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by DougJ|  November 24, 20112:14 pm| 113 Comments

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Nickelback? Really? For my money, those Big Rockstar and Photograph songs are the worst things I’ve heard on the radio in the last ten years.

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  1. 1.

    TBogg

    November 24, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    I blame Obama

  2. 2.

    Will Reks

    November 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    I guess The Black Eyed Peas turned this one down.

  3. 3.

    Brian S

    November 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Maybe they figured th Up With People dance troupe would make Nickelback cool in an ironic way. Didn’t work.

  4. 4.

    Steve

    November 24, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    The good people of Detroit got thousands of signatures on an anti-Nickelback petition. It’s not like there aren’t a thousand good artists with a Detroit connection! But the 1% who like Nickelback got their way in the end. Anyway, go Lions!

  5. 5.

    Ben Cisco

    November 24, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    Commercial radio? With music on it worth listening to?
    __
    They still do that?

  6. 6.

    DougJ

    November 24, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    @TBogg:

    A true failure of leadership. If he’d used the bully pulpit, he could have stopped this.

  7. 7.

    JCJ

    November 24, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Yeah, no kidding. My nephew has the remote control and asked, “Nickelback concert or ‘Swamp People’ on The History Channel?” The vote was unanimous for “Swamp People,” and nobody had ever seen “Swamp People” before. Everyone figured it couldn’t be any worse than Nickelback.

  8. 8.

    jafg

    November 24, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    If that’s the worst what do you think is the best? Lady Gaga? Rick Astley? Justin Bieber?

  9. 9.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    At least the video for Rockstar rocks (not just for the playmates, but Chuck Liddell is a local dude and I don’t want him kicking my ass).

  10. 10.

    capt

    November 24, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    But five Nickelbacks makes a quarterback so . . .

  11. 11.

    Geeno

    November 24, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Don’t we all

  12. 12.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    No fish but what a day!

  13. 13.

    joeyess

    November 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    nicklesuck

  14. 14.

    l b 2 2

    November 24, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Not content to ruin the NFL, Nickelback is also doing the halftime show of the CFL Grey Cup in Canada.

    Not that I expect any sympathy since you doubtless think we deserve it for spawning them in the first place.

  15. 15.

    Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water

    November 24, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    On behalf of my fellow Canadians, I apologise for Nickelback

  16. 16.

    Alison

    November 24, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Mom: “What’s Nickleback?”

    Me: “God’s punishment for our sins.”

  17. 17.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    god damn you Kuhn, stealing my Greg Jennings touchdowns.

    I’m also annoyed that Matt Stafford is sucking balls today.

  18. 18.

    jafg

    November 24, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    @Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water: If you are going to apologize for Canadian music then you should be apologizing for Celine Dion.

    Nickelback is one of the few old school rock bands selling records these days and they do it without the stupid big hair and spandex.

    Just a thread hatin on success I guess.

  19. 19.

    JasonF

    November 24, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    I don’t get Nickelback hate. Sure, they’re aggressively mediocre and derivative, but tons of popular acts are. Why does Nickelback get singled out for all the hate in a way that other bands don’t?

  20. 20.

    Lysana

    November 24, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    I said it on Twitter, and I will say it here. Hating on Nickelback is the 2011 equivalent of hating on disco minus the record-burning party. It’s a cultural meme. Y’all probably mean it, but good gods, it’s overdone. They aren’t the best thing to come down the pike, but I like them for what they are. Straight-up post-grunge rock. And that one percent buys a fuckton of albums based on the band’s chart history.

    Mind, a Detroit rock band would’ve made more sense than a Canadian one, but that’s a different argument.

  21. 21.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Gotta disagree with Aikman, that was definitely a personal foul, but not worthy of disqual or a suspension.

    Agree that Stafford is blowing today.

  22. 22.

    BGinCHI

    November 24, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Why don’t Nickleback get booed?

    Not uppity enough?

  23. 23.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Warhorse is the Nickelback of movie trailers.

  24. 24.

    Suffern ACE

    November 24, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    This is the hardest fought 35 – 0 blowout I’ll ever watch.

  25. 25.

    Roc

    November 24, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    I’ll say it: I don’t mind nickelback. I hate their ballad songs with an intensity formerly reserved for hair rock ballads, but I get it. Their songs that I like dont make them filthy rich. The schlock sells albums. I do soul-sucking work for an industry i despise every monday to friday because the money’s good. What position am I in to demand purity from them? As long as they have a couple decent rock songs per album, I’ll give them a pass.

  26. 26.

    lamh35

    November 24, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving BJer’s.

