Comments on: White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" performed on things found in a laboratory

By: Rex Sundstrom

Rex Sundstrom — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:11:00 +0000

Well…sort of performed…sounds like they got the base noises then modulated them after the fact to get them into the keys they needed, plus of course sequencing it all out in one studio editor or another. Could be wrong about the keys, but I’ve seen it done cleaner (though not this song), and actually performed (live).

“Re-Created” would be a better choice of word than “performed”.

By: Es See

Es See — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000

Good execution but the movie Sound of Noise makes this look like kindergarten.

Check out Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers. These guys (and girl) actually play their music in realtime and dont loop.

http://youtu.be/yQddk3zN3zQ

Be impressed, oh yeah original music!

By: my name is aesthette

my name is aesthette — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:35:00 +0000

I agree! What comes in there? But still! I love this. I love… science.

By: marilove

marilove — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Nope!

“Although it sounds like a bass guitar (an instrument the group had never previously used), the sound is actually created by running Jack White’s semi-acoustic guitar (a 1950s style Kay Hollowbody) through a DigiTech Whammy pedal set down an octave.”

By: UnholyMoses

UnholyMoses — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:32:00 +0000

Um … goatse thumbnail?

The vid, OTOH, is dripping in awesome.

By: LinkMan

LinkMan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Are you suggesting Meg White’s drumming involves skill?

(That’s not an insult–part of the charm of her playing is its Ringo-like lack of polish.)

By: Nicole Dunham

Nicole Dunham — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:02:00 +0000

I would just like to say that the opening image of this video definitely looks nsfw.

By: Ambiguity

Ambiguity — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:38:00 +0000

it would sound much better if they used actual instruments, and would likely involve more skill.

That would be the White Stripes’ version. This is something different. A different set of skills, one could almost say.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:56:00 +0000

What an ugly sound.

I think it’s quite clever when this kind of thing is done with doors slamming and other every day sounds… but they’re just replicating instruments – it would sound much better if they used actual instruments, and would likely involve more skill.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:45:00 +0000

How awesome is this?

By: Ted O'Neill

Ted O'Neill — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

It is wicked awesome, but around 47 seconds it sounds like they brought in the the actual guitar and feedback. Woulda been better without it imho.

By: Thomas Mansell

Thomas Mansell — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0000

Very sceptical – you’re telling me there’s no electric guitar on what we hear? At the very least the sampled sounds have been digitally manipulated to various degrees, haven’t they?

By: myparrotsteeth

myparrotsteeth — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:24:00 +0000

SOCA has taken control of this laboratory.

The individuals behind this talented performance have been arrested for fraud.

By: timquinn

timquinn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:09:00 +0000

pixels and etc.

By: TimFootman

TimFootman — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:32:00 +0000

Good stuff – but is there actually a bass guitar on the original recording?

By: ymr049c

ymr049c — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:02:00 +0000

It’s like Pomplamoose meets Survival Research Laboratory.

By: silkox

silkox — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:11:00 +0000

Needs more cowbell.

By: Matthew Urso

Matthew Urso — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000

so much awesome

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000

That is… kind of amazing.