I FUCKEN LOVE THIS THESE GUYS!! all their single work and other projects are great too. They are platinum together. So unique, not going nowhere. Finally good head music and lyrics great, everything. I can hear his influences in some songs, it's subtle, but it's all good. The best!!
I second what ulgrum just said....talent like this is few and far between. I saw one of the last shows of The White Stripes. Jack White has the Midas touch. His work in Cold Mountain was fantastic, acting as well. He's the new and improved Elvis. (I said so...lol)
absolutely AMAZING! It's nice to have talent like Jack White breath some soul back into music. Talent like jack and the Raconteurs are few and far between.
I love this song so much! Even though I think it's a brilliant song, I get confused by one part. In the beginning, the lyrics are: "It was a junk house in South Carolina held a boy the age of ten. Along with his OLDER BROTHER Billy his mother and her boyfriend" and then in the end: "Just then his LITTLE BROTHER came in holding the milkman's hat and a bottle of gin." That gets to me every time. If his brother is older, then I think maybe he's the milkman who is drunk on duty. Ah we'll never know.
Billy is the older brother....He goes into the house and fights and then later the 10 year boy comes into the house. A little confusing at first because the younger brother is mentioned first but then shifts to billy.
:) I see, I was blocking out the fact that Billy IS the older brother. UGH. Sorry, guys. See what this song does to me? All logic goes out the window.
Amazing song, but doesn't sound like Zeppelin. Zeppelin had a very unique sound, one that will never be replicated. i don't really like everyone referring to new bands as "the new Zeppelin." each band has it's own identity, they don't need to try to steal the identity of one of the greatest bands of all time...
the band members themselves agree they are influenced by the Zeppelin and the Who, so who are you to patronise and contradict me. Everybody can see this much that they sound like Zeppelin. And being influenced is not stealing something- its building in somebody's image, which is quite a nice way to grow actually. and nobody is denying the song is brilliant in itself- that was the first sentence i wrote, that the song is absolutely timeless.
I love the lalalala too. I just some them do "bang, Bang" live and it rocked. This is the first album I've heard by them but after it grew on me I liked it so I guess I have to get the first one.
oh man, all americans do is beat the shit out of each other, if we ever had some balls to stand up, all the gangs in chicago, new york, l.a. they could overtake em, but what do we do, who controls your emotions bitch
I got so into the story, that the end pissed me off. Why is the little boy drunk in the end?? Where I can find this milkman? He's got some explaining to do
i acctually believe that the milkman watched the entire thing through the window. but thats just me, because how else would the little boy get the milkmans hat?
I love this song. It's one of Jack's best vocal. The ending is open to interpretation, but I think it means the milkman was accused of the boyfriend's murder after the family left for Tennessee. He was killed with a milk bottle and the little brother was wearing a milkman's hat. So by asking the milkman you're hearing his testimony.
billy's dad gets shunned from the church, but they live as a family and move to Tennessee by singing songs of their dramas to make money. Heck they move everywhere just to be cool B-)
listen to the song...no one knows how the story ends...therefor if you want to know how the story ends you have to ask the milk man...you don't know who the milk man is, so you will never know how the story ends.
hey dude if you implying this is number 2 u must be sum kind of hip hop fag- this is one of the best written songs to come out for a long time......rock on jack
I think the priest is billys dad but it was no more then some fooling around so he gave here the money as unofficial child support. the boyfriend is the milkman and the brothers dad. The priest stopped by looking for money then the boyfriend/milkman came by and saw them together and thought she was cheating he was drunk and he started attacking the priest then billy woke up and attacked the milkman. and the brother came in with the hat and he was drunk.
i think billy is the milk man, and a drunk milkman at that. he woke up in the back of his milk truck (with a wicked hangover), and walked to his house to find a big surprise, he grabs the first thing he can find (cold bottle of milk) beats the hell out of the boyfriend then his bro walked in, he had gone out to play in billy's milk truck and found the hat and then the gin billy had been drinking. thats what i think
no. the preist is billy's dad. the mom was cheating on her boyfriend with the milkman and the boyfriend found out because he left the hat there. thats why the brother was wearing it. but the boyfriend assumed the preist was the milkman so he attacked the preist who was really billy's dad.
