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{{quote| "Q:What's Your Favourite Song?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:What's Your Favourite Song?"<br /> |
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"A:I decided at age 15 that "Everlong" by [[ |
"A:I decided at age 15 that "Everlong" by [[Foo Fighters]] was gonna be my favorite song ever. I've stuck to that." }} |
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{{quote| "Q:What are your top 5 albums?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:What are your top 5 albums?"<br /> |
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"A:I've never thought about my favorite five albums, but if I were to put it together in five seconds: }} |
"A:I've never thought about my favorite five albums, but if I were to put it together in five seconds: }} |
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## [[Ben Folds]] Five - Ben Folds Five |
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## [[David Bowie]] - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
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## [[Prince]] - [[Purple Rain]] |
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## [[Electric Six]] - Fire |
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## [[Jimmy Eat World]] - Bleed American" |
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{{quote| "Q:How long have you been playing the piano?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:How long have you been playing the piano?"<br /> |
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"A:You know, my dad keeps telling me that I need to write music. He paid for all those piano lessons, he might as well see some end product, right? My only response is basically that I have no desire whatsoever to write music. None. These videos, they just flow right out of me, and I could do them all day. Sit down and compose something? Probably not gonna happen. I started making these videos because I was struck by the idea and then I suddenly couldn't stop myself from making the videos. Doing this is easy. Making my own music? Just never felt like it." }} |
"A:You know, my dad keeps telling me that I need to write music. He paid for all those piano lessons, he might as well see some end product, right? My only response is basically that I have no desire whatsoever to write music. None. These videos, they just flow right out of me, and I could do them all day. Sit down and compose something? Probably not gonna happen. I started making these videos because I was struck by the idea and then I suddenly couldn't stop myself from making the videos. Doing this is easy. Making my own music? Just never felt like it." }} |
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{{quote| "Things I have done since joining [[That Guy With |
{{quote| "Things I have done since joining [[That Guy With The Glasses|Channel Awesome]]"<br /> |
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"Called [[The Angry Joe Show |
"Called [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]] a "Mexican""<br /> |
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"Insulted [[Paw Dugan|Paw]]'s taste in music"<br /> |
"Insulted [[Paw Dugan|Paw]]'s taste in music"<br /> |
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"Made gross, pervy comments about (and to) every female on this site, including [[The Spoony Experiment |
"Made gross, pervy comments about (and to) every female on this site, including [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]]'s girlfriend, and including [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] (I am apparently not going to be invited to any Spooning with Spoony videos -- I'm not up to his standards, which hurts)"<br /> |
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"Showed everyone my [[Atop the Fourth Wall |
"Showed everyone my [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]/[[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] slash art"<br /> |
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"Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people"<br /> |
"Let's see, there was this little conversation with one of the anime people"<br /> |
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"Them: i'm editing a video. Manga related"<br /> |
"Them: i'm editing a video. Manga related"<br /> |
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"Them: ... close enough."<br /> |
"Them: ... close enough."<br /> |
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"Complained about not being paid enough"<br /> |
"Complained about not being paid enough"<br /> |
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"Bitched to Mike Michaud about not being invited to the [[Kickassia |
"Bitched to Mike Michaud about not being invited to the [[Kickassia|Molossia invasion]] just because I had not technically joined the site yet when it happened"<br /> |
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"Just generally been a belligerent drunk asshole in every single conversation I've had with the [[That Guy With |
"Just generally been a belligerent drunk asshole in every single conversation I've had with the [[That Guy With The Glasses/Characters|TGWTG crew]]"<br /> |
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"Vandalized the wiki"<br /> |
"Vandalized the wiki"<br /> |
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"Announced my plans to supplant [[ |
"Announced my plans to supplant [[The Nostalgia Critic]] and make it ToddInTheShadows.com" }} |
