THE BIG THREE KILLED MY BABY
“The Big Three Killed My Baby” was released in March 1999 as a 7” single and is the third track on re-releases of The White Stripes, the eponymous debut of the Detroit-based American garage rock band The White Stripes. “The Big Three” refers to the three major automakers in the 1950’s and 1960’s: Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. The song is an attack on these companies, relating to the engineering technique of planned obsolescence, and a short-sighted lack of innovation. (More from Wikipedia)
Guitarist Aubrey Nehring is also the vocalist for the Invisible Eyes; he reminds me of Jack White on some of the tracks on the first White Stripes album, The White Stripes such as “The Big Three Killed My Baby” and their cover of “St. James Infirmary Blues”.
(December 2012)
