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Topic: Coldplay
Posted By: wtmoore
Subject: Coldplay
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 06:40



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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 06:50
No and this poll shouldn't be here either!

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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 07:17
There's already a poll about that very question ... btw: welcome to progarchives!

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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:13

Totally agree with Snow Dog - must be the dumbest poll ever.

Great band anyway.



Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:19

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



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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:13
I think it's for those who can't make up their mind....


Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:17

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia 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.



Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:22
Coldplay - good pop/rock band


Posted By: omar progriguez
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:32

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

their music isn't up to much either. 



Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:40
Originally posted by omar progriguez omar progriguez wrote:

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



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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:44

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.



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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 10:49

Originally posted by Hangedman Hangedman wrote:

Coldplay - good pop/rock band

Agreed.



Posted By: Coya
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 13:59
Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

Originally posted by Hangedman Hangedman wrote:

Coldplay - good pop/rock band

Agreed.

Also agreed.



Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:08
NEVER!!!!

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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 02:33
when Coldplay gets put in I think we can cease calling it progarchives

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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 08:49

Coldplay: good band. Many proggers like the band, that's why the question is not so strange as it seems. It's not prog, though, so they shouldn't be in the PA.

Has the topic already been covered several times? I'm surprised. But hey, I'm only 3 months hanging out on this forum. I'm practically a newbie  .

Still, the search function is a great help to avert the (not so blind) fury of the forum veterans  .

 



Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 16:36

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!



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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 16:38
Nope. Good, but not prog.

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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 18:08
They are a great pop/rock band, but if you wanna know, even the best pop/rock band to ever exist is f**k*n awful, so...

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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 18:17

Originally posted by Borealis Borealis wrote:

They are a great pop/rock band, but if you wanna know, even the best pop/rock band to ever exist is f**k*n awful, so...



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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 19:09
Coldplay. A band for 14 year old schoolgirls. Sound like prog? I think not.


Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 19:35
Yeah I agree with everyone else so far. They're a good pop/rock band but not prog. NetsNJFan is absolutely right. If this sight keeps adding bands that aren't really prog they might as well just call it RockArchives.com.


Posted By: Maike
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 20:07
I cant believe this crap. If Coldplay deserves to be in the progarchives why
not Deep Purple or Simple Minds. We had this conversation in recent
posts. I dont want to ear it again Mr. go to your bed this instance



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Posted By: Maike
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 20:08
first post and all this controversy... wada you say about that???


Posted By: Plenilunio
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 22:34
Don't you see irony?, this lad is doing a good sarcasm about how easily non-prog bands enter to prog archives, If I understand as this, I agree with wtmoore.


Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 22:41

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Coldplay. A band for 14 year old schoolgirls. Sound like prog? I think not.

NO way!! !



Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 23:21

 COLPLAY TOO POP.!!!



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Posted By: Gluonio
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 09:47
No way!!!!!!

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Posted By: Humanizzimo
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 10:18
I dont like Radiohead and Coldplay...too sad music for me!

When i dont listen to prog rock, i listen to hard rock!

And Party Everyday


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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 11:28

i hate Coldplay:

it sounds like a cream for teenagers' face!



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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 11:53
Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

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!



What he said!

Plus I find them to be simply sloppy and painful to watch live.


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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 13:09

I like Coldplay are pretty cool...

...but on this site?

NO



Posted By: AcostaFulano
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 13:51

Their music is catchy and their lyrics are ok too, but it shouldnt be in progarchives.

Its a good band IMO



Posted By: edge
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 14:10
Coldplay should not be put here, It's not a good band and it doesn't resemble radiohead in any way


Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 14:14

Coldplay is a good band!

I love them! POPPY-PROG



Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 14:17

Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

Plus I find them to be simply sloppy and painful to watch live.

They're absolutely stellar live.



Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 05:34

They grow on me with each single and each album. They're not bad. I like their lyrics and their compositions, although simple are polished and rich in melody.

Someone said they were a band for 14 year old girls, but to be honest I'm not aware of anyone under 28 or so, liking them. They seem to be the sort of band that lovey dovey middle class couples go and see together; or a token guitar band for people who dont normally listern to guitar based music.

They're one of the better mainstream acts around at the moment, but they have no place here IMO..



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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 06:14
Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 06:30

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

How is that relevant here?  Borealis has made no mention of 13 yrs old kids in regard to coldplay?



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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 06:38
Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

How is that relevant here?  Borealis has made no mention of 13 yrs old kids in regard to coldplay?

Coldplay and SOAD have in common that they are not bands for kids. So, both comments have in common that they don't reflect the situation in the real world.

