"All Summer Long"-- Kid Rock-- The Summer Song of 2008

As I mentioned, this song was all over the airwaves on our trip from September 22nd to October 7th. We heard it several times a day on the radio and quite often in the bars, walked by stores, or were in souvenir places.

Kid Rock put together a classic summer song by putting together Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama." And what a great job he did. Once you hear this new-old song you just can't get it out of your head. A classic combination.

This song was just all over the place. We heard it on Beach, Country and Pop stations. I don't know about Black stations as we don't much like rap or hip-hop, plus, they often don't play music by white artists.

I belong to the Carolina Beach Music yahoo E-mail group, and there recently was a lot of discussion about the song. Most of the folks, and a lot of them are Beach deejays, don't like the song much, calling it a rip-off. One even says he won't play it.

I will play it when I get a copy of it. Downloading?? However, I won't play it at school functions. It has a few things that are objectionable even if the kids all listen to it.

While listening to one station on the trip, we heard the opening notes to "Werewolves of London" and immediately thought "All Summer Long." I might have to play "Werewolves" and "Alabama" before the new one.

Love This Song and I'm Not That Big of a Kid Rock Fan. --RoadDog