So what\u2019s the old guy doing reviewing Kid Rock, you ask? Well, one of my daughters came for a visit. So how does that affect a review? Well, my daughters tend to bring their own music with them rather than depend upon my taste; hence, I found Kid Rock playing on the stereo system. <\/p>\n
I have never paid much attention to Kid Rock. I don\u2019t like rap; I rarely listen to hip-hop except for a song here and there. I don\u2019t even like Pam Anderson (except for the obvious.) So it was an ear opening experience to hear this latest release by Kid Rock.<\/p>\n
Kid Rock is not a kid anymore. Age 40 is looming on the horizon him and Rock N Roll Jesus <\/i>is his eleventh album release. Maybe a musical maturity has set in or he just wanted to try something new, but whatever the reason Kid Rock has produced an excellent album of classic yet modern day rock & roll. <\/p>\n
The disc <\/i>kicks off with trilogy of songs that when taken together form one of the more pleasurable listening experiences of the past year or so. The album\u2019s title track sets the tone for much of the album, featuring a good hook set to crunching guitars with brass and female back up singers in support; there is even a little old fashioned wah-wah guitar. It may not break any new ground, but it covers the old rock ground well. Meanwhile, following it is \u201cAmen,\u201d a good counterpoint song that leads off with acoustic guitar accompaniment and features a strong vocal from Kid rock above the mix. He actually shows that he has a moral and political consciousness as he deals with war and other social issues of the day. Finally, \u201cAll Summer Long,\u201d which has just been issued as a single and is beginning to get radio airplay, is the strongest song on the album. Combining music from \u201cThe Werewolves Of London\u201d and \u201c Nevertheless, there are some misses on Rock N Roll Jesus.<\/i> \u201cSo Hot,\u201d which sounds right out of a strip club routine, shows that Kid Rock just could not completely get rid of his past, and his singing on this track is more hollering than anything melodic. <\/p>\n On the bright side, \u201cNew Orleans\u201d has a Dixieland honky tonk feel, yet remains within a rock structure, while \u201cHalf Your Age\u201d appears to be a shot at former wife Pam Anderson (and if so, good for him.) <\/p>\n In a recent interview, Kid Rock mentioned he may return to his hip-hop roots for his next release, but my hope is that this doesn\u2019t happen. He may want to pay attention to his own \u201cAll Summer Long\u201d and accept that the perfect past is gone, recognizing that it\u2019s something that can be appreciated but rarely regained successfully. <\/p>\n Rock N Roll Jesus <\/i>is a mature and creative rock album. Hopefully Kid Rock will continue to explore his musical evolution in this direction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":29287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8176],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-40833","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-kid-rock","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40833"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}