Meg White

greasedscotsman
greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
So we all know Jack White is amazing (don't we), but what about Meg? Is she a bit rubbish or would the White Stripes just not be the same without her?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1_ETuWIbE

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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Don't fix wot ain't broke! The answer is superflous to the video anyway. One of my favs' on Youtube, a fantastic cover, and I'm not even a big WS fan.
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    She works for the environment she is in. But as a drummer? - no-one is going to be hiring her anytime soon
    M.Rushton
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    Wouldn't be The White Stripes without her.

    As a drumist tho? She's a bit better than Mo Tucker but a lot worse than the monkey on the chocolate advert.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    andy162 wrote:
    Wouldn't be The White Stripes without her.

    As a drumist tho? She's a bit better than Mo Tucker but a lot worse than the monkey on the chocolate advert.

    The gorilla was good though. :lol:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • antooony
    antooony Posts: 177
    She cant play for toffee. Its just her style suits what they're playing.

    Her technique is appalling, she cant keep time and how she sits on that drum stool so high and still manages to play I'll never know. Her only saving grace is she only has one other band member who has to try and stay in time with her.

    Don't get the fuss about them tbh, 7 Nation Army is a god tune but the rest...blah blah same old same old distorted guitar and horrendous drumming.

    Great cover though I must admit.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    She's perpetually got a face like a smacked arse and a chimp could do a better job with a set of drums.
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    MattC59 wrote:
    She's perpetually got a face like a smacked ars* and a chimp could do a better job with a set of drums.

    A chimp would work for peanuts :D but playing that stuff would prob.send him bananas :D:D
    M.Rushton
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    This thread makes me sad. I can't believe people are actually doubting Meg's brilliance!

    The White Stripes have been my favourite bad since forever.
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    they might be your fave band but I'd like to think you are being ironic about her 'brilliance'. Perhaps she is like a modern artist who just throws paint at a canvas and some people are convinced it's great. If she was so good I notice that she never gets an invite to play with anyone else. FWIW people used to slag Dave Grohl off as being rubbish but look how his career has turned out.
    M.Rushton
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Someones brilliance is anothers lack of. It is a simple matter of taste and if it works for you, excellent. I like the White Stripes, they would not be the band thay are woithout both of them and the style they have developed.

    Happy Mondays would have lacked something if Bez wasn't there.

    Wham were massively successful but what did Andrew Ridgely do exactly ?

    Bros were massive, but what about the dark haired fella, what did he do ?

    Ok, 2 of the bands above were shite, but I hope my point comes across. :)
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Bez danced, I don't think he wrote the songs/played on the album but I might be wrong
    M.Rushton
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    dmclite wrote:
    Happy Mondays would have lacked something if Bez wasn't there.

    Wham were massively successful but what did Andrew Ridgely do exactly ?

    Bros were massive, but what about the dark haired fella, what did he do ?

    Ok, 2 of the bands above were shite, but I hope my point comes across. :)

    You mean the Happy Mondays and Wham, right?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Happy Mondays would have lacked something if Bez wasn't there.

    Wham were massively successful but what did Andrew Ridgely do exactly ?

    Bros were massive, but what about the dark haired fella, what did he do ?

    Ok, 2 of the bands above were shite, but I hope my point comes across. :)

    You mean the Happy Mondays and Wham, right?

    I will never tell...............now wheres me ripped jeans and grolsch tops for my doc marten shoes ? :wink:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    mrushton wrote:
    Bez danced, I don't think he wrote the songs/played on the album but I might be wrong

    Nah, you are missing the point. Some bands just work even though some of the members dont seem to play well or contribute much, without them it would not be the band that people love.
    look at the Beatles, Ringo would never set the world alight with his drumming but he was a part of a really good band that altogether worked very well.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Thomas the Tank Engine would never have gotten where it was today had it not been for Ringo.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    dmclite wrote:
    mrushton wrote:
    Bez danced, I don't think he wrote the songs/played on the album but I might be wrong

    Nah, you are missing the point. Some bands just work even though some of the members dont seem to play well or contribute much, without them it would not be the band that people love.
    look at the Beatles, Ringo would never set the world alight with his drumming but he was a part of a really good band that altogether worked very well.
    Like a lot of these quotes this may be apocryphal, but I like it anyway:
    Reporter: "Is Ringo the best drumer in the world?"
    Lennon: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles"
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    bompington wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    mrushton wrote:
    Bez danced, I don't think he wrote the songs/played on the album but I might be wrong

    Nah, you are missing the point. Some bands just work even though some of the members dont seem to play well or contribute much, without them it would not be the band that people love.
    look at the Beatles, Ringo would never set the world alight with his drumming but he was a part of a really good band that altogether worked very well.
    Like a lot of these quotes this may be apocryphal, but I like it anyway:
    Reporter: "Is Ringo the best drumer in the world?"
    Lennon: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles"

    Strangely he was the drummer on the first Lennon album altho'Jim Keltner became drummer of choice.
    M.Rushton
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    This we a great pub discussion, pints, crisps and whilst not pointless debate not exactly change the world chat either...... :D
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    She is a dreadful drummist IMO, with no sense of timing or dynamics what so ever. But I guess many millions of album sales can't be wrong and I suppose what she does works with brother/husband Jack White's guitar w@nkery.

    If I was to state who I think is a brilliant female drummer, I'd go for Sheila E...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6LAyskAyNU
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • lucan
    lucan Posts: 339
    Never 'eard of 'er and never 'eard of 'em. Just watched 30 seconds of the video and it's pretty obvious that you could teach a monkey to whack a symbol now and then.
    :roll:
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  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    She has a very mechanical style (sitting there bashing it like a kid with a hammer) but it complements the Jack White pulsing guitar sound and is the right style particularly for the excellent White Blood Cells & Elephant albums.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Lucan wrote:
    Never 'eard of 'er and never 'eard of 'em. Just watched 30 seconds of the video and it's pretty obvious that you could teach a monkey to whack a symbol now and then.
    :roll:

    Think your being a bit unfair on Meg there, she doesn't start playing until about 35 seconds into the video. Maybe you fast-forwarded to the 30 second segment you didn't like, but I'm going to bet that you didn't :D
  • SickAsAParrot
    SickAsAParrot Posts: 212
    There's another video which is more interesting....

    Can't post which sites it's on though. :D

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