Jack White is apparently bothered about how the media blows everything everyone says out of proportion (according to Pitchfork's report) and we at Music Times are more than happy to continue this unhealthy dichotomy. The guitarist's speech at his Boston Fenway Park show last night packed all of his vitriol into convenient quotes so hopeful we'll avoid get lashed out at in the future.
He began by criticizing the quality of live music in general, stating that "most most performers don't use microphones anymore, you know," adding that most vocalists also "don't use microphones that have cords." The first bit seems to be suggesting that most live shows are lip-synced affairs, while the second perhaps suggests that new technology is crap. We're not quite qualified to weigh in on microphone quality by era, but you can check out this gearslutz.com thread to get a better idea id White is right. He then accused the Foo Fighters of having a second guitarist just to cover up if Dave Grohl messes up (no comment here).
He then moved on to Rolling Stone, who initially got him into trouble with its report earlier this year, making it sound like another Buzzfeed by suggesting somewhat inaccurate examples of articles ("15 outfits that will blow your mind that Taylor Swift wore this month") and more accurate and hilarious shots at the magazine ("12 reasons Rolling Stone won't put a black and white cover on the cover of their magazine unless you're dead").
He came up just short of a Kanye-length diatribe by citing West himself.
"OK, I'm officially supposed to stop now, because this is becoming a Kanye West-esque rant," he said. "Because apparently, nowadays, you aren't allowed to speak to your own fans about anything, lest it be a rant."
We'll let him off the hook this time. White hasn't done himself any PR favors this year (except for the excellent Lazaretto of course) but we can report he was more than pleasant when we saw him at Governor's Ball in June. Hopefully he'll be feeling better come his next show. You can check out the full speech below.
