John Taylor is so underrated as a bassist. He was amazing in that band.
People hate Duran Duran? My mum LOVES them. I like a few of their songs.
I’ll say it, I like Imagine Dragons. They have some great songs, they just also have some radio rock drivel (oh god Thunder is bad). Also, I saw them live back in 2013 and it’s one of the best concerts I’ve been to.
In 2022, they were my then-12-year-old child’s favorite band, so I took the kiddo to see the band in Milwaukee. Holy shit, they put on a FANTASTIC concert.
Unfortunately they became a bit annoying after a bit but looking back, they’ve put out some fantastic tracks that are hard not to groove to
Kinda like Nickelback. How can you not enjoy Rockstar
My wife discovered them about idk… 6 years ago? She was crazy about their music. She listened to it all the time, and put the music videos on our home theater. Then out of nowhere she suddenly decided that she hates them. She still hates them to this day. I think it might be because their music is so repetitive that it sounds catchy at first and then gets really annoying. Whatever the reason, they cultivated a super fan and then lost her all within a couple of months.
I like them, too. I only recently learned that we’re not supposed to, for some reason. shrug I enjoy a good bit of their music.
Is Imagine Dragon really widely disliked?
Once you get past their boring singles, Nickelback isn’t all that bad.
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I don’t think there’s that many people who dislike Nickelback. It just became trendy to dislike them, so people jumped on the bandwagon, regardless of whether they actually cared either way.
Nailed it - it became trendy to dislike Nickelback, Imagine Dragons and the likes
My parents took us to one of their concerts in like 2008. They were surprisingly good live.
I tried because so many of my friends dig them. I just can’t get past the songs that seem like they’re written with a rhyming dictionary and they’re full of teeny bopper cliches. I love the guitar tone and some of the riffs but I just can’t get past those dumbass lyrics.
I only found out a few years ago that Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies was commonly regarded as one of the worst songs of the 90s, but it reminds me of middle school and summers at the pool. Same with Sex And Candy by Marcy Playground.
Hanging out, downtown by myself, and there’s just too much Marcy, Playground in my head, and there it was
Like Disco lemonade…
I love that song.
The other day I heard sex and candy for the first time in ages. I got immediate nostalgia. The song has a GREAT hook and I totally see why middle school me liked it. Sex. Candy. Cool vibe.
But hearing it now, i quickly realized the lyrics aren’t mysterious/poetic. They are meaningless and had nothing to say except repeating the chorus over and over and over because the words sound good together.
You should give the album a try. It’s really good.
Which album? The Marcy’s playground one or crash test dummies?
Marcy Playground. Oddly enough, there’s another comment on this thread about them that I replied to as well.
I’ve been on an 80s and early 90s kick lately, revisiting music from my childhood. I’ll add that to my list. Thanks!
Whenever I play shoegaze music it tends to upset my family.
Need a new family who can appreciate a perfectly honed use of a delay pedal.
Nickelback
Shame on you
Never Gonna Give You Up
It’s such a catchy feel good song
Rick Astleys song catalogue honestly has some great stuff in it. As a bonus, it’s like half a rick-roll when someone overhears it.
Mindless Self Indulgence: Yeah, the lead singer was obviously a piece of shit, but their music was still catchy.
Never heard of them.
I actually like Nickelback and Matchbox 20.
My Highschool Girlfriend was a huge Matchbox 20 fan, so I took her to one of their concerts. I gotta say, I was impressed. They do a great show.
Me too! They were kind of a band that was assembled by a recording label too. They’ve an interesting and atypical history.
Is Matchbox 20 supposed to be a band that people hate? I’m familiar with the Nickelback hate, but I’ve never heard anything bad about Matchbox 20.
My thread prediction was spot on. We all secretly listen to Nickelback.
Nickelback, although I barely listen to them anymore because my music taste changed
Coldplay had some good ones
Who doesn’t like Coldplay??
Well of course I know him. He’s me.
I’m not sure how many bands even sit in the widely known and also disliked by most Venn diagram. The only example I can even think of is Phish, which I can’t stand but I know a guy who lives his whole life around their touring schedule.
An avid Phisherman, you might say?
I think a lot of people got burnt out on sex and candy, but Marcy playground’s first two albums are legitimately fantastic. I didn’t even get into them until like 2018
I had that album when Sex and Candy was popular and I loved it as an early teen. I didn’t register to it until probably 10+ years later, but it’s damn good. I them quickly picked up all their music released after that and it’s great, too.
Got to see them live in a small venue back in 2012 or so and they were great.
You could play me 10 random songs from my playlist and I could maybe name the artist of one of them. I’m so hipster even I don’t know the bands I’m listening to.
