Since everyone hates Nickleback:

[lildreamer316]

"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.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. We can still hate their music though

I know I still will...

[Taverner]

2. I hate their music and lack of talent

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!

[Little Wing]

3. Nickelback makes strippers put their clothes back on

[lildreamer316]

7. Not this one...

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

[hfojvt]

4. I think Nickleback is a pretty good defense

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

[Elidor]

5. "I like your pants around your knees/you're like my favorite damned disease"

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.

[lildreamer316]

6. You don't understand what that is about.

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.

[Danger Mouse]

59. Incidentally, I utterly LOATHE that song.

LOATHE.
:)

[Tektonik]

8. Still the worst band out there atm, n/t

[cwydro]

9. I don't hate them.

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

I've even liked a couple of their songs.

[LostinVA]

10. I hate their music and their lead singer is scary looking

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

[Blue-Jay]

11. I'm glad that they put out a "socially aware" song.

They still suck, though.

[skygazer]

12. I barely know who they are

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?

[flvegan]

13. I do all kinds of charitable stuff and I still suck.

Seriously, ask anyone.

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

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Just because a band donates money to charity doesn't make their music any less shitty.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. OMG

:spray:


:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

17. That's actually a pet peeve of mine, the idea that because a band donates to charity...

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

[asthmaticeog]

20. BUT BUT BUT GREEN DAY IS TEH ROXOR!

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

[HughBeaumont]

39. I think I speak for 90% of the adult internet when I seigh -

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!"

[asthmaticeog]

41. HAHAHAHA...

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.

[HughBeaumont]

46. That statement wasn't smart enough to be stupid.

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

[Forkboy]

48. What were Cobain's last words?

"Hole's gonna be big."

[HughBeaumont]

60. HI-OOOOO!

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

[ghostsofgiants]

43. That STILL makes me sad.

[Forkboy]

51. I've heard him called the "voice of a generation"

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

The only generation he was voice of is Generation Vexed.

[The Traveler]

16. I see you don't follow the herd

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.

[sakabatou]

18. However, it can be used for entertainment

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

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Fill me in. WHy does everyone hate Nickelback? More importantly, who are they?

[asthmaticeog]

21. They're a Pearl Jam/Creed ripoff band.

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.

[enigmatic]

26. I remember that

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

The Seven Mary Three for the 21st Century..

[asthmaticeog]

31. OOOF!

Seven Mary Three - ouch! :rofl:

[enigmatic]

35. It's a cumbersome comparsion

:D

[asthmaticeog]

37. Stoooooooooop!

Yr killin' me, here!

[ghostsofgiants]

38. It's an insult to Seven Mary Three.

[asthmaticeog]

42. One cannot insult Seven Mary Three enough.

[fudge stripe cookays]

86. And I'm moving there?

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

[enigmatic]

96. Ha!

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

[fudge stripe cookays]

98. Oh believe me hon.

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

[ghostsofgiants]

22. That second question is a question you do not want answered.

Your life will be better for it.

[LeftyMom]

23. To answer your question

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.

[ghostsofgiants]

28. That doesn't work here in Canada.

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.)

[LeftyMom]

33. What, do bad Canadian bands reproduce by budding or something?

: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?

[Midlodemocrat]

44. Ah, therein lies the problem. I have satellite radio so I don't

listen to stuff which I don't like.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Crap band with zippo originality.

:puke:

[Phillycat]

24. I like them.

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

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. My respect for you just plummeted.

Kidding, of course.

:P

:hi:

[jus_the_facts]

74. YEAH...what janesez sez...

:applause: :yourock:

[El Fuego]

25. But they still suck.

[Forkboy]

27. I'd rather listen to man get his testicles ground up by a garden weasel

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

[WritingIsMyReligion]

29. Nickleback sucks ass.

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.

[Kajsa]

34. I don't hate Nickelback,

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:

[Danger Mouse]

64. That's it. I don't like you anymore.

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

[Kajsa]

67. LOL ! Oh, Elrond--

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:

[Danger Mouse]

68. I do it all the time. Coop and Tobin can be morons sometimes.

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!!!

[Kajsa]

77. Aw, I miss you too, Elrond.

:pals:

[I Have A Dream]

36. I really like some of Nickelback's songs. I don't care what anyone else thinks...

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:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. I'm sure they're nice guys, but their music still sucks.

Conversely, many great musicians are assholes.

[S n o w b a l l]

45. I don't passionately like or dislike Nickleback ...

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.

[Pale Blue Dot]

47. I happy they're liberal. I'm happy that kids are being positively influenced by their music

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

[bedpanartist]

49. nothing against them as people, but their sounds hurt my ears

that's really what it comes down to.

Their music. It sucks. Bad.

Suburban rock is evil.

[S n o w b a l l]

50. Would you mind posting something from Youtube that you..

think is good?

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

[Forkboy]

52. You take this Nickleback thing seriously,don't you?

So ok,I'll play along.

Have a ball.

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

[S n o w b a l l]

53. lol...

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.

[Forkboy]

55. For me it's all in good fun

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:

[S n o w b a l l]

56. Ahhh, ok then

I get ya now

:toast:

:D

[S n o w b a l l]

54. ok...so here ya go...

I could only listen to 50 seconds of that.

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

[Forkboy]

57. Hey,I gave Nickleback's whole Cd a listen...once.

You can say it's bad.

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

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. Miles, Trane, Bill Evans, the Beatles, the Stones.

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

:P

[S n o w b a l l]

63. well this is 2007 ya know...

CCR???? :puke:

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

[WritingIsMyReligion]

65. Try 15.5.

;)

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.

[bedpanartist]

73. Here's a few faves of mine from youtube

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

[S n o w b a l l]

92. Thanks bedpanartis...

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

Thanks for these!

[GirlinContempt]

76. mmm just 'something'?

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?

[S n o w b a l l]

90. Thanks GirlinContempt!

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...

[GirlinContempt]

95. My tastes tend to differ with themselves too

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

82. Sure...

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.

[S n o w b a l l]

91. I don't know Primate...

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?

[ghostsofgiants]

94. Of course people could say negative things about the bands I posted...

"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.

[Danger Mouse]

58. Sorry, they still suck. Hard.

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.

[LSdemocrat]

62. Good for them, but I still avoid their "music" like the plague

[Rabrrrrrr]

66. I'm not so goddamned dumb that I judge music by the politics of the performers.

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:

[Forkboy]

69. Fix that smilie!

I have to see that one!

[Rabrrrrrr]

78. I'm waiting for someone to make 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.

[GirlinContempt]

79. o ok

[Rabrrrrrr]

80. No, it has to be the fake masturbating

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.

[GirlinContempt]

81. Oh theres one of those too

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

[Evoman]

83. Hehe..that would be useful

[Rabrrrrrr]

84. Yes, like that one! Except better.

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

[Evoman]

85. Lets see....

[Rabrrrrrr]

87. That's closer - pretty good!

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

[GirlinContempt]

88. That's the one I was looking for!

:)

[Danger Mouse]

97. How dare you not support a liberal band!

: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#$$

[FVZA_Colonel]

70. As embarrassed as I am to admit it,

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

[Pushed To The Left]

71. I actually enjoy Nickelback. n/t

[KT2000]

72. Thanks for the info

Really like the video for "If Everyone Cared"

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

[NC_Nurse]

75. No, we REALLY hate Van Halen.

Just kidding...:D

[lildreamer316]

99. Ohhhhhhhhh..

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

[d_b]

89. I can't stand those clowns

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

[HEyHEY]

93. Everyone but Canuckamok - He loves em

[MrSlayer]

100. One of the worst bands in the history of history.

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