The White Stripes - Hardest Button to Button (Live)

[lesuntzu]

Name another 2-musician band capable of doing this and then perhaps you could criticize Meg's drumming.

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@lesuntzu early black keys stuff is a perfect example.

i don't know much about jeff the brotherhood, but what i've heard is good too.

there was a really amazing two-piece band from philly called victor victor band, a husband and wife. there's videos on youtube of em, i think.

death from above 1979 comes from a completely different style and instrumentation, but they're a perfect example of a "dynamic duo" that creates a remarkably tight wall of sound.

just to name a few.

[nikamaki]

@lesuntzu The Kills ;)

[mydgetboy]

the white stripe(s) cumon guy

[AZNKLINE7]

did he just say a little place to fuck now?

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@AZNKLINE7 1:19 baha i never noticed that. the words are "to fight now" but it totally sounds like "fuck"

[KappaMikeyUploader]

the vocals are better in the album version, i don't get why he's shouting the lyrics instead of singing, he's so overdoing it

[MrGlenntipton]

where does this guy get his guitars?

[Shredder10213]

ahhh back when much music actually played decent music and had george strombo

[Ihuffglue91]

what a great band, I mean really.

[ridusofthetonedeaf]

Most beginner garage rock guitarists ARE WAY WAY BETTER than this tonedeaf motherfucker!....LOL...LOL....­­!THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE TONEDEAF ENTERTAINING THE TONEDEAF!!Take guitar lessons ,jack,learn how to play,man!!!your musical vocabulary compared to an average persons communication skills from birth to age 40 is about 3 years old!!MOTHERFUCKER,GIVE UP!!....ROFLMAO.....EVERY SONG SOUNDS AND SUCKS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ONE BEFORE!!

[jonnyBB3B]

Hahahaha. 2.29 makes me laugh. The woman standing there in the crowd is acting all respectful with hands place over her pelvis probably thinking '' this music is making me orgasm''

[laresania8]

guys the whole point of the white stripes is that theyre a little raw, a little messy. soooooo megs perfect haha

[guitarmanjt]

IS IT ME OR DID HE MESS UP IN THE INTRO AT ONE POINTS ?

[MAGN00]

the strokes y los los stipes salvaron la decada ahora kien podra hacerlo :(

[spartancheergirl1]

Meg does what is needed and nothing more she knows what is required of her and she does  it damn well. Go White Stripes.

[ickyhump]

The sound is called Jack White and don't get it mixed up with anyone else!!!!!!!

[cgpilk]

Is this version on any albums? (With the whammy effects or whatever) I've never heard it like this before.

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@cgpilk nah, no albums, just videos like this and live bootlegs

[mussman717word]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT

I suspect the digitech wammy is definitely one of them. Sounds like a distortion pedal, too, which kicks in about 1:10.

[gkelbo]

@cgpilk no

[RoflPopcicleStick]

@jnunley2010 fuck you, you are retarded.

[manfromregina]

The White Stripess as long as they lasted are the best rock band, neck to neck with the Foo fighters and Soundgarden, since 1980

[NuclearMegaGames]

some of those octaved down notes are so low the army should use them to make terrorist puke or explode or something...

[3xTheMilesPerGallon]

I think that Meg's simplicity in drumming just makes the songs all that much simpler. If her drumming was complicated, then the song would be thrown off by her "fighting" the guitar. I don't think that's how they want their music to sound. Do you?

[weekendchannel2]

what fucking pedals he use in this songs?¿??

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@weekendchannel2 specifically in this, i hear the digitech whammy, but idk what else. i know he also uses ehx big muff, pog and hog, but he avoids using too much else. as far as amps go, he favors the fender twin reverb and a silvertone...his eastwood airline contributes to his distinct sound as well

[blackmetalbanana]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT its not an eastwood airline its the real thing

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@blackmetalbanana i'm pretty sure he has both...? but i'm not positive

[3000L1ghty]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT Nope, he has the original one, JB Hutto Montgomery Airline. Actually he has two of 'm, since he got one from a fan as a gift. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want to play a reproduction, since they're probably way easier to play and in his words he 'wants it to be a struggle'.

[Gu1tarPlay1ngN1nja]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT they're actually both JB Montgomery Hutto Airlines, one with the knobs missing shown here. The old plastic guitar creates some of the lo-fi sound too.

