Listening to ROCKSTAR by Nickelback: A Music Nerdâs Review - ANALYSIS + REACTION
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Is Rockstar by Nickelback one of the worst songs ever made? Debatable.
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0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Song History
3:02 - Song Begins
8:21 - Initial Thoughts
9:03 - Expertâs Corner
11:39 - Grading the Song
15:11 - Final Thoughts
"Rockstar" is the fifth U.S. single by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their fifth album, All the Right Reasons. It was initially only released in the United States and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. The lyrics feature the hopes of someone who desires to be a rockstar. Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
"Rockstar" is one of Nickelback's most popular singles to date, peaking at number two in the United Kingdom (their highest-charting single in that country) and being certified Platinum. It has also sold 4.5 million copies in the United States.
Rolling Stone ranked "Rockstar" at number 100 in their list of the 100 best songs of 2007. Aside from its praise from Rolling Stone and popularity, some have even labelled it one of the worst songs of all time. "Rockstar" was listed at number 2 in BuzzFeed's list of the 30 worst songs ever written The Guardian's Peter Robinson claimed that the song was "...a Smack the Pony skit without the laughter track; ironic, given that Rockstar is one of the most unintentionally hilarious songs of the last few years. It is also one of most confusing."
All the Right Reasons is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005, on Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in January 2005. The album topped the Canadian Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 albums chart and has sold 11 million copies worldwide. It is Nickelback's best-selling album to date, according to certifications from the CRIA, the RIAA, the BPI, and the ARIA. Seven singles were released from the album. The album re-entered the Finland Albums Chart in 2010, setting a new peak position at number 21.
All the Right Reasons was certified diamond by the RIAA in March 2017 and had sold 7.96 million copies in the US as of December 2015, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time in the US. In Canada, All the Right Reasons was certified 7Ă Platinum by the CRIA in March 2010.
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta. It is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger and drummer Daniel Adair. It went through several drummer changes between 1995 and 2005, reaching its current lineup when Adair replaced Ryan Vikedal.
In 2005, the band's best-selling album to date, All the Right Reasons, produced three top-ten and five top-twenty singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar", the latter of which was their biggest success in the United Kingdom.
#Nickelback #Rockstar #AllTheRightReasons - Hudba
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Agree or disagree? Whatâre other guilty pleasure songs you âhate to loveâ and âlove to singâ? đ
Guilty pleasure... ugh... I actually like Creed. I know, i know... but Scott Stapp is a great vocalist and Tremonti is a beast. If they didn't get overplayed, I bet theyd have a lot more respect underground. Well... that and Stapp's drunken escapades.
I forced myself to listen to this crappy song to see the review. I am now officially retroactively offended by every one of your metal reviews, you give âPull me underâ lyrics 8.5 and you award this piss poor shallow adolescent aggrandizement of a vacuous cardboard ârockstarâ life an 8??!?!!!!! Are you out of your mind?
I pray the gods of metal to have pity of your soul.
This was the first time I ever heard this song and I hope it will be the last. I also guarantee you, I do not know a single person that would sing this and I am very confident to report to you none of my friends would even listen enough of this crap to learn the lyrics. If I do know anyone that does, that person would automatically be disqualified as friend candidate on the ground of poor music taste alone.
Also, send your âspecialistâ back to schoolâŠ
Great, non-biased reaction â€
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I'm definetely not a nickelback fan and I was surprised to see this on the channel but I still enjoyed the review even if I don't enjoy the song. Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated! Why not have some fun with it.
This song is all about the lyrics and I remember standing in bars and hearing a lot of patrons stop what they are B.S.-ing about to sing-a-long, SO... how can a band & song be BAD when they do what they generally are designed to do, let people have fun and enjoy life.â€đ
I love that you did a Nickelback song. I am an unabashed fan. It may be akin to canned applause to some, but to me they simply produce good rock n roll that we ALL sing to. Thanks again.
You are right on the money!!!!! Anthem Song â„đŒđ”đ¶đ¶
As a friend of mine once told me, who also heard this from a friend etc, "If you play any Nickelback song backwards, you will hear messages from the devil. If you play it forwards, even worse, you'll hear Nickelback!"đ€ŁPersonally, I've never been a HUGE fan of Nickelback but I will admit that back in the day this song was a banger for me. But then I started focusing my attention on Tool, Opeth, Nightwish, Evergrey, Within Temptation and a host of other bands and I just kinda left this band by the wayside. Music is, like everything, subjective. I thoroughly enjoyed this, even if the song made me cringe!
Lol. I despise this band but I never jumped on the hate bandwagon. They've done something right and a lot of people are lying about liking them as evidenced by their sales numbers. Good for them, they've accomplished a lot.
