• Bonehead
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    128 months ago

    Nickelback isn’t hated because they paid radio stations to play their songs. That’s practically an industry standard, despite all the laws against it.

    Nickelback is hated because it’s unoriginal musical pablum.

    • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      168 months ago

      That’s not necessarily a problem either. There’s plenty of “filler music” out there. Not everything is fantastic and new.

      The issue is that this filler music somehow got really popular and really well known. The popularity doesn’t match the novelty. That’s an issue. And once one person started mocking them for it, everyone else piled on, then it became a bit of a meme.