The White Stripes - Icky Thump (Official Music Video)
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- Watch the official music video for "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes, directed by Emmett Malloy
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Lyrics:
Ah, icky thump
Who'da thunk?
Sitting drunk on a wagon to Mexico
Ahh well
What a chump
Well my head got a bump
When I hit it on the radio
Redhead señorita
Looking dead
Came and said
Need a bed
In Español
I said
Gimme a drink of water
I'm gonna sing around the collar
And I don't need a microphone
Icky Thump
With a lump in my throat
Grabbed my coat
And I was freaking
I was ready to go!
And I swear
Besides the hair
She had one white eye
One blank stare
Looking up
Lying there
On the stand
Near her hand
Was a candy cane
Black rum, sugar cane
Dry ice and something strange
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
White Americans, what
Nothing better to do
Why don't you kick yourself out
You're an immigrant too
Who's using who
What should we do?
Well, you can't be a pimp
And a prostitute too
Icky thump
Handcuffed to a bunk
Robbed blind
Looked around
And there was nobody else
Left alone
I hit myself with a stone
Went home and learned how
To clean up after myself
#TheWhiteStripes #IckyThump #EmmettMalloy - Hudba
A song so good it doesn't even need a chorus. Let's the guitar do the work.
There is technically a chorus in the song. The tempo change and the stand alone guitar that starts section is the chorus. Who says a chorus needs vocals?
@@Gretri17 the word chorus does bro. Smh
@@davidc5820 Oh yeah? So a song like Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson can't have a chorus? Even though that song has no lyrics, there is still a chorus in it
Y
A lot of led Zeppelin songs don't have choruses too. I love bands that are able to do that
She's a really good drummer ... because she's both minimalistic and effective. She has broken the code.
you dont need to be particularly skilled, it just has to sound good
She's got a real simple yet powerful style.
heard she just drummed what jack white told her to drum
Is it weird that I taught myself how to play this after watching the video
Kinda like Ringo lol 🤣
I'm 60 yrs old so I've heard a lot of R&R in my life. The White Stripes music is an autopsy on all of that. Laid bare.
This is such a raw take I love it
I hope Meg is doing great and is happy. I hope she has more money than she can spend. These two were special together . Much love Meg❤
In the cold cold night was a great song
Excuse me, is
Jack always sounds like his guitar is broken, and it still sounds great.
lol
+Chiko was here One effect I know he always uses in White Stripes is a polyphonic octave generator. that is probably the sound you hear that makes it sound really raw but awesome at the same time
+Chiko was here I saw them at a very small club/bar in Minnesota yrs ago,all their gear looked like cheap rummage sale crap,then when they hit the first note it sure didn't matter...all his guitars look so beat the hell up on stage
the riff is a keyboard
:/ I mean, I know all music from all times have something icky attached to em for their specific times. But as the younger generation... we... try not to think about those things. Bc things do change, facts. Or at least thats what I'd like to delusionally & hopefully imagine. That ppl like to be blissful... Bc facts, life's a bitch & everyone dies. Some, sooner than later.- fannah maybe bring my mini speaker on my right shoulder blasting this into work 1 day, 2022.
The perfect duo doesn't exi-
Jack black and jack white
They need to do a song together.
Master exploder shows the range of jack blacks vocals...the two of them together would destroy any speaker system ever made!
@@trevorgoodchild8266 very poor choice of words
jxmes meme jack grey
NO
The power of that guitar and percussion is unreal! Unbelievable what they can produce together. And the video is epic!
I love meg's drumming in this. Reminiscent of 70's rock
The White Strips are a masterpiece of a band, people will still be listening to this in hundreds of years.
thousands... millions?
@@essentialsofbiology1643 even giving us hundreds of years is being extremely generous. the lizard people might dig The White Stripes though
P lo in no
Do you listen to Beethoven a lot?
@@coh5702 if no one listened to Beethoven then we wouldn't know about him. Kind of feel like you tried to make a point that collapses in within itself
“Americans want nothing better to do, why don’t you kick yourself out, you’re an immigrant too!”
I love it!😂
Tell that to trump
PandaPower 1909 “who’s using who , what would we do , well you can’t be a pimp and a prostitute too”
Lmao. Actually, I was born here. My ancestors were immigrants, true. But I had no control over what they did since I wasn't alive in the 1600s. Sorry.
Americans are not immigrants. They settled the land. end of story.
@@SkintSNIPER262 If by "settled" you mean mass genocide of the indigenous people of this country, Oh well, whatever makes you sleep at night, To say Americans aren't immigrants is not only factually incorrect but but dismissive of actual history.
