Under Blackpool Lights

Under Blackpool Lights
Video by The White Stripes
Released	December 7, 2004
Recorded	January 27, 2004 and January 28, 2004
Genre	Punk blues, garage rock
Label	Third Man
Director	Dick Carruthers
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Under Blackpool Lights is the first official DVD released by The White Stripes and widely regarded as among the greatest live performances by any rock band. It has since been out of print.

The DVD consists of 26 tracks recorded at The Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in the English seaside resort of Blackpool on January 27 and 28, 2004, and directed by Dick Carruthers. Among these tracks, there are some cover songs such as "Take a Whiff on Me" (Leadbelly), "Outlaw Blues" (Bob Dylan), "Jack the Ripper" (Screaming Lord Sutch), "Jolene" (Dolly Parton), "Death Letter" (Son House), "Goin' Back to Memphis" (Soledad Brothers), and "De Ballit of de Boll Weevil" (Leadbelly).

Track listing

1. "When I Hear My Name"
2. "Black Math"
3. "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
4. "I Think I Smell a Rat"
5. "Take a Whiff on Me" (and part of "Cannon")
6. "Astro"
7. "Outlaw Blues"
8. "Jack the Ripper"
9. "Jolene"
10. "Hotel Yorba"
11. "Death Letter"/"Grinnin' In Your Face"
12. "Do"
13. "The Hardest Button to Button"
14. "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise"
15. "The Big Three Killed My Baby"
16. "Wasting My Time"
17. "You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)"
18. "Hello Operator"
19. "Apple Blossom"
20. "Ball and Biscuit"
21. "Let's Shake Hands"
22. "I Fought Piranhas"
23. "Let's Build a Home"
24. "Goin' Back to Memphis"
25. "Seven Nation Army"
26. "De Ballit of de Boll Weevil"

DVD Easter eggs and other oddities

There are a number of Easter eggs on the DVD:

• On the third page of song selections, highlighting the third song ("Let's Shake Hands") and pressing right three times on the navigation controls will cut to a short scene that shows Jack and Meg inspecting the crew.
• The writing on Jack's arm switches between "Noxious" and "Obnoxious" over the course of the show. Apparently, this was Meg's joke on the director. This is possible since the film was shot over the course of two performances.
• After "Let's Shake Hands", at the 58:05 mark, Jack and Meg can be seen applauding themselves. In the DVD booklet it explains Meg does not use her left hand during the performance as a hint to click right on that track.
• At the end of the credits at the end of the DVD Jack can be heard saying in a hushed tone, "Let's split the money, fifty-fifty".
• During "Ball and Biscuit", a second cameraman can be seen filming from the audience. At one point he gives the thumbs up to the camera filming him.
• During the hidden "crew inspection" segment, Jack checks off multiple people, though there are only four lined up. You can see each person leave the line after he's checked them off, and end up in the back of line to be inspected once more. Eventually Tracee Mae Miller, of Blanche, sneaks in and is dismissed by Jack.

External links

Setlists from January 27 and January 28, 2004.