Does anyone else find Nickleback extremely irritating? (lyrics, lead singer, great song)
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Ok, maybe its not Nickleback, it could just be their lead singer. Right now I'm streaming a local rock station which is playing "Burn it To the Ground," which is probably one of the most awful songs I've ever heard. Now before anyone calls me a curmudgeon, trust me, I like a good nihilistic, damn the consequences, let's party rock song. "Have a Drink On Me" by AC/DC comes to mind:
Oh, Whiskey, gin and brandy
With a glass I'm pretty handy
I'm trying to walk a straight line
On sour mash and cheap wine
So join me for a drink boys
We're gonna make a big noise
So don't worry about tomorrow
Take it today
Forget about the tip
We'll get hell to pay
Great song-great lyrics, and great music. Now let's turn to "Burn it To the Ground":
Well it's midnight, damn right
We're wound up too tight
I got a fist full of whiskey
The bottle just bit me
That s*** makes me bat-s*** crazy
We got no fear no doubt all in balls out
First of all Chad Kroeger sounds like he's actually singing this song the morning after this tale of debauchery because he sounds like he's dry heaving when he sings-but that's every Nickleback song. In this particular song it sounds like Chad is hanging his head out of the window of a speeding car and screaming the lyrics while the car circles a track. But let's examine this particular verse-I won't even address the use of the term bat-s*** in a song because it's just beyond words. But using s*** to rhyme with s***? Really? Finally, as if using bat-s*** in a song wasn't silly sounding enough, the next line goes even lower by using the term "balls out."
We're going out tonight
To kick out every light
Take anything we want
Take everything in sight
We're going til the world stops turning
While we Burn It To The Ground tonight
Kick out every light? Take anything you want? Take everything in sight? It sounds like these guys are the type that bouncers love to tune up and toss out on their rearends. The whole thing just sounds like the anthem of snot-nosed 21 year old douchebags wetting their pants at thought of legally being able to drink alcohol. However, this song is the mere tip of Nickleback's douchebaggery:
Exhibit B: "Porn Star Dancing." While not a Nickleback song, our dryheaving bad 70s goateed, bleach blonde hero lends his wretching, er...voice to this blatant pandering to strip clubs everywhere (pleeeeeeease play our song?). Zakk Wylde should know better as well after playing with greats like Ozzy. I can honestly say that Chad puking out the following lyrics is probably considered a low-level sex offense in some states:
Stacy's gonna save herself for marriage
But that's just not my style
She's got a pair that's nice to stare at
But I want girls gone wild
Exhibit C:
I don't think this needs any explanation.
In conclusion, Nickleback just gives the impression that these poor guys just never fit in and for some reason bought into the illusion that cavorting with strippers, growing odd looking facial hair, and getting drunk and belligerent was the key to being cool. It just reminds me of that one guy that everyone knew in high school/college who always managed to take it a little too far. The guy who did kegstands until he landed in the ER, and upon emerging from getting his stomach pumped said "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" You know who I'm talking about. So, I'm being too hard on ol' Chad or are there others out there bewildered by Nickelback's success?
Nickleback is very annoying. It sounds like the singer is on the john trying to well, you know. And he needs some laxatives. Must he grunt like that. I seriously cannot listen to it.
Not as irritating as bands like Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance, etc. I'd rather listen to Nickelback than those bands.
Those bands are awful on a whole other level. In terms of rock my tastes run from the Doors and Zepplin to Metallica and Guns N Roses to Saliva and Shinedown. I feel like Nickleback has an ok sound (aside from Chad's singing)-if they could just get away from the whole "we're trying so hard to be cool and accepted" thing they could be an ok band. Hell, even if they didn't drop the strippers and drugs and booze thing they could at least write better songs about it! Here's an example of solid rock/metal songs that address these themes in a way that doesn't come off as cheesy:
"Night Train" - Guns N Roses
"Master of Puppets" - Metallica
"Girls Girls Girls" - Motley Crue
I hate hate hate Nickelback. No talent assclowns with lyrics that any 8th grade droput could write. They're raunchy just for the sake of being raunchy....they belong to a genre that I like to call "trailer park rock." (along with clones like Theory of a Deadman) Best listened to in a double wide with a 30 pack of Keystone Light, and a mullet haircut. Nickelback must get a lot of their crap played in seedy strip clubs.
Nuckleback are a Canadian embarrassment. They are from this little town in Alberta called Hanna. It was only when they moved to Vancouver and started producing crap did they become a little bit popular. The funny thing is, their really old stuff was tolerable.
There are actually some radio stations from here that refuse to play nickleback - I think one of them, X 92.9FM actually has a "No Nickleback guarantee".
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Those bands are awful on a whole other level. In terms of rock my tastes run from the Doors and Zepplin to Metallica and Guns N Roses to Saliva and Shinedown. I feel like Nickleback has an ok sound (aside from Chad's singing)-if they could just get away from the whole "we're trying so hard to be cool and accepted" thing they could be an ok band. Hell, even if they didn't drop the strippers and drugs and booze thing they could at least write better songs about it! Here's an example of solid rock/metal songs that address these themes in a way that doesn't come off as cheesy:
