The Raconteurs’ “Broken Boy Soldiers” Album Cover

Revealed! Now I know what you’re thinking…”What would Jason Von Bondies say?” I’m not entirely sure what the inspiration between the photographs for the Broken Boy Soldiers cover but perhaps you guys have some theories?

the raconteurs broken boy soldiers

For everyone who has already taken a listen to the live Raconteurs recording made in Glasgow this month, do you have some favorite tunes off the upcoming album? I particularly love “Level”.

Listen to The R-teurs live performance on Zane Lowe from this past Wednesday. Or download the mp3s. Check out the “groovy” version of “Store Bought Bones” and the Beatles-esque version of “Call It a Day”.

59 Comments

  1. kid from CO says:

    you all need to re-think b4 u talk . white stripes r sweet idc wat the hell jacks doin with chics . thats the life man . the life of a celeb . the coke the heroin the girls . shit i wouldnt mind that at all . hes more of a hero now then he was being innocent

  2. kid from CO says:

    JW is an ugly dude, however, u cant tell me any1 of u dont like ‘dead leaves and the dirty ground’

  3. TheDebris says:

    Well calling someone that you have never met a phony is one thing balony.

  4. raven says:

    Jack white is a true musical genius,,,he plays a *hit load of instrumanets and plays them well..who gives a crap what he thinks and does…im guessing people asking for your autograph and literally bowing down to lick your anus 24/7 would piss you off to…if you want to become a white stripes fan buy there dvd live under blackpool lights its brilliant

  5. Amber says:

    What the hell is wrong with you people? “Jack’s a fat ass..” What the hell are you talking about?! He’s an average weight! What’s up with you people and thinking everyone has to conform to the new I’m-so-anorexic look? Paris Hilton looks like shit! She looks like a grind rail, if you want to know the truth. Geez. Go die. You all suck at life.

  6. Jesse says:

    I’ve read a lot of comments about the racontuers’ lyrics. First of all, on one hand, I kind of agree that some of the lyrics are a bit corny, or cheesey, or just not that good. On the other hand, I think some of them are pretty good and interesting. Either way, I really love the music behind those lyrics, and, to me that is far more important. A song can have the greatest lyrics ever written, but if the music is uninteresting, uninspiring, or just plain lame, then the song will just suck. Being a musician/songwriter myself, I know how difficult writing lyrics can be. It’s the hardest part of songwriting. Coming up with cool guitar riffs, melodies, drum beats, etc. is rather easy in comparison. So sometimes, great songs get stuck with stupid lyrics just because you want to put some kind of words in there so the good musical part of the song can be heard instead of going to waste. But that doesn’t mean they are bad songs.

    And to all the people commenting on such superficial things as looks and physical condition, who cares! That is the biggest problem with music today; the emphasis on looks instead of sound. Looks are for beauty pageants, not music! Maybe if people started actually listening to people, we would have a few more unattractive artists, but I guarantee you that we would have a lot better music out there.

    But that’s just my opinion…

  7. Dina says:

    Jack has never said anything racist, he did say that he wish that he was born in the 1920’s or 1930’s playing blues music in jukejoints alone, be he is white and was born in the 1970’s so that’s not going to happen, he does not like rap music or hiphop and that’s ok but he finds Wu Tang clan interesting and I think he was going to collaborate with them on some tunes.

    P.S Jack’s hair color is reddish he is an american irish boy
    AkA John Mckenzie Gillis Very irish

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  9. Anonymous says:

    nice picture