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Post by impulse on Dec 16, 2020 15:24:28 GMT -5
Based on my initial findings today, it seems it was during their third album, 2001's Silver Side Up when Nickelback began their transition from "adequate if unremarkable 90s hard alt rock band" to unlistenable pap in earnest.
That's where their hideous radio fare came in forcefully even if some of the deep cuts were still fine, but the rot had set in. Seems with each subsequent release, the radio fare remained the same, and the album cuts became filler, each getting worse as time went on. Or so I presume because I don't listen to them if I can avoid it. It also wasn't just them, I suppose. The state of mainstream rock was appalling in the aughts with a few exceptions.
Ok, back to ignoring them.
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Post by Duragizer on Dec 16, 2020 21:52:10 GMT -5
I started listening through David Bowie's discography. I've tried before, starting with his 1967 debut, but never was able to get far; '60s/'70s rock just doesn't do much for me. So this time, I decided to go in reverse order, starting with Blackstar and working backward. Perhaps I'll be able to gain an appreciation for his early work retroactively.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2020 22:54:12 GMT -5
Based on my initial findings today, it seems it was during their third album, 2001's Silver Side Up when Nickelback began their transition from "adequate if unremarkable 90s hard alt rock band" to unlistenable pap in earnest. That's where their hideous radio fare came in forcefully even if some of the deep cuts were still fine, but the rot had set in. Seems with each subsequent release, the radio fare remained the same, and the album cuts became filler, each getting worse as time went on. Or so I presume because I don't listen to them if I can avoid it. It also wasn't just them, I suppose. The state of mainstream rock was appalling in the aughts with a few exceptions. Ok, back to ignoring them. Well the full name of the band is "I paid five cents for this album and now I want my Nickelback" so what do you expect? -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 17, 2020 11:04:29 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2020
#88 - Bed of Roses - The Statler Brothers
I suspect this shows up because of the death of Harold Reid in April. And while that's a bad reason, it's always a good time for the Statler Brothers. Listening to any of their greatest hits will instantly transport me to the pool room in the house in which I grew up. Shooting pool with Dad and my siblings while The Statlers played from the 8-track tape deck. Those fabulous harmonies are instant nostalgia.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 17, 2020 11:09:13 GMT -5
I was yesterday years old when I learned that Marvin Gaye sang backing vocals on Chuck Berry's Back in the USA and Almost Grown.
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Post by impulse on Dec 17, 2020 12:07:31 GMT -5
Well the full name of the band is "I paid five cents for this album and now I want my Nickelback" so what do you expect? -M If they had stopped in 99, I'd probably have vaguely lukewarm to somewhat positive impressions of them if I had heard any of their material. Sadly, the dreck was so pervasive and shoved into everyone's ears for so long that the very sound of them incurs an almost involuntary cringe reaction. Not that they care what one guy on a comic forum thinks about them, and if they are sad about it they can cry into their caviar covered putin or whatever rich Canadian rock stars eat. I was yesterday years old when I learned that Marvin Gaye sang backing vocals on Chuck Berry's Back in the USA and Almost Grown. I was today years old. Thanks for the cool detail.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 17, 2020 13:03:51 GMT -5
I started listening through David Bowie's discography. I've tried before, starting with his 1967 debut, but never was able to get far; '60s/'70s rock just doesn't do much for me. So this time, I decided to go in reverse order, starting with Blackstar and working backward. Perhaps I'll be able to gain an appreciation for his early work retroactively. All I can say is... beware 'the laughing gnome'. A lot of people say The Man Who Sold The World album has the heaviest sound, so there is that.
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Post by impulse on Dec 17, 2020 17:17:24 GMT -5
I listened to the last album Bowie released before he passed. I wasn't aware he was so sick at the time, but I wasn't surprised after I found out. It had a really melancholy feel to it, but I enjoyed it. I'm not too familiar with his catalogue, and I should give it a listen at some point.
There are a few all time greats I haven't thoroughly explored yet for no really good reason. Bowie, Elton John, etc.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 18, 2020 13:22:05 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2020
#87 - Way Down in My Soul - Zephaniah OHora
This one is from OHora's 2017 album "This Highway." But I don't think I discovered him until late '18 or early '19. He quickly became one of my favorite new artists. Hints of old-time Merle Haggard with a modern Americana sensibility. This is just a great old-fashioned country love song.
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Post by berkley on Dec 18, 2020 14:59:54 GMT -5
I started listening through David Bowie's discography. I've tried before, starting with his 1967 debut, but never was able to get far; '60s/'70s rock just doesn't do much for me. So this time, I decided to go in reverse order, starting with Blackstar and working backward. Perhaps I'll be able to gain an appreciation for his early work retroactively. All I can say is... beware 'the laughing gnome'. A lot of people say The Man Who Sold The World album has the heaviest sound, so there is that. My subjective opinion and advice would be to start with Man Who Sold the World and carry on in chronological order from there up to and including Scary Monsters. I think the live albums and Young Americans are skippable - the latter I see as a precursor to his commercially successful but creatively negligeable 80s product. The 90s and 2000s stuff I don't know well enough to judge.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 21, 2020 10:35:37 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2020
#86 - The Mountain - Levon Helm
The standout track (in my opinion) off Helm's 2007 album Dirt Farmer. It was Helm's first album in 25 years...and it was a doozy. This track was written by Steve Earle as the title track to his album with the Del McCoury Band.
The song is absolutely perfect for Helm's world-weary voice. The lament of a long-gone time, that, despite the protestations of certain politicians, simply isn't coming back.
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Post by impulse on Dec 21, 2020 11:42:23 GMT -5
The Spotify year in review/most played songs of the year can get really weird when you have small kids in the house.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 21, 2020 11:42:53 GMT -5
The Spotify year in review/most played songs of the year can get really weird when you have small kids in the house. I can only imagine.
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Post by impulse on Dec 21, 2020 14:42:49 GMT -5
The Spotify year in review/most played songs of the year can get really weird when you have small kids in the house. I can only imagine. From Elsa to Slayer to classical to lullabies to spa meditation to Trolls Soundtrack...
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Post by Confessor on Dec 22, 2020 10:23:45 GMT -5
From Elsa to Slayer to classical to lullabies to spa meditation to Trolls Soundtrack... Can't believe your kids are spoiling your Disney, lullaby and meditation recommendations by listening to all that Slayer?! So selfish. 😔
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