Coldplay

BTW: Why is this poll configured for multiple votes? That makes no sense with a yes/no question.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: There's already a poll about that very question ... btw: welcome to progarchives!

To be fair to the topic starter (welcome!), that other pole was restricted to choice without post option. This makes more sense.

I voted NO though. As much as I like Coldplay, they are not prog, unless you put them under the Art Rock category. The problem with that category is that so many bands and singers acn be put under it. Anyway, Muse is IMHO a far better candidate for inclusion than Coldplay.

coldplay are trash in bed.  I want men, not wet little school boys.

their music isn't up to much either. 

All that has to be said on the subject has been said over and over again in other threads ...

BTW: Muse are much more prog than Coldplay, and even they are not enough prog to be included in the archives.

King of Loss wrote: Hangedman wrote: Coldplay - good pop/rock band Agreed.

Also agreed.

It is obtuse to consider Coldplay prog, let alone a good band.  They are nothing like Radiohead. 

Coldplay are a dull, drab, whining little band.  The vocals are dreadful and the music totally uninteresting.  They are a success because of the marketing machine.  If people delved deeper they would find a whole host of bands who do the "coldplay" thing a thousand times better.  Check out The Gloria Record for instance.

If we, prog listeners, just accepted what was thrown at us by the marketeers of the major labels we would all be listening to cr*p and wouldn't have discovered the really interesting music this genre has to offer.  So why do this with mainstream pop?

Come on people, open your ears!