@@solelyforhermitcraftvii9005 "and we were tryin different things, and we were flyin without wings" that's not the best lyric ever written, but i came up with it in less than 4 seconds, and it's infinitely better than kid rock's finished song
This is possibly the greatest musical analysis I've ever seen ever. Dude gets Justin Fucking Hawkins and has him shit on another artist's work in 360p.
I love this. I feel the same way as him every time I open the engine cover on a bobcat loader. every time I'm like "they had a good design, and then some asshole decided, hey, lets put the oil filter on upside down so there is no way in hell to change the thing without making a giant fucking mess!" I am picky about stuff to, so I can relate. and this song is just shit as well... made my day watching this!
@@michaelhall5429I don’t think there’s an actual joke, Pat’s just that horrified that kid rock bent a note to alter a chord, when he could’ve just played the root chord. Basically just stuck on his mindset of playing off key…pure evil, like a racist.
@@michaelhall5429basically just using it as a descriptor of the song. racism is gross, disgusting, and bad. we find it funny bc it’s just like, a perfect way to describe Kid Rock and his music (especially since he’s literally racist)
On those occasions I write a song that seems unsalvageable, I play it backwards before I discard it. Number of worthy songs that have come from this method: Zero. But it's only been about 40 years, so there's still time, right? Hey- hope springs eternal. ;)
"all summer long is one of the dumbest things I've heard in my entire life, but I got nothing bad to say about Three Blind Mice. It fucking rocks" The quickest like/subscribe I've ever thrown down in my life at this line.
Kid Rock is one of those people who I consistently forget exists, and then I’m tragically reminded that he’s real and not a character made up for ‘Joe Dirt.’
I can't stop watching this. I thought it was I like hearing how bad kid rock is , but really it's because of how hard three blind mice rips. Fuckin rocks.
I was watching this video with my wife sitting beside me. I said the exact same thing at the same time. She looked at me and said "Did that just happen?" and burst out laughing. P.S. Lay off of the Beato slams, that shit gets old fast.
Wow! Kid Rock discovered that Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama have the same chord progression and even in the same key!... He probably took Beato's ear training course.
@@russe19642 It's a wierd Frankenstein's monster of a mashup... The guitars are clearly Sweet Home Alabama, but the piano is beyond a doubt Werewolves In London ( had a family friend who was a gruff, old school RnR guy - he's how I know )
@@BobZed I agree it's definitely a ripoff of the Sugarhill Gang classic. But KR found a way to make it his own. He transformed a hip hop jam into an arena headbanger, and it worked for me. Unfortunately that opened the door for a bunch of rap-metal crap like Limp Bizkit, Bubba Sparxxx, many future Kid Rock stinkers, and to a lesser extent Linkin Park (no hard feelings for LP, I loved Numb). And while Bawitdaba isn't even close to a future-classic, it was its own thing. I think the only stinky thing about the song is that it was the precursor to a whole genre of rap-metal stinkers in the early 2000's. Good thing most of us outgrew that phase.
"Smoking funny things" makes me imagine Kid Rock smoking items people don't smoke, to make his buddies laugh. Something like Snickers wrappers, or dried out window sill flies. Maybe that's what's wrong with him.
As someone who lived through the whole Kid Rock thing in 2000-2002 I'm shocked now to realize he had a hit in 2008! And I've heard it, too. I just always assumed it was leftover from the turn of the millennium.
"The whole is less than the sum of its parts." More brilliance from Justin Hawkins (perhaps borrowed). On my list of songs I love to hate, this is right up near the top.
I was w my ex for 11 yrs. She was a huge KR fan. The day we broke up, my first thought was...thank God,no more KR. I suffered many hours at the hands of that turd
Me: So what kind of music do you like? Girl: Oh you know. Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis before Gabriel left. Me: Okay. Pretty cool choices. Anyone else? Girl: Oh ye. Kid Rock is awesome. Me: I don't think this relationship is going to work out.
I know Kid Rock’s cousin, he works for a vendor my company uses. A few years ago I was talking to him about how crap this particular song was. He said that yeah, it was pretty terrible that it was basically just Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama, but the thing that really bothered him were the lyrics. “I know the spot on the lake that he’s singing about, but you know what? I don’t remember seeing Rob out there. He didn’t just rip off those songs, he ripped off my teenage glory days!”
@@mylesmarkson1686this is the most boomer comment I've ever read in my life, the fact that those were your three examples, and said it like that lmfao
“So my engineer came in while we were doing Rock and Roll Jesus (goddamn it). And he had Werewolves of London looped up over a drum beat (goddamn it). I had a guitar in my hand, I started pluckin’ Sweet Home Alabama to it (goddamn it).” Edit: I just noticed the first 2 of those 3 goddamn it’s are on beat with the instrumental in the background
One thing I have ascertained aside from Pat's musical opinions and knowledge is that his head is sufficiently warm throughout these videos and he likely enjoys The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
I cannot at the moment think of a song that I hated more the first time I heard it. I was actually offended by its existence and the sheer chutzpah of creating it. I also knew it was going to be an unescapable smash jukebox hit forever
I still get upset when it comes on radio because I never fail to be tricked into thinking that it's not going to be kid rock coming out of the speakers.
