- Music
- 18 Sep 14
"This is becoming a Kanye-esque rant," the Detroit rocker declared on stage.
Boston's Fenway Park got an earful last night from Jack White, and we're not talking music.
Making full use of the 'between song banter' space at one point during the show, he decided to mock the Foo Fighters, alleging that they have "a second guitar player play the same guitar parts in case [they] make a mistake."
The former White Stripes man then turned his attention and ire to [link]rollingstone.com[/link], saying:
"RollingStone.com, brought to you by the Kardashian Family! Fifteen outfits that will blow your mind that Taylor Swift wore this month. Ten reasons why Rolling Stone.com didn't cover the Newport Folk Festival for 15 years straight. Twelve reasons Rolling Stone won’t put a black-and-white cover on their magazine – unless you're dead!
"Did you know Jann Wenner also owns Us Weekly, the tabloid capital of magazines? Jann Wenner, keeping paparazzi alive for more than 20 years!"
White then reined himself in, comparing himself to professional on-stage mouther-offer Kanye West and offering a few parting shots before wryly quoting This Is Spinal Tap.
"Okay, I'm officially supposed to stop now, because this is becoming a Kanye-esque rant. Because apparently nowadays, you aren't allowed to speak to your own fans about anything lest it be a rant.
"So forget ISIS, forget the war in the Middle East, forget any problems at home, forget gay marriage, forget everything you ever thought about everything. This not a rant. This is just me saying, Hello Cleveland!"
We can only approve wholeheartedly.
Here's the audio...