Since everyone hates Nickleback:

"The video for "If Everyone Cared" was directed by newcomer Dori Oskowitz, filmed at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. The video illuminates the profound impact made when one individual incites change for the betterment of the world. Inter-cut between an intimate Nickelback performance and historical images, the video tells the stories of four ordinary people who have done extraordinary things for humanity: Bob Geldolf (Live Aid), Nelson Mandela, Peter Benenson (founder of Amnesty International) and Betty Williams (World Centers of Compassion for Children International).

'Nickelback's success has thankfully afforded us the opportunity as a band to make a significant contribution to the organization my wife and I have supported for years, International Children's Awareness Canada," comments guitarist Ryan Peake. "Now, with the release of 'If Everyone Cared,' a song and video that carries a message of positive change, we can globalize our efforts with Amnesty International. The idea is simply to do something that moves you and helps others, no matter how small.'

Nickelback, one of the world's biggest selling rock bands, will donate 100% of the proceeds from digital sales of their new single and video "If Everyone Cared" to charity. Donations will be made to Amnesty International and International Children's Awareness Canada, a charity guitarist Ryan Peake has supported for several years. Nickelback, Roadrunner Records, WEA Corp. and Warner/Chappell Music will donate all proceeds from sales of the digital single and video beginning February 1, 2007."


Yep; they sure suck balls. Just horrible singers and a really shallow band; there. Oh, and they've never, ever put socially conscious lyrics together before this, either.
:sarcasm:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF7jBT9VQJE


ON EDIT: THIS THREAD IS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR!
Just making sure that's clear.

I know I still will...

And btw, Bob Geldolf was lead singer for the Boomtown Rats pre-Live Aid. He wasn't exactly an "ordinary guy."

But they sure ain't Creed, that's for damn sure!

although I haven't been to work lately...

but you still have to control the line. If it leads to an ineffective pass rush, then it's no good.

This just in...they still suck.

I don't care if they spend all their free time feeding the poor in Delhi. Perhaps they're great humanitarians. But they still suck as a band. When you look in the dictionary for the word 'suck,' there's a picture of Nickelback.

Read between the lines. Later on he says he hates the same thing he loves. Clue.
He hates that she feels she needs to be degraded.

Feel free to not like their music. But you fell for the oldest trick in the book-direct interpretation of lyrics.

LOATHE.
:)

I can't imagine putting that much effort into disliking any music actually.

I've even liked a couple of their songs.

However, I very much like YOU. And British Columbia.

They still suck, though.

What I've heard of their music, I haven't been particularly impressed with. Just because a group or individual is socially conscious doesn't mean they have talent or that I have to like what they put out.

When I find that a band or artist I like IS socially conscious, that certainly makes me like them more. And when I find out a band or artist that I like has political opinions I disagree with, I may like them less depending on how far our opinions diverge. But just because an artist I don't care for is socially conscious, I'm not going to like their music any more though I may have more respect for them as individuals.

In the end, why should it matter to you if other people like them?

Seriously, ask anyone.

Glad to see them doing something good with the money/influence they have. I know many do, but more should.

:spray:


:rofl:

Or doesn't like Bush or something, that automatically makes their music good.

THEY HATES TEH BUSH, THEY MUST BE GENIUSES NOT SUCKS!

Whoever invented l33t should be tasered in the balls. Twice.

It's almost as shit-all stupid as saying "Kurt Cobain is the punk messiah!"

I saw that thread - it was hard not to pile on, but whoever that was got schooled quite well enough without my 2 cents.

Or wait - did I post? I can't remember now... oy. That's bad.

I mean, he married Courtney Love. Really, how much of a genius WAS this guy?

"Hole's gonna be big."

Right before she pulled the trigger . . . :tinfoilhat:

Which is funny because no one knows what the fuck he was singing.

The only generation he was voice of is Generation Vexed.

I almost posted something like this a while back. But why bother? Taste in music, movies and such is a very subjective thing. If people around here want to trash Nickleback and it makes them feel better sobeit. The formation of the consensus is itself a phenomenon of mild interest and based on things that have been said I gather there is a context for the evaluation of NB which may have little (if anything) to do with the band itself or the lyrical content. I am not exactly sure what that context is but watching the herd gather and run is always fun. :)

NB has done quite a few songs I find really good and that particular video really hits me in the gut. So what? I like Beethoven, too. Doubtless, there are folk around here who hate "The Pastoral". Who cares? I learned a long time ago not to allow anyone else's opinion to particularly affect my enjoyment of art, music, movies, literature or ice cream.

Keep the music that moves ya, split all the ends up, dance while ye may.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405ilX9quA8">Warning: graphic

Totally bereft of original ideas and, IMO, barely listenable. Some internet wiseass made an MP3 of their first two hit songs - one in the left stereo channel, the other playing simultaneously in the right. They're absolutely identical, to the note. Freakin' hilarious.

Hilarious. They are from Alberta also, and they aren't well-liked here, either.

