SUMMARY This video features the song "Rag and Bone" by The White Stripes, from their 2007 album *Icky Thump*. The track is a high-energy blues-rock performance that blends Jack White's distorted guitar riffs and raw vocals with Meg White's minimalist, heavy drumming. Throughout the song, the duo engages in a theatrical spoken-word dialogue, portraying "rag and bone" collectors who scavenge through neighborhoods for unwanted items. The lyrics and dialogue emphasize the idea of finding value in things others consider trash. The video itself is a static display of the *Icky Thump* album cover, which depicts Jack and Meg in elaborate, monochromatic pearly king and queen outfits against a rustic backdrop. TRANSCRIPT [00:00] [visual: The album cover for "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes is displayed. It features Jack and Meg White sitting outdoors in front of a pile of logs, wearing intricate black-and-white patterned outfits and hats.] [00:00] [Instrumental intro: Jack White plays a gritty, distorted guitar riff accompanied by Meg White's steady, heavy drum beat.] [00:09] JACK WHITE: Rag and bone! [00:10] MEG WHITE: Rag and bone! [00:11] JACK WHITE: Rag and bone! [00:12] MEG WHITE: Rag and bone! [00:14] JACK WHITE: Meg, look at this place! [00:16] MEG WHITE: Whoa! [00:18] JACK WHITE: This place is like a mansion! It's like a mansion! Look at all this stuff! [00:25] MEG WHITE: I don't know... [00:27] JACK WHITE: Look, I see something over there! Ooh, man! Well, can't you see us selling rag and bone? Bring out your junk and we'll give it a home! A broken trumpet or a telephone! Ah, come on, ah, come on, ah, come on, come on and give it to me! [00:41] JACK WHITE: Yeah! [00:42] [Instrumental break with aggressive guitar and drums.] [00:48] JACK WHITE: Ah, come on, ah, come on, ah, come on, come on and give it to me! Rag and bone! Rag and bone! Ah, come on, ah, come on, ah, come on, come on and give it to me! [01:01] [Guitar solo.] [01:08] JACK WHITE: All of your pretty, your pretty little rag and bones! [01:12] JACK WHITE: Well, man, look at all this. You don't want it? [01:14] MEG WHITE: What's that? [01:15] JACK WHITE: You sure you don't want it? Man, look at you. Take it! It's just things that you don't want. I can use 'em. Meg can use 'em. We can do something with 'em. We'll make something out of 'em. Make some money out of 'em, at least. [01:30] MEG WHITE: Mm-hmm. [01:31] [Instrumental break.] [01:35] JACK WHITE: Hey, if you ain't gonna use it, just give it to us! We'll give it a home! Well, have they got some shiny for me? Anybody got a Christmas tree? A candy bar with a toilet seat? Ah, jump up, ah, jump up, ah, jump up, come on and give it to me! [01:55] JACK WHITE: Rag and bone! [01:57] [Instrumental break.] [02:04] JACK WHITE: We want to get it, get it while it's hot! You think it's trash, honey, but it's not! Oh, we'll be taking whatever you got! Ah, give up, ah, give up, ah, give up, come on and give it to me! Woo! [02:15] [Guitar solo.] [02:21] JACK WHITE: All of your pretty, your pretty little rag and bones! [02:25] MEG WHITE: I saw some stuff in your yard. Are you gonna give it to us? [02:27] JACK WHITE: Oh, Meg, don't be rude. [02:29] MEG WHITE: Why not? [02:30] JACK WHITE: They might need it. And if you don't want it, we'll take it. If you don't want to give it to us, we'll keep walking by. We'll keep going, we're not tired. We've got plenty of places to go. Lots of homes we haven't been to yet. On the west side, the southwest side, Middle East, rich house, dog house, outhouse, old folks' house, house for unwed mothers, halfway homes, catacombs, twilight zones! Looking for techniques, turntables to gramophones! So take a last lick of your ice cream cone and lock up what you still want to own! But please be kind, and don't rewind all of your pretty, your pretty little rag and bones! [03:08] JACK WHITE: Yeah! Your pretty little rag and bones! Ah, jump up, ah, jump up, ah, jump up, come on and give it to me! [03:18] [Instrumental break.] [03:19] JACK WHITE: Oh! Your pretty little rag and bones! Ah, come on, ah, come on, ah, come on, come on and give it to us! Yeah! Yeah, yeah! Ah, yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! [03:46] [The song ends with a final drum hit and guitar feedback.]