Not every band that makes video clips and is played on MTV is for kids.



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Posted By: jitu
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 08:05

Originally posted by Humanizzimo Humanizzimo wrote:

I dont like Radiohead and Coldplay...too sad music for me!

When i dont listen to prog rock, i listen to hard rock!

And Party Everyday

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Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 08:22

I'm actually in agreement with the statement that Coldplay is for 14 year old school girls but for an entirely different reason because it was ME who was a 14year old school girl when I discovered the beauty of Coldplay. However...all the other girls in my dull generic-thinking single-sex school hated Coldplay and mocked me. They were too into Hip-hop, Rap and Green Day. Get the gist of what I mean??

The truth is that I ADORE Coldplay. If it wasn't for Chris Martins romantic lyrics and emotionally driven voice then I'd probably have killed myself while having to go to such a tasteless hell-hole of a school and living in such a community.  (sorry to be overly-dramatic)

YET... Coldplay may have good guitar riffs and chordal progression and a lovely sleepy-voiced leader but that's as far as the similarities with Radiohead go. I love Radiohead (who are a little bit darker in their themes and experimental than CP) too but *neither* are prog! Just because something is fantastic doesn't mean it's in the prog-rock style. Someone on these forums said that there's a difference between being 'progressive' and being in the 'Progressive' Rock genre...and they were absolutely right. Don't get me wrong- some of Radiohead's songs certainly sound like progressive rock (eg: Paranoid Android is unmistakably one) but Thom yorke has really confessed to disliking the idea of Progessive Rock as a genre all together. Coldplay and Radiohead are BRIT POP! There's really no two ways about it.

But I can see why you'rd question the possibilities when after listening to Genesis' Carpet Crawlers then Coldplay's Sparks, you could almost call then one-in-the-same.

*Starette wacks Spectral over the head with a baton several times till his brain starts to show then rolls him up in a carpet and throws him to the lions but not before giving him a hefty does of heroin* You may not have noticed Spectral but in all the times I've seen you on this site, i appear to have developed a rather large dislike of you and your petty short-sited viewpoints.

My ex-bf is into SOAD. God help him. I wouldn't recommend that type of crap to anyone unless they're just looking for beer-drinking songs or something to get high to.

 



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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 08:41
Originally posted by Starette Starette wrote:

I'm actually in agreement with the statement that Coldplay is for 14 year old school girls but for an entirely different reason because it was ME who was a 14year old school girl when I discovered the beauty of Coldplay. However...all the other girls in my dull generic-thinking single-sex school hated Coldplay and mocked me. They were too into Hip-hop, Rap and Green Day. Get the gist of what I mean??

I think the gist is that Colplay is not for 14 year old school girls ... you seem to be an exception. I think that 90% of the current 14 year old schoolgirls would describe Coldplay as "boring", or "lame", or "too old". 



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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 11:37
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Starette Starette wrote:

I'm actually in agreement with the statement that Coldplay is for 14 year old school girls but for an entirely different reason because it was ME who was a 14year old school girl when I discovered the beauty of Coldplay. However...all the other girls in my dull generic-thinking single-sex school hated Coldplay and mocked me. They were too into Hip-hop, Rap and Green Day. Get the gist of what I mean??

I think the gist is that Colplay is not for 14 year old school girls ... you seem to be an exception. I think that 90% of the current 14 year old schoolgirls would describe Coldplay as "boring", or "lame", or "too old". 

Yea, I would agree with you there. They'd much prefer to listen to IMo, Hip hop or Rap?



Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 12:52
Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

Plus I find them to be simply sloppy and painful to watch live.

They're absolutely stellar live.



Maybe something amazing happened after I fell asleep, then.


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Posted By: richeym
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 13:14
just cos Coldplay rip off Radiohead, who are fairly proggy, doesnt make Coldplay prog.


Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 15:02

Originally posted by richeym richeym wrote:

just cos Coldplay rip off Radiohead, who are fairly proggy, doesnt make Coldplay prog.

Could you give me some examples of Coldplay ripping off Radiohead?



Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 15:06
Coldplay = striaght pop

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Posted By: DeathRow
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 15:27
I like the piano based melodies, but it's just simple pop music, nice to hear on the radio, but nothing to listen to for a complete album.

Boring |)

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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:29

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

How is that relevant here?  Borealis has made no mention of 13 yrs old kids in regard to coldplay?

Coldplay and SOAD have in common that they are not bands for kids. So, both comments have in common that they don't reflect the situation in the real world.

Not every band that makes video clips and is played on MTV is for kids.

That really affected you, right?

