The White Stripes - For the Love of Ivy

[MissionGoneBad]

"hunting for buddy holly in the dark"

Totally stole the thunder from that line, and for what? to avoid offending blacks? lame. If you're going to drop the racism in a song you cover, don't just change it to be goofy, just drop the whole line. There was so much punch in the original line, it kinda ruined the song for me.

[mance02]

Thank you Jack for not saying the 'N' word. Thank you SOOO MUCH!! I love you!

[hildaatje]

And though he would have been insanely proud of all this talk about him even now,he was a friendly spirit!

And I dont think he would,ve enjoyed all this hate amongst music lovers,but that is merely my humble opinion.....

[hildaatje]

Loving version and true to everything that Jim stood for,in my opinion!

Great job!!!

[lemonsqueezermunich]

..and again someone must say that this lyric change is so damn stupid!

[iluvjackwhitemost]

I think the line about Buddy Holly was quite charming, actually

[teslaandlyne]

sweet good for a campaign song

[themudball]

i hate it when you look at the comments and see half of a conversation and go to find the rest and never do.

[ChrisYonts]

Don't these hacks have ANY ideas of their own?

[mike91594]

@artstuX Hey dick there's this thing called the Bible, you should check it out some time fuck

[chibiuk]

@mike91594 Sorry I dont read science fiction.

[LzrdKng9000]

@chibiuk technically it wouldn't be "science" fiction. but that's just my opinion.

[krazykoolproductions]

@LzrdKng9000 it would be more like fantasy

[LzrdKng9000]

@krazykoolproductions hey why are we talking about the bible here? this is a fuckin white stripes song

[mike91594]

@chibiuk

Good thing cuz its under the non-fiction category. ;)

[FaithEntertainment]

Jesus is the only hope of salvation from the guilt of sin. He is God come in the flesh. And he came to wash away our sins with his blood that he shed on the cross. Salvation is a free gift, but you must repent and ask Jesus to save you from your sins and come into your heart. God is good. It is written, "The just shall live by his faith."

[Rivaleka]

@FaithEntertainment For the love of Jesus and all of his friends--- What the shit are you going on about here...? Please... Please shut up...lol

[artstuX]

@FaithEntertainment

Jesus? Never heard of him!

[Ud0nTgNoMiE]

@FaithEntertainment We came here to listen to music, not to be preached to.Get off youtube and go join a cult!

[1234HELLBOUND]

HUNTING FOR BUDDY HOLLY? YOU CHICKEN SHIT WHITE MOTHER FUCKER! AFRAID OF A RACISM CHARGE FROM SOME GANG BANGER FUCK THAT NEITHER CARES FOR POST-PUNK OR UNDERSTANDS IT. CHICKEN SHIT!

[ChrisGnosis]

Now who's gonna do the Fire Spirit remake?

[sickboy2274]

The White Stripes put it down no matter what they play. So much energy, real rock and roll!!



[leoantonio]

The White Stripes are fucking posers, and this cover blows. It is absolutely terrible and vanilla and boring.

[910913]

@leoantonio And you're boring everyone with your pretentious statements. Learn about the blues and come back.

[kodiak1402]

@leoantonio Douche.



[TheWrongBoyfriends]

Did`nt know they d done this

mega sound....

[LillyCandyCane]

Guys, clearly the cover is not going to be identical to the original so go listen to the original if all you're gonna do is whine about it. Maybe it's not the best, maybe the lyrics got changed, but had they not changed the lyrics you guys'd jump on that too and call them racist just because you seem to enjoy hating.

[witchdoctor66]

"I was hunting for Buddy Holly in the dark"? If you're going to cover a song of this caliber don't belittle it by changing the lyrics because you don't have the cojones to say "niggers". We're adults, not children, we can say words the collective find unsettling for the sake of being artistic...

[LeshaAnn]

@witchdoctor66 Jeffrey Lee changed the lyrics around sometimes himself, though, in order to offend whoever needed it: One time when they (The Gun Club, dud) were playing with some Blasters-type crowd in attendance, he was heard to sing this lyric: "I was huntin' for rockabilly assholes down in the dark...!" No lie.

[Zipgunn1]

My band covered this way back around 83/84 and we struggled with that word. We eventually substituted in the word muggers.Apart from the usual meaning, to us it also meant a generally bad and sneaky person. We often used it as a friendly jibe at each other.

