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The Raconteurs — The Switch And The Spur
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Sasha2001
(Nowhere near a public restroom...)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 16:39
 
Yes, the trumpet classes up a song that would otherwise belong on a Tenacious D album. Not a dis by any stretch however.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 22:49
 


Oh, dang...  I thought the dude was singing "the switch and the sperms"...

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 08:55
 
{#Dance}  More Trumpet!!

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:10
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

I'm enjoying the notion that Jack White finally found a proper band with a proper drummer.
 
I concur. Meg always bugged the hell out of me. I applaud the Stripes concept and that Jack wanted the raw edge to the drumming but it never sat well with me. This album, on the other hand, is just terrific. 



Mosay
(England)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 08:09
 
Those sound like Prog lyrics...

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 07:15
 
This started off so well, and then sort of degenerated at the end {#Grumpy} 6.


Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 07:11
 
I always think the intro to this song is a Frank Zappa intro!

Johnny_Wave
(California, baby)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 22:35
 
Meh.  Next!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 16:14
 
Ehrm, surprisingly Prog for Jack.

WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 05:37
 
 crockydile wrote:
It's like Cake, only not funny. {#Eh}
 
Excellent observation! {#Idea}

cousinkill
(Kokomo, IN)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 00:21
 
That horn riff gets stuck in your head for days if you listen to this song more than once in a 48-hour period. Just saying.

crazyossi
(Wittenberge , Germany)
Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 06:50
 
and if it comes to the white stripes they are so boring !!! "i wish i were a pixie " but they arent

crazyossi
(Wittenberge , Germany)
Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 06:44
 
This is not funny any more !!! Fuck off !!! {#Arghhh}

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 06:07
 
The Memphis Horns ROCK!

I thought this was a terrific CD, better than their first. Love the drum sound they got. 

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 19:01
 
I agree that The Raconteurs are better than the sum of their parts. One curious thing though: their version of Steady As She Goes on Broken Boy Soldier is not as good (to me) as the iTunes freebie, which was recorded in one of their homes. So much for Professional Production. (Although this wasn't a production issue; rather, an artistic one — sometimes "cleaner" isn't better.)


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 08:11
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I love the Raconteurs more than the White Stripes.  Anyone else with me?  Especially this song.  {#Drummer}
 
I'm enjoying the notion that Jack White finally found a proper band with a proper drummer.


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:49
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I love the Raconteurs more than the White Stripes.  Anyone else with me?  Especially this song.  {#Drummer}
 
 
It is my belief that the White Stripes were pretty good for a garage band turned sensation, but the Raconteurs are pros.  They're something of an indie "supergroup" right?


daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:47
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I love the Raconteurs more than the White Stripes.  Anyone else with me?  Especially this song.  {#Drummer}
 
i'm with you all the way. and i like white stripes.

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:46
 
love this album... harkens back to so many great rock albums from the past but somehow without duplicating what's already been done.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:45
 
 floydoftherocks wrote:
oh yuck.. corporate rock.
 
This? Corporate? {#Stupid}
I don't particularly like it but I definitely wouldn't call it "corporate".

lysisphere
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:44
 
I love the Raconteurs more than the White Stripes.  Anyone else with me?  Especially this song.  {#Drummer}

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 00:23
 
 Walli1000 wrote:
I like this part so much:
Any pour souls who trespass against us
Whether it be beast or man
Will suffer the bite or be stung dead on sight
By those who inhabit this land

For theire's is the power and this is their kingdom
As sure as the sun does burn
So enter this path, but heed these four words,
You shall never return...

sounds very threatening.. does it not?
It seems at times these religious lyrics get priority over the other songs. Is there somebody trying to make a point? {#Cowboy}
 
Religious? This is just the snakes and scorpions and other nastees in the desert telling the big bumbling humans what they are in for if they mess with them.


crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 11:52
 
It's like Cake, only not funny. {#Eh}

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 11:57
 
 TanteJensen wrote:

But don't dispair: there's this new guy with that absolutely funny picture he's posting to each song he doesn't like.

 
Adblock Plus on Firefox has dealt with that particular annoyance quite nicely... {#Mrgreen}

This tune has pretty much worn itself out.  Sounds like some kind of novelty song now.


floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 11:55
 
{#Puke}

oh yuck.. corporate rock.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 16:30
 
Isn't that Meg on the drums?


horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 16:25
 
 TanteJensen wrote:

I'm afraid Excelsior has left the building. (At least I hope he's not taking a sabbatical to draw a new barfing face emoticon).

