It has been a long hard road for Jen and I this whole year. It’s Sunday though, and that means a Sunday Chuckle, not a Sunday Mope! A few days ago, Jen finished cleaning out her mom’s house. We found some incredible stuff there. One of the books (from her dad’s collection) is over 200 years old. A few others were dated from the 1800s. Lots of cool stuff, but….
Also some not-so-cool stuffs.
Some context:
In the penultimate episode of Record Store Tales (Part 319: The Musical Crimes of LeBrain), my wife made fun of me for owning one song by Nickelback. The controversial Canadian quartet appeared on the ZZ Top tribute album A Tribute From Friends, performing (of all songs) “Legs”. Quite badly! She mocked me by writing, “Three words: MIKE OWNS NICKELBACK!” [Bold and underlining are hers.]
This is what I found in her old bedroom. You can tell it’s hers by the rainbow wallpaper.
There you have it. I had a song, but you had the poster, baby. You had the poster.
Still love you most though!
mikeladano.com 
I have to admit that I owned some early Nickelback too. Not the poster though.
Chad had not yet morphed into the douchebag he is today.
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Early Nickelback I can understand. They were up and comers, not yet the only thing that Dave FM plays!
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Never got into nickleback, but did quite like the songs ‘burn it to the ground’ and ‘leader of men’ if they’d come on music tv channels between bands I did like.
My mum bought the album Silver Side Up though, that was pretty rubbish.
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Burn it to the Ground is probably the song of theirs that I hate the least.
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I think I had an early album, but no more.
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There is exactly one Nickleback song among my dad’s whole collection and none among my significantly smaller one. It’s on a compilation as well.
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Good stuff. One song is a forgivable offence.
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But did she have a Theory of a Nickelcreed poster?!
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No but in my younger days I would have attempted making one!
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Busted. lol
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I her defense I found that the special edition has these:
12. “Hero” (Limited edition bonus track) from Spiderman
14. “Slow Motion” (From The Punisher Soundtrack)
16. “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (( Elton John cover) Ft. Kid Rock and Dimebag Darrell)???? Is this true?
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I would say the defense is trying to keep those records sealed.
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16 is the theme song for Hockey Night in Canada but you knew that! And yeah that’s sadly true.
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I am pure and unsullied.
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I read a quote from.Chad that mentioned him and the lads were making Lego structures at a fans house in Wales.
Must be a coincidence.
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Oh you mean 1637. We don’t get on.
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I always wondered what that giant billboard in Wales that reads
“I am 100 better than you so suck it”
was about. Know it all makes sense.
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^Now it all…
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Unsullied like on Game of Thrones? I’m so sorry for you!
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Thanks pal.
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I still have a track.
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Correction: 3
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One track is same as me, so you are OK!
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Nickelback free zone here,
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That is something to be proud of!
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Nickelback will never trouble the ears of those setting foot in my home. This is a safe zone.
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Good to know. I don’t hate ’em like I used to, but I also don’t hear very much good in them.
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Oh my… that cover of Legs is…. oh my…
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Oh man I own Nickelback… they’re on a bunch of the Big Shiny Tunes collections, and one Harley Davidson road rawk-type compilations I have. No albums though, so I feel like they snuck into my house but there wasn’t much I could do about it.
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See I think that is totally forgiveable. Like if you were in court charged with Wanton Nickelback, I’d let you off with a warning. No jail no probation.
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I think it would help my defense by telling the truth: I skip those songs when I play those comps.
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