    I at work for another 45 min, so no TV for me. I did manage to make everything from my list after work yesterday in preparation for today.

    Technically, this is the first Thanksgiving meal I’ve ever designed, shopped for and prepared and I did a pretty damn good job if I do say so myself (my sisters agreed too!)

    Gonna leave work soon and chow down. After that, all I need is for someone to stand in the Black Friday line at Best Buy starting at 10:00pm tonight so I can get my 42′ 1020cp, flat screen plasma TV for $200!!!!!

    Any takers…lol

    BTW: Geaux Saints! (I know they don’t play until Mon, but even after 6 years, I refuse to root for Cowboys!)

  27. 27.

    Mark B

    November 24, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    The Lions are kind of reflecting the personality of their coach. And that’s not a good thing.

  28. 28.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Dear Lions: Please stop double covering Greg Jennings.

  29. 29.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    This is what happens when you run that cheap shot bullshit. Hear me Suh and Fairley?

  30. 30.

    Brian S

    November 24, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Well that game just got a lot less interesting.

  31. 31.

    different-church-lady

    November 24, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    @Steve:

    But the 1% promoters, managers, and industry movers and shakers who like Nickelback got their way in the end.

    Fixed.

  32. 32.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    @Brian S:

    Well that game just got a lot less interesting.

    That may have been the fastest “interesting” to “what a shitty ball game” in recent memory.

  33. 33.

    Mark B

    November 24, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Suh has been a disappointment as a pro. He got great talent, but he acts like a knucklehead.

  34. 34.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    @The Dangerman:
    NFL
    Not For Long

  35. 35.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    Damn you Stafford. You’re killing me this week.

  36. 36.

    Mark B

    November 24, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Well, the Lions have folded their tent. And another 1.5 hours until the 2nd game. Sigh.

  37. 37.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    If it was a fight they’d stop it!

  38. 38.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    I’m in a deep hole this week for FF. God better help Steve Johnson catch some passes.

  39. 39.

    Comrade Mary

    November 24, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    We’re sorry. We’re so fucking sorry.

    Here, have some clean water.

  40. 40.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 24, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    @jafg:

    No dissing the Astley. I will not hear of it. Together Forever, Forever Together, Never Gonna Give You Up, etc.

    It’s because Astley is so cool about Rickrolling, basically.

    @JasonF:

    You missed all the Foreigner hate back in the 70’s, pretty much for the same reasons.

  41. 41.

    cathyx

    November 24, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    I’m not a Nickelback fan, can’t stand the lead singer’s scratchy voice. But my daughter love them.

  42. 42.

    S. cerevisiae

    November 24, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Well, it’s not a shutout now. As for Nickleback – meh.

  43. 43.

    Mark B

    November 24, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    1/3 of the way there. Unfortunately for the Lions, Romo isn’t playing for the other team this week. They had this big of a comeback in the Dallas game , but Romo helped.

  44. 44.

    Lojasmo

    November 24, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Nickelback must be a black thing.

  45. 45.

    jafg

    November 24, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    Nickelback responds.
    http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6aov

  46. 46.

    S. cerevisiae

    November 24, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Hell, the critics loved to hate on Zeppelin back in the day.

  47. 47.

    The Moar You Know

    November 24, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    Liking Nickelback means the Republicans win.

  48. 48.

    Loneoak

    November 24, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    For all you BJ Raji fans, here’s a great Raji reference in an article that has nothing to do with football:

    Perhaps the most foolproof method of avoiding a turkey coma came from B. J. Raji, a k a the Freezer, the large-and-in-charge nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers.

    Mr. Raji, whose official weight is listed, politely, at 337 pounds, said that even he has to pace himself during Thanksgiving dinner, but that he never goes overboard with the bird.

    How does he do it? Simple, he said: “I’m a ham man.”

  49. 49.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    @S. cerevisiae: To be fair, I don’t feel Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones. But I’m pretty far from a music critic.

  50. 50.

    The Moar You Know

    November 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Butthurt Nickelback fans cry such delicious tears.

  51. 51.

    WereBear (itouch)

    November 24, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Up with People AND Nickelback?

    Y’all are making me soooooo glad we went with the first season of The Invaders on DVD.

  52. 52.

    licensed to kill time

    November 24, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Happy Turkey Day, all you Juicers ;-)

    I give thanks for the almighty B-J and for John Cole and DougJ and Anne Laurie and ABL and Kay and mistermix and Zandar and Dennis G and Tim F and Tom Levenson! and the beautiful art! and science! and most important of all, the goddamn funny, smart and insightful Commentariat of the Juice of Balloon. Really, you guys keep me sane.

