Rockstar

by Nickelback

I'm through with standin' in line
to clubs I'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
and I'm never gonna win
this life hasn't turned out
quite the way I want it to be
(BACKGROUND VOICE: Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
on an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
for ten plus me
--(Yea, So what you need)--

I need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet
--(Been there done that)--

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[CHORUS]
'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 as 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 blonde hair
And well...

Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
--(I'll have the quesadilla, on the house)--

I'm gonna dress my ass
with the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
blow my money for me
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life
For fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair
And change my name

'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 blonde hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary of
today's who's who
They'll get you anything
with that evil smile
Everybody's got a
drug dealer on speed dial, well
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills
from a Pez dispenser
Get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip --sync-- 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

Well 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
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary of
today's who's who
They'll get you anything
with that evil smile
Everybody's got a
drug dealer on speed dial, well

Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

Interessante englische Songtexte mit deutschen Übersetzungen
www.volkerpoehls.de/lyrics.htm

Vocabulary Aids

bottom of the ninth	a regulation baseball game consists of nine innings. If the home team is leading in the middle of the ninth inning, or scores to take the lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, the game immediately ends in a home victory.
Cribs	MTV Cribs is a reality television program on MTV that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities.
mile high club	The mile high club (or MHC) is a slang term collectively applied to individuals who have engaged in sexual activity while on board an aircraft.
Hollywood Boulevard	The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities.
gold-digger	a person who uses charm to extract money or gifts from others
tassel	a dangling ornament made by laying parallel a bunch of cords or threads of even length
quesadilla	cheese pastry
centrefold	a nude model in a foldout that is the center spread of a magazine
Pez dispenser	PEZ is the brand name of an Austrian candy
washed-up	no longer successful, skillful, popular, or needed
Lip-sync	to pretend to sing or say in synchronization with recorded sound

Rockstar

von Nickelback

Deutsche Übersetzung © von Volker Pöhls

Ich hab es satt, vor Clubs Schlange zu stehen,
in die ich doch nie reinkomme.
Es ist wie am Ende des Baseballspiels
und ich werde nie gewinnen.
Dies Leben hat sich nicht so entwickelt,
wie ich es wollte
(Sag mir was du willst!)

Ich will ein brandneues Haus
und eine Episode von MTV-Cribs
und ein Badezimmer, in dem ich Baseball spielen kann
und eine Riesenbadewanne, groß genug
für 10 Leute und mich
(ja, also was brauchst du?)

Ich brauch eine Kreditkarte ohne Begrenzung
und einen großen, schwarzen Flieger mit einem Schlafzimmer
Ich werde dem Sex-im-Flugzeug-Club beitreten
in 12 Tausend Metern Höhe
(War da, hab das schon getan)

Ich will einen neuen Band-Bus voller alter Gitarren
meinen eigenen Stern auf dem Hollywood Boulevard
Irgendwo zwischen Cher und James Dean
das wäre gut
(Also wie wirst du das machen?)

Ich werde aus meinem Leben ein Vermögen und Ruhm machen
Ich würde sogar meine Haare schneiden und einen neuen Namen annehmen.

[REFRAIN]
Denn wir alle wollen nur große Rockstars werden
in einem Haus auf einem Hügel wohnen und 15 Autos fahren
die Mädchen sind leicht zu kriegen und die Drogen billig
Wir bleiben alle mager weil wir einfach nichts essen wollen
Und wir hängen in den coolsten Bars rum
im VIP-Bereich mit den Filmstars
Jeder gute Nassauer kommt da hin und
jedes Playboy Häschen mit ihrem Strandblonden Haar

Hey, hey, ich will ein Rockstar sein

Ich will sein wie Elvis ohne die Quasten
acht Bodyguards engagieren, die am liebsten Arschlöcher verhauen
ein paar Autogramme geben
so dass ich nichts für mein Essen bezahlen muss
("Ich nehme die Käse-Tortilla, geht aufs Haus")

Ich werde meinen Arsch nach der neuesten Mode kleiden
einen Schlüssel für die Vordertür des Playboy-Hauses kriegen
mit dem Playgirl des Monats ausgehen,
die liebendgern mein Geld für mich auf den Kopf haut
[Wortspiel:  die es liebt zu blasen/mein Geld für mich auszugeben]

Und wir verstecken uns in unseren Privatzimmern
mit dem neuesten Who is Who
Sie bringen dir alles mit diesem bösen Grinsen
Jeder hat einen Drogenhändler als Kurzwahl
[Wortspiel: Kurzwahl / Amphetamin-Droge Telefonwahl]

Ich werde solche Lieder singen,
die die Zensoren stören
meine Pillen einwerfen aus einem PEZ-Spender
abgehalfterte Sänger engagieren, damit sie für mich Songs schreiben
jeden Abend zu ihnen Playback singen und mich dabei möglichst nicht verhaspeln.

Talking Points

Find out as much as you can about the band Nickelback!
Is this song meant literally or ironically? Find evidence!
Is it really good to be a popstar? Find counterarguments!

Make a list of rockstars who appeared in the headlines because of scandals!
Try to get hold of material describing their problems and how they deal/dealt with them!

	Rockstars in the past	Rockstars in the present
alcohol	Keith Moon, Diana Ross, Billy Joel	Amy Whitehouse, Keith Urban, Axl Rose, Richy Sambora
drugs	Curt Cobain, Whitney Houston	Pete Doherty, Steve Tyler
violence	James Brown
suicide	Curt Cobain (5.4.94)	Elliott Smith (21.10.03), Brad Delp (9.3.07)
depression		Robbie Williams

Make a collage of the antiheroes of rock and articles about their excesses using titles such as "Idols?"!
Write a portrait of a scandal-free rockstar of your choice! Why would you want to be like him or her?
Write a parody of the lyrics!
Translate the Parody by James at War into your mother tongue!
Analyze the parody!
Watch the video of "Popstar"! Find out who is referred to!
Discuss other lyrics dealing with the wish to become rockstars such as "So you wanna be a rock&roll star" (The Byrds), "On the Cover of the Rolling Stone" (Dr. Hook) and compare them to these lyrics.

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Sept 19, 2007: Last modified 25.03.2012 by Volker Pöhls