Kid Rock boycotts iTunes, crushes beer can on thigh, pushes gardener into pool, swears at masseuse
- June 18th, 2008
- 5 Comments
Unlike most rock stars, Kid Rock doesn’t like what Apple is doing to spread his music and mission and so he is boycotting iTunes. What is his complaint? That iTunes, like traditional music companies who produce “music albums” on “disks,” doesn’t pay enough.
“Back in the day, we all know the stories of the Otis Reddings and Chuck Berrys and Fats Dominos who never got paid,” Kid Rock told the BBC News website.
Sadly, Mr. Rock failed to realize that most of his success is based on stealing and updating the attitudes and styles of said Reddings, Berrys, and Dominos and he would be a toothless meth addict if his corn-pone rap and jingoistic hard rock hadn’t captured some attention even before the era of iTunes hegemony.
Luckily, Mr. Rock understands the value of downloading and will soon make his latest album available on iTunes where we’re all sure he’s going to do just fine. After all, frat boys need something to hide the sound of their furtive masturbation.
Jameson (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Kid Rock would probably be pretty pissed if A) he read B) he read Crunchgear and C) he could understand what you wrote there.
Dicey (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Wow, what poor reporting. First, as mentioned on the bbcnews website (you know, where they actually show what he said) Kid Rock said that he doesn’t have a problem with people stealing his music. This brings up my second point. You mention that Mr Rock doesn’t realize that he made his success off of people stealing his records. How is not putting his music on iTunes equates to being against stealing? Last time I checked iTunes cost money. Bias much crunchgear?
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7459796.stm-
“Asked whether he was worried about illegal downloading, he replied: “I don’t agree with it. I think we should level the playing field. I don’t mind people stealing my music, that’s fine. But I think they should steal everything.”
Third, insulting Kid Rock fans (though I am not one of them) just shows a nasty elitist atittude.
John Biggs (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Yeah, you’re right. We’re elitist. The story was that he didn’t want to use iTunes because he equates them with old record companies. This shows either lack of understanding on KR’s part (”Apple will sell my music and give me a cut! That’s outrageous!”) or a plan by Kid Rock to start KRTunes and sell his music online for $5 a song, thereby cutting out the middleman. I’m happy Mr. Rock supports illegal downloading but iTunes is probably the only game in town that would offer him the money/exposure he needs in this time of change. Ultimately he’s just throwing a fit out of general principle and doesn’t make much sense in the interview. I’m sure Otis Redding would want to be on iTunes.
And it is true that frat boys masturbate furtively. I made some calls.
Eve (Who am I?)
5 months ago
All musicians are influenced by those preceding them. Since when is that something to criticize?
MJ (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Well, at least we can all rest assured that no one’s ever going to write an article on the merit of anything John Biggs ever produced.