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Track: The Hardest Button to Button
Artist: The White Stripes
Album: Elephant

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Name: The White Stripes
Spotify Genres: garage rock, blues rock, rock, alternative rock
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Lo-fi bluesy garage indie rock duo from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Formed in 1997, stopped performing in February 2011. Members: [a278763] (vocals, guitar, and keyboards); [a367269] (drums and percussion). The two were a married couple at one point, but divorced in March 2000. Jack White, previously a guitarist in the garage band [a=The Go], was heavily influenced by folk blues, country, heavy 60s British blues and psychedelic rock, and Broadway show tunes. As a duo, The White Stripes dressed in minimalist red-and-white outfits. The group's debut was the 1997 single "Let's Shake Hands", followed by "Lafayette Blues" ([l105510]). They then moved to the label [l13828] and began to receive acclaim for their act and eponymous [url=http://www.discogs.com/White-Stripes-The-White-Stripes/master/10338]debut album[/url], mixing cover versions ([a=Robert Johnson]'s "Stop Breaking Down Blues" and [a=Josh White]'s "St. James Infirmary") with some originals. By the time of the following year's [url=http://www.discogs.com/White-Stripes-De-Stijl/master/399]"De Stijl"[/url] (meaning "The Style"), the media buzz surrounding the White Stripes had reached new heights. Of particular note was the duo's reception in the UK, where their music was lauded in national media, including [i]The Daily Telegraph, The Sun[/i] and even Radio 4's [i]Today[/i] programme — a show not normally known for its liberal music policy. The influential John Peel was quoted as comparing their importance to that of Jimi Hendrix and the Sex Pistols; although both those acts were originators, whereas the White Stripes were more clearly regarded as powerful interpreters. They became worldwide stars upon release of a third album, "[url=http://www.discogs.com/White-Stripes-White-Blood-Cells/master/10332]White Blood Cells[/url]", followed by "[url=http://www.discogs.com/White-Stripes-Elephant/master/10341]Elephant[/url]" in 2003. The latter recorded at London's tiny Toe Rag Studios, using pre-60s analogue equipment and only eight tracks. Produced by Jack White, the highly-successful album offered a contrast to the digital conformity of music emerging in the new millennium, reaching the top ten in the U.S. and going platinum in the UK.

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Release: The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
Year: 2003
Genres: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock

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LYRICS

We started living in an old house
My ma gave birth and we were checking it out
It was a baby boy
So we bought him a toy
It was a ray gun
And it was 1981
We named him "Baby"
He had a toothache
He started crying
It sounded like an earthquake
It didn't last long
Because I stopped it
I grabbed a rag doll
Stuck some little pins in it
Now we're a family
And we're alright now
We got money and a little place
To fight now
We don't know you
And we don't owe you
But if you see us around
I got something else to show you
Now it's easy when you don't know better
You think it's sleazy?
Then put it in a short letter
We keep warm
But there's just something wrong with ya
Just feel that you're the hardest little button to button

I had opinion that didnt matter
I had a brain that felt like pancake batter
I got a backyard with nothing in it
Except a stick, a dog
And a box with something in it
The hardest button to button (x4)
Ah oh
The hardest button to button(x2)
Ah oh
The hardest button to button(x4)
Ah oh