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General Category => General Discussion => Music Threads => Topic started by: Wingnut on September 14, 2018, 01:36:44 am

Title: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: Wingnut on September 14, 2018, 01:36:44 am: "Nice try Nickelback but youâ€™re still dogshit."

People don't like Nickelback. Science has even explained why the post-grunge rockers are so universally hated. But do they hate them as much when they're playing a staple of Metallica's discography?

If reactions to a now-viral video of Chad Kroeger and company performing "Sad But True" are any indicator, then the answer is yes. Watch the Canadian band's brave cover of the "Black Album" single below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfihu8lM5eE&ab_channel=BlackDiamondClubCaruaru (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfihu8lM5eE&ab_channel=BlackDiamondClubCaruaru)

Pretty good, right? Nickelback's drummer even rushed the opening fill, just like Lars Ulrich would! If it weren't for Kroeger's shoddy vocal impression of James Hetfield, one might actually mistake the clip's audio for a live Metallica performance.

Some listeners disagreed with this writer's opinion and lashed out on Twitter.

https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/nickelback-covers-metallica-2018-9 (https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/nickelback-covers-metallica-2018-9)
Title: Re: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: goodwithagun on September 14, 2018, 01:41:04 am: Ugh. They ruin everything.
Title: Re: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: RoosGirl on September 14, 2018, 01:43:33 am: I like Metallica, especially the Black Album. Nickelback did a good job of covering this song.
Title: Re: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on September 23, 2018, 09:03:11 am: I don't get the hatred of Nickleback considering the overall pathetic state of pop today.
Title: Re: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: 240B on September 23, 2018, 12:23:26 pm: I LOVE me some Nickleback. Don't know why they would waste their time doing Metallica a favor.
This really is one of the funniest songs I have ever heard. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeUuoxyt_E#)
Title: Re: NICKELBACK COVERED A METALLICA SONG, AND PEOPLE ARE LIVID
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on September 23, 2018, 09:12:12 pm: Quote from: 240B on September 23, 2018, 12:23:26 pm
I LOVE me some Nickleback. Don't know why they would waste their time doing Metallica a favor.
This really is one of the funniest songs I have ever heard.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeUuoxyt_E#)

Now That is funny, a lot funnier than Knoplflers Money For Nothing.

Especially the cameo of Ted Nugent at 3:54 lip syncing "Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial", considering Ted boasts that he's never done any drugs or got drunk, AND, he's turned in idiots at concerts who've offered him drugs.