What Makes This Song Stink Ep. 2 - Kid Rock "All Summer Long" featuring Justin Hawkins

[@Devo57]

“So Kid Rock’s like, ‘hey band, what’s up fuck yeah’ and then they’re like ‘yeah, hell yeah’” Love Pat’s humor

[@Geebopgrabup]

I love that part so much. 😂

[@quinnmarchese6313]

bass players like "a bit hurt about that but yeah hell yeah"

[@doodlebob3758]

it communicates Kid Rockz leader ego so well.

[@seatspud]

I have no doubt that was exactly how that actual conversation with KR and his band really went down.

[@toriagalaxy1566]

Makes me truly giggle 😂

[@DoYouReadSutterCane]

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

[@bdmartinjr.1715]

He sees you.

[@sniffyjoesleghair6257]

I will never forgive this song for... being written.

[@AndyWrasman]

Same

[@tangogrrl]

Long Live Warren Zevon! RIP the original Piano Fighter

[@alfgwahigain5544]

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.

[@MuseSick_]

“It’s got 2 notes, into a 3 blind mice” I love videos that teach you the music theory behind the song

[@galacticjuicedaddy1305]

The audacity of him to say "we were trying different things" in this song

[@RogueBoyScout]

LOL,.great point

[@solelyforhermitcraftvii9005]

He must have been smoking funny things to write that one

[@gsofficial]

@@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

[@Drakshl]

@@gsofficial better in every respect.

[@wodthehunter8145]

@@gsofficial We were smoking funny things, now we're flying without wings. 4 more seconds more. Can I have a hot tub?

[@ThomasFilbert]

Who knew Three Blind Mice was a low-key banger?

[@greyguessrfm5620]

_i dont know why but my first thought was " _*_third mice blind" and if i had to think that so did you_*

[@robjgolde3221]

My 9 month old fuckin loves it, so I too have nothing bad to say about Three Blind Mice

[@sasco7099]

Art Blakey/Curtis Fuller did!

[@shayneoneill1506]

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.

[@DoodooSwaggy]

That song fuckin *rips*

[@VodkaHellstorm]

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.

[@zachhalverstam2804]

Actually I think it adds to the aesthetic. Feels like I'm watching a video from 2010 in a good way

[@andrewgarcia3136]

Fuck yeah Justin Hawkins

[@WOHBuckeye]

Hawkens was great. And he had it pegged.

[@lukewarmwater6412]

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!

[@WhyForWhatNow]

The in 360 made me lose it 😂

[@Mike_359]

"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.

[@LordSkunk707]

Same. Had me hard at "three blind mice kinda rips"

[@michaelsands442]

The studio conversation was AMAZING... "He had his hat......" Absolutely killed me

[@kujo1999]

It is comic fucking genius

[@RobExNihilo]

" it sucks in the right key," describes every piece of music I've ever written.

[@EitherEndofAugust]

Then I bow to you, sir, because I'm not even that advanced.

[@dickravis]

Self awareness is always in the right key.

[@TheRealBozz]

Brutal.

[@burningoldsage4012]

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. ;)

[@DimIsHigh]

I feel you. But then again, if all we do is play fucking blues licks, where do we -actually- want to go? 😂

[@CSXIV]

"Does it mean all the notes are wrong? NO, it means it sounds like shit!" Lost it right there.

[@cougar2013]

Says a guy who probably doesn’t even make minimum wage writing music lol

[@indianajones5037]

Man I thought that was the best part

[@johnfaulken1951]

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.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

​@@johnfaulken1951🙄

[@SewerTapes]

"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.

[@talesfromthetoiletseat8295]

Lol that is halarious!

[@SewerTapes]

@@talesfromthetoiletseat8295 Unfortunately, not as funny as your screenname. Wish I had thought of it. Stay classy, my friend.

[@talesfromthetoiletseat8295]

@@SewerTapes lol I dunno what if your right and he was singing about smoking candy wrappers? Lol Thank you

[@SewerTapes]

@@talesfromthetoiletseat8295 Melted plastic around his lips and all. LOL.

[@michaelhammond7115]

Meh.....lame af, try again.

