kid rock , number 1 in ireland

irish_bob

i heard it on the radio today that kid rock is at number one with ALL SUMMER LONG
it is actually distressing to me that my fellow countrymen and women would actually send what is possibly the worst song ever to be inflicted on the ears of the listening public to the top of the charts

cornbb

FWIW I don't think the singles charts mean shyte anymore. Or maybe they never did. But I agree with you that that song sucks balls.

irish_bob

came across this on another site and it pretty much sums the whole thing up


When you consider what this is trying to do, what lowest common denominator it's aiming to please ... it's pure genius. Kid touches all the nostalgic summer anthem bases: getting stoned, dancin', fishin' and ****in'. No interweb, but hey, those were different times, right?

A guaranteed hit. Never, ever, underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Nolanger

I predicted Kid Rock would break through here years back but gave up when his Cocky album came out.
Got his new album a few months back - it's straight up rock instead of his usual rap.
Would rather see him at number 1 than the usual pop rubbish.

suckslikeafox

irish_bob wrote: »

Never, ever, underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

+1

a fact of life

irish_bob

Nolanger wrote: »

I predicted Kid Rock would break through here years back but gave up when his Cocky album came out.
Got his new album a few months back - it's straight up rock instead of his usual rap.
Would rather see him at number 1 than the usual pop rubbish.

id have more respect for dj otise with hey baby than the garbage that is kid rock and all summer long

the guy is a bigger phoney than puff daddy

Zaph

How to spectacularly fcuk up two classic songs and make something sound like less than the sum of its parts. He should be flogged for inflicting that sh1te on us.

Mr.Nice Guy

The people of this country ensured Crazy Frog got to number 1 so anything is possible unfortunately.

Irish charts = lost cause

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dr.bollocko

'tis truly hard to sit back and watch the ears of classic rock lovers blister over poor Kid Rock. I mean with Skynard that song was in safe frigging hands.
I know that it is pretty awful.
But I really couldnt believe it was Kid Rock until I saw the hilarious video.
I got that Devil Without a Cause album he had out there a while back.
Starts out with "Bawitdaba" and I was interested but pissed off that it didnt sound as raw as it did live.
Then got into cowboy cos it's a strange take on a rap jaunt into country music. Then I couldnt believe that Eminem was recorded in "Fcuk off" but even with that the dude is just a pamela humpin' wannabe with crap hair!

javaboy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

The people of this country ensured Crazy Frog got to number 1 so anything is possible unfortunately.

Irish charts = lost cause

+1. I never pay any attention to the charts at all. I hate that frog :mad:


The funny thing with this Kid Rock song is I almost wish he didn't namecheck Sweet Home Alabama in the song at all because then I could whinge about it being an out and out rip-off. But since he litters the lyrics with references to it, he's technically paying homage. :rolleyes:

Turnip2000

Nolanger wrote: »

it's straight up rock instead of his usual rap.
Would rather see him at number 1 than the usual pop rubbish.

I agree. He's had a few very good songs.

irish_bob wrote: »

the guy is a bigger phoney than puff daddy

Possibly one of the most ridiculous comments I've ever read!! Ta, gave me a giggle.

Timans

I quite like the song.

Creamy Goodness

the guy can't write a song for himself.

his two biggest hits have used other songs as a big base.

jill_valentine

My God, we let this happen. We stood by. We're responsible.

Xavi6

And there was me thinking 'Sweet Home Alabama' couldn't possibly be made any worse...... :rolleyes:

delbertgrady

Forget Sweet Home Alabama: using elements of Werewolves of London by the late, great Warren Zevon is the worse crime.

irish_bob

Turnip2000 wrote: »

I agree. He's had a few very good songs.



Possibly one of the most ridiculous comments I've ever read!! Ta, gave me a giggle.

so you think both kid rock and p diddy are true originals then

lordgoat

Turnip2000 wrote: »

Possibly one of the most ridiculous comments I've ever read!! Ta, gave me a giggle.

Bit of an over exaggeration or maybe you don't read much?

