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Jack White — Missing Pieces
Album: Blunderbuss
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Released: 2012
Length: 3:23
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I was in the shower so I could not tell my nose was bleeding
Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet
Looked in the mirror at my face, I thought I had a disease, yeah

And there's a woman with her fingers in my icebox
She peeked around the corner and asked me if I'm okay
She put the ice upon my tongue and then it melted away

Alright, oak floor, soft pine bedroom door, yeah
Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah
And there's a dry pine ceiling that is out of my reach

I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah
I looked down and my legs were long gone
I felt for her with my shoulder but there was nobody there

I thought she left a note, just a tag on the pillow there
And then I noticed there's a rag next to my ear
The clock was ringing but it wasn't nothing that I could hear, alright

Sometimes someone controls everything about you
And when they tell you that they just can't live without you
They ain't lying, they'll take pieces of you

And they'll stand above you
And walk away
Yeah, that's right, and take a part of you with them
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This Jack White guy is definitely an acquired taste, not for everyone. Super talented.
Posted 3 months ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
 OHMish wrote:

Can't stand his voice, sorry


Gosh maybe we should play some Thom Yorke for you instead... 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This song seems to be rather polarizing, but I like it better than other stuff I've heard from his solo album.  Sounds more Raconteurish.  {#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
Hey, remember that one time that Jack White's material wasn't self-aggrandizing and pretentious?  No?  Nah, I couldn't either.

 

What does this even mean?  A complete non-statement.  Like a politician saying "It's time to put America first again."

Huh?

pre·ten·tious
adjectivepri-ˈten(t)-shəs
: having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are


How can music be pretentious, anyways?  Maybe it's just, um...  good.
Posted 10 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
Great CD!
Posted 11 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
freddyfender, the Howie Mandel of ... something

 freddyfender wrote:
Merrickw and Segue, the Carrot Top and Gallagher of commentators!

I have to turn it up every time.

Segue wrote:
hahahahahahahahahahaha perfect. I have to turn it off every time.

merrickw wrote:
bobcat goldthwait of music
 

 

 


Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
I love Led Zeppelin
Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Can't stand his voice, sorry
Posted 11 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:


Please!

Can he bake a cake from scratch?
Can he shoot 98% from the line?
Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?
Can he make good music?

I think not

 
The NYT had a great long piece on him. You got the feeling that he was very good at telling (inventing) stories about himself. Let's not make a checklist for him to work through.

But I do think he makes good music.  
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

He has done all four of those things; I read about it in Reader's Digest.   Apparently, he wears a red and gold turban, emblazoned with the Iowa State Cyclones logo, when he goes to Iowa to do his cheese-price predictions.
  Wow, you could not have picked a worse time for me to read this.  My beloved 'clones lost at the buzzer today to Ohio State in the big dance.  Ugh.  Super depressed now.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Merrickw and Segue, the Carrot Top and Gallagher of commentators!

I have to turn it up every time.

Segue wrote:
hahahahahahahahahahaha perfect. I have to turn it off every time.

merrickw wrote:
bobcat goldthwait of music
 

 

Posted 11 years ago by freddyfender    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}       {#Bananapiano}  seem to be 2 schools of thought here ...either or ...
Posted 11 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
hahahahahahahahahahaha perfect. I have to turn it off every time.

merrickw wrote:
bobcat goldthwait of music
 

Posted 11 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
It's a little know fact that, 'Jack' loves to bake cakes after target practice where he regularly shoots 98.1% from the line. After that, he likes to check the stocks of cheese, as he can predict the price to within 0.1%. Then he retires to the studio to bang out some crackin' music.
Posted 11 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
bobcat goldthwait of music
Posted 11 years ago by merrickw    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy}
Posted 11 years ago by leap    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
Saw him live two weeks ago.

&*^#^@% great show!
 
Was only 1 week ago for me but agreed though a friend who had seen him before was not as impressed as I was
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

He has done all four of those things; I read about it in Reader's Digest.   Apparently, he wears a red and gold turban, emblazoned with the Iowa State Cyclones logo, when he goes to Iowa to do his cheese-price predictions.
 
 johnjconn wrote:


Please!

Can he bake a cake from scratch?
Can he shoot 98% from the line?
Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?
Can he make good music?

I think not
  
And he has put a great cd out in this one.
Posted 12 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Saw him live two weeks ago.

&*^#^@% great show!
Posted 12 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
 Ears_of_Stone wrote:
I love Jack's music but I can fully see how someone else would not.
 
