Imagine crossing Shania with “You Shook Me All Night Long” and adding in a guy…who can barely sing who made his name singing anthems for guys who believe in brewskis and girls who have more dreams than triumphs. You’ll end up with Nickelback’s new song, entitled “Gotta Be Somebody”.
This is a head-turner. It’s not the Nickelback you’ve known, but something more akin to Boston, a sweeter, rocking sound. And I’d like to tell you it sucks, but IT DOESN’T!
First time through, you’re scratching your head, because it’s so DIFFERENT from what’s come before. But the SWEETNESS enraptures you, the same Beach Boys sunniness/singalong quality that Mutt added to AC/DC.
And, once you’ve finished deciding it’s trash, but that you’ve got to hear it again to be sure, you dial it back up and you say… FUCK, they’re gonna get a TON of airplay. MUTT’S DONE IT AGAIN!Where could Nickelback go? Their first hit was by far their best. If this were a different era, with more rock on Top Forty, they would have been a one hit wonder. But in an era where you’ve got to scream like James Hetfield or be an emo boy to have any cred, no one makes straight ahead rock anymore. Nickelback’s got the field to itself. And, because Chad Kroeger is just too old and too unattractive to play the sold out pretty boy, he can’t, and they end up with some weird CREDIBILITY!
