The Black Belles - What Can I Do?

[pepe7drum]

i want one of those

[frnk51]

where's megan? I bet jack white couldnt resist and is dressed up like the 4th girl that never shows haha he's a mastermind, but this is him playing with dolls.

[LillyCandyCane]

Don't really see what their association with Jack White has got to do with whether you like them or not to be honest. A lot of bands are associated with Jack White. If you don't like them, fine, but it should be your ears that tell you that.

[WeeBadproductions]

Jack White Third Man promotional band.

That's all this is to me.

I get the feeling that Jack recorded this himself.

Doesn't mean i don't respect the beautiful written song.

[pepe7drum]

@WeeBadproductions if you were an artist you will see it from another angle... the song is great as the concept as well, yes is so "Jack" style but it is strong from it own way

[TheHofilmfan]

this song, oh my god. oh my god, this song.

[gloria908]

this is actually pretty good

[Callardonian]

I have just fallen in love

[TheCodenamedavid14]

Elvira sent me.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

I am a bit cautious due to their association with jack white or whatever his name is.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

Impressive, most impressive, though I'm not sure if it has enough of that gothic edge to qualify as gothic rock... or perhaps it's close enough but distant enough to be enough to bring some new blood to the genre. Perhaps I'm just not used to a female vocalist gothic rock band singing in this way. The sound rather reminds me a bit of Bauhaus, perhaps its the organ bit. Either way bravo to all of you fine Fraulein, I shall be watching this closely, and bringing this up for examination by my peers

[ANIMABELLAable]

Hei!

:-)

[WeisserRover]

Great song, great retro-sound, great video !

[itostrong923v]

I want this video on my GSmart i350 phone.

[pepe7drum]

@itostrong923v go fuck yourself

[NesCreed]

Anyone else come here because their love of Elvira?

[misato00potetin]

so cool! this is just like jack white!Greatest director!

[SplatterMeBloodRed]

Saw them in concert and they all signed my chest, also saw Jack White there, and so did he! Wanda Jackson played after them! It was pretty tits!

[DSgamrz585]

Dear Shelby, you are beautiful, and amazing on the keys. That is all :)

[photojerk69]

( ( ( F U C K I N S W E E T ) ) )

[ANIMABELLAable]

amazing!

[v0lquete]

great band,what kinda guitar is that???

[AntoniusRome]

@v0lquete Dont bet the farm on this but I believe its a 'National' guitar.

[zvillegirl]

@v0lquete The girl singing is playing an Airline guitar, Jack also played an Airline, & I can hear some Jack White influence in her playing.

[beezelbub3]

I like them but the Horrors from the UK did the spooky garage thing since back in 07. Even looked similar. Check out "She Is the New Thing"

[plasmafoot1]

okay this may sound dumb but is it a bunch different girls dressed the same?? or is it one girl playing everything?

[OptikC]

She has talent! She must be a witch! BURN HERRRRR.

[malhashoudega]

WITCH!

[jeremyevilmartin]

I'm glad you have anything to say about a video that was posted almost a year ago.

[daGregoirski]

it's really nice of Mr White to make a cool clip about this chicks, but ... where's the rock'n roll ? Sure as hell they're not obliged to show their titties, but they look a bunch of frigid witches to me, come on = show us that you ROCK !

[renee2971]

@daGregoirski

I'm sure that everything Jack White does is very well thought out. Maybe it's more about the music, and not so much about them looking like tramps. Unfortunately, in this day and age, the latter is what most female performers look like. These women are great role models.

[DasAlbatross]

It's a good think Jack White went south where music is "more real", because these girls are real crappy. They have the talent level of a high school garage band. Sorry you're so butthurt about Detroit, Jack.

[renee2971]

@DasAlbatross

These women are awesome. Leave it to a guy to put down female musicians.

[DasAlbatross]

@renee2971 You're right. I'm going to throw out my Ani DiFranco, Robinella, Evens, Frente!, Fucked Up, Pixies, Portishead, Rentals, L7 and White Stripes (among others) CDs because I hate female musicians so much. Grrrr. I wish I could go back in time and not see Ani live 7 times.

[SpellHowlerAidas]

Holy Shit this band is a mazing, that wild guitar and rift..omfg new band to my "Epic" playlist <3

p.s. now need to buy cd's :D

[omegaman1313]

they may not show the're tits but tthe are stil fucking hot as hell

[0509killer]

@omegaman1313 ummm, "their" tits.

[GamVlou]

c'est trop classe !

[photojerk69]

( ( ( fucking sweet ) ) )

[U4rikmind]

lovely

[FlammablePlanet]

Stephen Colbert brought me here!

