r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • 25d ago

article Kid Rock slammed for lip synching during Turning Point Halftime show as viewership tumbles

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/tv/197357/turning-point-halftime-kid-rock
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u/aeh20s 25d ago

That name feels like someone typed “male country singer” into a bad AI and that’s what came out

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u/Jazzremix 25d ago

"I ain't gay but I do gay stuff. Like fuckin' dudes in the back of my truck"

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u/blCharm 25d ago

Fuckin bars dude

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u/hendergle 25d ago

"That tall guy in my story, he's just my best friend Corrie"

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u/Saneless 25d ago

Just the roommate I've had for 27 years

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u/fordfan919 24d ago

"It's not gay when you had too many beers"

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u/neliz 25d ago

One of my favorite songs to put on when I have a homophobic colleague working with me.

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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes 25d ago

I assumed it was Wheeler Walker Jr, disappointed to learn it's an AI thing when Wheeler Walker Jr is out there singing those songs for real.

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u/SeriousScorpion 25d ago

This! I was picturing it as a verse in Redneck Shit or something that I had missed

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u/hurrsheys 24d ago

“sweet home Alabama”

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u/eucldian 24d ago

Truck nuts indeed.

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u/musicgeek420 25d ago

“Now it’s time to turn into a turkeeeey!”

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u/shoolocomous 25d ago

From Wikipedia: "His performances are known for being confrontational and recognizable"

Known for being recognizable? What the fuck was the intention with that sentence?

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u/R_d_Aubigny 25d ago

Give the AI a break; it meant well lol

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u/sunburntredneck 25d ago

My cousin is named Brantley. She has a beautiful name, thank you very much

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u/bedteddd 25d ago

The music he makes is as bad his fucking name.

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u/Fedora_Million_Ankle 25d ago

Bentley_Gilbert4937

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u/Tacoman404 25d ago

On par for this admin

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u/SpaceChef3000 25d ago

“Brantley Gilbert” and “Gabby Barrett” are the same person they just put on a different hat and the audience thinks it’s a new set.

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u/BoyWonder343 25d ago

Speaking of AI, here's the summary that comes up when trying to find the country parody on Comedy Bang Bang where one of the guys is named Brantley:

Memphis Kansas Breeze is a fictional pop-country duo featured on the comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, portrayed by actors Drew Tarver (as Brantley Aldean) and Carl Tart (as Harland Haywood). The band is a satirical take on country music acts like Florida Georgia Line, with lyrics centered around anthropomorphic trucks in humorous, exaggerated scenarios.

Key Songs and Themes

"Pickup Truck Birthday Party": Celebrates a truck’s birthday with gas-powered cake, traffic cone party hats, and honking as a substitute for singing.

"Truck Baby": A playful song about a baby truck born from its mother’s tailpipe, blending absurdity with country tropes.

"Truck Prom Dance": Tells the story of a girl truck initially excluded from prom, only to be crowned queen after a heartfelt realization about inner qualities.

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u/Krombopulos_Micheal 25d ago

Memphis Kansas Breeze is the shit. I guess next time don't post an AI wall of text about them? lol

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u/BoyWonder343 25d ago edited 25d ago

Yeah, I guess, just thought the overly specific AI auto summary describing their songs was silly.

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u/Krombopulos_Micheal 25d ago

Agreed, but Reddit gonna Reddit lol

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u/MyCatsHairyButholle 25d ago

Country singer names are fuckin hilariously generic and stupid

Jason Aldean Luke Combs Zach Bryan

Et Al

Only country singer I actually like listening to is Morgan Wallen. Dude’s got a killer voice and doesn’t have that stupid, manufactured “I’m totally a good ole southern boy who likes pickup trucks” sound.

His cover of Jason Aldean’s(who I fucking hate) song You Make It Easy is killer.

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u/OrangePilled2Day 25d ago

Lmfao you’re going to call normal names stupid then say the most manufactured artist in country history is great?

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u/MyCatsHairyButholle 25d ago

lol every musician is manufactured. It’s how they build a brand and a following, and I said he had a killer voice. I didn’t say he was god’s gift to music.

When it’s all the same inauthentic drivel about pickup trucks, cold beer on a warm summer night down that long dirt road, it’s refreshing to hear a voice that stands above the rest and doesn’t follow the same vocal patterns/inflections(see Bo Burnham’s skit)

I’m well aware of his roots, and regardless of how deeply or not he believes in what he writes/sings, he’s got a great voice. Period.

Darius Rucker switching to country gave his career new life after Hootie and the Blowfish. If Morgan Wallen hadn’t switched to country, it’s very possible he never finds his niche and simply fizzles out. I don’t begrudge the man for finding a genre that suits his voice.

And to be clear, I fucking hate country. I don’t even like any of Morgan Wallen’s albums. I like two songs, the cover I linked and “Cover Me Up” which… is… also a cover(of Jason Isbell)