[@notadrummer555]

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.

[@christheghostwriter]

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

[@pmac11193]

similar great face when he finishes the bizarro world Stairway solo

[@RatelHBadger]

The joy when Justin Hawkins uses Finnerty's joke band and song as a genuine up & coming group...

[@optiquemusic6204]

"GUITAR!!!" Cool that you know some-one from a UK Glam Rock band.

[@JC20XX]

15:16

[@fattyjaybird7505]

Idk... it seems like it works better :/

[@johnzaranek8063]

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

[@kakizakichannel]

Get out of the trailer park by any means necessary

[@CrypticCocktails]

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..

[@stevelibby6852]

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.

[@wesleyantrim6648]

That’s my story exactly, except substitute Dave Matthews for Kid Rock.

[@rboss5919]

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.

[@smps001]

Hoping Pat Finnerty and Rick Beato do a collaboration on a series called “What Makes This Song Passably Acceptable”

[@markferguson3745]

" What makes this song commercially sucessful while still utterly s#ck"ng".

[@Louzahsol]

Rick beato would whine about someone not liking a song he has some emotional attachment to

[@chrisdavison2622]

Third Eye Blind?

[@lindah3954]

They would have a lot of material to work with.

[@justinhill2378]

They could do a ton of episodes just covering tom petty.

[@michaeldube1968]

Rhyming “things” with “things” tells you all you need to know about how much care and thought went into this song.

[@lw3764]

YES 💯

[@isaacphillips9844]

"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.

[@charlesclark3840]

Turn it up.

[@coasterdaydreams7150]

@@charlesclark3840 F**k yeah, hell yeah

[@wallacegrommet9343]

The piano makes it for me. Incredible style and virtuosity. Just play that.

[@ROOKTABULA]

"micro-affirmations"? That's almost as cringey as Kid Rock and this song.

[@Gabe413]

@@ROOKTABULA cringe is being scared of the word micro-affirmations

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

As a drummer, I can confirm that I do have to make the face with the hihat.

[@trintdaddylandis]

im not a drummer, but when he made that statement, i put myself in a drummer's shoes. id definitely make the face.

[@RobLives4Love]

how do you NOT make the face?

[@vivahate100]

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!

[@NoName-cz3wn]

Kid Rock's band coming up with the intro will never stop being hilarious.

[@alexmccurter2885]

I waited 18 minutes and 45 seconds for him to mention rhyming "things" with "things" five words apart.

[@GlennDavey]

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.

[@luisvillar8320]

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.

[@MASAo7]

🤣

[@russe19642]

I thought it was sweet home Albama

[@Laeiryn]

don't worry, he didn't leave out The Stroke either

[@TheTrueChrisA.K.]

@@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 )

[@zoeherriot]

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.

[@iamthelazerviking23]

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.”

[@ShreddedShredder0]

I love that this video was uploaded in 2021 and yet the resolution is maxed at 360p.

[@L1ama]

360 is a lot of p's if you really think about it. no need to be greedy

[@richardcleveland6091]

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.’

[@theheartlandgroup757]

Most accurate thing I have ever read in my entire existence…..

[@Aster_Risk]

Being in Joe Dirt is the closest that man will ever be to likeable in my eyes.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

He was actually pretty good in Joe Dirt!! Especially when he attempts to read and write!

[@progrockUSA]

@@Geezer-yf8hv He wasn't even acting, they just said "yo Rock, just be yourself".

[@coreyshafarman8918]

@@progrockUSA yeah, I’m convinced he just wandered onto set abs started saying shit and they just put it in the movie

[@vonmulch]

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!”

[@stephenbeard4747]

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 🤣

[@erikaw7767]

Nobody believes you

[@virgobro2025]

I don't care. This context doesn't make me like the song.

[@stephenbeard4747]

@@virgobro2025 I’m not suggesting you should like it. I’m just making sure you dislike it for the proper reasons.

[@AlzMarioWolfe]

@@virgobro2025 Literally no one was asking you to like the song based on this story…

[@ruiplas]

dude nailed the rehearsal language, “yeah, fuck, hell and shit”, u organize them in whatever way, they all make sense

[@kennyg823]

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.