The Seven Mary Three for the 21st Century..

Seven Mary Three - ouch! :rofl:

:D

Yr killin' me, here!

What the hell is wrong with me! :D Oh yeah...married to one.

Once you get your fill of some our national food, all will be well:D

Loves me some Timbits and my Double double! :9

It's already my second home. Figured I might as well make it official. I decided 1600 miles was a long way to go for some real pierogies. I want to be able to go to Nellie's for breakfast and have em anytime i want.

reprehensor's friends were already amazed in 1999 before we got married when they quizzed me about my provincial capitals and I kicked ass! I've already been made an honorary Canadian.

:D

Your life will be better for it.

1. Turn on your local rock station.

2. Wait a few minutes (really, this won't take long at all, which is why I don't drive anywhere without my ipod.)

3. When you hear a song with very stupid lyrics being "sung" by a guy who apparently doesn't understand the difference between emoting and imitating a cat being run over by a steamroller, that's them. Or a disturbance in space-time is bringing you radio signals from 2000 and it's Creed, eventually you'll figure that out based on the vaguely Jesus-y vibe.

Because there's a distinct possibility of it being Default or Theory Of A Dead Man. (Even though I'm not convinced that they aren't all the same band.)

:scared:

Does this work with individuals, too? Are you people amassing an army of Celine Deions with which to invade the states, or would they only take over English-speaking Canada?

listen to stuff which I don't like.

:puke:

I don't care what anyone thinks of that. :shrug: We all have our guilty pleasures, and Nickelback and similar cock-rock bands are mine (anyone remember Eve 6? Yeah, I liked them too, bitches!)

Not to mention I saw them in concert (opening for 3 Doors Down - that's right, motherfuckers! 3 Doors Down! And they were good too!) and Chad Kroeger is pretty hot. :D

Kidding, of course.

:P

:hi:

:applause: :yourock:

And in fact,I think I might have that CD :)

Every fucking song sounds the same. John Mayer is also putting out "socially conscious" (read: pseudo-deep) music, and it, too, sucks balls.

Nickleback is horrendous.

in fact I like a few of their songs.

Yes me, the one who goes nuts for Soundgarden, Alice in Chains,
Audioslave, Jet, Three Doors Down, and Incubus, just to mention a few younger
generational groups and almost every damn one of the killer groups
who came out in the 60's.( Stones,Who,Cream, Grateful Dead, etc.)

I know Elrond is going to flip if he sees this.
Elrond, Dude, you've got a serious problem with your anti-NIckelback aggression.
I'm saying this because I love the guy.

Anyhoo, it's good to see they're donating their profits to
charity.

Thanks for being an independent thinker and posting this.

:hi:

Just kidding.
Actually, I love you, you're okay, let's just say...I am not in agreeance with you!!!
Anti-Nickelback aggression? I just want to listen to Cooper and Tobin in the morning, and every now and then they decide to play a song, and one time in 20, it's Nickelback...radio goes off immediately. The first time I heard 'Animals' I sat there in disbelief through the entire song (I was paralized by some mixture of shame, revulsion, and horror), then spent the next 20 minutes yelling at the radio for betraying me in such a horrible way.
Aggression? I don't have aggression.
I have RAGE.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

you are so passionate in your endeavors.

;-)

I only like a few songs and many I don't care
for. That's a compromise, eh?

I can just see you yelling at your radio!

:rofl: :pals:

I yell at the radio then, too.
I even argue with the radio.
I think I spend more time yelling at inanimate objects than I do talking with other people.

In other news, I miss you!!!

:pals:

about them. I also really like the lead singer's voice.

It's great to hear what they're doing. Thanks for sharing this with us, lildreamer! :hi:

Conversely, many great musicians are assholes.

Music is subjective. I think anytime a band hits the pop charts, a certain segment of the "musically enlightened" have to bash them just because they've hit mainstream. I tend to defend the bashees.

Listening to their "All the Right Reasons" cd now just to see why they're so hated. I don't get it ... but to each his own.

I'd still rather stick bamboo shoots in my fingernails than listen to that crap.

that's really what it comes down to.

Their music. It sucks. Bad.

Suburban rock is evil.

think is good?

I'm just curious about all of you that hate Nickleback and what you think is great music.

So ok,I'll play along.

Have a ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb14rWGRYp4

Quite the contrary friend...

just curious what other people find good music. I stated my opinion. I really don't care much..it's kinda fun disagreeing on subjects like these cause it's not a big deal.

If you check the vid you'll see that my musical tastes run to the extreme (the vid is actually "normal" compared to a lot of stuff I get into),so I'm hardly in a position to criticize in a serious way.But I will in a non-serious way :evilgrin:

I get ya now

:toast:

:D

I could only listen to 50 seconds of that.

But if you like it...hey, who am I to say it's bad!

You can say it's bad.

You'd be wrong,but you can say it :D

CCR, the Grateful Dead. The Beach Boys. Bob Marley.

