False Advertising
So this guy thinks he is going to be the next sensation in the music industry. Bigger than the Beatles and Elvis put together. He's a street performer in New York City who says he's making a comfortable living just busking.
NEW YORK - After eight years of playing guitar in nothing but cowboy boots, a hat and a pair of briefs (crudely marked "Naked Cowboy," to point out the obvious), Times Square's most famous street performer is taking his naked ambition to the next level. He's working on a debut album as part of his plan for "dominating the commercial landscape of the world."
The disc, which he's hoping to push out next year — he's not yet hooked up with a record label — is a "little bit country, little bit rock 'n' roll," the Cowboy (real name Robert John Burck) said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
"There'll be blues, R&B down the line and Naked Cowboy — it's its own genre of music," he added.
Some of the tracks have eyebrow-raising titles, the most printable, perhaps, being "Get Your Ass Kicked by a Man in his Underwear."
"Every major record label is gonna compete to be the one to represent this project. Once again, Beatles, Elvis Presley, Naked Cowboy," boasted the Cowboy, calling success "guaranteed."
The problem, of course, is that he is indulging in false advertising. He is by no means naked, despite his billing. I think someone should inform Elliot Spitzer at once that there are some headlines to be grabbed by prosecuting this man at once.
Everybody knows a cowboy is never naked as long as he has his hat.