The first clue that Kid Rock is unimaginative is the stage name "Kid Rock." He obviously thought it was a clever name, and had he been a country artist the stage name might have been "Kid Country."
Ok, so one thing you missed in the “Lyrics” section. The first lyric in this song - “It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long”. Why is he implying things have changed for him since 1989?
Or that he randomly brings up that they didn’t have internet back then to make a bad rhyme. I’m surprised he didn’t squeeze in something about having no hybrid cars and looking up at the stars.
He also notes that his ladyfriend was far from in-between [a girl and a woman] but, vitally, neglects to mention on which side of that distinction she fell.
I've always called him kid flat. Great video. It still sucks in the right key is the best line I've heard in a long time . Hope you don't mind I'm gonna use it.
Haven't watched the video yet, but the fact that he rhymes the word "things" with the word "things" makes me enraged. No, that's not comparable to Black Sabbath rhyming "masses" with "masses" in the song "War Pigs" because 1.) It's two different meanings/uses of the word, and 2.) It's Black Sabbath in their prime AKA one of the greatest bands in history.
The best part of this is, getting Justin Hawkins, the certified nicest british man to have ever lived, who on his own youtube channel will discuss videos I expect him to explain are so bad that they made him vomit, and then somehow convince me that I don't hate those songs, even though I legitimately do... so, sort of a reverse "what makes this song stink" almost... and, tangent, damn that sounds like a good idea, wonder if anyone has ever done a reverse WMTSS (Beato), anyway, so Pat gets Sir Hawkins to jump on and actually gets the man to land several punches, which I was flat out NOT expecting.... mind blown, well done good sir, well done!
Maybe the most genius part of this whole video is you name dropping Beato throughout but the getting Justin Fucking Hawkins to make an appearance. Major props for that! Haha love these vids can’t believe I missed them when they were new!
If there's one constant in my out of control life it's that I hated this song when I first heard it and I still hate it now. But now I know why I hate it, that's growth.
What's this in my UA-cam recommendations? Guy called Pat Finnerty doing a Rick Beato rip? Don't think I'll bother with that. UA-cam algorithm persists... Oh go on then, let's give it a go. Okay, okay, I'm big enough and ugly enough to admit when was wrong, that was probably the best twenty minutes of UA-cam I've watched in ages. Absolutely spot on analysis with great humour. Sorry I ever doubted you. New subscriber right here.
This song is like taking cold french fries from McDonalds, and warm french fries from Burger king, and then pissing on them. A true example of the whole being less than the sum of it's parts.
I thank my bass player for how i wound up watching your video essay analysis. He actually suggested that we could learn this tune as a way to appeal to a country audience. So i dialed up the official ytube vid , learned the piano part in 7 seconds and then skipped to the end. The next tube suggestion was for me to watch your video. I died laughing. Brilliant comedic timing on a serious topic… musical tastes may be subjective, but there are limits to that even. Just by listening to first verse of this POS, i could tell that nobody was trying. My band decided it was best to never play this KROC tune. So thank you for the added push in the right direction. P.s. Kravitz bowl… amazing game played by two subpar players.
When you laughed at the intro, I knew in that moment I wasn't crazy. It was Teen Spirit 😂 The terrible thing is it was so mellow... Also, the joy I feel when I see Dr. Dog mates in your videos get me. I love them! Buzzing in the Light and Nellie are just *chef's kiss*
They all steal and borrow it's also Billie Jean which was taken from Van Halen forget song I mean there is a website that ppl just find samples. Nothing Chuck Berry did was orginal was just 30s jazz channeled into a guitar early rock was stolen like everything else ..think only band not listed to use a sample is Allman Brothers Band
@@seangillooley595 when the Beach Boys 'borrowed" from Chuck Berry they got their ass sued and lost. I think his point was it's not that they borrowed it, it's just that it wasn't very creative. I've never heard of Billie Jean being stolen from Van Halen. EVH did play on Beat it. That was on purpose and with permission.
The worst thing ever is to be in a store and hear the intro and think, "Hell yeah, Werewolves of London!" Then, Kid Rock's dumb ass starts 'singing' and you almost throw up...
I swear you're like a 40 yr old PHENOM to this whole YT things. You came right out of the gate CRUSHING the ALGORITHM and by video 3 you were genius level 42-D Chess playing this CONTENT GAME. Also you are insightful and entertaining as all shit.
