I MEAN, IT AIN'T LIKE THEY SUCK OR ANYTHING BUT CAUSE THEY'RE CANADIAN. CFL IST KRIEG. YA DIG?

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/sports/lio...t-thanksgiving-day-game-20111103-mr

(WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com) - The selection of Canadian rock group Nickelback to play the halftime show of the Detroit Lions annual Thanksgiving Day game has some fans crying for change.

An online petition created at change.org asks users for their support in replacing the band, saying "Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?!"

According to MLive.com, the foursome is America's most popular foreign act since the Beatles with nearly 50 millions albums sold since 1996. They are currently promoting their upcoming album, Here and Now, and have two songs on the Billboard charts.

As of Thursday morning, nearly 900 people had signed the petition.

The game itself will feature the Lions against the Green Bay Packers in front of a national audience on FOX (12:30 p.m. ET).

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-detroi...time-show-for-the-thanksgiving-game

eh there's been far worse music performed during football games. i rarely watch halftime bullshit like this anyways.

my detriot halftime show is a split set between Sauron and Gutrot

ICP is from Detroit.

just play that over the stereo while nickelback is on the tv. i bet that would be hilarious.

:(

fuck sprots

Damning, I know

I don't like brussel sprouts either

I don't even really care for the Beatles, but there are certainly Beatles songs that I like. I can't say that about Nickleback. That's possibly the most depressing statistic I've heard in a long time.

I can't think of anything worse than Nickelback. This is hideous. I'm going to have to go hide in the basement during halftime.

I feel bad for those who paid for a ticket to the game and won't have anywhere to hide

earplugs + beer line is probably their best bet.

Doesn't the CFL have a couple teams playing Nickleback could circle jerk for?

#OccupyFordField - stop the Nickelback takeover of Thanksgiving

who cares?

football sucks

Just when I thought they could not make sports and worse than making you watch sports... They one up me. Nice.

And lingerie football rules.

ISN'T THE POINT OF HALFTIME TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE WIVES TO WATCH WHILE THE MEN TAKE A SHIT?

WHO CARES WHAT BAND IT IS. HALFTIME IS FOR THE LADIES.

I think the point of everything is a quite simple...

HALFTIME IS FOR AMERICA. ARE YOU GONNA LET YOUR CULTURE GET HIGHJACKED BY SOME LAMEASS CANADIAN BAND WHO AIN'T EVEN HALF OF WHAT APRIL WINE WAS? OR YOU JUST GONNA GO TAKE A SHIT AND LET THE LADY WORRY ABOUT IT?

CANADIAN METAL!!

I'M OLD - IF I DON'T GET A SHIT IN DURING HALFTIME, I SOIL THE COUCH. YOU YOUNGUNS CAN WORRY ABOUT NICKLEBACK.

watch OLD DAD shits the couch, dudes all butt hurt cause he ate all the fucked up sesame seed bread, his seed to shit ratio all smeared in his long johns, total depression through unperceived anticipation. nickelback in the background "i've been wrong right every bottle having fun yet yeah"

SESAME BREAD BINDS ME UP. IT'S THE BUFFALO WINGS THAT MAKE ME POOP. THESE DAYS I TRY TO FAVOR THE MEDIUMS, THE HOT ONES MAKE IT HARD TO LAST TIL HALFTIME.

This is a scary fact. Is it actually true? Pink Floyd or Rolling Stones haven't sold more albums in America than Nickelback???

Super Bowl halftime show = change channel to Puppy Bowl
Thanksgiving haltime show = break down and talk to family

Thats what Im saying

APOCALYPSE

I think the 50 million in 15 years is the thing about it....the total numbers for the Stones, Floyd, U2, even Rush, are probably higher, but Nickelback sold 50m in a shorter time span.

results are skewed because more dumbasses have been born in the past 30 years than the earlier decades.

fixed

YOU NEVER TALK TO FAMILY, DON'T BE A PUSSY

Hmm... according to the RIAA Nickleback has 21 million records sold. Far behind many artists and bands... Still too many.

RIAA top artists

at least they're named after an actual football term.

.....not that I'm defending them

I JUST LISTENED TO THIS NICKLEBACK. THIS IS WHAT US OLD-TIMERS CALL "VAGINA ROCK" - MUSIC TO SCORE CHICKS WITH.

BUT THEN, I READ THIS ARTICLE:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/genera...ickelback_no_1_passion-killers.html

"One in eight music fans will decide not to sleep with you if they discover you like Nickelback, suggests a survey. "


SO I GUESS THEY EVEN FAIL AT VAGINA ROCK? WHO ARE THESE 50 MILLION PEOPLE BUYING THESE RECORDS?

RUSH

INCORRECT. THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE PROPER UNMANLY REASON FOR THE NAME - FOO FOO COFFEE DRINKS:

"Its name originates from the nickel in change that band member Mike Kroeger gave customers at his job at Starbucks; he would frequently say, "Here's your nickel back.'"

LIKE ANY OF THOSE LONG HAIRED GIRLY TYPES ACTUALLY WATCH FOOTBALL.

LOL Nickelback fights back.

http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/2011/11/2...back-lampoon-their-own-controversy/

Would totally watch nickelback. Shits hilarious

this is so bad right now.

It was terrible. But what half time show isn't terrible. The Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl made me want to poke out my eyes.

there were many less terrible options. horray for netflix.

I listened to a dragonforce song instead. Better? Well, marginally.

Loved all the booing.