Thursday, March 01, 2018

The Kills and Jack White: Two new songs in one day

It's our lucky day: two new songs at once.

Over and Over and Over, from Jack White's forthcoming album Boarding House Reach and The Kills' List of Demands.



The Kills: List of Demands - a cover of the Saul Williams' song



Jack White: Over and Over and Over

The Kills are leaning a bit on the MOR side for me, but it's an excellently produced track that will sound good for hundreds of listens, and the video is memorable. I still want to be Alison when I grow up. The Jack White track brings the riffage, and the lyrics (that I can make out) are pretty deep, but overall I'm not quite as taken with it. The backing singers sound bolted on, like an aftermarket spoiler on a street car. And the bongos. Man, what's with the bongos? I assume he can afford an Amen Break sample like everybody else.

2 comments:

KaliDurga said...

I followed the link about the Amen Break, but am having trouble getting past the mental image of a young boy's foreskin on a thousand plumped up California lips. May have to come back to that later.

We need to work on those lyrics later, unless someone else beats us to it.

Lyle Hopwood said...

Before anybody reports me for child porn, I want to stress that was a statement about the original source of collagen protein used in cosmetic surgery, not about actual foreskins.

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