Nickleback sound? hmmm......
Take any shitty, twelve year old lyrics("what the hell is on Jimmy's head" will do), harmonize and pitch the piss out of the already bland vocal so he sounds like a wanna be hardcore robot, and then throw some power-chords under with a totally bland drum part.
Seriously, get a life people, this is redneck crack specifically marketing to America's (sadly)largest demographic: "The stupid ones".
This is an issue of how you define good music. "Does the music sell a bajillion records?(business)" VS. "Does the music touch and inspire you?(art)".
I mean come on, its like they polled America and found out exactly what people wanted from what they hear in their cars. -- Lets see, I want lyrics I can relate to, a drum part that doesn't confuse me. The way he sings does NOT justify the words he is singing. And the music doesn't justify the way he is singing either.
Honestly, would you rather listen to lyrics that were terrible and sounded like a robot, sung in a completely inexpressive way? Or a badly recorded with kick ass music to back it up and lyrics that inspired something(aside from nut-punching hate), and made sense with the vocal expressions.
Okay so lets sing lyrics that blanket everyones experience in a super broad, yet horribly bland way. How can you listen to them and not be
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I am not bashing the business end. They did it man, they are rolling in the bucks. But please, for the love of God don't try to tell me this is art.
I can't wait till like 2 albums from now when the feel led to re-invent themselves and try to be real-creative-musicians. It will be hysterical and you ALL know it.
/flame (sorry)