Post by Sugarmama on Jul 3, 2008 9:43:47 GMT -5
Kid Rock expounds on being Kid Rock
Mike Devlin, Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Thursday, July 03, 2008
When you get a guy like Kid Rock on the phone, the best advice is to open the door and let him walk through it; in short, let him do the talking. We did just that, but he could not be contained to one article. Here we allow the man his friends call Bobby to expound further.
On politics in his music: "I don't really throw my politics around because at the end of the day, I don't really feel comfortable with people listening to me and my views and opinions on things. I'm really not that educated in areas like politics or world business. I have my own opinions on what is going on in my community, and I'll talk with my family and friends about it. But I should not be the person you are getting your advice from."
Kid Rock still has plenty to say
On his distaste for the blogger community, which so often pokes fun at him: "Everybody has got a computer nowadays and an outlet to say their opinion, even though 10 people read them. Jesus Christ could have just re-appeared on Earth, and is here to save the world from its sins. And the first Internet blogger would say, 'Jesus is a f---ing douchebag.' "
On why he doesn't listen to modern music: "What it comes down to, especially with pop music nowadays, the music you hear and the people you see performing it, you don't make that connection. Bands that I grew up loving, whether it was Run-DMC or Lynyrd Skynyrd, when I heard those songs from those acts, I felt it was them. When they came alive on stage, what they wrote about and sang about, it was them. When I hear these songs nowadays from these kids, I don't feel that connection. There are some good catchy songs, but we all know that there is 14 songwriters, stylists and people who tell them where to show up [behind it all]. It's not from the soul anymore."
On his penchant for talking trash about other artists (Rock once said in a song, "If Britney Spears wants a kiss that'll last, you can tell her and Madonna they can kiss my ass"): "I don't want to be a negative Nancy. I don't want to be the guy who rips on everybody. I tease people a little bit here and there because it's fun. And sometimes they make themselves a big enough target that you can't help it. But I get teased myself. It's part of the game."
On his legendary live show, which often personifies his sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll mandate: "When I started doing all this stuff, nobody was doing it. It was coming out of the grunge era so it was go on stage, turn your amps up and play. I thought, 'Maybe people are missing this. I kind of do.' So I went out and took the circus on the road."
On the hardest part of touring: "Playing two or three hours a night, that's not tough. The tough part is the 21 hours in-between shows, not having anything to do and trying to do something positive and keep it together. For me, that's a challenge."
On the respect he has for his fans: "At the end of the day, I want my voice to be good. I don't want them to feel slighted when they come see a show. I want them to get what they paid for, especially nowadays. Times are tight. People don't have money like they used to."
On the most eye-grabbing of the many eye-grabbing toys at his rural estate outside Detroit, a 1969 Dodge Charger -- a.k.a. the General Lee -- used in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard: "That is an official hillbilly item. When you get money and you're a hillbilly, what are you going to buy? A new house? Are you going to take the family on vacation or put some money into savings? 'F--- that, I'm buying the General Lee.' "
Mike Devlin, Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Thursday, July 03, 2008
When you get a guy like Kid Rock on the phone, the best advice is to open the door and let him walk through it; in short, let him do the talking. We did just that, but he could not be contained to one article. Here we allow the man his friends call Bobby to expound further.
On politics in his music: "I don't really throw my politics around because at the end of the day, I don't really feel comfortable with people listening to me and my views and opinions on things. I'm really not that educated in areas like politics or world business. I have my own opinions on what is going on in my community, and I'll talk with my family and friends about it. But I should not be the person you are getting your advice from."
Kid Rock still has plenty to say
On his distaste for the blogger community, which so often pokes fun at him: "Everybody has got a computer nowadays and an outlet to say their opinion, even though 10 people read them. Jesus Christ could have just re-appeared on Earth, and is here to save the world from its sins. And the first Internet blogger would say, 'Jesus is a f---ing douchebag.' "
On why he doesn't listen to modern music: "What it comes down to, especially with pop music nowadays, the music you hear and the people you see performing it, you don't make that connection. Bands that I grew up loving, whether it was Run-DMC or Lynyrd Skynyrd, when I heard those songs from those acts, I felt it was them. When they came alive on stage, what they wrote about and sang about, it was them. When I hear these songs nowadays from these kids, I don't feel that connection. There are some good catchy songs, but we all know that there is 14 songwriters, stylists and people who tell them where to show up [behind it all]. It's not from the soul anymore."
On his penchant for talking trash about other artists (Rock once said in a song, "If Britney Spears wants a kiss that'll last, you can tell her and Madonna they can kiss my ass"): "I don't want to be a negative Nancy. I don't want to be the guy who rips on everybody. I tease people a little bit here and there because it's fun. And sometimes they make themselves a big enough target that you can't help it. But I get teased myself. It's part of the game."
On his legendary live show, which often personifies his sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll mandate: "When I started doing all this stuff, nobody was doing it. It was coming out of the grunge era so it was go on stage, turn your amps up and play. I thought, 'Maybe people are missing this. I kind of do.' So I went out and took the circus on the road."
On the hardest part of touring: "Playing two or three hours a night, that's not tough. The tough part is the 21 hours in-between shows, not having anything to do and trying to do something positive and keep it together. For me, that's a challenge."
On the respect he has for his fans: "At the end of the day, I want my voice to be good. I don't want them to feel slighted when they come see a show. I want them to get what they paid for, especially nowadays. Times are tight. People don't have money like they used to."
On the most eye-grabbing of the many eye-grabbing toys at his rural estate outside Detroit, a 1969 Dodge Charger -- a.k.a. the General Lee -- used in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard: "That is an official hillbilly item. When you get money and you're a hillbilly, what are you going to buy? A new house? Are you going to take the family on vacation or put some money into savings? 'F--- that, I'm buying the General Lee.' "