Dave Grohl's gone on record to confess that his drum fill intros were stolen from disco. That fill at the beginning of Smells Like Teen Spirit came straight from Gap Band. So not only is this song ripping from Nirvana, it's vicariously ripping from disco.
All musicians steal and steal influence from other musicians, but lets not get off of the topic though that Kid Rock is a shitty and barely passable DJ and somehow fooled the entire planet into thinking he was actually a legitimate musician, and how tone deaf most people who (ignore*cough*) listen to pop music really are, he is literal proof that anyone can become a celebrity for all of the wrong reasons, it's like a single that comes out that is great and could be potentially timeless, and then someone remixes it into literal dog shit and ruins not only the remix, but the originals value as well.
Can we all just remember that in the 80’s Kid Rock was rocking Kangol in underground rap clubs, most definitely not singing Sweet Home Alabama, which makes the shitty song even more disingenuous?
I love this channel...I'm so happy someone's sayin it like it is and some of these songs that everone plays along and says "what a great song"..when its totally not - in every way! Love it...please keep 'em coming..
Thank you so much for doing this. I have been annoyed by Kid Rock ever since he first poked his greasy hair and stupid hats out from under the house trailer where his mother abandoned him out of pure disgust and embarrassment.
🎸All I know is that I cannot play a musical note to save my life. I couldn't tell you the difference between a G or a C for a million-dollar prize, and I still know that Kid Rock stinks. I have no musical ability at all and I still watched this video to the very end. Great job, I hope there are more to come.
Justin Hawkins is so fuckin cool. That first Darkness album is just such a damn good album. It was great to see him here. Here's to more collaborations with professional musicians.
@@standinsilence Most musicians get shot at an early age. Part of the career, you have obsessive fans and stalkers. The thing is that those people had more because they don't set a barrier between art and artist.
@James Ratliff You do know that most rappers (I.e., mostly black people) have created an entire career off of sampling other people’s work. It’s not a “race” thing, it’s a genre thing.
I will never forgive this song for the repeated brief moments that it's tricked me into thinking someone just put on Werewolves of London
He sees you.
I will never forgive this song for... being written.
Same
Long Live Warren Zevon! RIP the original Piano Fighter
Yeah, it's like going to your favorite pizza place and finding out they're all out of pizza and all they have is hay.
The audacity of him to say "we were trying different things" in this song
LOL,.great point
He must have been smoking funny things to write that one
@@solelyforhermitcraftvii9005 "and we were tryin different things, and we were flyin without wings" that's not the best lyric ever written, but i came up with it in less than 4 seconds, and it's infinitely better than kid rock's finished song
@@gsofficial better in every respect.
@@gsofficial We were smoking funny things, now we're flying without wings. 4 more seconds more. Can I have a hot tub?
The look of joy on his face when he gets Justin Hawkins to play his own solo in the wrong key is the greatest thing I've seen all day
similar great face when he finishes the bizarro world Stairway solo
The joy when Justin Hawkins uses Finnerty's joke band and song as a genuine up & coming group...
"GUITAR!!!"
Cool that you know some-one from a UK Glam Rock band.
15:16
Idk... it seems like it works better :/
The studio conversation was AMAZING...
"He had his hat......"
Absolutely killed me
It is comic fucking genius
“So Kid Rock’s like, ‘hey band, what’s up fuck yeah’ and then they’re like ‘yeah, hell yeah’”
Love Pat’s humor
I love that part so much. 😂
bass players like "a bit hurt about that but yeah hell yeah"
it communicates Kid Rockz leader ego so well.
I have no doubt that was exactly how that actual conversation with KR and his band really went down.
Makes me truly giggle 😂
Who knew Three Blind Mice was a low-key banger?
_i dont know why but my first thought was " _*_third mice blind" and if i had to think that so did you_*
My 9 month old fuckin loves it, so I too have nothing bad to say about Three Blind Mice
Art Blakey/Curtis Fuller did!
Local prog/metal band in my area used to slip it into some of their songs and as a kind of high speed clown-music thing it actually kinda rocked.
That song fuckin *rips*
Pat finnertys rendition of "three blind mice" rips way harder than anything kid rock recorded
3:40
He has more money 😂.
@@ArtGuitarLTX popularity =/= merit
@@ArtGuitarLTX Guy was born white collar & should've gotten singing lessons, would'nt have helped tho.
Watching any video that takes place prior to the Pedal Mobile™ is how kids today feel when they watch a movie in black and white.
This is possibly the greatest musical analysis I've ever seen ever. Dude gets Justin Fucking Hawkins and has him shit on another artist's work in 360p.
Actually I think it adds to the aesthetic. Feels like I'm watching a video from 2010 in a good way
Fuck yeah Justin Hawkins
Hawkens was great. And he had it pegged.
