Will make an effort to listen specifically to ONLY the bass line next time I listen to this song. Which will be in a few minutes once this song finishes. ;)

Tyler Sandefur that meme though

All the bass lines of "Turn Blue" are incredible good

And this should have more thumbs up.

Actually, it happened with many bands. For example, Led Zeppelin, known as the greatest band in the world, started off with a heavy metal sound. Then they released albums such as In Through the Out Door, which went in a different direction with a new sound.

CarBuddy10 I sincerely hope you're making a sarcastic joke to reply to the original comment

CarBuddy10 dude he was saying it on a sarcastic way, but props for (sorta) supporting his idea

CarBuddy10 Wow, you really understand sarcasm!

you and me both

Seriously. Good tune but fuck my screen while it plays.

I'm trying to read the comments and not look at the video because I feel dizzy!!!!!

CLOSE YOUR EYES😑.ENJOY..MUUUSSAC..😉

I just screenshot that

Genus

triplflip900 Totally agree, that riff is awesome, love this part

Me too

Well done I was reading the comments thinking the exact same thing

New style? I felt this was rather on-brand, honestly.

I agree. I love all of their albums, but this one in particular is superb. I love the instrumentation and different style in this album, like how Attack & Release was a step into the new also. In my opinion, no Black Keys song is bad, or album; they are just different from each other. I mean, think about it - is El Camino even like Brothers? Not really. Brothers is a bit more hardcore and downtoned while El Camino is a more light album. I guess maybe you could say TBCU, Thickfreakness, and RF are similar, but that's it. Fans will always reject the new until they claim, years later, "I always liked this!" On the bright side, I believe Dan and Pat said the 2024 album will be sort of like Turn Blue - more complex. They had many alternate influences in making it.

I agree

Just found out today people dont like this album as much as the others. It’s my favorite!

Hahaha, *sits down next you and does the same* XD

@@SpartanS237Hope you two are good now

Its funny you say that, I like the black keys but they have a very very unorignal style and sure this song is different from the rest of their songs but its not new or fresh.

lol okay :(

***** Yeah, they already used this kind of sound in El Camino, they just intensified it, what's new besides it being a new song.

***** sorry to burst the bubble for you on this one but its a very good song. if you are a true musicologist and have explored the black keys properly you would know that a lot of the sounds and sample have been taken from when they experimented with their soul album brothers. There is a large doungermouse influence in this and its quite a different approach for them with guitar not being the leading instrument plus the use of strings and different syth filling sounds . The Black Keys have a very distinct sound like no one else out there tbh. yes you can be caught up in being a fan but you can also like a song for what it is, and this is a really catchy new step for them.

Stoned Jesus can you please elaborate on the statement of an "unoriginal style" just out of interest

Seizure got me aching

This is their "Pink Floyd" stage

Oscar Sanders sameeeee

Lol

I looked at the wall after reading this...

@Rebekah Sanborn he got a fever. what do you think?

It worked tho

Not only that, but the video has a very 1960s era art style, featuring what's called a burst, the swirling tunnel. The synthesizer in this song almost sounds like how some electric organs were during the '60s and '70s, too.

TheAntiquarian The burst thing is very psychedelic.

TheAntiquarian know its 80's synth sounds

ik i loveee the bridge

I literally came here for this comment.

The end of this song is immaculate

From 2:38 onward, I could listen to that on an hour long loop 😅, it's just really effing good for some reason

@@KI.765 I play this bit on repeat all the time, it's just divine!

7 years? If you knew the melody, why didn't you just use Shazam?

Good! Fever is an awesome song.

c est joli mais ca me fait penser a torture des the jacksons!

bichi aziz i love this band it'really good and they're style like. Nobody. Else

Then you're the worst kind of fan, zero critical thinking, they could shit in a bag and sell it $60 to idiots like you.

Zealot hello 6 year ago ppl

Zealot you can still FO. And hello sawyer.

yeah, dead with 13 million views , that went well

Hello 7 years

Check out Real Estate's new album "Atlas" it restores hope in the indie rock scene

See the thing is though, they've been doing this sound for a few years. A lot of the indie bands are now stealing it and using this to make money, most noticeably The Arctic Monkeys' new album, just a Black Keys ripoff.

BRAIN2EXCURSION its the dangermouse effect......

Hmm I guess Indie has gone Pop since Pop has gone EDM? Probably? But Black Keys with synth? I love synths but I'm going to miss their kick-ass guitar riffs...

It's a good style, who cares.

I totally agree with you!!!

The more I listen to song the more I love it

No it's not This is a great band selling out to appease to pop people like you.