[picosim2]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT he has both there was an interview i cannot find to reference to but he has multipal real ones and easwood aitrine's,

[HipsterDog98]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT He doesn't have both. The Eastwood is a cheap ripoff of the real airline. The only thin it has in common w/ the Airline is its shape.

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@HipsterDog98 i disagree. ironically, the eastwood is a more expensive (talking original retail prices) and better made guitar (as far as the engineering and playability goes) than the original airlines haha

[HipsterDog98]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT Well yes, of course the Eastwood one is better made. But It's nothing like the original. The Eastwood one is "technically" better, while the Kay  one sounds and looks better and is a collector's item.

[mirelurk1]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT no he only uses real airlines

[psychodamned]

@blackmetalbanana I love that he uses crap guitars like Kays n silvertones n nationals, I hate all these strats n that.... i love cheaps crap guitars with loads of character. Lets face it whatever he plays it sounds wonderful !!!

[aektzis91]

@weekendchannel2 he uses the big muff for his dirty tones and the digitech whammy and POG to mix it up occasionally.

[Emceetem]

Drummers like the rev die and she lives?

[CreepingXxXDeathX480]

@Emceetem

fuck you

the rev was great granted

he wants her to play simple beats if you knew anything about the stripes.

you try backing up one of the greatest frontmen of all time and tell me how easy it is

[Emceetem]

@CreepingXxXDeathX480 Well if i were to back up the greatest frontman of all time.... Well me and james hetfield would play alot faster.

stop being so damn biased.

[TheSamanthasale]

Meg is great, I think maybe she questions some guys masculinity and they are also deaf? LOL

[thommytaranto]

Meg White is actually quite a good drummer it's just their appearance for her to be a poor drummer, to keep it primitive and simple. It's so Jack can go berserk and tear sh*t up!

[AgentDuckypants]

the girl at 2:09 is just blown away

[123456789pig]

Goodbye forever stripes

[Unholyhector]

is he using open tuning...?

[april101988]

@Unholyhector no its standard tuning for this

[wendy1851]

how come no one is shaking their heads? o.o

[jaxdaka]

Die "White Stripes" sind der beste Beweis dafür,daß man nicht unbedingt ein Instrument beherrschen muss um Erfolg zu haben.Mit geschickter Ausnutzung von elektronischen Effekten kann man vieles vortäuschen.Die Schlagzeugerin hat schon mal gar nichts drauf,nur noch schlecht.Hört euch das mal "rein akkustisch" an,nachdem man den Stecker rausgezogen hat...

Da bleibt nicht viel.

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@jaxdaka

"The White Stripes are the best proof that one does not necessarily need to master an instrument to succeed. With skillful use of electronic effects can mimic many things. The drummer has planned everything, just badly. Listen to the times "unplugged" after you have pulled out the plug...That does not leave much."

wahrheit(?)//truth

[smithhedgehog]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT that's a load of bull

[elefantkaputt]

@jaxdaka dude, just because she plays easy lines doesnt mean she cant play drums-.- and jack white is one of the most respected guitar players in music history. next time please get your facts straight before talking blödsinn ;)

[SeDonMomento]

@jaxdaka sieh dir dieses Video bis zum Ende an und dann sag noch einmal, dass er nicht gitarre spielen kann!

Und JA sie haben geile Effekte!

[DarkExecuter333]

@jaxdaka auch wenn du deutsch bist is das noch kein grund dich hier aufzuspielen....even though you're german you mustn't fuck it up....!!!!

[TheVillainOfThisTale]

This is actually worse than Panic! At The Disco live, at least in terms of relativity to the studio versions.

[mikepunchyourfucface]

the guys at 2:08 had a pretty normal reaction for his first white stripes experience...

[0live0wire0]

@mikepunchyourfucface i think he was facemelted by Jack White

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@0live0wire0 yeah man loll he probably likes jimmy buffet

[MrValdier]

i love it how the people at the concert look at him like a messiah ^^

[ChrisVestli]

If I ever become a guitar, I want Jack to play me :p

[B4dKarma]

so nasty : )

[loaded88]

Jack's guitar playing makes me laugh because it sounds to awesome to be true! that's how good he is :D

[Edjan031]

that is one awesome guitar <3

[nintendoor1]

i didnt know they let zombies into white stripes concerts!

[mrfudgeyhead]

God, he's such a tease when he plays, it drove me crazy when I first got into them.