[@the3pista1c]

"If this song was as good as Weekend At Bernie's 2 then we wouldn't be having this conversation." Thank you

[@arathianevasion]

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?

[@mchippas]

Well know only some of his hair is long, that's why he wears the hat.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

@@mchippas - Really? I thought he wears a hat so he knows which end to wipe.

[@simoneburini4036]

@@DavidSmith-ss1cg lol

[@ShaggyisMBM]

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.

[@bovinejoni4243]

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.

[@xavierhuc2125]

My biggest issue with What Makes This Song Stink is that there aren't enough of them.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

There is a whole world of songs that stink.

[@mylesmarkson1686]

@@TheRealCaptainFreedom You're not kidding. For starters, how about the entire catalog of Taylor Schitt, Miley Skankus, and Justin Dweeber?

[@GingerSinger248]

The world needs pat fingertips now more than ever

[@arabian_coffee]

​​@@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

[@mylesmarkson1686]

@@arabian_coffee I'm glad you enjoyed it. I laughed my ass off as well just typing them in!

[@CGISpiderLegs]

“Drummers love doing drum shit.” Lol. This good stuff

[@robjgolde3221]

“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

[@cedarandsound]

There's more comedy in this one video than in an entire season of a comedy show.

[@moondog548]

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.

[@kleinbottled79]

Crazy how good that Nirvana intro sounds when you've been binge watching 'What makes this song stink' episodes.

[@Silvarret]

360p and still better production value than most youtube channels - nice.

[@RainbowDemon]

Silvarret? What a surprise

[@a-can-o-beans8340]

@@RainbowDemon i was just as surprised lol

[@angelosanti9761]

That's KZbin fault...

[@jonny-b4954]

WTF are you doing here Silvarret. Weird to run into you hear my man, haha.

[@kaon8185]

I didn't even notice until I read this. Not seeing every pimple and stubble on someone's face is actually a good thing.

[@GonzoCiosain]

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.

[@matthewwoelfle5533]

Bless you. "Things" rhymes with "things"? Who knew! *spits*

[@cougar2013]

Bandwagon haters are hilarious.

[@j0a3k]

Using the two meanings of masses was smart. Saying things twice is just being nonspecific.

[@johnindigo5477]

@@j0a3k I guess they're geniuses because they could use basic homonyms.

[@johnindigo5477]

@@tateoctober814 sorry my mistake, I'm usually a prick about spelling.

[@trave5779]

"This isn't fucking Steely Dan." ... Brilliant

[@Ensign_Smith]

It was at this point that I hit "like" and subscribed - that was the tipping point for me 😂

[@michaelangellotti4773]

😀😆😂😅

[@JC20XX]

Can you explain that one to me?

[@trave5779]

@@JC20XX Yeah! I'd be glad to. Steely Dan has a notoriety for... let's say unnecessary complexity in their music.

[@lorenzodicapo6305]

@@trave5779 unnecessary? Blasphemy

[@jamesmcgarvey3]

"Where it gets real bad and real disgusting and racist...." I laugh for literal minutes after that every damn time.

[@michaelhall5429]

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?

[@DoubleAplusJ]

Well. Gotta go study music theory to figure out whats happening with that joke I guess lol.

[@pivotfever]

@@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.

[@IAmUndersteer]

“Sorry for saying ‘implying’” was the one for me, shortly after that. 😂

[@scummymilk4622]

@@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)

[@theragingrodent__]

This channel is fucking gold, never change man.

[@MikeB12800]

Definitely!!

[@cougar2013]

You consider bland and generic criticism based on politics “fucking gold”? lol ok

[@garrettbyrd7426]

Ah, I see someone else didn't watch the video before spouting off some bullshit.

[@cougar2013]

@@garrettbyrd7426 who are you referring to? I watched the video and it was lame.

[@kurks001]

@@cougar2013 yo give it a fucking rest holy shit

[@wolf_biter]

Oh my god. The iPhone ring tone was there the whole time. Mind blown.

[@TitoRigatoni]

to be fair the Kid Rock song was released before the iPhone ringtone...

