing, i think it would really detract from the rawness of the WS... its that 'pop-KICK' that really adds the oomph to jscks playing, sotty i cant put it any better than taht
decoy8812 4 years ago
additionally people miss all too often what makes a good band, its passion and an intimate understanding of the members involved, they have no setlist in this vid (or any live perfomance)... so shes gotta be tottaly on top of his near eppileptic playing style. it takes good musicianship and improv...
decoy8812 4 years ago
also if you think meg is a poor drummer consider this:
its a 2 piece band, and when jack starts playin like his amps at 11 (and i believe it is) its basically just her infront of thousands of people... somtimes tens of thousands... shes a shy person to boot, and to be shy, and beat the living crap out of those skins the way she does especially when she dosent have any cover from a basist.... that takes bawls.
decoy8812 4 years ago
your response gave me chills! well said!
i love meg!
jennfoster 4 years ago
you're so right.. WS would'nt be the same without meg! =D
whitEstripEdElephant 4 years ago
I cannot get enough of Jack's death letter...i have watched all of them, each one is different and awesome...god bless you Jack!!!and Meg god bless Meg for never missing a beat!! you go girl!!
eevlwich 4 years ago 2
Jack lost his pick at the end and just kept going without it. Awesome player.
hopper1 4 years ago
I agree. Jack's got soul. He can play guitar pretty well, but his biggest asset is his passion.
jibberjabber86 4 years ago
I agree decoy .. I totally understand what you're saying and you're absolutely right. We haven't seen so much soul in music in a long time. Jack can't touch greats like SRV in terms of playing ability, but what he lacks in that department he more than makes up for in playing really passionately.
treyhyphen 4 years ago
gawd.. thats is so effin sexy i wanna cry... this is some of the most soulful, passionate music i've heard since stevie ray vaughn. (for the record whiners i wasnt talking about playing ability or any of that. its different)
decoy8812 4 years ago
three quid is a demon on death letter
tbornem 5 years ago
Jack sounds like Janis Joplin from 1:53 to 2:06
sdion100 5 years ago
That's so weird because I've thought that Jack sounded like Janis at times for a long time.
wyattE415 5 years ago
Jack sounds like Janis Joplin at 1:53 to 2:06
sdion100 5 years ago
Jack and Meg are gonna be in the studio soon!
sdion100 5 years ago
Err, they've already recorded their next album. It's done.
RFMR88 5 years ago
I don't think Meg made a mistake at the end. It looked like she couldn't keep up with jack playing so fast.
Yassasin 5 years ago
at the end Meg makes a mistake but she continued perfectly. awesome. the best Death Letter version I've ever seen.
LetsKickHisAss 5 years ago
Love it. Brilliant. Wow!
chinacracker 5 years ago
does anyone know who wrote lord i cant keep myself from crying
gjghgdt 5 years ago
Blind Willie Johnson
mnnkcaj 5 years ago
this is fucking brilliant and very fast it seems every song they played at that concert is fast
jackwhite3redwhite 5 years ago
out of all the bootlegs and videos ive seen, this is my favorite death letter
shub10 5 years ago
FUCKING AMAZING MY LORD Jack and Meg r the best really best song i evewr heard, and this is prob the fastest i ever heard them play it
CaspersMusicVideos 5 years ago
on their last tour sometime.. this is the fuji rock festival i believe
JackWhiteIII 5 years ago
When did this concert take place?
wordgirldlw 5 years ago
fantastic... u might want to check out robert randolph and the family band if you like these guys. RR uses lap steel guitar with slide...its pretty awesome. vheck em out
ssjvash 5 years ago