{"id":23778,"date":"2014-07-07T23:14:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T04:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/?p=23778"},"modified":"2014-07-08T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:08:25","slug":"jack-white-lazaretto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/jack-white-lazaretto\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack White – Lazaretto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lazaretto<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Jack White is special \u2013 and I mean that in the most inappropriate way. Actually, if I was a casual or close friend, I would mock him like that. But in reality, I think the world of the guy. I think we are better off having him create art. It\u2019s probably too generous to grace him with the word \u201cgenius,\u201d but he is a mad creator and a free spirit. We need more like him. He chases whims like women, seemingly catching ahold of good ideas like he has a charm with melodies and riffs. It\u2019s like the notes and sounds can\u2019t resist the guy when he turns on that charm, coaxing sing-able and memorable melodies out of nothing but (mostly) raw materials.<\/p>\n

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Lazaretto is another solo album (technically his second solo full-length) from the driving force behind The White Stripes and The Raconteurs. While I cannot say I had an immediate liking to it, there\u2019s enough of that White magic to keep me listening. Icky Thump<\/em> and Red Blood Cells<\/em> and were both immediate fireballs that had me at \u201cHello\u201d (hooked after one listen). This one jumps around and danged if he doesn\u2019t trip a bunch of wires musically and lyrically along the way.<\/p>\n

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The cleverness of the book The Shack<\/em> aside, the lyric in the title track can\u2019t help but rub me the wrong way: \u201cAnd even god herself has fewer plans than me \/ But she never helps me out with my scams for free, though \/ She grabs a stick and then she pokes it at me \/ When I say nothing, I say everything.\u201d That\u2019s a little odd.<\/p>\n

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He jumps all over the place here, mixing roots rock with Gospel with classic \u201cconvertible rock\u201d (imagine how effortlessly the plodding verses of \u201cWould You Fight For My Love?\u201d would cascade around your ears inside a big convertible on an open road. The Pettys, Rondstants, Browne and the rest of the Laurel Canyon crowd might turn a little green with jealousy on how relaxed that one goes down. Of course, a musical doppelganger of sorts like Frank Zappa would\u2019ve no doubt loved this stuff. \u201cHigh Ball Stepper\u201d follows that track, however, with some Danielson-like vocal sounds and Polyphonic Spree Romper Room<\/em> fun melodies. Dude scatters his creative muse from one spectrum to the other, but I think it\u2019s best that we just let him go. His exploration is our entertainment.<\/p>\n

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Never one to forget what\u2019s worked in the past, this man\u2019s a sucker (and a good fit) for a male\/female duet and \u201cAlone in My Home\u201d sounds sweet with its mandolin, piano and vocal accompaniment from the lovely Lillie Mae Rische. It’s equal parts\u00a0Zeppelin (“Down By the Seaside”) and O, Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/em> \u201cThat Black Cat Licorice\u201d could have been lifted off any White Stripes album, with its big, bad and bold grooves and nice \u2018n\u2019 trashy guitar tones. \u201cEntitlement\u201d is pretty funny and pointed lyrically.<\/p>\n

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“I can\u2019t bring myself to take without penance \/ Or atonement or sweat from my brow \/ Though the world may be spoiled \/ And getting worse every day \/ Don\u2019t they feel like they cheated somehow?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>In a time when everybody feels entitled \/ Why can’t I feel entitled too? \/ Somebody took away my god given right \/ I guess God must have gave it to you \/ Yeah, I guess God must have slipped it to you\u2026“<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThree Women,\u201d the lead-off track, sounds like a womanizing caricature, which is my suspicion since it is so over-the-top with the misogyny. All in all, the man delivers compelling tunes. I couldn\u2019t help but hope for a home run, but I won\u2019t complain about this triple bouncing through the infield and causing outfielders to collide like a cosmic dance. The album makes me smile. And it\u2019s nice to see some old familiar names in the liner notes \u2013 like Brooke Waggoner on Hammond B3, Moog synth and piano, along with Timbre on harp.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll see about tomorrow, greatness, legend and classic albums later. This\u2019ll do just fine for now. [Third Man\/XL\/Columbia] Doug Van Pelt<\/p>\n

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Video links: http:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/jack-white-performs-alone-my-home-and-temporary-ground-conan-video<\/a><\/p>\n

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