Author Topic: Whats the deal with Nickleback? (Read 10589 times)

chknptpie · « **on:** May 06, 2011, 01:05:29 PM »

I'm giving Nickleback's albums a first listen and I'll say that it's not bad sounding. From some of the posts on this board, you would think they make music like Rebecca Black fun fun fun! Why do people consider them the worst band? Why do some people love them?

lateralus88 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:12:09 PM »

Quote from: chknptpie on May 06, 2011, 01:05:29 PM

Why do people consider them the worst band?

Quote from: chknptpie on May 06, 2011, 01:05:29 PM

Nickleback

There's your answer.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:13:10 PM »

I just think it's amazing that a band could be so talented that they would only ever have to write one song.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:13:47 PM »

Quote from: sonatafanica on May 06, 2011, 01:13:10 PM

I just think it's amazing that a band could be so talented that they would only ever have to write one song.

ZZ TOP?

lateralus88 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:14:55 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 06, 2011, 01:13:47 PM

Quote from: sonatafanica on May 06, 2011, 01:13:10 PM
I just think it's amazing that a band could be so talented that they would only ever have to write one song.

ZZ TOP?

AC/DC?

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:20:35 PM »

I liked their first single "How You Remind Me" way back when they came out.

Edit: Just listened to it, and I really don't like it now.

RuRoRul · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:21:41 PM »

I don't think any band is really bad enough to be thought of as lwoly as Nickelback. Although this is coming from someone who actually used to like them when I was younger, and I still don't think all their stuff is terrible (although plenty of their songs are, especially recent ones), even if I wouldn't really listen to it now.

I don't think they are really that bad, I just think it's a combination of them being so successful, and the fact that they're a rock band but their songs are so simple and became very repetitive and formulaic (especially with their singles).

chknptpie · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:23:24 PM »

So the fact that they write relatively simple but catchy songs is a major reason why people dislike them?

Ravenheart · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:25:14 PM »

I don't think they're catchy at all, to be honest.

But that's just me. I don't like any of the vocals or the melodies, either. I dunno.

I don't *hate* them, though. I don't understand how anyone could hate a band when it's so easy to just ignore them

ariich · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:25:32 PM »

Quote from: chknptpie on May 06, 2011, 01:23:24 PM

So the fact that they write relatively simple but catchy songs is a major reason why people dislike them?

Not at all, it's because it's cool to hate them. If hating Nickelback wasn't expected of music snobs, I'm pretty sure people wouldn't hate them nearly as much, if at all.

They write pretty good hard rock. Nothing that exciting, but pretty decent.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:25:52 PM »

Their song Never Again is a good one. It rocks pretty hard.

zxlkho · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:27:16 PM »

It would help if they didn't write the same song over and over.

chknptpie · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:38:50 PM »

Quote from: ariich on May 06, 2011, 01:25:32 PM

Quote from: chknptpie on May 06, 2011, 01:23:24 PM
So the fact that they write relatively simple but catchy songs is a major reason why people dislike them?
Not at all, it's because it's cool to hate them. If hating Nickelback wasn't expected of music snobs, I'm pretty sure people wouldn't hate them nearly as much, if at all.

They write pretty good hard rock. Nothing that exciting, but pretty decent.

This is basically my assumption as well. Some of their music is pretty cool to me and I enjoy some of the riffs. I just never understood the large amount of hate they get.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:41:51 PM »

I think a lot of their hate comes from their singles. Their singles are pretty awful. A lot different sounding than the others tracks I've heard off their discs.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:42:32 PM »

Quote from: ariich on May 06, 2011, 01:25:32 PM

Quote from: chknptpie on May 06, 2011, 01:23:24 PM
So the fact that they write relatively simple but catchy songs is a major reason why people dislike them?
Not at all, it's because it's cool to hate them. If hating Nickelback wasn't expected of music snobs, I'm pretty sure people wouldn't hate them nearly as much, if at all.

They write pretty good hard rock. Nothing that exciting, but pretty decent.

Yeah, usually if I dislike music it's because I just want people to think I'm cool

AM I COOL ENOUGH NOW, RICH

Durg · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:43:32 PM »

Just check this out.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4258547

Durg · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:48:04 PM »

You know what the lead singer "reminds me" of?

Well, when I was singing in a choir back in college we would occasionally visit a nursing home to sing for the old folks. I remember there was one old guy that would get excited and sing along with us. Nickleback reminds me of THAT GUY.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:48:31 PM »

Quote from: Durg on May 06, 2011, 01:43:32 PM

Just check this out.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4258547

LOL. Hilarious.

ariich · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:51:56 PM »

Quote from: Mebert78 on May 06, 2011, 01:48:31 PM

Quote from: Durg on May 06, 2011, 01:43:32 PM
Just check this out.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4258547

LOL. Hilarious.

Wait, seriously? She went from being a Nickelback fan to "despising" them just because two songs were so similar?

chknptpie · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:52:49 PM »

So because some of their songs sound similar people dislike them? Do people dislike Santana because Evil Ways totally rips off Love Potion No. 9?

Mebert78 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2011, 01:55:05 PM »

Wow. They play Porcupine Tree's "The Sound of Muzak" at the end of that NPR piece since the song's lyrics echo their point, lol. Cool.

