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New White Stripes Video – “Icky Thump”

When Jack snarls "Well you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too," he's going for political metaphor (take that, Kele) -- so his and the Malloys' directorial vision spins it out symbolically, putting him in a seedy, red-streaked brothel with a Moulin-meets-Manson Meg cast as call girl. After heading south of the border to get off, our lovable gringo crosses back in a senseless daze, past a "Great Wall" of an erection. Also, Jack and Meg are the hottest non-couple couple in rock. Forever.

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