Can you be married in one country but not another? The next time I played the song for her, she said, ‘Yeah I never said that!’”, The really weird music video is the product of the fervent imagination of director AG Rojas (Chase & Status' “Hitz,” Emeli Sandé’s “Daddy”). Black hat, white shoes and I'm red all over About “Sixteen Saltines” White unveiled this raw rocker about a girl with whom he had a complicated relationship for the first time during his March 3, 2012 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous of who? Force fed forced meds till I drop dead 37.3K 2. It was when White first played this song on Saturday Night Live that the album had a surge in popularity. Lookin' out, throwin' up, a lifesaver down my throat "Mickey" by Toni Basil was originally a song called "Kitty" by a male group. Spike heels make a hole in a lifeboat Love Is Blindness Lyrics. Shot outside Nashville, the clip is three minutes of kids running amok. Download speeds at the time were so slow it took around 75 minutes to download the track. This was the second single to be released from Blunderbuss, the first album released solely under Jack White’s name after recordings with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather. This is just a preview! They just kind of go wild.”, And the boy's number's there in magic marker, I eat sixteen saltine crackers then I lick my fingers, She's got a pink mailbox that she puts out front. If I get busy then I couldn't care less what you do The studio version was subsequently released via White’s YouTube channel on March 13, 2012 and the vinyl single was made available to stores a week later. But why, where, and what for, and whom? And I'm solo rowin' on one side of the boat Lipstick, eyelash, broke mirror, broken home Jack White – Sixteen Saltines Lyrics. "There was definitely stunt booze, for sure. Geffen Records made history on June 27, 1994 when Aerosmith's "Head First" became the first major label song made available for exclusive digital download. Some of the scenes shot for the clip have provoked criticism, such as the one where kids huff steamed booze through a gas mask. Well, every morning I deliver the news I'd make up the changes and the tempo as I went along." Who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous of who? Todd Rundgren explains why he avoids "Hello It's Me," and what it was like producing Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album. White unveiled this raw rocker about a girl with whom he had a complicated relationship for the first time during his March 3, 2012 appearance on Saturday Night Live. 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Smith – recording, assistant in mixing, This page was last edited on 5 December 2018, at 19:00. There is also an unlimited regular black vinyl edition of the same release in 12" and 7". Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo. "Sixteen Saltines" is the second single from Jack White's 2012 solo album Blunderbuss. A lot of the stuff is pretty ridiculous," Rojas laughed to MTV. ", More songs performed on Saturday Night Live, Janis Ian: Married in London, but not in New York, Goodbye, Hello: Ten Farewell Tour Fake-Outs. 1. White told NME about the inspiration for the lyrics: “My daughter asked for a snack, and I said, ‘what do you want to have?’, and she said, ‘I think I’ll have 16 saltine crackers.’ And I said, ‘You’ll have three!’ At times I imagined that character was eating cracker rations on a lifeboat and he’s remembering all these other things.” I'm hungry and the hunger will linger In the music video directed by AG Rojas,[7] White sits on a windowsill with his hands tied in front of him with rope as two men painted white surround him while a boy painted in blue watches. Sixteen Saltines - Single Tracklist. from album: Blunderbuss (2012) She's got stickers on her locker, And the boys' numbers there in magic marker, I'm hungry and the hunger will linger, I eat sixteen saltine crackers then I lick my fingers, Well every morning I deliver … It was when White first played this song on Saturday Night Live that the album had a surge in popularity. The 7" is also available in classic tri-colour[5][6] like most of the Third Man Records' 7". But the Lord's joke is a boat in a sea of sadness Some hilarious "performances.". Only if you're part of a gay couple. "There was definitely stunt booze, for sure. Garbage in, garbage out; she's gettin' what she wants "Like, you know how espresso machines have the steam wand to do the espresso? Discussing the recording and writing process, he said: "Sometimes I would challenge myself, when I had nothing, to make something up on the spot, although I'd tell the other players that I already had something in mind. Sixteen Saltines - Single Jack White. Sixteen Saltines Lyrics. The Lord knows there's a method to her