The Black Keys - Thickfreakness

[peacelovewolf]

I love what Pat said in rolling stone magazine about Nickelback.

[merc260ss]

Black Keys = baddass!!!!

Nicklefags = gay ass!!!!

[JGill93]

These guys should colab with dave ghrol, I reckon they'd make some really fucking good stuff

[masterchiefer123]

@JGill93

no...they wouldn't....maybe dave grohl should just collab with nickelback so we can leave the black keys out of the formula

[JGill93]

@masterchiefer123 Why would you even mention nickelback? You stupid cunt

[theoriginaljeffro]

Shut up about Nickelbag - THIS BE THE BLACK KEYS YOU FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Foo1232]

nickelfag? or nickledick....

either way nickeldick sucks ass

[peacelovewolf]

they are a tie for #1 on my list. with Led Zeppelin. I can't decide...

[wfraserj]

@peacelovewolf Agreed

[skacaface59]

im twenty nine years old and seeing these guys live is already number one on my bucket list

[jmcquil]

top 3 bands

The Black Keys

The Black Keys

THE BLACK FUCKING KEYS!!!

[JewsCantBePiratz]

@jmcquil nononono you forgot one. I think the second one should be the FUCKING BLACK KEYS

[MrGlenntipton]

i would use some sort of octave multiplyer set to accentuate low frequencies and any prewar solid state amp....Lmao

[Beznet]

the black keys made me grow a 3rd nipple just now

[Papadepapo]

jajajjajja king leon, fall out boy WTFFFFF

[tobyisdeath]

listen... this is rock and roll - all you nickelbackthefuck lovers sit down with a big note pad and some oldskool lead pencils. write furiously and learn quick. this is how shit is done!

[jake753089]

top 3 bands

fall out boy

all american rejects

the black keys

[meotoko77]

@jake753089 lol, funny.

[themanchild27]

@jake753089 top 3bands

kings of leon

black keys

foo fighters

[BNT41392]

I like that this video has zero dislikes...

[fritzdengel100]

hahaha heeeellll yeah dan wearing a wmms shirt. reppin' cleveland

[yourmomsplacenta24]

if you look closely you'll see a man playing the guitar and a man playing the drums for the entire duration of the video

[darksatelite01]

Great stuff

[Timeconsumer9]

Can anybody tell me what pedals Dan uses?

[aznxtasy341]

@Timeconsumer9

if you havent found the answer yet, he uses many, many many pedals, and many many amps. im guessing he has a different set up for live and studio too, but I know that he has a fulltone soul bender among others, and a russian big muff

[TaffyRaphie]

i don't know why the black keys fans don't seem to like the white stripes.....the stripes are fucking great,and so are the keys. the keys play all blues, and the stripes play blues and garage rock (AMAZING garage rock i might add) and now the stripes play more striaght up rock as well. both amazing....stfu everyone

[salriggione]

SO true, man. I'm one of em...and I can't tell y, but I will not listen to em.[shrugs] I've tried!!

[TJ7230]

marry me ahaha i love the stripes and my band is a keys cover band

[smacygra]

sexy.

[geroldf]

When white stripes play blues, they're damn good. Too much of their other stuff is fluff, but their blues are good.

Black keys is all blues, and they rock it hard. Best blues band on the planet right now.

[lovehopetruthart]

ditto that

they are not the same.

The only similarity being a truely 60's fuzzed out sound. But that is just part of it.

[achickensandwich]

Jeez sake. Yes, they're a blues duo. No, they're not like The White Stripes.

[TyLaw321]

this is just like the white stripes except the guitar and drums are better

[hehateme71]

What a band, god this sounds good

[vberr223]

lud dans t shirt. the buzzard baby 100.7

[dizzygillespie927]

a headbangers dream and a christian grandmothers worst nightmare

[xSNOWYJOEx]

yes

[RebeccaEmms]

love it <3

[prjctcivilian]

NO, the BEARD is gonee!

[Heyyodude893]

..the beard was in the making probably after this.

this was probably right after thickfreakness came out.

