everyone secretly likes coldplay. no joke.

a job at the guardians cultural section awaits

I will truly and absolutely affirm my hatred for coldplay here and now. If that chucklehead wasn't the vocalist, I sould probably simply loathe them. Until then, my hatred is unbridled.

That made sense in my head, I swear...

(I'll stand up for about... four tracks off the first album. But it's hardly an exemplar of its genre.)

I dont much like Coldplay, but in a very indifferent way (Clocks is ok in that pianoey "ooh ooh" bit tho).

Friend! Let us fight the evil together. With guns.

I live in a shoebox hidden under a rock in an underwater cave.

Ahem, like I said:

adding the effects pedals

IE, take songs. Add effects pedals. Gaze. BAD gaze.

No wait, I didn't like them then either.

If you're gonna rip off a band, at least rip off their GOOD album. For some reason, Coldplay bites The Bends, not OK Computer. The entire emo nation rips off godawful Pinkerton instead of the listenable blue one. Even The Killers sound more like Seven And The Ragged Tiger to me.

Coldplay = chillier version of same, actually if music has temperature, what Coldplay do is much more akin to "Ok Computer" just a more organic version of it with less interesting songs. (I say this when I consider that I never want to hear about a third of OKC ever again).

"Yellow" made me smile in a way.
I like "In my place" a lot.
The first track off the previous album, the one that's mostly bang bang bang bang, I think is OK.
The rest is a 'whatever'
The new single is an "outrageous" nick off their old stuff...

First and foremost, I like Coldplay. That particular song is not a particular favourite, even though I cannot say I have noticed there is considerably less of a tune there than on their other songs.

Some people hate melodies, some people hate ballads. The hatred against Coldplay (and Keane, and Travis) sees them united.

(Without saying things that are false and ridiculous, that is)

Coldplay are just the most recent example of the Black Sabbath/Gary Numan/Slowdive phenomenon wherein the artists most vilified by the contemporary hipsters turn out to be the ones with the greatest long-term musical merit.

meh

Hmmm.

Black Sabbath/Gary Numan/Slowdive

most vilified by the contemporary hipsters

i mean REALLY?

Actually, i don't actively listen to Coldplay (though they sound fine enough when I hear them down the pub).

I'm just aware of the weird Karmic rule:

Inexplicably vindictive hipster hate now = fanatical hipster love in the future.

blueski - the hatred towards The Human used to be unbelievable. Not far from character assassination level. I'd say much worse than towards Coldplay now.

what were 'hipsters' listening to in 1980?

Cassettes.

post-punk, plus ca change.

but lol@ premise of slowdive having "long-term musical merit".

long commercially viable career != musical merit

Shakin' Stevens

Cliff Richard

Dave Matthews Band

Embrace are gonna come out of this decade smelling of roses.

cuz they're a victimless crime?

Is that what they're doing now?

oh wait, they're big in England. Never mind.

x-post

THEY SUCK. thanks

Coldplay is proof that each musical era gets the Supertramp it deserves.

Coldplay and Supertramp have nothing in common except Supertramp, like Coldplay now, were absolutely brilliant in their heyday, producing some of the best albums ever made.

Coldplay < Supertramp < A cold tramp

o_O

I went into Paddy Power yesterday and put 50 quid on everyone liking Coldplay by 2017.

I also put a 20 quid side bet on everyone liking Embrace by 2027.

I'll be fucking quids in. You'll see.

I have to admit I still really like the break in "Clocks" with the piano riff and "ooh ooh" vocal line. Apart from that they're terribly dreary though. God, "Yellow" is so dull!

I just recently "Castles" compilation. Most of the stuff on there is better than their last studio album.

Especially that song about the "bigger faster car". The lyrics are totally lost on me but i like how petulant Chris Martin sounds on it.

Ah, "Bigger, Stronger". I like the first two albums a fair bit, the singles off X&Y didn't impress too much however.

Coldplay are just the most recent example of the Black Sabbath/Gary Numan/Slowdive phenomenon wherein the artists most vilified by the contemporary hipsters turn out to be the ones with the greatest long-term musical merit.

Probably how he seduced Gwyneth. I hardly think this type of bland Ikea-like concocted snooze muzak will even be remembered in ten years time. I should hope not. Well, would actually be great. I can actually snigger at the hipsters then.

it will be remembered in ten years simply because coldplay have a lifeline to keep producing boring records that people will hear whether they like it or not.

W/r/t the comment about hip-hoppers liking Coldplay, interesting that (some of them) also seem to like Supertramp, which keeps surprising me every time I hear that song.

Since I've never heard Coldplay, have no comment on the rest of this thread.

eww Yellow

rly that voice makes me gag

I like early Coldplay, but the newer stuff is complete drivel. Also, being friends with Jay-Z only makes you that more douchey.

The Eagles are still played today, and Coldplay (being the Eagles of today, which to me is a positive thing) will still be played in 30 years.

drivel otm, xcept i think that's even too much credit. i mean i've been known to like drivel.

oh geez i don't know if i can bear that, 30 yrs.

they need to sound more like Maroon 5

Surmounter, really, I'd rather eat canned peas and 'creamed' corn endlessly for 30 years than listen to Coldplay.

=P

they need to sound more like Maroon 5

Long as they write better tunes than Maroon 5 are able to do, it might be interesting to hear a one-off disco-influenced Coldplay-track like that latest Maroon 5 hit. It has to be more tuneful though.

Coldplay is ghastly, are you kidding?

Ahhh Coldplay...

They put on a spine tingling live show, seriously. I thought I was going to explode when Clocks climaxed... what a night. The first four tracks on X & Y vaguely represent an idea of my hypothetical greatest album ever. Bring on the fourth album, I say!

"everyone secretly likes coldplay. no joke.
Who? David Gray? Hum something.

The first four tracks on X & Y vaguely represent an idea of my hypothetical greatest album ever. Bring on the fourth album, I say!

so OTM

Yipes.

Der name allein ist programm. "Coldplay"! How offputting. Everyone secretly likes Coldplay: jokes, bruv.

I still maintain that Coldplay sounds like a homeless man's House of Love at times. Quasi-retarded lyrics with that slow, languid sound. No comparison quality wise, though. Though there's that one Coldplay song that ends in a coda like "Love In A Car."

The Eagles are still played today, and Coldplay (being the Eagles of today, which to me is a positive thing) will still be played in 30 years.

This makes sense to me. I guess both also attracted an outsized amount of vilification in their day (and still do). Neither is as bad as their detractors insist, but I'd also maintain that neither is as great as their most fervent fans insist, either. Both strike me as competent, consistent bands that have a nice way with melodies, but are lacking a bit in ambition (not in the commercial sense).