February 24, 2003

War talk from Kid Rock

Kid Rock won't be joining the music industry's anti-war movement.

"Why is everybody trying to stop the war? George Bush ain't been saying, 'You all, make s----y records.' Politicians and music don't mix. It's like whisky and wine. [Musicians] ought to stay out of it."

But it doesn't take much nudging to hear the Kid's policy analysis. "We got to kill that mother-[bleeper] Saddam," he says. "Slit his throat. Kill him and the guy in North Korea."

Are some women and children going to die? "Yeah. But [it] is doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help."

Like an idiot (!), I endured all 9,000 hours of the Grammys last night because the buzz was that there was going to be some primo Hollyweird idiotarianism live and in prime time.
After finding these pro-war statements by Kid Rock, I understand why little old Sheryl Crow kept her cakehole shut about "war is bad karma" and other Saddam-supporting inanities: she went with a guitar strap that said "No War," I think.
The "No" part was covered up by the hair-do that she stole from Sharon Stone in Casino.
Foreign policy genius Sheryl also had on a rhinestone "peace symbol," but thanks to the whimsy of the fashion world, that has already been made pedestrian and meaningless as a "statement."
Maybe I'm getting old, but I thought most of the music stank, except for that of 8-time Grammy winner last night Norah Jones and Sweet Baby James Taylor with Yo-Yo Ma.