[chrislarson15]

this was before the beard even existed...

[discojames]

Don't worry! This is pre-beard era!

[TheGipper0812]

OHIO! thank the Lord for the pure, unadulterated talent of the black keys!

[Dannalicicity]

you're welcome.

[santorostone]

sons of blue cheer!

[phsoftnet]

sons of blue cheer?this is interesting ..

[stubbmann]

I like this version way better than the album. Seems... more energetic.

It's all good, though. Rock the hell on, boys!

[NCSUVPIfan]

Nickelback smokes the flesh rod. Nine times over.

....How is NickelFag even brought up on a Black Keys video ??? There's zero comparison.

Just go watch the video where 3 Nickelback songs are played together at the same time, and they SOUND LIKE THE EXACT SAME FUCKING SONG WITH DIFFERENT WORDS.

Seriously, Fuck Nickelback and everything they stand for (which is absolute trash; they don't stand for shit).

[pearldrumsat]

Rock on man!

[chilil57]

thank you. your words are beautiful

[nickthebold]

couldn't have said it better myself.

i get super pissed everytime a nickelback song comes on the radio. Their lyrics are SO BAD. SO BAD. SO BAD.

[tuber76er]

true that. they are a dis-service to the great white north

[TheGipper0812]

word.

[GilmoursAngst]

Y'know, this video looks awesome and makes me wonder if there's an entire proshot video or whatever. Sadly, the audio doesn't seem so great, it hurts my ears. it's the frequencies that make my eyes water.

[linkwaker007]

That's the point son!

[GilmoursAngst]

Heh, I know the garage rock sound, but for some reason everything sounds teeny tiny here. But nonetheless it's great.

[swrider5400]

teeny tiny? Shirley you jest........

[569987878]

from what ive seen & heard,

this cats on his way! im sure hes paid some lowdown dirty

dues!God bless em' God bless!

[lazyitus]

i have been studying this song for some time... cna't understand a dm word he says but i love it all the more for that. guess it's time to look up the lyrics.

this song kicks major

[TomBangsDrums]

I love all these bands that just keep simplifying. Standard band used to 4 or 5 members, now we see 2 member bands with tiny drumset and simple 6 string guitars, and they sound better than the large groups. amazing.

[jackslostsanity]

i second that dude! great to hear guys are still playing bluesy stuff to, you dont really hear it anymore.

Gotta love em'

[bobisnotme]

i dont think he was joking

[kayjay56]

jwood was joking about Nickelback...f'in funny as hell.

[FenderBlues11]

Why don't they pick up a bass player? there good by themsleves but if they added the fullness of a bass they would sound so sick

[jwoodell3]

they dont need a bass player. A bass player would be in the way. Nickleback has a bass player and they sound like shit

[Shandaminion]

i read an article about them today in rolling stone and it says they said the best descison theyve ever made is to not get another member

[BrennymanPage]

That's cause they are shit. But The Black Keys is great to not have a bass player and be the best modern band.

[jayrizzo89]

they don't need a bass player, dan auerbach plays a drone note constantly which acts like a bass while he plays the licks as well.

[DirectorZ333]

Nickleback does not suck because they dont have a bass player they suck because the songs themselves are shit and the singer sucks

[moncheej1974]

Couldn't agree more!! I especially hate the singer's voice and the shitty lyrics are even more annoying!!

"Couldn't make it as a poor man, Couldn't make it as a blind man stealing" etc. Absolute stupidity!!

[friedshrimp325]

UR SO GAY THERE KICK ASS

[abrahamlincoln0900]

We all know this pales in comparison to YOUR fabulous skills . Cretin.

[cuntrulyuu]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like Nickleback. I'm constantly surrounded by these idiots who just think Nickleback is the stuff...

Love the Black Keys, though.

[sickpuppy4o20o1]

nickleback is possibly the worst band i've ever heard

[salsburysteakjr]

@sickpuppy4o20o1 I dated a girl for four years who loved Nickleback. Thank GOD she had a good personality. I eventually got her to hear and fall for tons of actual music, Little Richard, Black Keys, Rolling Stones, Fred McDowell, Bo Diddley, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, etc etc etc... And yet she STILL listened to that crap. Metallica, Nirvana, Barenaked Ladies. Ugh... My ears still haven't recovered...