[@monsterguyx]

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.

[@caitlinsnowfrost8244]

"All Summer Long" has the audacity to sound like "Werewolves of London" at the beginning and to namedrop "Sweet Home Alabama" while being vastly inferior to both. (And how dare they give me false hope that I'm about to hear 'Werewolves of London' on the radio. :(

[@faronsquare]

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.

[@leavi2520]

Well said

[@deSloleye]

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!

[@NoraQRosa]

hearing the "A Hard Day's Night" solo in the wrong key actually gave me a lump in my throat, thank you for that horrifying musical moment.

[@Ragbab84]

That drum intro also sounds like Semi Charmed Kinda Life from Third Blind mice

[@arloroan3168]

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

[@seangillooley595]

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

[@arloroan3168]

@@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.

[@elliegonzales8212]

Billy Jean is nicked as the Brits say from Hall and Oates" I can't go for that" which came out one year before.

[@555Tbird]

I was thinking the Run DMC Walk this Way remix. Or the original version for that matter.

[@spookyactionatadistance]

Pat Finnerty is the best music KZbin channel I have ever seen.

[@groundedcoffee6538]

I already hated this song when I thought it was made from only 2 songs, now add the drum intro, iPhone piano run and wrong key solo and it solidified this as my least favorite song ever.... The best things to come of this is I now know I'm not alone in thinking this song stinks, and have found a new KZbin channel to follow, thanks Pat!

[@shawnconway6009]

Gotta say, your cuts? your comedic timing? Perfect. Love them. You can't teach that. This is great.

[@bspinney26]

"The Beato Burner" actually had me laugh out loud, brilliant

[@gregorybrian]

DDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRAHMSHTEIN!

[@tangogrrl]

Brilliant! Got a real winning formula in the format of this one. Hope he does it again! And like, put in only 1 Beato Burner per song, so we have to wait in anticipation for where it will be, like an Easter Egg

[@mylesmarkson1686]

He needs to do an episode on Blink 182's "All The Small Things". That would be the ultimate "Beato Burner", and what an annoying song!

[@Flickstro]

3:32 Carson Daily(sp?), Tara Reid, Jessica Alba(?) and Kid Rock, with Sting in the back like, "I was never here.." Perfect

[@nickanastasi4209]

Biggest Hot Take on this video is Three Blind Mice slaps

[@dakotaslim]

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.

[@MrLouisianaHayride]

Thank you for this one. As a person who lives in the south it kills me the number of people that think Kid Rock is the greatest thing ever. So much stupid it burns.

[@michiganscythian2445]

As a Michigan resident, I apologize for Kid Rock. Please continue listening to Alice Cooper and Bob Seger

[@cougar2013]

@@michiganscythian2445 why does it hurt your feelings that some people like Kid Rock?

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Sweet home Alabama

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

@@cougar2013 because kid rock copied sweet home Alabama

[@cougar2013]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 People do this all the time, and what's important is giving credit to the original artist, which he does. You're aware of this extremely widespread practice, right?

[@BQhjort]

Been coming back to this video every once in a while for three years, and Zach never fails to make me laugh with his "I'm parking...here... I gotta go inside later..."

[@denniswrobleski4439]

"Were it gets real disgusting and racist is right here". I spit out my coffee when he said that.

[@cougar2013]

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.

[@mas.dono9]

Streaming Analytics hahaha wtf

[@colico14]

@@cougar2013 Whoa, looks like someone's sense-of-humor is really out-of-order. Easy there, fella!

[@joelmaxwell06]

@@cougar2013 joke you

[@ethanwells2103]

@@cougar2013 yo is this Kid Rock if it is can you stop making music forever please

[@spleeble]

That "NO SHIT" reaction invigorates my soul. I fucking HATE when people make those sorts of stupid statements with his level of confidence.