    Ok, I’ve had a few. So sue me.

  53. 53.

    RossInDetroit

    November 24, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    @JasonF:

    Why does Nickelback get singled out for all the hate in a way that other bands don’t?

    Because they didn’t have the balls to just call themselves Nickel Bag like they intended to. They were FAIL before they even sold a record.

  54. 54.

    jafg

    November 24, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    @licensed to kill time: Really? Had a few? Your kidding! Never suspected a thing. Saying that John Greenwald is the Best Cole is insightful certainly never raised any eyebrows here as to possible intoxication or permanent dillusions….nope…not at all.

  55. 55.

    cat48

    November 24, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Looks like the prez really is black, according to the WH Menu released. The 700 Club let us know that Mac & Cheese on Thanksgiving is “a black thing.”

    In addition to turkey, the Thanksgiving table will be laden with ham, two kinds of stuffing, five side dishes including macaroni and cheese and green bean casserole, and dinner rolls. The show-stopping pies also include Apple, Cherry, Huckleberry, Sweet Potato, and Pumpkin. The President is a fanatic for pie, and Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses has said that Banana Cream Pie is his favorite. Yosses’ Apple Pie recipe is here.

  56. 56.

    licensed to kill time

    November 24, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    @jafg: Really? You like pie? That’s precious.

  57. 57.

    Loneoak

    November 24, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Okay, holy fuck balls this is funny: Hitler reacts to Pepper Spray meme.

  58. 58.

    RossInDetroit

    November 24, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    @cat48:

    The President is a fanatic for pie, and Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses has said that Banana Cream Pie is his favorite. Yosses’ Apple Pie recipe is here.

    More lies from the White House. No true pie fanatic is that thin. He’s just copping a pose to seem like a regular guy.

    /’winger

  59. 59.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Garbage touchdowns FTW!

  60. 60.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    Nickel Bag? Not bad, but not quite up to the level of the original name of the Stone Temple Pilots.

  61. 61.

    Paul W.

    November 24, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    “Photograph” has got to have the worst lyrics of all time, and I regularly quote them when I want to lambast music from this millennium.

  62. 62.

    Mark S.

    November 24, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Test

  63. 63.

    RossInDetroit

    November 24, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    original name of the Stone Temple Pilots

    I had to Google it. My gracious, that really is bad.

  64. 64.

    Yutsano

    November 24, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    There are dogs running all over my parents’ house and the doves are cooing up a storm. I less than three the cacophony. :)

  65. 65.

    Mnemosyne

    November 24, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Just finished having lunch prior to heading up to my brother’s for Thanksgiving dinner. It sounds like heresy, but my sister-in-law really is that bad a cook.

  66. 66.

    Coca leaves & Pearls

    November 24, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    Everyone, it’s time to break the conspiracy open.

    Canadians have a long-standing strategy of exporting our terrible musicians to the USA.

    Don’t believe me? Consider: Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Shatner, and yes, Nickelback.

    It started as a joke, just to see how bad we could make music that would still sell in the US, but it got out of hand when Titanic came out in 97, and we can’t control it anymore.

  67. 67.

    MikeJ

    November 24, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    Nickel Bag? Not bad, but not quite up to the level of the original name of the Stone Temple Pilots.

    Mighty Joe Young? Meh. Not my fave big monkey movie, not very original, but not the same as coming up with a rebellious name and chickening out when it comes time to use it.

  68. 68.

    Brian S

    November 24, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    My contribution to the Thanksgiving potluck we’re about to head to. May not look like much, but it tastes awesome. It’s a potato soup I started yesterday at 1:00.

  69. 69.

    RossInDetroit

    November 24, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Mighty Joe Young

    Not that one. STP used to stand for a different phrase. A nasty one.

  70. 70.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    @RossInDetroit:

    I had to Google it.

    I think it’s cleaned off most sites and, I suppose to be absolutely correct, their very first name was Mighty Joe Young. I always thought having the initials STP was brilliant (right up there with Eminem), but didn’t know how it started.

  71. 71.

    Amir Khalid

    November 24, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    @Joel:
    Rock critics, movie critics, book critics, critics in general, are overrated, I tell you. There are too many critics’ darlings that nobody else likes. You like what you like. If the critics say it sucks, then fuck’em.

  72. 72.

    kd bart

    November 24, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    Nickelback is proof that Canada is just mostly empty space.

  73. 73.

    Maxwel

    November 24, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    If it weren’t for football, Suh would be rolling drunks.

  74. 74.

