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Originally Posted by Table 5
I think some people are confusing not liking Nickleback with not liking popular music. There used to be a time when popular still meant that the music acts were pretty damn talented....the Beatles, Queen, Beach Boys, Elvis, all had amazingly lucrative careers and record sales, and are still considered to be great bands by so-called music snobs. Can anyone seriously say that Nickleback belongs in this category?
Btw, I think Alicia Keys is great regardless if she's on this top-seller list or not. It's a little girly, but I've always like her stuff.
That and Michael Bolton. I celebrate his entire catalog.
Ok, not that last one, I just wanted to throw in some Office Space in there.
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Thanks for taking what I was going to post...dick. But yeah, I agree. I listen to what a lot of people would call "artsy" music but I also like stuff such as Springsteen, Oasis, Alicia Keys, Michael Jackson, John Mayer, RHCP, etc.
Hell, I'd say a lot of the music that the so-called "indie" crowd likes ends up hitting the top 40 airwaves anyways, so I can't really say I hate it. I've been a Michael Franti fan for years, and never heard him on any radio stations outside of CKUA, yet low and behold this year he has a top 40 hit. I hate the song in question, but I still like Franti.
My point is, anybody who craps on people for hating Nickleback "just because their popular" is probably a misinformed or blatantly ignorant fanboy.