[@jlovell40831]

Full disclosure: You've just begun to pop up in the algorithm for me, and I appreciate the whole anti-Beato vibe. As someone who rather enjoys most of Beato's videos, I guess that says something. The world needs you Pat Finerty! So many coddled buttwads today that are against criticism. You, my friend, are a voice of reason in an unreasonable world. Kid Rock and Train are easy subjects because their whole existence stinks, but you speak pure facts. I dig that. You could've played it safe and took on Creed or Staind who have entire catalogs of shitty music, but you kept it pure by pointing out to the world how crappy the songs we're told to like really are. Thanks man!

[@phoenixgirl70]

I know. I was bummed I was so early to the party I didn’t get to binge a bunch of content. His IG looks interesting though!

[@Paul_Bond.]

Maroon 5 make me want to cry.

[@PattyJay666]

I don't think there are any anti-beato vibes present, just some flipping around the concept...well, not the concept, but tlike reversing it. Kudos to Pat and Rick, both are creating great content, Pat just needs some more attention.

[@herbiecactus6687]

I'm also not getting an anti-Beato vibe.

[@milhousevanhoutan9235]

@@herbiecactus6687 Anti-Beato as in he's doing the logical opposite of what Rick Beato is doing. Not that he dislikes Beato.

[@wychwoodmusic]

"Sorry for saying implying" ...is the moment that gets me the most on the 5th rewatch

[@radzo1675]

"Songs that stink make people buy stuff that stinks." - Guy in charge of the music playing at Kohl's

[@Chicken_Wing91]

“If Ronnie Van Zandt was alive today he’d beat the f***k out of kid rock”-Tim Wilson

[@cougar2013]

Why? If anything, KR gave Skynyrd’s song some publicity.

[@Chicken_Wing91]

@@cougar2013 well i mean he’s a rapper one minute then he is hank jr’s son

[@cougar2013]

@@Chicken_Wing91 what's wrong with that?

[@Ccorleone1609]

@@cougar2013 as if this song needed any publicity dude. everybody knows swa.

[@cougar2013]

@@Ccorleone1609 songs always want publicity regardless

[@Timbeon]

I grew up in Michigan and this song has been completely inescapable ever since it came out, I feel so vindicated right now (Also northern Michigan is gorgeous, just saying)

[@andrewparkkila]

Yeah, I want to make it very clear I'm NOT defending this turd of a song, but people from MI know what he's saying (albeit poorly) in that line.

[@Unova39]

I currently live in northern Michigan, and I absolutely love it. But also this song is a turd and I hate it with a passion.

[@jeremyschep3589]

Ok so I've been dying to ask a real Michigander: are the UP and Northern Michigan counted as different regions?

[@thecommonnovelist4181]

I'm hoping a Michigander will answer you/us. I live just north of Michigan (that's Canada if you're keeping track) and was really confused by this lyric. "What the hell is a northern Michigan?"

[@editorcj]

@@jeremyschep3589 Pretty much, to a suburban Detroiter, the Northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan is Up North and the UP is the UP. Yoopers live in the UP, trolls live under the bridge in the lower peninsula. Up North starts at Port Huron on the Lake Huron side to Bay City then across Midland to Lake Michigan. Everyone who lives in suburban Detroit has a place Up North they visit in the Summer which is why the song connects even if it is a musical train wreck.

[@JebusMatoi]

"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.

[@shelbytownsend3056]

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...

[@cheddacheese148]

Hey hey now, northern Michigan is a victim in this situation. We didn't ask for the shoutout and actually had to run the Pure Michigan campaign just to combat the association.

[@joebobhenrybob2000]

It must have hurt most at Interlochen. ...except for the people in the Jazz program who probably thought it sounded fine. We had a joke at Blue Lake - "Interlochen Jazz" no no, that's it, that's the joke.

[@drak347]

Golden!!!

[@michiganscythian2445]

I live about 35 miles from Torch Lake and I am so sick of hearing this song played All. Summer. Long. in Northern Michigan. “Yes, it’s summertime in Northern Michigan. Y’know how I know? BECAUSE YOU KEEP PLAYING THAT SONG!!!!!!

[@cheddacheese148]

@@joebobhenrybob2000 I shared your joke with my wife (former Blue Laker). She laughed.