He sets up all these cool sounds and then leaves them be, so simple and shit. Like classy women, from the golden years of Hollywood, just a little skin and flirty kind of things and you're taken.

What I'm saying is that I'd tap his guitar.

[QuistTV]

awesome as ever

[murderousbastard83]

Meg White is a shitty drummer, but the White Stripes still kick ass!

[wendy1851]

@murderousbastard83 if she sucks ass, why are you here?

[murderousbastard83]

@wendy1851 Cause I still like The White Stripes songs. Lars Ulrich isn't a great drummer but I stil like Metallica.

[TheFunkiestFunk]

I think Jack White is just like Tony Stark from Ironman.

He come in and creat somethin awsome from nothing!

[DEFGI]

who needs complex drum beats, keep it simple stupid, then the guitar can do the rest, awesome song!

[juanrocks2001]

cool thing about the guitar hes using is that its completely made of plastic!, and he still gets that amazing sound!!! fucking awesome!

[michelleluvsjack]

i read all these comments about Meg not being a good drummer and its just so fucking stupid and pathetic! Who the hell are you? I dont see u rocking the free world like sweet little bad ass Meg White. Shes so cool-she makes music with Jack White!!! The White Stripes are by far the greatest band ever! Who's better? No one.

[Dandersnuff]

No one can drum like Meg. They can try, but they will fail :- I

Just like how it takes a lifetime to learn how to draw like a child, it's just as hard to drum like one. It's amazing and beautiful.. Unique :) They're a perfect match.

[TheYMGTCtv]

Guys (and Girls), does it matter if meg cant keep a beat? they still sound awesome. all the time. if meg was a super good drummer, the white stripes wouldnt be the white stripes. if jack didnt like meg as a drummer, she wouldve been gone a while ago! so who cares.

[Olliebeard2011]

@TheYMGTCtv i think the reason she stayed in the band, (having never taken a drum lesson, and actually being a pretty bad drummer) is becuase they're married....

[Rambofan8]

@Olliebeard2011 they married in 1996 and divorced in 2000. She's the drummer because Jack knew she was a good drummer,

[XeMpTatude]

@Rambofan8 She's a terrible drummer...everyone knows this

[Rambofan8]

@XeMpTatude It still sounds good.

[XeMpTatude]

@Rambofan8 Because of Jack, man's a genius.

[Olliebeard2011]

@Rambofan8 except she's not really a good drummer.... she never had any lessons, for some reason, i dont think she keeps it simple by choice, i think its cos thats all she can do

[reanimatedchaz]

I like em both and they're awesome as a duo, but Jacks the talent.

[AustinKingMusic]

Enough of Meg, Jack looks very sexy in this video.

[juliMathers]

yeahhhh!!!

[nintendoor1]

nice zep tribute man!

[kksif]

People, i think Megs a fine drummer. She only play like this because she has to play it simple so Jack can do all the crazy shit he wants to do.

If Meg played just as insane as Jack this would fail so hard.

[daveychambers523]

AtomicRising, he uses a whammy pedal. it'll basically give you all the weird noises of a whammy bar, but ur hands are free.

[AtomicUprising]

how does jack do that thing in hte intro with the *Wreeah* slidy scartchy thing

[McKolivan]

I think that Meg always puts her hair in front of her every time the camera focuses on her..

[chancayano]

Well, i think Meg´s a great drummer xD

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@chancayano for the band she's great, don't get me wrong, but she can't keep a beat very well. simplicity is what she handles, and jack takes everything from there.

[Kkerr72]

Actually, she keeps time very well. she just has no technical chops.

[fuckamericanidiot]

if she couldn't keep time the white stripes wouldn't work and she wouldn't be the drummer, it's that simple; i think she choses to keep it simple

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@fuckamericanidiot nah, i tried to bpm tracks on the elephant and get behind me satan albums and her tempos are all over the place. i think it's jack's band, and she takes up the rest of the sonic space necessary to work.

[fuckamericanidiot]

ok well if that's true then fair enough, but i still like her drums, like on you have no faith in medicine. you're probably right though

[Sinisterkidvids]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT meg white doesnt keep time thats WHY the white stripes works

[yoch3]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT Her energy and choices as a drummer are THE REASON the band exists. If there was no Meg White - there would be no Jack White and no White Stripes - he got his name from her and she gave him his musical voice too - so there - nya nya nya :-) Not to mention that she put up with 10 years of insulting snarky comments like yours and she still made GREAT music every night and was a wonderful showman. Thanks for the post BTW - let there be no love lost b/n youtube commenters.

