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Originally Posted by Happy Musicfan  I really enjoy the INCREDIBLE depth of Nickelback's lyrical concepts and how Chad's stylistic *delivery* of those expansive and challenging ideas varies SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo greatly. SUPREME versatility ! They, as a band, really have a knack for coming up with the UNCOMMON chord and ORIGINAL chord patterns (so creative in their use of the 'powerchord'). Melodically, they produce pure (growling) classics.... people will be singing and humming those memorable melodies DECADES from now. And the sublime SUBTLETY... WOW. And the intricate instrumentation, and amazing virtuosity (they could give Rush lessons in riff complexity, no doubt). Rhythmically, they are just so darn non-primitive. I just love how you never quite know what to expect next with the great Nickelback... surprises at EVERY turn. It's about time a band brought some NEW things to the table... they are the antithesis of 'stock rock' garbage. They should be worshipped by EVERYONE and everyone should DREAM about being in the great band of Nickelback. Their evolution as a band, too, has been tremendous. Move over Lennon & McCartney, Nickelback shows you how it's REALLY done. Talk about SONGWRITING ! WOO-HOO ! |
Variety is not their forte and thats probably by plan. I think whats different today is that years ago a band did their thing and if that thing caught on, then they were successful. Today you have bands that are trying to be a big act so they try to address the looks, the sounds, the act overall of what is selling today. You can call that selling out but I just consider it another sales pitch. Just about everything you buy is sold to you, making you think product A is better than product B. The masses have been sold on this sound and NB has gone after it with vengeance. They are successful businessmen. If you think the music industry is anything else, you need a reality check. There is much to learn from them.
Let me just add that Jimmy Page started Led Zep with the same business model. Read up on them. The only difference was back in the 70s, radio was not driven by Clear Channel so you heard variety. NB is simply writing songs that go along with Clear Channels "rules".
Once you mention Clear Channel, forums seem to empty out because the guys who actually have success know this is true so they don`t want to screw themselves.
If Led Zep came along today, they`d be "just another band". Now thats sad.