One of the highlight of Jack’s live shows, for sure. Crowd went fucking nuts at the ‘LaLaLalalaaaaa’. So glad I caught him on his last tour before the world went silent.
I bet that was awesome, would love to see Jack live, his music is the shit and he’s got a unique voice also!
Oh wow, would’ve loved to have seen him! I saw TOOL in Atlantic City, NJ right before end times. I had never seen them. It was amazing. But the crowd was pretty rough. Lol
@@good4gaby I’ve never seen Tool either. Must’ve been a great show. I miss concerts the most. Hopefully we’re actually on the mend this time for realz. No new variants! 🤞🏻🤘🏻
I saw him last night and he was amazing
@@cindyray44 does he still do old white stripes songs and racontours stuff or is it mostly his solo stuff? I'm going to see him in the summer, very excited
I remember listening to this song when I was about 10 years. I just fell for it, I couldnt get it out of my mind. This unique tempo is pure magic!
yesss sameee
Meg White's drumming on this is absolutely fantastic. Massive sounds in multiple tempos.
@Times Assuming they used her actual kit for the video, she usually uses Paiste cymbals.
Oh wow… still can’t stomach megs drumming…
She actually sucks as a drummer lol
Reminds me of Bonzo
You serious.. kinda like trying to make Lars Ulrich sound something more he's not
This song was way too ahead of its time man
I know right I love this song sm
Nah it was at the perfect time.
This song is for all those ppls who failed to see the bigger pic, I do believe
How? In what regard ,
Please explain
Ball and a Biscuit is f’ing amazing too
They were phenomenal and this song is incredible ! Meg is a fantastic drummer -- those Ludwigs though ! Jack's lyrics, voice and guitar playing are out of this world ! Love the erratic guitar solos, especially the broken phrasing when playing leads --- just like the old blues masters from the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
Wowwwwwwww tu si sabes de música ❤❤❤❤😍
I've never heard Meg described as a "fantastic drummer". Jack wasn't looking for a fantastic drummer. He just needed her to play the simple beats he showed her. Actually Jack really is a fantastic drummer. Listen to some of his The Dead Weather stuff where he plays drums. Jack taught her what to play because he knew that if he went and found a drummer that no one would want to play the simple beats that he was after. (The whole look at me, look at me thing) From what I understand, she never really took to the musician lifestyle and that's why she ended up quitting.
Meg looks absolutely gorgeous in this music video 😍
1:39 The best use of "lalala" in music History
Sicierto
"I heard about you, didn't think you were real."
"I'm real when it's useful."
Only 2 of them but they give out a full band sound.I love them
Two musical geniuses' music that still stirs excitement and emotion in my soul in 2024.
The best 240p video I've ever seen on CZcams.
Lmao thanks for that
23
same
It's been updated
Now is on 1080p
"I'm real when it's useful".
Don't steal my quotes nigga
So that means hardly ever
+Bruce Wayne not really lmao he stole batmans quote and your bruce wayne
Coolspicekid 24 true
Coolspice on this
this guy is so fricken talented. every single song they play together has so much more attitude, so heavy, and so satisfying to my ears. blows my mind how many amazing songs someone can write. one after another! im just discovering them. i know who they are and how long they've been around just never clicked with me i was busy listening to thrash metal and glam. what's a few killer albums anyone recommends ?
Oh no, you have no idea what's about to happen in the next few months. Your whole perception of music is about to change. I was literally in your exact same position at one point. Into Heavy Metal, Thrash, Groove, basically a whole bunch of heavy music. And then I found Jack White. I say that because I actually found him through his solo work, unlike most that find TWS first. I know all that sounds like crazy talk, but you'll understand. Anyways, to answer your question. I recommend listening to TWS live stuff. Their live shows were absolutely insane. I have a few videos I'll link, but you said you wanted albums. So to answer your question, I recommend the first two WS albums. The White Stripes and De Stijl, specifically De Stijl. De Stijl is an absolute masterpiece of an album. As for Jack White's solo stuff, Boarding House Reach is incredible. It's way more experimental than anything he's ever done before. You honestly might not like it on your first listen. But, you'll soon realize the album is a chaotic whirlwind of creativity. I genuinely think Boarding House Reach is in the top 100(at least) albums of all time.
