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Nickelback - Dark Horse- Gotta Be Somebody

post #1 of 46
1/27/09 at 6:43pm
Thread Starter 
Yeah yeah yeah.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JtxpcQaSR0k

I'm just wondering why all the hate? I actually kind of dig them? Every couple of months they drop a single that stays on my ipod for a couple of weeks.

So what's the deal?
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post #2 of 46
1/27/09 at 6:45pm
To rip-off a Devin joke, you posted this in the wrong section. Nickelback is the walmart of music. They are so boring and uninteresting that I can't even bother to describe why they're bad. Also, I'm pretty sure there are already a lot of threads here where people do bother to explain why they're bad.
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post #3 of 46
1/27/09 at 6:50pm
It's 2009. We've got to be getting close to a decade of Nickelback sucking. Just accept that they do, you're wrong, and move on.
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post #4 of 46
1/27/09 at 6:59pm
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... I... Okay...
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post #5 of 46
1/27/09 at 8:13pm
It's not a conspiracy. They are worst case, bottom of the barrel, proof that a vengeful God probably exists. Lead singer looks like a lion if lions were nerds. Writes shitty lyrics about how he gets head a lot. Sports cock rock stances in CGI video settings always. I'll sing a lot of pop stuff in the car and in the shower, but it's very hard to justify tapping your sneakers to these dudes.

Because they fucking suck. Doesn't mean you do, though. So don't worry about it catching.
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post #6 of 46
1/27/09 at 9:20pm
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Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head
Possibly the worst top 40 lyrics ever. And that's saying something.
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post #7 of 46
1/27/09 at 9:23pm
They're the Ratners of commercial rock...

Bland.
As.
Fuck.
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post #8 of 46
1/27/09 at 9:28pm
Best thing that can be said for Nickelback: they're not Maroon 5.
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post #9 of 46
1/28/09 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by Russ Fischer View Post
Best thing that can be said for Nickelback: they're not Maroon 5.
That's like saying you went to Dachau instead of Auschwitz.
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post #10 of 46
1/28/09 at 11:51am
Martin: post that link of the people in Portugal(?) throwing shit at Nickelback. That was hilarious.
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post #11 of 46
1/28/09 at 12:03pm
Oh, that one. I love Portugal. Great food, great wines, great women. And they seem to know their music too.
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post #12 of 46
1/28/09 at 12:08pm
My thoughts:

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post #13 of 46
1/28/09 at 12:09pm
double sorry
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post #14 of 46
1/28/09 at 5:35pm
But, they're rocking so hard, the planet is cracking underneth them.
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post #15 of 46
1/28/09 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin Matchstick View Post
Lead singer looks like a lion if lions were nerds.
WINNER!

I can't stand them but I will give them credit for sticking around for so long. Seriously. They...won't...die.
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post #16 of 46
1/28/09 at 5:46pm
Bush vs Nickelback: which band is worse?
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post #17 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:05pm
Nickelback, no contest.
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post #18 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:06pm
Nickelback.

Gavin Rossdale wasn't horrible in Constantine and married Gwen Stefani.

And Bush ain't around anymore.

So, 3 positive things for Bush, none for Nickelback.
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post #19 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:08pm
"Glycerine" is a good song.

Yeah, I said it.
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post #20 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:10pm
I think Domingo is now convinced but I could be wrong.
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post #21 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by Misfit View Post
"Glycerine" is a good song.

Yeah, I said it.
Seconded.

"Animals" is not a good song.
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post #22 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:13pm
Is "Animals" the one with the "didn't your daddy teach you not to talk with a full mouth" line? Would be great coming from Spinal Tap, but not from anyone else.
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post #23 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:16pm
Chad has got some sort of fixation on getting blowjob references (nudge nudge) into all of his songs.

Gee, I wonder what the song 'Something in your Mouth' is referring to?
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post #24 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Chad has got some sort of fixation on getting blowjob references (nudge nudge) into all of his songs.

Gee, I wonder what the song 'Something in your Mouth' is referring to?
A piece of Korn, maybe?
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post #25 of 46
1/28/09 at 6:19pm
because their music makes you want to kill kittens
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post #26 of 46
2/1/09 at 1:16pm
This thread makes me happy. Thank you.

