Jack White's hatred of Jack Black was a joke gone wrong | The Raconteurs filmed in Brooklyn yesterday

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Jack White's hatred of Jack Black was a joke gone wrong | The Raconteurs filmed in Brooklyn yesterday

Anthony wrote in with this story of Brooklyn, the Raconteurs, and the VMAs...

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Went to the Raconteurs video taping for "Level," yesterday in an abandoned warehouse in Greenpoint (on West St and Noble St). Got the call to attend because I entered their VMA ticket giveaway on their website, and since I live in the area I guess they needed audience members. There was a very small audience, maybe 45 people max,which seemed to be made up of mostly v2 workers, but some other fans as well. We were brought into this very much abandoned warehouse and were seated in a circle around the band, sitting on palettes, bundles of cardboard, all around the band.

Wasn't sure what to expect, since when I think music video tapings I think people pretending to play music, since they usually loop over the album cut, however this was not the case. It was a live performance video, they performed "Level" the most, obviously, slowly getting each take better and better. But they would also play other songs in between takes for the audience. When Jack broke his guitar string and we were waiting for it be fixed, they went into a impromptu version of "Big Wheels Keep on Turnin," also when waiting for the cameras they were playing around and ended up going into a Raconteurs version of "Misirlou" from Pulp Fiction. They also played 5x5, Blue Veins, Intimate Secretary, and they closed the afternoon with an amazing version of Broken Boy Soldiers.

It was an amazing afternoon, and the band was super cool to everyone there, talking to everyone in between takes. Jack showed us his customized guitar which is made of Copper, and was letting us hold it and comparing the weight to Brendan's wooden guitar. They also talked about the VMAs, and mentioned the bombed joke of Jack Black and Jack White forming a band, which I found interesting. Apparently they talked about it before hand and White's non-response to Black's suggestion of forming the band was supposed to be the punchline, but White commented that, but when he watched it on TV later on, he thought he just looked pissed off and was an asshole, and everyone started asking him why he hated Jack Black, his mom even asked him why he hated Black. He said he just cant shake the misconception that he doesn't have a sense of humor. White ended everything by walking around to everyone in the crowd and shaking every one's hand and thanked them for coming.

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Posted on September 7, 2006 11:44 AM

Comments (26)

"Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'"?!? You mean the theme song from the commercial for the kids' plastic bike Big Wheel? I bet you mean "Proud Mary" by Creedance Clearwater Revival.

Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 11:58 AM

I thought that was a Tina Turner song :(

Posted by Cameron | September 7, 2006 12:02 PM

Nope, Turner covered the Creedence song (badly).

Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 12:22 PM

Nope, Turner covered the Creedence song (badly). Misirlou isn't originally from Pulp Fiction either.

Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 12:25 PM

They also did a little of "Portland Oregon", they kept on kicking around the "Life In The Fast Lane" riff as a joke, and I believe a Doobie Bros. riff as well. Very friendly, funny guys.

Posted by Pete | September 7, 2006 12:26 PM

this just shows how good max weinberg is at the funny silent stare.

Posted by nick | September 7, 2006 1:10 PM

Is there a video of the Jack white/black vma skit? Youtube says no.

Posted by Anonymous | September 7, 2006 2:22 PM

We've never had a theme song for Big Wheel, nor did our predecessor Louis Marx and Company. The only Big Wheel with a theme song is that of "The Price is Right," not sure of the name.

Posted by Empire Toys | September 7, 2006 2:24 PM

dude. tina turner covered it badly? are you fucking kidding? the whole lead in about doing it nice and rough? the implication of so much shimmying in glittery fringed dresses?! sweat glistening on trembling brown cleavage?!? ike's nasty ass shuffle over that deepdown moonlight doowop and the victory horns of the mf messiah cavalry?!?!? were you just born? do you feel? smile? fuck? for christ's sake! RIVVVVA DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO!

p.s. do you cum blood?

Posted by diogenes | September 7, 2006 5:27 PM

umm, what diogenes said. x 1000. There's more rock and soul in a pinky-fingernail-sized shred of tina's feces than in 95% of the stuff being cobbled-together, hyped & unit-shifted today.

Posted by cw | September 7, 2006 5:35 PM

The Raconteurs are doing more video filming in Central Park right now. They were filming around 79th and Park Drive.

Posted by Jim | September 7, 2006 6:13 PM

Park Drive West

Posted by Jim | September 7, 2006 6:39 PM

"Jack showed us his customized guitar which is made of Copper, and was letting us hold it"
"White ended everything by walking around to everyone in the crowd and shaking every one's hand and thanked them for coming."
-two very un-Jack like things to do. I don't want to doubt this entire story but that right there is reason to do so. But I'll believe it.

Posted by Eric K | September 7, 2006 8:20 PM

Eric, believe it. I was there as well. Actually, I think I spoke with Anthony for a moment when we (the audience members) first started to arrive. It was a truly amazing experience. Jack was hilarious, the band was INCREDIBLE, and the atmosphere was unreal.

Posted by Patrick Southern | September 7, 2006 9:07 PM

don't listen to Eric
he's pissed cuz Jack made him wear a wristband
and he thinks Jack is a prick because of it
Eric is the prick
he doesn't know Jack at all

Posted by Doogie Howser | September 7, 2006 9:38 PM

I was there as well. It was absolutely incredible - I never realized what an amazing guitar player Jack is. I am officially obsessed.

Posted by Caitlin | September 7, 2006 9:40 PM

What makes this Eric fella' think he knows Jack so well?

Posted by Lacy | September 7, 2006 9:53 PM

i can't believe i couldn't go. my husband got invited to the shoot but we live 2 hours north of the city and my grandparents were here all the way from switzerland. still wish i could have gone. i thought maybe the band wouldn't even be there. shows me....that's some bad timing. grrrr!

Posted by sarah-maria | September 7, 2006 11:50 PM

A couple of my pics of the set:

http://flickr.com/photos/anthropoid/

Posted by Caitlin | September 8, 2006 12:38 AM

Yes, you can see the Jack Black/Jack White skit on mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=features#/overdrive/?name=features. Click on VMAs under Channels and go to the Jawdroppers section, and it's at the start of the Britney and K-Fed one.

Posted by Jonathan | September 8, 2006 2:35 PM

Thank yous to those who pointed out that Tina's version BLOWS the original away. Ike-era Tina was on FIRE. That cover is legendary.

Posted by Anonymous | September 8, 2006 10:54 PM

Im a douch bag and have nothing better to do than type nothing. that noone will read.

Posted by Anonymous | September 15, 2006 2:12 AM

Yeah, the Joke does make Jack White look a bit pissy at Jack Black. I would have adored being at the Level thingy!!!!

Posted by Bob | April 28, 2007 7:26 AM

you lucky bastard! i would die in your position. or atleast pass out if jack said anything to me. cool story!

Posted by danny | July 6, 2007 2:55 PM

I am best friends with Jack Black and he told me all about this video shoot and the story is 100% real and he also is of the opinion that the IRS and DEA should be dissolved and supports Ronald Paul for President and will walk under a ladder but is disturbed by black cats crossing his path.

Posted by Charley Gray | April 20, 2008 8:18 PM

you can say that again.

Posted by AVI to DVD | May 21, 2009 3:09 AM