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Old 03-13-2018, 07:05 PM   #31
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Integrity aside
Thing is that the guy probably can't even spell integrity. I'm talking about Chad Kroeger of course. The guy only finished the 3rd grade.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 07:12 PM   #32
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I always thought SP fans were intellectuals, at least those in the 90s. Nickleback fans are, well proudly not in that category?
yea only the 90s are long gone, and so is that audience segment. hyping Alex Jones for years didn't exactly help to keep these people interested. at this point I am not sure if it wouldn't actually be a good match, fan-wise. (I have personally never known anyone who would listen to Nickelback, so I would be curious to meet some specimen.)

sad machines meets reddit bros, I mean, fits them both.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 07:19 PM   #33
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hyping Alex Jones for years didn't exactly help
The only thing I agree with Alex Jones on is the statement that all politics are basically bought and venal. Not only in the US, but as a standardized condition of all countries. But I digress.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 07:21 PM   #34
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Corgan isn't exactly an intellectual himself, is he? He likes to play one, at least in the digital realm. All his fucking riddles and amalgamations of 19th-century wordings on Instagram and then he can't even type properly when texting D'arcy. I guess she wasn't worth all those fancy words.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:06 PM   #35
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he can be clever but he is not an intellectual

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:07 PM   #36
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also nickelback is a band everyone professes to hate but is one of the best selling acts since 2000. somehow

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:08 PM   #37
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Corgan isn't exactly an intellectual himself, is he? He likes to play one, at least in the digital realm. All his fucking riddles and amalgamations of 19th-century wordings on Instagram and then he can't even type properly when texting D'arcy. I guess she wasn't worth all those fancy words.
yeah Corgan does like to play intellectual. When I was 15 I totally bought that he was this super smart guy making great art because he is so discerning and in touch with everything. Problem is that anyone who has been to a semester of higher education can easily see what a phony he is

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:30 PM   #38
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When I was a kid I remember the goo goo dolls guy talking about why he named his song "iris" and he said "if Billy corgan can pretend to be a genius by calling his songs luna or whatever I figure I can call this song iris" (paraphrased). As a corgan loving teen I hated reznik for that. Now, older and wiser, I am sympathetic to his point.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:55 PM   #39
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also nickelback is a band everyone professes to hate but is one of the best selling acts since 2000. somehow
Wrong... "Everyone" doesn't profess to hate Nickelback, only the vocal people who are serious about being music fans.

The brilliant thing about Nickelback is that they're very safe and it's the kind of music that soccer moms pick up at Walmart and hum along to in the minivan... They're essentially the favorite band for casual music fans. And even casual music fans like to indulge in a "rock and roll" spectacle every now and again.

I suppose a lot of these fans are the same ones singing along to 1979 in 2018 though... And really, a lot of SP singles are formulaic radio-driven cuts... Stand Inside Your Love, Perfect, Try,Try, Try... These aren't very challenging pieces of music.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:02 PM   #40
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it's the kind of music that soccer moms pick up at Walmart and hum along to in the minivan...

yea I bet the target audience of Nickelback are - mothers.

which is the only stereotypical group of music listeners you came up with. funny how that goes, hm. and you wonder why people give you shit - because your brain works like this.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:09 PM   #41
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Wrong... "Everyone" doesn't profess to hate Nickelback, only the vocal people who are serious about being music fans.
no seriously, ask everyone you come across if they like nickelback and 90% will say lol no

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:24 PM   #42
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Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without
A sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no

It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and
I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
Cause living with him must have
Damn near killed you

And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:28 PM   #43
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yea I bet the target audience of Nickelback are - mothers.

which is the only stereotypical group of music listeners you came up with. funny how that goes, hm. and you wonder why people give you shit - because your brain works like this.
Nickelback generally has more women at their shows than guys... Which is a total oddity in the world of "rock music"... But thanks for trying to spin it oddly.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:31 PM   #44
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Maybe chad K. Is a heart throb? I dunno he kinda looks like jesus crossed with a horse

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:31 PM   #45
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Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without
A sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no

It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and
I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
Cause living with him must have
Damn near killed you

And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
Good Heavens, that writing style really is reminiscent of a lot of the SP.2-SP.4 material! No wonder Billy praises his songwriting so much.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:32 PM   #46
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no seriously, ask everyone you come across if they like nickelback and 90% will say lol no
Not true, I talk to squares about music, just general stuff like "who's your favorite band" and you'd be shocked how much Nickelback comes up glowingly... At least out here in Canada where I assume they're bigger.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:34 PM   #47
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He doesn't say "lover" enough.... Or things like the vacant embers of esmerelda's toxic ruby chameleon blah blah

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:36 PM   #48
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Still, I'm willing to bet that Kroeger has at least a song or 2 where the main hook revolves around the phrase "Come on (and...)!"

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:38 PM   #49
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A quick google search reveals that Nickelback has a song called "I'd Come For You"...

That's apparently one of Chad Kroegers favorite go-to songwriting plays, the sexual double entendres

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:39 PM   #50
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Not true, I talk to squares about music, just general stuff like "who's your favorite band" and you'd be shocked how much Nickelback comes up glowingly... At least out here in Canada where I assume they're bigger.
did you really just call people squares

and yes, it must be canada. nickelback is the butt of every music joke around here. alt rock radio doesn't even play them at all.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:41 PM   #51
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They're not played on alt-rock radio here either... Just the Jack FM type stations.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:43 PM   #52
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And you know what I meant by "squares"... Just your run of the mill woman or guy working an office job who doesn't really get around to listening to much music... Nickelback is their band... Sounds crazy, but it's really true.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:44 PM   #53
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Sometimes it's easy for us music nerds to forget that there's a lot of people out there who really don't even like music that much.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:49 PM   #54
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Tons of ppl love nickelback. General public has shit taste in music.

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:52 PM   #55
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And you know what I meant by "squares"... Just your run of the mill woman or guy working an office job who doesn't really get around to listening to much music... Nickelback is their band... Sounds crazy, but it's really true.
sounds totally legit.. there are tens of millions of "squares" / non-thinkers / whatevers.. zombies.. soulless morons who drive back and forth to work.. and buy bickleback albums lol

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:56 PM   #56
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Yeah man. I know a ton of people who don't even listen to music, and they'll still go to concerts and then talk about what a brilliant artist John Cougar Mellincamp is lol.

 
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jcm isn't terrible like nickelback

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:59 PM   #58
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No, but he still sucks... Soccer mom music

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:03 PM   #59
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Where the fuck in Canada do you live where Nickelback are praised

 
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:03 PM   #60
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he's not a significant artist, no. but this is a good cover jam


 
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