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Teaflax
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Posted: May 26 2006 at 04:55 |
It's not that Coldplay are gloomy, it's just that their songs don't ever go
anywhere. Each songs starts in one mode and then just stays in it, also
about a minute into the song, you've pretty much heard every single
idea they've bothered to put into it.
They're easily outflanked in the same general field by The Doves, Elbow and even Athlete, when they're in a darker mood.
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mystic fred
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Posted: May 26 2006 at 06:55 |
i just like the songs, they're not very demanding i agree, i just like 'em sometimes. the promoters and media have oversold Coldplay, they shove 'em right in yer face, now everyone's sick of them. you can even buy "X & Y" in the supermarket along with the milk and sausages! are you put off by a group because they're absolutely everywhere? i was put off getting "Brothers in Arms" for years as i was sick of hearing about it, i heard it at every bar and house party i went to. it was marketed as the "greatest album ever made" at the time, it is good and i have it now, but sometimes you feel like a sheep if you follow the flavour of the month.
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bruin69
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Posted: May 27 2006 at 19:08 |
Ahem! To get back to the original thread - "Kayleigh" had the singlehanded effect of putting me off Marillion for YEARS! It was worse than anything Phil Collins inflicted on Genesis...
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 27 2006 at 19:20 |
(will it never just go away?)
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 27 2006 at 19:35 |
Yeah!
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 27 2006 at 19:43 |
It never goes away!
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: May 27 2006 at 19:56 |
bruin69 wrote:
Ahem! To get back to the original thread - "Kayleigh" had the singlehanded effect of putting me off Marillion for YEARS! It was worse than anything Phil Collins inflicted on Genesis... |
I heard the album (Misplaced Childhood) before I ever heard the single Kayleigh, and to me the song didn't stand out as being bad, I actually like it quite a lot. What really p*ssed me off is the single edit they did. The single as released here in the Netherlands cut out the guitar solo of about 1:45 to 2:20. Probably since the song is more than 4 minutes and they "had" to bring it back to 3:30 or so. That way the best part of the song is removed! I always HATED that single version because it destroys a reasonably good Marillion track.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 01:53 |
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sbrushfan
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 01:57 |
I think it's a pretty good song, like I said. It's MUCH better than, say, "Hard As Love", IMO.
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 17:08 |
"More Fool Me" is much worse.
It cripples an album that would otherwise be a prog masterpiece.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:40 |
Does this thread ever go away?
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:41 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Does this thread ever go away? |
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sleeper
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:41 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Does this thread ever go away? |
Of course not, its cursed to annoy the neo specialst for the rest of PA eternity
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The Miracle
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:42 |
Kayleigh is soooooooo f**king awful I had to vomit last time Ilve heard it
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:45 |
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The Miracle
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:47 |
Duh
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Teaflax
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:48 |
Soul Dreamer wrote:
I heard the album (Misplaced Childhood)
before I ever heard the single Kayleigh, and to me the song didn't
stand out as being bad |
Which really says more about the overall quality of MC than about the quality of Kayleigh.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 29 2006 at 19:53 |
The Miracle wrote:
Duh
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maani
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Posted: May 30 2006 at 00:54 |
Kayleigh is the second greatest song in the world after Stairway to Heaven...
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Clepsydra
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Posted: May 30 2006 at 01:09 |
Misplaced Childhood is a masterpiece & Kayleigh is great!
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