Well, actually, just to make a statement, I do not says that system of a down or coldplay (Although I do not remember saying anything about coldplay being for 13 year old kids...) is MADE for kids, but no matter what the intention is, it IS people from 13-16 year old mainly who listen to them. The music industry (MTV, etc...) probably aim these ages as a public with Soad.

I am 16, and all I hear is people listening to system of a down, so there is on megadeth, metallica and iron maiden. My sister, who is 13, says that everyone listen to system of a down (even a lot of girl, to impress boys probably) because they says it's 'cool'. I don't know what where the intention of soad, but that are the results...



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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:33
Originally posted by Borealis Borealis wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

That really affected you, right?

Well, actually, just to make a statement, I do not says that system of a down or coldplay (Although I do not remember saying anything about coldplay being for 13 year old kids...) is MADE for kids, but no matter what the intention is, it IS people from 13-16 year old mainly who listen to them. The music industry (MTV, etc...) probably aim these ages as a public with Soad.

I am 16, and all I hear is people listening to system of a down, so there is on megadeth, metallica and iron maiden. My sister, who is 13, says that everyone listen to system of a down (even a lot of girl, to impress boys probably) because they says it's 'cool'. I don't know what where the intention of soad, but that are the results...

It didn't affect me at all ... and you said that, didn't you? Anyway, I can only say that the 13-15 year old kids that I know don't like SOAD. And certainly not Coldplay. But German kids are surely different ... they can't understand the lyrics, to start with.



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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:43
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Borealis Borealis wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Borealis recently said that SOAD was for 13 year old kids ... doesn't make sense to me, neither with SOAD nor Coldplay.

That really affected you, right?

Well, actually, just to make a statement, I do not says that system of a down or coldplay (Although I do not remember saying anything about coldplay being for 13 year old kids...) is MADE for kids, but no matter what the intention is, it IS people from 13-16 year old mainly who listen to them. The music industry (MTV, etc...) probably aim these ages as a public with Soad.

I am 16, and all I hear is people listening to system of a down, so there is on megadeth, metallica and iron maiden. My sister, who is 13, says that everyone listen to system of a down (even a lot of girl, to impress boys probably) because they says it's 'cool'. I don't know what where the intention of soad, but that are the results...

It didn't affect me at all ... and you said that, didn't you? Anyway, I can only say that the 13-15 year old kids that I know don't like SOAD. And certainly not Coldplay. But German kids are surely different ... they can't understand the lyrics, to start with.

Well, I live in Québec, which is the french part of Canada, and no one here understand the lyrics eithier (well, english is the second language here, so some might if they check in the booklet, but anyway...). I don't know your age, but I can says that these kind of music really are popular here. Maybe the fact we are over the USA, and so awfully influenced by this country, explain the popularity...

I would also says that Coldplay isn't much popular here, by the way.



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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 09:47
NO

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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 10:02
Yes why not and after them we can add Blur they are progressive to, and maybe we should add Garbage and Abba a 70s Swedish  progressive disco band 


Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 12:27

Not a chance...Coldplay define the term 'overrated'; in the UK at least, you can't move for someone trying to ram down your throat how 'brilliant' and 'amazing' their albums are. I can't see it at all- to me it's just dull, post Radiohead indie.

The difference between Radiohead and Coldplay is that Radiohead are anything but formulaic, and are constantly innovating new sounds- Coldplay are not. It wouldn't surprise me if somebody said 'where are Keane on this site' just because they have keyboards and 'sound like Radiohead'...



Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 12:50
Originally posted by felixxx felixxx wrote:

Yes why not and after them we can add Blur they are progressive to, and
maybe we should add Garbage and Abba a 70s Swedish  progressive
disco band 


Why such strong reactions?

No one can seriously suggest Coldplay to be prog, so you don't have to panic about it.

Just enjoy the fantastic and fresh album that goes by the name of "X&Y" .


Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 12:50

Why is everyon comparing them to Radiohead? They seem more like Travis to me, which is equally average and boring.

BTW: Does anyone of you know The Electric Soft Pared - The American Adventure? THAT's a good example of what interesting British pop can be like!



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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 17:00

NO

please..



Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 14:51
May I then, suggest "Ashley Simpson" ?. Listen to "Pieces of me", it has a constant intensity and mood change throughout.


Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:43
Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by felixxx felixxx wrote:

Yes why not and after them we can add Blur they are progressive to, and
maybe we should add Garbage and Abba a 70s Swedish  progressive
disco band 


Why such strong reactions?

No one can seriously suggest Coldplay to be prog, so you don't have to panic about it.

Just enjoy the fantastic and fresh album that goes by the name of "X&Y" .


