Jack White disses Lady Gaga?

2012-12-05 by iGuter | 120 Comments
This morning, solo rocker Jack White made a very potent comment while being interviewed by Esquire directed at Lady Gaga. His quote states:

"I don't think she [Lady Gaga] lives it because it's all artifice. It's all image with no meaning behind it. You can't sink your teeth into it. It's a sound bite. It's very of this age, because that's what people want."

White then posted a response to his recent interview about the comment on Third Man Records website. "I never said anything about her music, or questioned the authenticity of her songs in any way."

Read the entire note on Pitchfork:

http://pitchfork.com/news/48835-jack-white-clarifies-lady-gaga-diss/

Tagged: Jack White

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Iamthe Nightstars
December 6th 2012
3001 Comments


oooo drama

TMobotron
December 6th 2012
7253 Comments


draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thane
December 6th 2012
2291 Comments


stop the presses holy shit boy

KSK1
December 6th 2012
4118 Comments


Was expecting an andcas article

Sapient.
December 6th 2012
1109 Comments


oh no he didn't, shit just got official

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


what a piece of shit, I'll take gaga over white any day

tragic.details
December 6th 2012
684 Comments


lol?

Funeralopolis
December 6th 2012
14586 Comments


where's my article?

MO
December 6th 2012
24265 Comments


well he's sort of right

Cygnatti
December 6th 2012
36434 Comments


her > gaga but whatever

I don't see what the big deal, artists can't have opinions these days huh?

AtomicWaste
Moderator
December 6th 2012
2929 Comments


That sounds about right.

ThroneOfAgony
December 6th 2012
3485 Comments


lol good she sucks dicks


wabbit
December 6th 2012
7059 Comments


fuck you

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


yo eric you suck

tommygun
December 6th 2012
27148 Comments


white sux hard

gaga sux even worse

#teamjack

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


fat winnie the pooh fits you nicely these days old man klapper

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


kids these days

TomAkaVeto
December 6th 2012
1963 Comments


He's not just "sort of right". He's spot on. Lady Gaga is a product designed to sell to consumers. Everything about her is superficial. Maybe not her personally, but she, as a celebrity, is just made up to sell in today's market.

ChopSuey
December 6th 2012
2512 Comments


he's right, but this applies for most mainstream artist too

chupacabraisreal
December 6th 2012
232 Comments


I'm not really a Lady Gaga fan, but I do know that she is a legitimate artist and her entire persona/image probably isn't just a way to get paid. Just because someone is rich and famous doesn't mean that their art is invalid.

NightmareCinema16
December 6th 2012
2016 Comments


Mainstream. What IS the true definition of mainstream? It doesn't seem to apply very well.

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


Jack White: original, creative, rock 'n roll, anti-establishment.

pizzamachine
December 6th 2012
28292 Comments


OH SNAP SON

Sapient.
December 6th 2012
1109 Comments


Gaga is nowhere near as bad as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj, if we're gonna diss female pop stars of today, go for the really shitty ones

Project
December 6th 2012
5965 Comments


things that don't matter, part 807

Kosko
December 6th 2012
155 Comments


That is the way Jack White feels about all music, not only Lady Gaga's. He actually feels this way about his own music. Nothing is deep enough for Jack White.

Sapient.
December 6th 2012
1109 Comments


so deep, so trve

demigod!
December 6th 2012
49668 Comments


hahaha awesome, I agree 100%. Lady Gaga is a plague.

Cygnatti
December 6th 2012
36434 Comments


it's like you can't get away with not liking a mega pop star these days

Winrar
December 6th 2012
1721 Comments


shit artist disses another shit artist.

okay.

Cygnatti
December 6th 2012
36434 Comments


you forgot about the part where 'drama ensues'

CutMan
December 6th 2012
1926 Comments


I scrolled through the comments so I could judge everyone who defended Gaga. I'm pleased to see very little of that.

peaks40
December 6th 2012
2829 Comments


we got beef

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


I scrolled through the comments so I could judge everyone who defended Gaga. I'm pleased to see very little of that.


She's no Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, or Trapt that's for sure.

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


eric honestly i would argue that jack white is the only modern "rock star" left in the original sense of the term

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


really? I can't stand the guy... I think he's undeservedly presumptuous and I find his music trite and unoriginal, boring... he's the last person in my eyes that should be lambasting people based on "image" and "no meaning." Like this is exactly what I imagine his [bigger than you'd think] group of diehard fans with their denim jackets absolutely latch onto then go back to spewing idiotic comments on YouTube.
but hey, you know... bitter... caring too much... etc.

