Top 10 White Stripes Riffs

A run down of my top 10 guitar riffs from The White Stripes.
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10. Astro 0:00
9. I'm Bound To Pack It Up 0:24
8. Black Math 0:47
7. The Hardest Button To Button 1:27
6. Jimmy The Exploder 1:57
5. Hello Operator 2:35
4. Blue Orchid 3:03
3. Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground 3:35
2. Seven Nation Army 4:12
1. Icky Thump 4:47
#whitestripes #guitar #top10

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks for watching all! I know doing lists like this is just asking for trouble, but here it is. My top 10 White Stripes riffs, which on another day could be slightly different. Feel free to disagree.

[@nicolasblin2550]

100% agree with your top 10.

[@stitch2k1]

Description is messed up, that's not Jimmy the Exploder

[@danielalcala1044]

excelent video dude :-D pd: Top 10 Pearl jam Riffs!!!

[@bloxsy_]

@@stitch2k1 Fixed. Thanks.

[@bloxsy_]

@@danielalcala1044 Good call.

[@crazylegsstampede1100]

Artists like Jack White and Kurt Cobain truly showed the world that simplicity is virtuosity.

[@Aryanof99]

True that

[@Steve-dv4hy]

Agree, punk had been doing that for decades. Like try playing The Clash's White Riot so that it sounds "right". It's harder than songs that are much more "technical" and you don't realize it until you actually try to get it right.

[@jguitarman2380]

👍

[@Kampsy]

True dat

[@hibernian797]

And Noel Gallagher

[@lochlannturner4086]

I swear seeing black math live is a wave of adrenaline like no other

[@Nergal_Slayer]

I can imagine. Must have been phenomenal!

[@ilaria5091]

So lucky

[@esthershih5575]

i swear icky thump is one of the most catchiest riffs ever. Me and my friends have a little "band" where we get together in a garage and just jam. I'm usually on the keyboard or bass (mainly bass), my friend's on the drums and she's alright. Nothing fancy, a bit like Meg White in the sense of simplicity, but is actually kind of great when she tries. Then I have another friend on the guitar who's pretty decent. Can nail the Sweet Child o' Mine solo. If we had a bandleader it'd be her for sure. And another friend who's another keyboardist but can also play guitar (mainly does rhythm). There really is no other riff that hits as hard. Damn, the whole vibe just changes. We're head banging and basically jumping, then we laugh so hard we almost cry. Ugh I hope the pandemic is over soon so we can jam again

[@moeranyc]

Icky thump sounds almost identical to this one Led Zeppelin tune. You can tell a lot of rock and roll artist were inspired by that band!

[@dkmarlo]

He's playing these incorrectly. His guitar is actually in tune.

[@therapist6328]

Plus his guitar is made out of wood!

[@danielwood2466]

@@therapist6328 probably cos thats what there made out off

[@jessesargent4097]

I’ve a weird feeling that he’s a she

[@Bisgas]

@@danielwood2466 Jack's Airline was made of plastic.

[@danielwood2466]

@@Bisgas ye true

[@matheusscher832]

Finally some credit to "Icky Thump" Main Riff!! It's one of the best ever made.

[@AjatiMimi]

Definitely their best.

[@WheezyIsHere]

Listening to all of these actually makes you sit there and think about how much the white stripes did kind of depend on megs drumming, dont get me wrong the guitar work that jack puts in is phenomenal but i cant be the only one who kind of thought this seemed empty because of no drums. Btw you did a damn good job on the riffs and the sound was perfect

[@XxlololalalexX]

Agreed!

[@alfredtaylor1076]

It's the vocals

[@specificocean1574]

Jack said himself that he wouldn't be as big if he just had a regular drummer, like ones who go fast on multiple parts of the drum kit while Meg's equivalent is high Tom and snare drum with one hand and the other just the crash cymbal

[@fuzzfac3942]

Or just drums in general

[@iananderson12796]

the first white stripes album is so underrated! amazing list!

[@bloxsy_]

I agree probably my favourite.

