I really don’t see why people particularly hate Nickelback. Why are they any worse than Fallout Boy or Linkin Park or whatever? Yeah when you see them the lead singer has a really strange hair thing going on, but their song Photograph is loved by all the young females I know. I despise that song because it sounds like something I would have written in 6th grade, but songs like Rock Star or Never Again aren’t bad.
And this is from a person whose favorite bands are Metallica, GnR, Nirvana, and The Misfits.
Meant to add an edit to my post to make it relevant: I second the nomination of Muzak. I, who, will choose to listen to almost anything, despise Muzak.
Of course, having worked in Muzak corporate headquarters early in my career and having been forced to listen to it during working hours did not help either.
I guess because it seems like they are supposed to be appealing to an older audience. I really liked the first hit by Fallout Boy, ‘‘Sugar We’re Going Down,’’ and I enjoy Linkin’ Park in small doses, because they sort of remind me what it was like to be in high school, and you can kind of imagine young kids thinking they’re cool.
Nickelback on the other hand, sounds like some 20-something guy who still relates to others in adolescent way, which is just pathetic. This is clearly evidenced by the stirring ballad, ‘‘Photograph’’ which makes me lol everytime I hear it. Because if you listen carefully, the hidden subtext is, ‘‘Man, I was such a drugged-out, law-breaking high-school drop out loser, hahaha those were the times. Good thing I managed to sign a record deal or I’d still be living with my Mom.’’
It’s hard to respect any band after a song like that, which, as you noted, does sound like it was written by a sixth grader. It wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t take themselves so Og darned seriously.
ETA: Nirvana, now THERE is a melodramatic band that doesn’t take itself too seriously. That’s how alternative should be done.
I can’t believe that this thread has gotten to page three and no one has yet to mention sideline reporters. I mean have they ever provided any insight whatsoever? I would make up a generic sideline reporter dialog, but its just too easy to do.
Re: circus peanuts. They are slightly banana-flavored. For reals. I saw one of those Food Network shows on them. My mom loves them and has gotten my sister’s dog to the point where she thinks they are her doggie treats. I have a weird family.
My best friend loves Nickleback. I had to seriously reconsider the relationship when she proudly showed me the dvds and explained the creepy lead singer is “just her type”. Ugh. Double ugh.
I mostly pretend I never learned that fact about her.
In the pointless interviews category, does anyone really care what the contestants on game shows do for a living or how many kids they have or that they have an “interesting” hobby that involves collecting antique gumball machines?
I absolutely love “Beautiful Music” aka easy listening…
A few years ago, I was playing The Sims, and realized I actually liked the background music in the construction screen. I found a Beautiful Music station on my Direct TV system, and I started listening to it all the time. Even better, I just found a Catholic station on the web so I now listen to it at my desk all afternoon (I stream Dennis Miller in the mornings). Plus, I get my daily prayer rations (giggle…)
I despise silence, and it’s the perfect background music, calming, and it’s fun to sing along in my head with super-schmaltzy versions of pop hits. But I also like “soft-tastic 70s” pop music, along with Mose Allison, Donald Fagen, Bill Monroe and the Allman Brothers. And Poison, Frank Sinatra and Jackson Browne. And many, many, many others…
“Lite-Rock” is a different animal (Faith Hill, Gloria Esterfan, the Elton John “Lion King” years, etc.), which should be taken out back and shot…
I have seen this in every gas station and convience store since I can remember. Last week I decided to try one. I took one tiny taste, the smell was already repusling me, as soon as the “meat” touched my tongue I instinctively spit it out. Thank you evolution. I had the bad taste in my mouth the rest of the day. It’s everywhere so somebody must like these mutant “sausages.”
Regarding fruit cake.
If it is homemade, with fresh fruits that you like, it is heavenly. The store bought stuff with the candied fruits should be illegal.
Oh God, you didn’t just say that. I love Tijuana Mamas although I admit I have only met a few other people in my life that like them and have rarely seen anyone else buy one. They may be an acquired taste but they are a lot like wine. One snack pairing may call for a Tijuana Mama and another for a similar Firecracker but that takes experience and a refined palate that most people admittedly don’t have.
Some people just don’t have the sophisication to appreciate finer ingredients. For the Tijuana Mama, those include:
My mouth is watering right now. I may have to run to the gas station. Those things keep forever since they are simply embalmed miscellaneous meat wastes so maybe that is why you always see them. They may have been there since the store opened. I sure do love them though although I have seen plenty of people do the instinctual gag and spit after I offered to share.
I was just studying the ingredient list…why are “pork” and “pork hearts” listed separately? Why didn’t they list all that “pork” entails: anu- er, nevermind. And why is paprika listed alongside “spices”? And what won’t they put corn syrup in? And aren’t you glad for the food coloring…can you imagine what the natural color of this…snack…must be? I wonder what is meant by “flavorings”? Usually it would say “natural” or “artificial”. Hmm.
I think you would have to go to an official hot vinegared sausage product tasting to understand all those nuances.
In high school, I worked in a supermarket and the hottest girl in the school was a cashier there as well. She loved Tijuana Mamas as much as I did and we would sit in the break room while I would naw and mine and she would just kind of suck on hers. We never did anything else but I still consider it a 25% score. Then again, she was one of the best deer hunters around and she butchered them herself. Maybe it takes a certain type.
