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Topic: Coldplay Fans Unite! Posted: March 12 2012 at 20:45
Any Coldplay fans around here? They're one of my favorite modern bands; I especially love their more recent stuff (like Viva La Vida and X&Y), though I haven't really formed an opinion about Mylo Xyloto yet. I find it amazing how they're able to make pop/alternative music into a legitimate art form; Viva La Vida could even be considered a crossover prog album, imo.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 22:15
A Coldplay anti-fan here if truth be told. I find them horrendous, awful lyrics and plodding, dull, tryhard music. Chris Martin's lyrics, honestly.
I
Looked at the sky
And I wondered why
Then I started to cry
You
Your eyes were so blue
Well what could I do?
It was then that I knew
We
Under a tree
On a beach by the sea
But do you love me?
Us
Why all the fuss?
On a train or a bus
Gaping sockets ooze pus
Have you ever listened to Elbow? A similar aesthetic but Guy Garvey is a vastly superior lyricist and they don't put on airs anywhere near as much. Bell X1 are also similar-but-better. Another band I would mention to people who think Coldplay is good is The National, who are not really the same thing but can also get into your gut emotionally with their own blend of art-rock and pop with above-average lyrics, though they earn it naturally rather than going for Coldplay's theatrics.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 22:20
Textbook wrote:
A Coldplay anti-fan here if truth be told. I find them horrendous, awful lyrics and plodding, dull, tryhard music. Chris Martin's lyrics, honestly.
I
Looked at the sky
And I wondered why
Then I started to cry
You
Your eyes were so blue
Well what could I do?
It was then that I knew
We
Under a tree
On a beach by the sea
But do you love me?
Us
Why all the fuss?
On a train or a bus
Gaping sockets ooze pus
Have you ever listened to Elbow? A similar aesthetic but Guy Garvey is a vastly superior lyricist and they don't put on airs anywhere near as much. Bell X1 are also similar-but-better. Another band I would mention to people who think Coldplay is good is The National, who are not really the same thing but can also get into your gut emotionally with their own blend of art-rock and pop with above-average lyrics, though they earn it naturally rather than going for Coldplay's theatrics.
What song is that? That's horrendous.
I mainly like them for the atmosphere, pretty big fan of Eno's production on Viva La Vida and I think it suited them well. Out of all the mainstream bands out there, Coldplay is one I can agree with.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 22:38
Textbook wrote:
A Coldplay anti-fan here if truth be told. I find them horrendous, awful lyrics and plodding, dull, tryhard music. Chris Martin's lyrics, honestly.
I
Looked at the sky
And I wondered why
Then I started to cry
You
Your eyes were so blue
Well what could I do?
It was then that I knew
We
Under a tree
On a beach by the sea
But do you love me?
Us
Why all the fuss?
On a train or a bus
Gaping sockets ooze pus
Have you ever listened to Elbow? A similar aesthetic but Guy Garvey is a vastly superior lyricist and they don't put on airs anywhere near as much. Bell X1 are also similar-but-better. Another band I would mention to people who think Coldplay is good is The National, who are not really the same thing but can also get into your gut emotionally with their own blend of art-rock and pop with above-average lyrics, though they earn it naturally rather than going for Coldplay's theatrics.
Those sound like early lyrics to me, they've gotten better over the years, though he still has a few duds, I admit. Check out these poignant words from "Violet Hill"
"Was a long and dark December When the banks became cathedrals And a fox
became God
Priests clutched onto bibles Hollowed out to fit their
rifles And a cross held aloft Bury me in armour When I'm dead and hit
the ground A love back home, it unfolds And if you love me, won't you let
me know?"
I think they're able to overcome even the weaker lyrics with Chris Martin's emotive delivery that lends so much depth and feeling to the songs. I love the intricacy and atmospheric quality of the music, too.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 23:17
AH: I think that lyric you quoted is terrible but to each their own. I would be interested to see what you think of Elbow and The National, the two bands I cited as having superior lyrics. If logic holds, you'll hate them and it'll be my turn to get a drubbing ;)
There are plenty of Elbow songs with terrific lyrics, but a particularly strong one is The Bones Of You, give that a listen/read sometime.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 23:22
^I'll look them up, let's see, about now. I'm listening to them right now. There's a guitar, and some guy with a weird voice, which is cool. Hmm, distortion, hmm, backing vocals, hmm, just guitar chords now.
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Posted: March 12 2012 at 23:29
Yep, those lyrics are good. I don't know that the music matches up to Coldplay, though, imo. I'll have to listen to some more of their stuff. They're not on the archives, I'm assuming?
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Posted: May 22 2012 at 13:46
Even though a lot of people hates them here, I'm a big Coldplay fan. My favorite kind of music may be prog, but I really enjoy listening to modern bands too.
I think 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is their best, but 'Viva La Vida' is kind of prog-ish more than their other albums. Maybe because of Brian Eno? I don't know...
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Posted: May 22 2012 at 17:35
Coldplay is pretty decent, though I've never really given them a thorough listen.
I remember that once when I was in high school, my freshman English teacher said I looked like a huge Coldplay fan, but I had long ratty hair and was wearing a Cannibal Corpse shirt. Obviously, the Coldplay fanbase looks like a bunch of badasses.
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Posted: May 22 2012 at 22:47
Actually, yes! I'm not quite a huge fan, but I can get into them. I'm a bit surprised there are fans of them here.
Is it just me, or do they seem to be among the most hated bands? Maybe I made that up, but it seems like they get a lot of unnecessary complaints. What's so bad about them?
And The National is very nice too, I think. Oh, his voice!
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