"...Nickelback plodded through its smug parade of unremarkable lunk-rock, each song's biggest distinction little more than its lack of distinction. But songs such as the hackneyed "Photograph," the hook-rich "How You Remind Me" and the hilariously banal "If Everyone Cared" proved the mundane and mediocre couldGosh, Josh, as soon as you win a Grammy and have beautiful women throwing their bras at you, I'll be sure to take your criticisim more seriously.
still be timeless.
It was caveman rock right down to the ancient, fossilized riffs, ready to be recycled by the next risible band down the line.The hits came easily — effortlessly, even — for Nickelback, and the fans clearly loved the equal lack of pretense and progression (not to mention the perfunctory pyrotechnics, canned banter and drum solo). Indeed, to its credit the band didn't bother disguising its lack of ambition Friday night.
At one point, the group wielded hand-held air cannons that fired T-shirts into the crowd, an apt metaphor that neatly summed up both the band's modus operandi and its broad appeal."
Thursday, March 15, 2007
All the Wrong Reasons
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nickelback is so abysmal that 'josh' is being generous. they have the kind of creativity that makes rob zombie look like neil young. a grammy in a pop music category is not exactly a ringing endorsement.
nothing, and i mean nothing makes me reach to change the station faster than "here's a song from nickelback..." i'd rather listen to two hours of yanni's greatest hits (if there is such a thing) than one underwrought, boring, right wing drivel of a "song" from those pretty boys.
choose your next challenge:
1) why should i care what the hell a 'modest mouse' is?
2) dave mathews, musician or good weight for holding down a casket.
3) ben folds? is this some sick joke or is someone doing their laundry.
oh, and beautiful women have been throwing their underwear and hotel room keys at wayne newton for 40 years... what's your point?
Talk about religion, politics, rogue appliances... nobody makes a peep. But express a musical preference...
I have my ticket for Jimmy Buffet this July -- meet me in Margaritaville.....
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