Critical Dissonance: Critics generally don't hold them in high regard, even the more mainstream ones. However, they have become popular enough to sell over 10 million albums and over 30 million tracks throughout their career.
Designated Hero: With a mixture of Fridge Horror, according toThe Music Video Show, Santa Claus in the video for "Shake It". He is helping people get to a Train concert with the help of a small snowglobe. It causes earthquakes, which possibly destroys some parts of the Earth and causing a security guard to put his job in trouble. All for people who want to go to a concert.
Funny Moments: The absurd deaths listed in "50 Ways to Say Goodbye". Even funnier in the video, with the other celebrities (including David Hasselhoff) fully buying Pat's Blatant Lies and a lion happily munching on a bra.
It's Popular, Now It Sucks!: Part of why older fans didn't take to the more "pop" sound the band developed at the end of the 2000s was due to the perception that their more "rustic" rock style was being abandoned just so they could be popular and have hits. It worked for the band, but a lot of dyed-in-the-wool fans gave up on them as a result.
Signature Song: "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" if you're an old fan; "Hey, Soul Sister" if you're a newer fan.
Suspiciously Similar Song: Listen to the beginning of "50 Ways to Say Goodbye", then listen to "Phantom of the Opera". It's almost exactly the same. Funnily enough, Andrew Lloyd Webber was accused of copying Pink Floyd's "Echoes", making it a Suspiciously Similar Song to another Suspiciously Similar Song, though for different reasons.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Fans of the band's roots rock sound of their first two albums and even their slightly more pop-rock sound of the two albums after that really didn't like the country pop sound they developed after "Hey, Soul Sister" got big.
The Music Video Show, Santa Claus in the video for "Shake It". He is helping people get to a Train concert with the help of a small snowglobe. It causes earthquakes, which possibly destroys some parts of the Earth and causing a security guard to put his job in trouble. All for people who want to go to a concert.