Here are some standout WS performances:
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elephant album is the best.
there is seven nation army, and my favorite: the hardest button to button (but see the live version of it)
@@nabs7741 you forgot the best: czcams.com/video/60sA6QZD1cM/video.html
@@gabrielbauer5595 No offense, but almost all of the performances I linked absolutely kill that one. It's still a great show, but to put it on the level of that Death Letter at Glastonbury is blasphemy. I still respect your opinion though. And I’d also have to disagree with Elephant being the best. I’d say De Stijl takes that spot. But to each their own.
@@nabs7741 de stijl is good too tho, but elephant for me, no doubt, the best
Meg played exactly what needed to be played. 👏🏻
love that look they give each other right before he starts singing
Username NotAvalible1O What?
It´s TeaTime bada$$ girl 😍
The chemistry between the couple is like that of what a alkali metal have toward a halogen.
@@josephnevin well they are brother and sister
@@MyWeedgrower Uh, no. They are not.
I so want to see Jack White and John Frusciante somehow cross their paths on a project and jam until the heat death of the universe
I just wanna see Jack jam with the chili peppers, because Flea and Chad are seriously one of the tightest rhythm sections in the world
The white stripes will forever be iconic.
The guitar in this song is so compelling and ethereal. Jack turns guitar into a different instrument.
i wish i had known how good they were when they came to my town all those years ago. im kicking myself for missing out on such genius
Me too, me too! I love music, adore it! Where the hell have I been!
That happend to me with other bands like seven times, it hurts
Same here! Had so many opportunities to see them and freaking didn’t. Will forever regret it!
nice foamy icon
@@cashlinart thanks i like it
A song released in 2007 is somehow even more relevant after 10 years.
Fascists will always target immigrants first. Always. So pro immigrant songs will always be relevant.
Its so nice to know people like you, insult those you don't know and whose sifuation you haven't experienced. Thohgh I think you'll start singing a different tune when you start going without.
Nothing will ever be perfect. Just be happy you’re alive and well
@@keatonkitsune4064 Did I miss something here? Who offended you?
Happy living in a neoliberal post nation state
This really is an incredible, strange, unusual, progressive song. Even to this day it is so unique.
Imagine being so good with guitar that you don't even need a chorus, fucking awsome
The simplicity of it. Simple drums, simple guitar. The power..... it is fantastic. Long time metal head here, but their songs are fantastic, regardless of what genre you prefer.
I came from the same place as you bro
🦷
This was one of those songs that took me something like 5 years to find
Why didn't you just put icky thump in the search box?
+BAMBOOLOUNGE because I didn't remember any of the lyrics, just the amazing tune.
im with ya man, great beat...could give a shit about the band! took me years to ever hear this again, heard once on radio, never heard it again...
same here... and god did i miss this sound
Still one of the BEST SONGS IN 2024
I will never not rock to the chorus. I might be 95 and in wheelchair, but i stand by my word.
This sounds like something Led Zeppelin would have made, love it
I think the middle riff sounds like War Pigs from Black Sabbath
@Greg McFarland where?
Nah this sound like the white stripes
@@xotzxt Black Sabbath were inspired by Led Zeppelin
Jared Ocampo best chance would be if Greta Van Fleet did a cover
Soy Mexicano y les puedo decir que los subtítulos están bien chingones.
jajaja a huevo
I love how Rock has taken so many great directions.
Absolutely. But there’s only so many directions you can go before anything listenable has already been done
It's absolutely bonkers how good this band is, even without a bassist. Both of these guys, but especially Jack White on guitar, are incredible.
Fuck it, let's just let Jack handle the immigration a border policy.
I could listen to this song a thousand times a day,and never get sick of hearing it
bunny fish &
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Still listen to it a thousand times a day after 7 years?
If you miss the white stripes you MUST listen to the band moon walker. I swear they are white stripes reincarnated
Who's here listening in 2024?
By far one the most underrated guitar players in the world. Jack white is amazing. The sounds that come of his guitar is spectacular.
This song was actually inspired by the song "1406" by the Brazilian band "Mamonas Assassinas"... In other words, plagiarism
The DC fans are coming you guys! Run!
shit
BingFun |-/
Kadence Tanner |-/
BingFun BingFun
We're coming, and we're hungry...
Still better than most popular music and still so far ahead of it’s time
Jack listened toots of Led Zep as a kid. Into Crowley and all the occult stuff too.
It's right where it needed to be, and it's still there
The chemistry between these 2 are so incredible, love jack and Meg, by the way whoever directed this video did a perfect job! Brilliant 👏
"I'm real when it's useful."
Who says this? I watched it in Portuguese and I don't remember they saying this
This is one White Stripes song that hits on all cylinders.