I'm in total agreement with above statment if anyone is interested.
No? OK move on..
nothing to see here....





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Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:45
Coldplay should NOT be added to any prog site!!!

They're a decent POP rock band, though.

Yeah, I'm an honest person.


Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 15:53

Originally posted by felixxx felixxx wrote:

Yes why not and after them we can add Blur they are progressive to, and maybe we should add Garbage and Abba a 70s Swedish  progressive disco band 

 

 "Progressive disco band " ????....Jajajajaja.     Now, THAT IS FUNNY ¡¡¡¡.

  Prog fans must stop thinking what band should be added to the genre. Or one day I´ll be reading reviews on Black Sabath´s one-idea-per-song-albums in this site.



Posted By: transend
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 19:22

I like Coldplay, good band...but they shouldnt be here....

But then, neither should Radiohead, Opeth, voivod...etc etc...

Coldplay's use of keyboards certainly out progs Radiohead.

Oh, wait, Black sabbath and Venom, they are two that should be here also...

Death metal? Long songs? concept albums...yep Venom has em all.

Actually for that matter, so does Elton John and Chicago...

Anyone get my point yet?



Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 20:26
Yes, isn't Radiohead "alternative rock"? Though I must say they've been getting very experimental...but still, prog? Hmm...


Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 06:50
Face it, if you like Coldplay, SoaD, Franz Ferdinand, etc, etc, then you like mass-marketed talentless drivel. Just accept that you're easily pleased, and be comfortable with it, so you don't have to try and validate it or justify your tastes.

I'm the same way, when my brain hurts from complicated music, sometimes I sit back and enjoy a nice slice of the mass-marketed talentless drivel known as Rammstein. I don't pretend they're a mature band..


Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 07:15
Coldplay is in fact a great pop band, with their catchy, mellow and simple tunes. I think they are a good choice for proggers tired of complexity...

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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 07:33
Absolutely not. But, I do think they're a great band!


Posted By: rockandrail
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 08:28
Originally posted by transend transend wrote:

I like Coldplay, good band...but they shouldnt be here....

But then, neither should Radiohead, Opeth, voivod...etc etc...

Coldplay's use of keyboards certainly out progs Radiohead.

Oh, wait, Black sabbath and Venom, they are two that should be here also...

Death metal? Long songs? concept albums...yep Venom has em all.

Actually for that matter, so does Elton John and Chicago...

Anyone get my point yet?

There are prog elements in Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Blue Moves". Chicago (I, II, III and half VII) is certainly as prog as Deep Purple, Queen or Black Sabbath, in a different subgenre (jazz-prog? Frontier-prog?).

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Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:03

Boy ¡¡. that piano and drum intro in "Clocks" is pure prog ¡¡. Yes, Coldplay must be in this site ¡¡¡

...You see ?...Please stop wondering what should be prog or not. When something is prog it sounds and feels as progressive rock, not like anything else.

 For that reason we have all these Canterbury movement bands all around with their flat classic rock music making me feel I still have too much to listen to about prog. Then when I finally get them, I feel like I´ve lost time looking for them.

 What is Queen doing in this site?, Queen II has a small song near the end with some little details that could belong to a standard prog album. So what?. Having Queen in this site just turns them from a great Rock pop band, into a mediocre prog band. Something worse would happen to Coldplay and many others if they were considered prog. 



Posted By: Kris_man
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:09
Originally posted by omar progriguez omar progriguez wrote:

I want men, not wet little school boys.



I should certainly hope so


Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:23

Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

Face it, if you like Coldplay, SoaD, Franz Ferdinand, etc, etc, then you like mass-marketed talentless drivel. Just accept that you're easily pleased, and be comfortable with it, so you don't have to try and validate it or justify your tastes.

I'm the same way, when my brain hurts from complicated music, sometimes I sit back and enjoy a nice slice of the mass-marketed talentless drivel known as Rammstein. I don't pretend they're a mature band..

You know. I used to feel the same thing about pop. ..Now I don´t consider making good and catchy pop is a proof of lack of talent. At all.

If that was true, The Beatles would have to be considered talentless. And They wrote and performed beautiful, exciting and very interesting music. Pop music that was nowhere near of being talentless. "Elenor rigby" could be considered very simple and whatever you might say. Still, it required of a lot of talent to make it that enjoyable. The same I could say about dozens of pop songs of the 80´s which I love.

Pop and prog are just different, and they are consumed in different ways. Both enjoyable as they are and for what they are. Some of us may find more pleasure listening to music when it is prog, but that doesn´t necesarily make the music better. Better for what?. Would a christmas song be crap just for not being Prog?. Would you sing "Locomotive Breath" in front of the neighbor´s door. ?