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{{quote| "Q:What would you say your least favorite song from each decade you've been alive during is?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:What would you say your least favorite song from each decade you've been alive during is?"<br /> |
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"A:Again, that's a pretty big question. I'm not sure I can give you any definitive answers, but I can tell you that '80s-wise, I've always despised [[ |
"A:Again, that's a pretty big question. I'm not sure I can give you any definitive answers, but I can tell you that '80s-wise, I've always despised [[Billy Joel]]'s "It's Only Rock and Roll to Me" for reasons I'm not sure of. "[[Jefferson Airplane|We Built This City]]" is also a good answer, if too obvious. More recently, I just encountered [[Kylie Minogue]]'s "I Should Be So Lucky" (a UK #1 single in 1988!) and it is just fucking abysmal.<br /> |
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'90s: My answer is almost certainly "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes. An inexcusable record on every level.<br /> |
'90s: My answer is almost certainly "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes. An inexcusable record on every level.<br /> |
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'00s: Let's see. "Crank Dat [[ |
'00s: Let's see. "Crank Dat [[Soulja Boy]]" is a good, though again too obvious, answer. "Break Up" by ''Mario'' still stuns me with how bad it is. "Welcome to My Life" by ''Simple Plan'' is deeply offensive to me, as is "The Wait" by ''30 Seconds to Mars''. If I want to get controversial, I'll go ahead and say it: "New Slang" by ''The Shins''. I really, really just despise ''The Shins'', they are the sum total of everything I hate about indie rock." }} |
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{{quote| "Q:What are you're least favourite songs of all time?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:What are you're least favourite songs of all time?"<br /> |
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"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks<br /> |
"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks<br /> |
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"Welcome to My Life" by Simple Plan<br /> |
"Welcome to My Life" by Simple Plan<br /> |
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"A Milli" by [[ |
"A Milli" by [[Lil Wayne]]<br /> |
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"Lips of an Angel" by Hinder<br /> |
"Lips of an Angel" by Hinder<br /> |
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"Before He Cheats" by [[ |
"Before He Cheats" by [[Carrie Underwood]]<br /> |
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"If Everyone Cared" by [[ |
"If Everyone Cared" by [[Nickelback]]<br /> |
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"How Do You Like Me Now?!" by [[ |
"How Do You Like Me Now?!" by [[Toby Keith]]" }} |
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{{quote| "Q:When did you decide that pop music was your "genre" (to put it loosely) of sorts to follow? You said it yourself, for a guy your age it's certainly an odd choice to follow the likes of some of music's most loved and hated artists. I can respect it of course; I've got some strange interests myself But anyway, what got you into it?"<br /> |
{{quote| "Q:When did you decide that pop music was your "genre" (to put it loosely) of sorts to follow? You said it yourself, for a guy your age it's certainly an odd choice to follow the likes of some of music's most loved and hated artists. I can respect it of course; I've got some strange interests myself But anyway, what got you into it?"<br /> |
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## Sheer volume. I can honestly think of several worse bands than Nickelback (Hinder, Saving Abel), but none with their sustained popularity. Their popularity has something to do with the backlash, but it's not just people hating them for being popular. It's that their popularity has granted them the opportunity to repeatedly pollute the airwaves day after day after day. Their second major-label album had FIVE singles. The one after that, SEVEN. The newest album has EIGHT. EIGHT FUCKING SINGLES. |
## Sheer volume. I can honestly think of several worse bands than Nickelback (Hinder, Saving Abel), but none with their sustained popularity. Their popularity has something to do with the backlash, but it's not just people hating them for being popular. It's that their popularity has granted them the opportunity to repeatedly pollute the airwaves day after day after day. Their second major-label album had FIVE singles. The one after that, SEVEN. The newest album has EIGHT. EIGHT FUCKING SINGLES. |
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## Unsexiness. Nickelback are an ugly, ugly band. Ugly lyrically, ugly sonically, and most of all, ugly visually. The Traveling Wilburys look like the Backstreet Boys next to Nickelback. Chad Kroeger has one of the worst voices in rock and roll, and it's used almost exclusively for moan-y angsty crap about how he misses his girlfriend. It's much like Stanley the Troll in NC's newest review: hideously unattractive and disgustingly weak. |
## Unsexiness. Nickelback are an ugly, ugly band. Ugly lyrically, ugly sonically, and most of all, ugly visually. The Traveling Wilburys look like the Backstreet Boys next to Nickelback. Chad Kroeger has one of the worst voices in rock and roll, and it's used almost exclusively for moan-y angsty crap about how he misses his girlfriend. It's much like Stanley the Troll in NC's newest review: hideously unattractive and disgustingly weak. |
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{{quote|So to sum up: They're treated like the worst thing ever because they fucking deserve it. Fuck Nickelback".|His opinion on [[ |
