newusedrecords - Annoying New Nickelback Song and Video

Back in my early days of blogging, I had a recurring "Worst Song" feature - for instance I had the "Worst Song Ever," the "Worst Christmas Song," and the "Best Worst Song," in addition to regularly crowning the "Worst Song of the Month." I've tried to keep things positive as of late, but maybe it's time to bring it back.

You know what I despise - songs about wanting to be famous sung by those who are already really famous. OK, David Bowie's "Fame" is pretty good, as is "Drive My Car" by the Beatles - but as of late, no one's really bringing anything new to the topic.

The most recent entrant into this most phoned-in of song genres is Nickelback. Now, Nickelback is a pretty easy target - and a vast array of crap could find its way into a "Worst Song" box set. Nonetheless, they still manage to annoy me.

"Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars/ And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars/ The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap/ We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat/ And we'll hang out in the coolest bars/ In the VIP with the movie stars/ Every good gold digger's/ Gonna wind up there/Every Playboy bunny/ With her bleach blond hair/ Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar."

The video stars an array of ordinary folk alongside celebrities (Kid Rock, Gene Simmons, Nelly Furtado, Wayne Gretsky?) lip-synching the song.

First off, you've heard this shit before - the same goofy cliches sung over the simplest of tunes, winking and nudging at you because it all seems silly, yet the dude singing actually gets to live this lifestyle.

At the same time, Nickelback appeals most to the down-home, red-meat eating, Republican-voting, Hollywood-hating base. This is just an easy tactic for them to distance themselves from the so-called "elite" and portray themselves just as average dudes, without so much of a clue about what goes on in "Hollywood." This is the same kind of shit like when they tried to portray Bush as an "everyman" Texan rancher. Though I guess the video do make me happy to see the Kid Rock can still find work.