:P

CCR???? :puke:

Damn...aren't you like 17 yo? Wanna trade bodies?

;)

I live off of the old rock. Doobie Bros. Early Chicago. Steely Dan. David Bowie. Todd Rundgren, even. I just love classic rock and jazz.

The Dayton Gospelaires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljcXA2sWbrQ

The Bar-Kays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJe1W_iIyeE

Wesley Willis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOZgQHbj7wo

Frank Zappa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC5cz1Kjj5A

I remember the Bar-Kays well. Takes me back...

Thanks for these!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J6fgY0tC5d8 - love this bands basslines
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sPJHQmJAiKA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R3j5DKQUDHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ygJFvFxzzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKtZwWLMp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X-qYf_sDrM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=khk2ln1utsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybRMpe-HXPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxgyC7o6ZJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEPvXlTUnU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gopc3fgnXDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdh4Ezcpf6A

That a start?

I really appreciate you taking the time to post these. I'm always open to new music.

I'm listening to them now and so far, I see our tastes differ quite a bit but I'm not through yet. :)

Thanks again...

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHHcTIBG7S8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9joocA-Fws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apuLs_ayKRM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8MkVIe9xGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLT5ac6vO0o

Nickelback lacks the originality, creativity, and non-shittiness for me to ever say "Yeah, I don't like them, but they don't suck or anything." They really do suck, and they're one of the few cases where I don't think it's really all that subjective. They're songs aren't well written, and they are incredibly derivative and unoriginal. (What's worse is they're a crappy derivative of Creed, who in turn are a crappy derivative of Pearl Jam. Nickelback are derivative of a derivative.) The fact that they seem to take themselves so seriously as "artists" based on the interviews I've seen with them just makes them even more of a joke.

There's really not anything there I cared for much. But thanks for posting them.

I guess my argument isn't so much about Nickleback per se, but the fact that we have our individual likes and dislikes and I still say it's subjective. Just like any kind of art. I'm sure there's a large percentage of people that would have something negative to say about the bands you posted. Who's to say who's right, ya know?

"Oh, Fugazi/Refused has too much screaming," or whatever, but that's something that WOULD be subjective, which I can accept. My argument as to what makes Nickelback so shitty, that they're a derivative of a derivative, isn't subjective. Music isn't some completely abstract entity that doesn't have certain objective factors, and if your band sounds like a ripoff of another band, that's not exactly a subjective quality. It's also pretty objective that they take themselves far too seriously. Every interview I've seen or read with them they've spent so much time trying to convince the world that they really are a great band and that their music is something special and original.

I mean, hell, they defended having two singles that are almost the exact same song by saying, "I think that's remarkable for someone to notice that there is a hit quality. If all hits sound the same, then sorry. When you are a band that has a distinct style such as us or AC/DC, that happens. When you have a distinct style, you run the risk of sounding similar."

Translation: "Hey, we're not very original, but we say we are, so take us seriously, dammit!."

It's not a distinct sound, it's shitty and lazy songwriting. Listen to an entire At The Drive-In record, for example. Not one song on there sounds the same. That's true for MANY bands that I didn't even list. Even a lot of shitty bands.

Bands like Fugazi and Refused, on the other hand, are bands that have influenced entire genres and even people outisde their genres, and will continue to do so. Nickelback will never be able to say that. And ALL of the bands I posted have brought an originality and quality to their music that you don't get from trying to sound like a band that's trying to sound like Pearl Jam.

Good lyrics don't make up for bad music.
I could write a beautiful, emotional tribute to our troops (or something that tugs at the heartstrings) and set it to shreddingly awful music, and people would by and large hate it, because it sounds like garbage.
As I've said before, it doesn't matter how pretty the turd is, it's still a turd.

Anyone who does is a fucking moran.

That's as ignorant as liking a band because the singer is HOT.

America in a fucking nutshell, that.

"Oooh, but their music FUCKING ROCKS because they give money to homeless shelters!"

:masturbatingmyselfsmilie:

I have to see that one!

I keep asking for one, but it never appears.

:grr:

There are some times that it would be the perfect thing to add to a post.

The kind in which one holds up one hand and does the stroking motion.

Not that I don't like the smilie you found, though, or appreciate your effort in putting it here.

just can't find it now. The green one, sure you've seen it.

That one looks like a Greek guy, sans hat, scrubbing his teeth with his knuckles.

But it still seems like he's rubbing his chin or face.

:)

:eyes:
Look at Fred Durst. He may agree with me about Bush, but I don't want him anywhere near me. He's stinkin' up the joint.
Good politics don't make good musics!11#$$

I got turned on to the song "Savin' Me" when it was being run during commercials for Battlestar Galactica.

Really like the video for "If Everyone Cared"

I usually like their songs too. Don't understand the vehemence on this board concerning them??

Just kidding...:D

's ok.
Left myself wide open for that one....
;)

They're like a poor man's Creed, and THAT'S pretty fucking sad.

Wish they would go back to Portugal so the job could be finished.