I never understood the love or the hate for Coldplay. I think the best quote I ever read about them was “Coldplay is the musical representation of the color beige”.
I have the same reaction to just about everything from Smashing Pumpkins and a good chunk of System of a Down’s songs. And yet, I also like classic Queensryche stuff. Go figure.
There are far worse songs about trying to change your partner, which is still a better theme than desperately trying to convince someone they should be your partner. But a catchy tune can make up for some pretty pathetic lyrics.
I’m not a huge fan but they make some good music. I really liked their debut album but completely fell off by the time they released that Daft Punk ripoff
Side note about that track: You don’t even have to change the bpm or key. Just put the tracks on top of each other and line it up. It’s nearly the same song with different vocals
Maybe I should listen to a whole album before making a final decision, but every time I hear a Coldplay song it’s always just seemed terribly boring. Like someone doing a bad cover of a song I already didn’t like that much in the first place lol
Well, there’s pretty much no artist that appeals to everyone so it’s not surprising to hear. There’s a lot of popular artists I just can’t get into, too!
I don’t listen to Coldplay when I want to listen to something I want to jam to.
I play it on the way home so I have something other than the constant drone of tires on a highway and passing vehicles to listen to. It doesn’t have to be groundbreaking, I don’t want something that will truly distract my driving.
That said, I only have like three songs i don’t just immediately skip.
Not an avid listener, but The Scientist (2002, so… old) really sunk in for me when I heard it. His voice gets criticized but I think it fits in perfectly with that song’s subject matter as an exploration of grief and unsuccessfully trying to confront trauma with reason and logic.
Haven’t listened to anything newer that that, so ignorance is bliss over here!
If you’ve never seen the video, this is a rare example where it adds really valuable context to the song itself.
That probably explains why I hate cold play and while Radiohead is not my taste at other than a few here and there, I definitely get why people like them
They were playing at a festival I went to back around when Clocks came out and they were getting massive. I went to the second stage and watched Feeder instead. Best decision ever. Their album at the time was Comfort in Sound and you could feel the emotion the band were still feeling after their drummer’s suicide on top of that they seemed really appreciative of the crowd watching them instead of Coldplay.
I never have understood what the appeal of Coldplay was lol
I never understood the love or the hate for Coldplay. I think the best quote I ever read about them was “Coldplay is the musical representation of the color beige”.
Chris Martin’s vouce annoys me like no other. “Fix you” is in my opinion one of the worst, whiniest songs ever. I can’t stand it.
If Thom Yorke forgot to write a good song because he was too busy banging anorexic girls.
I have the same reaction to just about everything from Smashing Pumpkins and a good chunk of System of a Down’s songs. And yet, I also like classic Queensryche stuff. Go figure.
There are far worse songs about trying to change your partner, which is still a better theme than desperately trying to convince someone they should be your partner. But a catchy tune can make up for some pretty pathetic lyrics.
According to Coldplay themselves, in a lyrical tour de force, “it was all yellow”
Look at my reply to the previous comment. I think we basically both said the same thing at the same time lol
I’m not a huge fan but they make some good music. I really liked their debut album but completely fell off by the time they released that Daft Punk ripoff
Side note about that track: You don’t even have to change the bpm or key. Just put the tracks on top of each other and line it up. It’s nearly the same song with different vocals
Maybe I should listen to a whole album before making a final decision, but every time I hear a Coldplay song it’s always just seemed terribly boring. Like someone doing a bad cover of a song I already didn’t like that much in the first place lol
Well, there’s pretty much no artist that appeals to everyone so it’s not surprising to hear. There’s a lot of popular artists I just can’t get into, too!
I don’t listen to Coldplay when I want to listen to something I want to jam to.
I play it on the way home so I have something other than the constant drone of tires on a highway and passing vehicles to listen to. It doesn’t have to be groundbreaking, I don’t want something that will truly distract my driving.
That said, I only have like three songs i don’t just immediately skip.
I think better than listening to traffic is their slogan.
(I have no actual opinion on Coldplay. I don’t know why I’m joining in on the bashing…)
Which tracks?
Get Lucky and…I think the Coldplay song is called Adventure of a Lifetime
[Edit] I forgot how bad the music video was
That was very unpleasant to watch. I had to stop a few minutes in. Oof.
The animation reminds me of early Cool 3d World animations and not in a good way.
Yeah I have no idea what they were thinking, it looks so cheap. Either fully commit to the bit of janky graphics or don’t use them at all.
Not an avid listener, but The Scientist (2002, so… old) really sunk in for me when I heard it. His voice gets criticized but I think it fits in perfectly with that song’s subject matter as an exploration of grief and unsuccessfully trying to confront trauma with reason and logic.
Haven’t listened to anything newer that that, so ignorance is bliss over here!
If you’ve never seen the video, this is a rare example where it adds really valuable context to the song itself.
Always understood the appeal to be explained as Radiohead Lite
See also: Travis
And snowpatrol
And Keane
That probably explains why I hate cold play and while Radiohead is not my taste at other than a few here and there, I definitely get why people like them
Radiohead, but Thom Yorke is on vacation so they just hire someone from the local art school to write songs instead.
I thought The Smile is Radiohead Lite.
The smile is Radiohead Shite
Viva la Vida is pretty good. Other than that one track I don’t really care for them
Isn’t that the one they ripped off from Joe Satriani?
Idk I just like the song.
If I Could Fly
They were playing at a festival I went to back around when Clocks came out and they were getting massive. I went to the second stage and watched Feeder instead. Best decision ever. Their album at the time was Comfort in Sound and you could feel the emotion the band were still feeling after their drummer’s suicide on top of that they seemed really appreciative of the crowd watching them instead of Coldplay.
Silly fucks, finding some semblance of joy in this broken world… Let’s make them feel bad about it!