Perfect close to an unbelievably perfect album. I started listening to the Stripes when Icky Thump came out, and hearing this album has blown my mind. Going from this to his work with the Raconteurs, Jack is just so talented. And nice, I hear. I live about 4 hours from Detroit - next time he's there, I might just have to kidnap him. Oh, that sounds a bit creepy, doesn't it?
Actually, I've been told this song is alluding to the Buffalo Creek Flood that occurred in West Virginia in 1972. The flood was caused by the collapse of a dam that was built and maintained by the Pittston Coal Company. Only four days after the dam was declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector, it burst spilling 132 million gallons of black waste water that killed 125 people and injured several thousand as well as leaving 5000 homeless.
Actually, I've been told this song is alluding to the Buffalo Creek Flood that occurred in West Virginia in 1972. The flood was caused by the collapse of a dam that was built and maintained by the Pittston Coal Company. Only four days after the dam was declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector, it burst spilling 132 million gallons of black waste water that killed 125 people and injured several thousand as well as leaving 5000 homeless.
Perfect close to an unbelievably perfect album. I started listening to the Stripes when Icky Thump came out, and hearing this album has blown my mind. Going from this to his work with the Raconteurs, Jack is just so talented. And nice, I hear. I live about 4 hours from Detroit - next time he's there, I might just have to kidnap him. Oh, that sounds a bit creepy, doesn't it?
Actually, I've been told this song is alluding to the Buffalo Creek Flood that occurred in West Virginia in 1972. The flood was caused by the collapse of a dam that was built and maintained by the Pittston Coal Company. Only four days after the dam was declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector, it burst spilling 132 million gallons of black waste water that killed 125 people and injured several thousand as well as leaving 5000 homeless.
Actually, I've been told this song is alluding to the Buffalo Creek Flood that occurred in West Virginia in 1972. The flood was caused by the collapse of a dam that was built and maintained by the Pittston Coal Company. Only four days after the dam was declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector, it burst spilling 132 million gallons of black waste water that killed 125 people and injured several thousand as well as leaving 5000 homeless.