The White Stripes: Icky Thumped!

The White Stripes
Icky ThumpED!
If you haven't got it -- get it. The White Stripes newest CD "Icky Thump" is a completely new sound different from typical rock. The new CD is heavier than most and took nearly three weeks to record -- which is the longest for any White Stripes album. Now, Meg and Jack White are incredibly weird, but it is put to positive use in this musical concoction. The CD begins with "Icky Thump," which is lyrically and musically creative. The song hits on topics such as immigration:
White Americans, what?
Nothing better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out
You're an immigrant too.

"Conquest," a completely different then many songs on the album begins with a horn introduction and moves to power chords while chanting of lustful intentions, then falls back into a guitar and horn duel.
One of the negative sides to this album is the drums. Meg White's drumming is highly repetitious. If you are critical of music, you might be able to realize a White Stripes song without the lyrics, but simply by the never changed drum rhythm. The band has also been absent of a bass player, which can be tricky but if it could be mastered, the White Stripes have done so.
The most creative aspect of this album is not the instrumental part it is the lyrical invention. Sitting down, the lyrics hardly make sense to be read, but when Jack White begins to let the lightning flow from his fingertips, anything would make sense. The White Stripes decided to make this CD a little heavier than their previous. The band is mostly based on rock, folk, and country music.
Rag and Bone is an excellent song that has been hidden from a lot of radio play. The grooves followed by conversations are easily hypnotizing. The song basically hits the idiom "one mans trash is another mans treasure."
If you're not convinced yet that this CD will blow your mind and melt your eardrums, then you will have to decide for yourself. Do you want to enter the Jack and Meg White experience, become Icky Thumped?