The White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) (XL)
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By: Ailsa Caine
'Icky Thump' is the White Stripes new album name, and without wanting to state the obvious, it's with something of a brutal bump that 'You Don't Know What Love Is' makes its intro.
Almost everything has been said about the White Stripes but yet they remain one of the few bands, arguably in history, to take a formula and stick with it so stringently and manage to keep it fresh for so long. As ever the Jack White's melodies are so simple it's hard to believe they haven't been riffed by every garage band in the world at some point. Likewise his lyrics tread the beaten path of love, meaning and philosophy, all be it paraphrased into roughly four lines, sandwiched in-between guitar solo and drum thump.
However, and indeed, as ever, The White Stripes manage to keep their naive sound in 'You Don't know What Love Is' appealing to the discerning musical ear as well as securing its place at every house party up and down the country. How they do it? I couldn't tell you.
Watch the video to 'You Don't Know What Love Is' HERE.
Artists in this article: The White Stripes
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