[PinStripedGuy]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT since when is tempo neccessary for music, timing comes from the soul not a ticking metronome that tells you your doing it wrong

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@PinStripedGuy i know many people who would disagree with that statement. in a two-piece, it's less necessary, but in anything bigger, lack of uniformity in timing sounds like shit. a drummer's job is to drive the band, and a sense of control over timing is something generally a drummer can do. the most skilled drummers can adjust quickly to tempo changes, wind up and wind down without a problem, but that requires a mastery of tempo, which meg white doesn't have.

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT technicality in any form is bad for music... where do you think heavy metal came from???

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@mikepunchyourfucface *facepalm* now you're just acting closed-minded about music. technical music is intelligent music. soulful or heartful music is passionate music. too often, artists don't balance technicality and heart, but that doesn't mean there is any more or less merit to one than the other unless you're too blind to see either.

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT your a bedroom musician/meat beater loll dont talk about what meg lacks, shes a part of one of the best things to ever join into rock n roll... go practice an arpeggio on your fuckin flying v and diss meg hahaha dousche... too bad NOBODY will ever hear your opinion, as they will megs loll

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@mikepunchyourfucface i play punk-jazz-fusion and have knowledge of numerous of playing styles, channeled through a les paul and some obscure boutique guitars, in a relatively successful progressive rock band that delves into a broad variety influences; i also give lessons, and am the author of a handful of popular reviews.

so thank you, shut the fuck up, get your facts straight, and open your mind before you attempt to insult me.

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT wowwww a les paul??? omgomg well i play a 1955 gretsch solid body loll and i make a living doing it, so take it from me youngsta this is rock n roll at its finest

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@mikepunchyourfucface cool, link me some works

[mysteryskater48]

@chancayano I agree she needs much more credit than she gets

[anaemiabag]

@chancayano yeah it is what it is. if it was anyother drummer it wouldnt be the same. people who dont understand artistic merit beyond technical musicianship (like i used to when i was a thrash metal boy) wont get how good she is for the whole thing...band...whatever you call it

[henneburymarc]

@chancayano She is not.

[chancayano]

uhmmm am i crazy or everytime they play the hardest...or seven nation army they play it fastly?

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@chancayano it's very common for a live performance to be faster than a studio recording; adrenaline pumps, and faster tempo can express that. also, meg white's not a great drummer.

[MrTheking19951]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT yea she isnt the best but she does have tempo and simplicity which gives the band its its stronghold.

[MrTheking19951]

@chancayano wouldnt u get bored playing at the same old tempo everytime u performed hardest button or 7 nation army

[gnarshap13]

i like them a lot cause they play their song not from the album they put some feel into it hahahaha

[davyboy94]

Really wanna see em live : / they Rock mah socks

[irongiant333]

i have that whammy! digitech wammy pedal. amazing. it can split octaves from 1/8 all the way up to a whol octave split. you can raise and lower pich by 2 octaves. and dive bomb. its amazing.

[runishit]

i go get one soon,, yeah it's an awesome pedal!

[caligula10]

i want that whammyyyyyyyyyyy

[darkmaul1993]

Why do you guys "-1" ?

He's TOTALLY right LOL

[ForgingSky]

He dosent say fuck its just the way he said fight :P it does soud alot like fuck but why would he say it anyway

[hogpop1]

Hey bbbbbre, i saw you comment another white stripes song with a disparaging comment like that one. Did you know there's a little box up there ^^^ where you can type in something you want to watch, rather than making half-arsed, essentially meaningless comments ob videos no-one forced you to click on? And oh yes, i'm sure the white stripes are very similar to jacko..... in some weird way that you need the mental age of six to see. Think on mate...

[d34dfl3sh]

did someone not like this song? thats impossible, lol.

[hogpop1]

Lol i know!!! what a gimp lol

[JackWhiteIsGod100]

This is just fuckin awesome

[MrTheking19951]

@kindin10 i think ur refering to today's hip hop....old school hip hop isnt that bad

[44eelz]

@kindin10 i think even Jack is open minded enough to disagree with you

[allahdivinecipher]

@kindin10 Theres a LOT of good hiphop. Try to check out Wu Tang Clan or Common. I used to be like you towards rock until I realized how my close-mindedness kept me from a world of music.

