LOL at all the hypocrites in here saying Metric is the best band in the world, and then crying when people disagree. OH AND they have to gall to say "if you don't like it then don't comment on it." If you don't like Mertic you must not know good music so GFTO of this thread!
If I started saying Nickelback is the best Canadian band of the last decade (um, they are- they have defined popular hard rock in this decade and had the top sales numbers) then people would be all over me and telling me I listen to crap music and I don't know what I am talking about!
That is the problem with indie music and their fans- they think they are soooooo cool because they listen to boring music. But they're smarter than the rest of us... and we obviously can't appreciate their crappy band in the way they were meant to be appreciated. These are the same people who think their shat doesn't stink.
ON topic: who watched the bands? I was too busy drinking beer and getting hammered to care. Go Nickelback, and go Flames!
Don't like Nickelback's music but totally agree with everything you said.
At the risk of sounding like a total music snob - If you haven't heard of Metric you aren't a music fan. I'm not even a big fan of theirs, but they aren't a nobody band, especially in Canada. You are to music what fairweather fans are to hockey. Don't act like your opinion on music should count, it shouldn't. Let actual music fans discuss the quality of bands that exist outside of your tiny, tiny, minuscule little universe and you can just tune back in to CJAY 92 for the rotation of 8 bands you enjoy. The fact that this thread has even gotten to 11 pages is a disappointment. It shouldn't be any type of controversy that Metric played the heritage classic. Its irritating that people are so closed minded.
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At the risk of sounding like a total music snob - If you haven't heard of Metric you aren't a music fan. I'm not even a big fan of theirs, but they aren't a nobody band, especially in Canada. You are to music what fairweather fans are to hockey. Don't act like your opinion on music should count, it shouldn't. Let actual music fans discuss the quality of bands that exist outside of your tiny, tiny, minuscule little universe and you can just tune back in to CJAY 92 for the rotation of 8 bands you enjoy. The fact that this thread has even gotten to 11 pages is a disappointment. It shouldn't be any type of controversy that Metric played the heritage classic. Its irritating that people are so closed minded.
Again, more ignorance.
Just because someone happens to like ac/dc or Nickelback, and NOT like Metric or Arcade fire, doesn't mean they aren't music fans and don't enjoy quality music.
Why are indie fans the only ones who get to decide what is good music or not good music??
I was at the game, and I think metric was alright. Didn't pump me up, or warm me up at all, so that is my main complaint about the show.
At the risk of sounding like a total music snob - If you haven't heard of Metric you aren't a music fan. I'm not even a big fan of theirs, but they aren't a nobody band, especially in Canada. You are to music what fairweather fans are to hockey. Don't act like your opinion on music should count, it shouldn't. Let actual music fans discuss the quality of bands that exist outside of your tiny, tiny, minuscule little universe and you can just tune back in to CJAY 92 for the rotation of 8 bands you enjoy. The fact that this thread has even gotten to 11 pages is a disappointment. It shouldn't be any type of controversy that Metric played the heritage classic. Its irritating that people are so closed minded.
+1. Well said.
Regardless of who played this show, 20% of CP would still bitch about it; that is pretty much the status quo on posting anything here.
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Just because someone happens to like ac/dc or Nickelback, and NOT like Metric or Arcade fire, doesn't mean they aren't music fans and don't enjoy quality music.
Why are indie fans the only ones who get to decide what is good music or not good music??
I was at the game, and I think metric was alright. Didn't pump me up, or warm me up at all, so that is my main complaint about the show.
I'm not saying you have to like them. But if you don't know who they are, and are complaining about them playing the heritage classic because you don't know who they are -- then you don't know much about the current landscape of music. You can hate metric for all I care. I don't even like them. But stop pissing and moaning (not you, but others in the thread) about not having heard of them. That's not the NHLs fault, or their fault -- its yours. Everyone has an opinion but not everyone has an informed opinion.
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I love Metric but even I have to agree their performance wasn't all that spectacular on tv. I'm sure they're better live on a bigger stage in an indoor stadium and in person, though. Whatever, they were a great choice in my opinion as they're one of the hottest Canadian bands out there right now. It was better than having Nickelback (who I like, btw before people get ~upset) or Justin Bieber or whatever.
I would have liked to hear Gold Guns Girls instead of Stadium Love though.
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Why is this thread even in this part of the forum at this point? A bunch of people convinced they know what others should like and listen to music-wise is about as useless a conversation as I can fathom (yeah yeah, i didn't have to read it, i know).
Metric bored me but I give the NHL and the Flames points for at least having a current band play as opposed to I don't know, Trooper or Helix or some other equally irrelevant band whose heyday was 1985.
At the risk of sounding like a total music snob - If you haven't heard of Metric you aren't a music fan. I'm not even a big fan of theirs, but they aren't a nobody band, especially in Canada. You are to music what fairweather fans are to hockey. Don't act like your opinion on music should count, it shouldn't. Let actual music fans discuss the quality of bands that exist outside of your tiny, tiny, minuscule little universe and you can just tune back in to CJAY 92 for the rotation of 8 bands you enjoy. The fact that this thread has even gotten to 11 pages is a disappointment. It shouldn't be any type of controversy that Metric played the heritage classic. Its irritating that people are so closed minded.
