| Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" | |
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tohostudios King Of Kaiju
Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64
| Subject: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:38 pm | |
| I wasn't sure where to put this so I decided to put it here.
Say what you want about his music but I think this is just damn cool.
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/kid-rock-surprises-fan-with-down-syndrome-on-his-birthday-183412533.html _________________ "The cat is the most ruthless, most terrifying of animals." - Spock in the "Catspaw" episode of ToS Season 2.
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Witchfinder Metal is Forever
Number of posts : 7641 Age : 56
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:56 pm | |
| - tohostudios wrote:
- I wasn't sure where to put this so I decided to put it here.
Say what you want about his music but I think this is just damn cool.
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/kid-rock-surprises-fan-with-down-syndrome-on-his-birthday-183412533.html Now that's cool. | |
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martinsane Metal master
Number of posts : 924 Age : 56
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:51 am | |
| - Witchfinder wrote:
- tohostudios wrote:
- I wasn't sure where to put this so I decided to put it here.
Say what you want about his music but I think this is just damn cool.
https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/kid-rock-surprises-fan-with-down-syndrome-on-his-birthday-183412533.html Now that's cool. More than cool that's "Badass"... | |
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MoonChild Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 15680 Age : 51
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:08 am | |
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manny mini boss
Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:31 pm | |
| I am not a fan of Kid Rock but that is kick ass and as a father of a special needs kid, I found it especially moving | |
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Required Fields Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 28675 Age : 39
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:39 pm | |
| I'm not a fan of his music, but that was awesome of him to do. | |
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exact33 The King
Number of posts : 23281 Age : 51
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:51 pm | |
| i like his last couple albums and it was a cool thing to do. _________________ | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:54 pm | |
| I saw another story yesterday of musicians doing something really cool for a fan that passed away from cancer.
From Steven Wilson's Facebook page:
"Myself and my friend Mariusz Duda from Riverside have teamed up to record a song together, and for a very special reason.
Alec Wildey was a young fan who for several years had been passionate about our music, actively helping out with promotion as a leading member of the Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson street teams from the tender age of 17, and setting up a street team for Mariusz in 2010. Some of you will almost certainly have met Alec, as he attended many of our concerts. If you did you will have found him to be a sensitive, extremely intelligent and articulate young man. He was a devoted and enthusiastic music listener and movie watcher, as well as a self-published poet, with a very bright future ahead of him.
Unfortunately on Christmas Eve 2013, Alec learned he had a cancer of the lymphatic system, followed shortly afterwards by an additional diagnosis of liver cancer. He began a course of aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, but alas to no avail. At the end of July when he understood he had only a short time left, he emailed me to ask if it was possible that his two favourite musicians could set one of his poems to music, a long held dream of his. I immediately agreed but told him I would make a deal with him - I would make it happen if he could hang on long enough to hear it. We even discussed the possibility of him playing drums on the song himself.
Unfortunately he passed away only a few weeks later on 25th August at the age of just 26, and so the idea to record the song has now become about honouring Alec’s memory and all too short life, as well as a form of tribute to him and his family. One of Alec’s poems The Old Peace has been beautifully set to music by Mariusz and sung and performed by both of us. It is now available to download from Burning Shed for a modest sum in both high resolution FLAC and mp3, with 50% of the proceeds going to the medical centre that cared for Alec during his final months, and 50% going to other cancer support group charities. We would be happy if as many people as possible paid for the official download (so please don’t share it or upload it to any other sites) in order to raise as much as we can to help others that find themselves in the same awful situation. The song will be available to download until the end of January, after which all the proceeds will be paid over to the cancer support groups.
https://www.burningshed.com/store/stevenwilson/multiproduct/65/4853/
Mariusz Duda / Steven Wilson - The Old Peace
Words by Alec Wildey Music by Mariusz Duda Vocals / guitars - Mariusz Duda Vocals / M-4000 mellotron / keyboards / hand percussion - SW
In memory of Alec Wildey. |
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exact33 The King
Number of posts : 23281 Age : 51
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:56 pm | |
| that is cool too!! _________________ | |
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tohostudios King Of Kaiju
Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64
| Subject: Re: Kid Rock Meets "No. 1 Biggest Fan" Sat Nov 01, 2014 5:25 pm | |
| It's good to know that not all "famous" musicians are narcissistic, self-indulgent assholes; some of them genuinely care about their fans. _________________ "The cat is the most ruthless, most terrifying of animals." - Spock in the "Catspaw" episode of ToS Season 2.
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