[@DolfoLicks]

It is not underrated at all. Are you mad?

[@lochlannturner4086]

@@bloxsy_ mine is white blood cells but self titled might be tied with elephant

[@grantpark1735]

Lochlann Turner white blood cells is definitely the best

[@williamhopkins1262]

I love all of these, but Rag And Bone or Fell In Love With A Girl should have been on here.

[@samparsons7171]

Definitely fell in love with a girl

[@wastingyourtime05]

Yes those are my favorites.

[@themarkmayes3411]

I watched just to see fell in love with a girl

[@aldovanderberg2519]

If tuned to open a and got a slide he could have done catch hell blues also

[@chantzlikespunk9158]

Definitely I’m finding it harder to be a gentleman as well

[@lofi4eve]

It's strange how drumms sometimes start occasionally playing in my head while I watch this video

[@ToffeeAppleBandLTD]

Jack White never gets the credit he deserves as a pure riff machine in my opinion. Some of the most simple icon riffs ever.

[@AdityaChatterjee42]

great stuff, 'Girl you have no faith in medicine' deserves a place here

[@XxlololalalexX]

Totes

[@stsfctshn5427]

after reading this comment i clicked off the vid

[@dzydzy101]

i really like the riff from screwdriver, its in my top ten

[@mortymort3381]

Me too

[@shnpio]

I thought you were talking about the band for a second I was like ok dude have fun bye bye

[@nodude4863]

That whole album just has some of my fav riffs from them

[@atillathehun4208]

@@shnpio the band is cool too though

[@shnpio]

@@atillathehun4208 nazi band

[@jackwhite14]

Welp off to go listen to the entire catalog

[@edwardtaylor8971]

You and me both my friend

[@willdaly2311]

Love these but where’s Ball and Biscuittt

[@frankgile1996]

Ball and Biscuit has to be the best song off of Elephant... Honestly, it's a masterpiece...

[@love-xi5un]

Bit it isn't the riff that makes that song great. It's the solos

[@leob4403]

This could have easily been a top 15, even top 20

[@samparsons7171]

Black math is my personal favorite but thank you so much for including I'm bound to pack it up and Jimmy the exploder. So underrated! Also ur really talented, keep up the good work

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks mate!

[@arrolate]

My White Stripes riffs top 10 - The Union Forever 9 - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 8 - Catch Hell Blues 7 - Death Letter 6 - Apple Blossom 5 - Aluminium 4 - Blue Orchid 3 - I Think I Smell a Rat 2 - Little Cream Soda 1 - Ball and Biscuit

[@gerardcuomohopplongebouvie1311]

Ball and a biscuit I heard live and it was absolutely amazing

[@arrolate]

@@gerardcuomohopplongebouvie1311 damn, you're lucky

[@jeremyrafuse5330]

The lick in Icky Thump is one of the best things Jack White has ever done.

[@arrolate]

@@jeremyrafuse5330 along with Over And Over And Over

[@JadenVEpic]

“Offend In Every Way” is my top pick

[@alexgm8970]

Nice video. This shows the eneregy that Meg White provided to the songs. Some of these riffs feel simple and unimportant, but put Meg and Jack together, and then the magic happens. One of the best bands of this century so far

[@soldadost9753]

Jimmy the Exploder is fucking genius! One of the best riffs of all time!

[@TheJanoportero]

I think Catch Hell Blues should be on the Top. So underrated

[@starry6589]

Catch Hell Blues is so fucking good fr

[@KobradiaSpringfield]

When my band mates and I don't know what to jam on, we whip out The White Stripes riffs🤘

[@filisteudorock]

I missed Cannon :-) I think it's very curious that Kurt and Jack do power chords in a unusual way and had the same guitar tech, Jim Vincent.

[@bloxsy_]

I didn't know about the guitar tech.

[@filisteudorock]

@@bloxsy_ Jim Vincent started to work with KC at IU tour. I don't know if still works with JW, but I think it's credited at Under Blackpool Lights dvd.

