Coldplay - What is with them?
 

I suppose I just don't "get" them. Why are they so popular? Their music is bland, boring and depressing. Chris Martin is an egotistical dick. What am I missing with them?

No idea.

It seems everything they do, they're hailed as "musical geniuses".

The only song I like is Clocks, but even with that, the lyrics are daft.

I think it's just the usual media thing - they tell ppl they're great so ppl think they must be and have to listen to them.

Or something like that.

Don't know why - they're not exactly very rock'n'roll.

No, never said it was either - Jovi as a band are - but LH wasn't and was never meant to be. But this is a Coldplay thread so I'm just going to talk about them.

What really amazes me is how arrogant Chris Martin is. I remember the first ever interview I read with them in Q years back and he actually said something like "we'll never be up there with the likes of Bon Jovi", but now he thinks he walks on water and has the biggest band in the world.

Which, erm, they don't really - but the media seem determined to turn them into it.

I love them, great band. Their songs are meaningful...I don't see them as dull at all. Sure, some of them are slightly depressing, but hey. I think they are one of the best.

I like the music I've heard from them (like, all the singles after their first album ... Yellow and Trouble never really did anything for me), but not enough to actually buy anything of theirs. They're listenable enough, they've got some fairly decent hooks, and songs like The Scientist are genuinely moving. That's about as far as I go though, they're not IMO nearly exciting enough to get more of a reaction out of me, not when I've got stuff like Jeff Buckley or Damien Rice to listen to instead, and not when I probably should check out more Radiohead stuff and see what the fuss is about there

A don't mind a few songs but um yeah, I don't really get them either :/

Um, what is there not to get? lol

easy to listen to inoffensive (or bland if you must) music appeals to a massive range of people.

amy winehouse anyone? bryan adams, even bon jovi... it's coffee table music anyone can "get" there's not much effort needed to listen and appreciate them as opposed to someone like say floyd or radiohead where there's alot more to their music than just 4 chord pop songs.

that's pretty much it.


walrus what you need to do right now is: go to amazon and buy the bends. wait for it to arrive, listen, thank me.

Oh Pink Floyd, they just take me to a whole new world. Love 'em.

The only way I can listen to Coldplay is after a lot of tequilla :rolleyes:

They're cool, an ex-girlfriend burned me a mix cd with a bunch of their songs. Most of them are cool to listenable.

I see it's a pretty mixed thread here, but I think Coldplay are fantastic. Listening to the new album for the umpteenth time right now. It seems like their music and lyrics have matured greatly on Viva la Vida. A fantastic album.

Coldplay - What is with them?
 

I think what people don't 'get' about Coldplay is how they can be so popular and how everytime they have an album out, they're EVERYWHERE, when really, their music is nothing special. It's ok, it's listenable and it's extremely middle of the road, so on that sense most people can enjoy it.

I like coldplay.
There music is catchy and they seem to pick the right singles to bring out

You are not the only one. I think they suck too.

I thought they sucked to for the longest time believe it or not. Slowly they grew on me and right after Rush of Blood was released I was instantly grabbed. I couldn't agree more though, their music can be heard as boring and bland. With the meaning behind the songs and really laying down and listening to some of them really takes everything into perspective. They are great. They are great at what they do. Go to a live show and your perspective might change. It certainly opened up some new doors with their music because they were fantastic.

Ryan

The Scientist is beautiful.

That and In My Place, was played at my friend's memorial at school. When we was just 15. :( So hard to listen to now...but both brilliant songs. Along with plenty other songs they have done.

Boo @ people not liking them.

i really don't like them either.

was reading a review yesterday and the critic was saying how they turn people into 'pod people', even though their music is boring loads and loads of people buy the albums. thought that was quite funny.

just bland and ubiquitous....and they spawned crap like James Blunt, Keane and other tosh like that.

As Jim said, they are easy to listen to. It's really that simple. It doesn't take much to get into them, just put on a cd and I'm positive there's something there for every listener. The new album is class. Good live band too.

Try and see past the 'Chris Martin is a twat' thing.

Why is Chris Martin a twat?!

I've always liked him, because he seems so down-to-earth. And..."normal"

You can just imagine him being the local in the pub, or something.

Very true. But trying to beat up photographers and walking out of interviews makes people have their doubts.

I would see them live if only to hear Fix you. One of my best songs ever.

I like some of there older stuff but am more of a fan of the last 2 albums.

I've always liked Chris Martin but lately he seems to big for his boots.

there are 4 people in the world of music who are more twatty than chris martin.

in no particular order:

bono
bob geldof
music critics
axl rose

What you saying about Bono?!!?????????!?!!?

:o:(

Actually, I like all 3 of them. :(

I was gonna say the exact same thing. But without Bob Geldof.

So, Bono tries to do right in the world...and this is how he gets treated. :(

He's awesome.

he's a pontificating arse.

cool band but he could do with shutting the **** up now and again.

He's trying to make a difference, and use his fame to do so. Like a lot more "celebs" should. At least he actually cares.

Hey Jim, sssh. She's taking it out on me.

Couldn't have said it much better myself. If Coldplay are still around in 10 years time I predict Chris Martin will over take Bono in twattyness.

My opinions of U2 and Coldplay are very similar. I'm trying to enjoy Coldplay for the time being, until they start spurting out rubbish like How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.

Il'll add Thom Yorke from Radiohead to that list. I read a review of one of their concerts, apparently he told the crowd they should have come on bikes and to save the planet etc etc. F that If I go to a gig I dont need a lecture on the ways of the world!!

Really? Then they should play acoustic guitars and not electric. Y'know, to save electricity and all.

I'm all happy with celebs doing their bit for the world, it pleases me to see it happening. But they need to draw a line at times. I couldn't be doing with Bono ramming 3rd world poverty down my neck after having paid 60 odd quid for a ticket to one of his shows. I pay money for shows to be entertained, not lectured.

Well, us fans don't mind him doing that. :) It brings something to the show. He also does it in an entertaining way. He's a hero...I don't care what anybody says.

I'm a big fan of both Coldplay and U2. And as I mentioned before, Coldplay is yet to get too much like U2 in the sense that they're preaching during live shows but if they were to get like this I'd have a problem with it. It's not entertaining, it's annoying.

I think it's great some of the work Bono does, I really do, but he isn't a hero and he certainly won't end poverty no matter how much he appears to believe he will. He isn't the only person in this world to do charity work, there are a lot of 'heros' that fail to get recognised.

Aloha !

He's not a hero. He's an annoying twat with a falsetto voice and rubbish piano music. If you're in a band and you're most played in supermarkets you're doing it wrong. ****ing awful band.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

bingo.

ive been to some overblown pompous gigs in my time but nothing even came close to u2 showing us videos of starving orphans and bono yapping on as if he was the dalai lama.

we know the script bono but just stfu and do what we're paying you to do.

radiohead actually go to much expense on their own backs to make their tours carbon neutral.

bono on the other hand flies his hats around in private jets.