@@meif6302 Eating chips definitely doesn't sound good. Not for the eater who hears a full load of crunch nearby their ears 😂 and for the people who are listening to a person smacking their lips and chewing on something crunchy. Atleast I wouldn't say so 🤷🏿♂️
This is the third video by Polyphonic on The White Stripes. The first has a red thumbnail. The second has a white thumbnail. The third has a black thumbnail. Polyphonic is the secret third member of The White Stripes.
Saying Meg White is a bad drummer is akin to saying Basquiat is a bad painter. Art is expression, and Meg is incredibly expressive. Meg is absolutely iconic.
@ThePedophileExposingHunterfound the insecure guy going around, spreading his bullshit. Go on, keep on being miserable. You'll never achieve anything with this boring attitude. Take a good look into the mirror once and see.
@@stonaraptor8196 1: you liked our own comment 2: that's kind of the point, man. Jack White said it himself, her drumming is like a little kid beating the hell out of a drumset, caveman style. 3: The drumtrack was never supposed to be seperated, because it only works together with Jack's guitar and voice and whatever other instrument he plays. You could say "oh, but Jack's guitar and voice work with any other drummer". Yeah,I agree. They do. BUT he has never been as successful as he was together with Meg. It just works. Her playing inspired Jack and that inspiration isn't there for him anymore and quite frankly it shows on all of his post-TWS records. TL;DR: you're stupid /j
This criticism reminds me of the criticism of Ringo with the Beatles. Ringo’s drumming only did what the songs needed, no more, no less. I think Meg is similar in that way. Great video.
With Ringo, it depends on the track. My problem is that his drumming sometimes comes off as boring. Like in "I want you (she's so heavy)", I always felt that his drumming lacked the intensity that the track seemed to be going for, at least until the end of it.
@@shadez123 George Martin fucked him over and turned him down a lot listen to the white album remixes from 2019 they turned ringo up and he almost hits as hard as bonzo on some tracks. Also don’t diss the guy, come together alone is a genius drum track.
Meg got shit in constantly when the White Strips were active - I think that's part of the reason why she left the band...other than you know, being in a band with your exhusband, who is an eccentric person....I wonder if Jack would act in character while on tour and would emotionally deny Meg.
the praising in this video doesn't make much sense. don't wanna sound overcritical or rude but she's really not a great drummer or a great singer like the video claims (she hardly keeps her tempo and literally sings out of tune). but the thing is: who cares?? she was never supposed to be "great" because that was never the point. I love The White Stripes, people seem to forget that they were a garage/punk rock band, not prog/jazzy/classical rock or something like that. and I truly believe that's the beauty of their sound. god, everything is raw and sloppy, including Jack's guitar(!), the arrangements/production and even the quality of the recordings. I wouldn't say that she's a "great drummer" because she simply isn't... but well she's the drummer of a great band. that's a subtle distinction (and there's nothing wrong with that!)
@@turkeyleg201 I think her drumming serves the songs pretty well. idk but perhaps a more complex drumming would require more complex arrangements, with bass, more guitars etc or maybe it wouldn't. all of Jack's could've been White Stripes songs, all of his guitar parts have the simplistic/minimalistic approach but the production make them sound different. The White Stripes is my favorite project of his, and Meg's drumming definitely has something to do with it!
pedro tavares considering that Jack White has access to better drummers and he hasn't made music that was as good as the White Strips, proves that Meg is a great drummer because she brought the best out of Jack. Now just's solo stuff is just Jack Shite.
The most important thing about meg is the live shows, No set list, jack will stop halfway through one song to play something else and she has to just figure it out by reading his face. Nobody could do meg's job. She is the most underrated drummer of all time
That free flowing ability and confidence to be spontaneous and rock steady at the same time is what it's all about, no matter what the technical demands of what you're playing.
You can really see how incredible she is at reading what Jack is doing on the Blackpool concert. Even when Jack was going to all fucking places on Death Letter she was right there with him.
I wouldn't say "how Jack wanted her to sound", I would say it's more like Meg sounded the only way she knew how to sound and... it worked for what the two did together.