No... no, its just music. The stuff you hate is also just music. And "TheMcS17" they aren't selling out, they'er still just making music.

thesloth07 Just typical hipster statements.

thesloth07 *they're and no they definitely sold out, get your dumbass out

One of the least appealing songs The Black Keys ever put out. I love how people rush to shout ''HIPSTER'' when tou start ripping on something they like. Say whatever you want but Turn Blue is their weakest album along with Attack and Release.

No shit, it doesn't change

@@JF-hv2bl but we as humans do

@@tinkan6338 Good point

With you on that mate, I remember seeing them in the Leadmill in Sheffield back in the day. this doesn't sound like the same band. in fact if they heard this song then I could imagine their snyde comments in interviews about it. taking the piss out of the pop shit etc. it's just so disappointing that all the ingredients you loved about something have been swiped off the desk totally for all of the ingredients that you don't like about modern music. having said that, I still hold out hope for the full album!! Nova Baby was the worst song on the last album and they seem to have gone down that road. The last quarter of the song is growing on me but it's not enough to give me much confidence!

I wouldn;t necessarilly agree that it was the raw blues sound that we love, I can only speak for myself but I felt that up to and including large portions of Brothers, they may have steadily strayed from blues, but still played with weight, intensity and a lot of heart. With the exception of Little Black Submarines everything on El Camino is a husk of what the Black Keys represented for me. Some argue that the band could not stand still because they'd become trite and tired. This is correct, but the direction taken is so contrary to anything of wroth or weight or merit and instead seems to caress the flacid penis of the record buying public instead of affording their work any sort of making any sort of contribution to their oeuvre. One throwaway pop album is forgivable, two sounds the death knell of the band. Whilst this thousands of thumbs up dwarf the thumbs down at present, when The Black Keys fall out of favour with those whimsical and unfaithful in the record buying public, they'l lament the loss of their hardcore fanbase who will not be forgiving of their musical transgressions. A cheap plastic pair of hollow mannequins now stand where two men once stood.

haha I get what you mean man. they are being airbrushed and replaced with glowsticks. As soon as they do something wrong all the new followers will bail onto the next craze and all of us who stood there trying to believe will be like er? we told you guys... I just can't believe that after a two year wait for new material they felt that this song was good enough to represent their first single and be part of their legacy. You compare the new to the old and it just gets you more and more angry with them/their yes men. Someone needs to sit them down and remind them of who/what they and their music is about. I get why they chop change and have various genres to their name, it keeps it fresh for them & probably increases the chances of more people enjoying the music but really it's still got to have substance. The interview with Zane Lowe gave me a bit more confidence so before it's written off I'm going to listen to the album a few times. However if this song represents this album, it may well be the last one I buy... after 10 years of being a fan!

Dafuq are da "black kets"

@Mr. Dorgan, I agree. However I have always tried to take each release as its own Island, but as with all things when all the Islands seem to join up and you enjoy everything up to a point, as I did with the Keys, then you get even more invested in the author instead of just the albums and it can be more rewarding when this happens. Far from being a hipster model, this is a self defense mechanism as over investment only to be let down repeatedly is sort of where we are now and doesn't feel very nice. You feel that your support wasn't worthwhile and some may say "you still have those albums" but usually the people who say this kind of thing neglect to take into consideration the fact that you can;t take the salt that spoils the food out once it's in, the whole oeuvre risks being contaminated. What I'm saying is that the old output whilst unchanged gets soured by the the negative perception the user will have because of the slight against him. Taking it personally? Absolutely. Music listening is a deeply personal and deeply subjective experience and I'm glad it is that way. Music is all about subjectivity, about emotions, feeling, interpretation and to blackball an individual because they are capable of that level of immersion and involvement in the things they love is something to be abhorred. I'm not asking the Keys to change a thing, but they've made a decision and don't appear to have considered people. The change was not organic. it was not natural - it's a severance or a short-sharp-shock. A bit of substance is all I really want, something to get my teeth into. They weren't exactly a deep band to begin with so what legitimacy was scraped away after the release of El Camino doesn't leave an awful lot to play with. Listening to Thickfreakness this week I find that things are not quite sour yet. I love the album more than ever but the poisoning of their work can happen. It happened with me and QOTSA, I fell so out of love with that band after Songs For The Deaf. I hope the new album surprises me. They're not yet beyond (my subjective) redemption.

***** Weren't they always "pop-ish"? Catchy, simple chorus plus easy parts to sing with crowd together. I'm talking about singles of course- look at Lonely boy. Fever is composed almost the same way. And both are super cool, but of course totally popish ;-)

***** It's not that it's pop-ish..... it just plain SUCKS. It is boring as fuck.

***** Yep... I'm not saying the band sucks. I just think this track is very bland and I don't find the melody nor the chords interesting. Even the timbre is uninteresting to me. If some ppl enjoy it, good for them.