madness Who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous of who? Keeping in line with Third Man Records's affinity towards unusual visual and physical concepts, the 12" release of "Sixteen Saltines" uses a clear, hollow record filled with blue liquid. And the boy's number's there in magic marker In December 2012, the song was named by Rolling Stone as the eighth-best song of the year. “Basically, I was working off the energy of the track, and I just wanted to create all these little vignettes about youth,” he explained to MTV News regarding its concept. And I wanted to explore the rest of that world, and see what the kids get up to. Who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous of who? It's such a totally ridiculous idea, like, it would never work, but I always thought it would be funny for kids to try and do weird drugs, just out of desperation. But when I'm by myself, I think of nothing else I've had this idea for a while, and I've always wanted to do it where you put some sort of alcoholic liquid in there. Than if a boy just might be gettin' through and touchin' you Released March 13, 2012. White told UK newspaper The Sun that he played the song to his daughter the day after she’d asked her dad for ‘16 saltine crackers.’ “ I said, ‘Listen I wrote a song for you,’” he recalled, “and I played it back for her. She's got stickers on her locker What happens when Kurt Cobain, Iron Maiden and Johnny Lydon are told to lip-synch? "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" by Aerosmith was inspired by Vince Neil from Motley Crue. You can't defeat her, when you meet her you'll get what I said A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, White unveiled this raw rocker about a girl with whom he had a complicated relationship for the first time during his March 3, 2012 appearance on, This was the second single to be released from, On several occasions White had no material prepared in advance before going into the studio. Driftin' away when I'm talkin' and laughin' as we float She blushed and turned away. She's got a pink mailbox that she puts out front She doesn't know but when she's gone The instrumental "YYZ" by Rush got its title from the transmitter code for Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport, near where the band is from. Who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous, who's jealous of who? Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" was the first #1 hit created entirely in Pro Tools. The co-writer/guitarist on many Alice Cooper hits, Dick was also Lou Reed's axeman on the Rock n' Roll Animal album. “The kids are the only people left on earth and Jack is the last adult, and so because of that, he becomes their enemy. [3] This is the first liquid-filled record to be publicly available;[4] Walt Disney Pictures previously attempted to release a liquid-filled record during promotion of The Black Hole, but the idea was scrapped due to leakage issues with prototypes. I hear her whistle, that's how I know she's home The video also contains various clips of children doing random activities and ends with Jack White then tied up in a vehicle that the boy painted in blue is about to set on fire, but the video is cut before any fire is seen. If I get busy then I couldn't care less what you do, Driftin' away when I'm talkin' and laughin' as we float, I hear her whistle, that's how I know she's home, Lipstick, eyelash, broke mirror, broken home, You can't defeat her, when you meet her you'll get what I said, The Lord knows there's a method to her madness, But the Lord's joke is a boat in a sea of sadness, And I'm solo rowin' on one side of the boat, Lookin' out, throwin' up, a lifesaver down my throat. She picked the new name after Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. The name "Schoolhouse Rock," which was a series of educational cartoons, was a play on "Jailhouse Rock," the title of an Elvis Presley song. [1], In December 2012, the song was named by Rolling Stone as the eighth-best song of the year.[2]. I eat sixteen saltine crackers then I lick my fingers And I'm sure she's drinkin' too I would just sit down at the piano, while six or seven people were standing around, waiting for me to tell them what to do. I sit and drink her perfume (Source, The really weird music video is the product of the fervent imagination of director AG Rojas (Chase & Status' ", Some of the scenes shot for the clip have provoked criticism, such as the one where kids huff steamed booze through a gas mask. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). [1], Adapted from "Sixteen Saltines" 7-inch vinyl single liner notes. The 10 biggest "retirement tours" that didn't take. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it. "Sixteen Saltines" is the second single from Jack White's 2012 solo album Blunderbuss.