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Originally posted by Eaten By Lions
But Jack White is not even on the same spectrum as Radiohead. The White Stripes were a success but they lack sustained impact.  |
Well, it's sort of difficult to sustain more impact when you break up after, like, ten years. But they were, easily, the biggest band of the garage rock movement. They were also the closest thing rock has had to a genuine savior in the last decade. The Black Keys have NOTHING on the Stripes, in that regard.
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Originally posted by alkralkra
Jack White isn't a tenth as famous as Thom Yorke
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Originally posted by FelixMonster
you do know not everyone must like rock right?
so how would a pop fan know? im pretty sure Blackout or Superbass or DIrrty have nothing to do with him.
Radiohead is on a higher level of popularity so of course everyone knows who they are.
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Ugh, the comparison was not meant to ultimately compare the two bands and their popularity. The point was to compare their impacts on their respective styles of music. Radiohead did have a bigger impact, that's not debatable, but I'm saying that the Stripes influenced a hell of a lot of bands as well with their own distinct style of music, and they were really popular at their height.
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Originally posted by feuxtography
But Jack White was never that important. He's a big name, but not important. Would you expect anyone here to know Jesse Lacey? No. Even though Brand New has influenced a lot of alternative rock.
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Relative importance is one thing, but I'm not sure how you can make the comparison of The White Stripes to Brand New other than the aforementioned idea of comparing their impacts on distinctive styles, like I tried to do with Radiohead and the Stripes. Which I'll grant you.
Geez. I've already talked about this way more than I thought I would.