I wouldn't mind seeing them live once in my life.
YOO
That opportunity is long gone unfortunately.. they are no more..
@@alaysiakayebutler6299 There's always hope for a reunion tour
How four hands and one throat can perform such a jam!? Still hard to beat in 2022.
The most anticipated movie sent me here.
Good song.
Fresh from Bernie's Detroit rally :) I've been a fan since a kid - so happy Jack White supports Bernie! Bernie 2020!!
Bernie is so fukin trash that he couldn't even beat Hillary in 2016, also the only reason he had a following is because he looked better in comparison
0:38 there's something hilarious to me about how it detranslates it back to "in spanish"
I love how barebones the White Stripes’ music is. They brought rock back to the basics in the 2000s. Makes me think of what the Ramones did in response to prog rock. I regret not seeing Jack & Meg when they came to Portland.
Anyone else knew this song before the trailer of Justice League and because they actually like The White Stripes?
Yup
hell yeah.
Lol ah leave them alone at least they are being exposed to actual music that is good instead of that crap that is called rap
yessir
Of course
"10 years ago"
wow...way to make me feel old.
A guy punch to our age
Rock and Roll Hall Nominee!!! Plz vote!
Just did 🙂
this song shaped my music taste into what it is today
This song is perfect for Peaky Blinders. Walking in slow motion, smoking a cigarette, and ready to fight.
The singer looks EXACTLY like Jack White!
Abmis Jack White look exactly like the singer*
Fixed that for you
Abmis That's because the singer is Jack white. This is one of his former bands "The White Stripes"
Mjkobylenski No shit Sherlock.
Mjkobylenski
The Joke.
Your head
good one then
Genius. Grabs your attention from the first bar...and the lyrics are golden.
I full out head banged to this song on repeat for 20 min, along with white orchid and icky thump. I MISS THE WHITE STRIPES! I hope someday they do a come back 💖💖💖💖
"so...you're fast"
"that feels like an oversimplification"
They made one hell of a team
Truly. I think Meg's kinda sexy-badass on that wittle drum seet.
Absolutely love the energy of this group
i feel so fortunate to have been around to watch the white stripes take over the world. this is back when all music wasn't cookie cutter worthless garbage, just most of it. the stripes played conan all week then we saw them at coachella that weekend. it was as sloppy and janky as you imagined but louder. absolute magic. to see meg pound those drums, pigtails hanging on for dear life
My music taste brought me here
huh ya
No, that's never how anyone arrives at a video.
Y a mí que chucha me importa pao klo
Same screw the justice ledge thing
Mine too
"Justice League are coming, Justice League are coming"
Their sense of timing is impeccable
This song came out when I was almost 2 and I used to listen to it with my dad and it’s still bumpin 😎🤘🏻(I’m 18 now ) 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
“Aquaman on the other hand is getting drunk and throwing himself in the ocean shirtless. We all been there, mate”
-Critical Drinker
Originally inspired by "Ecky Thump."
1975.
🤔
jack white is able to create this sound that no other artist is capable of making. he is one of my favorite artists and has been a very big influence in my guitar playing. very good song
When Meg started playing she was like a two year old behind the drum set. She has grown so much since then. Definitely a solid 5 year old with several years experience playing the same damn tempo over and over and over…..
Timeless. Forever a thunderously great rock song!
Sad how relevant this has become 10 years later.
As an aside, Icky Thump is the best White Stripes song and I will fight anyone over this.
fiercedietyknight it isnt the best BY FAR..
fiercedietyknight steady as she goes
I will stand with you in agreement and fight with you side by side.
@@eakichiain you really know your music. That's like saying Seven Nation Army is the best Raconteurs song. *hint* - reverse them, and it's still only true if you know nothing about Jack White's music.
For cucks maybe
I heard you can talk to fish
#SavageBatman
The ignorance shown by Batman in that trailer. You just know Flash was about to school Batman on the Speedforce haha
COREY M yeah he probably will it felt like they cut it out for the trailer
to Magikarp* ;)
+AllenWalker yes, I know a fish named martha....
just searching through all these high pitched guitar tones by different artists from this era trying to find one bit thats stuck in my head
If i told you i had an autographed guitar, would you rob me? ..cause i do...really🙈🙉🙊
Jack looks nothing like Depp, yet, i always think about Depp when i look at him... it's so strange
Funny I get the same vibe. i think Jack White is the rock star that Johnny Depp wished he could be. And the hat.
He looks more like Jonathan Davis.