Gwyn.
December 6th 2012
17270 Comments


"I don't think she [Lady Gaga] lives it because it's all artifice. It's all image with no meaning behind it. You can't sink your teeth into it. It's a sound bite. It's very of this age, because that's what people want."


"I never said anything about her music, or questioned the authenticity of her songs in any way."


Is this guy fucking for real

Cygnatti
December 6th 2012
36434 Comments


"Is this guy fucking for real"

Yeah I thought that was really dumb. I was like "but you just said...nvm"

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


whether he fits the ideal of a rock star has nothing to do with whether i like him or not eric

conesmoke
December 6th 2012
7875 Comments


fuck jack white. Shittest cunt

conesmoke
December 6th 2012
7875 Comments


same goes with gaga. she's probs worse actually/

Puzzles
December 6th 2012
3065 Comments


BACK IN MY DAY

MiniatureHorse
December 6th 2012
908 Comments


I misread Jack White 'DISHES' Gaga. I swear I imagined him serving her on a plate. Dreams never come true.

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


whether he fits the ideal of a rock star has nothing to do with whether i like him or not eric


oh don't get me wrong I definitely wasn't calling you one of those dumb fans and I could definitely see how you're right about calling him a "rock star" it just seemed like that label had a positive connotation and that annoyed me so I replied with my complaint about Jack
mmmm run-on sentences

TMobotron
December 6th 2012
7253 Comments


I just don't think SHE is the person to attack necessarily. I think she started out reasonably genuine but her image has become more and more contrived (although it still kind of works in a way), and so has her music (to a slightly lesser extent), but there are still artists out there who are just as popular as she is, releasing stuff that's way less genuine and more filled with complete bullshit. Nicki Minaj is an obvious example.

I actually think the mindset that "Lady Gaga is a product designed to sell to consumers. Everything about her is superficial." is almost entirely wrong, because I think her first album is actually a genuine attempt at being good, simple, fun pop music. I personally liked it a lot. Her latest album might be straying from that a bit, but I think it's crazy to act like her whole moment in the spotlight exists only because she's some "product" that's been designed in any way.

MiniatureHorse
December 6th 2012
908 Comments


All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

jizzatboz666
December 6th 2012
33 Comments


I totally fuckin love jack white, but he actually does this quite a bit. Why name drop?? mother fucker is almost 40 too with eye liner and shit, come on bro. Very hipster sometimes.

jizzatboz666
December 6th 2012
33 Comments


I did hear that lady gaga was really danny tamberelli in drag, i think im kinda ok with that.

conesmoke
December 6th 2012
7875 Comments


oh please TMobotron... If you don't see that Gaga is a money making puppet then you're a damn fool.

AStableReference
December 6th 2012
2202 Comments


Sputnik, your source for celebrity gossip.


He was pretty much right though, regardless of how he backpedaled later.

Recspecs
December 6th 2012
9911 Comments


Thought this was an andcas article.

Project
December 6th 2012
5965 Comments


things is, if you've ever heard Gaga before she became Gaga...there's no question that she has talent. Seriously.

too bad she's caught up in the "image-as-moneymaker" trap.

AStableReference
December 6th 2012
2202 Comments


This was never about whether she had any actual talent or musical ability.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
29820 Comments


both suck

Cygnatti
December 6th 2012
36434 Comments


"Thought this was an andcas article."

everybody did

zaruyache
December 6th 2012
28704 Comments


She is getting pretty annoying. I'm a super pro-gay vegetarian hippy, and, while I think her message
of equality is good, her presentation is already boring. I wish she'd go back to her 'Bad Romance'
days when she was just like a less creepy pop version of Marilyn Manson.

Recspecs
December 6th 2012
9911 Comments


Fucking lol

savagecabbage
December 6th 2012
2105 Comments


was hoping for something better than this

IAMERROR
December 6th 2012
331 Comments


All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

LIVE, IN A SECRET
LIVE, IN A LIE

someguest
December 6th 2012
30522 Comments


I'm waiting for Meg to come out and diss programmed drums.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2012
31889 Comments


Read the entire note on Pitchfork


no thanks, im ok.

TMobotron
December 6th 2012
7253 Comments


"oh please TMobotron... If you don't see that Gaga is a money making puppet then you're a damn fool."

I think I sort of concede to that idea in my post. I think she started out as a fun pop star but has been turned into something much less genuine. My point is that even at this point she's much more talented than plenty of other people doing the same kind of thing, so I don't get why she should be targeted.

