Screwdriver - Revision history

SeanGlover at 02:46, 24 January 2012

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	==External Links==		==External Links==

-	[[Category:~~Songs~~]]	+	[[Category:The White Stripes songs]]

SeanGlover: /* Trivia */

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Trivia

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	* [[Jack White]]: "I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and "Screwdriver" was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now'. I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."		* [[Jack White]]: "I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and "Screwdriver" was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now'. I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."
	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
		+	* Live guitar: The [[Airline]] in standard tuning.
	* Performed at the band's first show at the [[Gold Dollar]] in [[Detroit]].		* Performed at the band's first show at the [[Gold Dollar]] in [[Detroit]].
		+
	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
	Tuesday morning now, I gotta have somewhere to go. I call up Tommy now, I call him on the telephone.<br>		Tuesday morning now, I gotta have somewhere to go. I call up Tommy now, I call him on the telephone.<br>

SeanGlover at 01:21, 12 August 2011

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-	'''~~Screwdriver~~''' ~~is a song by~~ [[~~The White Stripes~~]]~~. It can be heard on the band~~'~~s first album,~~ ''[[~~The White Stripes~~ (~~album~~)\|The White Stripes]]''.	+	==Releases==
-		+	* ''[[The White Stripes (album)\|The White Stripes]]'' (1999)
		+	* ''[[Walking with a Ghost (EP)]]'' (2005)
		+	* ''[[Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night]]'' (2011)
		+	==Other Appearances==
		+	==Credits==
		+	===Performers===
		+	* [[Jack White]]: electric guitar, lead vocals
		+	* [[Meg White]]: drums, tambourine
		+	===Production===
		+	* Originally performed by [[The White Stripes]].
		+	* Written by [[Jack White]] and [[Meg White]].
		+	* Produced by [[Jack White]].
		+	* Co-produced and engineered by [[Jim Diamond]].
		+	* Recorded at [[Third Man Studios]], southwest [[Detroit]].
		+	==Meaning==
	==Band Quotes==		==Band Quotes==
-	* [[Jack White]] :"We were just goofing around. We just started doing this riff and there was this screwdriver laying there in the room so I started singing about it - what I'd do with it ~~- ya~~ know being angry. We thought it sounded really good and we thought why don't we work on this."	+	* [[Jack White]]: "We were just goofing around. We just started doing this riff and there was this screwdriver laying there in the room so I started singing about it -- what I'd do with it; you know, being angry. We thought it sounded really good, and we thought, 'why don't we work on this?'"
-	* [[Jack White]] :"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."	+	* [[Jack White]]: "I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and "Screwdriver" was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now'. I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."
-		+	==Trivia==
-	==~~Facts~~==	+
	* Performed at the band's first show at the [[Gold Dollar]] in [[Detroit]].		* Performed at the band's first show at the [[Gold Dollar]] in [[Detroit]].
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	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
-	~~<pre>~~	+	Tuesday morning now, I gotta have somewhere to go. I call up Tommy now, I call him on the telephone.<br>
-	~~<nowiki>~~	+	Won't you wake up and come with me now? I'm going to the pawn-and-loan. Walking down thirty-three, walking on thirty-o.<br>
-	Tuesday morning now	+	What am I supposed to think? I drop a nickel in the sink. I love people like a brother now, but I'm not gonna be their mother now.<br>
-	I gotta have somewhere to go ~~now~~	+	What if someone walked up to me, and like an apple, cut right through me?<br>
-	I call up Tommy now	+	I'm not just gonna stand there grinnin'. I'm not the one who's sinnin'.<br>
-	I call him on the telephone	+	''Screwdriver...''<br>
-	Won't you wake up and come with me now	+
-	I'm ~~goin'~~ to the pawn and loan	+
-	Walking down thirty three	+
-	~~Walking~~ on thirty o	+
-	~~(yeah)~~	+
-		+
-	What am I supposed to think	+
-	I drop a nickel in the sink	+
-	I love people like a brother now	+
-	~~But~~ I'm not gonna be their mother now	+
-	What if someone walked up to me	+
-	~~And~~ like an apple cut right through me	+
-	I'm not just gonna stand there grinnin'	+
-	~~Cause~~ I'm not the one who's sinnin'	+
-	Screwdriver	+
-	~~whoo-hoo...hoo-hoo~~...	+

-	Now that you have heard my story now	+	Now that you have heard my story now, I've got a little ending to it now. Whenever you go out alone, take a little dog a bone.<br>
-	I've got a little ending to it now	+	And think about your little sister, and then you got to drive it home with a screwdriver. I got a little feeling goin' now...<br>
-	Whenever you go out alone	+	==External Links==
-	~~Take~~ a little dog a bone	+
-	And think about your little sister	+
-	~~And~~ then you got to drive it home	+
-	~~Screwdriver~~	+

