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Rob McKenna's Favorite Band Is Nickelback
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OMG
I didn't think I could find this person any more distasteful than I already do...
I was wrong. :(
I didn't think I could find this person any more distasteful than I already do...
I was wrong. :(
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Really, really, really reaching here to take a swipe. Just more of the cool kid swagger from the gang at the Slog.
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Every once in a while I land on Spirit 105.3 and as always, they're playing a highly derivative anthem or ballad, and I think: "they're imitating some horrible secular band, but who?"
And now I know: it's Nickelback. Nickelback is the model for praise music.
And now I know: it's Nickelback. Nickelback is the model for praise music.
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Dear God, I can't stand I-V-IV-iv-V progressions. It's 50's pop chords with evangelical emotionalism. Horrible.
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Meh. I agree that most of the NB I've heard sounds like wannabe Christian Metal. More explicitly, sound like a band that can't figure out whether they want to be Christian or want to be Metal. Not my scene. But still, as a reason not to vote for Rob McKenna? Fuck you. I don't give a shit what sort of music Obama rocks out to (though I'm sure it rules) or what gets Romney's head banging (though I don't doubt it's unlistenable). Policy, character, ability. These are the only three things that should matter.
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Nickleback is our go-to answer for whiny bubblegum rock that we can't identify at pub trivia.
About half the time, it's correct.
About half the time, it's correct.
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@9. I think what music you like, in addition to what TV and movies you like, actually says a lot about you. Remember when Newt Gingrich (the 90s one, not the 2010s one) hosted TNT's Our Favorite Movies? He said Boys Town was his favorite movie because it showed "an alternative to the modern welfare state, that gives you the sense of ... the importance of the private sector" in providing social services. This revelation gave an insight to the world Newt Gingrich would like to see, and he was lambasted over it, and rightly so.
I'm much more likely to vote for a candidate that likes, say, U2 (let's be reasonable here), than, say, Pat Boone. (Unless it's the rock covers album. That might be excusable.) I think that betrays quite a bit about the person.
I'm much more likely to vote for a candidate that likes, say, U2 (let's be reasonable here), than, say, Pat Boone. (Unless it's the rock covers album. That might be excusable.) I think that betrays quite a bit about the person.
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When told his taste in music "sucks," McKenna is reported to have replied with, "Get a job!" with an added "Loser!" for emphasis.
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While admitting there is no good answer to that question for a politician, that is not a good answer.
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Grant, you misspelled Skeletor.
@3, why don't you just admit you like Nickelback, and shut your damn yap.
@3, why don't you just admit you like Nickelback, and shut your damn yap.
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for the first minute and a half i was secretly wishing that someone would let loose a pride of ravenous lions to tear them to pieces in that arena.
am i bad ?
am i bad ?
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@16 at first glance i thought it heavily photoshopped. not that i usually recognize these things. and then i thought maybe he'd look better from the back. and then i watched the video. i'm still waiting for them lions
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Speaking of that argument about rock being dead.
This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2tJkkYp…
So much afterward was unnecessary.
But I did listen to White's Blunderbus again.
Yes...it brings back that whole honkey-tonk element of classic rock that is sorely missed...
This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2tJkkYp…
So much afterward was unnecessary.
But I did listen to White's Blunderbus again.
Yes...it brings back that whole honkey-tonk element of classic rock that is sorely missed...
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Not familiar with Nickelback (as I'm not curious enough to look them up), but that song is lame. Good choice to support your point, although I doubt all their songs are this boring.
Nice picture, @19 (even if it's meant as a joke).
@11 Agree.
Nice picture, @19 (even if it's meant as a joke).
@11 Agree.
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Our fucking right-wing extremist prime minister likes Nickelback too. Fuck Nickelback. They're what's wrong with Canada.
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Nice to see that mcKenna's favorite band promotes family values like the following lyrics :
I'm driving past your house while you were sneaking out
I got the car door opened up so you can jump in on the run
Your mom don't know that you were missing
She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you that I've been kissing
Got your hand between my knees
And you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze
It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear
I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth
I'm driving past your house while you were sneaking out
I got the car door opened up so you can jump in on the run
Your mom don't know that you were missing
She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you that I've been kissing
Got your hand between my knees
And you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze
It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear
I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth
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