Aids
December 6th 2012
25030 Comments


jack white hit the nail on the head with that quote. I don't fault Lady Gaga for being a successful capitalist - she's very outspoken with what she wants out of the music industry, but his quote is still perfect (as it doesn't attack her, but the public's reaction to her music). It's nice to hear Jack White say that, cause he's so right and cause thousands of people listen to him, but yeah it's nothing personal against Gaga; it's more a statement on the current state of popular music and its brainless fans.

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


yeah okay Jack White's right about her but Gaga really embraces that superficiality pop-ness while Jack White thinks he's some Outsider when actually he's incredibly artificial and produced as well... I'm much more in favor of the former (those that embrace it) than the latter (those that pretend they're above it)

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


aids was that some subtle sarcasm i detect. i don't get how jack white is so artificial honestly. obviously he projects a
certain image that he carefully maintains but i wouldn't say he's very inauthentic in what he does

demigod!
December 6th 2012
49668 Comments


seriously, what andcas said. This is the first time i've heard anything about Lady Gaga in ages. Then again I try and avoid most forms of mainstream media like a plauge /hipster

mifzal
December 6th 2012
3459 Comments


well gaga could give me a bj!

AStableReference
December 6th 2012
2202 Comments


Her gimmick is old and tired. The media has moved on to Nicki Minaj.

Aids
December 6th 2012
25030 Comments


what? i wasn't saying jack white is artificial at all....

also, eric, Jack White "thinks he some outsider"? he does? I dont know man, he seems pretty down-to-earth to me. Pretty sure he knows that he's a pop/rock megastar and is ok with that.

klap I think either you've misread my post or I'm currently misreading yours because I am confused. are you saying Jack White is authentic or a phony?

SeaAnemone
December 6th 2012
21427 Comments


I also have a bias towards gaga because she owns a house a few miles away from me in my little podunk town... I've never seen her but my friends have served her food and stuff before and seen her out at local bars which is prty cool.

klap
Emeritus
December 6th 2012
12410 Comments


yeah my white hood goes pretty well w my white stripes t-shirt

blastOFFitsPARTYtime
December 6th 2012
1976 Comments


Lesbionest - he's allowed to.

Badabanda
December 6th 2012
90 Comments


Hey, he's actually right. He technically, didn't say anything about her music or it's substance when he said that.

ShadowRemains
December 6th 2012
28791 Comments


oh no he didannttttt

*snaps fingers in a z formation*

AmericnZero02
December 6th 2012
3966 Comments


Very well put Jack.

nnnope
December 6th 2012
418 Comments


i think jack white is an idiot but i also think lady gaga is an idiot so i dont know how i feel about this

iGuter
December 6th 2012
459 Comments


I'm extremely high and that perfume commercial was really working or me.

henryChinaski
December 6th 2012
5197 Comments


He's right. Also, fuck Lady Gaga. That is all.

demigod!
December 6th 2012
49668 Comments


it's completely true and Lady Gaga is trash

JohnnyoftheWell
December 6th 2012
64287 Comments


That bitch needs to stfu and stop having a go at real men

henryChinaski
December 6th 2012
5197 Comments


"[...] but Lady Gaga is still way better than him, just saying."

How so?

Emim
December 6th 2012
38949 Comments


She's no Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, or Trapt that's for sure.


yeah let's include coheed, devy and deftones with trapt

SharkEthic
December 6th 2012
585 Comments


he's right though

SCREAMorphine
December 6th 2012
1849 Comments


^ Exactly..

Lady Gaga is only relevant because she is shoved in our faces at every opportunity.

Damus
December 6th 2012
594 Comments


Jack is right. You all fucking suck.

henryChinaski
December 6th 2012
5197 Comments


Nah Lady Gaga does.

BillTheButcher
December 6th 2012
289 Comments


He's right, but i wouldn't call it a diss, more of an observation.

EyeForAnEye
December 6th 2012
1753 Comments


It isn't fucking 2009.

HomerPimpson
December 6th 2012
261 Comments


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
thisthisthis

lady gaga made a really shitty forgettable album and got fat and then tried to tell people being fat
is sexy now or something, she's pretty much done for awhile

anarchistfish
December 6th 2012
30588 Comments


Was expecting an andcas article
[2]

Spluger
December 6th 2012
1972 Comments


yall know lady gagas diss track gon go hard

Damon
December 6th 2012
257 Comments


he hit the nail on the head

omnipanzer
December 6th 2012
21827 Comments


"jack White stopped being relevant like 4 years ago"

You're insane, His third man records is doing all kinds of great shit right now.

Aids
December 6th 2012
25030 Comments


Jack White rules so much ass I will fight anyone who disagrees

omnipanzer
December 6th 2012
21827 Comments


And Blunderbuss from this year is a great album imho.