I think what he meant was that P Diddy rips of songs and makes crap out of them as does Kid Rock but to a greater extend in their opinion.

Rid Kock - meh.

damonjewel

delbertgrady wrote: »

Forget Sweet Home Alabama: using elements of Werewolves of London by the late, great Warren Zevon is the worse crime.

Right on, Werewolves is a true classic, Kid Rock sucks

S.I.R

irish_bob wrote: »

i heard it on the radio today that kid rock is at number one with ALL SUMMER LONG
it is actually distressing to me that my fellow countrymen and women would actually send what is possibly the worst song ever to be inflicted on the ears of the listening public to the top of the charts

n o1 on the radio means nothing. :cool:

Mossy Monk

I have not had the pleasure of hearing this song. A combination of the iPod and Virgin Classic Rock FTW.

blastman

I've defended this song elsewhere as I do quite like it (and I'd be a far bigger fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Warren Zevon than I would of Kid Rock). It's no classic, but it's better than 99.9% of the "music" played on the radio these days. And the guy has recorded with Skynyrd, so they must have some appreciation for him. There are far greater crimes against humanity masquerading as music out there (some have already been mentioned in this thread!).

Firetrap

It isn't my cup of tea at all but it's no worse than a lot of what's got to No. 1 in the Irish charts. Is it any worse than the Jumbo Breakfast Roll? Or Westlife's latest karaoke effort? Or all that tuneless R'n'B shyte ? Most of the kids who're buying/downloading this probably won't have heard the originals anyway.

dr.bollocko

It's also better than that chick who kissed a girl and liked it.
I dont care what you like you stupid lipstick lesbian teen moron, go and dry hump a Tatu girl.

irish_bob

its the whole package that stinks , the song ticks every box in terms of what young carefree people like to do in the summer
drinking , getting stoned and screwing
it brings new meaning to the term naff and cliche and is sung by possibly the biggest phoney in music who while pretending to be badass and being trailer trash is actually from a solid middle class backround
the guy is a white puff daddy in almost every way apart from being a lot less successfull a businessman , i dont consider p diddy anything but a businessman

Podge2k7

I fcuking hate that song!!It's pure sh1te!!

Firetrap

irish_bob wrote: »

its the whole package that stinks , the song ticks every box in terms of what young carefree people like to do in the summer
drinking , getting stoned and screwing

Maybe it's not far off the mark at all. :P

Still an awful song though.

Music4life

http://www.cracked.com/video_16332_7-reasons-kid-rocks-new-song-might-be-worst-ever.html

Blisterman

Never heard the song.

I thought Kid Rock dissapeared years ago, after his midget died.

Fighting Irish

irish_bob wrote: »

i heard it on the radio today that kid rock is at number one with ALL SUMMER LONG
it is actually distressing to me that my fellow countrymen and women would actually send what is possibly the worst song ever to be inflicted on the ears of the listening public to the top of the charts

:rolleyes:

Fighting Irish

irish_bob wrote: »

came across this on another site and it pretty much sums the whole thing up


When you consider what this is trying to do, what lowest common denominator it's aiming to please ... it's pure genius. Kid touches all the nostalgic summer anthem bases: getting stoned, dancin', fishin' and ****in'. No interweb, but hey, those were different times, right?

A guaranteed hit. Never, ever, underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

I'm not mad into music, but its a nice easy listening song

irish_bob

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I'm not mad into music, but its a nice easy listening song

the song is intended to appeal to those who are not into music

good luck to you and the record company

Nolanger

It's number 1 in Britain too - fair play to him - he's been releasing stuff since the early '90s - most other acts would have burned out by now.

corkstudent

People hit he nail on the head with this one.

I know exactly the kind of ****ers that caused this to be popular. It's the generic, identikit scobes and wide-jawed students who loop "When you're gone" over and over and over.

The problem with this country is that there's too much homogeny, not enough diversity. It's too easy to appeal to the lowest common denominator since it represents the majority of young Irish people so absolutely.

