own up if you hate.......... Coldplay!

boddah · 09-05-2001 9:16am #1

those guys are the worst radiohead ripoff, fake-angst, take-it-up-the-ass-from-the-music-industry, tossers yet.
their first single was a (poor) radiohead ripoff
the next was a poorly disguised van morrison take
their singer once said he honestly believes they are "one of the top ten bands in the world"

can i assume i'm not alone in hating those guys?

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

Dustaz · 09-05-2001 12:13pm

Coldplay are one of the best english bands to emerge in the last few years.
Wtf are you on boddah? Radiohead and Van Morrison? go away.
Who cares what they say about themselves, they released a great album

Celt · 09-05-2001 12:17pm

I like coldplay and i dont give a **** if you think theyre crap, at the end of the day ill still be listening to them regardless of how you slag them

K!LL!@N · 09-05-2001 12:30pm

I think Coldplay are good.
I think Parachutes is a great album.
Your assumption is wrong.

boddah · 09-05-2001 2:18pm

wtf? Coldplay suck the ass, people!! listen to some original music; radiohead or the smashing pumpkins. it doesn't necxassarily have to be heavier than coldplay. and yes, that particular song is a van morrison ripoff.

come on, someone help me to slag these people off

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

boddah · 09-05-2001 2:20pm

sorry is i am insulting any of ye, but my purpose in life is to slag off the musical tastes of the people on these boards. dont take it personally

coldplay suck

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

--Kaiser-- · 09-05-2001 2:25pm

Coldplay?
'yellow' is a rip-off (and not a very good one) of a Doves song
'trouble' is an aweful song

both songs are unbearably annoying to listen to

therfore coldplay are a crap band

boddah · 09-05-2001 2:29pm

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

Kali · 09-05-2001 2:38pm

It's completly harmless pop so I personally don't give two ****s about the band.. anyone who does obviously have something stuck up their ass.

I've listened to the album a good few times at this stage and I quite like the last 3 or 4 tracks on the album.. they flow together quite nicely I feel.

I don't know where your getting your Van Morrison and Radiohead comparisons from, perhaps you could enlighten us?

boddah · 09-05-2001 2:53pm

my 2 cents:

I have a thing against them in the same way those others have a thing against lim bizkit or eminem; they are producing clichéd music, pretending to belong from a genre in which they dont belong (ie Radiohead ripoffs).
Sure, it is only harmless pop but it is not good music and should not be passed off as good music. I also have a thing against britney spears, boybands etc. but thats too obvious to mention.

re. the comparisons:
1) i heard what i thought was a radiohead track (an obscure one from pablo honey, forget the name) on 2fm a while back, thought "hmm, not like 2fm to play radiohead in the middle of the day". it wasn't radiohead. it was Yellow, by coldplay.

2) listen to Trouble by coldplay. the piano bit sounds *exactly* like the piano bit in "have i told you lately that i love you" by van morrison

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

Dustaz · 09-05-2001 5:25pm

Muppet. the singer sounds nothing like thom yorke, and the music isnt very like radioheads early stuff either.
As to the assertion that the piano part of Trouble is like 'have i told you lately'. jesus, are you tone deaf?
Back in your box please.

Prof.Frink · 09-05-2001 5:41pm

I agree the lead singer sounds like his voice is breaking there Travis wannabes and they also try to be an inferior copy of Radiohead(not a band i listen to but like)
Coldplay Are CRAP!!

Glaven

D-Generate · 09-05-2001 6:03pm

Everyband recently has had to copy another bands style of music for it is very hard to come up with a new style and Coldplay play the angst-style very well but in no way are they as good as The Smashing Pumpkins or Radiohead.

Brummers · 09-05-2001 6:55pm

How can you compare Coldplay to Radiohead ????? They are completely different ****in genres. How can talk about Parachuttes being a crap album ??

Also, although radiohead are a great band, they are not the happiest at the best of times, whereas songs such as 'Yellow' and 'Shiver' are uplifting. Would you care to enlighten us on your criticism ?