They played some new song of theirs while I was in East Texas earlier this week on a CLASSIC ROCK STATION. I nearly wrecked the truck while trying to change the station.
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post #27 of 46
2/1/09 at 4:18pm
Nickelback makes me regret being Canadian. There aren't enough swear words in the dictionary to describe how much I loathe this band.
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post #28 of 46
2/1/09 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin Matchstick View Post
Writes shitty lyrics about how he gets head a lot.
Don't forget the lyrics about how empty all the head makes him feel.

I hate Nickelback for breaking onto the scene just as Creed was fading away.
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post #29 of 46
2/2/09 at 5:37am
It's like this.

After the grunge explosion of Nirvana and Pearl Jam came a watered down version called Stone Temple Pilots. STP begat a watered down version of them called Bush. Following Bush was a quadruple watered down band called Creed. Creed inspired the sound of boils popping on assholes, and then Nickelback came along trying to sound as good as wheezing asshole boils. With luck and some talented studio engineers they are closer than ever to achieving this goal.
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post #30 of 46
2/2/09 at 5:54am
And Nickelback proceeded to influence bands like Hinder and Daughtry and the whole filthy cycle continues.
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post #31 of 46
2/2/09 at 5:57am
Ah, Nickelback. The fact that Jeremy is now playing on the radio blocks their every memory for now. They're that bland. Although I'm sure Greek radio being what it is I'll be reminded of them and their non existence soon enough.
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post #32 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:20am
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The over the top loathing is a bit much. I'm still not sure why the hate is SO intense, most of you are coming off as silly and spiteful. Like Chad stole your gf and gave you a swirly when you were in High School.

What I'm hearing is A) They're generic. B) Some folks dont like the leading man. Big deal?
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post #33 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:28am
I've always loathed the band, but dismissed them with ease, and never gave 'em a second thought.

Then I had the, uh, pleasure of dealing with Chad Kroger and some of his starfucker buddies on New Year's Eve, and now I pray for Nickelback's demise daily.

Seriously. Fuck this guy.
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post #34 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:29am
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Originally Posted by Bucho View Post
It's like this.

After the grunge explosion of Nirvana and Pearl Jam came a watered down version called Stone Temple Pilots. STP begat a watered down version of them called Bush. Following Bush was a quadruple watered down band called Creed.
Woah woah woah: Back up there sunshine!
STP do NOT belong in any conversation thread that ends with tNickelback unless "STP are nothing like..." is the pre-amble.
Purple alone is beyond the most awesome stuff Shittleback ever even hope to aspire to come up with so lets not be comparing the bands even remotely unless we have to concur that they both played instruments.
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post #35 of 46
2/2/09 at 9:04am
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Originally Posted by Domingo View Post
The over the top loathing is a bit much. I'm still not sure why the hate is SO intense, most of you are coming off as silly and spiteful. Like Chad stole your gf and gave you a swirly when you were in High School.

What I'm hearing is A) They're generic. B) Some folks dont like the leading man. Big deal?
What can we say, mediocrity always inspires strong feelings.
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post #36 of 46
2/2/09 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by Domingo View Post
What I'm hearing is A) They're generic. B) Some folks dont like the leading man. Big deal?
No. Generic is usually an innocuous thing. These guys are aggressively terrible and somehow people find it within themselves to defend this consistently one-note band that A) sounds absolutely fucking awful, and B) is as deep as a puddle of piss and about as compelling to deal with.
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post #37 of 46
2/2/09 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by woodrowgus View Post
Then I had the, uh, pleasure of dealing with Chad Kroger and some of his starfucker buddies on New Year's Eve, and now I pray for Nickelback's demise daily.

Seriously. Fuck this guy.
That goes against everything that I've heard about Chad. From what I understand, he's got a rep as an extremely nice guy who supports the Canadian music industry while he pumps out irredeemably shitty music.
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post #38 of 46
2/2/09 at 11:56am
They're modern country music with a distortion pedal and poorly hidden double entendres.
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post #39 of 46
2/2/09 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
That goes against everything that I've heard about Chad. From what I understand, he's got a rep as an extremely nice guy who supports the Canadian music industry while he pumps out irredeemably shitty music.
It's also against my dealings with him. The guy is one of the genuinely good people in the Canadian music scene. Music bites but that's nothing against his personality.