[gialucero1]

Kick ass cover! if you dont think so, shut the f*ck up! lol

[MichellesPoontang]

Terrible cover...it has no suspense, no dynamics like the original...just an idiot trying to sound bluesy...and total sell out lack of balls to change "nigger" to Buddy Holly...of course JLP wasn't racist , he even did a rap song lol...complete crap cover

[TheIvoryrocker]

@MichellesPoontang jack white has a rule, no swearing. and i think hes done a pretty good fucking job at being bluesy. But i do get what you mean with the dynamics

[HepCatmobile]

JLP was oppsessed by Robert Johnson.OK they use the N word in the original of this song but i think it was in the good old Punk Rock trad of no word is sacred if it makes the listener sit up & provoke discusion.It's the oldest trick in the book!Gun Club were a Blues/Punk band just like White Stripes are.Thats why they covered this song because the invented that style.Kinda like how Rockabilly & Punk fused in the early 80's to become Psychobilly.

[thrills120]

The Gun Club version is "For the love of ivory"

[molecularash]

@thrills120 ...0_o no it's not

[jeffthunders]

@thrills120 what the fuck are you talking about

[FauntleroyLL]

awesome cover :D

[bamboosa]

Did anybody notice that the drumming here pretty much rocks?

[ninni14]

Racist or not, it's stays such a cool song!

[hodjepodje]

everyone is racist. (woah.)

[rougestr]

this lead singer needs a horse and a revolver

[thebignomnomface]

@rougestr he has a name jackass

[rougestr]

@thebignomnomface At the time i was uneducated in who Jack White was, fuck you sorry.

[thebignomnomface]

@rougestr fuck you too :)

[LardGargantuus]

I don't like the White Stripes, but I love the Gun Club, and this cover is pretty sweet.

[Greenfuzz138]

gun club says nigger . theyre not racist right? maibe making fun of rednecks

[hildaatje]

@Greenfuzz138

Rascists?Not in a million years!

Jeffrey lee was hispanic,as was Kid Congo,Romi Mori was Japanese...so no.

Multi culti!

[attic2basement]

@hildaatje i agree with you on this point , but i live in a hispanic neighborhood and lots of them are racist against blacks!!!! especially in LA, mexicans and blacks, (brown on black hate) all im saying is you dont have to be white to be racist lol, in this case yeah he wasnt but being multicultured doesnt mean shit

[Greenfuzz138]

@attic2basement yes dude you dont and alot of americans dont think about this

[attic2basement]

@Greenfuzz138 are all the rappers that ever said cracker racist to you, because that is like all of them! lets get over the black/white hypocrisy

[Greenfuzz138]

@attic2basement .Well im not white so the cracker thing would work. but it depends what they say. They say" i was hunting some niggers out in the dark" and in the other song its like" left a dead nigger laying by the lake" sounds like a hate crime or something. but i hope they were just making fun of rednecks or something because i hate when people use the N word

[attic2basement]

@Greenfuzz138 and a lot of the listeners of the Gun Club are white so "nigger" wont bother them the way cracker doesnt bother you and im a hip hop dj, but 30 so grew up on shit like this and i can tell you, i have countless rap records that say things about white people like raoing white women, malcom x was right-"white women should suck the black mans toes-thats her worth--all of this is in rap songs, what the Gun Club says in those above lines is bad but not the worst ive heard in music!

[lynchalandlord]

To ElectricLabel: Wow, what a great thing, to have known JLP. Thanks for writing, that is so cool. What a genius. I love hearing him and wish I could have seen him live, (I could have, but was ignorant at the time...just had some records, never saw him, but my interest was re-ignited a while back, now I love his work fanatically.)

[evilrecordcompany]

@null

wasn't the elvis from hell line in the original?

[hildaatje]

@evilrecordcompany

Absolutely!The White Stripes stay very true to the original.

(I,m a Gun Club fan)

[Diabloamarant]

Every cover TWS do, end up better than the original ^^ Except for maybe Party of Special Things to Do.

[molecularash]

@Diabloamarant i doubt jack thinks this version is better than the original...i certainly don't think it is.

[pch8r]

ROCKS!

[eddym78]

Nice cover, I love this song!

