Why does Nickelback warrant such hate?
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I think that like everyone else said; their music is rather samey, and quite average. Therein lies the problem; many people on The Escapist seem to enjoy unique/lesser-known/alternative bands, across a wide spectrum of genres. Personally, I hate Nickelback because they represent everything that's wrong with the music industry; genuinely good bands with unique sounds spend years in obscurity, never achieving real success. However, due to the mainstream, label-based music industry practically in the pocket of Clear Channel Communications, mediocre "safe-bet" bands gain all the fame. As a result, since Nickelback represents the music industry to me, I lash out against them. In all honesty, I love their drummer, and I wish he'd be a bit more live Travis Barker; working with other bands/projects just because he can.
Don't quote me on this (No, actually feel free to quote me on this, haha) but I believe they don't even write their own music. Their own samey music. That's why they draw so much hate. They're average, and they still can't pull that off without help.
It's just one of those average things being praised as the best thing ever, well it was at some point. Whenever something gets rubbed in everyone's face as truly great then it's also going to disappoint a lot and it will receive as much criticism as it does praise.
Frankly they're nothing special to me, I like some of their songs but I just reckon there is so much better out there.
Frankly they're nothing special to me, I like some of their songs but I just reckon there is so much better out there.
Their lyrics are beyond terrible. If they're not incredibly cheesy ("If nobody lied then that would be the day that nobody died" or some shit) then they're incredibly forced ("you look so much cuter with something in ur mouth" wtf).
Also Chad's voice sounds like he's doing a parody on himself.
Also Chad's voice sounds like he's doing a parody on himself.
To me they sound untalented. Their songs have no lyrical jazz to it and their music is completely uninspired, everything sounds the same. That and the lead singers vocals sound as though someone is doing a parody of the most cliche'd awful voice to have in a rock band.
I hate them for a different reason than everyone else here, so cookies for me I guess...
I didn't mind them (Didn't listen to them either) until I started going out with my girlfriend, seems like just about every last person in this huge family of hers blasts this bands "music" wherever they go, and after that, I now curse their very name forever...
I didn't mind them (Didn't listen to them either) until I started going out with my girlfriend, seems like just about every last person in this huge family of hers blasts this bands "music" wherever they go, and after that, I now curse their very name forever...
See, I can do that with just about any band that I know so that argument doesn't really sit too well with me. All the time I hear songs I've never heard before but am able to figure out who sings it based upon the sound of the band. I'd say the large majority of artists develop a sound and stick to it. Sure, there can be some variation but if they just radically change their musical style then they almost aren't even the same band anymore.Aylaine said:
Nickleback (apparently) have become standard, from what little I have heard of them.
They seem to pop up whenever a movie needs some "awesome" (awesome like it's trying to be awesome) music, too, which probably doesn't help raise opinion of them much.
All in all though, they're a non-issue to me, they pop up every now and then, I don't really listen and they've obviously made money, no one's really complaining.
That said, I've never noted their music in an exceptional film, just thought I would note that.
They seem to pop up whenever a movie needs some "awesome" (awesome like it's trying to be awesome) music, too, which probably doesn't help raise opinion of them much.
All in all though, they're a non-issue to me, they pop up every now and then, I don't really listen and they've obviously made money, no one's really complaining.
That said, I've never noted their music in an exceptional film, just thought I would note that.
In my opinion I think Nickelback is a good band and I like a lot of their songs. Why do a lot of people hate them? Mainly because some people have the opinion that Nickelback is bad and it is a valid opinion.
Some people like Nickelback and some people don't.
Some people like Nickelback and some people don't.
That's exactly the case for everything that's popular where people complain about them. Think about it. In any industry, anything that's successful would have started out as nothing, in which case they would have been spotted early on by someone who helped them become big (publishers, music moguls, talent scouts, etc.). So that person would have spotted the talent, or possibly, big bucks to have been made. If something's crap, it's not successful. And don't anybody mention Twilight, it's not necessarily crap just because you all think it is, it's just aimed at a particular group of people who read it and decide it isn't crap. The only problem I personally have is that the group in particular tend to become screaming fangirls. Except the haters are actually even more idiotic and worse anyway...Marter said:
But I digress. In the case of Nickelback, a talent scout or music industry bigshot would have heard themat some point and decided they sounded good. If they were indeed crap, they never would have made it big in the first place. No matter how 'same-y' their music is, they still have talent. That's one reason I hate the audience always booing Simon Cowell when he criticises stuff on Britain's Got Talent or the X Factor - he's spent his whole life in the business, surely he's more qualified to judge someone's singing abilities than a bunch of average joes off the street...
So yeah, Nickelback are not actually crap. They are very good, it's just that some people don't like them, and because those few are more vocal in their hatred (as is the case with everything popular, sadly), the idea that everyone hates them is born. The fact is, that just isn't true. Most people like them or are indifferent. There certainly isn't a 'hate culture' springing up around the band, that's for sure. I reckon the people who do hate them, though, aside from the relative few within that group who will have actually heard them and not liked them (which is fine and those people are entitled to that opinion, having given the band a fair try), are just jumping on the hatewagon because it's 'cool to hate popular things'. And that's just simply wrong.
I like them, although I don't really have any albums.
I think it's because Rockstar was so overplayed.
I think it's because Rockstar was so overplayed.