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| Most overrated Canuck group? |
| Tragically Hip |
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31% |
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| Barenaked Ladies |
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6% |
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| Simple Plan |
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6% |
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| Sum 41 |
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0% |
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| Matthew Good Band |
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2% |
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| Nickleback |
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38% |
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| Other |
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13% |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| DGB wrote: |
Man, i just dont understand, maybe they're all sons of super rich oil riggers and their daddy's simply bought the music industry for them as a christmass gift.
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I never bothered to check, I just assumed they were what they said they were, average small town boys who learned how to play the music biz game, and play it well (sort of a Cdn male version of Madonna).
They have talent, they've worked hard, lots of people love their music.
But the music is cliche, and while they have talent they seem to lack imagination. I don't begrudge them their arena rock fans, or their album sales, or their money.
It only bugs me when the hype obscures other bands equally (if not more) deserving of critical and financial success (such as sweeping Juno nominations for no good reason other than selection committee must have been feeling lazy) or when they're held up as the standard that all up and coming Cdn bands should strive to attain.
And I think that's the kernel of what this thread is about, but only Alias can say for sure. |
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chest rockwell
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| May have been covered previously but shouldnt you change this thread title to 'crappiest Canadian band ever'. In that case Nickelback would take the title hands down with simple plan coming in a distant second but still rating as 2nd crappiest band on earth |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Hip all the way.
A few good songs, but I hate when you meet other Canadians in Korea and the conversation turns to Tim Horton's coffee and the Tragically Hip.
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I have to agree. While I do believe that they are a good band I also tire of the nationalist sentiment that surrounds them. If you are Canadian you're supposed to like the Hip. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: |
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Here's why Nickelback suck so much.
They chose their name when one of the guys was working in a coffee shop. Someone paid a dollar for a 95 cent drink. He said "Here's your nickel back." Suddenly he had the worst idea of all time, and started a band. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Nickleback is getting airplay now becuase they are the number one band at the moment their song photograph is eating up the number spot!
they are on randy jacksons number 1 for 11 weeks straight!!
they are not over rated! they are a doing a good job |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
Nickleback is getting airplay now becuase they are the number one band at the moment their song photograph is eating up the number spot!
they are on randy jacksons number 1 for 11 weeks straight!!
they are not over rated! they are a doing a good job |
They suck. So does Randy Jackson. Whoever the hell he is. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Good Canadian bands/singers? Hmm.
Neil Young, The Band. The Guess Who had their moments, ...
Tragically Hip had their time too, but...
I don't know. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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New Pornographers
Kathleen Edwards
Arcade Fire (personally I think they are a little overrated) |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
Nickleback is getting airplay now becuase they are the number one band at the moment their song photograph is eating up the number spot!
they are on randy jacksons number 1 for 11 weeks straight!!
they are not over rated! they are a doing a good job |
So just because Britany Spears and N'Sync were topping the charts at one point, does that mean they were doing a good job?
pap I say.
crap they play. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Record sales are not an indicator of how good a band is. You can thank the record company, not the band. It's in their best interest to narrow the variety of music that's popular, because then more profits will flow through them. When an independent band makes it onto the charts, that's money going to them that isn't going to the record companies. |
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Han Seoul-o
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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the most overrated canadian band?
well, i'm more than willing to jump on the nickleback-bashing wagon...pretty much everything said here about them is perfectly valid: they are talented technical musicians, who left their imagination in that coffee shop till all those years ago....
the most underrated canadian band?
the lowest of the low, sam roberts (just givin' props to my peeps), metric, spirit of the west, blue rodeo, jazzberry ram, the dears, the smalls, etc. etc. etc.
the good thing about cancon regulations is that it spreads a little bit of butter to a lot of bands. the bad thing is that then the record companies and the dirty juno selection committee set their myopic sights on one or two bands, and give them all the gravy.
oh, and to whoever said i mother earth was our lady peace's bastard cousin: you made me shoot coffee out my nose with that one, you bastard!! |
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Han Seoul-o
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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the most overrated canadian band?
well, i'm more than willing to jump on the nickleback band-bashing wagon...pretty much everything said here about them is perfectly valid: they are talented technical musicians, who left their imagination in that coffee shop till all those years ago....
the most underrated canadian band?
the lowest of the low, sam roberts (just givin' props to my peeps), metric, spirit of the west, blue rodeo, jazzberry ram, the dears, the smalls, etc. etc. etc.
the good thing about cancon regulations is that it spreads a little bit of butter to a lot of bands. the bad thing is that then the record companies and the dirty juno selection committee set their myopic sights on one or two bands, and give them all the gravy.
oh, and to whoever said i mother earth was our lady peace's bastard cousin: you made me shoot coffee out my nose with that one, you bastard!! |
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Chillin' Villain
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Goo Row
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| Arcade Fire (personally I think they are a little overrated) |
Blasphemer! ^^ |
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Chillin' Villain
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Goo Row
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| Arcade Fire (personally I think they are a little overrated) |
Blasphemer!
I was kicking myself in the ass after I went to SummerSonic in Osaka to see NIN and found out a week later Arcade Fire had done a set there, too. I'm not really into many new-ish bands nowadays, but they're one of the only ones to have grabbed my attention.
Oh yeah, and I think all the 'overrated' designation for the Hip is simply from the fact that so many Canadians just go on and on and on and on about them. Being overrated doesn't necessarily mean a band sucks. Hell, I've been to a few of their shows and definitely think they're great, but I could also see the overrated thing as sorta true, cuz SOME of us (especially, the...erm... overzealous overseas ones) can be excessively vocal about 'em.
Oh yeah, and it is physically impossible for Arcade Fire to be overrated. |
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