got this line stuck in my head now and it's driving me nuts, and I can't google it without getting All Star by smash mouth. This song has a strong swung rhythm and I'm pretty sure its a kind of pop rock style. Can't remember male or female singer.
I definately don't have the lyrics 100% correct either, because nothings coming up on google and I feel like its a well-known song. So it could be something like hey there, or hey you, you're not a rock star/pop star. The next line has the same sort of rhythm as "I'm not a rock star" but I don't remember the words or anything past that.
So someone posted about nickelback made rockstar into a sea shanty. (Imo I think it’s awesome!) so I tried looking and couldn’t find anything like that. Would anyone have anything like that or what’s a good search?
I remember a time when the internet loved to hate on Nickelback, and it used to bug the shit out of me because this song is pure genius. I would love to defend Nickelback as a band, but if I'm being honest my love for them stems only from my love for this song.
First, it's catchy. It's the kind of song that is just begging to be blasted on your car stereo while you sing along at the top of your lungs.
Second, it's funny. The irony of the lyrics, the way it pokes fun at Hollywood and fame in general and the type of people/traits that are held in high esteem in that world is brilliant. And despite the obvious ironic tone, some of the lyrics are (for lack of a better term) dope. Which brings me to my third point:
Some of these “rockstar” traits that Nickelback jokes about desiring are actually kinda sick. “Gonna bite my pills from a Pez dispenser” come on man that’s hilarious and would actually be a huge flex. Not promoting drug usage…but if you did take pills, might as well bite them from a god damn Pez dispenser. This song rocks, and Nickelback doesn’t deserve the hate they get.
Just had to get that off my chest.
Post Malone is pretty popular right and Nickelback is pretty infamous for not being liked. I don't know if anyone actually has the opposite opinion I've never even heard the two songs compared, it just occurred to me that they have the same name. As much as I like the Post Malone song, the Nickelback song is a classic.
I'm not a huge fan of Nickelback, and I do have my problems with them.
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Their songs can be pretty repetitive: they follow a similar musical formula and the vocals usually are the same in every song.
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Some of their songs (like "Photograph") are just plain garbage.
However, I don't get the problem with "Rockstar". I like the song and don't understand why it's called one of the worst songs ever. The lyrics are clever and poke fun at people who want to live a superficial and materialistic life (like a rockstar). The vocals are fairly good. The chorus is catchy. Musically, it's not amazing but again, it's still fairly good.
So yeah, I do genuinely like "Rockstar"
The first verse has a similar vocal melody and the same key.
Why does it make too much sense to me that he would adore Nickelback?
This could possibly end up becoming a little mini-series for me, LOL.
Anyway, I have never hated Nickelback nearly as much as nearly everyone else has (even though I’ll admit I might have tried to when I was younger just because it felt cool to hate on them). While there are several tracks of theirs I’m not as big a fan of, there are other tracks that I can safely say I actually like to an extent. Like I said in my last post about Scott and Kanye, I decided to do the same thing here with Owen and Nickelback. To me, Owen loving Nickelback makes too much sense, way more than it should, LOL.
So like I did in my last post, I dove into Nickelback’s discography and thought to myself while listening what songs Owen would likely dig most. I can imagine him preferring the big hit singles, in addition a few of their deep cuts. Same goes for their big major-label albums from Silver Side Up onward.
So without further ado, here’s what I came up with…
1. If Today Was Your Last Day
(A lot of Nickelback’s power ballad tracks seem like they’d be right up his alley, and this big hit off of Dark Horse is one of them. To me, it would make a lot of sense for this to be his #1, at least compared to the next track...)
2. How You Remind Me
(It’s their signature song, their biggest hit, a track pretty much everyone knows, and one I can imagine Owen never getting tired of and always singing along to every time he hears it).
3. Savin' Me
(Another one of NB’s power ballads, and I can also picture Owen getting emotional while listening to it)
4. Photograph
(Like How You Remind Me, this is pretty much their second biggest hit overall, and therefore one of their most instantly recognizable)
5. Rockstar
(Same case as How You Remind Me and Photograph. Plus, this song just screams Owen to me, this is totally the song he’d be singing every word to at the top of his lungs, LOL)
6. Feed the Machine
(The most recent single in the top 10, and another one I can definitely see him jamming to despite it being heavier than most of their other singles)
7. Good Times Gone
(The first deep cut in the top 10, and like with Savin' Me, I have the mental image of him crying while listening to this one, especially towards the end)
8. Got Me Runnin' Ro
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As someone who has suffered from stimulant abuse, this song really speaks volumes to me about how drugs can take away who we really are as people.
Hopefully more. Would be funny if they threw another in season 4 as well to show that the band just got more and more popular in this timeline rather than like in reality.
Yes, I left Photograph behind
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