It just shows how mediocre the average taste in music is. The reason why their sales are high is not b/c their music is catchy, but rather b/c they just so much airtime. The average music listener doesn't want to find his own music through different mediums like the internet, and thus will just buy what is force fed to him. But if you want to see the actual numbers, I think you should just look at the download figures from torrent sites like Oink. Nickelback only has a few hundred downloads of even their most famous albums. You can have smaller indie bands like Voxtrot, Band of Horses, Midlake, Beirut literally getting thousands of downloads within a few days of their album being released. These bands the mainstream really doesn't know about, but are big amongst people who listen to alot of music. Generally, people on the internet are the savviest and most knowledgeable people of the general population. Thus I would rather give more importance to something like torrent download figures from a place like Oink, rather than looking at straight Billboard figures.
I have no idea the premise behind the first video, but if its for real, I've lost a TON of respect for Billy Gibbons.
I think Nickelback sucks, but I can't really blame people for liking them. You can't help what sparks your interest... you like what you like and that's it.
Good point, like what you like. Well...except the guy who cracked on AC-DC. That guy can go lock himself in a closet and listen to Boy George all day.
Agree with your first sentence. Fatty annoys me at various times but I will give his band AC/DC some props because they do warrant it. I know they sound like a band that can only play 3 notes but a song like "Thunderstruck" is completely different from "Highway to Hell" (we won't get into the similarities between "TNT" and "Dirty Deeds", lol). You have to give some respect for the fact that AC/DC has been around a long time. Granted they haven't had a good album since "The Razor's Edge" but their canon of songs is still better than 85% of the artists that have done music in the last 50 years.
I didn't know that, either, but listening to about 20-30 seconds of that video I can see how it does sound a little country-ish.
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I say you're right on par with the thread. And I agree that AC/DC stinks just as Nicklecrap stinks... they've got hits, but they all sound the same. The best bands in the world ALWAYS sound like themselves though... don't they? I mean everybody can't be Outkast.
I like the video. In case you want know who was on it: 001. Larry Tong at baseball field 002. Lindsey Shaw at Chicago's Cloud Gate 003. unknown man in front of the Flatiron Building in NYC 004. Cindy Taylor on pool float 005. old lady in front of St. Paul's Cathedral in London 006. Billy Gibbons of ZZ top 007. Hockey player Wayne Gretzky 008. three girls in street 009. Kendra Wilkinson in front of Playboy Mansion 010. NYC policeman 011. Gene Simmons 012. Paul Wall 013. Billy Gibbons again 014. unknown woman in front of Chicago's Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park 015. Dominique Swain in tub 016. 3 guys at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin 017. Twista 018. man in Grand Central Station 019. Holly Madison in the grotto 020. unknown girl 021. unknown street musician 022. unknown street performers 023. Three unknown girls on the bank of Chicago River, in front of Marina City 024. Gene Simmons again 025. Paul Teutul, Sr. of Orange County Choppers 026. Billy Gibbons again 027. John Rich on pool table 028. unknown girl in street 029. Chuck "Iceman" Lidell 030. unknown man in Chinese restaurant 031. two Daisy Duke wannabees 032. group of kids in street 033. Wayne Gretzky again 034. parking valet 035. British man in front of Houses of Parliament 036. unknown girl in bikini 037. Kid Rock 038. Twista again 039. unknown girl in Grand Central Station 040. Eliza Dushku 041. NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 042. Taryn Manning 043. Paul Wall 044. two girls in street 045. Unknown man under Chicago's El tracks in front of Double Door, Chicago 046. Liam Lynch 047. Nelly Furtado on tour bus 048. unknown man 049. unknown man in street 050. unknown women , Heather and Cathy Grand Central Station 051. Chuck Liddell with unknown guy in headlock 052. unknown kid in grocery store 053. Paul Teutul, Jr., Paul Teutul, Sr., and Mikey from Orange County Choppers 054. unknown man in front of Marina City in Chicago 055. Elvis impersonator 056. Federico Castelluccio 057. Chuck Liddell again 058. Grant Hill of the Phoenix Suns 059. unknown man 060. Billy Gibbons again 061. Paul Wall again 062. two unknown people on street 063. Ted Nugent 064. unknown man & unknown woman in front of the Cloud Gate again 065. Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson 066. unknown guy in front of the Flatiron Building in NYC 067. two unknown guys 068. Billy Gibbons again 069. the Teutuls again 070. unknown couple in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin 071. Jordan Carlos 072. guy in front of NYSE 073. Unknown Man on bench 074. Lupe Fiasco on table 075. unknown woman in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany 076. unknown woman in front of the Chicago Theater 077. two unknown girls on beach 078. Taryn Manning again 079. Eliza Dushku by pool 080. unknown girl in front of Sydney Harbour Bridge 081. three unknown girls 082. Gene Simmons again 083. Dominique Swain again 084. Lupe Fiasco again 085. Chuck Liddell again 086. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again 087. unknown young girls on Times Square 088. Unknown man in front of Beverly Hills High School 089. Eliza Dushku again 090. Federico Castelluccio again 091. Riki Lindhome at the beach 092. Kid Rock again 093. a steel worker 094. John Rich again, smashing guitar 095. three unknown girls in street 096. Te'DeVan Kurzweil 097. Lupe Fiasco again 098. son of Chad Kroeger at control board 099. unknown woman 100. unknown guy in street 101. unknown kid on street corner on Argyle street in Uptown, Chicago IL Neighborhood 102. unknown guy in front of The Big Acorn in Raleigh, NC 103. "Daisy Duke" wannabees 104. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again 105. The Naked Cowboy in Times Square 106. girl in bikini on beach 107. kid in street 108. Cindy Taylor in a pool wet 109. unknown girl in front of Chicago's Buckingham Fountain 110. Grant Hill again 111. unknown man on street 112. Ted Nugent again 113. Holly Madison in the grotto 114. Bridget Marquardt in pink 115. Kendra Wilkinson in front of mansion 116. kid in front of London's Tower Bridge 117. Nelly Furtado again 118. two girls in front of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge 119. Kid Rock again 120. Ted Nugent again 121. John Rich again 122. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again 123. Street Worker in front of Marina City in Chicago 124. Wayne Gretzky again 125. Kendra Wilkinson in front of mansion again 126. Nelly Furtado again 127. Gene Simmons again 128. Nickelback fans at Hershey, PA concert / Chad Kroeger / Mike Kroeger and Ryan Peake From wikipedia greatest site ever.
Wow - I didn't know that ZZ Top was going through such hard times. Billy Gibbons should realize that there are other ways to pull out of it than whoring yourself to damn Nickelback and appearing in those chumps' videos.
Wow. For someone who claims to be so proficient on music, you certainly have jumped on this bandwagon in an extremely closed-minded way. Here is a band who writes their own music & songs, doesn't go political at every freaking concert, and actually seem to be enjoying what they do. I went to one of their concerts a few years back, and it was thoroughly enjoyable simply because the band honestly seemed like they were having a blast on stage. Yet because you feel the songs sound too similar (which I disagree with), and the guys doesn't have a wide vocal range (like Sheryl Crow ever did?), you call them talentless chumps. Amazing. I expect this from some of the music trolls on here, Manny, but I expected better from you. You can hate their sound, but you really can't fault them for much else.