The White Stripes would’ve sucked with a more technical drummer. So much of what they were about was breaking rock and roll down to its core components and her drums were the most important piece in that puzzle. It’s why Jack White’s solo stuff is so different, even live takes of White Stripes tunes he’s done with his current live band feel ‘wrong’ to me without Meg’s sound. Also so much of the White Stripes is focusing on timbres and Meg White has such a distinct way of hitting the drums that even with the same kit it wouldn’t sound as gnarly. Her presence and her drumming is so important to that band.
@@pawnhearts8785 Later: In defense of Fred Durst... ok maybe not but honestly Limp Bizkit can have some pretty good instrumentals, Fred's voice just ruins it
If Meg was actually a bad drummer she wouldn’t be able to even keep a steady beat. The people who stigmatize simplicity in music must only be aware of the Dream Theater school of instrumental masturbation.
@@killergoose7643 but she can't keep a steady beat. Just watch any live performance. Legit a key part of her "simple" style includes a tempo rollercoaster
She does the right thing for the song. That's all that matters. It's not about the musician's ego, it's about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. A lot of people probably think Ringo is a so-so drummer as well.
As the saying goes "ringo isn't even the best drummers in the beatles" as the members said in interviews, but that doesn't stop him from being one of the best in history, drumming isn't about the complexity or speed, it's about how you hold the whole band together while pulling everyone along and allowing them to feel the rythmn in a song
in a society that idealizes individual prowess, it's very common for supportive work to be undervalued. rhythm section players who stick to the part (which runs so deep in traditional music the world over) are often criminally underrated by people who expect technical wizardry as a standard for competence... and it extends to film with supporting actors getting little recognition, the continuing degradation of stay-home parents, and just generally downplaying anyone and everything in reverse correlation with their proximity to the spotlight...
@@Mystic_Apollo And if you look at all the great drummers out there, how many of them have as many (hugely popular) songs where you can just hear the drums and know what it is even if you weren't told who the band was? And I don't mean just some short catchy riff bit, but the just the song being played. Ringo has quite a few. That's one of the things that makes drummers with far better technical chops respect him.
"Rag and Bone" is one of the most ridiculously fun songs they ever did. "I saw some stuff in your yard, are you gonna give it to us?" "Naaaaaaw Meg, don't be ruuuude..."
bored312 so what she couldn’t drum like Neil Peart, many can’t, it’s not something to be ashamed of, cos Neil Peart was a very good drummer, a drummer doesn’t have to be highly skilled or super technical, tho if you can do something and you can do it well, go with, Meg had her own style and she clearly wasn’t trying to be Neil Peart
I wasn't trying to offend in saying Meg can't play like Neil Peart. This comment made it seem like it was an artistic choice she made, to not play as well as Neil Peart.
I've never understood the allure of any of his music. His voice is...weird, I guess you might say, and the lyrics are just gibberish half the time. Still, I've heard worse.
White Stripes were more punk rock/blues. Jack White in his solo career seems to be going for more of a country angle. But he's not really the stereotypical country singer.
You tell how much influence she has once Seven Nation Army became a world wide anthem to anyone. Similar to We Will Rock you,everyone gets behind the drum beat by stomping your feet gets any crowd riled up cheering and singing
If you can identify a drummer when you hear them play, then that drummer has succeeded. Most of us work all of our lives to find our own unique sound on the instrument. Cheers to Meg.
Many articles have been written about Meg's emotional contribution to the band, her tethering influence on Jack, keeping him grounded, keeping him true to the solid center that Meg provides. Jack is a multi-instrumentalist (in fact, drums are his primary instrument). Without Meg, without Jack's desire to keep Meg's persona and influence central to The White Stripes, Jack's project would have just filled out into the clever, all-over-the-map polyglot of musical exploration he indulged in since then -- very interesting to listen to, but not nearly as. . . . well, not nearly as hard-hitting as the Stripes were.
Yeah I 100% agree. The white stripes have a simplicity that hits harder than any of Jacks other bands do. Meg kept Jack grounded and forced him to make more focused music. All of his stuff since then has been too overly complicated for my tastes. Jack is an incredible musician, but without meg i think he gets lost in the weeds.