    MikeJ

    November 24, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    @RossInDetroit:

    Not that one. STP used to stand for a different phrase. A nasty one.

    Which one? You can say it here.

  75. 75.

    The Dangerman

    November 24, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Which one? You can say it here.

    I’ll go the clue route: S was for Shirley.

  76. 76.

    RossInDetroit

    November 24, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Which one? You can say it here.

    Here. And search for ‘Shirley’.

    Sorry to be coy, but ick…

  77. 77.

    patrick II

    November 24, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    @MikeJ:
    No, you can’t. But the first two words were “Shirley Temple’s”

  78. 78.

    MikeJ

    November 24, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    @RossInDetroit: Dickopedia is so much more helpful than that Jimmy Wales piece of shit.

  79. 79.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    I’m sure you all recall Clint Longley and the Miracle of Thanksgiving Day!

  80. 80.

    piratedan

    November 24, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    @Coca leaves & Pearls: well then how do you explain Bryan Adams… oh, wait..

    actually I like a fair amount of Canadian acts, Red Rider, Odds, Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet, Prozakk and Gordon Lightfoot ;-)

  81. 81.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    November 24, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    1. You obviously do not actually listen to much radio.
    2. Photograph is a pretty good song, It sounds a lot like my brother.

  82. 82.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    @piratedan: Um. Neil, Joni. . .

  83. 83.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 24, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    I approve of the outcome of the early game.

    Also, too, I like Suh. I don’t think he’s a dirty player. That stomp on Evan Dietrich-Smith might have been a dirty move and worthy of an ejection, but, overall, almost every previous example of Suh’s “dirty” play would be legal plays a few years ago. The truly dirty play occurs in the pile, mostly out of sight from the cameras as well as the refs- punches, knees, eye gouges, urination- and no one is ever flagged for it.

  84. 84.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Yea, like when Stafford grabbed the Bear corner by the back of the helmet and threw him to the ground.

  85. 85.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    November 24, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    @Raven:

    Yeah: STAFFORD, not Suh.

  86. 86.

    JPL

    November 24, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    The Green Bay/Lions halftime was awful…
    Bah Humbug…

  87. 87.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    November 24, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent):

    Nickelback’s Photograph was voted the 5th most annoying song of all time in Rolling Stone.

    Def Leppard’s Photograph kicks its ass. :)

  88. 88.

    gene108

    November 24, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    You know what would be torturous? If someone decided to sing the world’s longest rendition ever of the Star Spangled Banner.

    Instead of just Oh, say can you see…they decided to see how long they could sing each vowel sound to draw it out.

    Will people’s patriotism force them to stay standing for the whole thing or will they start to get annoyed and just sit down?

  89. 89.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 24, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    @Loneoak:

    “Everyone who banks at a credit union, leave the room.”

  90. 90.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    @gene108: I was at this game. When he started to play I elbowed my wife and said “these people are going to go nuts”!

    Carlton’s Star-Spangled Blunder
    Yahoo! Music, Jan 11, 1999 4:00 pm PST
    (1/11/99, 1 p.m. PST) – It’s nearly two weeks, but Nashville is still buzzing about jazz guitarist Larry Carlton’s rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” which received a round of boos from 41,000 Nashville football fans at the Music City Bowl on Dec. 29.

    The Grammy-winning Carlton performed his jazzed-up National Anthem to open the first Music City Bowl football game, but his rendition was trounced as “blasphemy” and “an embarrassment.” Entire sections of the football stadium booed the jazz great’s performance, and calls of complaint have poured into local radio stations. One caller described Carlton’s version of the National Anthem as “(similar) to the one that Jimi Hendrix did, except it wasn’t nearly as good.”

    Carlton, who’s more accustomed to cheers than jeers from fans in his adopted hometown, was surprised by the response. “When I finished and heard the response, that’s when I knew they didn’t hear anything like I wanted them to hear,” Carlton told The Tennessean. Carlton cited a combination of football stadium acoustics and a technical glitch that distorted the song’s keyboards and drums for his bizarre “Banner.”

    Though disappointed, Carlton reasoned, “No one wants to play a song and get booed. You just try to put it in perspective and not make excuses.”

    — Lisa Zhito, Nashville

    ETA, it was Bama and Virginia Tech.

  91. 91.

    patrick II

    November 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):
    Suh is a dirty player. Before he stomped the guy he gave a couple of shots to the head when they were on the ground. But the worst thing he does is bring quarterbacks down by twisting their head, usually ending up twisting off their helmets. The guy is going to break somebody’s neck unless somebody puts a stop to it.
    Suh pulls down Delhomme
    Suh headshots Dalton
    He twisted off Cutler’s helmet last week. He is going to hurt someone.

