Kickapoo (song)
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| Song by Tenacious D | ||
| from the album The Pick of Destiny | ||
| Released | November 22, 2006 | |
| Recorded | The Dell And 606 Studio | |
| Genre | Comedy rock Hard rock |
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| Length | 4:14 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | John King | |
| The Pick of Destiny track listing | ||
| "Kickapoo" (1) |
Classico (2) |
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Kickapoo is the first song on comedy rock band Tenacious D's 2006 film Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, as well as the movie's soundtrack album and in their 2006 tour.
The song, named after Jack Black's fictional hometown of Kickapoo, Missouri (not only a fictional town, he is actually from California) tells the story of a young JB running away from home, and a very strict religious Christian father (again, fictional, as Jack Black was born and raised Jewish) to become a rock star. Meat Loaf appears in the movie and song as Black's father, and Ronnie James Dio appears as himself, after JB prays to a poster of him on the wall of his bedroom door.
In live performances of Kickapoo, bandmate Kyle Gass performs Meat Loaf's lines and Jack Black sings the words of Dio, as if he is quoting him.
Kickapoo was performed by Tenacious D on the December 2, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live. During this performance, they replaced the word "fuck" with the word "freak", they also changed "cock" to "rock", aka the clean version of the album.
| Tenacious D |
| Jack Black • Kyle Gass Lee |
| Other musicians: Warren Fitzgerald • David Grohl • John Konesky • Liam Lynch • Page McConnell • Steve McDonald • John Spiker • Meat Loaf • Ronnie James Dio |
| Management and producers: John King • Michael Simpson • Dust Brothers |
| Discography |
| Albums/EP: Tenacious D (2001) • D Fun Pak EP (2002) The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
| Singles: "Tribute" • "Wonderboy" • "POD" |
| Music videos: "Tribute" • "Wonderboy" • "Fuck Her Gently" • "POD" • "Classico" |
| TV/DVD/Film |
| Tenacious D (1997 – 2000) • Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks DVD (2003) • Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
| Related articles |
| The Tenacious D Portal • Trainwreck • Tenacious D 2006-2007 Tour • Sax-a-boom |
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