Crucially, the White Stripes know the difference between fame and success while they may not be entirely comfortable with their fame, they've succeeded at mixing blues, punk, and garage rock in an electrifying and unique way ever since they were strictly a Detroit phenomenon.
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Almost as much fun to analyze as it is to listen to, Elephant overflows with quality - it's full of tight songwriting, sharp, witty lyrics, and judiciously used basses and tumbling keyboard melodies that enhance the band's powerful simplicity (and the excellent "The Air Near My Fingers" features all of these).
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"It's True That We Love One Another," which features vocals from Holly Golightly as well as Meg White, continues the Stripes' tradition of closing their albums on a lighthearted note. Buy White Stripes Elephant in Music Records and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay Great Savings & Free Delivery / Collection on many items. Likewise, the showy "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" - on which White resembles a garage rock snake-oil salesman - is probably the only song featuring the word "acetaminophen" in its chorus. Ernest Hemingway wrote a short story, 'Hills Like White Elephants', which involves a couple having an obtuse conversation which most people interpret as pertaining to an abortion which the boyfriend is reassuring his girlfriend about in Spain, talking about how it is a simple operation and everything will be back to normal afterwards (read it. It also suggests that Jack White is one of the few vocalists who could make a lyric like "Be like the squirrel" sound cool and even inspiring. "Little Acorns" begins with a sound clip of Detroit newscaster Mort Crim's Second Thoughts radio show, adding an authentic, if unusual, Motor City feel. While the album is often dark, it's never despairing moments of wry humor pop up throughout, particularly toward the end. The White Stripes are coming in to land now, bearing heavy armour and probably a herd of elephants. Oui, comme vous pouvez le constater, je suis d’emblée catégorique : Elephant est un album marquant, important, historique. Interestingly, Meg's star turn, "In the Cold, Cold Night," is the closest Elephant comes to a truce in this struggle, her kitten-ish voice balancing the song's slinky words and music. The WHITE STRIPES - Elephant (2003) Par CYRIL le 29 Décembre 2006 Consultée 7176 fois Le chef d’uvre des White Stripes. The battle for control reaches a fever pitch on the "Fell in Love With a Girl"-esque "Hypnotize," which suggests some slightly underhanded ways of winning a girl over before settling for just holding her hand, and on the show-stopping "Ball and Biscuit," seven flat-out seductive minutes of preening, boasting, and amazing guitar prowess that ranks as one the band's most traditionally bluesy (not to mention sexy) songs.
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