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Ends with the noise of boots storming out and a random soft chuckle from Chad Kroeger, as though maybe he is occasionally happy after all (!!!) Starts out sounding like a folk-song, sounds a little like Irish music. Seems to be lamenting the loss of the band's uncomplicated childhood in Alberta, Canada. GOOD TIMES GONE: Probably my least favorite track on the album. You can really get into the chorus and the verses. HANG-NAIL: Yet another angry song about a bad relationship. And I remember his mother, as he's dragged away." The chorus and middle-verses get kind of emotional with lines like, "I remember that summer like yesterday. Seems to be about aiding and abetting a criminal.
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WHERE DO I HIDE: One of the more anguish-filled tracks on the album. Every trick she has is one of ten that she's got." This song is edgy and tough. Catchy verse-starters like, "Cherry stem in her mouth, she can tie in a knot. Seems to be about the pointlessness of money and a girl who has a lot of it but is empty inside. MONEY BOUGHT: Starts out with some kind of ominous guitar chords. I think it is probably saying something about the superficial nature of Hollywood. I still haven't figured out precisely what it's about. To be honest, this is one of the weaker tracks on the album. HOLLYWOOD: This one starts out with some powerful guitar chords. JUST FOR: Both angry and sad, this song is about the anger a guy has at the ex-boyfriend (husband, father) who broke or emotionally messed up his current girlfriend (sister, mother). Rather than being angry, the song seems to take the approach of showing that it is the father who has, in fact, lost out by missing his children's growing up. TOO BAD: A song about the dad who abandoned Chad Kroeger and his brother when they were kids. At first, I wasn't too crazy about this one, but now I have really gotten to like the chorus. WOKE UP THIS MORNING: An angry song directed at a complicated and failing relationship. This one could probably work as a domestic abuse song as well. "It must have been so bad, 'cause livin' with me must have damn near killed you" is probably the best line on this album. HOW YOU REMIND ME: For some reason, no matter how much the radio overplays this song, it still works for me. Very nice, suspenseful riffs touched with this eerie noise in the background, which seems to foreshadow the tragic ending to this song.
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Some of the lyrics are a little corny, but it is nice to hear a guy get so riled up over wife-beating. NEVER AGAIN: Nickelback's angry tirade against domestic violence. The music ranges from angry to angsty and is filled with powerful guitar riffs and lyrics which actually do deal with serious issues (ie: domestic abuse, dead-beat dads) or which just plain penetrate the more typical issues of doomed relationships (ie: HOW YOU REMIND ME.) So personally, I like these Canucks and even though I usually don't listen to this sort of music, I find SILVER SIDE UP to be a refreshing addition to my CD-collection. Well, even if there is overlap, the songs are good, and good songs make good overlap. Okay, I know this band has gotten a lot of criticism from various music fans for reasons ranging from: they are a rip-off of Creed (even though they have been around longer than Creed and have not experienced a Spiritual Rebirth) to the fact that the lead singer looks like Jesus (LOL), to the fact that some claim all of their songs sound alike. However, if you can stand harder music, this is a good album. In general, if you buy this CD for "How You Remind Me", you may be in for a bit of a surprise. This features Ian Thornley, the lead singer of Big Wreck, on guitar. Good Times Gone: A switch to slow rock, but still as good as the rest of the songs. Hangnail: My second fave on the CD, for all the same reasons as the first. Harder than the singles, but Nickelback sounds better like this. Money Bought: Some great lines in this one. Hollywood: Nothing really stands out here, I usually skip this. Just For: Really Hard, and doesn't that opening guitar sound kinda like "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? 8/10Ħ. A bit angrier than How You Remind Me, but still as catchy. Woke up this morning: Love the guitar solo here. How You Remind Me: The single that launched them to the top of the charts. This is the most pissed off I've ever heard these guys. Never Again: A song about domestic violence. Here's the track breakdown for "Silver side Up":ġ. With a huge success from "How You remind Me," Nickelback have shot from the west coast of Canada to being a big name in music today.