![]() As if Lucifer’s never heard that one before. “Sit your old ass in that chair right there, and let me show you how the fuck it’s done!” Johnny Kroeger barks at the devil. swear word, but up the ante with a “fuck” too. Daniels, as Johnny, notoriously called the devil a “son of a bitch” in the 1979 original, which he later cleaned up for radio play by changing it to “son of a gun.” Here, Nickelback keep the O.G. Ralph Macchio’s duel with Steve Vai in 1986’s Crossroads had more bite and swag, even with Vai’s ridiculous “oh!” faces.Ĭhad Kroeger and co.’s “homage” aims for fiery, but it’s all just excessive noodling and bro-y chest-thumping. Instead, it’s as engaging as listening to - nay, watching - two dudes play Guitar Hero. Which would be swell as hell if only the song’s centerpiece showdown were worth a damnation. 88rising - 88rising, Jackson Wang, Higher Brothers - Tequila Sunrise (feat. ![]() For a reason that can only be described as “It’s 2020,” Nickelback have released a cover of the Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Ostensibly a tribute to Daniels, who died in July, everyone’s favorite (sic) Canadian rock band strips the fiddle from both the song and its narrative, transforming the protagonist Johnny from a country-bumpkin fiddle phenom into a dive-bar guitar shredder.
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