The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Was Rude About Lady Gaga’s “Perfect Illusion,” Which Is a Fine Song
It was the layered electric guitar lead that really got his blood boiling. “I hate guitars that sound like that. I’m lost because the guitar at the top of it sounds so ******,” Carney said. “It’s like ‘Eye of the Tiger,’ but not even nearly as good as that. It sounds like Hulk Hogan is playing the ****ing guitar.”
It seems like perhaps, at the end of the clip, he begins to realize he’s being kind of an idiot, claiming Gaga’s single is “growing on him.”
But even if one doesn’t really like Gaga’s song, it’s at least a representation of an artist pushing into new realms and working outside of their comfort zone—something the Black Keys have seemed, throughout their career, to be largely disinterested in. (Getting Danger Mouse to make your albums sound cleaner doesn’t count). Later to Turn Blue; persevere, Gaga.
But even if one doesn’t really like Gaga’s song, it’s at least a representation of an artist pushing into new realms and working outside of their comfort zone—something the Black Keys have seemed, throughout their career, to be largely disinterested in
Hey Remixed, luv, haven't seen you in a while in SYG ever since PI came out. You used to live there.
Anyway, they don't have to step out of their box as long as they are good at what they are doing. Trying hard to step out of your box and fail is worse than that, but whatever floats their boat.