Carney Of The Black Keys Talks Too Much

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Ohhhh MAN! Turnbull and Ram are gonna be pissed at me for writing this! Patrick Carney of the Black Keys talks waaaaayyyy too much...and all the shit that comes out of his mouth is negative. This is disappointing since they have been riding on a high over the last few years, which if your keeping score, is positive. I held back when he quoted off about not making their new album El Camino available on streaming services, which surely resulted in illegal downloads. But beefing with Nickleback for no apparent reason?

From the Rolling Stone interview when asked about the state of rock and roll:

"Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world… So they became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be shit – therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world. Fuck that! Rock & roll is the music I feel the most passionately about, and I don't like to see it fucking ruined and spoon-fed down our throats in this watered-down, post-grunge crap, horrendous shit. When people start lumping us into that kind of shit, it's like, 'Fuck you,' honestly."

Fuck You, Carney. Instead of bitching about other artist's work, promote your own music and cats that you consider "rock & roll". Is he being quotatious to get more people onto his shit? I would say yes. If this is the Black Keys M.O., I'm out. I'm not stating that he doesn't have a right to an opinion, but hating on another artist is lame (click here and read #2). To set the record straight, I'm not in the "Nickleback defense business" since I'm not a fan. I did enjoy their earlier work (basically anything before Silver Side Up) and I have mad respect for them. They are extremely successful while expanding their fan base with each release. Jealousy is love and hate at the same time. Hate on hater.

You see, I can hang with a dude like Kanye West because craziness comes out of his mouth with purpose. All of his awesome public meltdowns were in defense of things he believes in. Beyonce's Single Ladies, the victims of Katrina. He doesn't spit negativity about anyone and everyone says HE has an attitude problem.

Since the mood of this post is somewhat negative, I'll pour it on a bit more. Mr. Carney, you claim to be a "rock and roll" purist, but you're a sellout. Hope you're enjoying your car commercial money while you keep it real. This guy is pissing me off so much! Carney also called Rush "annoying" in an interview with Pitchfork which is nuts. I know Getty Lee's voice can get under your skin at times, but this band's influence and popularity are far reaching. So this dude either really hates Canadian bands or is an asshole. I'll pick the latter. Or can I pick both?

-Paqman