BSX
December 6th 2012
1650 Comments


bitch swerve

omnipanzer
December 6th 2012
21827 Comments


After reading the clarification I really think he was saying "I doubt she goes home and cooks in her wig and undies".

JosiahTheAxeman
December 7th 2012
25 Comments


Why do people make judgmental statements and then take their words back? It's just like that guy from 2 And A Half Men the other day complaining about how bad the show is and then retreating from his original statement. (I've never seen the show but I hear it does suck) Dude, just speak your mind. Lady Gaga does suck. Not that Jack White is that great either...

ShadowRemains
December 7th 2012
28791 Comments


complaining like a bitch does nothing

Acrosstheshield13
December 7th 2012
797 Comments


Jack White is right...Gaga is total fucking trash.

CutMan
December 7th 2012
1926 Comments


@SeaAnemone
I see you are capable of reading about which bands I rate. That's nice. But you might want to make some kind of point when you do.

Whether or not you think the music I like sucks has nothing to do with the integrity of Lady Gaga. And you may notice that I've rated her, as well, and if I recall, I didn't rate her negatively. She's skilled, and she has ability underneath it all, she's better than a lot of pop, but that doesn't make her the creative force people act like she is.

CrazyFool84
December 7th 2012
1083 Comments


Well this is breaking news.

While I agree with the whole product thing for the most of part of Gaga, I've always seen stuff like the White Stripes a little producty in the rock vein as well. I don't see what makes him so much more true to be honest.

eleventhsun
December 7th 2012
1475 Comments


Jack White is actually a pretty fantastic musician and the guy has a pretty deep love for instruments and music in general.

Id take him over Gaga any day.

aresx
December 8th 2012
339 Comments


Too bad both are really not that talented.

eleventhsun
December 8th 2012
1475 Comments


I disagree. I'm not a huge fan of his bands but denying the guy his talent is sort of ignorant.

I also earned a lot more respect for him when I saw how well he got along with Jimmy Page in It might get loud. Check it out if you haven't.

Wolfhorde
December 8th 2012
15387 Comments


Don't care about either of them but he's kinda right, also what my nig Aids said.



eleventhsun
December 8th 2012
1475 Comments


I'm with Aids all the way. I love music and appreciate others who do as well. Anyone who saw Jack White make that guitar at the beginning of the movie can't deny he's pretty boss.

AStableReference
December 8th 2012
2202 Comments


Why are people still commenting on this? (I say while commenting myself)

Wolfhorde
December 8th 2012
15387 Comments


It's three days old, genius.

AStableReference
December 8th 2012
2202 Comments


And everything that could be said has already been said.

This isn't really news worthy, either. Musicians have opinions, and making them news is getting in to the realm of celebrity gossip.

Ethics
December 8th 2012
4112 Comments


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Wolfhorde
December 8th 2012
15387 Comments


Oh, thanks authority on what should be news and what shouldn't. How about you volunteer for censorship mod?

Ethics
December 8th 2012
4112 Comments


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95% of people will not post this..... and they will become skeleton.....


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AStableReference
December 8th 2012
2202 Comments


A secret to success, create a fanclub with a catchy name and make them feel like they are a part of something bigger.

digimental101
December 9th 2012
86 Comments


Both artists are great. Born This Way was one of my favorite pop albums of last year (the Special Edition is more cohesive than the regular one), and I've always been a fan of Jack. Yes, Jack is better, but they're both pushing boundaries in their respective genres. I really don't get the backlash toward BTW, everyone else says "she hit her peak with The Fame/The Fame Monster", that's bullshit, BTW is way more interesting and more musically complex. The Fame is good, but some of its songs are pretty trite ("Bad Romance" is overplayed as fuck, give me "Judas" over that any day of the week).

DotEight
December 9th 2012
5704 Comments


So basically all he said is that she is fake, and people are having raging tantrums.

AStableReference
December 9th 2012
2202 Comments


they're both pushing boundaries in their respective genres


No.

WeepingBanana
December 9th 2012
11396 Comments


so the pop star that makes money off the lgbt community got dissed by the pop star that makes money from teenagers who were born in the wrong generation, man community

VermicideReloadead
December 12th 2012
1432 Comments


Jack white, you are my hero lil bastard, is time to listen elephant and white blood cells bitches, gaga is an attention whore, a hooker for scumbags with zero intellectual and emotional depth

VermicideReloadead
December 12th 2012
1432 Comments


Jack white, you are my hero lil bastard, is time to listen elephant and white blood cells bitches, gaga is an attention whore, a hooker for scumbags with zero intellectual and emotional depth



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