The White Stripes, July 27, Grand Opera House (DE)

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The White Stripes, July 27, Grand Opera House (DE)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 4:08 PM
Filed Under: Music Show

Any fool with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.

Not since Kurt Cobain have I witness a rock singer courting vocal strain so willingly. In fact, Jack White's between-song speaking voice sounded sprained as he confused the audience by recounting a dream he had wherein his guitar turned into a divining rod. But the rest of the time he and his vocal exertions just made sense. You gotta howl and squeal during "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" and "The Hardest Button to Button." And you gotta sit for a spell while Meg does "Cold Cold Night." For the most part they stayed away from Icky Thump, favoring a back catalog that calls for blocky, staccato riffs punctuated by simultaneous drum punching. It's what they always do, and it would be a bit stress-headachey if the two of them weren't up there sweating and pouring their guts into it.

 
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