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# When I lived in Walthamstow
the woman downstairs had really bad epilepsy. Often she'd have a fit then lay on the ground and bang her head repeatedly on the floor. It was a dull rhythmic thud of despair.
It's almost precisely the same sound, and for all I know the same technique, as the drum track in most White Stripes music.
I think some of their songs are ok in terms of writing ability, but the basic inability of the drummer and the horrible drum production renders them unlistenable for me.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 6 May 2007, 16:51, archived)
# I think he's stuck with her what with her being his sister/wife/mum and all
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 6 May 2007, 16:56, archived)
# Yawn.
As big a cliche as the old 'Radiohead are depressing' nonsence. If the White Stripes had an immense, complex drum track, it would ruin their simplicity. They don't want to sound like Tool or Mars Volta.
(I helped save b3ta! Jamie_W If your life had a face I would punch it., Sun 6 May 2007, 16:59, archived)
# radiohead are not depressing
I don't like them much but at least I can recognise their talent. Have you heard this new album? Makes a mockery of what you say up there.
They have hired a full orchestra and a legion of session musos and made every effort to sound EXACTLY like Led Zeppelin.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 6 May 2007, 17:05, archived)
# There's a subtle difference between a cliche
and an often-repeated truth. She really is an awful drummer.
Simplicity does not equate to inability, and I'm very clear in my own mind which of those two qualities her drumming possesses.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 6 May 2007, 17:05, archived)
# Like I said,
they have a tendancy to divide people! :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jamie_W If your life had a face I would punch it., Sun 6 May 2007, 17:29, archived)