Elintasokas well if this is boring you probably didn't listen to brothers. there were a few slow tracks that kinda made me want to just skip to a faster jam but there was good music in those songs all the same, and i came to appreciate the slow mellow sound after listening with an open ear.

Elintasokas At least you're not being an elitist about it. I've seen a lot of people trying to bash others for liking this song, or new things that the band are coming out with in general.

We're not producers we're consumers and as a consumer This. Is. Not. The. Black. Keys. this is shit. also a "good producer" doesn't completely change the sound and feel of a band. Aerosmith has been doing "the same thing over and over again" for over 40 years and they remain one of the most popular bands on the planet. Same as every other group/band/singer who we all consider to be one of the greatest of all time. You don't fuck with their sound; it's sacrilegious for everyone to turn into this poppy radio bullshit.

Das Fleischwolf Feels like a pretty standard progression given their last two albums. Plenty of people complained when they made their sound more poppy for "Brothers" and especially for "El Camino". This just happens to be outside your personal tastes. Chill.

Yay, shitstorm.

Das Fleischwolf Aerosmith is also an incredibly boring band who takes no risks. The most influential bands have been experimental. VU, Joy Division, Radiohead, Arcade Fire. Get your classic rock shit out of here.

Boss Of This Gym Radiohead? an influential band? lmao

more like devolve....

I agree. It's cool that the black keys are going for a new sound with this album.

To me it sounds like their album attack & release, their songs in that album have a lot of this, I like it!!!!

#hipster Get over yourself.

Dash I probably cant say anything in response that will not make me sound like I go to Starbucks all the time, have a record collection, and wear ironic t-shirts. But The Black Keys are doing something that is void of music nowadays, they are experimenting. Expectations of what a band is supposed to sound like, album after album is bullshit. So many "artists" find one sound and stick to it there entire career, and its sad to see how people perceive change in music nowadays as a bad thing.

gkelbo They change but they also get better, 8 or 9 albums with the same sound would be really boring. Besides, we haven't even heard the rest of the album.

TheRealDJOsk You are proving my point. You pretty much said exactly what I was trying to say.

***** Im sure that if they would continue to do albums like "Attack and release" or "Magic potion" ppl wil say: "Hey Black Keys are boring! They do always the same stuffs" . But they are changing and improving their music, so the problem is LOYALTY !?!?! :S IMHO Artists grow, music change, and play always the same music is boring.

Just like everything else they've made.

DeathCreationist Listen to "Brothers" in full, it's there best, like gold to the ears. Also listen to Rubber Factory" for the more gritty classic sound they had. And the blues Ep "Chulaholma" which is amazing!

I Got Mine bring me here

DeathCreationist me too and i fell in love with them

DeathCreationist Congratulations! What instrument do you play?

James Trahan what? i dont play one

I know right! I like it when bands switch it up and really give it a go for something new, but I don't think I really agree with seeing them in the pop-rock genre. I really do miss tier awesome riffs and grooves...

Agree with you... I regret a little the release for El Camino which was so damn good ! But this is just a pre-release, and I'm waiting to listen the rest of the new album, and hope to have old-stuff-badass-riffs !!

Well said :)

Yeah true but I have faith in them they never disappoint

Agreed !

TBK don't owe shit to anyone.

amen :) cant wait for this album

Drew Pierson What does TBK mean?

Simon Havelock The Big Kahuna

Drew Pierson you're right. so explain why they are making such a mainstream song? warner bross wants to make money with the black keys. so, it's sad to say that, but comercial music owns the black keys know

That's true, bands need to evolve, but the problem is this particular song doesn't show any evolution, it sounds like a very amateur song of its genre. It's the kind of song that makes you think "this sounds cool, now I'll go listen to bands that are actually good at it." With "Brothers" you could hear through their playing that they had gone way beyond their original skill in blues (not saying the songs are better but the playing shows it). Now, I know that every new beginning is just that, a beginning, and the album after "Turn Blue" might be way better than "Turn Blue" as they improve, but keep in mind that they're switching sound already after having done no improvement on their "El Camino" rock sound, they should have kept getting better at that too instead of just changing to this out of the blue... mind the pun... this is a concern because for all we know they might change sound even again, having never made a great album with the "Turn Blue" sound. Simply put, there is such a thing as too much experimentation. It's better to commit to a new sound for a while before switching again, because changing so often means never making an album that actually was great, just "okay" or "cool" like El Camino... and I loved "El Camino" but it was not great, just good, every song was "good" but none were as memorably as actual great songs of their style.

Yeah am I the only one who think that this song sounds like some MGMT i mean the beat not the voice

I was a bit disappointed with El Camino. I liked it, but wasn't over the moon about it. I actually like this album a lot so far.

Honestly liked the performance better than the recording

We appreciate the need for change, doesn't mean we have to like the result though.