I haven't listened to CJay in 10 years .....at least. And just because I haven't heard of Metric, doesn't make me a non music fan, or closed minded, it is simply not my genre. I just finished watching the replay, of the game on my PVR, and you know what, it wasn't that bad. Would I go and buy an album?.. no, just not my sound.
I could probably chime off 10 metal bands a lot of posters here have never heard of, every Iron Maiden or Judas Priest Lyric ever written, or every single fact about what gear Geddy Lee or Steve Harris has used in the last 30 years, and just because you cannot do the same, it does not make you less or more of a music fan. I grew up on Metal, british being my favorite, and those guys happen to be the gods of my musical universe.
Arguing if those guys are not relevant to the music scene, and questioning their talent, is probably not a very wise decision, as some of the best guitarists and drummers in the history of music, came through the 70's and 80's metal scene, and that is simply not debatable.
However, not knowing who Metric is, does not make me a fair weather music fan. I just means I have never heard anything they have written or performed that made me ask the question ,"Who is that band, and where can I hear more of them?"
LOL at all the hypocrites in here saying Metric is the best band in the world, and then crying when people disagree. OH AND they have to gall to say "if you don't like it then don't comment on it." If you don't like Mertic you must not know good music so GFTO of this thread!
Who has been saying this? I've specifically said that I don't give a crap if you like Metric but to complain about them playing the intermission is ridiculous. I'm not even a massive Metric fan.
The only thing I'm miffed about is people making a fuss about this "no-name band" who have sold over 200,000 records in Canada alone. Yeah, they're not huge names, but they're also not some obscure Peruvian folk group.
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If I started saying Nickelback is the best Canadian band of the last decade (um, they are- they have defined popular hard rock in this decade and had the top sales numbers) then people would be all over me and telling me I listen to crap music and I don't know what I am talking about!
Is that your criteria for judging things? If so, I guess the Big Mac is the burger of the century and Budweiser is the best beer ever.
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That is the problem with indie music and their fans- they think they are soooooo cool because they listen to boring music. But they're smarter than the rest of us... and we obviously can't appreciate their crappy band in the way they were meant to be appreciated. These are the same people who think their shat doesn't stink.
I think Nickelback sucks because their music and lyrics are incredibly simplistic and repetitive. How exactly did they revolutionize hard rock this decade? Sure they sold a lot of records, but they'll be little more than a footnote in music history. If you like them it doesn't mean you suck or that you're stupid, it probably just means music isn't a huge priority in your life.
My circle of friends are all really into music. Most of our conversations revolve around music, so we tend to like bands that can be discussed and examined in depth. There's no depth to Nickelback and not much to be discussed, so I don't think it's worth my time. That being said, I also like my fair share of simplistic schlock because life doesn't need to be all that serious.
That's a fair question Pylon. My little rant was more aimed at those who wouldn't even ask that question, but rather act like th NHL did them some huge disservice by letting some "unknown" band play the heritage classic. Like I said, closed mindedness irritates me.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
What if I've heard of them before, but never listened to them because I don't like the genre, and now, having listened to them, know that I don't like them with 100% certainty? Could I be a music fan?
However, not knowing who Metric is, does not make me a fair weather music fan. I just means I have never heard anything they have written or performed that made me ask the question ,"Who is that band, and where can I hear more of them?"
That's fair, but people were in here acting like Metric was a band that nobody ever heard of. A quick Google search would show you that they have a pretty large fanbase, especially among young Canadians, a pretty important demographic for the NHL.
Like I said, I wasn't arguing for Metric being a good choice based on my taste in music. I thought they were a good choice because they are relevant but also might expose some people to music they don't normally get on the top 40 and repeat rock stations.
Seeing the Metric Performance live really made me want to attend on of their concerts, it wasn't loud enough in that massive stadium. I absolutely love their music. Tokyo Police Club did an awesome job as well. Great selection by the NHL IMO.
For what it's worth, I'm in my twenties, and I hadn't heard of Metric until today. But I also had no idea who Arcade Fire or Kings Of Leon were either until about a week ago, so maybe that doesn't count.
Don't think many would have minded seeing Emily Haines in the mud/rain I'm a musician as well (sig below and just recently solo) so as musicians we probably recognize how tough of a show that would have been to nail. It's more the overdramatic, cynical, irrational stereotype to music that's not Cjay approved that I find more disturbing than Metric's performance.
It's more the overdramatic, cynical, irrational stereotype to music that's not X-92 approved that I find more disturbing than Metric's performance.
I can't stand Metric (I've seen them live about 4 times now, as I've had to work their concerts from way back in the day at U of C) and I also can't stand CJAY.
It's possible to hate wimpy emo-ish pop annnnnd not like CJAY.
I listen to a lot of music (just finished transferring about 80 gigs to my external hard drive) and a very wide range of music from folk to hardcore, I've never really understood the appeal of Metric. They are catchy I suppose, but I don't find anything spectacular about them. I was always amazed how every concert of theirs I worked, was larger than the next.
I'm so glad my gf would rather listen to a band like strung out or the gallows than a band like tokyo police club or metric. Makes trips in the car bearable.
If you make a thread about a band expect to see poster give their opinion on it, it's not shocking, it's a message board.
I'm a musician as well (sig below and just recently solo) so as musicians we probably recognize how tough of a show that would have been to nail. It's more the overdramatic, cynical, irrational stereotype to music that's not Cjay approved that I find more disturbing than Metric's performance.
