White Stripes Frontman Jack White Says 'Guitar Hero' Is 'Depressing'

He's absolutely right, it is depressing. And youre an idiot for saying otherwise.

The future is worse than anyone could have possibly imagined.

At first, I shared this sentiment. I'm an amateur musician and the thought of Guitar Hero seemed sad. But then I saw how my nephews moved from playing Guitar Hero to picking up real guitars and I had to wonder. Does it matter how people become interested in music? Is that more important than the fact that they do become actively involved in making music?

Jack white should shut the f u c k up! If he's so torn about his part in this colossal waste of time (Guitar Hero) -- then give the money to charity you hypocrite.

Depressing? That picture of him is more depressing.

This coming from a band that sucks major @ss means a lot.

Go back to your one f'n hit song with a catchy bass line you little emo female

holy misrepresentation, batman!

The real shame is the lack of music education in our public schools. VH1 is attempting to correct some of this, thank you VH1. These games will assist our children to jump start a long ignored school lesson.

The next shame is the treatment of musicians that actually take the time to learn music in school, and work their education post graduation. Musicians such as Frank Zappa, Kip Winger, and his fellow band mates that will continue to be marginalized because they can construct real music not just notes, and sounds.

I hope that these games will produce such an educated music class that real musicians will finally receive the credit, cheers, and respect they really deserve. This is why my grandchildren are getting the games.

Aside from the fact the Music is not really important or useful to any truly practical endeavor. I still enjoy it. I think that we need to view these products as a gateway to real music. They seem uninspired and simplistic today, but as technology improves to the point where you can just plug in a real instrument and have the same experience I think they are fun and put money in the hands of people that may one day make it happen. Imagine the guitar hero portion played with a real guitar as a finger training exercise. With better technology you could then let the user play the song back and the computer could give you all kinds of feedback on the sounds that you are creating. It could allow you to play your part with the band without the band. It could allow you to create a jam band with people you have never met. I'm sure the makers of this game would love to see all that happen. I'm buying and playing and I hope they continue to invest in this technology to the point where the line between the game and a home music studio ends.

Guitar Hero Pro!

Trevor: you are whats wrong with this world. Music is one, if not THE most important forces in the universe. Transcending all languages, music has been the glue of society since its inception. Sound is one of the major bases of understanding and emotion for all species. "Not useful to a practical endeavor?"
go read " THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC" and get an eduation on the SCIENCE of SOUND and how it has affected global history.

If experiencing the music by fake-playing it in a game is "depressing," then wouldn't experiencing it in a totally non-participatory way by *just listening* to it be even more depressing? Should we stop buying records, Jack?

Speaking of money, if Jack had any problem with Guitar Hero, I imagine he wouldn't have agreed to his music being included, or at least would stop cashing the checks. So how seriously can we take this?

What the heck is the difference if I hear music on a CD, in a video game about music, or for that matter in a video game about plumbers jumping on mushrooms? I honestly don't get it.

I'm sure a 5 year old playing Guitar Hero knows more about good music than Jack White. The crap he makes can barely be considered music.

Exactly what does Jack White know about music? If you are a talentless hack like him, you should refrain from making such statements.

You know I don't understand what the big deal is, it's just a game. As music lovers were always singing our favorite songs from these artist. We sing it in a shower, in front of the mirror, in the street as we are walking. We're always singing. The makers of Rock Band/Guitar Hero are just bringing to us another way of singing our favorite songs and having fun doing it with other people involved.

We know it's not easy to just get up and play an instrument(drums, guitar(which I have myself)) But if this is a way to get kids into wanting to take playing a plastic guitar and push them into learning how to play a real one, is it really so bad.

If you can play a real instrument, good for you. But don't come off like a snob because you think your above playing such games. Where I go on Tuesdays at a bar in the Village(Village Pourhouse) there are some guys/girls that play in real bands and they still jump on stage and play. At the end of the day, it's just a game and your having fun. Unless you forgot how to do that, then it's a shame. Jack White and any other artist who feels the same shouldn't take it so seriously because I'm sure if they had a White Strips song pack on Rock Band/Guitar Hero everybody would line up to sing it.

wow stop hating losers if ur gonna hate on him whyd u click it retards

Fact is he is RIGHT, these games make me sick. Lazy azz kids pretending to be rockers when they could find some REAL talent and learn a guitar or bass to play in RL ffs and maybe even get a real band together. But Noooo this day and age is all about doing things as fast, easy and lazy as possible. I actually went out and played REAL drums in the 80s for a couple bands and these games just make me want to puke everytime I see or hear about them...