[jdeiker1]

@sickpuppy4o20o1 agreed.... who the fuck said anything about nickelback?

[Mudcruncher]

In person, and in good recordings, the pounding of the bass drum makes up for the lack of a bass player.

[InsideOutRW]

i think we can all agree that technically the bass player is Dan and Pat

[boredfish]

Before they started up properly, they had been playing together since they were kids. They thought they should get a bassist and when they did they thought it just sounded wrong so they stuck with just the two of them

[samisabig1]

breaking the fucking mould right here

[MARLINS012345]

the song you can download sounds nothing like this.this is way better

[explosionsfrommybutt]

Mp3s only have ten percent of the actual sound.

[epicdeuce]

Please stop talking.

[explosionsfrommybutt]

Why? Because you hate the inconvient truth that the music you steal sounds like shit? Fuck you.

[monsterstinker]

explosions from my butt haha

[arekceg]

oh. a fuzz factory intro xD

[hunterflipcam]

hey come check out my videos

[MARLINS012345]

awesome song

[doodles6857]

amazing

[maroonoasis]

the beginning of the song is pure awesome.

[1337leo]

This in perth? shame I missed it.

[taildragger51]

This song reminds me of Johnny Winter's 1969 gutsy Blues "Leland, Mississippi". Auerbach's vocals are very soulful and retro. For me, this is one of the most exciting bands to appear on the scene for a LONG time. They look like they're from 1967..almost like John Fogerty looked! Music has to return to this again to be exciting.

[Meinbier1234]

very hendrixy...but shit they're really good!

[RichandAbi]

Superb live version!

[pens90]

all they need is a fuckin bassist!

[avsbmn7]

i can see to an exten why u think that. theyve tried. a bass player wouldnt be right for the keys tho

[Paxmanite]

dont be such a rockist...

[killerbass234]

just because their classified as a band doesnt mean they need to have a bassist. they do what works for them. i personally dont think a bassist would be right for them. i am a bass player who thinks this, so you should probably agree. theyre sound just wouldnt be as raw and pure with a bassist. it would be good no doubt, but its better without one.

[MrGlenntipton]

@killerbass234 the dynamics of no bassist leaves so much room for energy it is the reason it sounds so good

[Kingmidget12]

Damn best blues, garage rock around! Forget all the comparisons...

Love em!

[seannyateam76]

I like the Black Keys because they keep it simple, or most of their stuff, and they sound old-school

[Kylotito]

You know Pat's the best, because he can play amazing shit on a little set like that.

[ossamotocross]

Fuzz box supreme!!!!! - with lots of soul as well - I dig it!

[quinnith00]

THickfreaknessssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssssssssss...that riff is fucking explosive.

[ltcornflakes]

God damn i love this band!!

fuck everyone for them being sold out 2 months in advanced!! how in the world does that man have such amazing voice, it doesn't look like his body could make noises that amazing

[BOOMEROSU13]

LOVE THIS SHIT...KICK ASS

[Seilormeen]

dobry numer ,zdarzało mi sie płakać przy nim życiodajnym deszczem :)

[mafiasefic]

slavs power :D hehehe

[Theonewhoclimbs28]

I love the version of the song, but the camera work is a little jarring at the beginning. The version they do for Connan O'Brien is great too. A little uptempo. Check it out.

[kajclark]

great band, saw them live in dallas a couple years back, was one of the best concerts ive ever seen, cant believe two guys can make that much noise

[sysphus13]

he really gets funky..they got such a great pocket

[torquemada18]

fantastic vid, thanks for the post! how good are they live? that was the first (and only) time I saw them, and i remember now how awesome they were!

[avsbmn7]

they are amazing live. damn amazing i was in awe the entire show i went to at the Civic in akron

[aiwcots]

awsome vid thanks for posting.