nonono, ok first of all, the milkman had 1 of the kids, the boyfriend had the other. the milkman and the mom broke up then the mom dated the boyfriend. the priest was just a friend maybe of the moms. the preist is the one giving the money to the mom and either the real dad (milkman) or the preist was paying the bills. so anyway the preist was either deciding the stop paying the bills or just giving her money in an envolope so he was at there house. the boyfriend came in. i ran out of caracters
so anyways the boyfriend came in and saw that the priest was giving mom the money. he got jealous and attacked the preist. billy thinks the preist is his daddy and protects him with a COLD glass bottle of milk... that means the milk was deleverd recently so ya he goes in and kills the boyfriend then his bro comes in with the MILKMANS hat and a BOTTLE OF GIN. the boyfriend is the milkman!
that explains why billy wakes up in the back of a truck ( the milk truck ), why the little bro had the milkmans hat and a bottle of gin which was the boyfriends it explains the cold and fresh bottle of milk and it explains why no one ever knew the end of the story... cuz da milkmans dead.
makes sense;U never really know the right info-Billy,Boyfriend assumes alot here. Mother is obviously not truthful person.Alt scenario:Woman wants2stop doing the Milkman & invites priest 2help breakup relationship w/Milkman.If priest=father then hes not paying her off knowing Milkmans still there(milks still cold) Boyfriend stops-in 2catch the "other man" & see's priest embracing Mother after intervention & assumes wrongly. Knowing he will never see his son(s) again milkman gives hat to the boy
Priest is most likely too old to be fathering a 10 year old - the mother never states the Priest is the father - she could mean the Milkman. Would you tell your sons their dads the milkman(who's not going to be around)or a Priest? Given the option? Also, She knew the Priest wasn't in the wrong here and probably didn't like the loser boyfriend and simply didn't stop the son Billy killing the boyfriend; under false pretenses. Whats she gonna say? Don't kill my boyfriend - your daddys the Milkman.
Not true...it's a retelling of a song called "Ask the Milkman" by Pickens County Bandits. Thats why he says, now you've heard another side to the story.
The Priest is the father of Billy and the younger boy. The Mother was sleeping with the Milk Man and the Priest is mistaken for the Milk Man when we stops by to drop off money for the bills. The boyfriend attacks the Priest thinking he is sleeping with his Girlfriend when it was actually the Milk Man she was sleeping with. This is why the Milk Man's hat was left at their house and why the little boy had the hat on the end.
This is one of my favorite songs, I can see the entire thing like I was Billy. It sends shivers through my spine, the soulful music and the tired and tear-jerking vocals just make it so.. beautiful. :D
im so confused. i started reading all of the guesses about who billy's father is- i guess its the milkman, but is the boyfriend the milkman, or are they different people? and why is the milkman dead?
It is probably not cool to post two comments in a row, but when a song is THIS good, you have to comment. Like Stairway to Heaven, this song should have prople scratching their heads for generations.
The priest is never ID'd as the father. Remember that Billy "didn't see his brother, but there was his mother" when he first looked into the window. He then "broke in & saw the blood on the floor & he turned around put the lock on the door" and then "just then his little brother came in holding a milkmans hat and a bottle of gin". The brother was there all along, since the door was locked. Jack tells us that no one really knows the end of the tale, so maybe the milkman is the daddy?Comment?
it's like having the whole story before my eyes!! Such a live thing, it should become a short movie or sth
SneakyBastard5 1 week ago
I was crying at this song..Jack White is great man in The white stripes and in Raconteurs too.
