Nickelback - Rockstar Lyrics Meaning
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Jun 18th 2008!⃝"Rockstar" may have a few meanings on different levels (i.e. The parody of celebrity lifestyle or as a biography of Nickelback's success etc.).
But what I like to add is that Chad and Billy must be pissing themselves laughing because generally, few people have 1realised the more subtle allusion the song's lyrics refers to.
Ingeniously, this allusion a is both veiled and yet also
blatantly obvious at the same time.
Picture a young man who is discontent at the "cards that life has dealt" him. Lady Luck and Fate have not been kind towards him. Frustrated, he discovers a way to change his fate. The young man discovers that the ANSWER to every material wish he has, is actually quite SIMPLE - make a deal...
He makes the "deal...". The "deal" that many other rock stars have made, thereafter going on to realise huge world wide fame and success.
ENTER LUCIFER played by "Billy Gibbons". Interestingly, the
volume of Bill's voice is noticeably lower than the rest of the song, giving his voice a more subversive, sinister tone.
Tell me what do you want... So what do you need?... So how're you going to do it...?
"I'm gonna (TRADE THIS LIFE / I'M GONNA SELL MY SOUL) for FORTUNE AND FAME (no explanation required here), I'd even cut my hair and change my name" I'll do WHATEVER the "deal"
requires.