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mrblue · 09-05-2001 7:43pm

Yep, Coldplay are s-h-i-t.

They are the musical equivalent of Friends. They have no originality, with everything they play simply being a watered down version of more successful bands. The only reason their album holds together is because it is incredibly well rehearsed - their is not a shred of innovation in a single note.

Yet having said all this, I am forced to admit that I quite like 'em. Same way as I enjoy McDonalds food from time to time. It's cack, but at the same time undemanding & (mostly) satisfying.

Coldplay are the perfect band to fall asleep to. Just don't try waking up to them!

Any band that met in UCL is doomed to failure in my opinion anyway. For one thing -they don't teach music there so the place is devoid of musicians. There's only a tiny university music scene, & it's all very un-happening. I'm surprised they made it as big as they have - especially considering that they went to Ramsay Hall...(you probably have to go to UCL to get that one).

*I have killed a man,
a man who looked like me*

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Kali · 09-05-2001 7:47pm

Originally posted by boddah:
my 2 cents:

I have a thing against them in the same way those others have a thing against lim bizkit or eminem; they are producing clichéd music, pretending to belong from a genre in which they dont belong (ie Radiohead ripoffs).

Cliched music?
Pretending to belong to a genre in which they dont?? Its pop music mate, only person who is putting them in another category is you.

Sure, it is only harmless pop but it is not good music and should not be passed off as good music. I also have a thing against britney spears, boybands etc. but thats too obvious to mention.

You say its ****e harmless pop yet then you yourself compare it to "good music".. Van Morrisson and Radiohead (not anybody else).
Damn thats one solid argument, I for one can see no holes there... I give up.

re. the comparisons:
1) i heard what i thought was a radiohead track (an obscure one from pablo honey, forget the name) on 2fm a while back, thought "hmm, not like 2fm to play radiohead in the middle of the day". it wasn't radiohead. it was Yellow, by coldplay.

I'll let people who know radiohead better than I do destroy that statement.

2) listen to Trouble by coldplay. the piano bit sounds *exactly* like the piano bit in "have i told you lately that i love you" by van morrison

Ahh right, a few seconds of a piano melody.. obviously they are trying to copy Van Morrison... by your logic I could say Depeche Mode are trying to rip off Pearl Jam as they use a similar sounding background tune in a song...
ref: "Black" @ 1:46 -> "Home" @ 3:47

I'm not saying Coldplay are excellent or anything (very much average as far as im concerned) but perhaps you should go out and actually listen to Parachutes before you make ridiculous comments like these...

FreaK_BrutheR · 09-05-2001 11:03pm

I like them in a sleepy-if-they-came-on-id-leave-it type way.

top 10 bands in the world me nads however.

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adnans · 09-05-2001 11:21pm

you have to give some credit to coldplay, at least they are not a boy band (sheesh). so what if they dont play heavy guitar riffs and throw their long black hair up and down. they are still good and im going to enjoy watching them play live at Slane. :P

adnans

Kolodny · 09-05-2001 11:35pm

Have to say.... I think Coldplay are alright, but good bands that go on about what a good band they are tend to just get annoying after a while..... anyone who feels the need to blown their own trumpet frequently of slag other artists is more interested in publicity than making decent music.

Nice album though...

Panda · 09-05-2001 11:45pm

Whats with these stupid "own up if you hate....." threads?

anyway coldplay are good so shup.

Aka: Dragon,Sexual Harassment Panda, SCUMM.

boddah · 09-05-2001 11:47pm

ye're all bloody fools

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

boddah · 10-05-2001 10:09am

kali, wake up and smell the beans. evcerything i said holds up. its my opinion that coldplay suck, obviously many more here think the same.

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

nesf · 10-05-2001 5:47pm

Originally posted by Kali:

I've listened to the album a good few times at this stage and I quite like the last 3 or 4 tracks on the album.. they flow together quite nicely I feel.

