Coldplay

sweet_nothing · 05-24-2008, 10:53 PM

I like them. :/

Rainard Jalen · 05-25-2008, 02:21 AM

I like a few of their songs. I think Rush Of Blood To The Head is a fairly good album in that they developed a pretty interesting sound. In fact I'd say all round they can probably be credited with not being faceless and having their own allotment on the sonic field so to speak. But with that said, a lot of the songs are just so innocuous and banal, and the lyrical content so mundane. So there is only so far I can go with liking this band.

But I do have good memories associated with them. I remember a really shitty winter job I was working after finishing hischool back in 2000, and the only consolation was hearing Trouble blurting through the radio system over and over again, every single day.

Piss Me Off · 05-25-2008, 04:26 AM

Shiver is the only song i really get excited over. Reminds me a lot of Radiohead - Creep though. The rest just seems to morph into one mesh of 'meh' though.

sweet_nothing · 05-25-2008, 04:41 AM

why are they always compared to radiohead? coldplay>radiohead.....yeh i said it.

Piss Me Off · 05-25-2008, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

why are they always compared to radiohead? coldplay>radiohead.....yeh i said it.

Because a lot of their stuff sounds like The Bends.
Edit: 1000th post? whey.

adidasss · 05-25-2008, 05:49 AM

It seems no British rock band can escape the comparison with Radiohead. It's getting quite tedious...

Rainard Jalen · 05-25-2008, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

It seems no British rock band can escape the comparison with Radiohead. It's getting quite tedious...

I think it's just that a number of post-britpop bands in particular, namely the likes of Coldplay, Athelete and Keane, are clearly influenced by what Radiohead did with guitar music rather than the more general tradition of 90s britpop, so they end up compared.

With that said, I agree that it's tedious, since the aims of these bands are entirely different. At the essence, Coldplay and Radiohead have virtually nothing in common at all. Coldplay's a pop band, and one of the better ones in British music at the moment.

Bangin Drums · 05-25-2008, 03:57 PM

does anyone know if their new cd is any good?
i think i might tell my girlfriend to get it for me
when she leaves work.

adidasss · 05-25-2008, 04:03 PM

It hasn't come out yet....

Bangin Drums · 05-25-2008, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

It hasn't come out yet....

really? i thought itunes had it under new releases...

...oh damn, it's listed as a pre-oder lol

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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Shiver is the only song i really get excited over. Reminds me a lot of Radiohead - Creep though. The rest just seems to morph into one mesh of 'meh' though. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	It seems no British rock band can escape the comparison with Radiohead. It's getting quite tedious... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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05-24-2008, 10:53 PM	#121 (permalink)
sweet_nothing Da Hiphopopotamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: cloud cuckoo land Posts: 4,034	I like them. :/

05-25-2008, 02:21 AM	#122 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	I like a few of their songs. I think Rush Of Blood To The Head is a fairly good album in that they developed a pretty interesting sound. In fact I'd say all round they can probably be credited with not being faceless and having their own allotment on the sonic field so to speak. But with that said, a lot of the songs are just so innocuous and banal, and the lyrical content so mundane. So there is only so far I can go with liking this band. But I do have good memories associated with them. I remember a really shitty winter job I was working after finishing hischool back in 2000, and the only consolation was hearing Trouble blurting through the radio system over and over again, every single day.