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

Under Blackpool Lights is the first official DVD released by the White Stripes. 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,^[1] and directed by Dick Carruthers using super 8 film. Among these tracks, as with most White Stripes live performances, are several cover songs – such as "Take a Whiff on Me" (Lead Belly), "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" (Lead Belly).^[2]

The DVD's title comes from a moment during the performance in which Jack White addresses the audience:

I heard George Harrison say the Beatles used to go see Blackpool lights – what is that? A different place altogether? I'm in the right place at the wrong time? That's how I feel every day.^[3]

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"

Personnel

• Jack White – vocals, guitar, piano
• Meg White – drums

References

External links

• Setlists from January 27 and January 28, 2004.