But don't dispair: there's this new guy with that absolutely funny picture he's posting to each song he doesn't like.

 
That would be manbirdexperiment. Quite the artistic genius!

There's always fluffybum, he's a new poster who I think is really Excelsior incognito.


Thistle
(Peg City)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:11
 
I am totally hearing Tenacious D here...

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:09
 
Again very cool and i didn't know the song.  Lets keep this roll going.

esweazey73
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 10:09
 
I respect The White Stripes and the Raconteurs — I think there's a lot of brilliance in the music, it's just not my favorite.

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Feb 03, 2009 - 22:58
 
7 - for ambition and originality. There are some sections here I really dig, others, not so much.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 08:57
 
 Papernapkin wrote:

Double meh.
 

It started out meh with me, now I find myself hitting the mute button. 

ninja_band
(chicago, il)
Posted: Nov 30, 2008 - 15:54
 
it's almost like... Ween...


Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 19:28
 
 lily34 wrote:
meh.
 
Double meh.

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 16:21
 
 veloceleste wrote:

We need a "Spinal Tap" emoticon like such.
 
I think it's closer to Jack White riffing on Jack Black.


lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Nov 01, 2008 - 07:24
 
meh.

TanteJensen
(one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 03:00
 
horstman wrote (to Excelsior):
Can we read something from you other than complaints? What say you?

I'm afraid Excelsior has left the building. (At least I hope he's not taking a sabbatical to draw a new barfing face emoticon).

But don't dispair: there's this new guy with that absolutely funny picture he's posting to each song he doesn't like.


CanyonMan
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 02:53
 
I agree with what several others have observed:  The first couple of times this song was kinda interesting, but it doesn't wear well at all....{#Doh}

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 16, 2008 - 18:16
 
 Excelsior wrote:
Can we hear something else from this album?   Something NEW?????? PLEASE?????????????
 
Can we read something from you other than complaints? What say you?


goodbugs
(in quarantine)
Posted: Oct 16, 2008 - 17:34
 
What's too many plays for some isn't enough for others. I don't listen as often as I'd like. But I could listen to this one more often - especially liked the horn section. Not so common in R & R anymore but still has a place. As is said so often here, that's why I listen to Radio Paradise. Great things I miss by listening to commercial radio.

BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Oct 16, 2008 - 13:15
 
 Excelsior wrote:
Wow, less than 24 hours since I last dropped this song's ratings due to overplay!

You know, if it started at a 10 (after hearing it the first hundred times or so) and I started dropping it once every time I heard it, it would be sucko-barfo within a week.  {#No}
 
Just to correct your math:

Total plays of this song since the album was added in June:  44
Current number of plays per week:  1 or 2



Walli1000
(Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 28, 2008 - 11:00
 
I like this part so much:
Any pour souls who trespass against us
Whether it be beast or man
Will suffer the bite or be stung dead on sight
By those who inhabit this land

For theire's is the power and this is their kingdom
As sure as the sun does burn
So enter this path, but heed these four words,
You shall never return...

sounds very threatening.. does it not?
It seems at times these religious lyrics get priority over the other songs. Is there somebody trying to make a point? {#Cowboy}



Excelsior
Posted: Sep 28, 2008 - 10:51
 
Can we hear something else from this album?   Something NEW?????? PLEASE?????????????

andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 02:50
 

This tune's a weird and interesting blend of Tex-Mex, mid '60's psychedelic rock, mid '70's folk rock, 90's rock, and bits and fragments of other things. I like it, it holds together in its own weird way.



Excelsior
Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 12:39
 
Wow, less than 24 hours since I last dropped this song's ratings due to overplay!

You know, if it started at a 10 (after hearing it the first hundred times or so) and I started dropping it once every time I heard it, it would be sucko-barfo within a week.  {#No}

Excelsior
Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 13:47
 
5 —> 4 for yet more overplay.

rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 13:10
 
 Excelsior wrote:

Agreed, I'm dropping it from 7 —>5 as well.

 
good grief it has all the worst aspect of prog rock in this song. its just in general really stupid sounding. no other way to put it.



Excelsior
Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 04:05
 
 RadioDoc wrote:
I liked this earlier—gave it a 7—but it is not wearing well after repeated listens. 5

 
Agreed, I'm dropping it from 7 —>5 as well.


mattcol99
(Bath, England, under Solsbury Hill)
Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 03:44
 
UltraNurd wrote:

Totally, during the bridge section.


"no-one knew who they were, or, what they were dooo-in"


RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 12:27
 
I liked this earlier—gave it a 7—but it is not wearing well after repeated listens. 5