 



Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 10:35

Coldplay dont belong here because they dont have the technical abilaty requred to perform prog

For that matter radiohead dont belong anywhere near this sit for the same reason 



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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 12:33
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Coldplay dont belong here because they dont have the technical abilaty requred to perform prog


Pink Floyd, anyone..?


Posted By: ShaunoNoNo
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 13:26

Hell no.

Coldplay are awful.



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Posted By: TheAnalogKid
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 21:32
I love Coldplay but they definatly don't belong here.

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Posted By: Angeldust
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 21:33

Bands such as Archive and Radiohead are included here.Ok their music is a bit different but these bands are a part of the brit-pop culture.So it's up to the webmaster i suppose....Why don't you add blur ?Such a great band  (ok maybe i am kidding,but they are really really  great  )

 



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Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 21:35

Originally posted by eduardossc eduardossc wrote:

May I then, suggest "Ashley Simpson" ?. Listen to "Pieces of me", it has a constant intensity and mood change throughout.

 I insist ¡¡¡



Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 21:51
Let´s add Coldplay like a Prog-pop band. There´s "new age-prog" with vangelis. I see canterbury´s classic rock too. I see phsiquedelic prog....there are so many pseudo prog bands that coldplay should be awarded a new prog label; PROG-POP. Just for that piano and drum intro in "clocks", pure beauty. 


Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:00

no of course not.

lets add backstreet boys



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Posted By: Angeldust
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:11
Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

no of course not.

lets add backstreet boys

Hey,come on..They've got nothing to do with them...Coldplay is not a band based on the beauty of each member...They are focused on the music..And they've done some great albums too...Anyway,this may be my opinion.But i 'm sure that many agree with me...



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Posted By: mortem
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:12
wow, no, they don't belong here... Coldplay is so overrated

..and btw, Radiohead may not be prog, but they do rock


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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:20

GREAT BAND!!

not prog...at all



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Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: November 02 2005 at 15:53
I hate you all that say Coldplay suck! They don't suck, I love Coldplay. It's just sort of spacey music. They're not prog, no not at all.

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Posted By: TamedLamia
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 14:06
Originally posted by Starette Starette wrote:

But I can see why you'rd question the possibilities when after listening to Genesis' Carpet Crawlers then Coldplay's Sparks, you could almost call then one-in-the-same.

 

Then you HAVE TO check out Elbow (if you haven't yet), their "Scattered Black and Whites" sounds like the little bro of CC and with Guy Garvey's voice it gets very gabrielic too

 

I do like Coldplay (and I am 37 and can play inside my head the whole "Gates of Delirium" to avoid the believe that I am too dull for "real" prog)

Well, I don't know Radiohead (yet) so I am not sure what makes a band "prog" in your eyes.

I can't help the feeling most people dislike Coldplay only because they are really successful

Someone hinted Pink Floyd. I hint them too. But before the "Coldplay is f...ing pop-Folks" get a heartattack leave them out

If we are at least allowed to talk about them on the non-prog part or whereever...

 



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Posted By: shyman
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 16:08
Coldplay is probably one of the best, or at least most interesting options to look for in mainstream music today. Even their first album, "Parachutes" had some kind of 'dark' aura that maybe got lost in the next records. But again, they are not progressive at all and thus they shouldn't be included here. I think that this is one of the cases when you can say a band is not progressive. There are other more difficult cases like Radiohead or Muse, but in the case of Coldplay the thing is clear.


Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: December 24 2005 at 01:27
Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

Originally posted by Hangedman Hangedman wrote:

Coldplay - good pop/rock band

Agreed.



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Posted By: Someo Therguy
Date Posted: December 24 2005 at 01:31
I just watched Coldplay on a Tee Vee concert. If that's prog, I'm gonna grow a beard and join the Taliban.


Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: December 24 2005 at 02:01
No, it seems that more and more bands are being classifyed a prog, I think some bands shouldn't be here.

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Posted By: TamedLamia
Date Posted: December 25 2005 at 07:29

Well, after listening Radiohead's OK computer I accept, that Coldplay might be not proggie enough to be prog *shrug and sigh*

But I still think they make really nice music which might be at least something like Prog-POP.

Doesn't mean progressive to be different? And at least they are different than the whole boy/girlgroup/britney/pseudosoulwhinerstuff... and I am glad when I hear them in the radio, because I'm sick and tired of those nurseryschoolpunks and discochicks.

On normal radio you never find something like http://www.deliciousagony.com - www.deliciousagony.com



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