I agree TikTok

as long as its not on your app its fine

They need to sell their souls

This band is huge lol, not underrated in the slightest. Probably the 2nd most known 2 man band in the world.

Couldn't agree more. Though this track isn't too much different than a track like Stop Stop

Taylor Wallace i disagree stop stop has so much more soul!!!! sorry i am bitter and disappointed

plus stop stop isn't on rubber factory.

This is only one song remember, they probably released this to try to grab attention of some fans from other types of genre of rock I bet the rest of the album is amazing. And even if it isn't like their classic old music like on magic potion, change isnt always bad!

But the keys had way more great songs and albums than kings of leon and most of those bands did when they "cleaned up" their sound. i view the black keys on a similar level to only the foo fighters in modern rock today in terms of staying with their roots, so imagine if the foo fighters released a keyboard heavy, boring, soulless lead single to their next album, then you have pretty much my level of disappointment.

Haha couldn't agree more. Why do all of these hipsters gotta hate?

Quicksnail Don't you know? All modern music is awful. I wish I could go back in time when real bands like The Beatles and Led Zepplin were still alive and not these sellouts.

No problem.

Maybe people wouldn't mind the change if they had maintained the energy which made El Camino great.

Because the "thing" that made me their fan is completely lost in this song. I don't know if I'm batshit crazy, but that's my opinion.

A lot of people did the same thing between Brothers and El Camino. These guys are pure genius -- people need to broaden their horizons.

Alisha Flemingo There's not really any originality or innovation in this song though.

Alisha Flemingo this song is definitively mainstream, it sounds like a bad franz ferdinand, Where is genius here ?

Hey I think it's released by now, you're good

I agree 100%

A million percent

Quit the bollocks, if you really are a true Black Keys fan you will recognize this Song is fucking mediocre

***** Your comment is mediocre and has no fundamentals, idiot... -__-

I agree. People love to talk about how this compares to their old stuff. Stupid, if you ask me. Just a glimpse in time, where they've evolved since. Just appreciate that someone is putting out new stuff regularly; working hard, touring. I don't know why people can't do that.

***** Couldn't agree more. Bunch of couch critics. Everyone has an opinion, completely forgetting that they aren't the ones making the music and that how the music gets made is the artists' choice alone. Who they choose to collaborate with is their business; if you don't like it, don't buy it. Just like what Robert Reichle said; that's a perfect example. Your mom, dude? Stop articulating yourself like a Rolling Stone douche and come clean with yourself: you don't like their new stuff, and you liked their old stuff. Get off your high horse. Cut it out with the definitions and the griping; it's unbecoming and weak. If you can't appreciate the existential facts of the situation then admit to that too.

I hope your not serious!

so don't listen to them

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El Camino? Ha ha good one.

You know, just one of the catchiest albums the band put out where every single song is on point.

Katy Ealy Rubber Factory and El Camino are where its at!

Finally someone who sees it like me

okay even if you're anti-el camino for whatever reason, the band can't put out 10 big come ups, or 10 thickfreaknesses. they have to move in some sort of direction to keep from mass-producing the same song over and over again. and from the sounds of fever, they're moving in a good direction!

Completely agree.

+Monkey Boy LOL it should fifa 17 or 16

Fifa is garbage

Your comment makes sense. :) I´m tired of everybody trying to be a critic...they dont even know how to write a song! I will would love to hear any song written by any of those "critics".

Haha yup it's crazy difficult.. it takes talent which we just all take for granted because it's so easy to click on buttons and listen to music on youtube.

Then don't read them?

its a discussion of music, Have you never critiqued an artist to someone around you, its the same thing. Dont think you are above having an opinion.

Dan Rodriguez You don't have to be a musician to criticize music. In fact, some of the best feedback for musicians is from people that don't play or make music. It's a unique kind of input but it is valuable. Anyone can criticize anything they want if the material is subjective and all music is. Don't be short sighted about that.

Old Black Keys? Really?

Rubber factory, thickfreakness, the big come up, magic potion... that kind of stuff

Montse Carrera Every band changes style at least once in their career. Get used to it.

In this case I think they changed their style in order to be more commercial, imo, and I say it as a big fan I were. It's a pity...

Montse Carrera I think they changed it to be unlistenable.

Sorry to tell you, but I don't think they will read your comment...

It sounds alot like Brothers, at least to me. El Camino was more rock I guess and I actually really enjoy this sound, it's a good break from metal or rap.

***** Brothers for the most part had a slower tempo and was more blues rock than El Camino, which was mainly the stadium-filling alt rock. Both solid albums, but I wish this song didn't sound so rehashed.

its not a bad thing, El Camino was a good album

I yearn for the day they revert back to their Rubber Factory-style music. Their new stuff is good on the first listen, but I virtually never go back and listen to it again. I suppose they're done creating art. Now it's all about that cheddar.