Posted on 06/18/2004 5:46:30 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
Lenny Kravitz got a lot of flak last year for promoting a peace song via Rock the Vote when it turned out he hadn't voted in over a decade. Since then, the rocker has changed his tune and says he's learned his lesson — and looks forward to voting in this year's presidential election.
"The couple years I didn't vote, I had kind of lost the feeling," Kravitz said. "I was like, 'Man, this is all ridiculous.' But I realized that I was wrong. To take those years off and not vote was absolutely wrong."
Probably no one would have noticed that Kravitz wasn't voting — after all, he played many of the Democratic fundraisers for Al Gore during the 2000 campaign. But when he offered "We Want Peace" as a free download on the Rock the Vote site, the Smoking Gun Web site took Kravitz to task and posted his voting history, or lack thereof.
Kravitz registered in New York in October 1992 and voted in that year's presidential election, but hadn't voted since. The Board of Elections then placed Kravitz's registration in inactive status in December 1999, and there were no voting records listed for him in cities where he also had homes, including Miami and Los Angeles. When reached for a response, Kravitz released a statement at the time acknowledging his voting lapse, and called it a "mistake" that he had taken the right to vote for granted.
"That's why I'm back in this now," Kravitz said. "Since then, I voted a couple months ago in Miami. Even just the local stuff, the small stuff, I'm voting. I just voted in the primaries, and that was within the last six months. So the Smoking Gun, that's cool, but I realized I was wrong. And now I'm back, and everybody should vote. We've got to vote."
For more of this interview with Kravitz, tune in to MTV2's "Spoke 'N' Heard," airing June 27 at 11:30 a.m. ET.
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Lenny Kravitz Learns His Lesson After Being Outed For Not Voting
After years of not bothering, rocker acknowledges his mistake, looks forward to presidential election. by Jennifer Vineyard, with reporting by Toure |
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He can play 3 chords on his guitar, has wild hair, and dresses well. What talent. I wonder if he writes his own lyrics. "I want to get away. I want to flyyyyyyyy away. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah." I couldn't do that.
I wonder the same about Russell Simmons.
...proving, of course, that this Rock the Vote nonsense has nothing to do with getting young people to vote and everything to do with getting them to vote for the socialists...
Man, just the other day I was trying to think of the name of a certain Kravitz song, maybe someone can help me out. It's the one where he sings "Yeah". It's driving me nuts.
The only interesting thing about Lenny Kravitz is that his mother played Helen Willis on the Jeffersons.
"The couple years I didn't vote, I had kind of lost the feeling," Kravitz said.
But the article says he didn't vote for an entire decade. 2=10?
See #4.
A decade is not a "couple of years".
he's actually done a few decent songs...sort of pschedelic stuff.
Half black-half Jewish....he'd really have to buck trends not be a Dem.
Doubt he'll get mugged down on Star Island.
I was wondering what had happened to Michael Jackson's wig, from Liza's wedding.
I can't stand that style. He's going through his stupid phase.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Star Island?
I once saw an interview, in which he stated that he was going to dress in the 70s style until the social and political ideology of that decade became a reality.
He was also married to Cosby Show daughter, Lisa Bonet.
He'll be waiting a long time.
Miami.
I think it may be a bayfront Miami Shores digs after doing some more research.
I saw it in the movie Being Mick where he and Mick were recording together at Lenny's home.
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