Why DO people hate Nickelback?
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Nickleback is just a mountainous pile of blah mixed with meh.
Terrible vocals, mindless lyrics, simple instrumentals, with absolutely no purpose behind the music but to appeal on incredibly base levels. Basically, it pushes no envelopes and really just seems like a group that was grown in a lab by a record company in order to make the most amount of money in as short a time period as possible. In a word, soulless.
Terrible vocals, mindless lyrics, simple instrumentals, with absolutely no purpose behind the music but to appeal on incredibly base levels. Basically, it pushes no envelopes and really just seems like a group that was grown in a lab by a record company in order to make the most amount of money in as short a time period as possible. In a word, soulless.
I really don't get all the hate either. Yes, they aren't the most inventive band out there but, if you're honest about it, you'll find that most bands aren't (especially if they're popular). They make fun catchy music and know how to write a great hook. They're also actually pretty good musicians despite what you may think of their songwriting and lyrics. Oh, and they put on a great live show.
They're just the popular mainstream rock band that your mom just might be into, and that right there is damning enough for people to have an irrational hatred of them.
They're just the popular mainstream rock band that your mom just might be into, and that right there is damning enough for people to have an irrational hatred of them.
I always get them mixed up with Creed...
That sums up everything I have to say about Nickleback.
That sums up everything I have to say about Nickleback.
You're still allowed to hate Black Eyed Peas if you already hate someone else. There ain't a limit on a hater's hate.Trivea said:
Because of what everyone has said already. They are mediocre drivel that got famous because it was exactly the kind of bland generic crap radio stations love to play.
That and Chad Kroeger is a douchebag!
Iron Maiden's lead singer flies refugees out of the middle east in his spare time...what's the last good thing Chad has done?
That and Chad Kroeger is a douchebag!
Iron Maiden's lead singer flies refugees out of the middle east in his spare time...what's the last good thing Chad has done?
Sadly, more than "sound" the same. They practically are the same.Daystar Clarion said:
There was a video that did it with other songs, too, but I can't remember the names of the songs.
This more or less sounds like someone singing a song in rounds. It's not even that they're the same chord progression or key, many of the melodic elements are the same, and I always smile when the "yeah" parts hit in stereo.
Poor Todd. Hasn't he suffered enough?Steve the Pocket said:
This is why Nickelback sucks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2pXfAK8r1k
Two or three of their other 'pop hits' do this too, just go to YouTube and search "Nickelback songs sound the same".
Add that for some reason their songs continue to be placed onto radio stations. You'll be listening to some legitimate station and all the sudden Nickelback comes on with their gravelly-yet-whiney singing and your day is ruined. I mean, like the same power that breaking mirrors, walking under ladders, or opening an umbrella in the house has. Nickelback magically makes your day worse.
The fact that the talentless hacks exist is bad enough, but yeah, the popularity causing their omnipresence doesn't hurt.
Two or three of their other 'pop hits' do this too, just go to YouTube and search "Nickelback songs sound the same".
Add that for some reason their songs continue to be placed onto radio stations. You'll be listening to some legitimate station and all the sudden Nickelback comes on with their gravelly-yet-whiney singing and your day is ruined. I mean, like the same power that breaking mirrors, walking under ladders, or opening an umbrella in the house has. Nickelback magically makes your day worse.
The fact that the talentless hacks exist is bad enough, but yeah, the popularity causing their omnipresence doesn't hurt.
He's walked off stage a couple times. Nickelback not playing is pretty close to saintly.mikey7339 said:
People usually say they hate them for their mediocre sound, and i can sorta get where that's coming form lately. They're playing it fairly safe, but things're usually popular for a reason and i think Nickelback are thinking "Why not give people what they'll listen to?".
They kinda fell out with me around the 2003-2004 i think because there was just nothing really new coming out.
I mean listen to this It's the latest thing i've seen produced from them.
The song is not impossible to listen to, but it's by no means special either.
EDIT: I still go back and listen to some of their earlier songs because i genuinely thought they were pretty good.
They kinda fell out with me around the 2003-2004 i think because there was just nothing really new coming out.
I mean listen to this It's the latest thing i've seen produced from them.
The song is not impossible to listen to, but it's by no means special either.
EDIT: I still go back and listen to some of their earlier songs because i genuinely thought they were pretty good.
Thanks everyone for contributing, I genuinely appreciate your points and discussion. It's even given some context to my own feelings on them; I listen to Nickelback (as with all music I like) 'when I'm in the mood', rest of the time I don't, so I get why my opinion differs to that of someone who can't get away from them.
Limp Bizkit worse than linkin park?Jegsimmons said:
At least Limp Bizkit thought it would be fun to take a running jump into stupid, shallow idiocy and wallow around in it, rather than just angst on at us forever.
This is a perfect articulation of why I *dislike* them. They contribute nearly nothing to music as a whole; offer little in the way of emotions or ideas; and lack any invention or artistic credibility... and yet despite this, they're massively successful.DannyJBeckett said:
With Justin Bieber (for example), I don't particularly mind this, since the teenage girl demographic is a) temporary, and b) extraordinarily shallow - mediocre boybands and Simon Cowell "reality" shows have proven this over the years.
However, Nickelback seem to be competing with actual music... AND MAKING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY.
GG, Sir. Masterfully done.vrbtny said:
How the hell did we wind up like this?
And why weren't we able to see the signs that we missed, and try to turn the tables?
Anyway, from what I've heard, people don't like Nickelback because they're more "mainstream" songs are on the radio (Instead of their better ones, IMO). Plus all the songs sound kinda similar, but if you like the song, then what's the problem?
Of course some of their songs are gonna sound similar, they play their own instruments.
And why weren't we able to see the signs that we missed, and try to turn the tables?
Anyway, from what I've heard, people don't like Nickelback because they're more "mainstream" songs are on the radio (Instead of their better ones, IMO). Plus all the songs sound kinda similar, but if you like the song, then what's the problem?
Of course some of their songs are gonna sound similar, they play their own instruments.