Brian Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I personally don't listen to Nickelback, but that doesn't mean I hate them either. It has been really sad to see honest request's by new users in the QnA forum get 'crapped' on by people that feel the need to express their one word vocabulary... 'SUCKS'. Either post some help or take your rant to the music discussion. Get it? Let this thread be an example of how to properly put a voice to your opinion. I would have posted this link before but that would have really taken the QnA thread over the brink. Anyway, here is the 'proof': Nickelback Prolific Songwriters?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Nickelback reminds me of a car turning down a dead end street trying to get somewhere. Their lyrics are, IMO, juvenile and about as interesting as litter. Their music is what I like to call potted meat. A sound which is nothing more than a bunch of left-over musical ideas and thoughts thrown into a huge vat, over-mixed and recorded before the first take. I bet they record a whole album in twenty minutes, without even listening to it. Just the first two lines of Figured You Out is enough for me to not like them: "I like your pants around your feet And I like the dirt that's on your knees" A bunch of pre-teen lyrics mixed with erratic, meaningless guitars. Prolific? If sounding the same is fertile, then I guess they are because they keep producing crap, IMO of course. Their sound is tolerable, tolerable like the low hum of an old refrigerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I don't think Nickelback are all that bad. Musically, they do seem to sample their own material, but the songwriting can be pretty good, notwithstanding the "pants around your knees" bit. Here are the lyrics to "Never Again"...not exactly your basic pop fare. Never Again He's drunk again, it's time to fight She must have done something wrong tonight The living room becomes a boxing ring It's time to run when you see him Clenching his hands She's just a woman Never Again I hear her scream, from down the hall Amazing she can even talk at all She cries to me, Go back to bed I'm terrified that she'll wind up Dead in his hands, She's just a woman Never Again Been there before, but not like this Seen it before, but not like this Never before have I ever Seen it this bad She's just a woman Never Again Just tell the nurse, you slipped and fell It starts to sting as it starts to swell She looks at you, she wants the truth It's right out there in the waiting room With those hands Lookin just as sweet as he can Never Again Seen it before, but not like this Been there before, but not like this Never before have I ever Seen it this bad She's just a woman Never Again Father's a name you haven't earned yet You're just a child with a temper Haven't you heard "Don't hit a lady"? Kickin' your a** would be a pleasure He's drunk again, it's time to fight Same old sh*t, just on a different night She grabs the gun, she's had enough Tonight she'll find out how f*cking Tough is this man Pulls the trigger as fast as she can Never Again Seen it before, but not like this Been there before, but not like this Never before have I ever Seen it this bad She's just a woman Never Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 They have some pretty good songs for this day in age, including the one that Tenacious posted the lyrics to, & some of the tracks off their first album. I wouldn't go as far to say they suck, when they're a lot better than most of the other stuff that's out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Nickelback is the unbroken egg in a crate of broken ones. Crack the egg and it's rotten. :: Like I said, to me they're tolerable but uninteresting. They're the kind of band I don't mind playing in the background while I have a conversation with a friend. Usually, when I have a good song playing I don't want to talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I remembered another song with lyrics I like by Nickelback. I have gone through similar experiences (although through female eyes) in my own rather disfunctional childhood...perhaps that is why the lyrics of both songs speak to me. Maybe Nickelback's music is so similar, nobody bothers to listen to the words. Anyhoo... Too Bad Fathers hands were lined with dirt From long days in the field And mothers hands are serving meals In a cafe on Main Street With mouths to feed Just trying to keep clothing on our backs And all I hear about is How it's so bad, it's so bad [Chorus:] It's too bad, It's stupid Too late, so wrong, so long It's too bad that we had no time to rewind Let's walk, let's talk Let's talk You left without saying goodbye Although I'm sure you tried You call the house from time to time To make sure we're alive But you weren't there Right when I'm needed you the most And now I dream about it How it's so bad, it's so bad [Chorus] Father's hands are lined with guilt For tearing us apart Guess it turned out in the end Just look at where we are Made it out, still got clothing on our backs And now I scream about it How it's so bad, it's so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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