[phillyb666]

fuck them for covering this

[chm1220]

@phillyb666 fuck you for commenting

[STUNTS1516]

@phillyb666

Yo philly666 Im real happy for you and Imma let you finish but yo jessi slaughter was the troll of all time!

[wombat8881]

This version is not as good as the original, but that's okay. I love both bands, this is an off the cuff live cover, vs the great original. This is good, just not as haunting, evocative or edgy. You have to keep in mind that TWS feel a big obligation to kids who like music. The Buddy Holly lyric substitution works. You now have a song that talks about "an Elvis from Hell" and hunting for Buddy Holly down in the dark. It's less provocative but also effective.

[DALSU]

buddy holly??????????

just sing it not sanitize it........ the song was to prevoke something more than this.....

[nmobayed]

i actually this cover is a real decent one of the original

but then again i love white stripes anyways

[vonghoul]

It's a decent cover. I've heard better and I've heard WAYworse. But it's all just a matter of opinion I guess. I still think the original will never be beaten but Im sure everyone who watches this video will agree with that. Doubt there are alot of people looking this up that hasn't heard the Gun Club original.

[ChrisGnosis]

Buddy Holly in the dark....lolz.

I like the cover...I wish the quality was better but it was live so this is pretty top notch. Surprised Meg didn't murder the drums though.

[Domytar]

f*ckin bangin

[xxlesslikeitsmathxx]

Wow, nice cover :) Figures they would be Gun Club fans.

[kingdomsbythesea]

I'm pretty positive they ace every cover they do.

[ninni14]

is this a cover?

[loudenblogger]

@ninni14 Yes - but it is not like the original. This does not mean that they are not doing it justice- they made it their own and it really rocks!

[falsepro]

lol i bet he didnt dare to say : i was hunting down niggers in the dark.And maybe for the best :D

[fearbeforefearbefore]

Jack's said nigger in a few songs before. I forget the title but the line was something like 'bitches, niggers, put away ya pistol's'.

[kieran514]

@fearbeforefearbefore yeap, he covered "Got Ya Money" by Ol' Dirty Bastard

[MassiveJungle]

for all the morons who voted this comment down: those are actual lyrics from the original song

[falsepro]

Yeah cant expect people to know stuff these days,specially good stuff.

[TheHatefulDead]

Just one more reason to like The White Stripes...

But, yeah... compared to the Gun Club's original this sucks donkeys.

[DylanRude]

all of you who do not get it are fuckin stupid.

props to white stripes for covering this even though they do a terrible job.

JLP was NOT a racist.

you guys are stupid.

[fredbsd]

My respect for this band just went up quite a bit ;>).

[iluvjackwhitemost]

god damn wheres the live video for this?????

[MaraCorday]

This cover really blows compared to the original and the comments are mostly retarded.How the hell are you supposed to cop some H from "Buddy Holley in the dark"?

and that's IV as in intravenous not "Poison Ivy" of the Cramps. Fuckin' 'tards......

[STUNTS1516]

the lines "white holly in the dark"

[jkoff76]

This is the part of the White Stripes I REALLY LIKE!!

[ElectricLabel]

Jeffrey Lee was a friend of mine, he was the least racist fucker who ever walked on this planet, the only purity he cared about was rock'n'roll, so button that shit, go and point the finger and some cunt who deserves it, Jeff would accept ANYONE in the world as long as they weren't an asshole...

[BornAgainBabyJesus]

@ElectricLabel if he really was a friend of yours, the only thing i can do is give you my respect. what an amazingly talented man. one of the greatest minds of music. so underrated.

[sgds12]

No, they just don't get it...

Be nice, they mean well, just not informed musically...

GUN CLUB IS BEAUTIFUL!

As far as White Stripes fans go... you can't say that... really... there are those of us who loved them from the start, and support them wholeheartedly. They are really great people. When they, anyone goes mainstream, there's always crap in the drain.

Cut the shit, will you?

LUX would want it this way :)

They have something fresh and special, kicks ass... so suck an egg!

[ClashCityRockers0]

Well said sgds12

[LillyCandyCane]

It's indie culture. As soon as success comes along people turn against them. It's part of the trend of people liking uncool stuff to be cool. It's just people being musically uninformed and superficial.

[deadzeppelin]

Hipsters are that way. Hipsters are idiots. Truth be told the quality of the White Stripes albums have been diminishing for quite a while. Going mainstream doesn't always mean watered down music, but it usually catches up to most bands. It has with the White Stripes.