Now you want to talk dickweeds Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida are lucky they can find studios to record in.
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post #40 of 46
2/2/09 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by OCallaghan View Post
Woah woah woah: Back up there sunshine!
STP do NOT belong in any conversation thread that ends with tNickelback unless "STP are nothing like..." is the pre-amble.
Purple alone is beyond the most awesome stuff Shittleback ever even hope to aspire to come up with so lets not be comparing the bands even remotely unless we have to concur that they both played instruments.
"STP = watered down Pearl Jam" was definitely the critical and music geek consensus at the time of their first record. Then there was grudging respect given for "Interstate Love Song" and some of the rest of "Purple". I've never liked them much and think Bucho was right on in his hierarchy.

Somone needs to make a de-evolution of music chart. Think of all of the endlessly branching shitty nu-metal acts spawned by Faith No More, just as one example.
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post #41 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:42pm
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Don't get me started on modern country music. That's an entire GENRE of music that has had it's balls removed and been taken over by the pod people. People walk around calling it country music, they defend it as country music, but no my friends... It is not country music.
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post #42 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:48pm
If forced to choose, I'd take Garth Brooks over Nickelback.

Hell, I'd take Chris Gaines over Nickelback.
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post #43 of 46
2/2/09 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by Eyeball Kid View Post
"STP = watered down Pearl Jam" was definitely the critical and music geek consensus at the time of their first record. Then there was grudging respect given for "Interstate Love Song" and some of the rest of "Purple". I've never liked them much and think Bucho was right on in his hierarchy.
I'm not a big STP fan, but the Pearl Jam comparisons were eventually proven to be pretty off. The two bands seemed to develop along the same lines probably due to shared classic rock influences rather than direct inspiration. The differences became more obvious as STP's sound became more indebted to the Stones and psychedelic rock, and Pearl Jam went off in a number of different directions, post-Ten.

In a general sense, both early PJ and early STP informed Nickelback's sound, but Nickelback shows PJ's and STP's worst tendencies distilled and best qualities perverted.

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Somone needs to make a de-evolution of music chart. Think of all of the endlessly branching shitty nu-metal acts spawned by Faith No More, just as one example.
There were times in the 90s that I would have gladly wished for the total non-existence of FNM just to spare us what came in their wake. But that probably would have just meant Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park getting famous by completely missing the point of some other band.
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post #44 of 46
2/3/09 at 3:35am
I think STP really proved themselves on Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. Their infatuation with psychedelia and lush instrumentation was evident more on this album than ever before. Luckily, the songs themselves weren't as overblown and pompous as the album's title. It's not an album that I'd take with me to a desert island, but it's definitely worth the listen and purchase.

As for Nickelback, they're the supreme representation of the taste of America's populace when it comes to rock music during these harsh economic times. It only makes sense (and more sense than any of Nickelback's lyrics ever could).
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post #45 of 46
2/3/09 at 4:04am
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I'm not a big STP fan, but the Pearl Jam comparisons were eventually proven to be pretty off. The two bands seemed to develop along the same lines probably due to shared classic rock influences rather than direct inspiration. The differences became more obvious as STP's sound became more indebted to the Stones and psychedelic rock, and Pearl Jam went off in a number of different directions, post-Ten.
That's fair Dave, STP (who I actually don't mind hearing at all O'Callaghan) definitely went on to establish themselves out from under Pearl Jam and Nirvana's shadow. What really kicked off the "STP = PJ ripoffs" idea back in the day was the way Weiland would ape Eddie Vedder's moves and that in a lot of ways they rode the coattails of the dark and dirty Seattle sound and the commercial embracing of the alternative side of rock that followed. It's like Eyeball says.

It was a pretty hastily and flippantly constructed post but the basic idea stands I think. As you go down the list there are fewer and fewer redeeming qualities and less and less originality. And the sound of wheezing pus is preferable to the moan of Kroeger.
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post #46 of 46
2/3/09 at 4:43am
People who dig Nickelback probably get all geared up by the playlist at their preferred supermarket. Nickelback is the musical equivalent of The Boondock Saints.

The only reason Pearl Jam & STP got lumped into the same category was because STP's first album had Weiland singing in a deep baritone. Their first albums had little in common beyond the production values that were not unusual at the time.

ETA: "Their first albums", not "The actual music"
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