I love this. I feel the same way as him every time I open the engine cover on a bobcat loader. every time I'm like "they had a good design, and then some asshole decided, hey, lets put the oil filter on upside down so there is no way in hell to change the thing without making a giant fucking mess!" I am picky about stuff to, so I can relate. and this song is just shit as well... made my day watching this!
The in 360 made me lose it 😂
“It’s got 2 notes, into a 3 blind mice”
I love videos that teach you the music theory behind the song
Rhyming “things” with “things” tells you all you need to know about how much care and thought went into this song.
"Where it gets real bad and real disgusting and racist...."
I laugh for literal minutes after that every damn time.
I'm an idiot who still doesn't get that joke after 3 listens, would you mind explaining it to me if you get the notification for this?
Well. Gotta go study music theory to figure out whats happening with that joke I guess lol.
@@michaelhall5429I don’t think there’s an actual joke, Pat’s just that horrified that kid rock bent a note to alter a chord, when he could’ve just played the root chord. Basically just stuck on his mindset of playing off key…pure evil, like a racist.
“Sorry for saying ‘implying’” was the one for me, shortly after that. 😂
@@michaelhall5429basically just using it as a descriptor of the song. racism is gross, disgusting, and bad. we find it funny bc it’s just like, a perfect way to describe Kid Rock and his music (especially since he’s literally racist)
Hoping Pat Finnerty and Rick Beato do a collaboration on a series called “What Makes This Song Passably Acceptable”
" What makes this song commercially sucessful while still utterly s#ck"ng".
Rick beato would whine about someone not liking a song he has some emotional attachment to
Third Eye Blind?
They would have a lot of material to work with.
They could do a ton of episodes just covering tom petty.
" it sucks in the right key," describes every piece of music I've ever written.
Then I bow to you, sir, because I'm not even that advanced.
Self awareness is always in the right key.
Brutal.
On those occasions I write a song that seems unsalvageable, I play it backwards before I discard it. Number of worthy songs that have come from this method: Zero. But it's only been about 40 years, so there's still time, right? Hey- hope springs eternal. ;)
I feel you. But then again, if all we do is play fucking blues licks, where do we -actually- want to go? 😂
Kid Rock's band coming up with the intro will never stop being hilarious.
I love that this video was uploaded in 2021 and yet the resolution is maxed at 360p.
360 is a lot of p's if you really think about it. no need to be greedy
"all summer long is one of the dumbest things I've heard in my entire life, but I got nothing bad to say about Three Blind Mice. It fucking rocks"
The quickest like/subscribe I've ever thrown down in my life at this line.
Same. Had me hard at "three blind mice kinda rips"
Kid Rock is one of those people who I consistently forget exists, and then I’m tragically reminded that he’s real and not a character made up for ‘Joe Dirt.’
Most accurate thing I have ever read in my entire existence…..
Being in Joe Dirt is the closest that man will ever be to likeable in my eyes.
He was actually pretty good in Joe Dirt!! Especially when he attempts to read and write!
@@Geezer-yf8hv He wasn't even acting, they just said "yo Rock, just be yourself".
@@progrockUSA yeah, I’m convinced he just wandered onto set abs started saying shit and they just put it in the movie
I can't stop watching this. I thought it was I like hearing how bad kid rock is , but really it's because of how hard three blind mice rips. Fuckin rocks.
Crazy how good that Nirvana intro sounds when you've been binge watching 'What makes this song stink' episodes.
"Does it mean all the notes are wrong? NO, it means it sounds like shit!"
Lost it right there.
Says a guy who probably doesn’t even make minimum wage writing music lol
Man I thought that was the best part
I was watching this video with my wife sitting beside me.
I said the exact same thing at the same time.
She looked at me and said "Did that just happen?" and burst out laughing.
P.S. Lay off of the Beato slams, that shit gets old fast.
@@johnfaulken1951🙄
Wow! Kid Rock discovered that Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama have the same chord progression and even in the same key!... He probably took Beato's ear training course.
🤣
I thought it was sweet home Albama
don't worry, he didn't leave out The Stroke either
@@russe19642 It's a wierd Frankenstein's monster of a mashup...
The guitars are clearly
Sweet Home Alabama, but the piano
is beyond a doubt
Werewolves In London
( had a family friend who was a gruff,
old school RnR guy - he's how I know )
What's weird is that he knew they were in the same key, but no one picked up that the guitar solo was in the wrong key. It's nuts.
“Drummers love doing drum shit.” Lol. This good stuff
I feel like you could do an entire series just on Kid Rock songs.
You leave Bawitdaba out of this
@@Tim--- I gave it a listen. It's OK. Kinda derivative, but OK. The problem is that most of his stuff isn't nearly that good.
