It was a sad day when the White Stripes broke up. Not that many people actually care. While the band was really a Jack White project, where he did literally everything except play the drums (which is sort of funny since that is the instrument that he plays with the Dead Weather), this was the one project of his that had the most complete sound. The White Stripes put out fun, interesting, and most importantly really great songs. So, it was sad to see them go.
"The Hardest Button to Button" is one of my favorite songs by the group. It comes from their Elephant disc, which also featured the equally thumping "Seven Nation Army." In fact the entire disc is chuck full of solid bass drum backbone. This song in particular has a great build with a steady beat of the bass drum. The guitar comes in slow before really kicking in. If anything it is a catchy number.
Which brings us to Ella. Normally Ella seems to just love a steady beat, and this song has one for sure. Funny though, Ella can't seem to get into it. I tried this song a variety of times, all with the same result....no interest. So, even when I play the video (which seems to add about 10 additional seconds to her interest level) she showed zero interest in the song. As a side note, the video is terrific - directed by Michael Gondry (think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Dave Chappelle's Block Party). It is an incredibly trippy video, with an innovative form of filming called pixilation animation. Just the same, zero interest from Ella. So, what do we do, we pull up the Simpsons cover version of the song with Bart playing the drums. Nope, nada interest.
Oh well, White Stripes go down, but they might not be out.
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