The White Stripes

BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 5 Electrifying Singles Turning 20 In 2021

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Party time, folks…

1. ‘Get Ur Freak On’ by MISSY ELLIOTT

Released: 13 March 2001
Album: Miss E… So Addictive
TUTV: Shake your booty! Sweaty Missy stuff!

Make your move here.

2. ‘Hard To Explain’ by THE STROKES

Released: 25 June 2001
Album: Is This It?
TUTV: Steamy New York rich boys ripper.
Best track of their debut LP.

Roll it, guys.

3. ‘Hotel Yorba’ by THE WHITE STRIPES

Released: November 2001
Album: White Blood Cells
TUTV: I love you Meg, I always love you.

I repeat, I love you, Meg.

4. ‘Good Souls’ by STARSAILOR

Released: 23 April 2001
Album: Love Is Here – debut LP
TUTV: One word: epic!

5. ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ by KYLIE MINOGUE

Released: 8 September 2001
Album: Fever – 8th LP
TUTV: If you think you’re too cool to like this, then
you’re not cool at all … and you need other meds.

THE WHITE STRIPES Have Their ‘GREATEST HITS’ Out

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6 December 2020

Band: THE WHITE STRIPES (Detroit)
Active: 1997-2011

Album: GREATEST HITS
Released: 4 December 2020

AllMusic / Heather Phares says: “The idiosyncratic track list shuffles the pages
of the Stripes’ songbook, bringing new life to their music in the process… It’s clear
a lot of love went into crafting The White Stripes Greatest Hits, and its quirks should
make it all the more endearing to fans and newcomers alike.” Score: 4.5/5.

Jack White: “I’d make a White Stripes record right now. I’d be in the White Stripes for
the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to
happen to me. I wish it was still here. It’s something I really, really miss.”

Turn Up The Volume: Two Nation Army, Jack and Meg, made blues famous
again by adding a raw punk-esque energy you simply couldn’t resist. Hail hail!

Two brand new videos for old songs rApple Blossom and Let’s Shake Hands
were created as promo for the greatest hits collection.

– APPLE BLOSSOM –

– LET’S SHAKE HANDS –

Full hits…

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THE WHITE STRIPES: Facebook

An unforgettable memory. The White Stripes in Brussels in 2001 in a 150-cap club.
The gig was phenomenal but talking to Jack White between support act Von Bondies
and the Stripes performance was pretty cool too! Yeah!

THE WHITE STRIPES Announce ‘GREATEST HITS’ Album And Share Live Clip

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6 October 2020

The rollicking blues tandem THE WHITE STRIPES (1997–2011) revealed that
a GREATEST HITS will arrive on 4th December. Pre-order facilities here.

To celebrate the release the band shared a live video of BALL AND BISCUIT
(from 2003 LP Elephant) performed live at Shibuya-AX in Tokyo in 2003.

Hit it Meg, sing it Jack…

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Fantastic memory – Brussels – In a 150 cap. club and had a chat with cool Jack

Ring It – ‘MY DOORBELL’ By THE WHITE STRIPES Came Out 15 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past…

3 September 2020

Band: The White Stripes (Detroit, US)
Active: 1997-2011
Single: My Doorbell
B-sides: Screwdriver (live) on CD and
The Same Boy You’ve Always Known (live) on 7″

Score: #13 in the US and #10 in the UK
Album: Get Behind Me Satan – fifth LP

Ring, ring…

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THE WHITE STRIPES – Second Album ‘DE STIJL’ Released 20 Years Ago

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Old and new albums to make your day…

21 June 2020

Band: The White Stripes (Detroit, US)
Active: 1997–2011
Album: De Stijl – their second LP
Released: 20 June 2000 – 20 years ago

Stereogum writes: “An upstart two-piece garage-blues band from Detroit, one that has a couple of records out on a subgenre-specific indie label, probably will not get the chance to change the world, to capture the hearts of millions… Everyone who encountered the White Stripes in the ‘De Stijl’ era has a “holy shit” story about it. Me, when my roommate Janet brought home a copy of De Stijl and played “You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)” on the CD boombox in the living room of an art-student flophouse: “Holy shit.” My wife, when she saw the White Stripes open for Sleater-Kinney at the 9:30 Club: “Holy shit.” The White Stripes were bright and bold and haughty and theatrical. They had riffs and hooks and swagger. They stood out. If you heard them once, you wanted to hear more. And if you looked into what they were doing, there was plenty beyond the riffs and hooks and swagger.”

Keywords: Holy shit, one of their best ‘raw and rough’ performances, Jack White shows
how he would turn the blues into a massive 21st Century success, I love Meg, holy shit
Key tracks: You’re Pretty Good Looking ‘For A Girl) / Apple Blossom / Death Letter / Sister, Do You Know My Name / Let’s Build A Home

Full album…

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THE WHITE STRIPES: Facebook


2001, Brussels, in a 150 cap club, talking with Jack White before the gig. Fantastic memory!

Amplified Slam ‘BLUE ORCHID’ By THE WHITE STRIPES Came Out 15 Years Ago…

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Top singles from the past…

31 May 2020

Band: The White Stripes  (Detroit, US)
Active: 1997-2011
Single: Blue Orchid
B-side: The Nurse
Released: 30 May 2005 – 15 years ago
Score: #1 in Canada, #9 in the UK
and #43 in the US
Album: Get Behind Me Satan

Let’s roll…

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Great Song Lines From ‘HOTEL YORBA’ By THE WHITE STRIPES…

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From ‘HOTEL YORBA’, the funny tune that made THE WHITE STRIPES famous.
It was the lead-single from their third album White Blood Cells released in July 2001.
The pair had to shoot the video outside the former Hotel Yorba building in Detroit, as
they were denied permission to film inside.

Here’s the original video clip…

Artwork single…

5 Notable Albums Turning 15 in 2020…

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The best of the past…

Here are 5 Notable Albums, selected by
Turn Up The Volume, turning 15 in 2020!

1. ‘Get Behind Me Satan’ by THE WHITE STRIPES

Play here…

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2. ‘The Back Room’ by EDITORS

Play here…

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3. ‘Aha Shake Heartbreak’ by KINGS OF LEON

Play here…

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4. ‘Silent Alarm’ by BLOC PARTY

Play here…

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5. ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’ by FRANZ FERDINAND

Play here…

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‘RAGE AND BONE’ By THE WHITE STRIPES (2007)…

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Knockouts from the past…

24 June 2019

whiterag

THE WHITE STRIPES scored a No 1 album in the UK on 24 June 2007, today 12 years ago with their sixth and final LP ICKY THUMP.  One of their rawest and back to the red-sharp blues roots of their first recordings. It peaked at #2 in the US and won a Grammy Award for best alternative album.

Here’s the ramshackle racket in full…

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One of my fav highlights was RAG AND BONE, a simplistic yet funny story and musically
a big booming banger. It was released as a 7″ red vinyl single with every copy of British music mag NME on 6 June, two weeks before longplayer’s release. More info here. 

Here’s the Rag And Bone lyric clip…

THE WHITE STRIPES: Facebook – All Albums


The album…