Coldplay Appreciation Thread.

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Coldplay - Paradise - YouTube
Coldplay - Life Is For Living HIDDEN SONG - (Audio) - YouTube
Coldplay - Yellow - YouTube
Coldplay - In My Place - YouTube





YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW YOURE GAY? YOU DONT LIKE COLDPLAY OBV

[donkbee]

ugh, coldplay is so overrated

[Illfavor]

ugh, coldplay is so overrated

Would you mind elaborating?

[donkbee]

obv it's just a matter of taste and opinion. I personally hate 95% of their music. I think they have like 3 good songs, and then the rest is boring as hell.

Edit: the overrated part comes from the fact that their music is SOOO boring yet they are so popular

[Illfavor]

obv it's just a matter of taste and opinion. I personally hate 95% of their music. I think they have like 3 good songs, and then the rest is boring as hell.

Edit: the overrated part comes from the fact that their music is SOOO boring yet they are so popular

Yes indeed it's all very personal. I am by no means a fan...was just curious. I thought the whole mellow/chill (one might say boring, repetitive) concept was their thing, their claim to fame. I can understand your sentiment, as I rarely find myself actively listening to their music when it's on.

[surviva316]

ugh, coldplay is so overrated

interesting because in my experience they are frequently the butt-end of jokes about pop music and used as a scapegoat/example of how music is terrible. which i must say is a silly choice as an example because they're part of a small list of bands that get radio play who aren't terrible.

[!Luck]

ugh, coldplay is so overrated

With all due respect. Fuck you!

[rong]

They're good, but they're dull. Still, some of their songs are great.

[drmcboy]

saw them way back during the 1st and second album tours, loved them, thought it all sounded the same except more meh after that.

[kiwiMark]

Piano music is nice, but sometimes he sings and walks backwards.

[daven]

deep play >> cold play
sometimes deep play is cold
cold play ain't ever deep

Deep play: a pursuit "in which the stakes are so high that it is…irrational for men to engage in it at all."
- Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, 1748-1832

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!luck is rapidly becoming one of my favorite people on the internet

also
Coldplay--"Swallowed In The Sea" - YouTube
Coldplay - Shiver - YouTube

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Coldplay - Don't Panic - YouTube

[d0zer]

In a recent interview on the Colbert Report, Chris Martin smoothly brushed off jibes about Coldplay’s tendency to “reference” other artists with the simple quip: “We may not be as good musicians as Radiohead, but we are much better looking”.

[lolpwnt]

I saw Muse with Coldplay supporting back when both weren't even famous yet. Only cost me £10! epic winnnnnnn!

[bigred]

Very epic win

[bigred]

I saw Muse last year with SilverSun Pickups as support at MSG. Cost me like $80?

[Monty3038]

Instant ban required. Coldplay is the new Nickleback.

[bigred]

Instant ban required. Coldplay is the new Nickleback.

That is one hell of a facepalm quote

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You sir can gtfo if you think Coldplay is anywhere near Nickelback and dont let the door hit you on the way out. i dont want ass prints on my door.

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

[d0zer]

coldplay and nickelback aren't even really from different time periods, and people have been hating on both since they started.

But even coldplay disagrees with you bikes. rightly so.

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I saw Muse last year with SilverSun Pickups as support at MSG. Cost me like $80?

i only like one silversun pickups song =(

[bigred]

Whoa bikes, saying coldplay > radiohead is super facepalm

[drmcboy]

was willing to forgive love of pedos, cannot forgive this.

[rong]

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

not even close

evidence: Radiohead Paranoid Android Live @ Later with Jools Holland BBC (HQ) - YouTube

Most perfect performance of anything ever. Just check the guitar from 2.40 to 3.25 for example of awesomeness.

[OngBonga]

You sir can gtfo if you think Coldplay is anywhere near Nickelback and dont let the door hit you on the way out. i dont want ass prints on my door.

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

Idiot. I was going to stay out of this thread since I don't like Coldplay, but then I read that statement from someone who must have aids of the ears.

Coldplay are fucking dreadful. Sure, it's melodic and tuneful, but it lacks imagination and is just plain fucking dreary. They're marginally better than Oasis. Radiohead, on the other hand, are easily the best English band since the Who, Muse being the only band that is anywhere near them, though Muse have gone a bit pants in recent years.

I have seen Coldplay, and they're far from the worst band I've seen, but good grief, better than Radiohead? That's like saying ethanol and urine is better than beer.

[KoRnholio]

You sir can gtfo if you think Coldplay is anywhere near Nickelback and dont let the door hit you on the way out. i dont want ass prints on my door.

Coldplay = Nickelback in that a lot of people like these two bands and I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY

[OngBonga]

I guess I was bit harsh there. Let me at least contribute in a positive fashion too, by posting the one and only song of theirs I do like. Bikes already linked it, so have a live version... Yellow

[rong]

Shiver > yellow

[Roid_Rage]

Nickelback > x

Nickelback - If Everyone Cared - YouTube

[d0zer]

oh trolling troll threads.

[Roid_Rage]

Lady Gaga tho.