All that said, this is my favorite "reaction" channel because I'm a nerd and the analysis is always fair. I wanted to see it get a score of like... 2... but I cant deny your opinions are valid.
Besides, we all have guilty pleasures of songs that we probably shouldnt like, but do. So... I cant judge too much.
Best part of this song? The ending, because it's over.
It's not a trash song, but it's WAY to "popish" for me.
My guilty pleasure...
Eliza - "Wasn't Looking"
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My guilty pleasure is the band Electric Six and Bloodhound Gang.
Iâll say it now, THIS is my biggest guilty pleasure song of all time. I know people hate it a lot, even crash thompson gave some reasons why it was his worst rock hits of 2006 video, but honestly, I donât even care. Is it groundbreaking? No. Can it be generic and derivative? Yeah. Is it a bit disingenuous to hear nickelback say theyâll sing songs that offend the censors?âŠ.I mean they got away with figured you out, soâŠ.maybe? But honestly, itâs a song thatâs been ingrained in my head and whenever I hear it turned on, Iâll sing every word to it without hesitation. Itâs catchy, itâs dumb, itâs fun, and I canât help but love it. And besides, there are worse songs from this band, like everything I wanna do, something in your mouth, S.E.X., even photograph to an extent.
For a song people love to hate, do St. Anger from Metallica
You really need to do some more TOOL reactions. Please do reflection. It's absolutely incredible and it's right up your ally. You will not be disappointed.
Nickelback is one of those bands that I don't particularly care for, But also don't understand why they're so hated.
I can understand it to a degree given how overplayed their music was for over a decade. But even still, There's really nothing about their music that strikes me as being any better or worse than all of the other Post-Grunge bands out there. Cause they all make very surface level radio rock. (Though an argument could be made in favor of Chevelle and early Godsmack)
I think the reason why Nickelback, Along with Creed and Puddle Of Mudd receive a lot of flack is because of how much bigger they were in comparison. Bands like Seether and Three Days Grace were dominant forces on rock radio but they didn't have as much of a presence on the Hot 100, Whereas those three had multiple Top 10 singles.
I also think the antics of the front-men have a lot to do with the criticism as well, Cause some people already aren't fond of Chad's, Scott's, and Wes' singing styles, So when they start getting caught up in doing bad stuff it tends to escalate the hatred even further. Though I don't think Chad's had nearly as much controversy as Scott and Wes have. (Wes Scantlin single handedly destroyed POM's image, Almost to the point of no repair)
Though like I said, I've got nothing against Nickelback, They're music is passable. Same can be said for Creed and Puddle Of Mudd. (All bands peaked with their first few albums which I'd consider genuinely good)
As far as bad Post-Grunge bands are concerned, I think Theory of a Deadman, Hinder, and Trapt are far worse than those three could ever dream of being.
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down
Haken - 1985
Caligula's Horse - Graves
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
PS: Need the corgi back in the intro
Although I've been suggesting DT, I cant agree with A Change of Seasons. 24 minutes is a bit much for an introduction to a band, especially with how much there is to take in on that song.
I still vote for Metropolis but hey, any DT would be good.
Letâs see, my guilty pleasure would probably be AC/DC, as I have heard music critics say all their songs are the same - but their music never fails to make me move and seeing them live, both old and young know every single lyric!!
Oh another guilty pleasure perhaps: Nine Inch Nails, I think it is a lone artist with synthesizers. It resonated so much with me, genius!! Head Like a Hole!!!!
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Please do Dream Theater - Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Hate it.... lol and that surprises me because I love the band. I've never heard this song. Now if you choose to play "Burn It To The Ground" while on a road trip, I guarantee that we will be speeding down the highway with fine, fiery energy. Much more fun than this one, but to each his own. :)
Gotta do Orion by Metallica!!!! you will love it.
Even though I'm a huge fan of Post-Grunge, I can't say I'm a Nickleback fan. And, while I've heard other, better tracks from that album, I've honestly never heard this one, so I had no problem giving it an objective listen. While, yes, the lyrics had a good flow to them, that's really the best thing this song has going for it. On the whole, it sounded to me pretty indistinguishable from every third song on a Country radio station, but I guess that isn't surprising given Nickleback's from cowboy country in Alberta, Canada. I do admire a band that sticks to their roots, but, sorry, Francis, I can't agree on the originality part.
@thomasmalmin6194. Agreed...to me it sounded like a generic cheesy pop/country song with rock vocals and guitars. The clever lyrics (bordering on novelty/comedy) and vocal melody are pretty much the only redeeming feature of this song for me. Overall, listenable, but disposable. Cheers!