Most regular people like simplicity, extremely complicated music is the artist trying to outdo themselves or flex on other musicians. Simpler melodies and drums hit harder with normies. That won't change. Technical musicians always have a niche following.
In the late 90s and 2000s i heard a lot of people dismissing Meg White. However in recent years i feel like more people recognize her as the great Drummer and musician she is. It makes me happy :) Great Video, as always.
Before Jack had a decade to make a mountain of less interesting music after the end of the White Stripes, some speculated about what he would be capable of without her "primitivism."
I didn't really know much of them back then (I was a kid/teen, through most of their career) but since I've been looking into music and bands she's almost always mentioned in a positive light.
Lol, I don’t love everything jack does either but his newer stuff is only “less interesting” to people whose don’t know shit about music and have an emotional connection to his less-sophisticated work. It’s fine to enjoy simplicity but it sure isn’t your place to make silly assertions about music you’re clueless about.
When I was in college, I had the chance to see them on the "Elephant" tour when it hit Lowell, MA and it was awesome. Jack was fantastic but Meg's drumming was just crazy. She stepped out then sang "In the Cold, Cold Night" and it would be safe to say everyone swooned while she sang. She was great and I hope she can enjoy some of her success away from the limelight.
For starters the name of the band comes after her last name. Plus, even when they were not a couple Jack worshiped her in a loving way and thanked her contribution constantly.
Technically a bank account can’t be full,it’s totally open ended so there is no point at which the account is at a level at which it can’t be added to. A bank account can be massive,or stacked, or even loaded. But....it can’t be full. It’s a limitless thing unlike a box or can that has finite room.
Anyone who hates Meg White, I point them to the White Stripes' Glastonbury 2005 set. She not only uses that playfulness and simplicity to create an awesome sound like you see, but she has a near telepathic connection with Jack. In fact, in that one set, she very clearly *leads* Jack through one of their best live performances ever.
Ever since I was 9, I remember being fascinated with White Stripes. At that moment, I couldn't realize, why I love their album covers so much, what makes Jack White sound so unique and especially, I couldn't wrap my head around the whole feeling of the band. Years later, after watching probably every White Stripes show available online, I got it. It was Meg. Like, for a long time I thought "Man, I wanna be like Jack White", but, to be honest, now I think "Man, I'm more like Meg" and that's awesome. She never wanted to take away the spotlight from Jack, never tried to break her natural behaviour and just was having a fun time playing with Jack and being herself. That's something, that is almost nonpresent in music industry.
I have seen endless people say she's a bad drummer. I don't listen to White Stripes but I'm guessing 95% of those calling her bad don't know jack shit about drumming (I don't either but that's why I don't comment on drummers).
I'd love to hang around your crowd. Yours must be the most intelligent and artistic crowd in the world. The rest of us are surrounded by Meg-haters - the stupidest dumbshits ever. : (
I love her style and that she owns it. She's so confident in the way that she plays that you get it. It's crazy how well it worked-lightning in a bottle.
I remember as a kid, being genuinely surprised about all the criticism Meg received online. Her drum beats were simple but so powerful and distinct. I remember being little and smacking my hands on the car seat infront of me to the drum beat of Hardest Button to Button. Meg, technical or not is just as iconic and powerful as Jack. Simple is not bad and technical is not good. Emotion, passion, and context are everything in music.
I have always wondered why Meg keeps getting singled out for doing what so many other drummers have gotten praise for. I always felt her drumming was deliberately simple so as to create more impact and thought of it as the tool of her medium, in the way only animation can convey certain feelings. Thank you for doing this piece!
She's a woman. There's not enough well-known female drummers to begin with and she's not as technically skilled. She's an easy target for certain people.
@@Aster_Risk As much as I hate it, that certainly plays a big role. It's less common these days, but women in bands have always tended to be criticized more than men. Here's hoping listeners can move passed that in the future and just base their opinions on how the music itself sounds.
People tend to forget, the blues, was extremely simplistic, white stripes wasn't about extreme technicalities, jack solely wanted to have simplicity, i hate the fact everyone has a go at meg for being a "bad" drummer, when that wasn't even what the white stripes were going for? It's convoluted and silly.
