Jack Black Reveals Why Tenacious D Will Never Be a Serious Band
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Jack Black never once thought Tenacious D should be a serious band. That's not to say they don't have a mission. The D is here to mock the serious bands.
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'cheese blast' 'corn sauce' 'clown powder'
My thoughts exactly.
hes a genius
all these drugs and more can be found at your local Tenacious D minimart.
Every time he said one of these words, I broke out laughing. No idea how Sam Jones didn't just lose it.. LOL
I love JB :)
Jack Black has a way of coming up with terms I've never heard before but I know exactly what they mean.
So he is good at expressing himself.
He’s much more articulate than most people give him credit for.
Clown Powder
He's like Shakespeare
"Clown powder"
You can't listen to tenacious d and not acknowledge that they are insanely musically talented. To me tenacious d is a regular band that I would listen to anywhere. I can't hear dude I totally miss you and not think of like 8 of my best buddies.
todd suriano such an amazing sing. One of my faves
This is completely true. I saw them in Chicago just a couple of weeks ago and in terms of musicality and performance they are very much a "serious" band in that regard.
8 best buddies? Big respect.
I shed a single tear from all three of my eyes every time I hear “Fuck Her Gently”
👀 🍆
I can't stop getting sad with baby
Make fun is in fact a serious thing.
Just look at Weird Al. The guy pours so much effort and research into everything he parodies to get every joke and reference right.
TinUser wierd other people think inversely
He who is tired of Wierd Al is tired of life
The Tenacious D movie is rotten.
"Hot blast of cheese" - Jack Black
Twitch I wish he'd give me a hot blast of cheese
when he said that, i thought he meant it was good..lol
Twitch jacks the man
Twitch “melodramatic corn sauce”
Great band/album name
How did the interviewer not burst out laughing as soon as he said, "Clown powder"?
John Smith because hes not 6
sarin royce Man this guys a buzzkill
you get a buzz from reading comments? what are you 6?
Elegant Butterfly - Kid, you need to lighten up
Brace Yourself Lighten up? what are you 6? hurr hurr hurr I'm mature
You got to play to your strengths.. and Jack is a comedic genius, and not in a manufactured stand-up comic way. Funny is in his bones.
"It was just a hot..blast of cheese." lmfao I'm dead
yeah.. that happens to 12 yr olds listening to stupid.
No ur not...
@@skaggulkbergstrom2019 Yes he is, RIP
I need Jack Black's vocabulary xD
Member Berry
member when Jack Black was serious?
Dao Yang nope
Fucking clown powder.
Dao Yang no i really dont
He’s the best at turning a great nonsense phrase that makes immediate sense.
melo dramatic Corn Sauce
Jove Mil Marc my fav genre
"I fucking love this band. They are the best band ever; PERIOD!"
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... TENACIOUS.... DEEEE!
"Since the beginning of time, 'twas written in the stones that a band would come. Well that band has come, and now are here to come again.. In your ear pussies."
this is a serious afirmation or this is just a tribute?
“This uh next band asked me not to read this
But, goddammit, I'm going to read it anyway
Because I wrote it, and it's the truth”
That's not an opinion, that's a fact
2:30 - I can imagine a stoned Eddie being freaked out that that Jack is talking to him through the screen.
"Why aren't you a serious band?"
"Whaddaya mean, like, Pearl Jam?"
The funny thing is, that they have seriousness in their lyrics but clad in a comedic veil.
It's just another approach on how to express it.
What Tenacious D are best at are writing serious songs but in the mindset of over the top ridiculousness. Wonderboy, Beelzebub, Training Medley etc.. are all so good because they’re written from the point of view from someone that’s serious about their craft.
Jack and Kyle put themselves into the headspace of being wizards when writing a song about a great wizard battle - as opposed to thinking ‘what would a wizard do?’ - they become the wizards themselves.
This ^
Thank you, Jack Black, for so many smiles and such laughter into this world. They ask "why are you not a serious band"; we SERIOUSLY need your humor, and your heart is full of laughter. Thank you for sharing
They are a band I love, that makes me smile and has vocal and instrumental talent... I don't really care how other people see their music, I love it and place it about what other people might consider a "serious band."
