Hey, what's up?
Today's song is Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes.
Seven Nation Army is a very seductive-sounding song. Just the ongoing awkward riff and the simple beat, kind of shows what a true hook is. And don't you love Jack's smokey/paranoid voice in somewhat vynil mic? Brilliant.
Oh, and as for the video.. it's optical illusion, c'mon, so incredibly trippy too :D
Also, I read in Rolling Stone - or what-so-ever - that Jack used a guitar to play the bass line, maybe using distortions/effect pedals or maybe just tuned down. Who knows, maybe I'm totally wrong. Nevertheless, it's amazing how two people can make such a great sound.
As for it's meaning, I didn't even think about it until now. I just always figured whatever it was, he delivered it well. And quoting Jack himself "It doesn't mean a damn thing, but it's enough".
Lyrics:
I'm gonna fight 'em all
A 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
xoxo, Lucy