Clueless

So I just dropped by HMV to pick up the new Nickelback album and the dude at the counter says “Hey have you listened to Theory of a Deadman before?” I’m thinking “This guy is sharp. He knows that Theory of a Deadman are on Chad Kroeger’s record label.

Me: “Yeah, they’re really great. Their last album is probably my favourite of the year.”
Dude: “Oh really. Yeah I really like them. How about Nickelback? Are they any good?”
Me (not believing what I’m hearing): “Uh what?”
Dude: “Yeah, I don’t have any radio or anything so I don’t really know the new hit songs or anything.”
Me (with an incredulous look on my face): “Well, you should listen to them. They are top notch and you’ll like them if you like Theory.”

With that I walked out and asked myself the following questions:

1. Who hasn’t heard of Nickelback? I mean…they have had the #1 selling single in North America (if not the world…where’s my Communications book? I just read that stat yesterday) with “How You Remind Me”
2. What’s this guy working in a music store if a) He doesn’t listen to much music due to lack of a radio and b) He hasn’t heard of Nickelback. Wouldn’t that be one of the weeding out questions during the interview? “Who wrote some rocking tunes and evoke the devil sign spirit in us at a concert? Oh, and their albums all sound the same. “Uh…AC/DC?” Man alive! This guy shouldn’t working at the record store. Well…at the very least he will be around a lot of music now. Maybe that’s why he took the job.

Update: If you use iTunes/iPod to carry around your music and listen to it, don’t bother buying this disc. They have copy protection on it that prevents you from copying to iTunes. You will hear more from me as I will write a nice letter to EMI stating how they are screwing over fans who actually pay for the music. I suppose I should write to the band themself…but when does that ever work? The sad thing is that I doubt HMV will let me return the disc as soon as I have opened it. You can thank CD Burners for that policy. Granted, I am not against the policy. I’m just ticked that I can’t do whatever the heck I want with the music I’ve purchased. I’m pissed.

whatisnotplayinginmyfreakingipodrightnow: All the Right Reasons by Nickelback (should be labelled All the WRONG Reasons IMHO)