  92. 92.

    Kathy

    November 24, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    Hate to say it but Enricie Inglesis did a better job in Dallas. (of course that isn’t saying much.)

  93. 93.

    Kathy

    November 24, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    @patrick II: I am a Lion’s fan but I can’t disagree with you on this one.

  94. 94.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    @Kathy: Fairley is a punk as well.

  95. 95.

    Svensker

    November 24, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    @Kathy:

    A better job of what? He’s cute but otherwise the “music” is total pedestrian stuff. Not that I care very much, but I object to being subjected to such pablum while otherwise enjoying myself.

  96. 96.

    Montysano

    November 24, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    Generally, I have no opinion of Nickelback; they’re just not on my radar. But I have to say: “Burn It To The Ground” is a great rock song, and a natural campaign song for someone like Perry or Bachmann.

  97. 97.

    Suffern ACE

    November 24, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    A half time act from Canada I could get behind.

    http://youtu.be/6sRrbvoV_6I

  98. 98.

    Coca leaves & Pearls

    November 24, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    @piratedan

    Sorry if the formatting doesn’t work here, new to BJ commenting.

    As I said, the conspiracy was to export our worst musicians, then it became a matter of testing the boundaries of bad musical taste to determine what would still sell in the US, but an unrequested musician surplus (meltdown is one of those annoying buzzwords) led the program out of control.

    I can’t say any more, or they’ll bury me in a quinzhee.

    EDIT: How do I do the @soandso with the fancy link?

  99. 99.

    Arm The Homeless

    November 24, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Christ on a cracker, I can’t believe that there are so many horrible teams in the NFC. At this rate my Phins are going to be trading up to get Landry Jones. I don’t get good vibes from him, especially in a QB black-hole like Miami.

  100. 100.

    Raven

    November 24, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    Pretty good game!

  101. 101.

    patrick II

    November 24, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    @Arm The Homeless:
    Miami loses! Congratulations — I guess.

  102. 102.

    Arm The Homeless

    November 24, 2011 at 7:26 pm

    Yeah, its a mule of a season either way. Oh well, at least in my Madden season I only have one loss. Silver linings and all that

  103. 103.

    Joel

    November 24, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    @patrick II: Miami is one loss away from making the under!

  104. 104.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    November 24, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Texas-Texas A&M plays it’s last game for the forseeable future. That is pathetic. At least Alabama-Auburn has the intelligence to not let MONEY f**ks things up.

  105. 105.

    PaulW

    November 24, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    NFL wants Nickelback because there is no boobage issues with them.

  106. 106.

    Mark

    November 24, 2011 at 9:08 pm

    A little late to the party, but Nickelback and Celine Dion both blow, and I say that as a Canadian. You guys should be happy you don’t know ‘The Tragically Hip’ – a Canadian band that blows but is well-loved by 92% of Canadians.

  107. 107.

    licensed to kill time

    November 24, 2011 at 10:25 pm

    @Coca leaves & Pearls:

    EDIT: How do I do the @soandso with the fancy link?

    Hover your mouse over the left hand bottom corner of the comment and a ‘reply’ arrow will come up. Click on that and it puts the code into the text box…then just start hammering away on your pithy reply :)

  108. 108.

    Keith

    November 24, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    For my money, those Big Rockstar and Photograph songs are the worst things I’ve heard on the radio in the last ten years.

    I would go with an acoustic version of “Epiphany” by Staind, which I think is even worse than Nickelback.

  109. 109.

    Steeplejack

    November 24, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    Great Nickelback name-check on Bitchin’ Kitchen.

  110. 110.

    licensed to kill time

    November 24, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    @licensed to kill time: Excuse me, Coca leaves and Pearls – hover mouse over RIGHT hand corner, and etc.

    I blame the Red Tail Ale and Obama for the flub.

  111. 111.

    Brassknuckle Diplomacy

    November 25, 2011 at 12:40 am

    Mark @106

    Seconded, what kills me about that 92% who extole the virtues of that dead-eyed droning nonsense is that they are absolutely puzzled by the fact that the Tragically Hip can’t sell out a fucking phone booth outside of Canadian borders.

  112. 112.

    Rome Again

    November 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    I’m not a huge Nickleback fan, but, I don’t mind a few of their songs. I’ve never really studied a lot of their music though.

  113. 113.

    Paul in KY

    November 28, 2011 at 10:38 am

    I like Nickleback. Good band, have several catchy songs. They need to put out another ‘Silver Side Up’ kind of album.

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