As a lifelong TD fan, I love their stuff because of the talent, and it's goofiness.
They're unique in what they do, and it's amazing.
I want to see Jack Black being interviewed by Chris Jericho. XD
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WONDERFUL
Honestly, what constitutes a "serious" band? Are comedies at the cinema not "serious" films? Do they not make a statement using stereotypes and contemporary issues in society in a satirical way?
Jack and Kyle are certainly jokesters, but the comedy in their music, the lyrics that seem to be sung "as I go", and the sometimes inane subjects, all add up to an experience that can be compared to having a conversation with a friend, rather than going to see an artistic performance. Yes we hear a lot about sex and dicks and fast food and religion and weed, but guess what, that's the kind of stuff most people think about most of the time.
When you first hear Tenacious D, yeah, it's funny. But you do like the music, and after a while, it's like having a friend tell you a cool story, or watching a comedy that you know by heart, but that still gives you that cozy feeling.
satirical maybe
That's the most pretentious thing I've ever good damn read
I think his meaning is the opposite, it's pretentious to think comedies are not "serious."
Yargk Some aren't.
You think Dumb and Dumber is supposed to be serious? lmao
Well The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage was a really emotional song, they can do serious if they want to and it turns out amazing
I feel like The Metal is a pretty serious song .
Wonderboy, even with a few goofy moments, also has some pretty serious undertones
The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage is beautiful
Wonderboy. Kielbasa. History. The metal. Pod. Fuckn bomb songs
@@juliananthony1226 Very awesome songs but not overly serious lyrics, not that they're bad, just not serious. My kielbasa sausage buttcheeks are warm. lol
Dude I totally miss you is
kinda serious too
I love when talented people do what makes them happy, and they are successful at it, instead of having to conform and be miserable.
"Theres not enough Tinatious Ds"
I think that all the time
Devin Wordell English, it's a wonderful thing
"There's not enough Tenacious Ds"*
@@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode Tinnitus D, that's what you get after standing to close to the stage at a Tenacious D concert.
IMO - the line between parody and "real" music is in intentions, descriptions, marketing, and many aspects of the whole. In the music itself, however, there is no line, it is a gray area that pretty much encompasses all music. I understand what Jack is saying, it's his music, he says it is conceived and presented as comedy, then it is so. But as a musician and a fan of The D. and many other styles and artists, I have to call attention to the fact that parody music is every bit as good as "real" music, for example, Tenacious D., Dewey Cox, Spinal Tap, The Mighty Wind -- all great music...now the other side, Bowie, Boy George (who I just saw Jack perform and awesome version of Hello I Love You with - inc. Robby Krieger), Marilyn Manson, Lady Gaga, Kiss, Elton, Rammstein, Liberace, Prince, (the list is very very long)...these are a very few examples of "real" musicians who's act is so over the top as to completely blur any lines. I guess I'm trying to say that Jack and Kyle's parody (and performance) is so musical, and so many great musician's music (and performance) is so "over the top" that it is not unlike parody, that the line disappears. I'm not going to fix my rambling sentences. I can't form this into coherent thoughts at the moment I guess ;o) - hope someone understands what I'm trying to say ;)
totally
in France we had a band of 3 comedians in the 90's that made comedy (of course ^ç^) but also parody songs ... and damn those songs are still great today! (and back then were even better than the originals (so not to mention tehy're also better than today's shit))
+David Miller
and how is that relevant to the topic? ... wait ... it ain't
so please go spread your dumb hate somewhere else (like on a highway for instance ;))
Rize of the Fenix was a fantastic album.
I don't understand what is serious music, Zappa was serius even when the lirics were hilarious! Humor is an important part of music!
^This - I think Tenacious D is Zappa's spiritual successor more than they are Weird Al's
Tom Waits also has absurd lyrics in a lot of his songs and is considered "serious". I think it's just because Jack Black is a famous comedy actor that people take the band less seriously. If the D was all he did, then they would be a serious band that just liked absurd lyrics.