You know back in the day when a young musician would come along and blow everyone away with a totally unique sound and/technique, they were almost always instantly crowned the best ever. Well, in my book, Meg is the greatest drummer I have ever heard. She didn't have to learn beats or copy anyone else, the beat came out of her raw and unedited in the same way solos came out of Jimi and the blues came out of B.B.
The main ethical purpose of the white stripes project was the reinterpretation in a contemporary key of the primitive rawness which characterized punk and blues back in the days. Meg White was just perfect to take on this challenge with, she is the personification of this type of research. Everything about her makes her perfect for this. Her personality, her childness as Jack would say, her drum style. She is the ultimate punk drummer. A Moe Tucker of our time.
Saying Meg is bad is like saying Jack played a sour note. Dumfuk judgmental perfectionists are boring and so pre Covid. Hey guys YOU AND YOUR RULES ARE IRRELEVANT. and so is your playing. Please quit and get out of the way. You're cluttering the bandwidth of our souls..
Nice post. Moe Tucker's contribution to the VU sound is as great as Meg's to the WS sound. Amazingly primal percussionists who DRIVE the music forward. Now I feel like playing Playin' Possum.
I’ve always been such a strong advocate for meg she inspires me so much I’ve written school papers on her. I’m a teenage girl that is very quiet and reserved and it feels like everyone always sees that as a negative like they always want me to change and Meg white showed me that no I don’t have to change and can still b successful
Totally agree- i never really appreciated charlie watts until i saw the stones live last summer. there is so much going on with mick and keith it kinda makes sense his low key style.
The Who did have different drummers and we're different. Personally I've always thought Moon beens overrated,his fills too busy. Kenny Jones was good but didn't have that explosive power of Moon. After the reunion tours started they had some passable sidemen . The best was when they had Ringo's son behind the kit, he was the better than Moon and the whole lot .
I enjoyed it as well. I hope Polyphonic will sell some of the art and design he did for this video. I especially loved the different styles of Meg all lined up together.
To me, Meg White's very primitive style of drumming always reminded me of Maureen Tucker from The Velvet Underground, another terribly underrated female drummer whose style was a major key of the sound of a legendary band
@Random Hajile I don't know what Lenny Kravitz is doing these days but I saw him in the 90s in concert with an African-American female drummer and she stole the show! Beat the hell out of them drums and rocked (BURNT) the house down!!
When I was in high school I got into a drum class mostly because Meg White was for me an inspiration. At that point in my life I didn't know about many female drummers so yep, she inspired me to get into that class. I didn't become a drummer, I ended up going only to a couple of classes because our teacher was more focused on jazz (which it's amazing, don't get me wrong) meanwhile I wanted to learn more rock songs. She has a special place in my heart and I'm still hopeful that in the future I'll get myself an electric drum kit and teach myself some White Stripes songs just for fun.
As a drummer I’ve always defended Meg. She is perfect. Just like how Lars is a “shitty” drummer but that made their songs so much cooler because it doesn’t sound quantized and there are insane rests and timings at certain times.
Every drummer who started drumming after 2003 owes their entire career to Meg White. The first song just about every drummer learns is Seven Nation Army. Meg White essentially made the step off point for basically every drummer to ever exist from now on. As a drummer myself, I, and others of my craft, are forever in debt to Meg. Thank you, Meg White.
You lost me with the Sid Vicious line. He was an objectively horrid bassist. I mean, I like Meg, but mentioning Sid as a comparison does a real disservice overall.
Personally, to make great music and to be a great band, it's about how well all the individual pieces, instruments, and members come together, not a simple sum of adding the 10th best guitarist ever, the 5th best bassist ever, etc. like it's a Pokemon team. Technical ability matters to make more complex and intricate music perhaps but something phenomenal is more likely to come from cohesion and the sum being greater than the parts.
Yes that's very often the case. How many so called "supergroups" full of well known musicians came and died slowly out because most of them sucked tremendously. Music is rarely about technical abilities. It's about emotions. For me it's way more important what you can achieve as a songwriter than as a musician per se. You can suck hard as a musician but if you write good songs I will probably still be able to enjoy your work. But if your songs are utter shit it doesn't matter to me if your the next Mozart. Your songs just suck even if they are performed in technical perfection.