Durg · « **Reply #21 on:** May 06, 2011, 02:06:01 PM »

Honestly, besides the fact that they only use like 4 chords and the singer reminds me of a guy from a nursing home, I H A T E the way songs like "Rockstar" and "Something in Your Mouth" are played on the radio with their PG-13/R subject material and the little kids and their parents pay no attention to it. If a parent wants to shield that kind of crap from their kids the radio would have to be off limits.

Hey old guys. Remember when Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was banned? How is "Something in Your Mouth" any better?

Ravenheart · « **Reply #22 on:** May 06, 2011, 02:08:14 PM »

Quote from: Durg on May 06, 2011, 02:06:01 PM

Honestly, besides the fact that they only use like 4 chords and the singer reminds me of a guy from a nursing home, I H A T E the way songs like "Rockstar" and "Something in Your Mouth" are played on the radio with their PG-13/R subject material and the little kids and their parents pay no attention to it. If a parent wants to shield that kind of crap from their kids the radio would have to be off limits.

Hey old guys. Remember when Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was banned? How is "Something in Your Mouth" any better?

I don't see how any of this is a valid criticism of their music.

ariich · « **Reply #23 on:** May 06, 2011, 02:19:33 PM »

Quote from: ravenheart on May 06, 2011, 02:08:14 PM

Quote from: Durg on May 06, 2011, 02:06:01 PM
Honestly, besides the fact that they only use like 4 chords and the singer reminds me of a guy from a nursing home, I H A T E the way songs like "Rockstar" and "Something in Your Mouth" are played on the radio with their PG-13/R subject material and the little kids and their parents pay no attention to it. If a parent wants to shield that kind of crap from their kids the radio would have to be off limits.

Hey old guys. Remember when Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was banned? How is "Something in Your Mouth" any better?
I don't see how any of this is a valid criticism of their music.

I don't see how anything in this thread is a valid criticism of their music.

j · « **Reply #24 on:** May 06, 2011, 02:24:36 PM »

I have only heard their radio singles, and I just think they all suck. *shrug* And a lot of them definitely do sound very similar. "Simplicity" has nothing to do with it, WTF.

But I agree that there seem to be an inordinate number of people who constantly talk about Nickelback while claiming to hate them. If you think the band is so shitty, why are you spending so much time thinking about them?

And obviously there's no excuse for classless behavior like people throwing shit at them during live shows, etc. Which can be found all over YouTube.

-J

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #25 on:** May 06, 2011, 03:53:18 PM »

Early Nickelback was pretty damn good. It had an appealing roughness to it that worked well with their sound. But by the time All the Right Reasons came out, they'd gotten too polished and, I think, too focused on making sure they had some smash hit singles up their sleeves. I think they started to focus too much on commercialism and too little on staying true to the sound that made them good. This resulted in things like production that made them sound sleek instead of raw and tracklists that contained "If Everyone Cared" and "Side of a Bullet" back-to-back.

When Dark Horse came out, I gave it a listen or two, dismissed it as utter trash, and decided I'd lost faith in the band entirely. But the first few albums...good stuff. Shame they'll probably never recapture that.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #26 on:** May 06, 2011, 03:55:01 PM »

Quote from: sonatafanica on May 06, 2011, 01:13:10 PM

I just think it's amazing that a band could be so talented that they would only ever have to write one song.

Said what I was about to say.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #27 on:** May 06, 2011, 04:09:33 PM »

Jerry wonders too.

Some of Nickelback's songs are catchy as all hell, but most are samey.

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #28 on:** May 06, 2011, 04:29:17 PM »

The main reason I hate Nickelback is the reason I hate pretty much every mainstream artist. They write a song that's impossibly catchy, and then it eventually gets annoying. When it gets annoying, everyone immediately adores the song and can't possibly resist the urge to sing it constantly. Meanwhile, here you are sitting around having heard that song months ago, and now everyone's freaking out about it when it became annoying a long time ago.

Though, that may just be the Ohio disease. We're always a bit behind on fads.

jsem · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2011, 05:19:42 PM »

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on May 06, 2011, 04:29:17 PM

The main reason I hate Nickelback is the reason I hate pretty much every mainstream artist.

ariich · « **Reply #30 on:** May 06, 2011, 05:23:06 PM »

Brilliant.

toro · « **Reply #31 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:20:47 PM »

Generic band is generic.

TL · « **Reply #32 on:** May 06, 2011, 07:23:10 PM »

Like with anything in pop culture, the whole Nickelback sucks thing was blown out of proportion. Basically, they write very generic, radio friendly music, and have basically recycled some of their singles from album to album.

Jirpo · « **Reply #33 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:58:02 PM »

Quote from: ravenheart on May 06, 2011, 01:25:14 PM

I don't think they're catchy at all, to be honest.

But that's just me. I don't like any of the vocals or the melodies, either. I dunno.

I don't *hate* them, though. I don't understand how anyone could hate a band when it's so easy to just ignore them

This, I don't really hate them, but its always fun to make jokes about them

Mladen · « **Reply #34 on:** May 07, 2011, 04:00:41 AM »

I absolutely loved All the right reasons back when it came out, it was one of my all time favorite albums. I kinda got tired of it after a while, I don't know if I'd love it as much if I listened to it now...

You know what, I think I'll give it a spin today, in the name of the good old days.

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Author Topic: Whats the deal with Nickleback? (Read 10589 times)