Coldplay, Vida la Vida, Progiest Album of the Year

im pretty sure cold play are NOT prog rock. They are boring and bleak, and unoriginal, evident in thier clockwork drumming and ripoff of Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly"

I love Cold Play.. I only liked Vida La Vida on the latest album

Excellent post, Whistler. I agree with the love the band/hate the t-shirt sentiment I presume you share with me regarding bands like My Chem and Panic at the Disco.

I think being proggy had to become "OK" again for popular consumption (after the 80's and the grunge movement), and if a popular band perpetuates the sentiment, it's still good music, even if people like it.

Coldplay is some of the most draining, insipid music I've ever heard.

lucas wrote: Coldpaly sound like a "shoegaze" band (shoegaze being a sub-genre of alternative rock, also called "dream pop") with hints of BritPop. Their music is not bad but can bore you to death...   If you are looking for real art-pop then listen to Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, 10CC, Roxy Music, Dalbello...

Let's solve the mystery.

Of course, the band probably sounds "Shoegaze" (never liked that appellation) at times, just like they sometimes sound like Satriani or U2. It's because they lack authenticity. Like 95% of those new alternative artists out there, they just pick and choose what they liked (probably what they've been told to like) in 80's music and repackage it. It's a shame.

Radiohead (you can't deny that) + What critics liked in 80's alternative + A touch of "adult contemporary" mood + U2 veneration + Predictable and/or stolen melodies + "Newly added" Brian Eno's ball sack = Coldplay*

*sh*t


Edited by Prospero - May 10 2009 at 10:02

I was a huge fan of Coldplay some time ago. (Forgive me, I was young and stupid.... Well I still am young. .... and pretty stupid.... But at least I'm not a huge fan of Coldplay any longer. )

Even though I don't get high over then anymore, I still don't think that their music is totally uninspired or bland or stupid. They are a bit pretentious. And that's a good thing, if it leads somewhere. In the case of X&Y, it didn't. That and their second album are not very good. Parachutes is lovely though and I think Viva... is their best album so far. Definitely proggy. 42 is a purely prog song, I would say. My favorite song from the year. And there are some other moments that shine, too. It even has 2 instrumental-ish thingy's in it, after all. I don't think one should be ashamed of liking that particular album.

Oh, and regarding the law suing because of the similarities between a Satrianis piece and Coldplay's hit. I don't think they ripped it off directly from him or consciously . This debate has spawned tens of youtube videos I made acquaintance with one boring day and quriously enough, there are actually MORE old pop songs with the EXACT same melody. I'm not kidding. That melody has travelled through pop history for quite some time now. I guess it's just such an universal one. So I'm surprised the whole thing has thus far ended with only law sue as there is potential for money for many other artists also. Besides, using this as an argument againgst Coldplay's musical quality is stupid. Even classical composers borrowed melodies from each other. And there certainly are melodies that travel through time and our subconciousness and do appear again and again in new compositions.





Edited by Hyardacil - August 05 2009 at 05:49

Anything with Coldplay involved is cack.

Loved that Cd

very strange about Coldplay, they have had phenomemal album sales over the last few years but i can't find anyone, even over the net, that like them or at least hardly admit to buying an album!   where are all these albums? maybe everybody has them stuffed away in a cupboard or hiding under the bed...

Edited by mystic fred - August 19 2009 at 01:48

Sorry if this has been posted already, but I had too.

I don't actually think they are that bad, bland maybe, uninspiring perhaps... but I can think of worse.