Even as an unapologetic fan of progressive rock and progressive metal I still loved Meg. My favorite drummers are the Neil Perts and Danny Carey's of the world, but that should never prevent you from appreciating a different style.
I think being a prog fan makes you more open-minded. My husband listens to prog, noise, math rock, and loves Meg (and a ton of all female or female fronted bands). He's also a drummer himself.
A drummer has two jobs. 1. Keep the beat. 2. Be interesting/have some style. Check. Check. Anything else is extra. Any real musician would love to work with Meg or play with her.
The Laughing Hyenas were an epic band from Detroit late 80’s early 90’s. There was a fake brother-sister situation in that band. That’s where the White Stripes got it from
I love me sum meg. Elephant is 1 of those iconic albums that is a masterpiece and could not possibly be better. I mean 7nation army intro is this generations we will rock you by queen. You would be hard pressed to find an obscure corner of the earth that doesn't know those 7 notes and drum beat. Its Fn epic.
This topic reminds me of a guy I knew who said Keith Moon was “over-rated” and to prove his point he tried showing me the “imperfections” in Keith’s isolated drum track in Who Are You. I just shook my head and told him he shouldn’t call himself a fan of rock ever again!
Can I just say, how amazingly freaking awesome this video looks? Watching you since last big White Stripes video (that is sadly enough, vanished), and man oh man, your skills have definitely improved. P.S: Little Room sequence is just simply "wow", by the way.
She’s a “bad drummer” like Ringo Starr is a “bad drummer”, she sits in the song, punctuating the song, and that’s what makes them so great, and in relevance to this video, what makes Meg so great.
"One of the greatest rock band of the modern era" Ehhhh , I am going to stop you right there bucko , just because 7 nation army was kind of catchy doesn't mean they are great.
im not so technical yet but if it wasnt for someone like meg i probably would of given up but the fact that she makes simplicity sound great keeps me going
Yeah, I'm on board with the rest of this video, but this part is just wrong. He actually was terrible and allegedly they unplugged his bass during live shows sometimes.
Yeah... that did NOT help defend meg in any way. Sid was exactly what started to kill punk: just an image made to sell records ( that’s what pop is for )
Frankly it's press like Polyphonic that initiated the "Meg is a bad drummer" trope...not virtuoso musicians. They love a good controversy, that music press.
If you ever needed proof of Meg's greatness, watch Jack White's solo performances of White Stripes songs. His live drummer is Carla Azar, and she's technically talented as fuck. But her style just doesn't mesh as well with White Stripes songs
That a girl can't drum and if her life depended on it is what? Nah. She just can't. And that's fine. She has done exceedingly well with what little she can do. That, my friend, is the real sucky part about the arts. How gifted you are isn't what makes you great. It's how well you connect with your audience that does. And by that I mean "great" and not merely "successful". She has found an audience for herself and that is what counts. People like listening to her. If she were ten times better than she is but couldn't attract people, then that gift (and all the hard work that it too to acquire it) would have been wasted. Trust me, the are a million "Meg White times ten" out there who can't fill a food stall with listeners. That's the actual tragedy here.
Same goes with all the drummers for the Ramones. They didn't utilize a technical drumming method, but instead they had a basic & powerful signature formula that got the job done.
She never missed a beat, nor dropped a stick. Plus, although "simple" in terms variations of patterns, she would often play perfectly off beat from Jack's melodies, and even off beat from herself, she would keep the time steady and the feeling off kilter. This would add drama and a sense of uneasiness, because the way she played violated the internal metronome we all have. She made choices of when and where to hit that the "best drummers" would never, or could never, make. She literally marched to the beat of her own drum.
@@graysonherbert4604 That's not what he means. Yes, her timing isn't solid. It doesn't matter. I've played drums for over 30 years and she would choose beat placements that "proper drummers" would never even think to. It wasn't a timing issue. She'd just throw a bass drum beat or snare hit in where you would never expect it. And it sounded amazing. It doesn't matter if she was "trying" to do it or not. She did it. And it's totally unique.