[nooneisusingthisname]

This shows a lot of potential. I mean sure, it sounds a lot like Jack White is mentoring them, but I think with a little time, they could have an incredible sound.

[WantsToSleep]

No offense to fans of these guys, but it's not very good. It's like a crappy-all female version of the White Stripes. The video is also pretty meh. Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE fan of Jack hWhite and all his side projects, I'm just saying I think he just chose to produce this band because of the aesthetics.

[blwbl]

@WantsToSleep Yeah, I was also very disappointed. I wanted to like these guys so bad, BECAUSE of the aesthetics and because it's a third man band. But I don't think they deserve to be called a female version of the White Stripes, because that would be a lot better than this is.

[renee2971]

@WantsToSleep

The cd is awesome.

[xCANOCx]

Elvira <33

[reminiscentofrose]

Too bad the vocals are like talking

[BigBadJooDooDaddy]

OK, Jack, which one you doing? Hope it's all of the above. Don't make it good music, but you get a pass.

[renee2971]

@BigBadJooDooDaddy

Typical dumb guy comment.

[lquelette]

Sexy.

[acruzerstratman]

Wait why are the band members play different instruments now? and erin belle isnt in the band anymore

[biohazardrose]

May I also say that I think Indie rock is good when it has an organ in it?

[biohazardrose]

I love the singing, it is so bold and raw. That's what this music is all about.

[joeheynes]

terrible singing

[Trevik90]

The Hurriganes meets The Runaways ?

[pangoo82]

awesome Eastwood Airline Map guitar...

[cesaro401]

I like what they're going for, sounds like a cool fusion of garage rock, goth, even a little pop in there too (they probably hate me saying that). I can see why Jack White wanted to work with them. But that being said I just don't care for the song that much but I'm sure plenty others love it

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[Daburcor]

This is pretty damn awesome.

[LastCaress7]

Colbert Report.

[orbitluvr99]

Tarantino would cream his pants if he were to ever watch this.

[Foo3112]

@orbitluvr99 Tarantino was probably doing this 2 weeks after buying his first camera. Mans brilliant!

[shostoppa100]

MY CHANNEL HAS A SINGER WITH LOTS OF SOUL AND SEX APPEAL

[shostoppa100]

honestly almost everyone on here is saying EXACTLY the same thing-and ironically it is EXACTLY what I thought when I 1st heard it, SONG=AWESOME

SINGER=BORING

[renee2971]

@shostoppa100

There are a ton of famous bands with so-so singers. And a lot of famous singers who can't sing at all. I think she's pretty awesome.

[babypiano666]

i don't think she can sing and play at the same time. still a real good song.

[Omertahun]

not likey sorry

[Efri3nd]

I still remember when this video still had a couple of thousand views it's impressive how one show can make such a big difference

[TyTyMcBerg]

i can dig the music, but the singer has like no feeling at all. kind of weirds me out. not bad, but..hm..

can definitely see why Jack White signed em' though

[madisonmc]

@ walksk8r....

tuesday douche bag!

[wallsk8r]

PUT OUT A FULL ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BretBaber]

@oowkaka His awfulness resulted in a good movie. Weird how that happens.

[JBiscaia33]

meh

[IKilledYourTV]

Holy Shit, the Female Horrors.

[aqq1337]

@IKilledYourTV

The horrosr are nothing like this for like 2 years already. Their first album was not that similar in musical way neither.

[soldierofvanity]

anybody know this song of the seventies "what can i doooo? but loving you? naaaa nananaaaa nanana. i think it was seventies, very doucement stuff kind of ladida, i thought it was marianne faithfull, sure sounded like it, less scruffy voice, but, sure sounded in this order.

[soldierofvanity]

If men drum beats its usually war, goes way back to africa, myeah, some things in fiction are actually treu, but you don't want to know what these girls are drumming for. :'( well, its not what you think. they are actually lesbians (some things in mythology are actually treu) but i have to pass the tickets from one five hundred size young woman circus to the other. nobody wants my job :(

[tgrman1]

its seems so fake somehow

[mjaykill759]

can't wait to buy their album

[rebeldandycult]

Love the music......but the voice.

[bigstereo]

This is a sexy vid and a catchy song... but it's as if this band is trying to sound identical to the White Stripes. Primiitive drumming, jagged guitar and synth riffs, a vocalist who sing-talks. I mean, it sounds like she's actually impersonating Jack White. Is that the goal here? To carry on the Stripes sound without the Stripes?

[RiktheViking]

@bigstereo

Female White Stripes? BRING IT ON!

[bigstereo]

@RiktheViking That doesn't exactly sound right... considering the fact that one-half of the White Stripes is female.