Tarranto 3 years ago
I FUCKEN LOVE THIS THESE GUYS!! all their single work and other projects are great too. They are platinum together. So unique, not going nowhere. Finally good head music and lyrics great, everything. I can hear his influences in some songs, it's subtle, but it's all good. The best!!
wildflowers420 3 years ago
I second what ulgrum just said....talent like this is few and far between. I saw one of the last shows of The White Stripes. Jack White has the Midas touch. His work in Cold Mountain was fantastic, acting as well. He's the new and improved Elvis. (I said so...lol)
wildflowers420 3 years ago
Amazing song and story
dome123123 3 years ago
absolutely AMAZING! It's nice to have talent like Jack White breath some soul back into music. Talent like jack and the Raconteurs are few and far between.
ulgrum 3 years ago
woah I love this song
Mereliotis 3 years ago
I love this song. My science teacher introduced me to it xD
CandleSwans 3 years ago
*this is
Sloonei 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure this my favorite song of all time.
Sloonei 3 years ago
omg! i LOVE this song. and i love the way jack shouts "get out!" it's awesome.
avrilbabe360 3 years ago
Great story... great song... these guys f'n rock.
jgalvin50 3 years ago
I love this song so much! Even though I think it's a brilliant song, I get confused by one part. In the beginning, the lyrics are: "It was a junk house in South Carolina held a boy the age of ten. Along with his OLDER BROTHER Billy his mother and her boyfriend" and then in the end: "Just then his LITTLE BROTHER came in holding the milkman's hat and a bottle of gin." That gets to me every time. If his brother is older, then I think maybe he's the milkman who is drunk on duty. Ah we'll never know.
kawaii50 3 years ago
Billy is the older brother....He goes into the house and fights and then later the 10 year boy comes into the house. A little confusing at first because the younger brother is mentioned first but then shifts to billy.
fergg520 3 years ago
:) I see, I was blocking out the fact that Billy IS the older brother. UGH. Sorry, guys. See what this song does to me? All logic goes out the window.
kawaii50 3 years ago
so true
himynameisawsome 3 years ago
i think jack white might be obsessed e=with red hair
Harrycough 3 years ago
haha so true.
avrilbabe360 3 years ago
this sounds like an old white stripes song called denial twist
direstraits1234 3 years ago
You are high.
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donkeydickkk 3 years ago
Can anyone recommend some other songs that are similar, ie more story than song, no discernible verse or chorus
scotthendo 3 years ago
joe´s head - kings of leon (i think)
scotchpfc 3 years ago
good song lol kinda sound alike. hell that whole album is southern dixie rock
Sayyyywhat 3 years ago
this.
Great call.
as54294 3 years ago
thanks dude =)
scotchpfc 3 years ago
Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head by the Gorillaz
spongecakezz 3 years ago 2
I was just thinking of the Gorillaz song too...good call
203013382 3 years ago
and maybe Jeremy by Pearl jam
scotchpfc 3 years ago
actually it sounds like very early Queen for the one who knows
fabhomer 3 years ago
the music only I mean
fabhomer 3 years ago
bollocks!
minkrediblegeneral 3 years ago
fu*kin smooth love this tune
rendofarend 3 years ago
reeeelax i love the raconteurs but zepplin is legend
franko31492 3 years ago
this band isnt zeppelin they are better, zeppelin sounded the same in every damn song. they are very good but very overrated
MasksRMade2HIde 3 years ago
what an absolutely timeless song- and how he sounds like Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)- the whole song sounds as if it was Zeppelin, or is it just me ?
santoshiom 3 years ago
Amazing song, but doesn't sound like Zeppelin. Zeppelin had a very unique sound, one that will never be replicated. i don't really like everyone referring to new bands as "the new Zeppelin." each band has it's own identity, they don't need to try to steal the identity of one of the greatest bands of all time...
itsavera 3 years ago
the band members themselves agree they are influenced by the Zeppelin and the Who, so who are you to patronise and contradict me. Everybody can see this much that they sound like Zeppelin. And being influenced is not stealing something- its building in somebody's image, which is quite a nice way to grow actually. and nobody is denying the song is brilliant in itself- that was the first sentence i wrote, that the song is absolutely timeless.
santoshiom 3 years ago
an instant classic.
santoshiom 3 years ago
I love the lalalala too. I just some them do "bang, Bang" live and it rocked. This is the first album I've heard by them but after it grew on me I liked it so I guess I have to get the first one.
