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ジャック・ホワイト、イーロン・マスクとトランプを痛烈に批判「オレンジ色のクソゴリラ」 | Rolling Stone Japan(ローリングストーン ジャパン）
絶賛来日ツアー中のジャック・ホワイト。彼は先月ボストンでのコンサートで、とある楽曲の歌詞を変更。そのパフォーマンス動画が、ここにきて大きな話題を集めている。【動画を見る】話題の「痛烈批判」パフォーマンス動画
ジャック・ホワイトは先月、『No Name』ツアーの北米第一弾をボストンで締めくくり、最終公演で「Corporation」の特別なパフォーマンスを披露した。『Boarding House Reach』収録の辛辣な楽曲は、それまでこのツアーでは一度しか演奏されていなかった。もともとの歌詞は野放しのアメリカ資本主義への痛烈な批判（「空き地を全部買い占めて一つの大きな農場を作るつもりだ／誰か賛同する？」）だったが、ジャックはボストンでさらに歌詞を先鋭化させ、ドナルド・トランプとイーロン・マスクを標的とした新しい歌詞を導入した。
Consequence of Soundによると、このパフォーマンスは2月18日に行われたものの、新バージョンの「Corporation」の映像が広まり始めたのはつい最近のことだという。「オリガルヒ（寡頭制的支配者）になろうと考えているんだ、誰か賛同する？」という歌詞の後、ホワイトはマスクの連邦政府への依存と、現在の政府破壊の試みを題材にした歌詞を展開した。
「政府の補助金をもらって自分の電気自動車会社を始めようと思うんだ。誰か賛同する？ 選挙に出馬したこともない。公職に就いたこともない。兵役に一日も就いたこともない。でも何故かアメリカ政府の一部を支配する権限を持っている。誰か賛同する？」
そして、まるで自分の主張をより明確にするかのように、ジャックはこう付け加えた。「最高裁や議会による適切な審査も受けずに、ただやりたい放題やってる。なぜって、これまで手がけた事業を全部失敗してきた、膨れ上がった間抜けなオレンジ色のクソゴリラが、ゴルフカートの相棒に選びたがってるからさ！」
ホワイトは、これまでもトランプを批判する機会を逃さなかった。昨秋には、ホワイト・ストライプスの「Seven Nation Army」を無断使用した動画について大統領選挙陣営を提訴したが、トランプが2024年の選挙で勝利した後、訴訟は自主的に取り下げられた。
ホワイトは3月17日までジャパンツアーを実施中。その後、最新アルバム『No Name』を引っ提げて北米ツアーを開始する。このツアーは4月3日にセントルイスで始まり、5月24日にオレゴン州トラウトデールで終了する。
From Rolling Stone US.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-white-trump-elon-musk-live-corporation-1235293724/
Jack White Blasts Elon Musk, 'Orange F–king Gorilla' Trump in Live Version of 'Corporation'
Jack White wrapped up the first North American leg of his No Name tour in Boston last month, and his final show featured a special performance of "Corporation," the bitting Boarding House Reach track he'd only performed once before during the trek. While the song already reads like a bitter rebuke of unfettered American capitalism ("I'm gonna buy up all the empty lots and make one giant farm/Who's with me?"), White made the song's message even more pointed in Boston, introducing new lyrics all about Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
While the performance happened back on Feb. 18, as Consequence of Sound notes, video of this new version of "Corporation" has only just started to spread online. After the line, "I was thinking about becoming an oligarch, who's with me?" White launched into a verse very much inspired by Musk, his previous reliance on the federal government, and his current efforts to gut it.
"I was thinking about taking government subsidies and starting my own electric car company. Who's with me? I'm thinking about not being elected. Never holding a public office. Never serving one day of military service. But somehow having the authority to control parts of the U.S. Government. Who's with me?"
As if his point wasn't clear enough, White then added, "I'm thinking about not being properly vetted by the Supreme Court or Congress, just doing whatever the hell I want because some fucking bloated asshole orange fucking gorilla who's failed at every business he's ever ran wants me to be his golf cart partner!"
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White, of course, has never shirked a chance to rip into Trump over the years. Last fall, he even sued the president's campaign over a video that featured the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army," though the suit was voluntarily dropped after Trump won the 2024 election.
White has a few shows scheduled in Japan this month, after which he'll kick off another North American tour in support of his latest album, No Name. That run starts April 3 in St. Louis and wraps May 24 in Troutdale, Oregon.
Jack White Takes Aim At Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Live Performance of 'Corporation'
Jack White performs at Clockenflap 2024 on Dec 1, 2024. @davidjamesswansonnormal
Jack White has once again turned his focus to U.S. politics, putting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in his sights at a recent performance.
White is currently in the midst of his global No Name tour, which has seen him perform a number of concerts in areas as diverse as central America, Asia and Oceania in recent months. As Consequence of Sound points out, Feb. 18 saw White wrapping up a brief run of gigs in Canada and the northeastern U.S., closing out the dates with two nights at the Roadrunner in Boston.
During his main set, White shared a rendition of his 2018 single "Corporation," which originally featured on his third solo album Boarding House Reach, and typically begins with the line "I'm thinking about starting a corporation. Who's with me?"
In the version played in Boston, White switched up the lyrics to offer a sharp-tongued takedown of Musk, leaning on the Tesla CEO's involvement in the current administration after debuting the new line, "I was thinking about becoming an oligarch, who's with me?"
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"I was thinking about taking government subsidies and starting my own electric car company. Who's with me?" White sang. "I'm thinking about not being elected. Never holding a public office. Never serving one day of military service. But somehow having the authority to control parts of the U.S. Government. Who's with me?
"I'm thinking about not being properly vetted by the Supreme Court or Congress, just doing whatever the hell I want because some fucking bloated asshole orange fucking gorilla who's failed at every business he's ever ran wants me to be his golf cart partner!"
This isn't the first time that White has changed his lyrics to reflect his distaste towards Trump. Previously, The White Stripes sold "Icky Trump" shirts during the President's successful 2016 campaign, altering the title to their 2007 song "Icky Thump" in the process. In 2018, White performed the song with new lyrics that specifically called out the President by name.
More recently, White reacted to Trump's 2024 election win by sharing a lengthy social media post in early November to express his disbelief at the state of U.S. politics.
"Americans chose a known, obvious fascist and now America will get whatever this wannabe dictator wants to enact from here on in," he wrote. "It's absolutely dumbfounding that this con man succeeded in pulling the wool over so many Americans eyes not once, but twice."
White has since returned to the road since his February performance, appearing in Europe and the U.K. before his current Japanese leg. However, he's yet to perform "Corporation" again since the Boston show.
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