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aaaaaakash · Post by **aaaaaakash** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:11 am

smp wrote:I like Coldplay.

I like U2.

I like Nine Inch Nails.

I like Moby.

I even like BT

yeah. BT is cool.

SecondSkin · Post by **SecondSkin** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:33 pm

If there's anyone out there consistently making pop music any better than Coldplay, they certainly aren't making it to the airwaves in America (not that that woul d be a surprise). If you don't like pop music at all (I like it "this" much -- holds thumb and index finger 1 mm apart), you won't like Coldpaly, will ya?

kovacs · Post by **kovacs** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:43 pm

Someone mentioned Kent - they're awesome!

I love Coldplay. Whoever likes Coldplay should also check out the, uhm, "new" British group Keane - they have everything BUT the guitar. Stellar songwriting.

U2 has been my #1 band since I started listening to music around the time War came out. Whoever said the first two albums are enough can't have heard the rest...their greatest was Unforgettable Fire but Achting Baby and also their latest album (Atomic Bomb) is great.

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:48 pm

Kovacs,

U2 has been my favorite since 'Boy'. If you don't have that one, go back and also pick up 'October'. You will not be disappointed.

People that hate Coldplay are just jealous.

If you like these, then there is a new band coming out on Chrysalis soon called 'The Great Fiction' which you will also like. I know their producer. They are local Michigan boys with excellent songwriting skills.

-Scott

kovacs · Post by **kovacs** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:56 pm

I have Boy but not October...I have Under a Blood Red Sky though. You found a hole in my U2 collection...argh...

farlukar · Post by **farlukar** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:02 pm

rockstar_not wrote:People that hate Coldplay are just jealous.

Yes, it is of course totally unthinkable that people just don't like the music hm?

pinkwasp · Post by **pinkwasp** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:07 pm

farlukar wrote: Yes, it is of course totally unthinkable that people just don't like the music hm?

nice!

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:54 pm

farlukar wrote:
rockstar_not wrote:People that hate Coldplay are just jealous.
Yes, it is of course totally unthinkable that people just don't like the music hm?

Of course it's possible. C'mon, it was just a bit of a joke.

They are pretty good at creating memorable, yet simple pop songs. Same with John Mayer and guitar purists hate him, even though he plays way better than most of them in multiple styles and crafts some killer pop tunes as well.

-Scott

ancoats · Post by **ancoats** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:04 pm

Oasis
Keane
Coldplay
Stereophonics

All throwing round the same four chords, churning out safe 'dad' music for double glazing salesmen and Premier league footballers.

Utter. Shite.

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:09 pm

Hey, I like Gregorian chant ala Hildegard von Bingen, bluegrass, jazz, authentic folk, 80's hair band heavy metal, and everything in between (including bands like Coldplay). Not much 'hip hop', but at least Coldplay is something that I like, my wife likes, and my 4 kids like as well.

Family trips listening to Coldplay, U2, Guster, The Great Fiction, et al. sure beats whatever Britney Spears / Kelly Clarkson crap is on the radio.

-Scott

BTW, I listened to the Speed of Sound / Clocks Left/Right mashup.

You can even do this with Speed of Sound and I think it's 'Talk' from X&Y as well. Talk has a melody admittedly ripped off from Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love'

Not that anyone else could ever be accused of using the same 4 chords in more than one song.

Hmm, let's think - we might just have to throw out nearly the entire pop music repetoire of the 1950's and early 1960's with I IV V7 chord progressions or the I VImin IV V progression that countless pop tunes were based on.

While we're at it, might as well say that all Blues music sucks, since it's all the same chord progressions and tempos generally speaking.

-Scott

warp x · Post by **warp x** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:27 pm

ancoats wrote:Oasis
Keane
Coldplay
Stereophonics

All throwing round the same four chords, churning out safe 'dad' music for double glazing salesmen and Premier league footballers.

Utter. Shite.

What he said

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:28 pm

warp x wrote:
ancoats wrote:Oasis
Keane
Coldplay
Stereophonics

All throwing round the same four chords, churning out safe 'dad' music for double glazing salesmen and Premier league footballers.

Utter. Shite.

What he said

What she said, and Travis.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:42 pm

So, let's hear something better, ancoats.
Or, if not possible, tell us about the un-shitty stuff around.

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:52 pm

Sascha Franck wrote:So, let's hear something better, ancoats.
Or, if not possible, tell us about the un-shitty stuff around.

I guess he's into Kylie.

ooops, I liked Slow....in a way

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:34 pm

I like their music, but their production is terrible. Parachutes was well produced, the next one I bought, I almost never play - the music is OK, but every single track has exactly the same sonic footprint and is massively over-produced IMO. Not sure if it's just over compressed/limited or over-Eq'd - or both. I find it tedious even after 2 songs. I haven't bothered to audition their last one, because every single I heard has got even worse with the production - it reminds me of beige for some reason...every single track is the same tint of beige. It's like there's a big brown blanket thrown over every song - that really has to be difficult to do - I can't even make my own music all sound that much the same. They must have used 100,000s worth of top end gear to make it that bland.

They really should get another producer/studio/engineer. Shame, because I like their Pink Floyd-ish influences. They're a top band, bottom production