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

@@filisteudorock JW3 techs his own guitar now i like to think

[@1985cactus]

Not a fan of Gibson guitars, lookswise but that is one beautiful SG

[@axaxaxaxxaaxxax7040]

1985cactus it’s an epiphone.

[@Eternity909]

Dmitriy Zubko what model???

[@dylanmathis1843]

V special I think

[@judehastings2643]

Funnily enough, it’s the cheapest epiphone sg you can get

[@vladig3995]

Its not a gibby, but is pretty good looking. Ive always had a thing for dark woods

[@moiseslara8875]

Jack is definitely one of my favorite guitarist

[@RebeccaR1014]

Love these riffs, you did a great job in covering them!! Also tbh this video really proves how much Meg's drumming adds to the songs, I kept waiting for her to come in

[@samatronhi8259]

one of the most underrated riffs of all time, i fought piranas.

[@takik4563]

Nice video! Without the drums we can see how important were Meg’s drums, the force of icky thump is not the same without her smashing

[@andrewmartin8978]

Your videos demystify so many songs that I would otherwise be too scared (intimidated) to look up! Thank you. Love your videos.

[@iravigil40]

My all time favorite "why cant you be nicer to me?"

[@simonlove446]

Please, do top 10 Jack White riffs. I want see only "Over and over and over"

[@kajo4923]

The guitar tone is SPOT ON

[@cooperbillings457]

Something about the White Stripes always draws me back to them. Even though my favorite band is Rush, everything about the White Stripes I still love

[@555ossian]

Top 10 joy divisions songs!

[@rentalsnake6542]

Bernard made some top riffs with JD, simple but great. Day of the Lords, Twenty Four Hours, She's Lost Control, Means to an End all come to mind, amongst many other, god they never wrote a bad song. One of the best bands of all time.

[@user-kj9fl6wk8n]

JD sucks, man

[@43SLOWJOH]

JD/NO

[@sammyy1757]

White stripes: An underated masterpiece

[@ARC--br7ot]

This is true

[@achilles872]

They aren't underrated at all. Theyre generally rated very highly by most people.

[@hishykot]

@@achilles872 well, lots of people say that Jack White isn't a good guitar player at all and think that he's overrated :/

[@reecew.1903]

Just waiting for meg to go to town on those drums!

[@joshvalle5521]

Damn dude! That tone is awesome, sounds pretty accurate to the recording. Nice vid man.

[@zetasong]

great electric guitar tone

[@fylyp]

Really cool vid And nice way to decipher some riffs Thanks 👍😎

[@jennyguitar]

Nice job as always👍 My favorites is blue orchid and icky thump❤

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks! Yeah I love playing Icky Thump.

[@obiwankenobi9184]

Loved all the tones especially icky thump! U are awesome man!🤟

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks man!

[@Pchristensen20]

Nice job -- really liked this

[@DRMADist]

Hell yeah! Astro and black math are some of my favourites

[@I9103R]

Great!! but I missed Ball and Biscuit riff

[@petri6855]

That guitar is beautiful

[@twkillcross1289]

love that epiphone sg tone!

[@MykolaIvushkin]

Love SG👍👍👍

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome riffs man

[@hunter999888]

Great songs you picked, loved the video man; your stuff is great keep it up

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you.

[@Nergal_Slayer]

Absolutely!

[@sid35gb]

I was going say that some of the songs didn’t sound quite right, but I did read your comments first which reminded me that Jack White does frequently change the way he plays songs. So your top 10 is definitely in the spirt of things so thumbs up👍 for keeping it real😎

[@RobertCardwell]

Thanks. Love your playing always.

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks mate.

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

I appreciate the respect being shown to Black Math. It's my favorite song

[@collectorofglasses]

Very unexpected choice! Also you have nice raw tone :-)

[@obisabbe3121]

nnice guitar dude and real good handwork too!

[@sohog2305]

Finally!!! The White Stripes my favorite band, and i love Jack White so much. Thank you man, im really wait this video!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks for watching! I kind of wished I'd done 20, but maybe another time.

[@AlejandroMinnelli]

Easy and simple riffs to play but try playing them and singing at the same time like Jack does, not so easy now.

