April 12th, 2007 by Derek
This audio comparison is brilliant. One Nickelback song in the left speaker, one in the right. Sorry if you like Nickelback. They live in Vancouver, where we do, by the way. (Link via Jason Kottke.)
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4 Comments Add your own
1. Derek&hellip | April 19th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Here’s an audio report from NPR in the U.S. on the phenomenon. There are further examples of another Nickelback song, plus a further one from Avril Lavigne.
2. carlo&hellip | April 24th, 2007 at 1:58 am
I wanted to try to give my opinion on this but it ended up being too long for a comment.
As such, I apologize for a possible “comment hijack” – but invite you to read (and possibly discuss) my take on this issue:
http://www.nargalzius.com/blog/archives/2007/04/2007_04_24_1747PM.php
3. Derek&hellip | April 25th, 2007 at 11:23 am
AC/DC, of course, have long been proud of making essentially the same music over and over again. I think what brought this particularly to light was that:
(a) a lot of people, especially musicians, dislike Nickelback’s pre-fabish hard-rock sound and think their songs all sound the same anyway, and
(b) as noted in the NPR documentary, Nickelback were quoted as saying something to the effect of, “We’re moving in a new direction with this new album.”
Which they weren’t, and no one really expected them to. But that’s fine. It’s not a fraud by any means, but it is amusing because at least in the abstract, and these days, musicians are supposed to be reaching for originality. And if you don’t like Nickelback, it’s a great way to rub it in.
I’ll have a funny story about this on Inside Home Recording episode #41 next week, by the way.
4. themississippistate.info &hellip | May 19th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
[...] K. Miller from Inside Home Recording sent us this Nickelback comparison: Click here to [...]
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