Interesting, most of the White Strips I do not enjoy, but this song of his I really did!
Posted 12 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
Hey, remember that one time that Jack White's material wasn't self-aggrandizing and pretentious?  No?  Nah, I couldn't either.
 
A gratuitous low blow.  Time to lighten up.  
Posted 12 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I love Jack's music but I can fully see how someone else would not.
Posted 12 years ago by Ears_of_Stone    [ Reply ]
Hey, remember that one time that Jack White's material wasn't self-aggrandizing and pretentious?  No?  Nah, I couldn't either.
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:
Who is singing Beavis or Butthead?
 
This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
 Moak wrote:
A Genius.  Long live Jack  {#Cheers}
 
I'm goin' to Witchita! Say what you want about the voice . . . he actually thinks about his music and feels every note.
Posted 12 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
Who is singing Beavis or Butthead?
Posted 12 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:


Please!

Can he bake a cake from scratch?
Can he shoot 98% from the line?
Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?
Can he make good music?

I think not
 
He has done all four of those things; I read about it in Reader's Digest.   Apparently, he wears a red and gold turban, emblazoned with the Iowa State Cyclones logo, when he goes to Iowa to do his cheese-price predictions.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I like everything this fellow has ever done with the exception of a few abrasive solos within otherwise great tunes. Alas, that's just me gettin' old...
Posted 12 years ago by Crashcow    [ Reply ]
that was really good.{#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by jersey_birdman    [ Reply ]
Musically terrific and I have to say that his vocals are just obnoxious enough work on this track. (Thankfully his vocal isn't overbearing to the point of destroying the music bed.) 
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
....8->9.....
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
{#Wall}this guy is AWFUL.  plain and simple.
Posted 12 years ago by rlr511    [ Reply ]
 Moak wrote:
A Genius.  Long live Jack  {#Cheers}
 



👍👍👍🎞
Posted 12 years ago by GalileoCoffeeCo    [ Reply ]
A Genius.  Long live Jack  {#Cheers}
Posted 12 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
I rejoice everytime I hear this guy....in all his configurations.   MORE JACK WHITE !!!!  {#Jump}
Posted 12 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
Methinks he runs to genius.......
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
His voice sounds like Chris Rock on this piece.
Posted 12 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
 Hasan wrote:
Man, that squawking voice sure gets in the way of some good music.
 
yeah, the voice is nails on a blackboard.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
So,
 But her real discovery is that Stein and Toklas—two elderly Jewish women—survived the German occupation of France because of their close friendship with the wealthy, anti-Semitic Frenchman Bernard Faÿ, a collaborator responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Freemasons.
is fair game?
 
Sorry, I don't get this. I know whence the quote, but I don't understand how it informs Byronape's TIC comment.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
HEY!  Where's Meg???
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
As usu. for JW, the music is good. But in this case the lyrics are pretty lame.
Posted 12 years ago by hikinfiend    [ Reply ]
This Kat iz my Hero!
Posted 12 years ago by Matyx    [ Reply ]
Great to hear after Come Together!  Hey, Jack, glad you're back! and thanks RP for JAMMING THIS!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Watched him play at Roskilde Festival last week. For me it was the highlight of the whole festival. So many spot on improvisations of his songs from White Stripes, Raconteurs and his solo album. Great concert. 
Posted 12 years ago by Jörg_Asmussen    [ Reply ]
mr white understands the music stuff
Posted 12 years ago by bobzane    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

"Can he bake a cake from scratch?" - Likely, with a recipe and the right tools, it isn't that hard.
"Can he shoot 98% from the line?" - I don't know, you'll have to ask him.  
"Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?" - Can anyone in Iowa predict the price of cheese in Iowa?  
 "Can he make good music?" - I think that there are millions of White Stripes fans, as well as fans of his other projects, that would say yes.  I count myself part of that list.  

One last thing...  the expression "that guy can do anything" was not meant literally.  At least I'd say it's a fair assumption.   Since you appear to be proficient in English, I think you should have been aware that it was simply an expression stating that White is very good at any musical task he attempts.  While you have every right to disagree, nagging about semantics is petty shows a distinct lack of maturity.  

Or do you think that when people say something is "tighter than a gnat's ass over a rain barrel" or "slower than a snail on a salt block" they are actually referring to a real gnat  or snail?  If that's the case, then you are either an idiot or need to google the word "metaphor."

