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Ihis oross Kid doesn’t Rack
■ In his ‘Cocky’ new
album, Kid Rock continues
to live a male fantasy
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
There is one reason not to
buy Kid Rock’s new album:
Kid Rock.
Kid Rock sells CDs based
not on their quality, but on
his bravado. The music on
his third CD, “Cocky,” is
disposable. There has al
ways been a place for point
less music, so Kid Rock has
found a temporary home. The
reason one brand of pointless mu
sic succeeds over another is its
packaged image, and that’s the
problem.
Kid Rock’s image is gross! And
I’m not just talking about how ugly
the guy is, I’m talking about the ar
rogant, womanizing, substance
abusing jerk he proudly proclaims
himself to be — in every song.
All the songs on “Cocky” are
about him and his exploits, which
can be summed up with the fol
lowing words: “booze,” “bitches,”
“hoes,” “tits” and “ass” (BBHTA).
In the song “Trucker Anthem,” Kid
Rock states: “You want to fuck
with me/don’t test the odds/cause
your arms are too short to box with
God.” Though Kid Rock likes to
hail himself as some musical deity,
real rock musicians have more to
do than blabber about the BBHTA.
Self-indulgence was and is a big
part of musician’s lives and ca
reers, but it should not be the cen
terpiece of their music.
Kid Rock picked up the BBHTA
tradition from old-school rappers
such as L.L. Cool J and Run-D.M.C.
He likes to bring up how he is
“keepin’ it real” and paying re
spect to his rock influences, such
as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zep
pelin, while at the same time in
corporating this hip-hop style.
Hooey. That is not reality. That is
pure pornographic male fantasy.
The appalling “bonus track” fea
turing Snoop Dogg sums up every
thing wrong with Kid Rock. The
track features the “artists” rapping
in grotesque fashion about how
they treat women. The line “Hoes
get fucked/ They don’t get kissed”
is only the tip of the profane ice
berg. If there was any quality on
this CD, this one track would take
it all away.
The unfortunate truth in all of
this is that Kid Rock can’t be dis
missed as an idiot. He is con
scious of everything he is saying,
and he must keep saying it be
cause he thinks it is either fun,
unimportant, profitable or some
combination of the three. I’m sure
he knows people buy his CD be
cause they like hearing him talk
like this. What the hell is wrong
with us? There should be no mar
ket for this.
Ultimately, I don’t blame Kid
Rock for the atrocities of “Cocky.”
I blame every person who ponies
up the $13 to let him continue to
exist. There is much better music
out there to shake up a room or
oversized four-wheel drive. Go
buy some Linkin Park or Rage
Against the Machine to soothe the
angry-white-guy pain. If anything,
go check out the older rock influ
ences Kid Rock gives so much lip
service.
Emerald Pulse reporter Mason West can be
reached at masonwest@dailyemerald.com.
Harrington
continued from pagelA
star chose the University of Ore
gon, in part because he could re
main closer to his parents, John
and Valerie Harrington, and their
home in Portland. Harrington’s
grandfather, who Joey called “his
buddy,” lives about a mile from
the parents.
Sports were as intrinsic to Har
rington’s childhood as his Irish
Catholic values. Like many of his
immediate and extended family,
Harrington graduated from Central
Catholic High School. When he
wasn’t playing football, basketball,
baseball, golf or tennis, Harrington
could often be found watching
Oregon or University of Notre
Dame football on television.
Harrington shares this passion
for football with his family. His
grandfather Bernie played football
for the University of Portland and
passed up an opportunity to play
professionally with the Chicago
Bears in order to get married. Two
of Joey’s uncles played football for
the University of Oregon, and his
dad was the quarterback for the
Ducks during the 1960s.
Now Joey Harrington is some
thing of a celebrity, but he has
made an effort to remain close to
the people who have supported
him from the beginning. These
people include his two younger
brothers, Mike and Nick, his im
mediate family, and the many rela
tives and family friends who char
ter a bus to Eugene on Saturdays to
watch home games.
The quarterback returns the fa
vor. This summer, Harrington
drove up from Eugene to visit his
grandfather in the hospital.
“He will come to see us, where
other youngsters don’t have the
time,” Harrington’s grandfather
said.
While Harrington often spends
eight hours a day practicing and
preparing for games, his father said
it is important for Joey to leave the
scrutiny and publicity of football
behind when he walks away from
Autzen Stadium. Although the
sports marketing major is celebrat
ed now, John said his son wants to
be accepted as an ordinary college
student.
Both John and Bernie said the
family does not talk about Joey’s
future, which sets him apart from
most Oregon graduates. While
most are facing the tough task of
finding a job, Harrington could
be drafted in the NFL and earn
millions.
“My only hope for him is that he
will make decisions that will cause
happiness in his life,” John Har
rington said. “Some of those
awards would be nice — but that
would not make any difference in
the big picture, to what kind of
person he is.”
Emerald features reporter Anne
Le Chevallier can be reached at
annelechevallier@dailyemerald.com.