ejb72 3 years ago
oh man, all americans do is beat the shit out of each other, if we ever had some balls to stand up, all the gangs in chicago, new york, l.a. they could overtake em, but what do we do, who controls your emotions bitch
Kimberkills23 3 years ago
I got so into the story, that the end pissed me off. Why is the little boy drunk in the end?? Where I can find this milkman? He's got some explaining to do
biljana222 3 years ago 3
best song of raconteurs
scotchpfc 3 years ago
defenately
margerysucceeds 3 years ago
Such a sick song, the retro thing works for them
jkonky 3 years ago
This m.f. Jack. Everything he touches turns to gold... although the raconteurs are not bad themseleves
biljana222 3 years ago
love the lalalala at the end
also love the la lalala lalala in icky thump too
djaxoals 3 years ago 3
TELL ME THE END!!!!
Mikefoot1 3 years ago
i wanted dem 2 do a video 4 this song but i think its best dey dont at this point
GiveMeA3 3 years ago
i think you should learn english
joeyadler2266 3 years ago 2
yup i agree
djaxoals 3 years ago
lol
mitchpwnz 3 years ago
Capital I, please.
unknownuser1223 3 years ago
i wasnt talking about grammar
but thanks i will try to capitalize my i's from now on
i will really i will
thank you
joeyadler2266 3 years ago
Thats ok, glad I learn't you something
unknownuser1223 3 years ago
this song is very beautiful but who's the lady singing in the BG?
iluvjackwhitemost 3 years ago
is this song about redneck pieces of shit..good song
73nunnyfg73 3 years ago 3
lol Jack makes good points in this song
iluvjackwhitemost 3 years ago
i acctually believe that the milkman watched the entire thing through the window. but thats just me, because how else would the little boy get the milkmans hat?
RandyRhodesFreak25 3 years ago 3
I love this song. It's one of Jack's best vocal. The ending is open to interpretation, but I think it means the milkman was accused of the boyfriend's murder after the family left for Tennessee. He was killed with a milk bottle and the little brother was wearing a milkman's hat. So by asking the milkman you're hearing his testimony.
misstoni71 3 years ago 4
Milkman accused for murder. That is a brilliant interpretation.
Fanouriou 3 years ago
it doesn't matter who the milkman is, we still can't ask him for the ending. If anything Jack's the milkman :P
mysterioscone 3 years ago
so what do you guys think the ending is????
crasbrennan 3 years ago 3
billy's dad gets shunned from the church, but they live as a family and move to Tennessee by singing songs of their dramas to make money. Heck they move everywhere just to be cool B-)
mysterioscone 3 years ago
this is my favourite song thanks for posting it
DeathWrench 3 years ago
a really great song
chillumgrill 3 years ago 7
amazing song. gives me chills and I cant listen to it enough
Dalis15 3 years ago 6
you said it perfectly
Ceburaus 3 years ago
comment below to dalis 15
Ceburaus 3 years ago
hey.. i have a question... because of the picture.. does that mean that all the songs with that picture are on the same album?
jackwhitefanatic 3 years ago
yeah
surfertann 3 years ago 2
You solved the caper, Watson!
georgemasiello 3 years ago 3
no shit shirloc
mikeseddon 3 years ago
oh shut up, i forgot
jackwhitefanatic 3 years ago 2
Its "Sherlock", dumbass. You look at least as much an ass as the other person, if not more so because you were being an ass while doing it.
PierzStyx 3 years ago 2
lol
John2137 3 years ago
This song is giving me the shivers! Amazingly put, and you really feel like you're witnessing the story!
This band must live forever :|
Hope some new art is revealed soon!
ToreBee 3 years ago
my favorite song off of the new album...
themusicman1973 3 years ago
This song is an ear orgasm
Hanzel1991 3 years ago 3
Maybe the best work Jack has produced to date.
georgemasiello 3 years ago
oh hell yeah. the imagery is so damn good, that Jack White could write a book. If he wanted to (yeah not really.)
ZRN959 3 years ago 2
Oh yeah. South Carolina!!! Haha, yeah right, this state sucks.
