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Kid Rock has received the bill for his Waffle House punch-up from a DeKalb County court: His immediate future will be smothered and covered by six hours of anger-management training, a $1,000 fine, and a year of probation. What, no court-ordered recording of a Waffle House theme song? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution MTV]

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Kid Rock Speaks, In The Only Way He Knows How

iTunes holdout Kid Rock tells Bob Lefsetz how his iTunes avoidance is working for him: "Why sell a million downloads (at a dickweed penny rate) that u say equals a 100,000 records when I'm selling well over a hundrend thousand records every 2 weeks? And I'm helping my heros sell records too???? Sounds like I'm winning, if this were the olympics I would definatley be receiving the gold medal, but that's a lot like itunes, a lot of glory, no money!!!! i only wanna sell my album. i made a great album. itunes said 'no', i dont like being told 'no'. thier just as guilty. ps, i have a ton of apple stock, pretty ironic eh? lol" All the way to the bank, even. [Lefsetz Letter]

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friday chart preview

Surprise, Surprise: Nas Takes Over The Top Spot

According to early reports, Nas has managed to pull off the seemingly impossible task of keeping Lil Wayne and Coldplay from the top spot on the Billboard albums chart. Of course, what with Miley Cyrus' album dropping next week, Nas shouldn't get too used to life on top, but around 200,000 albums sold is a decent take for an album with minimal radio airplay. Meanwhile, Tha Carter III appears to have Viva La Vida beat in the longevity game, taking second with an estimated 110,000 album sales to Coldplay's 85-90,000. The Camp Rock soundtrack slots into fourth with a projected 80-85,000 copies sold, while Kid Rock's resurgence continues with another 75,000 albums sold this week for fifth place. The rest of the top ten is a logjam in the 50,000-sold range with the Mamma Mia soundtrack, John Mellencamp, O.A.R., David Banner, Taylor Swift and NOW 28 all falling somewhere near that number. [HITS Daily Double]

9:45 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Dan Gibson
154 views, 4 comments

Latest by tigerpop: O.A.R. -- O RLY? more »

100 and single

Can't Touch This Werewolf: Kid Rock Brings Back The Sales-Free Chart Hit

A front-line act with a months-old album decides to push his most obvious hit-bound song to radio—a song heavily reliant on a prominent sample of a deathless pop hit. But, bucking the day's prevalent trend, he decides not to release the song on the most popular singles medium, forcing most customers to buy his album.

It's a risky move, because the Billboard Hot 100 is dominated by songs that scale the chart by amassing sales as well as airplay. But the song is so mindlessly catchy, the act's people figure it'll be a big chart hit anyway with radio alone.

I could be talking about M.C. Hammer's 1990 smash "U Can't Touch This," the "Superfreak"-sampling hit that made the Top 10, even as Capitol refused to issue it as a cassingle.

But I could also be talking about Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," a mashup of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" that debuts on the Hot 100 this week at No. 80 despite his lack of interest in releasing it digitally.

Can the erstwhile Robert Richie pull off in 2008 what one Stanley Kirk Burrell pulled 18 years ago?

1:00 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Chris Molanphy
1,328 views, 7 comments

friday afternoon chart preview

The Charts Prepare To Yawn At Beck

All the positive mind powers that come with being "clear" couldn't push Beck to a No. 1 debut on next week's album charts. With an estimated 80,000 copies sold, Beck's Danger Mouse-assisted Modern Guilt couldn't manage to get past the seemingly indestructible sales juggernauts of Coldplay, Lil Wayne, and the Camp Rock soundtrack. Coldplay and Weezy will likely fight it out for the top spot to the very end, with both discs selling somewhere in the 100-125,000 range. Those adorable Jonases and their cohorts will sllde into third with just under 100,000 sold; Kid Rock, who's still riding "All Summer Long," surges up another two spots this week to No. 5. The bottom half of the top ten starts with Now 28; Rihanna, G Unit, and the Mamma Mia! soundtrack will have quite the tuneful brawl as they fight for Nos. 7-9. John Mayer should take the final spot in the top ten, although he's likely too busy brainstorming his next viral video while rolling around in a big pile of money to care. [HITS Daily Double]

12:00 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Dan Gibson
114 views, 1 comment

Latest by Chris N.: Rolling around in a big pile of money with Jennifer Aniston, no less! more »

nostalgia

Is There Anyone In Music Who Doesn't Wish It Was 1989?