In a weird way, he's made metal more accessible to a lot of people. Even if it's meant as a joke, homage, or mash up, the songs stand on their own.
I think the sad truth is that Tenacious D could have worked as a "serious" band if Jack and Kyle were this age in like... the 70's.. where this kind of rock music was regularly topping charts. Today's music industry and the kind of music the mainstream, average listener craves is all one of a hundred different variations of pop music, and its been pretty much that way since the 80's. If they wrote "serious" songs they'd have a following, for sure, but I don't think they'd ever top charts like people think or hoped they would... that's sadly not the reality of the music world we live in today... but once you add in that "clown powder" that Jack refers to, suddenly it becomes something more than just an awesome metal inspired cover band, it actually elevates their music, performance, and stage presence, at least in our modern world.
But yeah sure, if Tenacious D was writing and playing hits around the same time as the original greats, they'd have easily been considered gods of rock like Ozzy or Zeppelin, no doubt.
"Dude I totally miss you" is probably the most serious song the D ever wrote. even if Jack wont admit it, I think that one can hit you at the heart, even if it packs a ton of cheese.
Hollywood Jack and Wonderboy too.
Theres darkness behind the D.
Holy shit. Perhaps without acknowledging it, that “because we’re not” is as deep and as motivational as one of those spiritual speeches we all have heard and tried to interpret. That’s awesome, thank you!
Jack Black makes terms up on the fly and i’m here for it.
"There's not enought Tenacious Ds". How right you are Jack.
"not enough tenacious D's" indeed.
Adding clown powder to corn sauce creates magic.
Honestly tenacious D is a serious band to me. They got some true bangers, and Dude I totally miss you is a right masterpiece
Jack Black looks posh af in black and white.
Tenacious D and Steel Panther are all I need
They need to tour together.
The world would be in perfect harmony
Fuck yeah.
Eric Neuls You should listen to Spinal Tap, they influenced both bands.
His straight face when he says “hot blast of cheese” hahahahaha
I could totally have imagined him doing some type of cool Pearl Jam singing in School of Rock.
That's what makes them great, pure uniqueness
"Why don't you guys make serious music?"
"You don't think I take my music seriously?"
Their music is phenomenal.
*thur
"Melodramatic corn sauce". I NEED that album.
your channel is underrated.... this is good!
I love this dude. He would be able to handle whatever came his way.
‘Dude I Totally Miss You’ is a song that makes me cry when I hear it.
I love his voice. i love school of rock
You can take a not serious band seriously. I mean I do- it's legit songwriting, production, and performance. Not to mention how good they both are at what they do. Jesus Ranch and Warning are the killer combo, they never get old. I'm not saying you should see them as geniuses, I just think they need to be appreciated just a little more.
I was a radio announcer when Tribute came out. I knew that song was going to be big, so I played it as much as I could. Joke song or not, that song rocks!
I love the band just how it is. They are amazingly talented but I feel like they are making the type of music they were meant to make, like he said. Can you imagine an alternate reality where they never made songs like Tribute, but instead more serious songs? I'm so glad they made that song and all the others
I'd love to be in one of those "more Tenacious D's"
I believe the song "Baby" from the POD soundtrack is very overlooked - the lyrics, melody and tone gives off a very serious and nice feel, If it wasn't known that it was a Tenacious D track I think it would have been looked at in a different light. It's what I consider to be the most calmest and serene of D's music.
That masterful interview
Do whatever works for you...its doesn't matter what people think..
Two of my favorite bands are Tenacious D and Spinal Tap. Don't sell yourself short just because your music has cheek, Jack. 'Tribute' is pure genius.