[mloaks]

concur. theyre done

[ttraynor1]

@LillyCandyCane Yeah....that makes sense. So at some point, can a band become so cool, then of course uncool, that they become cool again? How will i KNOW when that time is? How will i KNOW when to wear the t-shirt again?

[LillyCandyCane]

@ttraynor1 haha, yeah I think that happens a lot. Look at Rick Astley (as lame as he truly is). When he was around originally, people were embarassed they knew the words to his songs because he sucks and he's cheesy. But now everyone is up his butt again because he's uncool in a cool way, apparently. Or some such rubbish.

[shabooba85]

@LillyCandyCane depends on the artists....some continue to do great stuff while becoming more commercial, some not.

[LillyCandyCane]

@shabooba85 not necessarily. Maybe for the more enlightened people, but in general, it's all a fashion statement.

[Desdemona202]

@LillyCandyCane Hipsters

[stillentranen]

ew

this cover sucks

[arizeal]

just as good the the original gun club

song but maybe with a better guitar?

[iluvjackwhitemost]

BAD- AYUSS! I'm freaking head-banging. lol searching for Buddy Holly

[ClashCityRockers0]

White Stripes rocking a Gun Club song about the Cramps... how good is that?

[littleroom333]

This is so bad ass!

[eddym78]

amazing cover

[malalajka789]

this is in my oppinion as good as the original just love it

[CRABBIE33]

This cover and this band are an abomination.

[BelvisTheFirst]

bit harsh.

why?

[dcivay]

I'm trying to find a video of the original by the Mammas and the Pappas. Does anyone know where I can find it?

[iluvjackwhitemost]

damn I want to see the live video of this!

[vergarihno]

Flawless cover, perfect.

[brianlowdown]

sounds great but nothing like the gun club i love his solo shit the henchmen he didnt have the guts to say nigger and the gun club wasnt like that at all it was in the song and that shows u how pc we r today listen to dylan do hurricane if some one sang it otherwise it would suck

[JohnMoseley]

I sort of think, yeah, well, if they wanted to do a Gun Club song and didn't want to say nigger, why pick one of the two that use the word? They'd probably do Preaching the Blues just as well.

In their defense, this version lacks the country twang that gives the word context in the original. It's pretty clear Pierce was playing the role of a homicidal redneck. That wouldn't have come across here and they'd have been left with the word sitting there like a turd on a buffet table.

[irishsid13]

niggers? who cares...they say that and worse about us...i saw that one guy..nas i think...has a shirt that says "NIGGER" in bold letter's on the front.......offend in every way....Stripe's own all others.

[WhiteStripesNut]

I have only heard Jack use the word in one song. He sang a little dirty bastard in the middle of Little Bird once. He said bitches & niggers.

[FxBunny]

wow are you serious? and I love this band, and i am of mixed race...i feel stupid now

[arizeal]

the guy from gun club wasn't racist

i think he actually was obsessed with learning about other cultures

its just a reference he didn't mean to insult anybody

[CRAWBURGER]

We did it heaps better at my wedding...preceded by 'she's like heroin to me'....we took it way down Jeffrey Lee...gave em' sex beat as an encore...this is still a good version tho....ps I said Nigger

[willminkorea]

The Song was originally written by John Philips of the Mamas and Papas in 1966.

[JohnMoseley]

Not according to the Fire of Love sleeve notes, I quote: 'All songs by Jeffrey Lee Pierce except "For the Love of Ivy" by Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers...'

Could be they used an old Mamas and Papas song as a starting point, rather as Pierce used Robert Johnson's 'Preaching Blues' as the starting point for 'Preaching the Blues'.

[packermanfavre]

Stop commenting on if it's racist or not, just listen to the music. If you don't like it, listen to something else, because i am tired as hell of reading the stupid and ignorant comments people have left.

[83king]

im black i love both versions if gc was racist then y r they a punk blues band ,blues comes from blacks any way white stripes are the best band ive seen in 10 years and gc is awesome.

[bosoxboy3]

amazing cover

[peppermints53]

kinda sounds like lets shake hands dont ya think?

