Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (3:03)
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“Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” is a single by The White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in August 2002. The song features a very raw guitar tone produced by an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi.
In 2006, a cover of the song appeared on Chris Thile’s album How To Grow A Woman From The Ground. Jack White originally planned for this song to be much softer and done with an acoustic guitar.
The video for this song, directed by Michel Gondry, depicts Jack White coming back to his and Meg White’s trashed house and surveying the destruction. While he goes from room to room, video of the party that led to the destruction, and of his and Meg’s relationship before he left, is projected and occasionally super-imposed over the scene.
In 2006, a cover of the song appeared on Chris Thile’s album How To Grow A Woman From The Ground. Jack White originally planned for this song to be much softer and done with an acoustic guitar.
The video for this song, directed by Michel Gondry, depicts Jack White coming back to his and Meg White’s trashed house and surveying the destruction. While he goes from room to room, video of the party that led to the destruction, and of his and Meg’s relationship before he left, is projected and occasionally super-imposed over the scene.
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Me doing an acoustic cover of The White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground... Not the best quality but here ya go
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traubster wrote:
Probably my favorite white stripes song.
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WhiskeyBomber wrote:
Jack White is a genius.
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Arlzheim wrote:
Am I the only one, who hears Led Zep in this? :D
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blazeria wrote:
sweet:)
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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
cool track
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JumplnTheFire wrote:
fucking heavy
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nicholasli wrote:
gotta love that big muff pi
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willywonka091 wrote:
rawest shit i've ever heard. so rad.
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mcholmes wrote:
This is a great version. Brilliantly played, but man do I wish I could get some of their regular versions to play on last.fm. I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but I just cannot get ANY White Stripes songs to play. Any help would be appreciated, especially if you post it on my profile page so I can find it! Thanks! :-)
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ClassicTammy wrote:
Fucking amazing riff
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young_wives wrote:
great opening to an amazing album
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roXtoyz wrote:
i'm obsessed with the tone of his guitar at the very beginning for some reason
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TheSugarFree wrote:
ohhhh....... moment when he can't fit the sound and his throat is at its edge is soo orggggggasmic..... rrrrhhharrrr.....
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xiempiethps wrote:
my favourite stripes song, cool to play on the guitar
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alanight wrote:
underrated stripes song!! what a wonderful riff!
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labellelabete wrote:
dead leaves and the dirty ground when i know you're not around. shiny tops and soda pops when i hear your lips make a sound.
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jamiew1288 wrote:
If you can hear a piano fall, you can hear me coming down the hall..
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phantom__limb wrote:
I got to meet Jack White at a music festival in 2000. Talking to him was like talking to any other normal human being. Which is to be expected of course. I went and saw the White Stripes do their set later on that day and they kicked off the whole thing with this song. It was like a kick in the chest. It was right then I realised that I had just encountered a living music legend. Still makes me weak kneed.
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iHeartTrigun wrote:
i wanna give you what you give to me
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HarelSkaat wrote:
One of my The White Stripes' faves.
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