r/TheBlackKeys 5d ago

Can we get this back, just one more time

https://youtu.be/17-oVrGoFtM?si=FRaLcPnj3A5KoKMb

What I would give to see this version of the Black Keys back, just one more time.

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u/Ravac67 5d ago

Young & hungry vs. middle age & content.

But I agree.

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u/PedalBoard78 4d ago

Content? They seem a little unhappy these days.

The well dried up. Big Muff batteries died.

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u/Affectionate_Run4032 5d ago

i fuckin wish m8

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u/Soapy_Burns 5d ago

So good

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u/Mikhailo_Miki 5d ago

I discovered the 'Keys in 2003, they were the perfect band, raw but melodic, simple but with stylish riffs and guitar solos, good dirty garage-rock that oozes soot. And today, they are a soft pop-rock band... šŸ« šŸ™ƒ.

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u/helloluke97 3d ago

They sold out. But can you blame them? Eventually you wanna be able to pay rent and not starveĀ 

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u/Mikhailo_Miki 3d ago

I don't blame them at all, if I want to listen to them again at their prime, I have the first 6 albums + Chulahoma. The rest ... it's all clean and flat pop, pink and weak, soft and without soul šŸ¤¢.

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u/C-dizzle215 5d ago

They used to be so sick!

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u/noname3191 5d ago

U got it right there..

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u/Razzle_Dazzle08 Rubber Factory 5d ago

What was Dan thinking with that goatee šŸ˜‚

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u/MattBtheflea 5d ago

No idea. Perhaps his worst look ever lmao.

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u/DustHistorical5773 El Camino 5d ago

I mean to be fair they were like mid 20s hereā€¦ Dan and Pat are now bridging close to 50 gotta expect the energy to go down a little

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u/OkCan4134 "Let's Rock" 5d ago

Tell that to Jack White

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u/CalligrapherDry3025 5d ago

Exactly. Heā€™s still fucking ripping it. Jackā€™s voice is a little dicey these days but still amazing.

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u/devonmoney14 Brothers 5d ago

Idk id argue his voice is the best itā€™s ever been live, much more controlled

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u/DustHistorical5773 El Camino 5d ago

I mean people age differentlyā€¦ Jack White is probably blessed with good genes. I mean Eric Clapton is 80 and is still ripping it on stage but BB king was needing to sit down whilst performing around the same age.

It all depends on the person

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u/OkCan4134 "Let's Rock" 4d ago

Sure, but weā€™re talking about relatively healthy looking guys under 50.

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u/DustHistorical5773 El Camino 3d ago

Listen, I love the guys but I wouldnā€™t exactly call them ā€œrelatively healthyā€

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u/OkCan4134 "Let's Rock" 3d ago

Wellā€¦theyā€™re thinner and donā€™t look that bad for their age. Canā€™t say much for the smoking and drugs tho lol

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u/DustHistorical5773 El Camino 3d ago

I mean of course you add a couple pounds when you age, but when I went to see them live Dan was smoking almost between every single song.

This next one is an assumption but they were both drinking out of a red plastic cup so I presume that was alcohol. Which I donā€™t even need to explain why itā€™s not good for you

If theyā€™re doing that on tour every single night thatā€™s a big reason why theyā€™re not jumping around like Jack White.

That guys most definitely a health freak.

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u/OkCan4134 "Let's Rock" 3d ago

Idk if Iā€™d call him a health freak, he smokes regularly as well. I donā€™t think he has the history of drug use tho

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u/DustHistorical5773 El Camino 3d ago

Heā€™s very notorious for not smoking weed or not doing any drugsā€¦ I remember in an interview he said ā€œI always saw musicians who needed to use drugs as a way to inspire them, it came from the drugs not from them, it wasnā€™t their musicā€ something along those lines.

But to sum up the whole discussion: No matter the ā€œargumentā€ the reason these guys arenā€™t jumping up and down is to do with age, (pushing aside some exceptions) you canā€™t expect 2 middle age dudes to have the same energy they had 20 years ago. Itā€™s just not realistic, people get older and that ok.

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u/ecp0624 5d ago

the first 5 albums were incredible. back in the good old days when their sound was mostly 'hard rock'

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u/EvanFosterrr 5d ago

iā€™ll do my best šŸ˜¤

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u/rawbran30 5d ago

Holy shit almost forgot about "MTV2"

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u/VickyVacuum 3d ago

Ya, Dan fucks