Creed tho.

Daughtry tho.

[Roid_Rage]

omg

Smashmouth tho.

Smash Mouth - All Star - YouTube

[Hawk]

Limp Bizkit!

[daven]

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

lol

[Ash256]

Coldplay are Shit - YouTube

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dont need no hateration in this dancery

[rpm]

They're marginally better than Oasis.

imo oasis are better than most, if not all, of the bands mentioned in this thread. although i'm basing this purely off "what's the story, morning glory?" that album is fucking sick

[oskar]

South Park - Enya Clip - YouTube

This is EXACTLY how I feel about Coldplay... and Oasis... and U2... If some angry god could kill them all with fire, that would be so awesome.

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South Park - Enya Clip - YouTube

This is EXACTLY how I feel about Coldplay... and Oasis... and U2... If some angry god could kill them all with fire, that would be so awesome.

Oasis? Seriously? Do you realize how much you suck?

[supa]

Oasis? Seriously? Do you realize how much you suck?

As much as oasis?

[Penneywize]

Limp Bizkit!

limp bizkit was my first concert back in 1999

system of a down opened though, before they were famous

also coldplay sucks:

Family Guy - Peter gets kicked out of Coldplay - YouTube

[WillburForce]

Coldplay and Oasis did one great album then went shit.

U2 have done some pretty good albums over the years. Helped by the fact they have a great guitarist.

[BennyLaRue]

The Edge is far from a great guitarist. He's unique but not in an upper echelon with respect to skill.

[rong]

Seriously, watch the 40 secs or so of the clip I recommended above, that's good guitar. Far better than the edge it Noel I'm a know it all cunt gallagher.

[kingnat]

Coldplay-The Scientist (Acoustic) - YouTube

coldplay - til kingdom come (acoustic session) - YouTube

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<3 kingnat for being able to read thread titles

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Coldplay - In My Place Acoustic - YouTube

mah heart melts with nostalgia every time.

"singing please, please, please come back and sing to me"

[supa]

The Edge is far from a great guitarist. He's unique but not in an upper echelon with respect to skill.

I'm gonna guess you don't actually play guitar.

[d0zer]

I'm gonna guess you don't actually play guitar.

lol I thought the same thing.

"the edge doesn't play the guitar, he plays effects pedals"

[BennyLaRue]

I'm gonna guess you don't actually play guitar.

Not well.

I didn't say he sucks though. I'd just don't think U2 should be recognized as benefitting from an exceptional guitarist as much as from having an exceptional sound.

[d0zer]

oh wait, I thought we were making fun of the edge.

[supa]

Wasn't sure how to break it to you. I'm not a U2 fan but am a huge edge fan. It's in the rhythm, much like Pete Townsend.

Don't wanna highjack Bikes old gay thread anymore tho.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ght=guitarists

[BennyLaRue]

oh wait, I thought we were making fun of the edge.

I thought you thought that.

I won't hate on bikes for loving Coldplay. I hate on people who like commerical no-talents but I don't think Coldplay qualifies there.

[donkbee]

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

what. the. FUCK.

[donkbee]

i only like one silversun pickups song =(

I love this band. clearly we can't be music friends.

Idiot. I was going to stay out of this thread since I don't like Coldplay, but then I read that statement from someone who must have aids of the ears.

totally lol'd at this

Coldplay = Nickelback in that a lot of people like these two bands and I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY

umm... YES THIS

"what's the story, morning glory?" that album is fucking sick

prob in my top 20 favorite albums ever. that being said, I've never listened to any of their other albums

[dthorne04]

Coldplay > Radiohead IMO

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

[d0zer]

when you get angry at him, he wins

[donkbee]

I feel kinda bad coming to this thread and just trashing Coldplay, so here's a link to one of the only songs I like by them:

Coldplay a Rush of Blood to the Head - YouTube

This is actually a really good song IMO

I also really love one version of them playing The Scientist live in Toronto, but I can't find it on YouTube.

Edit: seems like most live versions of the "the scientist" are pretty good... I might pay money just to hear that song live and then leave the concert afterward. FML if they play it in the encore

[dthorne04]

Radiohead - No Surprises - YouTube

cliffnotes: get the fuck outta here bikes

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Radiohead - No Surprises - YouTube

cliffnotes: get the fuck outta here bikes

Karma Police! Arrest this Man!

[OngBonga]

imo oasis are better than most, if not all, of the bands mentioned in this thread. although i'm basing this purely off "what's the story, morning glory?" that album is fucking sick

Pfft, that album is average at best. Definitely Maybe is a good album, after that it's the same old tired sound being churned out by two complete and utter wankers, neither of whom can sing. Morning Glory has two good tunes, Champagne Supernova and Cast No Shadow. The rest is bland, I mean for fuck's sake, Don't Look Back In Anger is awful, and Wonderwall is tedious. Everything they've done since is even worse.

I might not like Coldplay, but at least the guy can sing.

Jeez, what next? Is someone going to suggest the Smiths are the best British band of all time?

[WillburForce]

Not well.

