Re: The White Stripes 'Icky Thump'

I'm sorry but what the fuck are you people smoking.. You've reviewed almost all of me and my friends favourite albums as a 5 or lower...
What the hell are you guys thinking.. Just because you like one style of music and aren't open to anything else does not mean that it is bad music. It just isn't something you like. You should have different people that review music that THEY LIKE..
For example, if you have a person who loved jazz and didn't like much of anything else reviewing the latest rap album that topped the charts, he or she would give it a low rating..

This site is an embarrassment to music.

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he writes rock songs, he plays rock n roll..more often than not its pretty fookin good too...GET OVER YOURSELF..that is a crap review..quit writing album reviews with a thesaurus on the desk and start listening the albums for what they are..its a rock n roll album...its pretty good too.

it seems to work....i think its brilliant.....the parisian smack of obnoxiousness is rubbing off on your writing bro...

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Parton, fair enough: you liked the album and I didn't. That justifies the new 'comment' format. Keep commenting!

BTW I won't admit to Parisian obnoxiousness... but I've probably caught the arrogance (or 'haughtiness', my famous thesaurus says). And I'm shrugging a lot too.

Personally, I think signing a comment as 'anonymous' is much more of an embarrassment.

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I guess if it's not another lame U2 record or some bald chick howling over Elf-music, the Irish Music Press doesn't like it. The guy who wrote this review is clearly a man with deep self-confidence problems, being him and his Thesaurus are so out to prove he's smart. Probably this is a reflection of the sexual dysfunction brought on by years of feeling lonely. What a knob.

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Considering the review, I'd say 5 out of 10 is pretty generous. That's one of the things I like about the White Stripes, they can divide opinion like very few bands these days, and Mr. Curran certainly isn't the only one to think that of the album. I haven't heard it yet but I have read some bad reviews, not to mention glowing ones. If you don't agree with the review Aidan has submitted I'm sure you can submit one yourself.

Of the five or so tracks I have heard, Conquest caught my interest the most. So he might be right on the money after all.

Aidan, you do come as a bit cynical in your writing though, like revewing an album is a chore you have to get through

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Peejay, thanks for the comment - I'm not intending to sound cynical, but perhaps it comes across that way with albums I don't like, when listening to them IS a chore! I've written plenty of high-rating reviews where I'm very enthusiastic about what I hear (including plenty of Irish acts: Simple Kid, Nina Hynes, Jenny Lindfors, Duke Special) and hopefully I don't sound cynical in those... and especially not for reviews of bald-chick-elf-music, my favourite type of music.

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"bald-chick-elf-music"

NICE.. :)

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The Stripes either hit you or they dont. Personally, I love them and they hit me on a gut level for some reason. I have no time for the "imitation bluesman" angle as ANY white blues performer is imitating to a certain extent. Jack White's blues performer image is as legit as that of Mr.Dylan, a Minnesota Jew.

I think he's an excellent pop songwriter, they've a distinctive sound, they're great live, they've a sense of humour about themselves and they stand out a mile in the indie climate of today.

If you like them, you'll enjoy Icky Thump. If you don't, it won't convert you.

I tried not to use any long words, for those of you who hate thesaurus'.

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This album mostly sucks. 5 out of 10 is kind.

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Creative road block? i do not understand you. you say you are refreshed by "Conquest", THAT is the stagnate uncreative side you are talking about. Take another listen to "a martyr for my love for you" and "St. Andrew" if you would just turn off your goddam egotistic critical mind and just let the music sink into you you'll understand what the hell is going on.Yes meg's voice is annoying, but hey maybe you are just a critic that looks more like the last one that jack refers to in his song "little cream soda".

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So...you're one of those "Seven Nation Army"-ers that go to concerts to hear the hit songs. Though I respect your opinion, I respectfully think you're full of crap.
This album gets a 9 to a 10 out of 10 from me (and btw, he's the only one actually saving blues-rock from extinction)
I just hope the catchy pop riffs of Brendon Benson soothe your "I think Jack can't write" attitude when Jack switchs to the Raconteurs.