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As if things couldn't get any worse for Paul Ryan... (Original Post) ehrnst Mar 2017 OP
Did he just eat a cherry Popsicle? 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #1
It's blood! ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2017 #8
Ahh! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #13
Sorry, think Eddie Munster... 2naSalit Mar 2017 #24
Somewhere nearby is an exsanguinated headless rat. dchill Mar 2017 #26
No doubt about that. 2naSalit Mar 2017 #29
The lip gloss is to cover up the cheeto dust ring. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #21
.... Kittycow Mar 2017 #28
The Zombie Eyed Granny Starver... MrScorpio Mar 2017 #2
Zombie Eyed Granny Starver sharedvalues Mar 2017 #11
You actually got me to Google Nickleback rufus dog Mar 2017 #3
I googled it - but still don't know what (which song) I am supposed salin Mar 2017 #12
Just pick any of the songs or look for Nickleback hits rufus dog Mar 2017 #15
I think I hear them at the gym and as Musak in all of the big box stores LeftInTX Mar 2017 #17
Thanks - back in the 70s (when I was a kid - and just starting to listen salin Mar 2017 #19
Someone just put lipstick on a pig? murielm99 Mar 2017 #4
No, they put lipstick... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #5
Please stop disparaging tapeworms. madinmaryland Mar 2017 #9
I was looking for some... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #20
Obviously the correct example is lipstick on a Donald Trump mythology Mar 2017 #22
But then what can we compare... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #23
I agree...pigs have much more class than Paul Ryan....nt Stuart G Mar 2017 #18
That boy put the U in ugly furtheradu Mar 2017 #6
Trump likes red lipstick on people who kiss his ass SummerSnow Mar 2017 #7
hmmmm... Ligyron Mar 2017 #10
He ate... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #14
In the past day, I read some post (here or elsewhere) Nickelback is a banned Christian Radio word. TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #16
No idea who Nickelback is. For those in a similar situation they key Wiki paragraph. grantcart Mar 2017 #25
so much fail. lawd. JHan Mar 2017 #27

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
11. Zombie Eyed Granny Starver
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:23 PM
Mar 2017

who took social security to put himself through college where he drank out of kegs. Good use of government funds on beer, Ryan.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
3. You actually got me to Google Nickleback
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:20 PM
Mar 2017

For years I have read the mocking. And for the life of me I couldn't remember a song. Now I get it.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
15. Just pick any of the songs or look for Nickleback hits
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:36 PM
Mar 2017

You will recognize the songs, will have heard them somewhere. The joke, as I see it, is they are kind of cheesy, bland, corporate rock, BS. I can't for the life of me remember where I heard the songs, likely scanning the dial and moving on.

Let me put it this way. I doubt you are going to be blown away and listen closely. For example, my older brothers would play Beatles songs over and over, go stand in line or wait until midnight for a radio station to play the new release. I was too young, but remember hearing Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews band, and others for the first time and thinking WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! Or even some not in my favorite Genre, like Alicia Keys, Adele, Sarah McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, etc and thinking this is some talent, let me pick up the CD and then enjoying the music.

Now I wouldn't put Nickleback songs with "We built this city," that is I don't reach for the scan button to get it off my radio to minimize the number of notes being forced upon me, but I sure can't recall stopping a scan and listening to an entire Nickleback song.

A true Nickeback hater will need to confirm or provide clarity.

LeftInTX

(25,296 posts)
17. I think I hear them at the gym and as Musak in all of the big box stores
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 08:18 PM
Mar 2017

I'm 60 years old and my radio dial is set to NPR.

salin

(48,955 posts)
19. Thanks - back in the 70s (when I was a kid - and just starting to listen
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 08:55 PM
Mar 2017

to pop music, we would call that music "bubble gum music.

Catchy in the moment (maybe), but bland and boring - formulaic.

Thanks - as I get the insult.

Peace.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
22. Obviously the correct example is lipstick on a Donald Trump
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:13 PM
Mar 2017

Some sort of thing ... check
living ... check
no redeeming value ... check

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
23. But then what can we compare...
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:44 PM
Mar 2017

...Trumplethinskin to when we need something really disgusting and repellant?

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
25. No idea who Nickelback is. For those in a similar situation they key Wiki paragraph.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 12:17 AM
Mar 2017

Nickelback have been criticized for over-use of themes involving strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, and alcohol consumption,[106] and for the derivative, repetitive and formulaic nature of their music.[107][108][109] In November 2011, users of the music-oriented dating site Tastebuds.fm voted Nickelback as the number one musical turnoff, edging out Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.[110] In May 2013, the readers of Rolling Stone magazine named Nickelback the second worst band of the 1990s, behind only Creed.[111]

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