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 Minimalist lighting on the pair consisted only of floor-level spotlights, projecting their dark, ominous shadows into constant interplay against a bare background that alternated between white and red. On at least a half-dozen occasions, Jack switched from organ to slide guitar and back to his usual ax, often playing more than one per song. |
Then it was into "Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground" (White Blood Cells - Track 1) and then "Black Math" (Elephant - track 2) and on and on...never slowing down and never stopping for a breath between numbers, giving the whole set list the sound of a long, thrash-laden medley. Only when Meg came out from behind her peppermint-adorned drum kit to sing the ballad, "Cold Cold Night" (Elephant - track 5) was there ever a pause.
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| During their cover of Son House's "Death Letter" (De Stijl - track 6) Jack's voice quivered as he walked to the mike facing Meg's drum kit, singing "..it's so hard to love someone...that don't love you..", adding further mystery to the pair's bizarre relationship. |
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Like Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell and, uhm, Tiny Tim, the high register of Jack's voice belies it is wiry resilience. He nails every note, and can waver, warble or wail at will, such as he did on Elephant's "I Just Don't Know What to do With Myself" and "I Wanna Be the Boy Who Warms Your Mother's Heart." At several points, he seemed near tears. Whether staged or genuine - it worked on the crowd, who howled their approval. Jack altered many of the riffs from his catalogue, making the 'money-note' of several songs rise or fall an octave, which made a number of faves difficult to distinguish until the first verse was sung. But there was no confusion about the ballad, "We're Going to be Friends" (White Blood Cells track 9). "This one goes out to Elliot Smith," Jack said, in one of the few occasions he addressed the crowd. Only after returning home did I read that Smith committed suicide earlier that day. |
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After that short pause in the action, it was back up to the stratosphere for "Astro" (First Album - track 8) and after a 5-minute wailing for an encore, an Elephant double header of "Girl You Have No Faith in Medicine" and radio hit, "7 Nation Army" set the roof on fire once more. As the audience screamed for more, Jack spoke for the third and final time: "Thank You. My Sister thanks you, and I thank you.." |
| reviewd by jinki and photos by saya38 |
 mag files : The White Stripes CD review : elephant : (03/12/08) review by 田中喬史黒いモノに挑む黄と赤のシンクロ 〜阪神タイガースとthe white stripes〜 : (03/10/27 @ Namba Hatch) review by kami, photos by ikesanillustration report : (03/10/23 @ Nagoya Club Quattro) illustration by chikaRight On White - Jack and Meg earn their Stripes : (03/10/22 @ Shibuya AX) review by jinki, photos by saya38ふたりのSMショー. : (03/10/22 @ Shibuya AX) review by nob, photos by saya38photo report. : (03/10/22 @ Shibuya AX) photos by saya38ヘンゼルとグレーテルは魔女を焼く : (03/10/21 @ Shibuya AX) review by chihiro, photos by izumikumaアカクロシロ : (03/10/21 @ Shibuya AX) review by takao, photos by izumikumaCD review : White Blood Cells : (03/02/02) review by なな |
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the latest album  "elephant" (国内盤 / US import / US import - enhanced / UK import) the latest DVD  "Candy Coloured Blues: Unauthorized" (import?) |
the previous works "White Blood Cells" (国内盤 / US import / UK import)
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(US import / UK import / 国内盤) "De Stijl" (US import / UK import / 国内盤) "Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground" (UK import) "Hotel Yorba" (UK import) "Fell in Love With a Girl, Pt. 1" (UK import) "Maximum White Stripes" (UK import) "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" (UK import) check the albums? |
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