@@doublestrokeroll No, I understand what he means. I just don't think it's true. There is a such thing as breaking rules artistically, but I don't see any sign that Meg even knows the rules. From my perspective, Meg makes a lot of mistakes because she isn't a good drummer then fans of the band try to read creative genius into it. I have listened to some of their music and I generally enjoy it. I'm not just hating on them, but you can make good music even you aren't a good drummer. I think the primary fallacy that people have is that they make good music, thus Meg must actually be a good drummer. That isn't necessarily true though. You can have a member in your band that isn't good at their instrument, but make good music anyway, and I think The White Stripes is a great example of that.
@@graysonherbert4604 Again though, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that she isn't a technically proficient drummer. I don't think anyone, including the original poster her is suggesting she's a genius "creatively". Simply that she makes choices that are not common but still work. Whether she does that consciously or not doesn't matter. As a drummer of 30+ years, I know what she's doing even if she couldn't explain it, and it's totally interesting in my opinion. And it makes her "good" because creativity is as much a part of music as technique. Of course this is all subjective anyway. Even technique. I can show you technically amazing drummers that I think are boring and uninteresting because musically they've done nothing that I like.
@@doublestrokeroll It sounds like we generally agree on the fundamentals, we just interpret her playing differently. I do however 100% agree on the technical skill. I have watched some death metal drummers, and it is crazy impressive, but it's really rhythmically boring. I listen to prog metal because I love hearing the weird rhythms and creative rule breaking. I think the difference I see between the unusual rhythms in prog metal and Meg is that in prog it is intentional, while Meg's seems accidental to me. I think that makes a difference, but it may not for everyone.
I've always had a huge crush on her. She's fantastic. We already have our Portnoys, Bonhams, and Manginis. As a guitar player, I can see why this vision excited Jack so much. It's pure, raw and honest, as music always should be
You know, when rock purists worship Bonham and deride Meg White, I don’t understand it. His technical chops, at least as demonstrated through their music, were better than hers, but not by much, and his strength always came from his power and groove, which Meg White has in spades.
@@goji7273 but not by much? Man, any live rendition of Moby Dick is enough proof of it and if Meg had power and groove in spades, Bonham had it in nuclear levels.
Emi Grant Yeah, that’s fair. I guess a more accurate statement would have been that, on most Zeppelin songs, the technical proficiency wasn’t what shone or what people still worship to this day.
Unpopular opinion, I don't care if it is downvoted, but I've played in a lot of bands and she is just not a good drummer. Sometimes less is more. I get that. Also, she is a part of the White Stripes sound. That too is obvious. But she was a novelty act and somewhat unremarkable. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
He's the most overrated musician of all time, and that's coming from a drummer, he is amazing but I'm so sick of hearing he's the best, it's all subjective but my god I hate neil peart. It's like when people say Hendrix is the best guitarist of all time. It just isn't true. Maybe it is for the people who say it but these people tend to not respect other peoples opinions. So if you think he's the best, then he is, to you. And fair play to you for that. I'm just tired of hearing it because to me, he's not even worth listening to because his band fucking sucks
@@TundraMouse Sounds to me like you just don't like Rush, which is fair. That said, you only need to listen to one of their songs to appreciate their technicality and musicianship that has garnered them such status. To not be aware of it at the very least does come off as ignorant to a degree.
@@TundraMouse This is exactly why it's not entirely fair to think Meg sucks. We're all trying to get something different from music. Neil is just not your guy. I'm not a fan either despite recognizing his technical abilities.
Ever since I heard "Fell in love with a girl" I noticed her strange drumming style. It didn't sound like anyone else at the time and I think that's what originally drew me into the band.
I never considered her like that "a bad drummer" as far as I know she isn't the best out there but she did her best and that's what matters. No one's perfect. Her drumming was really good!
Wait, so they're not actually siblings? I really never knew about that hahahah. Meg just did what she needed to do in the songs, and no one else could do it like she did.
They actually formed the band when they were married, then got divorced before they became popular. Interesting fact. Jack took Megs last name. Megs birth name is White-Jacks isn’t. You could say Meg literally gave The White Stripes their name.