@@BobZed I agree it's definitely a ripoff of the Sugarhill Gang classic. But KR found a way to make it his own. He transformed a hip hop jam into an arena headbanger, and it worked for me. Unfortunately that opened the door for a bunch of rap-metal crap like Limp Bizkit, Bubba Sparxxx, many future Kid Rock stinkers, and to a lesser extent Linkin Park (no hard feelings for LP, I loved Numb). And while Bawitdaba isn't even close to a future-classic, it was its own thing. I think the only stinky thing about the song is that it was the precursor to a whole genre of rap-metal stinkers in the early 2000's. Good thing most of us outgrew that phase.
Absolutely. I would never ask anyone to subject themselves to such torture, though
He has more songs?😮
"Sweet Home Alabama: good song. Does it need to be played? No." Thank you so much for that. These are the micro-affirmations I need as an adult.
Turn it up.
@@charlesclark3840 F**k yeah, hell yeah
The piano makes it for me. Incredible style and virtuosity. Just play that.
"micro-affirmations"? That's almost as cringey as Kid Rock and this song.
@@ROOKTABULA cringe is being scared of the word micro-affirmations
"Smoking funny things" makes me imagine Kid Rock smoking items people don't smoke, to make his buddies laugh. Something like Snickers wrappers, or dried out window sill flies. Maybe that's what's wrong with him.
Lol that is halarious!
@@talesfromthetoiletseat8295
Unfortunately, not as funny as your screenname. Wish I had thought of it. Stay classy, my friend.
@@SewerTapes lol I dunno what if your right and he was singing about smoking candy wrappers? Lol
Thank you
@@talesfromthetoiletseat8295
Melted plastic around his lips and all. LOL.
Meh.....lame af, try again.
As someone who lived through the whole Kid Rock thing in 2000-2002 I'm shocked now to realize he had a hit in 2008! And I've heard it, too. I just always assumed it was leftover from the turn of the millennium.
Yeah bruh, just imagine all those billions of people who lived through those two years.
"The whole is less than the sum of its parts." More brilliance from Justin Hawkins (perhaps borrowed). On my list of songs I love to hate, this is right up near the top.
"Drummers love doin' drum shit"
As a drummer, never a truer word has been spoken
As a drummer too, that line truly spoke to my heart
im a guitar player and i like doing drum shit lol
@@rickyfloyd8712 In the words of Pat, we all love drums
I'm a drummer and also like to hang with musicians.
After Mitch Mitchell and John Bonham drummers were not that impressive to me anymore
I was w my ex for 11 yrs. She was a huge KR fan. The day we broke up, my first thought was...thank God,no more KR. I suffered many hours at the hands of that turd
Get out of the trailer park by any means necessary
If she didn’t make it clear she was a Kid Rock fan before the nuptials I hope your lawyer took her the the cleaners..
The only question is did you MARRY her as a KR fan or did she morph into one? If it is the latter, have to figure out what happened there.
That’s my story exactly, except substitute Dave Matthews for Kid Rock.
Me: So what kind of music do you like?
Girl: Oh you know. Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis before Gabriel left.
Me: Okay. Pretty cool choices. Anyone else?
Girl: Oh ye. Kid Rock is awesome.
Me: I don't think this relationship is going to work out.
3:32 Carson Daily(sp?), Tara Reid, Jessica Alba(?) and Kid Rock, with Sting in the back like, "I was never here.."
Perfect
Justin Hawkins is a national treasure.
To all nations.
I waited 18 minutes and 45 seconds for him to mention rhyming "things" with "things" five words apart.
I've heard "gone" rhymed with "done" in several cheap country songs, amongst other crimes. It's what a 5th grade education will get you.
As a drummer, I can confirm that I do have to make the face with the hihat.
im not a drummer, but when he made that statement, i put myself in a drummer's shoes. id definitely make the face.
how do you NOT make the face?
Pat Finnerty is the best music UA-cam channel I have ever seen.
“Does that mean that all the notes on it are wrong? No, it just sounds like shit!” Classic 😂😂😂thanks man!! I liked and subscribed. Great job!!!
Many, many LOL moments, seeing Hawkins play his own famous solo out of key may be the best laugh I’ve had “all pandemic long.”
I know Kid Rock’s cousin, he works for a vendor my company uses. A few years ago I was talking to him about how crap this particular song was. He said that yeah, it was pretty terrible that it was basically just Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama, but the thing that really bothered him were the lyrics. “I know the spot on the lake that he’s singing about, but you know what? I don’t remember seeing Rob out there. He didn’t just rip off those songs, he ripped off my teenage glory days!”
Thing is, he likes hip hop and he’s sampled Werewolves, so it’s not ripping them off. It is garbage anyway, just talking in facts 🤣
Nobody believes you
I don't care. This context doesn't make me like the song.
@@virgobro2025 I’m not suggesting you should like it. I’m just making sure you dislike it for the proper reasons.
