After selling a kajillion copies of his debut album, Chris Daughtry and his namesake band are back. “No Surprise” is the first single from their new album, which is due in July. Daughtry premiered the song on “American Idol” last night (which I didn’t watch…go Celtics), and it’s exactly what you’d expect. A big, hooky rocker that sounds a LOT like Nickelback (the comment section here says Chad Kroeger co-wrote, which wouldn’t surprise me at all). Anyway, I won’t bore you with any further introduction. Check out the song and let us know what you think.
Tag: Nickelback
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A Few Words in Defense of…Nickelback
by Pat Johnson
I know I’m supposed to hate Nickelback, but…I just can’t.Before I go on I should mention that I have not downloaded a single Nickelback song ever. They are completely absent on my iPod. I have never seen them in concert, and I probably never will.
I am well aware of the disdain people have for Nickelback. I know of the many popular Facebook groups denouncing their existence. Hell, when I’m in a conversation with someone about their hatred for this group, I don’t even defend them.
But I can’t hate Nickelback, and that’s because of one thing. When I’m in the car listening to the radio, or one of their songs comes across my XM receiver, I do one thing: I fucking wail.
That’s right, I admit it, I am a car singing man that will rock out to Nickelback. I’ll belt out the chorus, I’ll hum along to the verses, or sing the wrong words. And for a few short minutes I’ll bob my head to Chad Kroeger’s strained vocals as he sings about…something.
I’m not sure where this association comes from. Perhaps it’s because Kroeger doesn’t really have that good of a singing voice, thus it’s easier to sing along with. Maybe it’s because his refrains have an annoying ability to get stuck in your head. Or maybe it’s because a small part of me actually likes them – dear god, could that be true?
I know what’s going through your head: Nickelback sucks. But I can’t hate them. I remember on 9/11 when we needed to get away from the news and there, on MTV, was the video for “How You Remind Me” playing over and over, and I remember singing along with friends because we were able to do something than watch the horrible images of the day.
I just can’t hate a band whose last 4 albums have sold almost 17 million copies, here in this age of illegally downloading music.
I know some hatred could come from being overplayed on the radio, but hey, crazy me thought that you were played on the radio because you were popular, not because you sucked.
So there you have it. I won’t buy your music Nickelback. I won’t go to your concerts. I won’t even defend you in a conversation where people put you down. But don’t worry. You’ll always have me in my car singing along to whatever song of yours comes on the radio.
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The New Music Files 11/18/08:
Beyonce, Nickelback, David Cook
There’s a handful of big-name records coming out today, but not a heck of a lot beyond that. Let’s take a look at what’s new and important in record stores and online today.
Beyonce I Am…Sasha Fierce:
Dumb title, dumb concept. Decent album? Maybe? Mrs. Carter’s third album is split into two discs (although it could very easily fit onto one) in order to display the two sides of Beyonce’s personality. Save me the hocus-pocus and just give me good music, OK? I actually like Beyonce a lot (although not as much as our own GG, who has not wiped up the drool yet), and hope that the decidedly average B-Day was an aberration. If I Were a Boy gives me a little hope, but Single Ladies takes it right back. So, basically a crapshoot. But it’ll sell like hotcakes anyway.