[@sjrigatti]

Some of those towns on Lake Michigan are really nice - I spent a couple of summers there pre Kid Rock.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

A guy who rips on Kid Rock for nearly 20 minutes, has JUSTIN HAWKINS appear, and makes a case on how 3 Blind Mice rule? I like this guy. Take my sub! Also growing up a 3 Stooges fan I knew 3BM was a banger lol

[@NoWheyHombre]

Can someone help me, what's wrong with an acoustic bass? It's pointed out at 2:35

[@RainbowDemon]

Love how your videos feel like an existential crisis.

[@maxmedina5403]

**vibing to the solo** “Terrible.” subscribed.

[@DuckReconMajor]

this was the best part yes

[@orsozapata]

Same here

[@opensourceq]

if you leave your house in michigan between april and september all summer long starts playing from somewhere just behind you

[@jebediahthegreat3160]

Unfortunately it is the Michigan state anthem

[@phillipsnijders5933]

As a lifelong Michigander, I can confirm this to be 100% accurate.

[@167logan]

My condolences.

[@michiganscythian2445]

I live in Northern Michigan, and, yes, we hear this song All. Summer. Long. A lot of high schools even make this their class song

[@spooksterino5405]

This may be the greatest channel I've stumbled across in a while. Time to binge all your videos brb

[@Spaghettaboutit]

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.

[@knowyourenemies7]

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.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

That girl probably sucked more than this song.

[@Photologistic]

Hold off next time, tell her afterwards. Win, win.

[@JeepnHeel]

Dodged a bullet

[@carlosspicyweiner2959]

The Kid Rock talking to his band about the opening of the song bit,that shit is GOLDEN!! Haven't genuinely laughed that hard in awhile! Thanks Pat,I needed that. Keep up the great work! You're killing it my man!!🤘🔥❤

[@theseconddarrin3788]

Fuck yeaaah man!

[@Dave-hp4vh]

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!

[@controlZchannel]

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]?"

[@controlZchannel]

@James Ratliff What originality comes from any rapper? Name a rap song that's not a sample. Eminem samples and covers other artists too.

[@canistheloli3503]

@@standinsilence not mc ride. 40, and he still looks 20.

[@canistheloli3503]

@@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.

[@kennybeans6115]

@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.

[@awrebyawe]

@@controlZchannel I mean, tons of people agree that Kanyes creativity with samples creates something entirely different from the originals

[@vonbass1300]

"The major scale, it exists." I'm in

[@DustinStockMusic]

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?

[@colico14]

Dude looked like the white Kid 'n' Play.😂😂

[@Lurch685]

And paying ICP to be on their first album.

[@patmccrotch5373]

I wish pat was able to put out something monthly. He's so knowledgeable, funny, and entertaining. My favorite KZbin channel, I honestly can't get enough.

[@sujurean]

I think this episode's humor & jokes is my favorite out of all of them. When you overlayed your "Goddamn it"s when kid rock talks about his inspiration for the song has been my favorite bit so far

[@westernnoir4808]

Just realized this is a riff on Beato's What makes this song great. I guess I was watching in the wrong key

[@thediscostu4127]

Speaking as someone from Michigan, going to Northern Michigan in the summer is quite nice. I assume Kid Rock is referring to going to northern Lower Michigan. There are many state parks and the Lake Huron National Forest. Doing that is fun. Having a song that refers to that is okay. As long as it sounds good and isn't in the wrong key and doesn't steal from 2 songs that are both better on their own.

[@avjake]

"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.

[@TomaszStachewicz]

"it still sucks but it sucks in the right key" is where i lost it 🤣 awesome video, keep up with this series.

[@colico14]

Justin Hawkins said it well: "It's complete dogshit." 😂😂 Michiganders are nice enough people. They didn't deserve this badge of shame!

[@trilln451]

Thank you

[@donkensler]

Thanks for the compliment. I'm a Michigander by choice, and I'll say there are plenty of not-nice Michiganders. They definitely deserve Kid Rock.

[@todhamilton5055]

Thank you for Skewering / filleting open and then eviscerating this song, no other artist deserves it more than this freaking tool. When someone says they’re a fan of his music I am mediately put them in a category and it’s not a flattering one.

