So a guy I work with was relentless bashing One Direction today (the super popular, overnight sensation boy band from England) and it got me thinking. Unlike someone like Nickelback, the only justification for the malice I could think of was unmitigated jealousy. You can't say they're talentless hacks cause vocally they have plenty of talent. Sure they don't write their own songs or sing music you like, but then why not bash Sinatra or Michael Buble for the same stuff. By all accounts, they seem like decent dudes having the time of their lives in their early 20s and just SLAYING chicks. Something i bet my coworker in question isnt doing. I'm not gonna wait in line to see them at MSG or say that breathless media attention doesn't get obnoxious, but I'm not gonna hold it against them. Play on players
I once saw Nick Lachey drink all day at the bar I was working at. He made out with a waitress and invited three girls back to his hotel. He brought in his wife to be that weekend. I really don't try to hate on anyone trying to become famous. With the perks why the fuck not?
What I don't get is all the Nickelback hate. Really, what's so bad about them? Sure, they're not the Rolling Stones, I don't own any of their music and I wouldn't pay to see them, but they have talent. Could you or I do what they do? Now here's the Rolling Stones:
My new role at work is fun. Here are some conversations, in a nutshell, I've had so far: Me: "I don't think you're pregnant. I think you're just getting fat." x10 Me: "I don't think you're pregnant. I think you just need to fart." x 2 Her: "I need information on the abortion pill." Me: "When did you have unprotected sex." Her: "A few days ago. I'm on the pill, we used a condom, and I took Plan B. But I think I'm pregnant." Him: "I think I have HIV." Me: "Why?" Him: "I have a sore throat." Her: "A few days ago I had unprotected sex and then when I went to the bathroom afterwards there was this white stuff in my underwear." Me: "That was probably semen." Her: "I think I have a baby Jesus in my tummy."
PHOTOS of bears falling from trees? Ain't nutin like the real thang, baby.... The eternal champion: This one is more adorable than funny: And the most dangerous bear of all....
Cause they make pandering radio rock. They used to be a respectable rock band, I never liked them, but their first cd or two had merit. Now they write just garbage like Photograph. If they wrote songs like this initially, they would have never gotten noticed. Chad Kroger has admitted to writing specifically with radioplay in mind. Thats why there is the hate. There is a difference between writing a great record that as a result gets radio play and writing a record just to get shit singles spun on garbage modern rock stations.
Actually it was more like, "Oh my god I didn't get my period yet! I'm NEVER late! I knew we should have used condoms! I knew I was super fertile because of my cousins (who both are pregnant 17 year olds)! We shouldn't have had sex while I was on antibiotics! Oh my god I feel nauseous! I feel pregnant!" Smash cut to a few days ago: Her: "Yeah, I got my period." Me: "Maybe it's really implantation bleeding." Her: "OMG OMG OMG [insert original quote above]"
There is nothing like tormenting your signifigant other with What Ifs. Put some Ipecac in her drink. When she starts throwing up for no reason, you HAVE her. She'll be sending you to the store for weird snack combos in no time.
How do you stay sane? The level of stupid you see on an hourly basis would have me on the roof with a rifle picking them off as they leave. Not to kill anyone, just to make a clean womb shattering shot to save them from actually even making a genetic decendant. And don't tell me thats wrong, I had two children and upon evaluation got a vasectomy. You're welcome world. And crown royal...you may just want to go the less poisonous route <a class="postlink" href="http://www.cracked.com/article_19763_6-prank-gadgets-that-only-sociopath-would-actually-use_p2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.cracked.com/article_19763_6- ... se_p2.html</a> (number 3)
Some of these are fucking hilarious. http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-you-wish-you-knew-in-real-life
This is bad ass beyond possible belief. I would not just go down on you if you wore this, I would go up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a on you.
I understand what you mean, but still - why the hate? I understand that you may not respect them as artists, or see them as ground breaking in music, but they are just doing their job. They are professional musicians, who earn massive amounts of money by producing rock music that can be played on the radio/tv/whatever. Do you hate on other professionals who produce something in order to earn money? Office workers? Carpenters? Builders? They produce what is required of them so that they can sell the product. That is exactly what Nickleback is doing. That they get cred for being "artists" and earn a disproportionate amount of money, yes, that is annoying. But then again, they haven't forced their product on anyone. That is just what the market value is. EDIT: Lets keep the party going.
I fully admit I really liked Nickelback's album called The State, it was raw grunge-rock. It was before that "How you Remind Me" garbage, and there are two songs off it I love (especially the first one):
This. I mean, let me preface this by saying that I rarely talk about Nickelback and don't have some burning hatred. I just use them as an example because they are universally disliked, at least in my peer group. I think their music is shit and I hate that they are all over the radio, but I wouldn't feel any sort of urge to scream at Chad Kroeger on the street nor do I think he himself is an epic douche. Just a sell out, but thats not a rarity in music. And when it comes to girls, I'm a goddamn Anglophile... NSFW
Just put the finishing touches on 250 wedding favours. And now... I drink my hate for weddings away. Happy Friday, you idiots!
No, no, no, no. This thread's animal is the mullet. Why? Because this weekend is the 2012 Florabama Mullet Toss.
How does one toss a badass, rokken (like Dokken) hairstyle? You only "toss" it to show off the feathered plumage. I've been drinkin and am fuckin DOWN to dedicating a thread to mullets.