@@virgobro2025 Literally no one was asking you to like the song based on this story…
This may be the greatest channel I've stumbled across in a while. Time to binge all your videos brb
These are the only videos on UA-cam I can watch more than once. If I’m having a shitty day, I can count on Pat to make me laugh 😂.
dude nailed the rehearsal language, “yeah, fuck, hell and shit”, u organize them in whatever way, they all make sense
My biggest issue with What Makes This Song Stink is that there aren't enough of them.
There is a whole world of songs that stink.
@@TheRealCaptainFreedom You're not kidding. For starters, how about the entire catalog of Taylor Schitt, Miley Skankus, and Justin Dweeber?
The world needs pat fingertips now more than ever
@@mylesmarkson1686this is the most boomer comment I've ever read in my life, the fact that those were your three examples, and said it like that lmfao
@@elemeclipse I'm glad you enjoyed it. I laughed my ass off as well just typing them in!
"It's a bit like the whole is less than some of its parts"
Thanks for describing this song and Kid Rock in the same sentence.
Love your content! my boyfriend and I can't get enough of this series, we love what you do so just keep on doing your thing! Much love from WI
“So my engineer came in while we were doing Rock and Roll Jesus (goddamn it).
And he had Werewolves of London looped up over a drum beat (goddamn it). I had a guitar in my hand, I started pluckin’ Sweet Home Alabama to it (goddamn it).”
Edit: I just noticed the first 2 of those 3 goddamn it’s are on beat with the instrumental in the background
I like that there's a video where the frontman from The Darkness casually appears to slag off a Kid Rock song. More videos please!
One thing I have ascertained aside from Pat's musical opinions and knowledge is that his head is sufficiently warm throughout these videos and he likely enjoys The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Justin from the Darkness rocking a Fletch Lives poster. So much respect.
360p and still better production value than most youtube channels - nice.
Silvarret? What a surprise
@@RainbowDemon i was just as surprised lol
That's UA-cam fault...
WTF are you doing here Silvarret. Weird to run into you hear my man, haha.
I didn't even notice until I read this. Not seeing every pimple and stubble on someone's face is actually a good thing.
I cannot at the moment think of a song that I hated more the first time I heard it. I was actually offended by its existence and the sheer chutzpah of creating it. I also knew it was going to be an unescapable smash jukebox hit forever
I still get upset when it comes on radio because I never fail to be tricked into thinking that it's not going to be kid rock coming out of the speakers.
you just know he would hate you using a Yiddish word here
Yep... move over Smash Mouth... All Summer Long just dropped.
That Ke$ha/Pitbull song Timber gave me the same feels as this Kid Rock shite.
I punched the car stereo the first time I heard St. Anger. I punched myself the first time I heard this.
The first clue that Kid Rock is unimaginative is the stage name "Kid Rock." He obviously thought it was a clever name, and had he been a country artist the stage name might have been "Kid Country."
Let's give In A Gadda Da Vida long version a little love shall we? Simple drum solo. Simply epic!!
Ok, so one thing you missed in the “Lyrics” section. The first lyric in this song - “It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long”. Why is he implying things have changed for him since 1989?
Well know only some of his hair is long, that's why he wears the hat.
@@mchippas - Really? I thought he wears a hat so he knows which end to wipe.
@@DavidSmith-ss1cg lol
Or that he randomly brings up that they didn’t have internet back then to make a bad rhyme. I’m surprised he didn’t squeeze in something about having no hybrid cars and looking up at the stars.
He also notes that his ladyfriend was far from in-between [a girl and a woman] but, vitally, neglects to mention on which side of that distinction she fell.
"This isn't fucking Steely Dan."
...
Brilliant
It was at this point that I hit "like" and subscribed - that was the tipping point for me 😂
😀😆😂😅
Can you explain that one to me?
@@JC20XX Yeah! I'd be glad to. Steely Dan has a notoriety for... let's say unnecessary complexity in their music.
@@trave5779 unnecessary?
Blasphemy
9:54 - Cracked up when the side by side happened
I've always called him kid flat. Great video. It still sucks in the right key is the best line I've heard in a long time . Hope you don't mind I'm gonna use it.
Oh my god. The iPhone ring tone was there the whole time. Mind blown.
to be fair the Kid Rock song was released before the iPhone ringtone...
Haven't watched the video yet, but the fact that he rhymes the word "things" with the word "things" makes me enraged.
No, that's not comparable to Black Sabbath rhyming "masses" with "masses" in the song "War Pigs" because 1.) It's two different meanings/uses of the word, and 2.) It's Black Sabbath in their prime AKA one of the greatest bands in history.
Bless you. "Things" rhymes with "things"? Who knew! *spits*
Bandwagon haters are hilarious.
Using the two meanings of masses was smart. Saying things twice is just being nonspecific.
@@j0a3k I guess they're geniuses because they could use basic homonyms.
@@tateoctober814 sorry my mistake, I'm usually a prick about spelling.
