Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM
Song: Offend in Every Way
Artist: The White Stripes
Mode of Consumption: Music Snobs playlist “Now I Know Jack” while researching
songs for Playlist Pandemonium.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/1nO9QTV0ifjpleS2NDypin?si=f94c42de85b04b94
When I joined the Music Snobs league in 2023, the first artist
that I nominated for one of the drafts was Jack White. It wasn’t a safe pick
for me, which probably wasn’t sound strategy, but I was more interested in delving
into artists that I had kept at arm’s length rather than hammering artists that
I had already fully embraced.
When the White Stripes arrived on the scene in the early 2000s,
I was first introduced to them by a close friend. Unfortunately, the relationship
was a bit rocky at that point, and I admit that I simply wasn’t receptive to
the suggestion. I didn’t dislike what I heard, I just refused to really listen
to it. I was a stubborn mule back in those days. Maybe I am still a bit
stubborn, just less so, I think, when it comes to music.
Anyways, that’s why I always kept myself from getting really
into the White Stripes or any of Jack White’s other projects.
When their album Elephant hit the airwaves, the anthem “Seven
Nation Army” became impossible to ignore. When I became a sports reporter, I probably
heard the song three or four times a week blasted through the speakers at high
school gymnasiums. That tune took them from a band that rock fans knew to a
band that pretty much everyone had heard whether they realized it or not. It’s
rare air, especially in the age of music streaming, to reach those heights.
So, I picked Jack
White for the Snobs League and spent a month listening to the entire catalog.
My appreciation grew for his entire catalog.
On the night of the draft, I took “Offend in Every Way,” because I liked the song, but I also remembered it was one of the first songs that had been recommended to me. I even quipped that I picked the song because my music tastes would ultimately “Offend in Every Way,” the musical snobs of the league.
Well, I was voted
last by every person in the league in that draft. A rough start, but I did
improve as the year went on. Plus, now I know Jack.
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