Tool vs Nickelback (lyrics, metal, pop, rock, single)

Seltzer · 01-02-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

I fail to see how you can claim Nickelback just make the same generic song over and over again. The hits might be suspiciously similar, but what about the rest of the songs on their albums? Nickelback are renowned for reinventing themselves time and time again - they are the Michael Boltons of Post-Grunge. Check out the albums and you'll see what I mean.

I haven't heard every song they've written but I've heard far more than their hits. And I find them very samey.

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

This is not the pertinent question. The point is that Chad Kroeger is deadly, deadly serious, and as such must be afforded the utmost attention.

Night_Lamp · 01-02-2008, 06:57 PM

This is dumb. It's like the Beatles vs. the Monkeys...

jackhammer · 01-02-2008, 07:11 PM

Monkees even..

YSHKMWYHTC · 01-02-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

This is not the pertinent question. The point is that Chad Kroeger is deadly, deadly serious, and as such must be afforded the utmost attention.

He's thuper therial!!!

The_Megatron · 01-02-2008, 10:23 PM

Tool.

gpackin · 01-03-2008, 01:13 PM

First off I voted for Tool. However, I don't believe that they are the best band like the poll asks. I don't believe that they are really any better than Nickelback either, I just prefer their music more. Anyway, The two bands are too different from each other to truly compare them. What this poll is actually asking is do you prefer Progressive Metal or Post-Grunge Hard Rock. I guess that's what genres I'd put them in.

Rainard Jalen · 01-03-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gpackin

First off I voted for Tool. However, I don't believe that they are the best band like the poll asks. I don't believe that they are really any better than Nickelback either, I just prefer their music more. Anyway, The two bands are too different from each other to truly compare them. What this poll is actually asking is do you prefer Progressive Metal or Post-Grunge Hard Rock. I guess that's what genres I'd put them in.

I see Tool as more of a counter-grunge band than prog. And taking Nickelback's catalogue as a whole, I see them as more of a gumbo of late 70s/early 80s romantic pop metal, Christian disco and Canadian acid-folk than Post-Grunge. Nickelback's post-grunge attributions come largely as a result of Kroeger's gravelly, phlegm-assisted, I'm-a-walkin'-talkin'-anti-smoking-campaign vocals.

tkpb938 · 01-03-2008, 04:27 PM

I dont like Nickelback because of the really annoying country influence (which, for some reason, no one wants to admit).

Rainard Jalen · 01-03-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tkpb938

I dont like Nickelback because of the really annoying country influence (which, for some reason, no one wants to admit).

Sorry, I forgot to add that. To rephrase:

A gumbo of late 70s/early 80s romantic pop metal, Christian disco, Canadian acid-folk and West Mexican country rock.

ProggyMan · 01-03-2008, 05:10 PM

I find your logic disturbing. Because a band tries to sell records they're commercial? Red-era KC tried to sell records by installing a pop vocalist, but that doesn't make them commerical.

View Poll Results: Who is the best band
Nickelback	7	17.07%
Tool	34	82.93%
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01-02-2008, 06:57 PM	#52 (permalink)
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01-02-2008, 07:11 PM	#53 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Monkees even.. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-02-2008, 10:23 PM	#55 (permalink)
The_Megatron Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15	Tool.

01-03-2008, 01:13 PM	#56 (permalink)
gpackin Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44	First off I voted for Tool. However, I don't believe that they are the best band like the poll asks. I don't believe that they are really any better than Nickelback either, I just prefer their music more. Anyway, The two bands are too different from each other to truly compare them. What this poll is actually asking is do you prefer Progressive Metal or Post-Grunge Hard Rock. I guess that's what genres I'd put them in.

01-03-2008, 04:27 PM	#58 (permalink)
tkpb938 Lvl 70 Troll Hunter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunny Phoenix Posts: 482	I dont like Nickelback because of the really annoying country influence (which, for some reason, no one wants to admit).

01-03-2008, 05:10 PM	#60 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	I find your logic disturbing. Because a band tries to sell records they're commercial? Red-era KC tried to sell records by installing a pop vocalist, but that doesn't make them commerical.