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

@allahdivinecipher true that, i believe in order to best understand music, you've gotta find the good parts in it all. kinda like people. cept i'm sure a lot of people disagree with me

[allahdivinecipher]

@TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT Totally! I completely agree with you. Some of my favorite music people would say sucks, like some of the hardcore punk i listen to, but I find enough good things in it to ignore the absense of musicality in it lol.

[wendy1851]

@kindin10 Fuck off.

IT ROCKS!

by the way, awesome live! (L)

[april101988]

@kindin10 it does now it used to be good in the 90's and very early 00's. but now, yes it sucks

[Katamari101]

@kindin10 I agree, but what does that have to do with the video?

[kindin10]

@Katamari101

sometimes when you listen to some hip hop you might think it isn't that bad, but after hearing the white stripes you know there is only one religion!

[pokeopolis]

Wow I love this band.

[skattman7]

sounds better than the origional to me

[melaniasirotich]

agrred

[Hullio55]

is it me or does he say "fuck" and not fight at 1:21?

[bernardobrj]

i think he does!

[ramsay97]

no i googled the lyrics

song does sound different 2 on th cd tho

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

The lyric, at least on the album version, is "fight," but I will agree that it almost sounds like "fuck" here. Of course, he probably didn't, because it was on TV. But who knows? After all, the screaming less incoherent than hardcore.

Good ear, though, I like commentary like that. Thought-provoking. Keep em coming, guys.

[pokeopolis]

I think so, too.

[ToTaLyPoMo]

I climaxed five times during this video.

[aaron3299]

Only five?

[blaintheking]

How good does that guitar sound haha

[co9olTechnics]

digitech whammy pedal

[thejew2212]

really?

[julieswahn]

ooh the way he moves around that stage, small that it may be, is so cool. Meg is so sexy with her expressions and drum style; Jack is slackin a little here but not in a bad way--I love that every performance from them sounds different. He cuts loose big time near the end. Damn good music!

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

that guitar and that muff pedal combination is a monster!

[grandbeachgang]

great intro,the white stripes are the best alive

[scottish1337]

its slopy , in the jack wite way , you can tell nuthings wrong tho , he means it to be like tht

personaly i think he plays n sings so perfect live like james hetfeild

[MoonlightShadowlolz]

but james hetfield is a poser who just sings the same way every song with no emotion who really sucks life (seen twice but was deeply dissapointed)

and jack's just greatness himself. Only pearl jam has been this great

[MotleyKid08]

also cinderella

they r great live

look em up

[mathias1211]

Jack is that way he also tries new things with his songs when he is playing live instead of trying to copy the studio songs just like they are

[asfallion]

Well they used to, but hey they've been around much longer than white, can't blame them anymore.

[mk941987]

Jack White is a modern day hybrid of Lou Reed/Jeff Beck

[nivek0270]

nope lou dobbs and jeff glor

[ewoline]

WTF? The intro is awful :s

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

personally, i think its pretty cool.

[zerowhitestripes]

You wouldnt understand

[zippywaite]

if u were a muscian maybe u would understand better.

or maybe u r a musician, idk.

I think it sounds cool. And im sure jack sort of got sick of playing that riff....so he likes to spice it up with some extra noise:D

[Smallmo123]

Yeah to bad Meg can't do that.

[lachogast]

how does he get that sliding sound in the biggining 0:30 for example

[guzzykiller]

Digitech Whammy 2 Octave Down man

Awsome

[TRAmPLdUNdRfOoT]

agreed.

[koorimakura]

どうやってこの音出してんだろ

[childrenofmaiden25]

what happen to jacks prettyful voice?!

[nivek0270]

ciggerettes

[martxe93]

there is as delay bettwen audio and video

[co9olTechnics]

yep

[louiesmom007]

you think?

[martxe93]

it´s to inform to de the man that upload the video if he didn´t get account of it

[Skippyboy2008]

boon

[Skippyboy2008]

Sorry for this shitty comment my little brother did it with my account. By the way I seriously creamed my pants on this video. It's hella awesome 19/10

[whoslineisit723]

haha did he try and spell 'boob' and press 'n' instead? haha but yeah this video fucking rocks!

[Skippyboy2008]

Haha I guess he did try to spell boob :D

[hansTowns]

thats just the biggest idiot ever,, its spelling 'noob' backwards ;)

Jack white rules, white stripes rule... but i dont really like like this version of hardest button to button....

[setoll]

nice! young and live!!!