Track Lounge: Blue Orchid
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Henry and Liv (my kids) and I were rocking out tonight while Mom got some work done. Livvy shook her butt, and offered these deadpan reviews of some of the songs:
Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground by the White Stripes -- "Sounds like a remote control plane by itself."
Idioteque by Radiohead-- "Sounds like aliens."
Blue Orchid bu the White Stripes -- "Sounds like a race car."
She's a pretty spot on critic, huh?
So I ventured to www.whitestripes.com and what greeted me when I got there made me giggle like a schoolgirl. Alright, that's overstating it a bit, but what I was hearing was a backwards version of "Blue Orchid". Like Beatles-style. Like "Ozzy's telling me to commit suicide"-style. What's strange about this track is that it is amazingly listenable. Even backwards, folks. Check It. p.s. oh, I went to the site to check out the new vid for "Icky Thump". Jesus, what can ... MORE






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