Same mannerisms maybe
It’s because of Edward scissor hands
He looks like Michael Cera cosplaying as Johnny Depp
Lyrics
Yah-hee, icky thump
Who'd-a thunk?
Sittin' drunk
On a wagon to Mexico
Her hair, what a chump
And my head
Got a bump
When I hit it on the radio
Red-head señorita
Lookin' dead
Came to said,
"I need a bed" en español
So I gave a drink of water
I'm gonna sing around the collar
Well, I don't need a microphone
Icky thump, with the lump
In my throat
Grab my coat
And now it's reckon
I was ready to go
Yeah, I swam beside the hair
She had one white eye
One blank stare
Lookin' up, lyin' there
On a stand in her hair
Was a candy cane
Black rum, sugar cane
Dry eye, somethin' strange!
La la, la la la la la la la la
Well, Americans:
What, nothin' better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out?
You're an immigrant too.
Who's usin' who?
What should we do?
Well you can't be a pimp
And a prostitute too
Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk
Robbed blind
Looked around
And there was nobody else
Left alone
I hit myself with a stone
Went home
And learned how to clean up after myself
A
Her face is just, too perfect & beautiful
ive never experienced nostalgia from something i didn't have when i was a child until i listened to the white stripes
I keep seeing "This guy looks like Egoraptor" in the comments. Stop that. If anything, Egoraptor looks like Jack White, as Jack White is far more culturally important than Ego. I love Ego to death, but come on guys. Have some respect for the leader of one of the greatest rock revival bands of the past 20 years.
Draven Marino Jack White didn't lead Green Day
This guy looks like egoraptor
The Atomic Punk plus, Jack is older
The Atomic Punk Two things I see wrong with that, 1. Cultural importance doesnt really apply to a joke, and 2. Its more a compliment towards Arin rather than a diss on Jack.
You just did though...
The white stripes are so underrated
You’re just too young to remember when they were big and more importantly together
The white stripes were formed I think around the year 2000 and sadly they split up in 2011. :(. I went to see Jack whites concert in 2018. It was pretty good. Now they are underrated. They never were very huge, but they were a damn good band. I started listening to them in like 2006 or something, I don’t remember. I’m sorry that my idea that more people should know about the white stripes hurt your feelings.
@@bfndjfbbfhdh4176 year 200? Damn they're old
@@marianwodkingston8504 haha my bad
@@bfndjfbbfhdh4176 "They were never very large" They were though seven nation army is one of the most famous guitar riffs ever
Their creativity in each music is fantastic! They went even beyond in this one, I love the rhythm. Meg looks so pretty in this clip!
Love this song! Brings back so many teenage memory’s!!!!
Anyone else here not a tool that's worried how people were introduced to good music?
@@jeremyalexander9761 lol someone's up past their bedtime
@@jeremyalexander9761 big mad?
@@jeremyalexander9761 I think you missed the point
@@jeremyalexander9761 I agree with this guy in a lighter mannerism
Ah, enjoy the song... That's it
Thank you Justice League for reminding me of my late teens years with this song . Now I'm looking up old songs.
She's awesome on the drums, 1 of my fav songs
So much talent, i love these two. I love thier ability. I just wish I could love some of their newer songs as much as I love the two of them.
UNITE THE SEVEN
The seven nation army
+Rodrigo12RDH I like you
More like hobble together the five, wheres the other 2?
Caleb Daniel It meant "Unite the Seven Seas" since Aquaman is the King of Atlantis. Superman is the 6th member and one Green Lantern is supposed to join them eventually, so he's the 7th member of the JL.
Seven man army
Meg White is gorgeous! 😍❤😍❤😍
I discovered this in 2023, anyone else in the same boat
Oh fuck, it’s 2024. Swear to god I heard it last year.
She is one bad ass drummer!
That slide guitar riff Jack used at the beginning sounded like bagpipes honestly, same with each time he went for a solo, it was fucking wicked! Was one of my favourite songs when I first heard it
that organ Solo in the middle is so Yes
it's a clavioline
+Danny Manganelli anctually no its a piano.
+Ashley Baxter provide evidence please
Yes it is. Ive been looking for bands similar to them but the closest I can find is ELO and TULL.
+Danny Manganelli it's a synth. Look at any live performance. It's a distorted synth organ most likely
2:46 I sometimes think that Meg was like the hell is happening, I thought today was a day to bang.... the drums
Perhaps you meat she was like: Oh, we are suppose to bang the drums "not on the drums"
(I know is my comment but I realized that could be a nice follow up response,which someone could make. Now, being I someone, I was forced to do it.)
The power of two. Amazing