So much H & D .
Why should he, he's trying to write hits not symphonies.He made no apologies for being formulaic ....
When you're a celebrity you get paid for such things. Avril is a lot of fun to look at, but I've never heard her talk, and I'd rather keep it that way. The Vandals have a song called "But then, she spoke" about being very attracted to a woman and going over to talk to her, and when she starts talking her personality is so repulsive that it ruins the attractive exterior.He is married to Avril Lavigne (another simpleton) and they were on the Howard Stern Show once. They couldn't stop dropping plugs for this or for that.....it was really cheesy.
Early Nickleback = excellent heavy metal without the screaming.
I dig 'em. Dark Horse, All the Right Reasons and The Long Road are all worth repeated listens.
I've played drums for over 50 years and the beginning of Follow You Home still makes me sweat.
NomadMike - I thought in the case of the blues, you weren't allowed to use any other chord progression or it wasn't the blues any more.
I always thought Dave was cool. Being from the DC-area we crossed paths a bunch of times back in the day and he seemed like a good guy, and he's still friends with one of my best buds too. But, wow! what a dickish thing to say about fellow-artists when you are in the position he is. Not cool at all.
The music business is exactly that, a business. I often listen to the pop radio station to try and understand the psychology behind it all. I never cringe and turn it off (with the exception of Maroon Five). I often refer to AC/DC as the greatest terrible band of all time. Taylor Swift doesn't even like her own music. The idustry is shallow, and is an art mainly in making money, but it doesn't seem like things were always that way. On the other hand, I find myself quite enjoying some of these tunes, so I go with it, all the while both understanding, and not caring about others disdain for such things.
-Music D@$k
I can't help it guys, I'm from the Van Halen/Ozzie/ACDC days.:adore: Forgive my rant.
Good point, and it shows the big difference between the times (now & back in the day), if that was the attitude musically back then Jimi, EVH, Carlos, SRV might not be remembered at all. It's a different time now and I even ask my younger friends about lead guitar & solos, they are not very interested in the aspect, it's something I've had to accept.There actually are leads in Nickelback songs, just not in many of the one's you hear that end up as radio singles. It's one thing to tastefully place a solo in song and it feels right, it's another for the song to take a backseat so the guitarist can play a solo
Good point, and it shows the big difference between the times (now & back in the day), if that was the attitude musically back then Jimi, EVH, Carlos, SRV might not be remembered at all. It's a different time now and I even ask my younger friends about lead guitar & solos, they are not very interested in the aspect, it's something I've had to accept.
As for Nickelback, (my sister likes them and she's older than me), they're one of the most successful rock acts that reaches a lot of people, still puts me to sleep, but they DO have their own unique sound, that's half the battle right there.