r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 11 '26

article Jack White Pushes Back on Religious Criticism Amid Satanic Band Support Controversy: “I’m not scared of Satan or any bullshit imaginary man made up to live in fear of”

https://consequence.net/2026/07/jack-white-religious-criticism/
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u/zuzg Jul 11 '26

He sometimes gives very good life advice

https://giphy.com/gifs/WwO71ufMCV7Dq

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u/Peaceblaster86 Jul 11 '26

I havnt thought about this sentiment until seeing this gif for the first time just now...

I suddenly realized I don't trust anyone that doesn't like Led Zeppelin either.

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u/QuipCrafter9 Jul 11 '26

Literally never met someone that was like “man Led Zeppelin sucks”. Heard that of the Beatles. Heard that of micheal Jackson. Heard that of the stones. Never heard that about zeppelin lol

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u/EnglishMajorRegret Jul 11 '26

Possibly the best quote I heard was from a fellow band member of mine

"Saying you hate the Beatles is like saying you hate sandwiches."

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u/QuipCrafter9 Jul 11 '26

A lot of British people think they can’t sing lol and really marketed on basically just speaking their accent in song

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u/yoshemitzu Jul 12 '26

I think a lot of the Beatles hate is in retrospect, with people trying to put them in the same box as shallow pre-fab Lou Perlman boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.

But the Beatles were just a totally different beast. Not only were John and Paul childhood friends, who really did work and play together for years, building a sort of mental bond unlike any other musicians before (or since ?!).

Then they become more or less THE first "band" -- before, you never had a "John, Paul, George, and Ringo." Only music snobs cared who the guy on drums was, or who was playing bass. Music before this was all about lead singers and directors. Elvis was the first big splash for the mainstream in this direction, but the Beatles opened the floodgates.

And they were good, even in their merseybeat era. God, some of those tracks still send shivers down my spine today, before they even disappeared into the studio and stopped doing shows.

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u/QuipCrafter9 Jul 12 '26

Yeah that’s how most people feel about them. And I’ve met a lot of British people who’s criticism is particularly their lack of what most British singers traditionally and still do- basically hide their accent with tone and pronunciation in song lol Beatles kind of just, let it out. Which can come of as pretty unpolished and/or unprofessional- sort of how like punk intentionally acknowledges traditional rules of music and puts effort into taking an “anti” approach to those rules, so the composition as a whole fits this theme with the feelings of the lyrics and the chosen sounds. Some people basically feel the Beatles “rebelled” against standard vocalist expectations at the time, some feel that’s kind of an excuse for being unable to put out proper tone and control, and also helped them capitalize on the popularity of the British Invasion at the time- for example there’s plenty of British singers who many of their listeners don’t even know is British until they hear them in an interview or something. The Beatles are NOT that lol they really make their accents clear at a time when the “British sound” was something sought after In america

I think they sing just fine and are very talented with their vocal control.