• cabbage@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    48
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    11 days ago

    Through being overexposed to American news, I am slowly realizing that along with our social welfare rights one of the greatest privileges of being European is that of having absolutely no fucking idea who kid rock is.

    • vxx@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      edit-2
      11 days ago

      I would assume you’re born in the early 2000’s late 90’s then. Kid Rock was all day on MTV across europe.

      • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        11 days ago

        Yeah, Kid Rock rode on the coattails of bands like Limp Bizkit to have a little bit of fame back then. Although he never reached the same heights as most nu metal bands and honestly, the only song of his that I can even remember right now on the spot is that bawitidaba gibberish.

      • cabbage@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        10 days ago

        Early 90s. The entire Wikipedia article for Kid Rock in my language, translated to English, is as follows:

        Robert James Ritchie, better known as Kid Rock, is an American rock musician. He was born on January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan. Kid Rock was married to Pamela Anderson for 4 months from July to November 2006.

        Seems mostly notorious for who he was married to, and I’m not that into celebrity culture.

        Then again, I grew up with four TV channels, two of which depended on good weather. Whatever happened on MTV never concerned me much. That said I very much grew up listening to American (outlaw) country and rock, and I still do.

  • minibyte
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    11 days ago

    Kid Rock is playing birthday parties now?

    • mostNONheinous@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      11 days ago

      Kid rock played shows for the corporate/management teams for jimmy johns. He is well below state fair entertainment.

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    11 days ago

    To be clear, it wasn’t a lack of applause, but a lack of clapping to the beat. He was trying to lead the crowd in a group clap, and very few did.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      edit-2
      11 days ago

      True, but I think either shows that no one gave a shit about him.

      Who would have guessed that there aren’t a lot of Bon Jovi/Kid Rock crossover fans?

      • explodicle
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        11 days ago

        Interesting that such a high percentage of his listeners would be selfish like that.

  • Hikermick@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    11 days ago

    Maybe if he didn’t try to improvise a 60 year old classic rock song with a band that most likely was there to play 80’s hair metal? Also didn’t help he was getting shown up by the woman next to him that can actually sing. BTW is that a keyboard guitar on the right?