I didn't say he sucks though. I'd just don't think U2 should be recognized as benefitting from an exceptional guitarist as much as from having an exceptional sound.

The Edge is that exceptional sound.

(I'm a pretty good guitarist FWIW)

[surviva316]

Homework assignment for several posters on here (most especially ongbonga):

1) Provide some sort of criteria for what makes music good, much less what makes one set of music more "good" than another set of music.

2) (I admit that it gets tricky here) Name a single piece of criteria that you mentioned in part one that is not subject-dependent. For example, if one of your criteria is "entertaining" then it doesn't qualify because things are only entertaining insofar as they entertain a given subject; things can't be intrinsically entertaining because that makes no fucking sense. As another example, you might say it is emotionally effective in part one, but it should he quite a bit obvious why that doesn't qualify for part two (something intrinsically effecting emotions? What?).

[d0zer]

stfu with your rationality 'viva, we're busy making absolute statements about highly subjective topics here.

[OngBonga]

What makes music good? It depends if I like it or not, that's pretty much the gist of it. One band is better than the next if I like them more. We're talking music here, so everyone is merely sharing their opinions, no-one is discussing cold hard facts here are they? Oh, aside from whoever it was that posted the "Coldplay are shit" link.

Some people take me too seriously. I'm just an idiot with an opinion, much like the rest of you.

[kingnat]

stfu with your rationality 'viva, we're busy making absolute statements about highly subjective topics here.

always.

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This thread done got stupid

[d0zer]

seriously tho, I like this song a lot: Coldplay - 42 - YouTube

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Another Great Band?

Band of Horses
The Midway State

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Coldplay - Charlie Brown (Live) - YouTube
Coldplay - AMSTERDAM - YouTube


BUMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

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I STILL APPRECIATE YOU COLDPLAY!

[Sykedupp]

Homework assignment for several posters on here (most especially ongbonga):

1) Provide some sort of criteria for what makes music good, much less what makes one set of music more "good" than another set of music.

2) (I admit that it gets tricky here) Name a single piece of criteria that you mentioned in part one that is not subject-dependent. For example, if one of your criteria is "entertaining" then it doesn't qualify because things are only entertaining insofar as they entertain a given subject; things can't be intrinsically entertaining because that makes no fucking sense. As another example, you might say it is emotionally effective in part one, but it should he quite a bit obvious why that doesn't qualify for part two (something intrinsically effecting emotions? What?).

It seems the only answer that fulfills criteria for both 1 and 2 is ticket/album sales because they can be tracked... In that case, Coldplay and Nickelback both rank very high among current bands.

My ears are easy to please though, I like both bands and U2 and Soundgarden and most all other bands posted ITT

[Hawk]

Homework assignment for several posters on here (most especially ongbonga):

1) Provide some sort of criteria for what makes music good, much less what makes one set of music more "good" than another set of music.

2) (I admit that it gets tricky here) Name a single piece of criteria that you mentioned in part one that is not subject-dependent. For example, if one of your criteria is "entertaining" then it doesn't qualify because things are only entertaining insofar as they entertain a given subject; things can't be intrinsically entertaining because that makes no fucking sense. As another example, you might say it is emotionally effective in part one, but it should he quite a bit obvious why that doesn't qualify for part two (something intrinsically effecting emotions? What?).

I wasn't watching this thread closely before (I mean, it's a fucking coldplay thread, amirite?) so I missed this, but I'll take a stab at it.

The definition of "good music" is clearly a very personal thing, but in the end it always comes down to what clicks with you, and it's not always that would have matched your personal definition before hearing a new song. Often it ends up being whatever was playing when a good memory is formed and has very little to do with the music itself.

Then for a more general determination of good music, I guess you'd have to go with the popular opinion of a band/song. Album sales are an easy way to look at it, but bad opinions should count as well. If a band can sell a 10 million records to 10 million fans, but at the same time they make 50 million other people want to puke every time they think of them, I don't think that you can call that a great band in general. The problem is that we have no way to count how many people dislike something. You can only go by how much shit people talk about a band. Biebs sells a lot of records, but based on how much shit people talk about him, it's pretty safe to say that his music isn't that great.

As for my personal definition, if I had to boil it down to one thing, good music has to be played and sung from the heart (most pop music is not, so that's the genre I generally have the least respect for). I think this is why so many bands start great and tail off. At first, they are filled to the brim with whatever feeling it is that leads them to express themselves with music and gives them a certain edge. Once they find themselves in their music and get the opportunity to get it out to more and more people, they lose that edge, but continue to go on. They get formulaic and what they play comes more from that formula than their hearts.

Beyond that, it's style which to me needs to not be overly polished, you don't want to lose the feeling. I like either a good laid back groove (reggae), a beautifully crying guitar (blues), or aggressive crunchiness (hard rock). The best music to me is when those can be mixed (Buju Banton, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, White Stripes, Black Keys) or when done with great technique.

And holy shit that ended up long and rambling!!

[d0zer]

Any attempt to define "good music", or otherwise intellectualize it is missing the point. The pedantic ramblings of music critics make me facepalm every single time.