quoted 7 lines Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:30:37 -0700 (PDT)>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Blag <blag@ultra.gawth.com>
>Subject: Re: (idm) KIDROCKstock
>
>Man, I don't care what anyone says, Kid Rock is the shit. He does not
>give a FUCK.... the thought of this guy in his basement screaming "WHAT'S
>MY NAME?" into a microphone...
Are you sure you're not talking about Eminem? *cough*
I only caught a glimpse of the extensive MTV coverage, but I do recall Kid
Rock screaming, "America No 1! America No 1! We're number one baby!" when
some asshole frat boy starting waving an american flag into the camera.
What a dick. Counterculture, my ass.
Kid Rock and Eminem are part of a disturbing marketing trend where rap
music is directed towards poor white teenagers -- the "white trash"
demographic that keeps Jerry Springer's ratings high.
Anyone who thinks these two have an ounce of creativity or artistic
credibility in them should be put up against a wall and sprayed with a
garden hose.
Woodstock was always about the money and the marketing, even up to the riot
-- a brilliant tactic on the part of the producers to set up drama for
Woodstock IV: The Sequel.
Then we get to the "rave producers". Enter cokehead Matt E. Silver, who in
some drugged-out fury screams repeatedly "This is the future, america!"
when asked by a journalist about "the rave music."
If you watch MTV, if you buy the products, if you go to the shows, you're
buying into a pre-packaged, bland, homogenized, tasteless experience. You
can call that elitism, you can call it whatever you want, but that's the
reality.
-ar