Nickelback - All the Right Reasons - Rockstar (Unedited) -
Song Meaning via Wikipedia
The song details the stereotype that most people have about the life of a rockstar. The lead singer, Chad Kroeger, assumes the role of a person wanting to get to that life. It also features many clichés and popular beliefs of what fame can get one, such as
“I want a brand new house/ on an episode of Cribs/ And a bathroom I can play baseball in/ And a king size tub big enough/ for ten plus me/ I’ll need a credit card that’s got no limit/ And a big black jet with a bedroom in it/ Gonna join the mile high club/ At thirty-seven thousand feet/ I want a new tour bus full of old guitars/ My own star on Hollywood Boulevard.” [1]
Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Gibbons assumes the role of the rock star who has already made it, asking challenging questions to the would-be newcomer. Others have interpreted his lines as the devil egging the narrarator on to sell his soul for the rockstar lifestyle, (i.e. “Tell me watcha want”,”Ah, so watcha need? “). [2] It is also mentioned that Billy Gibbons character is not an aged rocker. As he is offering not just advice to the new rocker it is possible that Billy’s character may be the devil. This comes from the long history in music of hopefuls allegedly selling their souls for fortune and fame as a musician. The most famous of these being blues patriarch Robert Johnson.
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