Defending The "New Nickelback" | ThisIs ReadyMade

Imagine Dragons. The worst band of the 2010s. The new Nickelback. A band that's somehow labelled as rock. This is what they've been argued to be since a bit after their second album. While many in the music community argue that they're a band that'll never do anything good, I'm part of the opposite camp. I think they've done some great things and deserve at least a bit more credit than the mob praying on their downfall give them. In this video, I quickly summarize why I think they're not worth the fuss and why some of their biggest sins are more widespread in popular music as a whole.
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Videos used:
Free Footage Friends Turntable 001 (Royalty Free HD Stock Footage)
Video Background Stock Footage Free ( Recording or playing a vinyl record )
Nickelback - Photograph [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Creed - With Arms Wide Open (Official Video)
Imagine Dragons - Believer
Imagine Dragons - Natural (Jimmy Kimmel Live! Performance)
Imagine Dragons Demons Radioactive live 2013 AMA American Music Awards
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Imagine Dragons - Shots (Official Music Video)
Imagine Dragons - Demons (Official Video)
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
Young Frankenstein
Queen - Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid 1985)
Muse: Live At Rome Olympic Stadium
Imagine Dragons Demos 2010
Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors Live
AC/DC: Live At River Plate, December 2009
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Official Video)
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated (Official Music Video)
Ramones - Rock N' Roll High School (Official Music Video)
The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988)
Panic! At The Disco! Emperor's New Clothes [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Official MV
Imagine Dragons - “Believer” (LIVE IN CONCERT)
Imagine Dragons - Giants (Official Lyric Video)
Imagine Dragons - My Life (Official Lyric Video)
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (Official Music Video)
Imagine Dragons - Believer/Thunder (Live From iHeartRADIO MMVAs 2017)
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same
Imagine Dragons - Zero (From the Original Motion Picture “Ralph Breaks The Internet”)
Songs used:
Perry & Kingsley - Barnyard In Orbit
Mort Garson - Rhapsody In Green
Imagine Dragons - Believer
Imagine Dragons - I’m So Sorry
Imagine Dragons - Pistol Whip
Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Let There Be Rock
The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Luigi Boccherini - Minuetto
Imagine Dragons - Summer
Imagine Dragons - Friction
Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World
Toby Fox - Ooo
Imagine Dragons - Natural
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Imagine Dragons - Shots
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

This isn’t totally related but 💀 *LIMP BIZKIT* 💀 should be returning soon with a new album and it’s gonna be so glorious that they’ll make Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5 and AJR a thing of the past

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

It truly was glorious

[@WorseReviews]

Yet another fire video from the Myth, the Legend, Readymade

[@irondust71]

I dropped the band completely once Origina came out, I found it dull and boring. I'd argue that Evolve already felt a bit lackluster and uninspired, and tbh that's a real shame! Night Visions is a decent album (though vastly overrated), it had some arguably great tracks and some really bad ones as well. But I'll die on this hill: Smoke+Mirrors is their best album and is their most adventurous and fulfilling experience yet. It's by no means an incredible album but I love it so much.

[@iamathousandapples]

ok having grown up through the age of peak Nickelback i think i might be able to explain it. I think people have a lot of misconceptions about why Nickelback is so loathed. Nickelback was so hated because they were the poster child of buttrock, a terrible genre and the degeneration of the grunge and alt-rock movements that essentially took over pop stations in the 2000s. they were a bad band, but definitely not the worst band of the 2000s. Puddle of Mudd, Buckcherry, and Hinder were all far worse bands but Nickelback ruled the radio. Much the same, Imagine Dragons ruled the radio for a genre that i can only describe as....Millennial Pop(seriously can we get a better name for this?) with far better contemporaries in Edward Sharpe, Grouplove, and Phoenix and far worse contemporaries in AJR and American Authors(did we give AA a pass to do whatever just cause they were in that eric andre episode once or something? ). Imagine Dragons is a symbol for this type of music and is thus beaten for all the phony magnanimous sounds that run commercials

[@ohsoedgy6888]

Theory of a Deadman and Five Finger Death Punch have always been worse

[@vfxninja5503]

Five Finger Death Punch's cover of Bad Company is categorical proof they can only make things worse.

[@thundrbaze]

I don’t like music that is overly repetitive, I know that music in a sense is supposed to be somewhat repetitive, however I’m not a huge fan of radio pop music because I find it obnoxious. But like he mentioned in the video they’re popular so they’re gonna get played everywhere I don’t think they’re terrible, I even like a few of their older songs because we don’t hear it as much

[@arcwiz]

Respect to you for defending the band, though I don't care for them due to the production (which I find very just sterile in Pop Rock). Pop Rock is just not a good genre tbh, cause there's much much better Pop music and Rock music that can be discovered

[@korance2808]

Imagine Dragons are a guilty pleasure of mine. Make no mistake, they're immensely oversaturated and they are cool to hate on, but I'll take them over other artists like AJR, Maroon 5 and Five Finger Death Punch.

[@vfxninja5503]

Imagine Dragons is the Ayreon/Dream Theater of growly white guys, weirdly lofty without really earning it. I say that despite liking a few of their songs for nostalgia factor.

[@arcwiz]

As much as I like early Dream Theater, I have to agree

[@patricklauer4452]

I absolutely agree with everything you said maybe I would thought they were the worst thing ever back in 2017 when the singles from evolve were inescapable but I’ve matured since then and don’t feel the same way anymore. I think Night Visions is a great album (though Demons is not good imo) and their newest one was surprisingly solid, plus unlike those other crap bands you mentioned the guys in imagine Dragons actually good people and Dan Reynolds gets a big thumbs up from me for supporting the LGBT community:) So no they definitely don’t deserve the hate

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

Angelic to the core

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

Timeless classic