QueenZone discussion #1213091

Rick wrote: Nickelback

Zebonka12 wrote: What about Lynyrd Skynrd!  (ducks)

mooghead wrote: Muse, Coldplay, KISS!!   Especially Kiss. Never understood the Stones to be honest. All their tracks sound like poorly recorded demos.

Rick wrote: Nickelback

ThomasQuinn wrote: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Treasure Moment yet. Or do they not count as a band, but as a weapon of mass destruction?

GratefulFan wrote:

Rick wrote: Nickelback

Agreed, with one exception.  One of those rare covers that beats the already great original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGnRetNDEw

The Fairy King wrote: Nickelback - We Will Rock You

Sir GH wrote: On behalf of most Canadians, I sincerely apologize to the wider world for Nickelback. Despite what anyone with poor musical taste says, this country certainly does have much, much better to offer.

                              GratefulFan wrote:                              

                                                              Rick wrote:                               Nickelback                              

Agreed, with one exception.  One of those rare covers that beats the already great original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGnRetNDEw Yes, thanks for this. It's kind of like watching my mother die, then having Chad Kroeger crawl inside her body and dance around for over three and a half god-awful minutes. Can you also upload some videos of people stomping on my cats, or ruining anything else I love?

              BlazeGoldmine wrote:              

                              Sir GH wrote:               On behalf of most Canadians, I sincerely apologize to the wider world for Nickelback. Despite what anyone with poor musical taste says, this country certainly does have much, much better to offer.              

We forgive you. Just try harder to give us more bands like The Guess Who or Rush, and less Nickelback or Sum 41... Ew, or Three Days Grace...

GratefulFan wrote: BlazeGoldmine wrote:

GratefulFan wrote:        

    Rick wrote:   Nickelback  

Agreed, with one exception.  One of those rare covers that beats the already great original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGnRetNDEw Yes, thanks for this. It's kind of like watching my mother die, then having Chad Kroeger crawl inside her body and dance around for over three and a half god-awful minutes. Can you also upload some videos of people stomping on my cats, or ruining anything else I love?

Oh stop it.  It's a fine cover of a song so good it's largely impossible to ruin anyway.  Perhaps I really appreciate it partly because I associate with hockey, which is something I love very much.  Here it is again, just in case you want to avoid it.  The last part of that clip is 30 seconds of an instrumental piece that will mean nothing to most here, but it made my cry like a baby at 36 years old the first time I heard it live in an arena. It means nothing to the vast majority of the planet, but that 30 seconds of music sold for upwards of 2.5 million dollars in 2008 because it means everything to a relative few. That's music. So you know what?  Don't worry about Nickelback.  I'm not a fan of the band outside of that song, but they sell a shitload of music to a shitload of young, mostly musically inexperienced people who get excited about it. And anything that gets people excited about music, and lays the groundwork for music being an integral part of their lives for the rest of their lives is alright by me. My first memory of being entranced and swept away by a song was lying by myself on my mother's bed with my chin in my hands at five years old listening to the godawful pap 'Seasons in the Sun' on the radio. I had no brothers or sisters to hand down the cool albums and lived in a small city dominated by one AM hits station.  Over time I found my own way to some of the best music history has to offer, and I did that all without giving a flying fuck what other people thought about what moved me for whatever reason. It's all good if you just hate this cover because you do.  But do yourself a favour and don't become a narrow crashing bore who is slave to what often wildly insecure professional and self appointed critics tell you it's okay to like.

GratefulFan wrote: I'm 100% positive your dick is bigger than mine.  Why don't you go fuck yourself with it?

Sergei. wrote: Brokencyde and The Devil Wears Prada go hand-in-hand, skipping merrily through the intersection of Lame Lane and No Talent Boulevard.

GratefulFan wrote: Solid F for Google on product placement.

Zebonka12 wrote: Bad music spans the generations.  When I was a kid I used to live in fear of Billy Ray Cyrus, but once his career was over I felt like the world was a safer place to raise children in.

Sir GH wrote: On behalf of most Canadians, I sincerely apologize to the wider world for Nickelback. Despite what anyone with poor musical taste says, this country certainly does have much, much better to offer.

Mr.Jingles wrote:

      Sir GH wrote:   On behalf of most Canadians, I sincerely apologize to the wider world for Nickelback. Despite what anyone with poor musical taste says, this country certainly does have much, much better to offer.  

Nickelback are like The Beatles compared to the average emo band. Nickelback might be bad, but are least there not dozens of Nickelbacks that sound exactly the same. Now speaking of unfair media exposure of Canadian bands. Doesn't it suck that Nickleback sells millions of albums and remain on the mainstream media spotlight, while many people still haven't heard of Arcade Fire.

Mr.Jingles wrote:

Sir GH wrote: On behalf of most Canadians, I sincerely apologize to the wider world for Nickelback. Despite what anyone with poor musical taste says, this country certainly does have much, much better to offer.

Nickelback are like The Beatles compared to the average emo band. Nickelback might be bad, but are least there not dozens of Nickelbacks that sound exactly the same. Now speaking of unfair media exposure of Canadian bands. Doesn't it suck that Nickleback sells millions of albums and remain on the mainstream media spotlight, while many people still haven't heard of Arcade Fire.

beautifulsoup wrote:       mooghead wrote:       Never understood the Stones to be honest. All their tracks sound like poorly recorded demos.