Hey young hipsters: Which White Stripes album should I get

[Westegg]

I haven't been paying attention to new music the last few years, but have heard a couple of their songs and like them. Please help an aging rocker.

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Elephant.

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[kerryin2004]

2. none of them.

Why support the terrorist org called the riaa.

[Redneck Socialist]

3. Elephant

I hardly qualify as a young hipster, but my favorite is Elephant.

[Zookeeper]

4. Elephant.

From an old hipster.

[JVS]

5. Spend the money on old Grieg and Wagner records instead

[Westegg]

7. Gave last night over to "Parsifal"...

The whole thing. So I'm Wagnered out for the moment. But okay then, what's your favorite recording of the complete "Ring."? I have bits and pieces but have been meaning to get the whole thing all at once.

Of all the hundreds of classical recordings I have, I'll admit I have no Grieg. What should I start with?

[JVS]

11. The Peer Gynt Suites are a good starting point.

I have a hard time telling people what to buy because I inheirited my records from my grandparents. My rule of thumb is listening to the old stuff and if it's good I get a CD maybe, or at least record it to tape. I would suggest that you either listen to some cheap records you can find or that you listen to some midi files www.classicalmidiconnection.com is a good source for them. Listen around and see what you like. As far as music of Grieg's that I like, the Arietta is lovely but too short, the piano concerto in A minor is also very good. If you want to hear some singing in Norwegian you should check out the song Jeg Elskar Dig. I have yet to see a recording of the hymn "Who is this host (alternately Behold a host) arrayed in white" which is an arrangement of a folk song by Grieg. In short my answer is: I don't know what you should buy, just look around.

[Ricdude]

6. White Blood Cells

$10,000 to produce. Brother singing and playing guitar, Sister drumming. No Bass. What's not to like?

Then again, I'm an old fart, so you probably weren't asking for my opinion. =)

[Susang]

15. They're not brother & sister

They're ex-wife/ex-husband. Take it from an ex-Detroiter who still keeps in contact with her friends in the music scene. That whole brother sister thing was all a joke. Jack has now moved on to Renee Zellwegger, who seems to enjoy hanging out at certain Detroit area bars incognito. A couple of my friends enjoyed a drink with her & Jack a couple of weeks ago and said she was a lovely girl. :-)

[LastKnight]

8. none, thier not that good.

thier not worth the 10 bucks...seriously.

-LK

[Rationality]

9. Don't buy 'em.

...for the sake of all of us here who have been ripped off by the RIAA. Pirate 'em instead.

[jdsmith]

10. Peel Sessions

Go to this official site for free downloads of songs you can't get in stores. Automatically cooler than any of the albums.

http://www.whitestripes.net/downloads.php

[tigerbeat]

12. Elephant

wasn't won over by "white blood cells" but "elephant" rocks pretty damn well.

[jpgray]

13. 'Marquee Moon' by Television and 'Underwater Moonlight' by the Soft Boys

Two bands in the same general late 70s guitar pop/punk vein as the Stripes with loads more talent and songwriting ability. The best WS album in my view is 'Elephant', but while it is catchy, I would rather have either of the above albums. Luckily, one of your pals is bound to own Elephant, so you can mooch. :)

[mitchum]

14. Excellent suggestion!

:)