Whoa baby.. as much as I hate Jack White is as much as I love him. The latest single “Just One Drink” knocked me over. I go in to every new tune ready to hate it- it’s just my nature. I hate just about everything and I have lots of reasons why. I get bored, I hate repetition, guitar solos bore me, odd production makes me nuts and add a broads voice and Im done.
So why on Earth am I loving this tune so much? It’s like George Thorogood , Elvis Presley and The Beatles dropped their DNA and this was created. An incredible Tennessee sound so much so that it sounds like something out of Sun- but it’s Third Man. Nashvile and Memphis are worlds apart but this ditty here is pure Memphis magic.
I throw in the Beatles for the nearly “waHooo’ sing a long factor. Its really fresh sounding in this context but very Beatle rip off. The harmonies work fabulously, but don’t they always when your harmonize with yourself? As for the girl.. the girl does her job adding a lovely almost rockabilly element. Ya dig?
With wailing piano (yes thats possible) the chopping guitar and fantastic bass work.. Im dying. Again, wanting to hate it and being so incredibly impressed is ridiculous. This song now officially goes on constant loop for me.
Oh and the Thorogood is only cuz it’s booze related and would play well as a bar tune. What the hell Jack White how come you’re so damn cool all the time?
Jacks new album, Lazaretto will be released June 9th on Third Man Records / XL Recordings and Im totally stoked for it.