The best part of this is, getting Justin Hawkins, the certified nicest british man to have ever lived, who on his own youtube channel will discuss videos I expect him to explain are so bad that they made him vomit, and then somehow convince me that I don't hate those songs, even though I legitimately do... so, sort of a reverse "what makes this song stink" almost... and, tangent, damn that sounds like a good idea, wonder if anyone has ever done a reverse WMTSS (Beato), anyway, so Pat gets Sir Hawkins to jump on and actually gets the man to land several punches, which I was flat out NOT expecting.... mind blown, well done good sir, well done!
Maybe the most genius part of this whole video is you name dropping Beato throughout but the getting Justin Fucking Hawkins to make an appearance. Major props for that! Haha love these vids can’t believe I missed them when they were new!
If there's one constant in my out of control life it's that I hated this song when I first heard it and I still hate it now. But now I know why I hate it, that's growth.
"If this song was as good as Weekend At Bernie's 2 then we wouldn't be having this conversation." Thank you
Can't believe you got Justin Hawkins. He's an amazing frontman. Seen them live loads of times. I love his JHRA channel.
"The only problem is that it usually sounds pretty good." --My new favorite quote.
I ruined my chances with a girl at a bar one time because I wanted to explain why this song sucks so badly.
Totally worth it.
That girl probably sucked more than this song.
Hold off next time, tell her afterwards. Win, win.
Dodged a bullet
There's more comedy in this one video than in an entire season of a comedy show.
What's this in my UA-cam recommendations? Guy called Pat Finnerty doing a Rick Beato rip? Don't think I'll bother with that.
UA-cam algorithm persists...
Oh go on then, let's give it a go.
Okay, okay, I'm big enough and ugly enough to admit when was wrong, that was probably the best twenty minutes of UA-cam I've watched in ages. Absolutely spot on analysis with great humour. Sorry I ever doubted you. New subscriber right here.
I totally rocked along with three blind mice. That latter riff is a classic.
“If Ronnie Van Zandt was alive today he’d beat the f***k out of kid rock”-Tim Wilson
Why? If anything, KR gave Skynyrd’s song some publicity.
@@cougar2013 well i mean he’s a rapper one minute then he is hank jr’s son
@@thecausalgamer7916 what's wrong with that?
@@cougar2013 as if this song needed any publicity dude. everybody knows swa.
@@cbg1609 songs always want publicity regardless
This song is like taking cold french fries from McDonalds, and warm french fries from Burger king, and then pissing on them. A true example of the whole being less than the sum of it's parts.
Well said
I'm sure this comment shouldn't be so funny, but after the brilliant insanity of this video I'm totally down for this kind of batshit metaphor. Nice!
I thank my bass player for how i wound up watching your video essay analysis. He actually suggested that we could learn this tune as a way to appeal to a country audience. So i dialed up the official ytube vid , learned the piano part in 7 seconds and then skipped to the end.
The next tube suggestion was for me to watch your video. I died laughing. Brilliant comedic timing on a serious topic… musical tastes may be subjective, but there are limits to that even. Just by listening to first verse of this POS, i could tell that nobody was trying.
My band decided it was best to never play this KROC tune. So thank you for the added push in the right direction.
P.s. Kravitz bowl… amazing game played by two subpar players.
When you laughed at the intro, I knew in that moment I wasn't crazy. It was Teen Spirit 😂 The terrible thing is it was so mellow...
Also, the joy I feel when I see Dr. Dog mates in your videos get me. I love them! Buzzing in the Light and Nellie are just *chef's kiss*
That drum intro also sounds like Semi Charmed Kinda Life from Third Blind mice
Isn't it a Spin Doctors into as well? I can't name the song (it's a big secret) or I just never liked the Spin Doctors
They all steal and borrow it's also Billie Jean which was taken from Van Halen forget song I mean there is a website that ppl just find samples. Nothing Chuck Berry did was orginal was just 30s jazz channeled into a guitar early rock was stolen like everything else ..think only band not listed to use a sample is Allman Brothers Band
@@seangillooley595 when the Beach Boys 'borrowed" from Chuck Berry they got their ass sued and lost.
I think his point was it's not that they borrowed it, it's just that it wasn't very creative.
I've never heard of Billie Jean being stolen from Van Halen. EVH did play on Beat it. That was on purpose and with permission.
Billy Jean is nicked as the Brits say from Hall and Oates" I can't go for that" which came out one year before.
I was thinking the Run DMC Walk this Way remix. Or the original version for that matter.
The worst thing ever is to be in a store and hear the intro and think, "Hell yeah, Werewolves of London!" Then, Kid Rock's dumb ass starts 'singing' and you almost throw up...
The description of being at the store when a bad song comes on
This may be the best thing I've seen on UA-cam in a long time.
