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The rock music is a conservative. Often, not always, one can not generalize. But think about it: the romantic attitude, the telling of a world that no longer exists. The nostalgia for a certain America. The same Springsteen, champion of Obama, is often accused of being a conservative masquerading as a liberal position (debatable, but with a foundation, albeit slight).
It is not just a political issue, of course. Although in a "liberal" as American music, Kid Rock has not done a good name certain to be one of the few who support the billionaire Mitt Romney for president. But there is: he in the end is the representative of the "rednecks", comes from the working class city most devastated of America (Detroit, Michigan), makes no secret of his patriottisimo, his passion for objects and very little cool things, from weapons to cigars. In recent years has tried to reposition themselves, to be accepted even by the elite "clean" and "politcally correct" the rock. There has been producing by Rick Rubin, who in "Born Free" has gathered heavyweight (Bob Seger, Sheryl Crow), cleaned his music from the contamination issues and music (hip-hop) that made him terribly kitsch eyes a certain segment of the public and "opinion makers."
Now Kid Rock is back home. "Rebel Soul" is a step forward and two steps back, a greatest hits album with new songs. A cheatsheet rock as in "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll ", which is name dropping of each song and great musician possible, or as in most of the riffs, the opening of" Chickens in the pen "forward.
Of its kind we can do all right, Kid Rock. We must go beyond the patina trash: "Rebel Soul" is a good record. The songs, writing also allow you to forgive the recovery of rap-rock sound (which he attended for some time. But "Cucci galore" seems un'outtake Rage Against The Machine - with other issues, such as the title suggests imagine). Of course, when using the vocoder, you can barely ... But his office makes you forgive the constant references to its origins, repeated continuously, its imagery that is so romantic, but a very down to earth romance: the "Rednecks' paradise", in fact. We should make a "word cloud", one of those graphical representations of terms used - in a song, a book, a website - in this case a disc.
"Rebel Soul" is not just a cheatsheet of rock, is a cheatsheet of Kid Rock. Who cares (just) to be respectable, clean or acceptable as in "Born free". It 'deliberately trashy, and this is its strength. Or his limit. Depending on your point of view.
TRACKLIST:
"Chickens in the pen"
"Let's ride"
"Catt boogie"
"Detroit, Michigan"
"Rebel Soul"
"God save rock n roll"
"Happy new year"
"Celebrate"
"The Mirror"
"Mr. rock n roll "
"Cucci galore"
"Redneck paradise"
"Cocaine and gin"
"Midnight ferry"
