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RE Randy Exotica Member Chicago Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 16	RE Randy Exotica Posted posted on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 3:46 PM I guess I'm going to have to be the lone voice of dissent regarding Jack & Meg. First, I'll admit that I've only listened to Elephant once, in a record store, and did not feel any inspiration to buy it. The endless playing of the singles off it didn't raise my desire to possess it any. But I do like the Stripes OK. I do have their other CDs. I just feel like there other bands doing the same sort of thing that I like a lot better, i.e. The Kills, The Black Keys, Tarbox Ramblers, Mr. Airplane Man. They may not all actually do the same thing as the Stripes but they more or less come from the same place, a mixture of blues and garage rock. The difference is probably how far they take it in the rock direction. I really like Delta Blues, the kind of stuff Fat Possum puts out. I'm not educated in the blues at all despite Martin Scorcese's best attempts to educate me. But I do love that raw Mississippi delta sound. And the rock bands that I like most seem to lean more towards remaining closer to that spectrum of the blues than the Stripes do. It's seem more raw and more authentic, as authentic anyway as some middle class white kids can make it. Just my opinion. I'm interested in hearing what other groups in this vein you all like.

I guess I'm going to have to be the lone voice of dissent regarding Jack & Meg. First, I'll admit that I've only listened to Elephant once, in a record store, and did not feel any inspiration to buy it. The endless playing of the singles off it didn't raise my desire to possess it any. But I do like the Stripes OK. I do have their other CDs. I just feel like there other bands doing the same sort of thing that I like a lot better, i.e. The Kills, The Black Keys, Tarbox Ramblers, Mr. Airplane Man. They may not all actually do the same thing as the Stripes but they more or less come from the same place, a mixture of blues and garage rock. The difference is probably how far they take it in the rock direction. I really like Delta Blues, the kind of stuff Fat Possum puts out. I'm not educated in the blues at all despite Martin
Scorcese's best attempts to educate me. But I do love that raw Mississippi delta sound. And the rock bands that I like most seem to lean more towards remaining closer to that spectrum of the blues than the Stripes do. It's seem more raw and more authentic, as authentic anyway as some middle class white kids can make it. Just my opinion. I'm interested in hearing what other groups in this vein you all like.

Post #75658 by Randy Exotica on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 3:46 PM