[DjNykkoli]

This is great... so happy to see women playing excellent music and not be required to show off their cleavage or shake their ass but actually have the instruments in their hands!!! This is to be supported, cheered, and set as a standard for music. bring back music and leave the side shows to the circus!!!

[wallsk8r]

@DjNykkoli  its so nice to hear that from someone else. They deserve support

[renee2971]

@DjNykkoli 100% agree with you! This is a fabulous band, and leave it to Jack White to introduce them to us. This is such a great change from all of the manufactured bubble-gum bands out there.

[xevnoc]

@DjNykkoli Yea, because this band has nothing to do with cultivating a certain image...it's all about the music...comeon now, back to reality! That said, the music isn't half bad.

[myndwurx]

@DjNykkoli

Really? Never heard of Joan Jett? The Runaways? Kittie? Blondie? Fionna Apple? Evanescence? Sarah McLaughlin? Billie Holliday? Tori Amos? Edie Brickel? Stevie Nicks? Bjork, etc.. etc.. etc.. Chicks can kick ass with everyone else, but please don't pretend that all these other ass kickers didn't put there shit WAY out there long before you happened upon this video.

[southrules]

@myndwurx Tru dat

[tcr023]

@DjNykkoli they look pretty good in their black wigs, black dresses and black pumps

[TheCombatMunkey]

@DjNykkoli Completely agree! That's what kills it for mewith our "main stream" music. Lady Gaga?...Really?...

[nathanmessias]

jack white is a crazy guy

[INDIEKEEGAN]

WITHOUT A SINGLE DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING BANDS AROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My GAWDDD How badass can you get

[XabbagatorX]

I love their awesome 60s feel!

[wiredwullff]

Great,Tight,Sharp,A1 QUALITY!, Having grown up in the sixties and seventies when the horror movie craze was upon the land and there were many more songs and bands of this type that were getting played [there may just as many now or more but I don't think they are nearly as mainstream as then], having lived through this I would Have to say this is as good or better all the way around then anything then-Wonderfully Wicked! Two claws up!

[nathanmessias]

I knew that Jack White was a Satanist

[motioncitypierre]

stephen + jack = Black Belles. ftw

[Hendrixidol]

They're sexy as hell, without having to show they're ass. I'll bang them over Beyonce, Lady Gaga, or any other chick that shows her ass.

[GetYourSelfAbeer]

@Hendrixidol And I'd let you bang me for what you just said.

Laugh out loud. No, I wouldn't. But nice thought man...

[tacitus2244]

aside from the singer these girls look different from the ones who came out on the colbert report

[WoodRatGirl]

Wow! Now if only kids were more exposed to music like this, these days.

[gglaw42]

I love this!

[benjaminnourri]

Nul j'aime pas sa voix ...

[BretBaber]

Jack White is a better director than Ed Wood.

[omarpod]

@BretBaber that's like saying anyone is a better caretaker than Casey Anthony

[southrules]

@BretBaber Well that's good since Ed Wood was the worst director in the history of time.

[fillmoreslimdetroit]

now you ask fillmoreslim why we dress this way..lol. ?? your brother passed the word.. D Blitz has replied.. x

[ErockinMusic]

They were amazing at MI-fest, keep it up!

[RedceLL1978]

shallow uninspired lyrics, gimmicky band image and spent riffs that take zero skill to play. no talent. i can't even believe the shit you folks settle for these days. this shit is junk.

[IRONxEWOK]

@RedceLL1978 Not everything has to be complicated to be a masterpiece. Your ignorance is why our world music scene is crap. And if you think your so perfect then make a guitar cover of this song.

[RedceLL1978]

@IRONxEWOK not in a million years would i cover a song like this. and on the contrary, YOUR LOW STANDARD is why music is crap these days friend. because the music industry knows they can make money feeding us uninspired mindless slop, and people like you will gobble it up like it's filet mignon and pass it around until everybody dumps it out and looks for something new. it's disposable shit, and they GOT you, friend. you've been had.

[HiThereImKester]

@RedceLL1978 Do you know what Garage music is?

[RedceLL1978]

@HiThereImKester Garage music originated in America as just that: a raw sound without effects, mixers or processing, it was rock and punk music, played in middle class garages across the states, and then a house party scene throughout the 80's and 90's developed that incorporated electronic music, house, electronic industrial, etc, and then it migrated to the UK, and Europe, Dubstep came about, etc etc, this isn't garage, it's missing just ONE letter. can you guess which one? :) 

[RedceLL1978]

@HiThereImKester guys like larry levan try to claim the name to garage music, but if you know your history, they just stole the name. The vagrants, the memphis charms and the castaways originated real garage music in the 60's.

[bcRock03]

Does anyone else think that alison mosshart guest-starring for a song with Olivia Jean would be a fantastic idea??!?

