One of my few regrets from my time at Roadrunner Records was not accepting a ticket to see Nickelback at Madison Square Garden. I don't like many of their songs, but they're supposed to be great live, in a big/loud/stupid AC/DC sort of way.
A buddy of mine I work with was dragged along by his wife and confirmed this. He said the backdrop alternated between American flags and footage of Aaron Rodgers throwing touchdowns.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
the meme of Nickleback being terrible has almost ruined Nickleback hate for me. like it almost delegitimizes how shitty they really are.
and yet when they cover "Sad But True", Chad sounds better than James H does now
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
forever classic for leaving the stage while getting pelted with stuff tho
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
thanks for reminding me of that
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 February 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
It can't be done but that was funhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KzP4bC1Ypg
― Nabozo, Thursday, 19 May 2022 05:39 (two years ago) link
Angels Try to End Losing Streak With Nickelback Songs, Get Shut Out
The Angels are in the middle of a franchise-record losing streak, so they are doing anything they can to change their fortune. First, they fired their manager, Joe Maddon, replacing him with Phil Nevin. But Los Angeles lost its first game after that change.
Next, the team tried a music change. On Wednesday night against Boston, every Angels hitter walked up to a different Nickelback song to try and alter the vibe.
It didn’t work.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 9 June 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
well, yeah
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
I mean if you put laxatives inside everybody's Gatorade, their play would also suffer. not sure why they thought doing the aural equivalent would yield a different result.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link
yeah when i heard about this i was like, "dang why they gotta mock the players MID-GAME?"
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
Haven’t the fans suffered enough
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
Jun 9, 2022 vsBoston9:38 pmAngel Stadium of Anaheim S. Ohtani(3-4, 3.99 ERA)N. Pivetta(5-4, 3.50 ERA)Tickets Starting at $1.00
Boston9:38 pm
Angel Stadium of Anaheim S. Ohtani(3-4, 3.99 ERA)N. Pivetta(5-4, 3.50 ERA)Tickets Starting at $1.00
and just like that, i'm an angels fan. who knew. even on stats alone, you got this one in the bag pivetta. sheesh. i'm an angels fan until they stop torturing the players with nickelback. no one deserves that sort of punishment. demoralizing and, dare i say, dehumanizing.
DON'T "`BACK" THE ANGELS.
has a nice ring to it.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
At least their social media manager is still hitting home runs
FINAL: Angels 0, Red Sox 1 pic.twitter.com/GAFIAknPRM— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 9, 2022
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 June 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
Talked about the streak on the baseball board, Phil Nevin was trying something but picked a horrible song.
― Bee OK, Friday, 10 June 2022 04:46 (two years ago) link
Should've used a more positive vibes song, like "All-Star"
― Vinnie, Friday, 10 June 2022 08:38 (two years ago) link
so they ended up winning on thursday night!
and then promptly lost last night's game. big sigh. at least the losing streak was broken.
DON'T `BACK THE ANGELS!
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Saturday, 11 June 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link