 
 
So,
 But her real discovery is that Stein and Toklas—two elderly Jewish women—survived the German occupation of France because of their close friendship with the wealthy, anti-Semitic Frenchman Bernard Faÿ, a collaborator responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Freemasons.
is fair game?
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
It's behind you!
Posted 12 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:


Please!

Can he bake a cake from scratch?
Can he shoot 98% from the line?
Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?
Can he make good music?

I think not
 
"Can he bake a cake from scratch?" - Likely, with a recipe and the right tools, it isn't that hard.
"Can he shoot 98% from the line?" - I don't know, you'll have to ask him.  
"Can he predict the price of cheese in Iowa?" - Can anyone in Iowa predict the price of cheese in Iowa?  
 "Can he make good music?" - I think that there are millions of White Stripes fans, as well as fans of his other projects, that would say yes.  I count myself part of that list.  

One last thing...  the expression "that guy can do anything" was not meant literally.  At least I'd say it's a fair assumption.   Since you appear to be proficient in English, I think you should have been aware that it was simply an expression stating that White is very good at any musical task he attempts.  While you have every right to disagree, nagging about semantics is petty shows a distinct lack of maturity.  

Or do you think that when people say something is "tighter than a gnat's ass over a rain barrel" or "slower than a snail on a salt block" they are actually referring to a real gnat  or snail?  If that's the case, then you are either an idiot or need to google the word "metaphor."

 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Man, that squawking voice sure gets in the way of some good music.
Posted 12 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
Brilliant.
Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
The whole album is awesome.  Just listen to the endings of all the songs on this album ... 
Posted 12 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
Great E-Piano part…
J. White knows what he's doing… always. 
Posted 12 years ago by Difool    [ Reply ]
I like how he sneaks in the chord sequence to "Steady as She Goes"—also the chord sequence to "All Along the Watchtower." OMG another brazen rock pretender ripoff!! Call the Thought Police!!
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I just picked up this CD, Very Good!   I especially like this track.  
Posted 12 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
NOTHING LIKE coming home after a good run and having THIS bad boy banging hard on the super-boomer...
YES!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
the Edge and Jimmy Page certainly think he's talented. Watch "It might get Loud"
Posted 12 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
This guy is incredibly prolific.  He seems to write a song a day, or collaborate with others on their songs.  I like them all.
Posted 12 years ago by dputlak    [ Reply ]

This guy can do it all.  Most excellent!!


Posted 12 years ago by Bozo    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Who does he think he is? Robert Pant?
 
Robert Plant?  No, I think Jack's his own man.  He knows who he is.
Posted 12 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
This is another great Jack White tune.   I think it is better than anything I have heard off the Black Keys latest.  His creativity is amazing.   Don't forget what he did with Lorreta Lynn and who was that other older female singer he produced?
Posted 12 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
Everything about this, and everything about his playing, SCREAMS ROCK AND ROLL IN MIGHTY, AMPLIFIED WAYS and I dig it immensely!  HE IS IN HIS GROOVE HERE AND I LOVE TO BE SWEPT ALONG BY IT...and his lyrics are as soul-cracking as ever; YEAH!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Who does he think he is? Robert Pant?
 
Robert Pant ? LOL.

And no, I think he probably thinks he is Jack White.  Great tune.


Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:

The Black Keys' album El Camino has the award rocked up...but yes, it is good.
 
I'd agree but El Camino came out in December making it the best album of last year
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
From what I've heard from this album, I'd say it's a strong contender for "album of the year". this absolutely rocks
 
The Black Keys' album El Camino has the award rocked up...but yes, it is good.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
From what I've heard from this album, I'd say it's a strong contender for "album of the year". this absolutely rocks
 
I have been enjoying it too.
Posted 12 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
From what I've heard from this album, I'd say it's a strong contender for "album of the year".

this absolutely rocks
Posted 12 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Yeeahhhhh  boyyyyyyyy ..... *groovin' right da faq on* 
 
Posted 12 years ago by KaiT    [ Reply ]
The Delta Blues influence is there. Right On Jack!
Posted 12 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]
 pinnyrat wrote:
Yeah.....yeah.
 
Let's buy it! 
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
I'm in.
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Sure envy talent like this.

Good & funky! 
Posted 12 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Who does he think he is? Robert Pant?
Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Yeah.....yeah.
Posted 12 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
ALL RIGHT, JACK WHITE!  Mighty, rocking stuff!  Guitar jam like everybody wish they can, and rock it on the keys, too, damn!  Hear, hear!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]