Yeah, They Still Got It

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine posted this video on my Facebook page as a joke.

Go ahead. Watch it. I know it's Nickelback. I know it hurts. I'm sorry.

Okay, you watched at least the first little bit? Good! Now we can talk about it! One thing I like to do when I see something that... (crazy? brilliant? wrong?) is imagine the conversation that led to it. P.S. I can't be bothered to learn the band members' names.

Nickelback #1: Okay, bring it in, team. Band huddle. I just don't get it. People don't like us. Why?

Nickelback #2: Impossible! Everyone loves us! We are rock and roll!

Nickelback #1: Remember the time in Europe when someone threw a rock at us? Let's be honest. Something we do makes some people not like us.

Nickelback #3: I'm just spitballing here, but maybe as a band we should adopt an African baby.

Nickelback #4: My soul is dying. Hello?

Nickelback #1: Not a bad idea, Nickelback #3. We'll keep it on the table as a solution. But right now we need to find the problem. Now, one thing I'm sure it's not is our music. Our music is amazing.

Nickelbacks #2 and 3: Agreed.

Nickelback #1: I don't know about you, but I'm really proud of our lyrics. I think we write some really deep stuff. Hey, I'm just really proud of the music we make on the whole. It's all great.

Nickelback #2: Yeah, I can't imagine people not liking something I myself am so proud of. We really bring the ruckus.

Nickelback #4: I can't sleep at night anymore, cause I feel like a fraud. This isn't rock and roll.

Nickelback #3: Well, we haven't played a house party in a really long time. People seemed to like that.

Nickelback #1: That's it! We don't rock parties very often! I mean, we all know how to party (heh heh), am I right, fellas?

(I imagine a lot of bro-fives occur right here.)

Nickelback #2: Well, we can't just rock one house party. No one but them would ever know. The word of mouth wouldn't be strong enough.

Nickelback #3: Why don't we just pretend to rock a party on a music video?

Nickelback #1: Yeah, and at the beginning, we'll have people be all "Nickelback sucks! Nickelback is the lame!" and then at the end of the video everyone that said that will have a beer with us!

Nickelback #4: I'm not even human anymore. Just a shell of a man.

Nickelback #2: Brah, there's gotta be babes. Babes dancing. Yeaaaaah!

(More bro-fiving. Nickelback #4 starts weeping.)

FIN

The song is possibly the worst song I've heard in years. One thing I do enjoy after the song starts playing is that even the dancers in bikinis aren't really into the song. Seems like Nickelback's a joke to them too. Kudos, dancers.

Stuff to Cleanse your Audial Pallette after that Fiasco:

Tiger - Maximum Balloon ft. Aku (Listened to this probably 200 times since Tuesday)
Wide Eyes - Local Natives (Awesome song, awesome band)
I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem (Best track of 2010 so far)