"Songs that stink make people buy stuff that stinks." - Guy in charge of the music playing at Kohl's
I swear you're like a 40 yr old PHENOM to this whole YT things. You came right out of the gate CRUSHING the ALGORITHM and by video 3 you were genius level 42-D Chess playing this CONTENT GAME.
Also you are insightful and entertaining as all shit.
"it still sucks but it sucks in the right key" made me follow this channel.
Man that section with Hawkins was excellent.
"Were it gets real disgusting and racist is right here". I spit out my coffee when he said that.
Yeah, I hear you. It’s sad when someone as beta as this guy starts calling things racist. I’m sure his wife’s boyfriend likes him though.
Streaming Analytics hahaha wtf
@@cougar2013 Whoa, looks like someone's sense-of-humor is really out-of-order. Easy there, fella!
@@cougar2013 joke
you
@@cougar2013 yo is this Kid Rock if it is can you stop making music forever please
Dave Grohl's gone on record to confess that his drum fill intros were stolen from disco. That fill at the beginning of Smells Like Teen Spirit came straight from Gap Band. So not only is this song ripping from Nirvana, it's vicariously ripping from disco.
That intro is also in Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
And for a Detroit straight boy, ripping off from disco is like the ultimate dishonor.
GAP band are most legendary and a prime source of genius
@@willywonka7812 , this is an underrated comment. +1000
All musicians steal and steal influence from other musicians, but lets not get off of the topic though that Kid Rock is a shitty and barely passable DJ and somehow fooled the entire planet into thinking he was actually a legitimate musician, and how tone deaf most people who (ignore*cough*) listen to pop music really are, he is literal proof that anyone can become a celebrity for all of the wrong reasons, it's like a single that comes out that is great and could be potentially timeless, and then someone remixes it into literal dog shit and ruins not only the remix, but the originals value as well.
Pat Finnerty is a hero for listening to these terrible songs enough times to make these videos for the sake of comedy.
After all these rewatches I have only now realized the pedal during the MUAHAHAHAH is a dang Klon Centaur lmfao
Can we all just remember that in the 80’s Kid Rock was rocking Kangol in underground rap clubs, most definitely not singing Sweet Home Alabama, which makes the shitty song even more disingenuous?
Dude looked like the white Kid 'n' Play.😂😂
And paying ICP to be on their first album.
Biggest Hot Take on this video is Three Blind Mice slaps
The African-American fella saying “Hey guys” was my vocal teacher back in the early 90’s 😂
I've learned so much about music in the last week watching these. Thanks lol
That "NO SHIT" reaction invigorates my soul. I fucking HATE when people make those sorts of stupid statements with his level of confidence.
This channel is fucking gold, never change man.
Definitely!!
You consider bland and generic criticism based on politics “fucking gold”? lol ok
Ah, I see someone else didn't watch the video before spouting off some bullshit.
@@garrettbyrd7426 who are you referring to? I watched the video and it was lame.
@@cougar2013 yo give it a fucking rest holy shit
I love this channel...I'm so happy someone's sayin it like it is and some of these songs that everone plays along and says "what a great song"..when its totally not - in every way! Love it...please keep 'em coming..
Thank you so much for doing this. I have been annoyed by Kid Rock ever since he first poked his greasy hair and stupid hats out from under the house trailer where his mother abandoned him out of pure disgust and embarrassment.
It's hard for me to put into words how much soul-withering hate I have for this song, so thanks for doing it for me.
Just realized this is a riff on Beato's What makes this song great. I guess I was watching in the wrong key
🎸All I know is that I cannot play a musical note to save my life. I couldn't tell you the difference between a G or a C for a million-dollar prize, and I still know that Kid Rock stinks. I have no musical ability at all and I still watched this video to the very end. Great job, I hope there are more to come.
I found your channel last night and I love it.
He'll yeah. I've watched every video several times.
Justin Hawkins is so fuckin cool. That first Darkness album is just such a damn good album. It was great to see him here. Here's to more collaborations with professional musicians.
All Kid Rock songs are covers. Every time I hear one of his songs I'm like "Isn't this just [insert super well known song here]?"
@James Ratliff What originality comes from any rapper? Name a rap song that's not a sample. Eminem samples and covers other artists too.
@@standinsilence not mc ride. 40, and he still looks 20.
@@standinsilence Most musicians get shot at an early age. Part of the career, you have obsessive fans and stalkers. The thing is that those people had more because they don't set a barrier between art and artist.
@James Ratliff
You do know that most rappers (I.e., mostly black people) have created an entire career off of sampling other people’s work. It’s not a “race” thing, it’s a genre thing.
@@controlZchannel I mean, tons of people agree that Kanyes creativity with samples creates something entirely different from the originals
Can someone help me, what's wrong with an acoustic bass? It's pointed out at 2:35
Watching Justin’s channel brought me to this wonderful channel- you’re both hilarious and not only that, I’ve been a Dr. Dog fan for years. Day made.