Chris Martin is sounding like Bono

[U2isthebest]

Gosh...it better live up to the hype.

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/19413871

 

[LemonMelon]

I bet their version of the "eternal song" will be very similar to WITS.

 

[coemgen]

Chris Martin is to Bono what new Coke is to Coca Cola Classic.

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

So does that make Win Butler Diet Coke or Coke Zero

 

[The OOTS]

Chris Martin wrote WITS.

 

[Chris Martin]

I can't tell you about it, but it's basically genius.

 

[coemgen]

So does that make Win Butler Diet Coke or Coke Zero

I don't actually see a lot of comparisons between Win and Bono.

 

[Utoo]

This could easily be a Bono quote from the early 90s:

"I think for a long time people felt like we were a band in black-and-white, and now we feel like because we have this incredible job, now we can do whatever we like and try all kinds of new things," Martin said.

 

[U2Man]

does that mean x&y was their rattle and hum?

it was supposed to be their joshua tree, right?

 

[LemonMelon]

does that mean x&y was their rattle and hum?

it was supposed to be their joshua tree, right?

I thought it was supposed to be their Unforgettable Fire (I know they had a poster of it up during the sessions).

That explains a lot.

 

[Aygo]

I thought it was supposed to be their Unforgettable Fire (I know they had a poster of it up during the sessions).

That explains a lot.

Yes, it TRIED to be their TUF, but it never managed it...

I think that now they joined to Eno, they're gonna try to make a JT.

Martin's statement is exactily - by other words - what Bono makes to self promote U2 before releasing an album.

F-off Chris!

 

[U2Man]

bono invented hype.

 

[AtomicBono]

Apparently Coldplay's quintessential song has the working title "The Location at Which The Signs Next To Roads Are Blank"

 

[LemonMelon]

Apparently Coldplay's quintessential song has the working title "The Location at Which The Signs Next To Roads Are Blank"

Sounds indietastic.

 

[fear_nothing]

Chris Martin wrote WITS.

So that's why I can't stand that song

 

[Aygo]

^ Nah, didn't Chris Martin invented piano?

 

[Canadiens1131]

Uhhhhhh

 

[intedomine]

Chris Martin's a gun in his own right, he doesn't need to sound like Bono...

 

[Utoo]

does that mean x&y was their rattle and hum?

it was supposed to be their joshua tree, right?

they're doing U2 on fast-forward (and replacing the post-punk of 80-83 with emo). chris martin had an interview this past summer/fall in which he said that they had to reinvent themselves and get away from the piano/vocalist thing. my guess is that the next album is supposed to be their achtung baby, but will end up being more joshua-tree-ish.

 

[impy13]

Adam Clayton invented U2Man.

 

[flybabe]

My two cents:Bono kicked CM`s ass on Celeb Deathmatch...

 

[elevation2u]

WTF is WITS?

 

[xaviMF22]

WTF is WITS?

WITS = horrible song

 

[Earnie Shavers]

WITS = horrible song

It sounds like the worst parts of Atomic Bomb and X&Y mixed together.

I reckon Coldplays next album will be their Achtung as well. Whoever said they are in a career on fast forward is correct. I think they've got the sense to give it a serious shake this time around.

 

[elevation2u]

WITS=one of U2'S best videos

...

I followed the link..
and Coldplay are wearing sunglasses

they want to be like Bono
inventor of the sunglasses!!!!
OMFZGEWHJBDSF90UE92U80*&^%FGJDHVDI

 

[coemgen]

Come on. WITS is a great song.

 

[elevation2u]

yes,
personally i like it better
than any of the singles off HTDAAB

 

[Saracene]

Well, after the dullsville blandness that was X&Y all this talk of re-invention is encouraging. Whether they will actually pull it off is another question of course.

 

[last unicorn]

I love X & Y.

 

[intedomine]

The songs on X&Y aren't bland. The album was just flawed and incohesive and all over the joint. There were too many b-sides (Things I Don't Understand, The World Turned Upside Down)) that deserved to be on the album proper, and too many album tracks that sounded out of place (Til Kingdom Come, A Message. Hardest Part).

X&Y could've been a classic, them Coldplay boys sure have an aptitude for writing great tunes...