[@cougar2013]

No other artist deserves it more? You’re just a bandwagon hater lol. I’m not even a KR fan, I just find you people hilarious with your ridiculous and unfounded opinions.

[@shaneglackin]

@@cougar2013 "I'm not even a KR fan". You've spent - what, two, three weeks? - answering every *single* comment critical of "KR" on here. So no, buddy, nobody thinks you're a Kid Rock fan. We think you *are* Kid Rock, and that this makes you even more of a sad fuck.

[@DrFuttbucker69]

@@cougar2013 BRO ARE YOU SURE KID ROCK IS WORTH DEFENDING EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM OF ALL THE FUCKIN BATTLES TO PICK WHY KID ROCK LOLOLOL THE 4TH COMMENT SECTION I'VE FOUND YOU IN GG I'M DONE I'M TAPPING OUT YOU WIN ALLOW ME TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET AND SCATTER ROSE PETALS AT YOUR FEET YOUR CROWN AWAITS KING YOU'VE DONE IT AND YOUR GRACIOUS GOD KID ROCK SMILES UPON THEE

[@brettadkins7563]

@@shaneglackin Hahaha, even the comments on these videos get me rolling.

[@JuiceboxDesmond]

Justin Hawkins is a national treasure. To all nations.

[@minapolina6661]

Playing two frets up on the solos sounds like hearing the song echoing around the corner in the back rooms. That is some frightening stuff right there. Uncanny valley music.

[@AndyDion]

Kid Rock’s producer and record label did a helluva job pushing this song down our throats.

[@TitoRigatoni]

I've never heard this song. Or any other Kid Rock song. I guess I've been doing something right...

[@mxx720]

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.

[@phlubblebubble]

That intro is also in Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust

[@donkensler]

And for a Detroit straight boy, ripping off from disco is like the ultimate dishonor.

[@willywonka7812]

GAP band are most legendary and a prime source of genius

[@bradywilliams2951]

@@willywonka7812 , this is an underrated comment. +1000

[@nkogliaz]

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.

[@anthonycatanese8591]

🎸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.

[@HrHaakon]

It's weird how supportive and wholesome Pat Finnerty's imagining Kid Rock and the band.

[@corkscrewfoley]

There's just something wholesome altogether about Pat.

[@chaz1357]

"Three blind mice kinda rips" And I'm subbed

[@8bitrocketstudios]

No matter how many times I re-watch this, I laugh out loud every single time.

[@thomasmexposterboy915]

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.

[@erichanson3356]

Love this new series. We need a nickelback episode!

[@kidrock9196]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?🥰

[@charlesclark3840]

Do we? Culturally they already are the poster child for something that was insanely popular for a while but now is widely understood to suck, and most people don't admit to being the same people that made them popular in the first place. You don't need to kick them; they are already down.

[@james_chatman]

Keep him away from sharp objects for that one.

[@anabasis3144]

I came here from the Church of Beatto, saw that image of KR staring out the window at Jimmy Page playing the Stairway solo on his rich British rock star front yard, and immediately subscribed. Funny is insufficient to describe that graphic. Would like to hear your take on “Love is Alive” by Gary Wright at some point, otherwise Imma be along for all your rides going forward, many thanks

[@b.c.2281]

I'm usually like, pretty up for anything that dunks on garbage so I expected to like this. I did not however, expect to find this the best video I've seen in ages. The band intro reenactment is the funniest thing I've heard in a while, and Justin Hawkins was so cool to see. Yeah, Hell Yeah.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yeah I'll add to the praise. Why not? This is genuinely one of the only KZbin channels that makes me laugh out loud. And even learn just enough that it makes me want to play music even more.

[@IllicitMediaproductions]

I always knew this song sucked but I never imagined it sucked this hilariously bad.

[@BobZed]

I feel like you could do an entire series just on Kid Rock songs.

[@Tim---]

You leave Bawitdaba out of this

[@BobZed]

@@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.

[@Tim---]

@@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.

[@robertwarf3316]

Absolutely. I would never ask anyone to subject themselves to such torture, though

[@cricket3715]

He has more songs?😮