Michael Jackson is collaborating with New Kids On The Block? Are they for real? Assuming he doesn't still think Donnie et al are still in their teens, the only reason he'd team up with a group he wouldn't have been caught dead with 20 years ago is that he really misses 20 years ago. And it seems he's not alone. We've got Sonic Youth filling most to all of their sets with Daydream Nation, Public Enemy taking a nation of millions back in time, Dinosaur Jr. reunited, R.E.M. showing off a drummer, My Bloody Valentine acting like ain't a damn thing changed, Lloyd and Lil' Wayne sampling "Ashley's Roachclip," and Pretty Ricky rocking giant shoulderpads. While it's no news that nostalgia can run in twenty-year loops, it's possible that no one who pushed product back in the day, and is still trying to do so now, wouldn't mind hearing it was 1989 again. Are any artists actually in a better state now than they were then? I could think of very, very few. More »

12:00 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Anthony Miccio
753 views, 18 comments

Latest by DocStrange: In 1989, The Cure unleashed "Disintegration". In 2008, The Cure will release "The album we haven't bothered to name yet despite the fact we've already released two singles off of it and it comes out in two months". I'd rather have 1989. more »

download without a cause

Kid Rock Hopes His Summer Jam Doesn't Have To Be On iTunes

Kid Rock must know better than anyone that "All Summer Long" would cross over bigtime if he'd just bounce across our TV singing it while earbud-accessorized silhouettes dance around him, but in the name of Fats Domino he must refuse. "Back in the day, we all know the stories of the Otis Reddings and Chuck Berrys and Fats Dominos who never got paid...I will be on iTunes eventually because I can't avoid it, but I like to always stick to my guns and prove a point and do something original and because I believe in it." This might help explain why the song has yet to hit the Hot 100, and has only scraped a few peripheral charts. At least he's OK with you stealing the fucker so you can sing along at shows—this way, he doesn't have to suffer the indignity of a weak royalty rate. More »

9:30 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Anthony Miccio
785 views, 3 comments

Latest by duetoprivacy: I read avoid, as afford, and it made the story that much more entertaining more »

idolator's 2008 summer jam tournament

Idolator's 2008 Summer Jam Tournament Gets A Bit Hands-On

Our quest for the No. 1 song of summer 2008 continues today with a face-off between two songs that seem to have been expressly designed for maximum June-September listening, Kid Rock's Warren Zevon homage "All Summer Long" and Tyga's Harry Nilsson-inspired "Coconut Juice." The clips, the defenses, and the all-important poll after the jump. More »

11:00 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,188 views, 8 comments

Latest by n/a: after reading the comments on the kid rock song, I actually expected it to be good. It is so underwhelming, I can barely even type this because I am about to fall asleep this song is so boring and disappointing. more »

idolator's 2008 summer jam tournament

Kid Rock, "All Summer Long"

I've bitched about this song and will continue to bitch, but I have to grudgingly admire anything that takes the License To Ill obvious sample pile-up aesthetic and updates it for deadbeat dads with beer guts. Plus, that "Werewolves Of London" backdrop is a hell of a lot more enjoyable than anything Kid Rock's done in years. Shameless pandering of this scope takes balls and, these days, a bankroll. [YouTube]

12:00 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,324 views, Comment

videodrone

Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" Sounds Scarily Like A Hit

America, please resist. It's going to be tough, but I need to ask you to say no to a song that mixes "Sweet Home Alabama," "Werewolves Of London" and "Night Moves" into a new "Summer Of '69." Please, avoid downloading this, leave this type of summer jam (God, I beg you, don't let this be one) to Uncle Kracker, and take the effort to listen to the aforementioned four chestnuts separately. Maybe that way we can force Kid Rock to abandon his boring-ass country-rock troubadour shtick and go back to rapping about how he needs to smoke three joints just to mow the lawn. [YouTube]