-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+	[[Category:Songs]]
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~I got a little feeling goin' now~~	+
-	~~Now now</nowiki></pre>~~	+

SeanGlover at 23:49, 11 August 2011

2011-08-11T23:49:36Z

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	==Facts==		==Facts==
-	* ~~Sometimes, in concerts, during~~ the ~~"I got a little feeling going now" part, Jack will add in : "I got a little feeling going now...~~[[~~Meg~~ in ~~lyrics\|Meg's got a little feeling going now~~]]~~..."~~.	+	* Performed at the band's first show at the [[Gold Dollar]] in [[Detroit]].

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

Shaun the Ripper at 00:58, 12 July 2008

2008-07-12T00:58:27Z

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	==Facts==		==Facts==
-	* Sometimes, in concerts, during the "I got a little feeling going now" part, Jack will add in : "I got a little feeling going now...Meg's got a little feeling going now...".	+	* Sometimes, in concerts, during the "I got a little feeling going now" part, Jack will add in : "I got a little feeling going now...[[Meg in lyrics\|Meg's got a little feeling going now]]...".

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

Tbboy13: /* Band Quotes */

2006-09-17T21:17:14Z

Band Quotes

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	==Band Quotes==		==Band Quotes==
-	* [[Jack White]] : ''"We were just goofing around. We just started doing this riff and there was this screwdriver laying there in the room so I started singing about it - what I'd do with it - ya know being angry. We thought it sounded really good and we thought why don't we work on this."''	+	* [[Jack White]] :"We were just goofing around. We just started doing this riff and there was this screwdriver laying there in the room so I started singing about it - what I'd do with it - ya know being angry. We thought it sounded really good and we thought why don't we work on this."
-	* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''	+	* [[Jack White]] :"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."

	==Facts==		==Facts==

87.80.9.29: /* Lyrics */

2006-09-04T18:22:21Z

Lyrics

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	I call him on the telephone		I call him on the telephone
	Won't you wake up and come with me now		Won't you wake up and come with me now
-	I'm ~~going~~ to the pawn and loan	+	I'm goin' to the pawn and loan
	Walking down thirty three		Walking down thirty three
	Walking on thirty o		Walking on thirty o
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	What if someone walked up to me		What if someone walked up to me
	And like an apple cut right through me		And like an apple cut right through me
-	I'm not just gonna stand there grinnin	+	I'm not just gonna stand there grinnin'
-	Cause I'm not the one who's sinnin	+	Cause I'm not the one who's sinnin'
	Screwdriver		Screwdriver
	whoo-hoo...hoo-hoo...		whoo-hoo...hoo-hoo...

-	~~now~~ that you have heard my story now	+	Now that you have heard my story now
	I've got a little ending to it now		I've got a little ending to it now
-	~~whenever~~ you go out alone	+	Whenever you go out alone
-	~~take~~ a little dog a bone	+	Take a little dog a bone
-	~~and~~ think about your little sister	+	And think about your little sister
-	~~and~~ then you got to drive it home	+	And then you got to drive it home
-	~~screwdriver~~	+	Screwdriver

	I got a little feeling goin' now		I got a little feeling goin' now
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	I got a little feeling goin' now		I got a little feeling goin' now
	I got a little feeling goin' now		I got a little feeling goin' now
-	~~now~~ now</nowiki></pre>	+	Now now</nowiki></pre>

Shaun the Ripper at 22:41, 3 September 2006

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	* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''		* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''

-		+	==Facts==
		+	* Sometimes, in concerts, during the "I got a little feeling going now" part, Jack will add in : "I got a little feeling going now...Meg's got a little feeling going now...".

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

86.131.251.88: /* Facts */

2006-08-27T11:32:21Z

Facts

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	* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''		* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''

-	~~==Facts==~~	+
-	* This song is usually performed as the last song in a White Stripes concert.	+

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

Shaun the Ripper at 10:42, 27 August 2006

2006-08-27T10:42:34Z

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	==Band Quotes==		==Band Quotes==
		+	* [[Jack White]] : ''"We were just goofing around. We just started doing this riff and there was this screwdriver laying there in the room so I started singing about it - what I'd do with it - ya know being angry. We thought it sounded really good and we thought why don't we work on this."''
		+	* [[Jack White]] : ''"I'd got threatened that week, just walking up the street and Screwdriver was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I don't even know something, and at the same time my life is threatened. Like the line, 'I love people like a brother now/But I'm not going to be their mother now.' I don't need to owe anybody, I need to protect myself."''

	==Facts==		==Facts==
		+	* This song is usually performed as the last song in a White Stripes concert.

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==