What I discovered ithrough I Get Wet is that it really seperates two different types of listeners who BOTH find enjoyment in the album. One fan of the album is your basic frat guy idiot who thinks songs like Party Hard, are about getting loaded and partying. The same guy thinks “Get ready to die” is about fighting and violence, or “Party till you puke” is drinking until you puke.
Now, the OTHER fan of I Get Wet, sees it for what it really is:
It's a message to enjoy life. Plain and simple. The TRUE message of I Get Wet. That “party hard” isn't about partying. It's about being happy. “Get ready to die” is about living every moment like it's your last. “Party till you puke” is about overwhelming yourself with the present moment.
THIS is the reason why so many reviews are split on the album. One side sees it as a throwback to “Dumb 80's cheese frat metal”, and the other side sees it as something truly magical, motivating, and classic.
I think words like “dumb” and “ironics” get tossed around so much in reviews on I Get Wet the same reason these two opposing fan sides are so obvious…..the record is as pure as you can get. It represents everything about being human. And you know….The types of people who hate I Get Wet, hate it for the first reason I explained. They're looking for something that isn't there, and glossing over what IS there in the process.
They're the same people who claim to have “guility pleasures”….the same person who finds “irony” in anything remotely close to resembling the person who beat them up in high school. They're looking for something that isn't really there. Andrew WK is NOT dumb. He's NOT a big stupid jock who wants to drink his face off into oblivion. He's a well spoken man who created something here that truly is a classic.