The Big Three Killed My Baby

2007-06-20T21:21:29Z

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'''The Big Three Killed My Baby''' is a song by The White Stripes. It can be heard on their first album, ''[[The White Stripes (album)|The White Stripes]]''.

==Band Quotes==
Jack: "I'm pretty fed up with cars…I don't know what you call it when Buddhist monks whip themselves, but I have that on my hand, I have three hose clamps on my hand, for the Big Three. And somebody just made me a necklace with a piece off a piece of machinery that says 'Property of Ford Motor Company.' I have a big hatred for that, for having spent so much money and time on something that hasn't changed in over a hundred years, same design of the engine in a car, it's not progressing at all. That's why I say, 'Don't let them tell you the future's electric/Because gasoline's not measured in metric.' The idea that they won't make any money if they make a good car. Kind of a shame. That's where we're from, that's what this whole town is about. Everybody works for the car company, and that's what I do, I work on commercials filming for the car companies. And it's a tremendous waste of money."

Jack: "I just can't stand cars. I think they are the worst money pits and killing machines of all time. Every car I've ever had has broken down, like, every week (points to 2 rings and bracelet). These are hose clamps from a car engine. I wear them as a symbol. I wanted to organize an anti-automotive festival in Detroit, but it never came together. It's such a farce. The companies are so tied in with the oil companies. For God's sake, we have wars over the oil to put gas in our cars."

Jack: "Everybody, all they do is spend all their money on the car companies, it seems to be this thing that everybody just accepts, like that's the way it's gonna be, and nobody complains about it. I don't understand it."

Jack: "The funny thing about that song is that we played that on a local public television channel here in Detroit a few months ago and they asked us to play two other ones. In the end, they wouldn't air 'The Big Three Killed My Baby.' They were sponsored by Chrysler."

Jack: "Most of the time I don't care at all about [politics]. I never voted for president because I don't care for it. "The Big 3 Killed My Baby" [a song from an earlier album] hits home because of where we're from and how much I think the big three [auto companies] rip off everyone. It seems really funny to me that nobody cares. The car has been ruining my life at all times Interesting Fact: Michael Moore (Roger & Me, Bowling For Columbine) uses this song as the intro for many of his speaking engagements. Sidenote on this theme: The cover of The Big Three Killer My Baby single has Jack and Meg standing next to a picture of a car engine, with sign "Insert Money Here" taped to the engine."

==Facts==
* With Jack's favorite number in mind, this song has three verses, and only uses three chords. It's also the third track on the CD, and it is called "The Big '''Three''' Killed My Baby".

==Lyrics==
<pre>
<nowiki>
The big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again

Their ideas made me want to spit
a hundred dollars goes down the pit
30,000 wheels are rollin'
and my stick shift hands are swollen
everything involved is shady
the big three killed my baby

The big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again

Why dont you take the day off and try to repair
a billion others dont seem to care
better ideas are stuck in the mud
the motors runnin' on tuckers blood
dont let them tell you the future's electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric
30,000 wheels are spinnin'
and oil company faces are grinnin'
now my hands are turnin' red
and i found out my baby is dead

The big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again

Well i've said it now, nothings changed
people are burnin for pocket change
and creative minds are lazy
and the big three killed my baby

And my baby's my common sense
so dont feed me planned obsolescence
yeah my baby's my common sense
so dont feed my planned obsolescence
im about to have another blowout
im about to have another blowout</nowiki></pre>

Icky Thump

2007-06-20T21:16:27Z

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'''Icky Thump''' is the sixth album released by Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. It was released on June 18 (UK and Europe only) and June 19, 2007.

==Track listing==
* 1. "[[Icky Thump (song)|Icky Thump]]"
* 2. "[[You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)]]"
* 3. "[[300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues]]"
* 4. "[[Conquest]]"
* 5. "[[Bone Broke]]"
* 6. "[[Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn]]"
* 7. "[[St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)]]"
* 8. "[[Little Cream Soda]]"
* 9. "[[Rag and Bone]]"
* 10. "[[I'm Slowly Turning into You]]"
* 11. "[[A Martyr for My Love for You]]"
* 12. "[[Catch Hell Blues]]"
* 13. "[[Effect and Cause]]"

==Credits==
* Jack White : guitar, vocals, production, synthesizer, organ
* Meg White : drums, percussion, vocals
* Regulo Aldama : trumpet
* Jim Drury : bagpipes
* Recorded February 2007 at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

==Trivia==
* Icky Thump will not feature marimba or piano. It will be the first Stripes album without any piano.
* The album has the most guitar solos Jack White has ever recorded to tape.
* The album marks the first time the band has performed with horns and bagpipes.
* The album marks the first time the band has recorded and mixed an album in a conventional recording studio.
* Icky thump was still, however, recorded to reel-to-reel, and mixed to tape in complete analog fashion.
* The album was recorded in three weeks, the longest the band have ever spent working on a record.
* Icky Thump contains the first spoken dialogue song to appear on one of their albums - "Rag and Bone".
* Icky Thump is the second longest album of the Stripes pantheon thus far, second to Elephant with more than 48 minutes in running time.
* The album’s title is a morphing of the phrase "Ecky thump" which is an exclamation of surprise or wonderment in northern England.
* The synthesizer used in the title track was also used on the song “Telstar” recorded by Joe Meek. It is a Univox synthesizer, one of the first analog synthesizers ever made.
* Jack White used the exact same guitars on Icky Thump that he has recorded with on every White Stripes album.
* “I’m Slowly Turning Into You” is possibly the first song to be written based on a video treatment. This was inspired by one which was given to the White Stripes by Michel Gondry which features Jack walking, followed by many other people. The people start off looking like Jack, and then slowly look more and more like Meg. At the end of the line of people is Meg.

== External links ==
* [http://www.whitestripes.com/news/news.html The official website featuring Icky Thump news]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icky_Thump Icky Thump at Wikipedia]

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