I think both bands are very funny.

The only thing I knew about Imagine Dragons was “Radioactive” for the longest time. Then, while visiting my friends who were watching their Believer documentary when it was then just recently released, I saw the bit in which Dan Reynolds was doing some editing on “Thunder” as their next single. Still, I hadn’t heard any of their music for years later. At around 2023, I finally realized that Imagine Dragons were getting a TON of shit for the longest time. For example, here is (Exodus) Gary Holt’s comment: “Just watched the college football half-time show to see just how bad it really was. PLEASE no more calling this shittiest band on earth ‘rock,’ they are simply the crappiest excuse for a band I’ve ever heard. Uggggh. Just awful.” So then, I watched that half-time show (TOPICAL, I KNOW) and what the fuck, THAT’S THE “THUNDER” SONG?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7W2aDWVq98
The singer is hopscotching in highwaters on that diva runway, the guitar playing sounds like a guy at a Guitar Center who learned what chords are for the first time, the bass playing is optional, and drumming can be replaced with a drum machine with no loss of hilarity.

After listening to Imagine Dragons, I gave Nickelback’s Here and Now a listen and holy shit, this album is hilarious! While I’m definitely projecting, I can’t tell if the song “Gotta Get Me Some” is written by or for guys with dad bods, in spite of lyrics such clearly being, “God almiiiiightyyy, look at that body / Flickers like a sticker on a new Ferrari / She's a scene from a Baywatch rerun.” Anyway, Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour constantly talks shit about Nickelback. In fact, both Nickelback and Imagine Dragons. But then I watched Chad Kroeger’s response to Corey Taylor (8:30 – 9:40):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAEipNjMnSc&t=511s
Kroeger calling Stone Sour “Nickelback-lite” might be the greatest comeback I’ve ever heard. Incredible.

While I don’t think there is a point in doing separate C/NC polls because we all know how they’ll fare here, I sincerely don’t hate either band’s music, but it might be because I’m not subjected to listen to this kind of music every day at something like a supermarket overhead radio. I also hardly watch movies or TV/Netflix/etc. shows, so I’m not exposed to hearing licensed-for-ads music either, so that probably is also a factor.

Imagine Dragons by faaaaaaaaar, and also because my daughter used to love them when she was younger and used to sing it back to me and I really enjoyed it.

having Crohn's Disease vs having Crohn's Disease with glass in it

joe_lmr wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 4:29 pm having Crohn's Disease vs having Crohn's Disease with glass in it

thank you

joe_lmr wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 4:29 pm having Crohn's Disease vs having Crohn's Disease with glass in it

Actual Nickelback lyrics:

I like your pants around your feet
And I like the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favorite damn disease
And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose

First: gross.
Second: the lyrics only get more hateful from here, and they don’t appear to be ironic.

Nickelback is worse than just about anything else, musically speaking, but add to that the fact that the singer is a misogynistic vacuum of charm, and you’re talking Guinness Book of World Records-quality awfulness.

Seriously, they’re a band that’s always worse than you imagine.

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:12 pm Actual Nickelback lyrics:

I like your pants around your feet
And I like the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favorite damn disease
And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose

First: gross.
Second: the lyrics only get more hateful from here, and they don’t appear to be ironic.

Nickelback is worse than just about anything else, musically speaking, but add to that the fact that the singer is a misogynistic vacuum of charm, and you’re talking Guinness Book of World Records-quality awfulness.

Seriously, they’re a band that’s always worse than you imagine.

I'm listening the music video to this song and wow, only after 1:15 and I've had enough. Somehow, so uniquely bland with proto-modern raunchy country rock lyrics. Kinda still hilarious how this shit supposed to be anything related to grunge.

Alright, I have to post here some of the music video's YT comments.

9 years ago comment wrote: LOL, I LOVE this song. Women need to RELAX! If you dont like the damn song, then dont listen to the damn thing. Why listen to it and then complain about it? No One has a gun to your head forcing you to listen to it. There are those of us who like it and thats who its for.

reply to the above quote from 9 years ago comment wrote:Hey, my ex-wife introduced me to this song.

3 years ago comment wrote:I’m 89 years old and love this song. Makes me feel like I’m 70! The women in my nursing home act like the female that this tune is about.

this is really happening??

Nickelback loses to almost everyone. Except maybe Kid Rock.

jfv wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 8:10 pm this is really happening??

Nickelback loses to almost everyone. Except maybe Kid Rock.

Creed? The Nuge?

Krev wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 10:42 pm

jfv wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 8:10 pm this is really happening??

Nickelback loses to almost everyone. Except maybe Kid Rock.

Creed? The Nuge?

Creed – while terrible – is always fun to do mock Scott Stapp singing, so at least there's that (and you can see how I value bad musical acts).

Ted Nugent vs. Kid Rock? Fuck, that's an actually difficult ultrahorseshit thunderdome.