DJ Allyn – The Soundtrack for my Life | Seven Nation Army ~ The White Stripes

Seven Nation Army ~ The White Stripes

By DJ Allyn on February 11, 2008 at 12:00 am

Seven Nation Army ~ The White Stripes

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

The White Stripes were formed in a Detroit, Michigan suburb in 1997. They consist of two band members, Jack White and Meg White.

For a long time, they billed themselves as a brother and sister act, but he reality is, they were married for a short period of time and are now divorced.

John (Jack) Gillis and Megan (Meg) White got married in 1996, and Jack took Meg’s last name. They divorced in 2000, but still use the siblings charade.

Seven Nation Army

Seven Nation Army is the first track on the album Elephant. It was released as a single in 2003, and won a Grammy for Best Rock Song and is known for its underlying riff, which plays throughout most of the song. Although it sounds like a bass guitar (an instrument the group had famously never previously used), the sound is actually created by running Jack White’s semi-acoustic guitar (a 1950s style Kay Hollowbody) through a whammy pedal set down an octave. The riff was composed at a sound check before a show at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.

http://djallyn.org/media/White_Stripes-SevenNationArmy.flv

I’m gonna fight ‘em all
A seven nation army couldn’t hold me back
They’re gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I’m talking to myself at night
Because I can’t forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette
And the message coming from my eyes
Says leave it alone

Don’t want to hear about it
Every single one’s got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell

And if I catch it coming back my way
I’m gonna serve it to you
And that aint what you want to hear
But thats what I’ll do
And the feeling coming from my bones
Says find a home

I’m going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I’m gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I’m bleeding, and I’m bleeding, and I’m bleeding
Right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will sing no more
And the stains coming from my blood
Tell me go back home

Post Information

This entry was posted on Monday, February 11th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Daily Music Picks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.