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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 30, 2010 0:18:54 GMT -5
That's so far from what I said that I'm going to assume you're joking. Don't you know everyone on the internet is serious? Yes, I know. Part of me thinks it is, but the second sentence makes me doubt. But you have to understand, people misinterpret me so much here and it's already a strong pet peeve of mine. I don't even appreciate when I'm know I'm being f**ked with in that way, let alone people doing it seriously.
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Post by pen on May 30, 2010 0:30:22 GMT -5
Why so serious?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 30, 2010 0:37:05 GMT -5
I just am sometimes. I want first to be understood and know I'm understood, and then I can have fun and joke around. Otherwise it can be frustrating.
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Post by pen on May 30, 2010 1:02:36 GMT -5
Well if it makes you feel any better, I understand you.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 30, 2010 9:33:42 GMT -5
Finally saw the video this weekend. Fits the song.
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Post by Pipa on May 30, 2010 10:43:55 GMT -5
So what, now we can't enjoy both Nickelback and The Exies? That's so far from what I said that I'm going to assume you're joking. I understood what you meant, but the way you phrased it made it sound like you ignored the middleman.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on May 31, 2010 23:27:11 GMT -5
Who would be the middle man?
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Post by sadchild on Jun 4, 2010 10:30:11 GMT -5
oddly, i will admit that their clone (theory of a deadman) has a half-dozen songs i don't mind. go figure. I fail to see how a band who is responsible for lyrics such as "my boss is a dick" and "my girlfriend is a dick magnet" offends you less than Nickelback, but to each their own. like i said, i SHOULDN'T like TOAD at all, but they've got half-dozen songs (mostly on their first album) that i do like. my fav is "any other way" (doubt THAT one's ever been on the radio). but most of TOAD is total crap too. those damn love ballad rock songs are unlistenable. i was at a restaurant last weekend and heard nickelback (terrible song). then i swore nickelback was playing again but it was TOAD. friggin identical sound. just as bad. It actually cracks me up that people will waste so much time hating because it means a) they took the time to listen to the music, just to hate it more or b) they've never heard it and hate it just because it's the thing to do. aside from a few listens to 'leader of men' and 'never again', and one time of wanting to hear dimebag's solo in 'side of a bullet', i've never made an effort to listen to nickelback. as you can see from my above story about being in the restaurant, i can't get away from this awful stuff. i'm forced to suffer through it.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 4, 2010 11:38:24 GMT -5
I never understood why Theory Of A Deadman made it so big. Nickelback can at least write some introspective songs on serious subjects. But Theory Of A Deadman seems like one long boring sex joke.
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Post by sadchild on Jun 4, 2010 12:35:03 GMT -5
i find the opposite to be true
nickelback = insincere pandering fan-stroking photocopies of their earlier songs
toad = insincere pandering fan-stroking photocopies of nickelback's songs with a half-dozen half-decent rock songs
check out Theory of a Deadman - Any Other Way Theory of a Deadman - Invisible Man Theory of a Deadman - Leg To Stand On
these are decent tracks
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 4, 2010 12:48:45 GMT -5
Haven't heard those, but I don't know a band yet that doesn't try to appease their fans. That's not much of an argument. But by my best estimate, Nickelback has about a 2:1 ratio of serious songs to pop friendly releases.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 4, 2010 12:48:58 GMT -5
"Theory of a Deadman" have too many broken relationship songs. Songs about you left me, i'm leaving you, it all gets boring after a while.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 4, 2010 12:51:36 GMT -5
Bad Girlfriend is the only one that comes to mind, but I'm sure you're right.
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Post by American Idiot on Jun 4, 2010 14:01:10 GMT -5
"Theory of a Deadman" have too many broken relationship songs. Songs about you left me, i'm leaving you, it all gets boring after a while. That's the one thing that really bothers me about them. Just about every song on "Scars & Souvenirs" is like that.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 6, 2010 21:21:08 GMT -5
I actually don't hate this one. I might download it. God knows "If Today Was Your Last Day" almost made me give up on them.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 7, 2010 8:05:03 GMT -5
I might download it. God knows "If Today Was Your Last Day" almost made me give up on them. :o :o :o :o Thats an awesome song.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 7, 2010 10:04:04 GMT -5
I could never make it all the way through If Today Was Your Last Day. It felt like the type of song they had to write with a corporate gun pointed at their heads.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 7, 2010 10:27:24 GMT -5
I could never make it all the way through If Today Was Your Last Day. It felt like the type of song they had to write with a corporate gun pointed at their heads. I would'nt agree with that at all. The meaning and point of the song is nothing new but I think its delivery and lyrics are very honest and powerful. Chad at his best.
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Jun 7, 2010 11:01:58 GMT -5
Definitely ITWYLD is in the top 3 of Dark Horse
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 7, 2010 15:05:43 GMT -5
It would easily be in the bottom three along with Gotta Be Somebody and Never Gonna Be Alone.
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Jun 7, 2010 21:46:19 GMT -5
It would easily be in the bottom three along with Gotta Be Somebody and Never Gonna Be Alone. i'm really curious to have your top 3
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 8, 2010 11:37:26 GMT -5
1) Shakin' Hands, 2) Burn It To The Ground, 3) This Afternoon
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 8, 2010 23:08:34 GMT -5
Ok. So, not just a squawk. A beautiful squawk.
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Post by sadchild on Jun 9, 2010 7:10:02 GMT -5
I could never make it all the way through If Today Was Your Last Day. It felt like the type of song they had to write with a corporate gun pointed at their heads. i think they're well past needing a gun to their heads to write a fan-stroking throat-tickling wuss rock ballad. it's par for the course by now.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 9, 2010 7:44:45 GMT -5
Nope, that would be corporate headquarters wanting more money when they're forced to release those types of songs. Sad state of business, but it's the way it's always been.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 9, 2010 10:29:40 GMT -5
Nope, that would be corporate headquarters wanting more money when they're forced to release those types of songs. Sad state of business, but it's the way it's always been. So if a band releases a soft ballad that reaches alot of people, it automatically means they're being forced to do so. Date back to "How You Remind Me" one of the earlier singles, that was soft song and "If Today Was Your Last Day" is no softer than it. Nickelback aint an all out heavy metal or hard rocking band. They have always had (even an odd song on Curb) a mix of soft and heavy songs.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 9, 2010 11:20:38 GMT -5
Tempo has nothing to do with it. It's the content and timing that make many of their single choices look heavy-handed.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 9, 2010 11:41:47 GMT -5
Tempo has nothing to do with it. It's the content and timing that make many of their single choices look heavy-handed. Timing ?? ???
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jun 9, 2010 14:46:50 GMT -5
Timing as in the label decides the first single. You really think the band wanted Dark Horse first represented by Gotta Be Somebody? I'm betting one them puked a little at that.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 9, 2010 15:22:19 GMT -5
Timing as in the label decides the first single. You really think the band wanted Dark Horse first represented by Gotta Be Somebody? I'm betting one them puked a little at that. You're so very wrong, considering it was Mutt Lange (famed album producer who worked on this album) who advised the band that "Gotta Be Somebody" would be the best lead single. Nickelback is a mainstream rock band, and they have siad many times before that they like the music they make, so just because you dont like these ballads doesn't mean that the band don't have love and belief in them. Also you siad "If Today Was Your Last Day" was a song that the band was forced to make, but in reality Chad has siad that had wrritten the song long before Dark Horse was ever made. He kept it on the shelves supposedly till a time when it sounded good enough to release. That don't sound like a forced song to me.
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