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Originally Posted by TheBig3
Oh jesus, here we go.
How did he insult his fans. And no one told you to buy anything.
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And on that note, the White Stripes tour is over - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News
Buzzing up a secret show, then stiffing everyone? Pretty douchey, regardless of the article's apologetic nature.
Then there was seeing him interviewed by Zane Lowe on MTV2 back when Elephant was brand new, and hearing him basically outright state that any fans who "only had white blood cells" weren't proper fans, proceeding to go on and talk about how he disliked people who were like "This is my band! this is my band!" when they played their first hundred people. Thats just bull****, telling your fans that unless they got in on the ground floor they weren't worth it.
As for the 3 album thing, here's the deal with that. Its money grubbing and creating artifical rarity. Jack white creates an album where to get at some of the content you LITERALLY have to destroy the other half. The print run is 300. That means that if you want a copy of all the music to play, and a copy to keep as a collectors item because its limited edition stuff, you have to buy 3 of the 300 copies of the album that exist, or you'll either never hear what you paid for, or you'll only hear half of it and destroy the collectors value. Or you'll hear the OTHER half of it and be disappointed you can't hear the first half anymore.
Thats exploitative bull****, especially because you and I both know that regardless of "being forced to buy it" or not, Jack White is doing it because he knows he could package his morning dump and his fans are rabid enough to buy it. He doesn't need to force them, they WANT him to **** all over them. And so he kindly obliges and takes a fee from their wallets as he does so.
Also this:
http://bustopherjones.blogspot.co.uk...y-his-new.html
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Halfway through the concert, someone accidentally bounced one of those concert beachball/balloons up onto the edge of the stage. It lodged between two speakers or two lights, right at the edge, several feet from where Jack was playing the grand piano. For about ten seconds, Jack continued to play, then he stood up, yelled, "This is bull****!" and stomped away from the piano. He picked up the balloon, stomped around the stage some more, read "Live 105" on the balloon and announced that he wasn't going to finish the song, that he was taking a five-minute break and that everyone should think about how Live 105 was responsible for that break while driving home from the concert that night. (Of course, Live 105 is the only big Bay Area station that plays The White Stripes). Five minutes later, he came back and announced that "That break was sponsored by Live 105."
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The fun wasn't over until, during the last song, a drunken audience member jumped up on the stage while Jack was singing, "There's No Home for You Here" (I might be getting the song title wrong), ran up to the microphone and sang into it, "There's no home for you here, Jack!" Before the black and red roadie could get the guy off stage, he jumped back into the audience. The audience members held their collective breaths after witnessing Jack's reaction to the balloon on stage. First, Jack told everyone to be "very very quiet" then to stare at the man in the audience. Then he began speaking in a sarcastic baby voice and said, "Now are you getting the attention you wanted? Did Mommy and Daddy drop you off at the rock concert tonight?" then turned to the audience and said, "Don't worry, he'll get his come uppance. He'll be doing coke and beer after the concert." He then shouted, "Do you want me to finish the concert?" to which the audience (except me) shouted, "Yeah!" and Jack responded, "Well, I'm not gonna!" But, after a moment's reflection, Jack decided he couldn't let audience man have the last laugh and announced he would sing one last song (oh thank you kind concert master!).
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And this:
Jack White is a Hypocrite and an Idiot « Lost Turntable
The guy is an *******. I don't give a **** how good or bad his music is or isn't, he's a douchebag.