4:30 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Anthony Miccio
6,998 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: This song makes me hurt in places I never knew existed. And "Night Moves" is in there too? DId not catch that in the "gag" song. Warren Zevon should arise and kick his redneck ass. more »

corporate rock still sells

Active Rock Playlists Get Some Disturbing Shakeups

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al "GovernmentNames" Shipley examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he looks at the return of nu-metal in the guises of Disturbed and oddly rap-free rap-metal. More »

10:00 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Al Shipley
928 views, 7 comments

reconciliations

Kid Rock Has No Beef With Waffle House, Its Patrons, Waitresses, Or Delicious Patty Melts

Well, as usual all the scintillating SXSW coverage has obscured one of the week's more important stories: Kid Rock has made his peace with the folks of Waffle House, almost six months after he was arrested at one of the breakfast chain's Georgia locations for getting into a "physical altercation" with another customer. And at this news, the people they did come from far and wide, and not just for the Grilled Bacon Texas Cheesesteak Plate. More »

10:45 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Jess Harvell
245 views, 4 comments

Latest by Audif Jackson Winters III: There but for the grace of late '90s rap-metal, goes he .... more »

polls

The Future Of Music Videos: Do We Really Want To See Kid Rock's Pit Stains In High-Definition?

As many of you already know, American television is going entirely ~~high-definition~~^* digital in 2009, which now means the opening half of this sentence has nothing to do with the technology of high-definition TV's promising us a world where we'll be able to count the nose hairs on our favorite stars in real time and without the aid of gossip blog paparazzi snaps. Maura recently converted to HD herself, and though certain music videos (she cites Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." as an example) look totally rad, the drawbacks of this industry-wise format change are already becoming apparent to music fans. It's all good when it's a luminous Rihanna strutting across that expensive plasma flat screen, but what about being confronted with Rascal Flatts at a resolution the human psyche was not intended to process? As we await our blemish-filled immediate future, please help us decide which musician will prove to be the least HD-friendly ~~when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31~~. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Jess Harvell
703 views, 13 comments

Latest by blurey: i din't know the movie/music video industry had so many performers in veneers & has them wear so much make up/mascara until hi def came along. hi-def will have to push the bar up for the masters of illusion.-blurey more »

videodrone

Kid Rock: Not Worthy To Be On Skinemax

dick moves

Kid Rock Teaches You How To Pitch Woo Like A Classy Dude

In addition to his feelings on shepherd's pie (good), assholes (bad), and marriage (mixed-blessing), Kid Rock opened up to The Guardian about the troubles that come with being a rap-rocking lothario. His advice to those looking to live and love the Kid Rock way? Have money and/or a hit record. And only hold the door for women who aren't going to give it up on the first date. More »

12:00 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By jharv
650 views, 4 comments

war of the words

Kid Rock Goes From Waffle House Scraps To Flame Wars

Industry pundit Bob Lefsetz, as he is wont to do, wrote a long, splenetic screed about Wednesday night's CMA Awards to his mailing list, and included within was a reference to fast-forwarding through parts of the show, with the (completely understandable!) reasoning "Fuck Kid Rock." Well apparently Kid doesn't take kindly to being both dissed and pretty much ignored, so he fired up his e-mail and sent Lefsetz a gramatically challenged note:

Im sure its difficult to sit on the bench while us folks play in the big game. Your a failed musician with a big mouth.

You try to make a name for yourself with half ass opinions based on everyone who is actually trying to do something in music. Yet you do NOTHING but talk. See you on the streets you punk ass mother fucker!!!

Kid Rock

On the streets? Well, Waffle House parking lots are paved, so I guess they kind of count. But wait, there's more, because it's the Internet!

9:45 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By mjohnston
3,105 views, 20 comments

Kid Rock Would Like To Remind America That He Likes Throwing Punches, Breakfast Food

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who charted

Kid Rock Plays King Of The Charts For A Week

Kid Rock's Rock N' Roll Jesus sold 172,000 copies last week, and that total was enough for the oh-so-classy guy to wrest the top spot from Bruce Springsteen, whose Magic suffered a 60% sales decline and sank to No. 2. Jesus is Kid Rock's first career No. 1, and its success probably ensures that he'll be getting into scraps with minor celebrities at award shows before his next album drops too. More »

2:20 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By mjohnston
954 views, 9 comments

"Rough"-ing It In East Africa

Posts Tagged “Kid Rock”