LuvandPeace1980 said:
I am sorry to say to you but your little spill about Coldplay being as big as U2 up to this point is unfounded. Album sales don't mean as much as they used to!
At this stage, U2 had done Live Aid, released 4 albums and had huge songs such as Pride, New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday and I Will Follow. The had already conquered America and they did Red Rocks.
I also don't think your quote about Bono having no sex appeal because he is old. Maybe not to the teeny boppers, but his songs do. Vertigo was really huge and almost everyone I know thought it was an awesome song full of energy. Besides where is the Sex appeal with Coldplay if that is the case?
Coldplays music is nice and safe. It's not pro-active enough in it's approach and it doesn't have any grunt. They focus way too much on sounding crystal clear rather than the emotion they put into it, which is fine.. but it just doesn't make you feel like getting off your arse and doing something good!
Reread my posts-- I don't think you were really able to grasp the points I was making. This is the type of defensiveness we were talking about, because you read what you wanted to and missed my points. U2 is my favorite band by far with Coldplay at a distant second, so I'm not saying this like Coldplay is my favorite band, just as someone who's not defensive about U2 inevitably having to pass the torch someday.
1. Never said Coldplay was bigger than U2.
2. At their respective points in their first 5 years of thier careers, U2 had 4 big hits with I Will Follow, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day. (although I would argue that IWF wasn't a huge hit at the time, maybe only in the UK)
Coldplay has had 6 with Yellow, Trouble, Clocks, The Scientist, In My Place and Speed of Sound, all of which have been huge hits. That's even before the release of their 3rd album.
3. I'd say that Coldplay has pretty much conquered America, considering "Speed of Sound" made its debut at #8 on the U.S. charts--the first British band to accomplish this feat since The Beatles released "Hey Jude" in 1968.
4. Again, read what I wrote. Sex appeal has a lot to do with youth--U2 aren't exactly spring chickens anymore. They simply don't appeal to the under 20 crowd like they used to. Coldplay does.
5. Your last point is totally subjective. Songs like Politik, Yellow and Clocks pack a ton of emotion IMO. Why does music have to be proactive to be good? One, The Fly, Gone, With Or Without You, Vertigo, Sometimes, Until The End of the World, Stay...ect are among U2's best songs, yet they don't really inspire me to get off my ass and "do something good."