Comments on: (New contest!) It might get loud.

By: Sarah Watterson

Sarah Watterson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:43:09 +0000

I AM IN LOVE WITH JACK WHITE! and have been since 1999 when they came out with their first album De Stijl. Ican’t tell you enough how i love his music and what he means to me personally. i am a musician myself, voice performance major and piano player. i went through a very rough time in my life right around the time when the White Stripes came out, right when i was entering college and i fell in love with Jack’s music. his incredibly unique and style of vocals won me over and listening to his music day and night as each album came out helped get me through that rough patch in my life. he was my savior. without him, i’m not sure how i could have gotten through it. i nonstop quote him, listen to him and promote him in everyway possible. ask any of my friends.
Ialso have just had a major accident and was burned very badly. i have had 15 surgeries so far and you’d think it would just be routine by now but it’s not. so do you know what i listen to before every surgery? my boy jack white. my biggest wish of all would be to meet him so to at least get this poster would mean so much to me during this difficult time in my life.
i just now read that after writing this whole thing that you have already awarded the poster to someone. so now i’m quite upset. maybe if you have something of jack, a poster or something to give out i would greatly appreciate it as i go into my 16, 17, and 18th surgeries here in the next two months. as you can tell my email address is jag 1975 for his original birthname and year he was born i hope maybe you can do something fo rme. thanks, sarah

By: browneheather

browneheather — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:00:43 +0000

Mike P. won the poster! Sorry i forgot to wrap this up earlier. Thanks for all the comments – I just personally noticed that the film opens next weekend in SF when I am there for Outside Lands. Maybe? Maybe? Would be fun to see. Rock on.

By: jc

jc — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:10:36 +0000

whoa whoa whoa… I’m only going to watch this if Jonny Greenwood somehow makes a 45 minute cameo in the thing.

By: Tairon

Tairon — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:34:07 +0000

I attended the LA opening last night with several others, which included a Q&A with the film’s director, the editor and the producer after the show. Lovely film, but frustratingly edited. We all wished there had been more actual playing, a whole lot more time with Jimmy and a whole lot less Jack. The editor admitted that at the start of the project he was quite familiar with Jack but knew nothing about Led Zep (?) Pity – it showed. Few have had a chance at getting Jimmy to open up so warmly and engagingly like this on camera, sharing tales of his early years, yet just when it seemed we were getting into some rich history from a legendary performer, the editor over and over cuts to the very talented but tiresomely self-absorbed young Jack, who tried way, way too hard to prove he’s so uniquely very very old school. It was like dwelling on the thoughts of a promising yet raw and not terribly respectful rookie while the wise, graying Babe Ruth sits quietly waiting his turn. Seemed a wasted opportunity, and there may not be another. Yet according to the director there is another 4 hours of film left on the cutting room floor that might be included in the future DVD release (including the 3 of them playing Kashmir together, among other tunes). We can only hope the editor keeps his hands in his pockets and lets it run uncut.

By: spookycat

spookycat — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:45:01 +0000

So who won the poster?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:26:17 +0000

Hi Heather:

Thanks for posting the trailer. It does look pretty amazing/promising doesn’t it?

Which of the three? Well, Jimmy Page looks great in the trailer, doesn’t he? So dapper and healthy!But The Edge has always seemed so quite and modest and underspoken, I look forward most to hearing him speak. And play with the pedals and the knobs.

Thanks once more for all that you do.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:09:17 +0000

I am really geared up to hear stories from the Edge, but was an awesome line up! Page is rock royalty and he totally looks the part but of the three I think the most private person is the Edge and to gain a little glimpse into his world is going to be great.

-Mario

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:47:34 +0000

I am most interested in the elder statesman, Jimmy Page. most likely, the other two (who are great, obviously) grew up wanting to be him. the man made the impossible possible for them…

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:26:01 +0000

i’m your regular, slightly-better-than-average-ish guitar player. say what you will about edge, critics (i.e., “dude’s not a true guitar hero because he plays simple lines and drowns his tone in effects”)… but if i’m me (average guitar player)… and you tell me (average guitar player) that i can plug my strat into any rig on earth… i’ll tell you the choice is pretty simple, really. (simple guitar lines played through transcendent gear? i’m in.)

in a few weeks, i get to see edge break down the building blocks of his tone on a big screen. and i’m probably kidding myself, but i’m with jack. i’m hoping that edge will be tricked into “teaching me all his tricks.”

i’m at work, watching this clip. and i’m drooling a little.

http://www.billboard.com/features/exclusive-clip-it-might-get-loud-1004001865.story#/features/exclusive-clip-it-might-get-loud-1004001865.story

um. i might get hard.

By: Al Vasquez

Al Vasquez — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:52:14 +0000

Thanks Heather for the inside tip…love all 3! For all the same reasons and all the reasons they are unique. Jack is handcuffed to the blues but so dirty and nasty…Jimmy’s roots are in the blues with so much funk that it’s off the planet and The Edge is just black and blue and true. Can’t fn wait…I can’t choose…can u?