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Originally Posted by Aeneas
Since Nickelback is the poster boy for bad music to the vocal minority/majority (who knows which) on this site, can the self proclaimed defenders of good taste explain to me what is formulaic or just plain awful about these songs:
Breathe
Leader Of Men
Old Enough
They are all from The State. Maybe I just like "bad" music, I'm okay with that; I'm from the 80's. I'll admit I do not have the entire Nickelback collection, but did buy the next two CD's. I will say I don't like much on them. I am not being defensive, because arguing about taste and personal preferences is kind of silly; I am genuinely curious.
Give me New Model Army, Marillion, REM, The Lucy Show, Squeeze, China Crisis, U2 and Pearl Jam and I'm happy. I don't like things because they are art, or experimental, I like them because they make me feel something whether it be happiness or sadness. I enjoy listening to them, just like quite a bit of Nickelback.
Okay I am taking my Ultravox and Alphaville records and going back to 1982.
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Meh, nothing is "wrong" with Nickelback music. Ignore the people who go on misguided rants.
For what Nickelback does, they are rather great at it. Sure, it's derivative, but it satisfies a rather large musical niche (power cord rock) and currently there isn't a better band that does it.
Not all music needs to be experimental, orchestrated and pretentious up the ying yang. Mostly, the haters of Nickelback despise that it's music for the masses. You can't listen to Nickelback and then brag about how awesome you are to everyone around you.
I like Nickelback. I like many pretentious indy bands. I like alot of classical music. Do I have no taste in music?
More importantly, do I really give a crap what others think of my music tastes?