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[โ€“] JWBananas@startrek.website 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] Delphia@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They chose to be commercially popular. They CAN absolutely shred, they ARE very talented. But they chose the top 40 route and are laughing all the way to the bank.

Everyone has a price, if you're an artist and you havent "sold out" its because nobody offered you enough money.

[โ€“] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 10 months ago

Music is a medium and playing is a craft. Some people play to express themselves in artistic ways and others play to make a living. It's all music, even when it's not art.

Nobody hates the guy who paints walls for a living for not being Picasso, but when it comes to music, everyone looks at any guy with a guitar expecting him to be the next artistic genius.

Sometimes he's just there to play three chords, get paid and go home.

I don't really like Nickelback's music, but if I ever need a house painted, I'd call them before calling someone who hasn't "sold out". I think that's their appeal.

[โ€“] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The "sold out" thing bothers me sometimes, yes the ARE bands who come from less popular genres towards more mainstream sound because thats where they found commercial success and wanted/needed that money to keep doing what they do.

But there are also many bands who change genres and sound over time and some bands just enjoy playing that kind of 'radio friendly' music. Personally i feel like nickleback are in the 'we just like this kind of music' category.

(Personally I cant stand nicklebacks genre, so no bias here)

[โ€“] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh they deserve it, just not because of their music. I used to hang with a few guys that grew up in the same town, the stories they would tell...

[โ€“] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

They were always taking photographs of everything. Ugh.

[โ€“] Zoop@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Haha my first thought when I read the title was Creed. We had similar thoughts.

[โ€“] ugh@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Nah, everyone else are haters or secret top 40 listeners.