Tool vs Nickelback (lyrics, rock, single, genre, pink floyd)

Rainard Jalen · 12-31-2007, 01:04 PM

Hmm, I would have liked to have made this one in a Poll format except that the option didn't appear available?

Anyway, I think this could provoke an interesting discussion. Both of these bands are the masters of their given sub-genres of mainstream commercial rock in the present day, so who do you, the people, feel is the better act?

I'll start off by giving my nod to Nickelback, who I feel have excelled in the past (if not recent times) in pushing the envelope and watching it bend. Like modern rock overlords, they've created the equivalent of the great symphonies of old - How You Remind Me is in all senses the 21st century's answer to Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th. Drawing from a wide range of influences including (but not by any means limited to) early 70s The Who, AC/DC, The Buzz****s, Sonic Youth, The Stooges and Television, they've taken a hodgepodge of ideas and merged them perfectly into a single distinct cohesive sound that has rocked bedrooms across the world.

Tool by contrast draw from fewer sources, most evidently the likes of King Crimson and Led Zep (you can hear the influences all over IV), and really have created very little (if anything) of their own device at all. Sure, they've made a few rocking songs here and there, but they fail to really conjure up that lasting, timeless appeal.

What are other people's views?

**Urban Hatemonger** · 12-31-2007, 01:29 PM

YSHKMWYHTC · 12-31-2007, 02:07 PM

Hahahahaha this is the best joke ever.
Comedy genius.

**cardboard adolescent** · 12-31-2007, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

How You Remind Me is in all senses the 21st century's answer to Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th

**sleepy jack fire drill** · 12-31-2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Drawing from a wide range of influences including (but not by any means limited to) early 70s The Who, AC/DC, The Buzz****s, Sonic Youth, The Stooges and Television, they've taken a hodgepodge of ideas and merged them perfectly into a single distinct cohesive sound that has rocked bedrooms across the world.

I'd actually say something more along the lines of "They took Smells Like Teen Spirit, turned down the distortion, wrote some sappy lyrics and then gave it to the record company." Television? Give me break, if you hear Television in Nickelback I'm wondering if you've ever even listened to Marquee Moon.

jgd85 · 12-31-2007, 03:02 PM

this thread ftw!

YSHKMWYHTC · 12-31-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jgd85

this thread ftw!

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Gentleman Johnny · 12-31-2007, 03:23 PM

how many red bulls have you had today?

djchameleon · 12-31-2007, 03:27 PM

awesome thread , I love it. even before I read the thread I voted for nickelback.

TheBig3KilledMyRainDog · 12-31-2007, 04:33 PM

/is missing Dirt

Where's the option for anal beads?

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Nickelback	7	17.07%
Tool	34	82.93%
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12-31-2007, 01:04 PM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,241	Tool vs Nickelback Hmm, I would have liked to have made this one in a Poll format except that the option didn't appear available? Anyway, I think this could provoke an interesting discussion. Both of these bands are the masters of their given sub-genres of mainstream commercial rock in the present day, so who do you, the people, feel is the better act? I'll start off by giving my nod to Nickelback, who I feel have excelled in the past (if not recent times) in pushing the envelope and watching it bend. Like modern rock overlords, they've created the equivalent of the great symphonies of old - How You Remind Me is in all senses the 21st century's answer to Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th. Drawing from a wide range of influences including (but not by any means limited to) early 70s The Who, AC/DC, The Buzz****s, Sonic Youth, The Stooges and Television, they've taken a hodgepodge of ideas and merged them perfectly into a single distinct cohesive sound that has rocked bedrooms across the world. Tool by contrast draw from fewer sources, most evidently the likes of King Crimson and Led Zep (you can hear the influences all over IV), and really have created very little (if anything) of their own device at all. Sure, they've made a few rocking songs here and there, but they fail to really conjure up that lasting, timeless appeal. What are other people's views?

12-31-2007, 01:29 PM
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12-31-2007, 03:02 PM
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12-31-2007, 03:23 PM
Gentleman Johnny perfect from now on. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oakland Posts: 1,246	how many red bulls have you had today? __________________ my back's against the ropes i know because i can feel them

12-31-2007, 03:27 PM
djchameleon Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 539	awesome thread , I love it. even before I read the thread I voted for nickelback.

12-31-2007, 04:33 PM
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