![]() It might seem odd for a band that’s been credited with saving rock ‘n’ roll to be obsessing about the end of courtship in America, but it’s not really. ![]() “I mean, people are really into sitting in their living rooms and just saying, ‘Oh, she’s terrible, she shouldn’t go out with that guy.’ It’s really getting pathetic. There was a little Elvis cornpone creeping into his voice. “This whole judgment thing is coming down heavy,” he said. ![]() White said, a look of disbelief flashing across his pale face. “People come on stage to be judged for 10 seconds and get off-‘Yeah, I give your face a nine, I give your body a six. He recalled, with similar indignation, a reality TV show he saw on ABC recently- Are You Hot. “People in other countries make fun of America for that Jerry Springer kind of attitude,” he said. White complained about 14-year-old girls who are tattooed and pierced, who look like “sailors” and talk the “ghetto” jive of hip hop. White stared silently at her partner, Mr. ![]() I was coming to terms with a lot of it being very uncool nowadays, or very dead.”Īs Ms. They revolve around this sweetheart or gentleman notion. “It seemed to keep coming up lyrically when I was writing the songs for this record. White was explaining why he had dedicated the Stripes’ much anticipated fourth album, Elephant, “to the death of the sweetheart,” as he put it. ![]()
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