Great band. Jack and kyle are both really talented. Really liking off camera too
HAHAHA I had a SCIENTOLOGY ad before this HAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA I guess Imma scientologist
One of my favorite rock bands of all time. Even if they are a comedic group, they still make aweeesooomme music and Jack has one of the most underrated voices of all time
2:17 , 2:20 , 2:24 haha I feel like the host was trying to find an argument to convince Jack from making that serious record xD
TD is awesome. We need more music like them. Awesome instrumental with fun lyrics!
ohp droped my corn sauce
The brilliance of The D is that, musically, KG and JB are really really good. For me, the comedy comes from the seriousness and talent with which they play their silly, yet genius songs.
Great interview, JB is such a genius. But deep down i still hope for a more serious record from him, maybe a solo record or something with Kyle but under a different name, maybe when they're older.
I consider the d's music to be serious.
So many nights spent jamming to their albums. So much enjoyment.
If the music hits, it hits.
I'm glad he clarified that he wasn't ripping Pearl jam lmao
And very cutely I might add
He hit it right on the nail. “There’s enough serious bands. There’s not enough Tenacious D’s.” I’ve always noticed that about them. Tenacious D has always stood out and that’s a real band. All of these bands are the same. They’re the meaning of rock n roll to me, to say fuck it and be themselves. “We’re that band at school that no one listens to”
He had to stop himself saying 'clown sauce' and changed it to 'clown powder'
i don't know why the delivery on "corn sauce" is so funny to me
He dealt with that way better than I probably would have.
"there's not enough tenacious d's"... truer words have never been spoken.
Tenacious D is to rock what Steel Panther is to 80s metal.
His expression when he says, “mellow dramatic corn sauce...”
Because that’s what makes them unique and awesome!
on: Ronnie james dio: this is your life; tenacious d does a great job of covering "last in line". I have a couple other tenacious d albums. I almost fall off my bicycle when the rest of the songs shuffle thru my phone. this is your life is a Ronnie james dio tribute album. tenacious killed last in line. its one of the best covers on the album.
There's a lot of great bands that play serious music, but not many bands that can do what Tenacious D do.
RIP, Jack Black. 28.08.1969 - 26.03.2017...
Tribute is up there with many great band's best songs, that's all that need be known
And then you hear the cover of Last In Line and you realize that there's an unbelievable untapped potential within the band. I can understand though.
Tenacious D is one of the best. The humor is just the icing on the cake.
holy HD. Great camera !
I need Jack to provide all of my explanations and metaphors in my life
Why does his weird vocabulary make so much sense... lmaooo
love this guy man
I love him and I love you too, guy man.
love you too buddy guy
I actually liked the fan-titled "Melissa" song. It sounded pretty good, but I love the Rocket Sauce that is Tenacious D.
this interview is the most serious i seen jack black :D.
"Why aren't you more of a serious band?" "What like Pearl Jam?" LMAO
"Stick around if you don't mind some cream in your jeans."
So much respect for him
I respect him as a human being, a rock artist and an actor.
Love Jack Black!! My G.O.A.T.
There were some semi serious moments on Rize of the Fenix and they were phenomenal
Jack black literally has the comfortableness and confidence to say whatever is completely on his mind. If he can't think of the words he makes it up. Smart!
"Melo dramatic corn sauce"😂😂
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+theoffcamerashow are you on Netflix? I'm from Argentina and I don't see any content about you :( country restrictions? Anyway, great channel, great interviews...
+whothef#ckistemps jajajajaja totalmente.. ojo, a lo mejor no sé buscar
theoffcamerashow+ you guys should try to get louis ck or bill burr on the show, their very deep individuals and excellent stand up comedians.
+grass hopper Doug Stanhope as well
The only thing thats not enough in this world is that there is really not enough Jack Blacks. I mean we need more Jack Black.
Love the way he speaks
Remember, whatever songs you write and play live you LIVE that reality the rest of your life.
Maybe, what Jack wants is just to rock and roll, not to be a serious rock and roll band. You are winner JB!
Mmmmm.... melodramatic corn sauce... aaaaarrgggghhh
Keep the comedy in Tenacious D but I'd love Jack to at least record one serious album or song once in his lifetime. The guy is actually a super talented vocalist. Everyone should check out his rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.