The Whites may be sidelined a spell due to Meg’s high anxiety, but the Stripes aren’t leaving us without stuff to play with. The band’s just released the “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” CD and digital single, both with identical tracklists, featuring an acoustic “A Martyr For My Love For You” and, most notably, the title track in a Frat Rock version. Ahh, Frat Rock. Sure DMB and O.A.R. and other such three-lettered acronymic bands have subverted said genre, but to keep your expectations in line with what Jack had in mind, all you need to remember is something like “Louie, Louie.” From what we’ve heard of it, which isn’t much since it’s just a minute snippet, it’s “YDKWLI (YJDAYT)” but drunker ‘n’ sloppier. Fitting, yeah? Take a listen…
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The single’s got three tracks (those two and the original “You Don’t Know…”). Also, Jack, Greek system graduates tell us: It’s not ‘frat,’ it’s ‘fraternity,’ just like you wouldn’t call your country a cunt. Right? Or maybe not…
Buy here. Vinyl’s out in stores next Tuesday 9/25.
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SO “frat rock” equals putting a phase shifter and rverb on everything…..huh.
Desperate attempts for money
Drunker and sloppier? Yes, but also shittier. Why would anyone pay for this?
@ Ramon
Why would anybody buy a CD single?
@Lori
Personally, I’d buy a CD single if it offered anything different (and worth listening to) from the album. Baby Brother was a good B-Side to Icky Thump. These “B-Sides” on the other hand are just plain lazy.
@ Ramon
Fair enough. These b-sides are acutely anxious.
These B-Sides are terribly tense. This is fun!
@Dee
How is releasing a single a “desperate attempt for money”? That comment sounds like a desperate attempt for pretentiousness.
I’m not impressed with the b-sides. They’ve been slipping in that area, lately.
… Stereogum used the C word and nobody is bothered? Nice.
@ C word
Yea it’s frat, as long as we are talking about Count Dracula’s fraternity.
i dont see it…
hey, did any of you guys read this? not only talking shit about the ‘gum but also us fun loving commentors:
http://idolator.com/tunes/open-minds/when-exactly-did-stereogums-comments-section-turn-into-the-national-review-301742.php
lets start a turf war!
Yeah, it does sound like frat rock from the early 60s — Louie Louie is a good touchstone.
Sounds cool to me. Jack likes playing with genre and sound, and despite not being a watershed of ingenuity, it’s nevertheless an interesting take on an excellent song. But then, I like that early garage rock sound.
That said, no: It doesn’t match some of their other singles. But once you’ve done Good To Me and Black Jack Davey on the Seven Nation Army Single, that’s a foregone conclusion.