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bigcace 3 years ago
Another credit to Jack Whites genius.
taveren25 3 years ago
I love this song!!!!
The story is amazing!
killerawesome1995 3 years ago
i think jack was implying that the milkman was billy's lil brothers' dad. idk i could b wrong.
jabooty420 3 years ago
hmm.. idk. could he be the guy w/ the "red-headed head"? b/c he's not the redneck bf nor the priest (who at the time were fighting)...
glebber 3 years ago
the lyrics are wrong, it is "with her red-headed head" so there is no guy with a red-headed head, it's just the head of the mother
KreativeVerrueckte 3 years ago
That makes more sense, yeah. And we know how Jack is obsessed with red-haired women.
Rehtomflow 3 years ago
cool song ! love it ! it's like i'm listening to a story & the music is just on the background.
AndreaKiend 3 years ago
THIS KICKS ASS!!
edgew00d 3 years ago
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FUCK YALLLL
kickinitsk8in 3 years ago
I'm The Milkman
flanksalot 3 years ago 2
sorry bud, you're in the UK! not South Carolina. :P
glebber 3 years ago
lol thats true.... i'm the walrus then!!!
flanksalot 3 years ago
this song.. is... interesting
jackwhitefanatic 3 years ago 2
For me , best song of the cd with " Many Shades of Black " and " The Switch an the Spur " !
Magnifique !
Ouziiiii 3 years ago 3
listen to the song...no one knows how the story ends...therefor if you want to know how the story ends you have to ask the milk man...you don't know who the milk man is, so you will never know how the story ends.
RHCP81307 3 years ago 4
thanks (:
JamesJackassUK 3 years ago
whats number 1
oaklanddame 3 years ago
better 2 burnout than fade away
gennis44 3 years ago
The song is awesome! XD
chickenlord2277 3 years ago 2
hey dude if you implying this is number 2 u must be sum kind of hip hop fag- this is one of the best written songs to come out for a long time......rock on jack
jackmyers12 3 years ago 3
Well Billy woke up in the back of his truck
Took a minute to open his eyes
Billy got up enough courage to get up
and grab the first blunt thing he could find
It was a cold glass bottle of milk
That was delivered every morning at nine. Ah...
billy is milkman
dilley 3 years ago
ur jokin ryt..
magma888 3 years ago
Just then his little brother came in
holding the milkman's hat and a bottle of gin
singin lalala lalala yeah
lalala lalala yeah
lalala lalala (3x)
- his brother.
ThisPizzaIsHot 3 years ago
no... b/c then it would've said either "holding his milkman hat" orrr "holding Billy's milkman hat"..
so RHCP81307 is right, no one knows who the milkman is.
glebber 3 years ago
oh and btw. they were sooo amazing last weekend at acl!
glebber 3 years ago
Who's the MILKMAN? (Honestly, we're having arguments here at home!) Thanks, Peggy in Seattle :)
seattlepeggy 3 years ago
i believe it billy
hollywiserules 3 years ago
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this song is number 2
RocksBucksBengals1 3 years ago
hahaha i have heard 6 different versions of who is who in this story and no one has been able to convince me of anything yet
that's why i love it!
long live jack white!
karmapolice2008evil 3 years ago
amazing song !
grindhouse11 3 years ago
I think the priest is billys dad but it was no more then some fooling around so he gave here the money as unofficial child support. the boyfriend is the milkman and the brothers dad. The priest stopped by looking for money then the boyfriend/milkman came by and saw them together and thought she was cheating he was drunk and he started attacking the priest then billy woke up and attacked the milkman. and the brother came in with the hat and he was drunk.
Darragh180 3 years ago
Well Billy woke up in the back of HIS truck..
And the closest thing was a cold bottle of milk that was delivered every morning at 9.
So doesn't that make Billy the milkman?
HeyyBud12 3 years ago 2
i think it doesnt cause Billy was in the house when the milkman walked in
hollywiserules 3 years ago
It doesn't say that..?
