Greetings, PopWatchers. It’s time to play "Name that Celebrity Cameo," starring this week’s special guest… Nickelback!
Check out the music video for "Rockstar," whichwas a single off the Canadian band’s 2005 album All the Right Reasons but for some reason never had a video.Perhaps it took two years to make all the calls necessary to create this clip,which is low on production value but high on star sightings. As Chad Kroegercroons about living the high life, various celebrities and everyday people lip-synchthe words, which are at times pretty amusing — my favorite part is when Kroegersings "Sign a couple autographs so Ican get my meals for free" and then ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons deadpans,"I’ll take the quesadilla." And my favorite lip-syncher is definitelythe messenger bag-toting dude rocking out in front of "Hills High School" — if this doesn’tget him a role as a bully in the next BringIt On, I don’t know what will.
In many ways, this video is like one of those time capsulesyou make in grade school. Someone can dig this up in 30 years and discover apretty comprehensive swath of pop culture personalities from around the turn ofthe millennium. This is how you remind me… ofsome people that used to be famous.
Anyway, I don’t want to spoil the fun, so I’ll turn it overto you, PopWatchers. Let us know whom you spot in the comments below.
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how is nickleback popular?
SO, we got Grant Hill, Wayne Gretsky, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Paul Wall, Hugh Heffner’s girlfriends, Kid Rock, 3 6 Mafia, Gene Simmons,….too many to name!
Interesting video…too bad it’s to a Nickelback song…
Nelly Furtado, Eliza Dushku, Ted Nugent, Wayne Gretzky, Kid Rock, a country singer that I don’t know (maybe one of Big and Rich), the “girls next door”, Grant Hill, Dominique Swain (I think), Gene Simmons, and so many more…I always wondered why there wasn’t a video for this.
Dominique Swain, Billy Gibbons,Nelly Furtado, Kid Rock, John Rich, Gene Simmons, Ted Nugent, Taryn Manning, Eliza Dushku, Naked Cowboy, Daisy Marie, Chuck Liddell, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Paul Wall, Wayne Gretzky, Elliot Segal, Federico Castelluccio, Grant Hill, Lupe Fiasco, Twista, Hef’s gals, American Choppers guys
plus The American Chopper Crew, UFC lightweight fighter Chuck Liddell, Taryn Manning, Lupe Fiasco, the naked Cowboy, the Sopranos’ Federico Castelluccio
what a BUNCH of hypocrites. nickelback, seriously? despise the song and the video.
I don’t like Nickelback or this song, but this is kind of cute.
Yeah, I’m sure when people look back at this video as a time capsule 50 years from now they’ll learn that Billy Gibbons, Taryn Manning and Paul Wall were HUGE in 2007 (or 2005)…or not.
Gawd I hate Nickelback.
Yeah, I’m sure when people look back at this video as a time capsule 50 years from now they’ll learn that Billy Gibbons, Taryn Manning and Paul Wall were HUGE in 2007 (or 2005)…or not.
Gawd I hate Nickelback.
I have so much less respect for all of the people who chose to be in this video, even ones I had zero respect for previously. Nickelback blows.
Wayne Gretzky will show up for anything won’t he.
This video makes me hate this song less. I like the mix of famous, why-are-they-famous, wannabe-famous, and non-famous people. Very appropos.
I was going to say that this video saved us from having to look at Nickelback’s ugly faces, but then they show up for the last 3 seconds. Dang, they are BUTT! The song and video both suck. I wonder how much Nelly Furtado got paid to lose her dignity?
Huh, I submitted this as my Must List item a few weeks back. I’m still not a fan of the song or Nickelback in general but the celebrity-spotting is fun. I enjoy Dale Jr – he looks like he’s working so hard to get the lip-synching right and Kid Rock for the exact opposite reason – he just couldn’t really care less.
Does the Naked Cowboy have it in his contract (if he has one) that he must be in every “on the street” music video? I know he was in Cake’s NYC version of “Short Skirt, Long Jacket.”
Also, I’m glad I’m not alone in despising this song. “Rockstar” is a country song performed by Canadians – the epitome of contradictions.
Drives me nuts.
I’m still trying to figure out which blond former model is near the end of the video. Because I know Jerry Hall hasn’t cut her hair.
Boo! Ya are a bunch of haters!!! Wow. Let me guess, it’s cool to hate on Nickelback, right?
The song is sarcastic and funny. The video is nice.
the reason nelly frittata is in there is cuz she’s canadian as are a few others … canucks stick together no matter how crappy they are may nickelback die … long live HANK WILLIAMS III … now that’s a rock star
my brother is the streets & sans guy in front of Marina Towers in Chicago. Does he count?
Boo Vivi. It’s not cool or uncool to hate on Nickelback. They’re just a generic, below average band that most music fans find a tad drab, me included. When they come on the radio, I couldn’t possibly change the station quicker… unless it was Linkin Park.
Where’s Celine Dion?!? Isn’t she Canadian?
That said, I’m glad she avoided this “project” – although I’ll admit to liking some of Nickelback’s stuff, this DEFINITELY ain’t it…
This makes me so mad! Ok, in truth, I’m not angry, but like, this isn’t all that great. I am one of the people that can truly say I liked this song before it was cool. (Which it always was, but nobody noticed.) I like the part with all the regular people, cuz, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but they really would like thiese things probably. And I think all of the stars are just too much b/c, Hello? Gene Simmons ALREADY HAS all that stuff, and then some. Witty? No. I feel like they’re teasing me and making fun of my want to be famous.That being said, I still love this song. But not the video. Oh, and was that Anna Nicole? Tasteless.
wow, i like nickelback and i liked the video…thought it was just a fun and goofy idea. relax, people!
Meier, I hear ya, pal, regarding the Naked Cowboy. The funny thing is when I first saw the video and noticing the celebrities, I knew — KNEW! — that the Naked Cowboy would pop up. Leave it to Nickelback to not only have uninspiring and tiresome songs but also uninspiring and tiresome cameos in a low-aiming music video. The Naked Cowboy is a one-note street gimmick who’s only source of income stems from gawking tourists because, seriously, no real NYer would stop in their tracks and think, “Man, that’s a clever and talented person.” The funny thing is that Guiliani “cleaned up” Times Square but, in the gentrification’s wake, we get some lame dude, who really isn’t naked to begin with. Trying showing the full monty like that totally nude kid from Berkeley back in the early `90’s and then you can call yourself the Naked Cowboy. All in all, when in doubt, break glass for a cliched idea.
Oh be easy you guys its not that serious.
I loved the video and Billy Gibbons is exactly who i pictured when i heard this song the first time.
Kind of a crappy song (Nickelback has always bugged me for some reason). That said, it’s funny catching all the little cameos. I’m married to a Nascar fan; “Honey, is that Junior?”
Nickelback is the most horrifically bad band in the history of the world…yes, even worse than Creed. The singer’s voice gives me nightmares, and now so will this video.
I’m sure Nickelback is so sad that most of you have a hate on for them. But the ongoing sales from their 5-times-platinum album tell a different story. It’s all a matter of taste, so stuff it!
People/Groups we Apologize for:
Nickelback, Celine Dion, Simple Plan, Hedley.
Sincerely,
Canada
RE: “I wonder how much Nelly Furtado got paid to lose her dignity?”
I dont know…how much DID she make for her album, “Loose”?