JOFO said:
"rock out"????
ok, I guess if jumping around onstage acting like some asshole who's pissed off because he just got fired from his job at the mall is "rocking out"......then, yup, they sure do.
Sure, visually... rock isn't all about jumping around cursing, etc... but the music is hard rockin. Coldplay's music isn't like that.
Yeah cuz Politik rocks
or Shiver rocks
.
Maybe your definition of rock and rocking out is like the Carpenters so I don't know if there is any point in arguing that Coldplay doesn't rock as hard as Limp Bizkit.
I'm not saying Coldplay isn't a rock band (though some could question it) nor am I saying Limp Bizkit is better than Coldplay. But at the least, Coldplay rocks as hard as dripping faucet (until they prove otherwise on the new album). They are very soft, melodic, etc... I guess in my In My Place is the most rocking b/c of the drums but the guitar is so soft and clean.
Yeah, Coldplay doesn't rock in terms of raw/ powerful/ loud type of energy in the music. They also don't fit the conventional definition of "rock and roll" either. I mean we can all agree on that part. Limp Bizkit (for all their warts to some people) do rock b/c of the song structure, guitar tones, beats, etc.
inmyplace13, you don't have to defend Coldplay b/c I like Coldplay. I love mainstream popular bands like Coldplay. I wasn't trying to be overly critical. If I came across as such, my bad. I just feel Coldplay doesn't rock in the way the Stones do in Rocks Off. The way Jimi does on Voodoo Chile. The way Led Zeppelin does on Whole Lotta Love, or Cream does in White Room (and these are old school references).
MI-2?