@@TH3F4LC0Nx You can look on their wikipedia pages. Jack is from southwest Detroit and Meg is from Grosse Pointe. Most sibling don't grow up 15 miles apart.
that's how it's pronounced in Canada. I say it like that too. it's a product of Canadian raising that changes how south is pronounced, so in this region southern never started being pronounced like "suthern" but remained being pronounced like "sewthern" (the vowel is "oddd" because that's the sound that was affected in a Canadian accent)
She was very obviously the right drummer for the band...just as Ringo was for the Beatles, Moon for the Who, Baker for Cream, Richmond for Mingus, etc.
Thank you for this. Meg White has been a wonderful person and a great part of the White Stripes. I appreciate that you are defending her, as she should get the support she deserves. And I really hope that she's doing well, wherever she is and in whatever she's doing.
Jack White's live solo version of Catch Hell Blues is a perfect example of how having a technically great drummer can ruin a song. Meg's drumming, as simple as it was, always complemented what Jack was playing.
Yeah, the live versions just aren't the same. Carla Azar, who does most of the live and solo album drumming, is extremely talented but her style doesn't fit well.
Meg White's not a bad drummer because she can keep a steady beat throughout a whole song. And her drumming abilities fitted the White Stripes project because it was all about minimalism. If you failed to acknowledge that, you just failed to understand what the White Stripes were aiming for. But calling her a good drummer and her style unique is ... a bit of a stretch, to say the least. And saying no one could play like she did is utter bullshit. A child could play like she did. That's the whole point. This video felt like Polyphonic jumping the shark. I mean ... Sid Vicious, a great musician?!? I hope it's just a momentary lapse of reason. (Still loving you, though)
Imatation and nailing the actual feel of the sound are two totally different things feeling has a lot to do with how something is received and while you can hit the same beats it still doesn't mean you can create new things in the style or have the impact, you can see the improvisation and how tight the two of them were in the live performance how they can keep pace even through the most random of detours.
What do these people mean "Meg is just along for the ride?" She is INTEGRAL to the band, and I feel that when Jack sings WS songs at modern concerts, it feels a little somber without her.
This has got to be among the most embarrassing, pathetic, unobjective, fanboy drivel ever posted on RU-vid. She was a bad drummer, period. And no, that doesn't mean she had to be a virtuoso like Neil Peart. There are plenty of technically limited drummers who are interesting and fun to listen to. Meg White is not one of them. The worst part is that instead of worshiping the undeserving Meg White you could instead put a spotlight on other REALLY talented female drummers like Patty Schemel or Janet Weiss or even Jack White's own Carla Azar. But no, more bootlicking of this hack instead. Ugh.
@@gordordf1091: I can't respect the opinions of someone who calls SId Vicious a great musician. Sid COULD NOT play and in fact DID NOT PLAY on 'Never Mind the Bollocks', for Pete's sake! Ugh.
The beauty of the Stripes is that, from a more sophisticated musical perspective, their sound wasn't supposed to work. No one expected the elements to fit together like they did. If you listened to them separately, it'd be hard to put it together in a coherent way. It's like the Flaming Moe from The Simpsons. Jack White is the hodgepodge of liquors and cough syrup that comprises the drink itself, and Meg White is the fire that unleashes the inexplicable taste that gets people hooked.
I also think that people seem to forgot the part that meg played in the band is also because of jack. Because whenever he talks about he white stripes now he hardly mentions her and he makes it seem like it wss all him.
Based on interviews when the band was active, Meg is shy and fame adverse. Maybe she doesn't want her name brought up every time someone asks Jack about The White Stripes and Jack is just respecting her privacy.
@@MyssBlewm that would make sense. But from recent interviews I've seen of jack it's always "i made this, composed that, i came up with this idea" etc but it's never "we" its always "i" And without meg there wouldn't be a white stripes and vise versa
@@allygurngemoeder2795 As a fan of the band that is disappointing to hear since I love the work Meg contributed. It's up to the fans to keep her memory alive. It's not new that a lead singer of a band eventually takes all the credit though. Thanks for paying close attention since I don't follow Jack's newer projects very closely.