I completely agree, plus its not like that make any outrageous statements that might incite ppl, ala RATM (who i like).

Pop is pop etc et al.

Kali · 10-05-2001 6:08pm

Originally posted by boddah:
kali, wake up and smell the beans. evcerything i said holds up. its my opinion that coldplay suck, obviously many more here think the same.

I'm just picking holes in your argument and your opinion... and tbh its fairly easy to do so when you make no attempt to justify your claims.

Dustaz · 10-05-2001 6:19pm

plyd Kali, nice post.

Sliotar · 10-05-2001 6:43pm

i think this is another case of ppl concentrating on the things that happen around the band instead of the music. i have parachutes, i listen to it from time to time, especially if im a little bit stressed. it relaxes me. it is good music. it is well put together, very professional. yes they are unoriginal, and yes they do brag. i neither love them or hate them. they're completely inoffensive. why hate them? they'lll probably be forgotten in a few years...

D-Generate · 10-05-2001 9:20pm

Going by your reasoning of copying you could say that even the great Nirvana have ripped off another band. For those who know the guitar in "Smells like teen spirit" is the same as The Pixies "U Mass", even Kurt Cobain admited it and said he was trying to pull off the pixies and he ended up with Smells Like Teen Spirit. By your logic you could say that Nirvana are just ripping-off the Pixies and as such are $hite. Even the Beatles have ripped off Chuck Berry but that doesn't make them any less of a good band.

Celt · 10-05-2001 9:54pm

Trouble is a great song imo, and my reasong is the fact that i love that song

I really dont give a **** if their trying to be radiohead or not. I like trouble and ill continue to like it.

daveirl · 10-05-2001 10:03pm

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boddah · 11-05-2001 10:11am

Originally posted by Kali:
I'm just picking holes in your argument and your opinion... and tbh its fairly easy to do so when you make no attempt to justify your claims.

jeez, man, are you blind? dead the damn thread again!!

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

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boddah · 11-05-2001 10:17am

Elvis is regarded as a musical great - FACT! Elvis didn't write his songs either - FACT!

i dont think elvis is so hot either tbh

OK lets disect this now!
What is your problem with Limp Bizkit.

i never said i had a problem with limp bizkit. read my post again

First Coldplay Single = Shiver : That definitely doesn't sound like Radiohead.

Second Coldplay Single = Yellow: Van Morrison I don't think Van Morrison has ever written anything like that

that might be my mistake. i meant yellow sounds like radiohead, and shiver sounds like van morrison

So what makes these bands so bad then?

no, its not marketing, the best bands in the world have to flaog their wares, its plageurism

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

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Dustaz · 11-05-2001 10:36am

Originally posted by boddah:
shiver sounds like van morrison

ROFLMAO. Please know the songs your referring too. thank you.

--Kaiser-- · 11-05-2001 10:42am

i think he means 'trouble' sounds like van morrison

boddah · 11-05-2001 10:57am

Originally posted by --Kaiser--:
i think he means 'trouble' sounds like van morrison

yeah. sorry.

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

black_wizardd · 11-05-2001 3:59pm

I agree, Agnus and the anal whores are a sh!t band. Where am I, who's legs are these.

But oh, no tears please, fear and pain may acompany death, but it is desire that sheperds its certainty, as we shall see...

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boddah · 11-05-2001 4:07pm

Originally posted by black_wizardd:
I agree, Agnus and the anal whores are a sh!t band. Where am I, who's legs are these.

i don't get it

Durty auld Morris drums... they're fu*kin' great!!

Clintons Cat · 13-05-2001 3:10pm

Dont get it?
read the thread again.
Is it clear now?
No?
read the thread again.

Celt · 13-05-2001 4:09pm

Why do people have to analyse and criticse music? Music si there for enjoyment - enjoy it.
If you dont like a band, dont listen to them

mrblue · 13-05-2001 6:06pm

Fair point.

*I have killed a man, a man who looked like me*

own up if you hate.......... Coldplay!

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