Photo by Jo McCaughey
It looks like Jack White's first Guinness World Records attempt at "most metaphors in a single concert" didn't work out too well. According to White's website, after officials counted 1,203 metaphors in three minutes (!) at his performance in Gulf Shores, Ala., White "trivialized a metaphor by saying it too quickly." The attempt was forfeited, but he'll try again at tomorrow night's show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.
Some of the attempted metaphors sound, uh, intricate:
Some metaphors were lyrical and others came from moments such as lighting changes and even the calm weather itself during the chorus which momentarily had the feel of Grandma’s house in winter.
Also, the Guinness officials accidentally counted 312 similes and comparisons. Come on, guys.