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June 19th, 2007 1:04pm

So Sweet And Sticky


The White Stripes “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” – Jack White has a lot of big ideas, but I’m starting to get the sense that he’s mainly just concerned with writing songs that are ideally suited for bar jukeboxes. I suppose that lead singles from White Stripes albums must always be heavy thudding riff machines in order to curry favor with what remains of rock radio in the United States, but this number is the obvious smash, the one that will probably do okay if it gets pushed within a few months, but would’ve been HUGE if it came out thirty years ago. The song hits an ideal balance — it’s big and crashing, but tightly composed and full of instantly ingratiating hooks. It feels a bit old and lived-in, but it’s just different enough from previous Stripes songs to seem relatively fresh. The lyrics aren’t all that special, but they are simultaneously gallant and dickish, which is the perfect distillation of White’s public persona. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

Chungking “Love Is Here To Stay” – I’m enjoying this song now as much as I can because it seems inevitable that it will be used in some horrible advertisement within the next year. How could it not when it’s got this glossy, glammy hypersexuality and the sort of insistent catchiness that borders on jingle-dom. The most obvious comparison is Goldfrapp, but Chungking are far more eager to be flamboyant than austere and elegant. (Click here to buy it from Amazon UK.)

Elsewhere: Anthony Miccio has some ideas for VH1 reality series.

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