• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Probably Nickelback. I’m no fan, but they seem to get the most hate of anyone just for being mediocre.

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      I read somewhere once that their agent would book them at any festival that would accept them. That lead to them getting booed a lot where they didn’t match the rest of the lineup. People began to anticipate them and became a heel type character to avid concert goers.

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      1 month ago

      I don’t mind their one song. But that’s the thing, they only have one song (they all sound the same).

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      Comedy Central destroyed Nickleback. There was a comedy special or show, I don’t remember. Anyway, they promoted the show with a clip from a stand-up bit that was at Nickleback’s expense. I you watched The Daily Show, or South Park, you would have seen that ad a hundred times. After that, liking Nickleback was an embarrassment.

      What follows is my bad recollection of the joke.

      People say that music can incite violence and I think that’s true because every time I listen to Nickleback I want to hurt… Nickleback.

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      1 month ago

      I suspect the real reason a lot of people hate them is because they have mastered the earworm. One line from any of their songs will ruin your day.

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      1 month ago

      For me it’s “Photograph.” Such an aggressively sappy and mediocre song. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of an essay I would have written on the bus on the way to school in 6th grade.

      I kind of like “Never Again”, it’s a bit heavy-handed but it’s got crunchy guitar and the message is good, don’t put up with abusive shit.