[@xaviwar75]

You missed it. "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"

[@jackoo666]

dude nailed that tone

[@wampwampwamp]

This guitar sounds awesome

[@nekislohike7293]

man, you are just awesome! Thank you so much

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you for watching!

[@benschweitzer757]

You nailed Dead Leaves in the Dirty Ground

[@havenshort4573]

What I do on dead leaves and the Dirty ground is light vibrato on the first bar then heavy vibrato on the second?

[@havenshort4573]

.

[@ImHappy2poo]

Please do more vids using this guitar!!

[@tarada4151]

love this! i keep waiting on meg to start playing lol

[@couttsy]

Little bird would definitely have to be in my top 10, perfect encapsulation of old school blues and garage rock

[@itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860]

Party of special things to do is so underated i know its not theirs but its so much better than captain beef hearts

[@BoneCK15]

That live version from the Basement is killer.

[@bananarama-nw9md]

god damn fastest notification I've ever hit xD i recently got into them too

[@daffy2115]

They’re an awesome band!

[@carmelawarhol]

So powerful!!🎸🎸🎸

[@georgec1765]

I love that SG

[@user-sg4np5gd9x]

Nice work! It should have been top 20 or even 30! Most of Jack's riffs are catchy af

[@bloxsy_]

Yes I should have done 20 really, most their songs have riffs in them.

[@michaels4417]

That is a beautiful guitar!!!!

[@kellymemphi]

Gosto de todas essas canções de sua versão...

[@bricerobert]

Hypnotize , broken bricks

[@barteks8781]

White stripes whitout meg's drums is like the white stripes without meg's drums!

[@voronOsphere]

Thanks!

[@ethangarcia5664]

I think "let's shake hands" deserved a spot. But great video. Thoroughly enjoyed. 12/10

[@Gonzalo_Sala]

Simply

[@julianhyde1645]

Little Acorns deserves the #1 spot

[@ShogaiDeZpair]

Dang your tone is still unmatched. No one on KZbin catches the tone of those awesome musicians ams good as you do man!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks a lot dude.

[@bensteward8937]

I love the SG special

[@dzydzy101]

awesome riffs. also, hot damn ur guitar is so cool!!! im gonna ask for one like it for my birthday!

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks! Probably the lightest guitar I've ever held.

[@dzydzy101]

Bloxsy im 4'11 so i dig that lol

[@coolmusic1579]

Tell us about your guitar, how old, $, how many guitars you own. Nice playing. 👍🎸

[@merlin5476]

Pretty good 👍

[@reiiidooo]

good stuff my guy

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you.

[@maxiss874]

Hand springs is a really cool riff too :)

[@basukidutta]

Awesome guitaring man

[@bloxsy_]

Thanks man.

[@jarodivey9033]

Offend In Every Way is a legendary riff too.

[@Reddzeppelin]

Jack, is that you? You are so talented!!!

[@godfreyandguitars]

Dope ✌️

[@garryrptr]

I'd love to see you made Video of The Strokes or RHCP riffs, i effin love your guitar tune

[@bloxsy_]

Thank you. Yeah I need to do a video on those bands

[@MYLESWORLDLP]

This really shows how essential Meg's drumming was to the white stripes sound

[@pietropes1322]

Icky Thump nailed it

[@federicovicente8116]

When I first heard Black Math, way back in 2005, I swear I thought it was a raw '60s-'70s garage rock band.

[@LeveyHere]

Oh, nice!

[@rafaelyamasaki90]

The Icky's Orchid aprove this

[@k4yztx]

catch hell blues is my fav

[@ttvbxngin]

🔥🔥🔥

[@asipaleadeci2.0]

I knew icky thump would be #1 that is one of the best riff ever made 🔥

[@marcoperez1309]

rlly love it🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@rikovanderhelm6836]

could you or anybody else do a tutorial for the hello operator riff, it's so cool

[@alabamaguns3684]

I figured 7 Nation Army would be #1. But I have to agree with your choice of #1 pick.