HeyyBud12 3 years ago
Ur right i miss read the lyrics my bad i thought it said milkman instead if milkman's hat
hollywiserules 3 years ago
fo sho
dilley 3 years ago
good song
Amesjay1995 3 years ago
I LOVE this song SOOOOO much.
MallisMak 3 years ago
noooobboddyyy cares.. the song is awesome, i think thats all that matters? :)
Goliath1510 3 years ago
the milkman conspired to kill the boyfriend by useing billy thats what i think
Brandonrulezyou 3 years ago
i think billy is the milk man, and a drunk milkman at that. he woke up in the back of his milk truck (with a wicked hangover), and walked to his house to find a big surprise, he grabs the first thing he can find (cold bottle of milk) beats the hell out of the boyfriend then his bro walked in, he had gone out to play in billy's milk truck and found the hat and then the gin billy had been drinking. thats what i think
nashandent 3 years ago 6
I think it´s right what do you say^^
nice story :)
joosschi 3 years ago
no. the preist is billy's dad. the mom was cheating on her boyfriend with the milkman and the boyfriend found out because he left the hat there. thats why the brother was wearing it. but the boyfriend assumed the preist was the milkman so he attacked the preist who was really billy's dad.
StripedWhite211 3 years ago
nonono, ok first of all, the milkman had 1 of the kids, the boyfriend had the other. the milkman and the mom broke up then the mom dated the boyfriend. the priest was just a friend maybe of the moms. the preist is the one giving the money to the mom and either the real dad (milkman) or the preist was paying the bills. so anyway the preist was either deciding the stop paying the bills or just giving her money in an envolope so he was at there house. the boyfriend came in. i ran out of caracters
GMusic11 3 years ago
so anyways the boyfriend came in and saw that the priest was giving mom the money. he got jealous and attacked the preist. billy thinks the preist is his daddy and protects him with a COLD glass bottle of milk... that means the milk was deleverd recently so ya he goes in and kills the boyfriend then his bro comes in with the MILKMANS hat and a BOTTLE OF GIN. the boyfriend is the milkman!
GMusic11 3 years ago
that explains why billy wakes up in the back of a truck ( the milk truck ), why the little bro had the milkmans hat and a bottle of gin which was the boyfriends it explains the cold and fresh bottle of milk and it explains why no one ever knew the end of the story... cuz da milkmans dead.
GMusic11 3 years ago
Go and ask a dead person to tell you the tale
boyfriend=milkman.
margerysucceeds 3 years ago
i think the brother was the dad.. wait that doesn't make sense
panciroxlikeme 3 years ago 3
I dont get what i means by the mother having a red-headed head in her hands. could someone explain?
GMusic11 3 years ago
she has red hair... and she's crying.
weelepricon 3 years ago 4
best raconteurs song.
drfunkenstein124 3 years ago 3
yeah, so emotional has a deep meaning, love it.
GMusic11 3 years ago
also, the lyrics are wrong. it's not "a red-headed head" it's "her red-headed head"
weelepricon 3 years ago
oh well that makes more sense, thanks lol
GMusic11 3 years ago
definately one of the best (all around) songs i have ever heard.
msfreak8 3 years ago
makes sense;U never really know the right info-Billy,Boyfriend assumes alot here. Mother is obviously not truthful person.Alt scenario:Woman wants2stop doing the Milkman & invites priest 2help breakup relationship w/Milkman.If priest=father then hes not paying her off knowing Milkmans still there(milks still cold) Boyfriend stops-in 2catch the "other man" & see's priest embracing Mother after intervention & assumes wrongly. Knowing he will never see his son(s) again milkman gives hat to the boy
lrasile 3 years ago
Milkmans the father in this scenario :)
lrasile 3 years ago
Priest is most likely too old to be fathering a 10 year old - the mother never states the Priest is the father - she could mean the Milkman. Would you tell your sons their dads the milkman(who's not going to be around)or a Priest? Given the option? Also, She knew the Priest wasn't in the wrong here and probably didn't like the loser boyfriend and simply didn't stop the son Billy killing the boyfriend; under false pretenses. Whats she gonna say? Don't kill my boyfriend - your daddys the Milkman.
lrasile 3 years ago
this song is awesome\
kickinitsk8in 3 years ago
Billy should've been born in North Carolina, I betcha all this drama wouldn't have happened there hahahah
juliabagaria 3 years ago
whats the year of that song??
punkbillytalent 3 years ago
there isnt an awnser to the story thats the point of it
jason72855 3 years ago
Not true...it's a retelling of a song called "Ask the Milkman" by Pickens County Bandits. Thats why he says, now you've heard another side to the story.
h1d3tor4 3 years ago
Let me try to clear the confusion.
