It took a few listens on the ride home today, but I figured it out. The song Rockstar by Nickleback is sampling the old Dr. Hook song, Cover of Rolling Stone. Man I hate when a song gets stuck in my head like that. Plus, I hate it when a really good song gets sampled. At least they could have done it as a tribute.
Damn, I’m getting old.
More later.
In the ‘80s Meatloaf was the king of teenage-boy-sex-fantasy-music. In the ‘00s Nickelback is out to take his place. And like everyone else these days they are doing it without a bit of subtlety.
It’s hard to steer when you’re breathing in my ear
But I got both hands on the wheel while you got both hands on my gears
By now, no doubt that we were heading south
I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth
Click here to see the rest of the lyrics.
Hell we all knew what Meatloaf was looking at in the dashboard light. But the interplay between the radio announcer and the sex was a great way to pull it off, so to speak. And in the end the guy regretted his hormone driven choice.
No such redemption for Nickelback. Not that it really matters in the end. These guys are the best Canadian band since Loverboy. If I were still a sex-starved-teenage-boy I’d buy their records too.
More to follow.
Nice to know that I’m not alone.
For years the Charlie Brown Christmas special has been my favorite, and it would seem everyone else’s too. The whole idea of a dog winning the house decorating contest, a dance scene in the stable where Christ was born, and the lousy tree that Charlie picked all really strike a cord with me. And all of our lives need more moments when a Linus can step to the edge of a stage and speak the humbling truth to us all, at least until the ACLU shows up.
Good to know some things in life aren’t changing anytime soon.
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