It's really saddening, though, that it reached Number 1 in Britian too, where they still have subcultures and whatnot. I blame the Arctic Monkeys and shift for sucking the soul out of british rock and indie.

tinkletoes

Hate the song. Cant believe it even got into charts

irish_bob

Nolanger wrote: »

It's number 1 in Britain too - fair play to him - he's been releasing stuff since the early '90s - most other acts would have burned out by now.

shamelessnes will do that , make you stick around

Bren_M.Records

I dont think you can just blame the kids for whats happening in popular music today.
Its my opinion that mainstream radio must shoulder alot of the blame.
Its down to the decisions of a few dozen people as to what the general public are going to be subjected to over the airways.

corkstudent wrote: »

The problem with this country is that there's too much homogeny, not enough diversity. It's too easy to appeal to the lowest common denominator since it represents the majority of young Irish people so absolutely.

Fighting Irish

Theres nothing worse than music elitests

Seriously, if i asked you guys who you're favourite bands are you'd more than likely name some bands that most people would never heard of, but then if these bands become more famous all of a sudden they're crap

Blisterman

I agree with you Fighting Irish.

I guarantee if most of these people's favourite songs had been released by Kid Rock, otherwise sounding the exact same, they wouldn't like them.

I'm willing to bet it was made No1 by the same type of halfwits who got that Journey song back in the charts just because it was in the end of the Sopranos.

It'll be added to the Irish club megamix that includes, Brown eyed Girl, 500 miles, Summer of 69, Living on a prayer and other such rubbish. (I actually refer to it as the culchie megamix but thats just me stereotyping)

Shocking bad song.

People are disappointing!!!

TerrorFirmer

It's an OK song. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but I've heard far worse. Kid Rock has some decent songs.

I know exactly the kind of ****ers that caused this to be popular. It's the generic, identikit scobes and wide-jawed students who loop "When you're gone" over and over and over.

That's just plain pathetic - there's a reason that there's more then one genre in music, people have different taste - if a song reaches number one, what does that tell you? More people liked it then not? At the very least, that a lot of people like it. That sort of blanket comment only makes you look like a fool, to be honest.

laoisforliam

delbertgrady wrote: »

Forget Sweet Home Alabama: using elements of Werewolves of London by the late, great Warren Zevon is the worse crime.

+1

Its a disgrace
Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ya ya ya, we all know its a ****ty song.. making complete balls of older songs.. but what can ya do.. whats done is done and cannot be undone.
So, what im saying is: Get over it.

laoisforliam

yeah well thats my opinion .. get over it

rowlandbrowner

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Theres nothing worse than music elitests

Seriously, if i asked you guys who you're favourite bands are you'd more than likely name some bands that most people would never heard of, but then if these bands become more famous all of a sudden they're crap

if i seen kid rock perform his brand of jock rock to 3 men and a unappreciative dog in a basement club it wouldn't take on some magic quality that’s missing in it’s current mass marketed form. It’s bad music, popular or not.

Nolanger

corkstudent wrote: »

The problem with this country is that there's too much homogeny, not enough diversity. It's too easy to appeal to the lowest common denominator since it represents the majority of young Irish people so absolutely.

It's because of our education system - turning out drones who all think the same way. I reckon Kid Rock will be playing the RDS soon!

nyarlothothep

this isn't even a song, its just a meandering melody made up over sweet home alabama, absolutely crap but at least its not crazy frog

Mossy Monk

I listened to it on Youtube today and it is so **** it is laughable.

irish_bob

jayhaitch2 wrote: »

I'm willing to bet it was made No1 by the same type of halfwits who got that Journey song back in the charts just because it was in the end of the Sopranos.

It'll be added to the Irish club megamix that includes, Brown eyed Girl, 500 miles, Summer of 69, Living on a prayer and other such rubbish. (I actually refer to it as the culchie megamix but thats just me stereotyping)

Shocking bad song.

People are disappointing!!!

as a culchie , i know exactly what you mean mate

adox

It may be ****e but people can listen to what they want.

Good luck to anyone who want s to listen to any form of music. Theres a few contributors here who need to get over themselves with their musical arrogance, its ****ing boring and tired at this stage.