Michael Griffiths
Rock n' Roll Doggie
This is a waste of a thread, I realize, but I had to laugh 'cause it's true...
Excerpt from Alexis Petridis
Friday August 16, 2002
The Guardian:
"When Coldplay began their recent Glastonbury performance with Politik, the audience roared as if the band were playing their biggest hit. That same bizarre sense of instant familiarity is all over A Rush of Blood to the Head: you feel you already know and like these songs the first time you hear them. The last band to pull off this remarkable feat was Oasis. But you immediately knew and liked their songs because they had pinched them. Here, it is all down to beautifully crafted songwriting and an all-pervading aura of warm inclusiveness. The listener is drawn straight in by the well-worn eastern guitar motifs of Daylight or the simple melody of In My Place...."
Excerpt from Alexis Petridis
Friday August 16, 2002
The Guardian:
"When Coldplay began their recent Glastonbury performance with Politik, the audience roared as if the band were playing their biggest hit. That same bizarre sense of instant familiarity is all over A Rush of Blood to the Head: you feel you already know and like these songs the first time you hear them. The last band to pull off this remarkable feat was Oasis. But you immediately knew and liked their songs because they had pinched them. Here, it is all down to beautifully crafted songwriting and an all-pervading aura of warm inclusiveness. The listener is drawn straight in by the well-worn eastern guitar motifs of Daylight or the simple melody of In My Place...."