The Priest is the father of Billy and the younger boy. The Mother was sleeping with the Milk Man and the Priest is mistaken for the Milk Man when we stops by to drop off money for the bills. The boyfriend attacks the Priest thinking he is sleeping with his Girlfriend when it was actually the Milk Man she was sleeping with. This is why the Milk Man's hat was left at their house and why the little boy had the hat on the end.
h1d3tor4 3 years ago 2
thanks for that i was wondering about that. i only heard this song an hour ago but it was bothering me.
thelastwish 3 years ago
Great song!!!! But was the boyfriend the milkman?
icychik19 3 years ago
could u guys imagine how awsome it would be if there was a music video for this song
smeckledwarf76 3 years ago
maybe billy is the milkman
tatertot6776 3 years ago
Great song, videos a bit rubbish though!:D
squidword64 3 years ago
aMaZinG<3
xXholycow27Xx 3 years ago
hey guys be sure to look up a rsmv for this song im gonna be in it =P
nzgirl33 3 years ago
GREAT song!
LlSASIL 3 years ago 2
You can rweally hear Jack White's blues roots in this stuff with the racontues can
t you?
bnapoleonc123 3 years ago
reminds me of "rocky raccoon" by the beatles, only this song is less hokey pokey, haha. cool song.
jonesrebel 3 years ago 2
GREAT SONG FROM A GREAT ARTIST
Zodiacil 3 years ago 2
wow,
this song rocks
TAYLO355 3 years ago
u gotta stop thinkin so hard about the song. u might start to lose the point that its a kick ass song
frockon3 3 years ago
Thousands of years from now, old scholars in universities will study White the way they study Homer today. Epic.
nicolaslevine 3 years ago 2
This is one of my favorite songs, I can see the entire thing like I was Billy. It sends shivers through my spine, the soulful music and the tired and tear-jerking vocals just make it so.. beautiful. :D
9Ryomexic6 3 years ago 2
Jack white is doing the theme song for the new bond movie =)
pigeon1231 3 years ago 4
Dare i say one of the best songs ever written...
I think so!!
MattPRossi 3 years ago
im so confused. i started reading all of the guesses about who billy's father is- i guess its the milkman, but is the boyfriend the milkman, or are they different people? and why is the milkman dead?
saffy76 3 years ago
It is probably not cool to post two comments in a row, but when a song is THIS good, you have to comment. Like Stairway to Heaven, this song should have prople scratching their heads for generations.
Heavenoid 3 years ago
The priest is never ID'd as the father. Remember that Billy "didn't see his brother, but there was his mother" when he first looked into the window. He then "broke in & saw the blood on the floor & he turned around put the lock on the door" and then "just then his little brother came in holding a milkmans hat and a bottle of gin". The brother was there all along, since the door was locked. Jack tells us that no one really knows the end of the tale, so maybe the milkman is the daddy?Comment?
Heavenoid 3 years ago
Its a follow up to the song - Ask The Milkman by Pickens County Bandits.
Both great songs and very poignant.
getthecigarsout 3 years ago
would people agree with me in saying that this is one of the songs of the decade?
sarcasmmister 3 years ago 5
yes. the lyrics are incredible.
pourikkou1 3 years ago
are the blue tattoos bruises?
podboyz 3 years ago
No, they're blue tattoos, I think.
patrickbeverley 3 years ago
this is just what they want, everyone to be confused and talking about
its a great song
podboyz 3 years ago
Sounds like Plant))))))
zwbls07 3 years ago