[KillsAndCandyCanes]

@bcRock03 OH MY GOD yes.

[SickyJinx13]

Awesome! Real goth... not emo crap! :D

[talleywho]

It's like... watching the Bangels... dressed up like Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" models.... dressed up like Puritan housewives.... dressed up like emo-goth chicks.... playing Rory Erickson's 13th Floor Elevator era music!

Brilliant!

[omonission]

Nice that there is a revival of real music!!!!!!!!!

[throwedlol]

I need all 4 of them in my bed right fuckinng now

[Omniculler]

@throwedlol Wouldn't that be the trip of a lifetime, though?!

[deathbyzza420]

saw you guys on colbert report,youlll be happy to know you did better than him on vocals..first all chick band ive heard since kitty except better.

[mc5imus]

The credits say Olivia Jean is the singer and Erin Belle the bassist. Is this right?

Also, I'm dying to know how they did the bassist's "blowing black smoke" trick.

[Omniculler]

@mc5imus I loved that. I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to these things but it looked somewhat fake, so I'd guess it was computer animated.

[JumpPunchandRUN]

reminds me of joan jett :)

[novusgamma69]

i was actually feeling really lonely, but watching and listening to this awesomeness made me feel better :D

[fleshxrot]

3:23, beautiful.

[Omniculler]

@fleshxrot Sounds like you miss Miss Olivia Jean.

[fleshxrot]

The singer is my ex-girlfriend. She's living her dream. I'm so proud of her.

[jacknuts22]

@fleshxrot She still hates you.

[fleshxrot]

@jacknuts22 Get dead.

[Shmekekey]

@fleshxrot Get a sense of humor.

[fleshxrot]

@Shmekekey

no.

[babypiano666]

@fleshxrot no.

[renee2971]

@fleshxrot

She's awesome. I love this band.

[lawltaxcuts]

That guitar is giving me an eargasm holy jeebus.

[51488100]

@lawltaxcuts really this is pretty basic compared to alot of other stuff

[RetroPanthers]

Niiice 

[jacknuts22]

I'd like to have an orgy with these girls while dressed up as Dracula... Like Bela Lugosi era Dracula, not this new shit that passes for vampire movies these days. Anyways, at the end of the orgy, I'd let them kill me by strangling me with piano wire and dragging my corpse behind a car down a long country dirt road in the middle of the night. All while they pigged out on a tub of black licorice and laughed hysterically in the car.

A man's gotta have his dreams. Don't fucking judge me.

[TheRisingforce2000]

@jacknuts22 I agree with you on that orgy thing but being killed and draged makes me think you aint right, up there just saying

[jacknuts22]

@TheRisingforce2000 As long as it's right "down there", it's all good.

[TheRisingforce2000]

@jacknuts22 right on

[boogeyman664]

@jacknuts22 lmfao

[jdhitc]

@jacknuts22 that would be a interesting video!!!!!

[Skeletonwitharaygun]

@jacknuts22

I love you.

[Charlito93]

@jacknuts22 And what about just playing music with them and have sex, that's it, bye bye ? Just saying.

[kangfesher]

@jacknuts22 I'm judging YOU!!!!...and I'm giving you a TEN!

[MEGAMHG]

@jacknuts22 That sounds pretty hot.

[GetYourSelfAbeer]

@jacknuts22 Can I be the fifth one? I'm really into Bela Lugosi you know.. Oh yeah, and Bauhaus as well.

[Omniculler]

@jacknuts22 I'll judge you to be bloody brilliant.

[soldierofvanity]

@jacknuts22 i just dreamt this last night thousands and millions of woman would be staking me, nails in me, tearing my flesh off, but i would not die and squeel in infinate anxiety and never have sex with them, and they laugh in hysterical anger, ehhhh, its not my favorite cup of tea, i was in hell.

[TheLlamaEater]

They need a damn album

[liviaa582]

@TheLlamaEater They're releasing an album in November(:

[TommasoCroce91]

nice eastwood guitar! also a particular sound...

[vladdt]

found out about this because of Elvira's Movie Macabre

[PottsProngs]

The song is good but it's kind of stupid how epic they try to make pushing one button on a keyboard look...

[Omniculler]

@PottsProngs True, but it sounded kinda epic right!

[chaosnewterer]

Does the bass exist at all in this song?

[Omniculler]

@chaosnewterer You can't hear it?

[kjo3221]

so grooveee

[Sparten1992]

I want to marry the singer.

[karen8a01041994]

@Sparten1992

me too

[MrJackwhiteIII]

@Sparten1992 me three... get it? thirdman records...jack`s obsession with 3...

[meme4922]

Thanks for posting this great video. I love how this band looks as much as how great they sound.