[IIVaLHaLLaNII]

same chords

[iluvjackwhitemost]

TRULY AMAZING! I love the intro...and all the soul, yet censored, vocals put into this. DAYUM I wish I was there! RED WHITE BLACK! PEACE LOVE CANDY CANES! MEG LIPS LOOK CHAP IN THIS PICTURE, BTW

[iluvjackwhitemost]

AMAZING!

[iluvjackwhitemost]

this is pretty badass and FUCK YOU crypttonite, volenterra and my least favorite comment by teamNOTSOclassy

[lexduex]

Great song!!!

[zbouaerg]

LISTEN TO crypttonite, THIS MAN IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

i personally dont hate the white stripes, i like alot of their stuff

and i dont expect em to be the exact same as g.c. or any other band

but if you prefer this harmless hammering from the destructive danger that is the original song, may you burn in HELL

HELL!

ougk

[Sokrata]

Well, you can't really call the Gun Club version good. It lacks balls. This one has that balls. Screw that "I was hunting for niggers in the dark.",, Damn rednecks..

The GC version isn't sung well,, no dynamic singing. When he finishes a sentence the band start hammering their stuff..

Please grow ears.

[bspinaa]

0/10

try harder next time

[sonniesam]

But it's just a matter of taste ;)

[sunupmoondown]

Anyone that says that jeffrey lee pierce's singing isn't dynamic should be taken to a facility and routinely executed.

[sonniesam]

Anyone who does say jeffrey lee pierce's singing is dynamic should eaten by a plague of locusts

[sunupmoondown]

Have you ever even heard Miami or The Las Vegas Story? Or do you just sit around YouTube watching BBW vids?

[83king]

i sit around and watch youtube vids

[crypttonite]

why is it then,that Jack cites Jeffrey as an influence-he's singing the mans song,because he wants to be associated with the gun club-

white stripes are a pop group,making music to entertain the masses such as you,the misuse and use the idea of rocknroll and it's unwarranted.they suck.

[crypttonite]

you don't get it dumbass,it's a story about lynch mobs,and yeah obviously fucking screw 'em,Jeffrey wasn't singing autobiographically-just like when Mic sings sympathy for the devil-suspension of disbelief,Jack White didn't have the balls to sing the line,so instead he added the most dumbfucking substitute,Buddy Holley-is he fucking retarded. He's actually very savvy-he knew his mainstream audience wouldn't understand if he sung nigger.

fucking white stripes.

[deadzeppelin]

Ha ha you're right. The Gun Club version is so bad that Jack White loves it and covered it. Strike One. Gun Club are not rednecks, in fact the opposite, you miss the whole point. Strike Two. Gun Club version has more suspense and build up. Which is what the song stands on. His singing works better. Strike three you're fucking out. - Kenny Powers

[Maraguzzi]

Maybe he doesn't want to use nigger? It's a choice, is it not? A choice to use the word or not.

[pazisad]

so the kkk sang "for the love of niggers"?

[iluvjackwhitemost]

lol yeah the gun club is basically the KKK

[pazisad]

the gun club's a pretty sweet band.

[iluvjackwhitemost]

yeah but kinda racist too =P

[pazisad]

no, i realized it's not racist, they're just crazy.

besides, if they're racist, jack white is racist for covering their track.

[sonniesam]

No... They sang about niggers,, Jack White didn't..

Pay attention..

[neothomist1275]

This may be an alien concept to you, but song lyrics aren't necessarily a person's actual feelings -- that is how 12 year old girls view songs.

[sonniesam]

Yeah, neothomist1275 is right on that point,,

But still, shooting niggers in the dark is a rather radical lyric

[crypttonite]

how is the gun club racist? why don't you pull your head out of your ass,and look some shit up,like Kid Congo,he formed the gun club with Jeffrey,was in the cramps,you can find him on myspace,ask him were the gun club raxcist-he's hispanic hiimself,so was jeffrey,call up ward dotson-ask him. You white stripes fans are the fucking worst.

[agooTV]

KKK ?

- Jeffrey Lee Pierce had a japanese girlfriend, the rythym guitarist Kid Congo was/is gay and a mexican and at one point they had british bass player, they were open minded band with a really sick sense of humour...and they didn't like the right wing. Jeffrey hated republicans and said so in several interviews...

[crypttonite]

and you're basiclaly fucking retarded

[Bunnymen]

Awesome!

[thenoobfite]

Cool

[austinhurtis1]

nice