Juxtapoz Magazineのインスタグラム(juxtapozmag) - 7月15日 00時14分

Perhaps the most famous opening bass notes to an album in the history of rock? The "Seven Nation Army" bass/guitar riff is a goddamn sports chant now, which seems like the antithesis of lo-fi White Stripes, but sometimes a melody is too good to stay in the garage. This week's Sound and Vision goes back to 2003 with the White Stripes post-breakthrough-to-household-name album, Elephant. Recorded over two weeks under the theme of "death of the (American) sweetheart," it's raw perfection, with an almost "one-take" sound that gave it a rare authenticity for a major album. If you are going to start your album with "Seven Nation Army," you are going for something apocalyptic, sinister and bold. But somehow, Jack and Meg White made a Burt Bacharach song sound raw. •
At this point in time, the White Stripes were famous for their color scheme, and had previously released the incredible video for "Fell in Love with a Girl" (the Michel Gondry lego one). So their look was getting famous. The cover for Elephant has the weird folkloric qualities of the Stripes repertoire: the two bandmates (or husband/wife, brother/sister, take your pick) in Grand Ole Opry looks, a obscured skull, peanuts on the floor, a cricket bat, Meg in a white or black dress depending on your LP version. Meg is weeping. Jack is looking off to the side at ... something large? Where is the elephant in the room? What is the elephant? The extinction of rock? In such a simple composition, there is so much going on. And why does a band from Detroit that often plays the blues always wear red? •
Funny enough, Jack would go on to say, as always, enigmatically: "If you study the picture carefully, Meg and I are elephant ears in a head-on elephant. But it's a side view of an elephant, too, with the tusks leading off either side." He went on to say, "I wanted people to be staring at this album cover and then maybe two years later, having stared at it for the 500th time, to say, 'Hey, it's an elephant!'" #juxtapozsoundandvision

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shane_stagram I still think Jack either needs to get Meg behind the drums and get the White Stripes back together... OR find a replacement drummer to take her place... as one of my favorite musicians the stuff he did under the White Stripes moniker was amazing.. his solo stuff and recordings with Raconteurs do not compare...

johnspo Even having read that just now I still don’t see an elephant any way I look at it. Do I have to blur my eyes a bit or look through it like one of those sailboat illusion pictures?

stoltenow @therealmardymardmard hey so the real jack white recorded this album in 2 weeks supposedly but I thought you might also enjoy reading the elephant perspectives

chronocentric “an almost “one-take” sound which gave it a rare authenticity” - well distanced off words to fill space for knots.

sadsickworld000 There is no bass in the song. Jack uses an octave pedal.

bones_the_grouch I was just listening to this album yesterday ??

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