Kid Rock's Nightmare...

I guess he deserves a second look. It has become easy for me to paint all rock stars with the same roller, after all, they seem to be stamped from the same political mold over and over. There is a like minded vanilla blandness in the rock world from a political perspective.

Occasionally a rocker will say something, though, that doesn't fit with the accepted tone and strikes a discordant note within the echo chamber of rock music. According to USA Today Kid Rock has done just that with his comments made to Megyn Kelly on Fox News.

"I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo and we're all getting health insurance,"

He continues...

"It reminds me of Europe -- everyone driving a Smart car and living a condo and that's not the American dream."

Of course, comments like this stand out against the single political note that has been played incessantly since the sixties from our 'creative' rock world. Like children on a playground who have identified a child impaired by too much individuality, the corrective lashing has started in the press.

USA Today attacks with sarcasm...

Wow. That is a scary thought. Every American saving gas, living modestly and not going deeply into debt if they become seriously ill. Gives us the shivers.

Black Voices... chooses condensation, arrogance and a little rolling around in their pond of smugness by attacking his self deprecating comments and in effect calling him stupid. Playground.

Here's a parting thought that the "cowboy crusader" made which sums it up for me: "I probably shouldn't be talking about politics, when I think about it. I'm not that educated."

'Nough said....

God forbid we have a touch of individuality in the world of rock.

Kid Rock deserves a second look.





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