{{quote|So to sum up: They're treated like the worst thing ever because they fucking deserve it. Fuck Nickelback".|His opinion on [[Nickelback]]}} |
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{{quote| "Seriously, you have no idea how much I hate video editing. It is an awful, terrible process."}} |
{{quote| "Seriously, you have no idea how much I hate video editing. It is an awful, terrible process."}} |
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{{quote| "As far as I'm concerned, country music should be about one thing: Misery. Misery and drinking...[Need You Now] is what country music is supposed to be about: bitterness, missed connections, and pain, and utter hopelessness."}} |
{{quote| "As far as I'm concerned, country music should be about one thing: Misery. Misery and drinking...[Need You Now] is what country music is supposed to be about: bitterness, missed connections, and pain, and utter hopelessness."}} |
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{{quote| "'''[[Bad Movie Beatdown |
{{quote| "'''[[Bad Movie Beatdown|Mathew]]:''' Rendering the new episode from earlier whilst cleaning out. Man, I really should stop leaving my scripts everywhere."<br /> |
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"'''[[The Cinema Snob |
"'''[[The Cinema Snob|Brad]]:''' Sometimes I print my scripts on the back of old scripts."<br /> |
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"'''[[Bad Movie Beatdown |
"'''[[Bad Movie Beatdown|Mathew]]:''' It's not so much I lost a script as I just filled my room with old ones out of nostalgia and laziness. Not a good combo.<br /> |
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"'''Todd:''' When I moved out of my apartment I found stray scripts that were more than a year old." }} |
"'''Todd:''' When I moved out of my apartment I found stray scripts that were more than a year old." }} |
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Revision as of 20:38, 8 April 2014
"Q:What's Your Favourite Song?" |
"Q:What are your top 5 albums?" |
- Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Prince - Purple Rain
- Electric Six - Fire
- Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American"
"Q:How long have you been playing the piano?" |
"Q:Are you planning to branch out of your videos and make your own music in the near future?" |
"Things I have done since joining Channel Awesome" |
"Q:What would you say your least favorite song from each decade you've been alive during is?" |
"Q:What are you're least favourite songs of all time?" |
"Q:When did you decide that pop music was your "genre" (to put it loosely) of sorts to follow? You said it yourself, for a guy your age it's certainly an odd choice to follow the likes of some of music's most loved and hated artists. I can respect it of course; I've got some strange interests myself But anyway, what got you into it?" |
"Now here's a question. Nickelback has long been put upon as the worst mainstream band in recent memory. How did they earn this reputation? Well, there are a lot of reasons, so I'll try to enumerate them: |
- They fucking suck. The most obvious and most important of the reasons is that they are simply a terrible band, and worse than most other bands. Their sheer lack of quality is undeniable and staggering. I have problems with all the other artists you listed, but to even suggest that John Mayer or Kanye West are somehow worse than Nickelback is insanity. Clinical insanity.
- Consistency. Not only do they suck, they ALWAYS suck, in exactly the same way every time. Barring their newest album (in which superproducer Mutt Lange did his best to polish a turd), none of their songs was measurably better or worse than their others.
- Sheer volume. I can honestly think of several worse bands than Nickelback (Hinder, Saving Abel), but none with their sustained popularity. Their popularity has something to do with the backlash, but it's not just people hating them for being popular. It's that their popularity has granted them the opportunity to repeatedly pollute the airwaves day after day after day. Their second major-label album had FIVE singles. The one after that, SEVEN. The newest album has EIGHT. EIGHT FUCKING SINGLES.
- Unsexiness. Nickelback are an ugly, ugly band. Ugly lyrically, ugly sonically, and most of all, ugly visually. The Traveling Wilburys look like the Backstreet Boys next to Nickelback. Chad Kroeger has one of the worst voices in rock and roll, and it's used almost exclusively for moan-y angsty crap about how he misses his girlfriend. It's much like Stanley the Troll in NC's newest review: hideously unattractive and disgustingly weak.
So to sum up: They're treated like the worst thing ever because they fucking deserve it. Fuck Nickelback".
—His opinion on Nickelback
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"Seriously, you have no idea how much I hate video editing. It is an awful, terrible process." |
"As far as I'm concerned, country music should be about one thing: Misery. Misery and drinking...[Need You Now] is what country music is supposed to be about: bitterness, missed connections, and pain, and utter hopelessness." |
"Mathew: Rendering the new episode from earlier whilst cleaning out. Man, I really should stop leaving my scripts everywhere." |