I don't mind the band, just the backing vocals are too "country" for my taste...
Gets a bit much in a lot of their songs, like this one!
I don't know anybody who would sing along to this or even would have known this song. Probably the best part of living outside of the US and not having to listen to the US radio. So there is no cultural significance in this song for me personally. And there is little to say for it except for the said cultural significance - even in this very review of yours. So yeah. This band is still a poor man's Metallica of the 90s.
And also I have a weird feeling that you now owe me a Black Metal reaction :D
"Descending Into Ethereal Mist" by Graveworm maybe?
I completely agree with you, I also have no cultural ties to this and it is sounding atrocious to me, I passed it to write and read comments because it is causing me physical discomfort.
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Lets face it, a lot of Beatles famous songs were just fun to sing-a-long to and thats it, they weren't great songs over-all, IMOđź
Oooh "8" for lyrics was shocking. so clichĂ© and unoriginal imo. I think you had the same crit for "Painkiller." But I appreciate all the reasoning and the partial "swooning" you have for a little Nickleback. They still come off like programable AI to me. đ
Two guilty bops for me are: "Since You've Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson and "Party In The U.S.A." Miley Cyrus.
I'm fine being in the "music snob" category. I listened through to the first chorus and skipped ahead to the reaction. I haven't heard this since it came out. I still can't stand it. I understand your score, but the music snob in me still thinks that a zero would have been too generous.
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One question.... Why?
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
The music playback just doesnât sound right
I think Nickelback is just hated because they try to be metal? Or atleast some fans are quite annoying trying to push that. I mean theyre not as bad as some people make them out to be, to me theyre just another average pop-rock band.
Like I commented in the previous video, I know they're not a well known band, but I think you would really like Nighttime Disguise - Leprous
Dude⊠you need to check your ears. This song would need a pact with the devil to become passable.
@@LeonardoPostacchini Hahah mate I'm not saying I listen to it, nor that I like it, I'm just pointing out the fact that to me nickelback is just another pop band, not worse, not better
@@slow11189 I understood your initial statement. I disagree that they are the average, average pop to me becomes background, it is boring to listen if you pay attention to it but you can just ignore. This song is downright annoying, I had to make an effort to reach the end of the video, it is not that it is something not likeable, I actively disliked it, in fact I was quite literally repulsed by it, at some point I found myself moving away from the sound, something I will say is the instinct of âturn off or flightâ, and that is not factoring in the lyrics, with the lyrics they even manage to make the song even worse.
I mainly listen to metal, but I can say I like songs from a huge selection which includes but is not limited to: p-funk, Motown, blues, bossâs nova, jazz, blue grass, pop, classic, rock, hard rock, prog, mpbâŠ
I rarely get this annoyed with a song.
@@LeonardoPostacchini I agree this is one of the more annoying songs, I didnt have that feeling (obviously music is subjective), but yeah i can see why you cant stand such song, I'm also the same, listen to quite alot of metal, and I dont restrict myself to that, if I like something I listen to it
Nickelback is one of those bands that, for some reason people love to hate. Whether theyâre pop, or rock, or metal, as at one point theyâve crossed all three genres, who the hell cares honestly. Now I wouldnât particularly go out of my way to listen to Nickelback, but if theyâre playing in the background out of a party or at some bar, Iâm not gonna be upset about it.
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For gods sake, I am trying to listen to this for I want to see your comments but this is torture, literally, this song is causing me pain, I found myself unconsciously moving away of the iPad.
Taking from your food metaphor, this is like drinking a gallon of rancid fat.
Nickelback schmickelback. Don't love em Don't hate em.
None of their stuff makes my playlists, but I can happily listen. Once in a while. A decent while.
One question: Why? No really đ€Ł
Good on you for going there. Is amusing.
I like the words and their intent. But...schmeh!
Higher score than thought, but your layout was fair.
Certainly had amusement value! Or was that bemusement? đ€ đ
I don't know, this song is a millennial "Birds the Word," "Louie Louie," or "Wild Thing." Yeah everyone knows it and smiles, but it's fluff. If we are grading on popularity, sure, it's highly memorable. But musically, cmon, it's unoriginal - lame satire of rock stars, it's over produced - Billy Gibbons stunt casting and on the nose sound effects, the composition is basic, a plodding tempo, clocking in at over 4 minutes, at least the other novelty songs had the good sense to be about 2 minutes.
I think your opinion overwhelmed your objectivity in this one.
Excellent points. My opinion actually had me thinking itâd score poorly, so I stand by my more objective assessment. đđŒ