rjhbonovox said:
Also Coldplays new single is great, pisses all over anything off HTDAAB, especially COBL! Whoops.....controversial!
I actually find Coldplay's newest single very derivative. Just me, i guess.
rjhbonovox said:
Also Coldplays new single is great, pisses all over anything off HTDAAB, especially COBL! Whoops.....controversial!
dudeman said:
oh yeah, i LOVE billy corgan's music, but lets face it, the guy's words are like farts out of my ass - plentiful, occasionally brilliant,
rjhbonovox said:
He didn't say "the Best Band of All Time." He said -
Martin won't bristle if you compare Coldplay's latest to U2's anthem-packed The Unforgettable Fire. "I love the idea of lots of people in a big place singing the same thing," he says. "U2 are the best band of all time at that. That's what we're striving for in 50 percent of our songs, and the other 50 percent are more introspective."
Best band at playing a certain type of song where lots of people in a big place are singing the same thing! A little different, me thinks!
Also Coldplays new single is great, pisses all over anything off HTDAAB, especially COBL! Whoops.....controversial!
doctorwho said:I'm going to challenge this a bit.
U2's last album debuted with nearly 850,000 copies sold in the U.S. and has gone to 3x Platinum. For anyone to say that this "isn't quite a blockbuster" should be flat-out smacked upside the head. In an era of illegal downloads, these types of numbers - especially for a 25 year old band - are incredible.
Now, if by "blockbuster" they mean quality - well, that's HIGHLY subjective. I'm listening to some Coldplay live now and let me tell you, it ain't U2 live - by a long shot. They sound like a really really good, really refined garage band, but nowhere near the awe-inspiring performances of U2. Their songs simply do not uplift - they are just melancholy. They are like Radiohead-lite. I have yet to be overwhelmed by anything Coldplay has done.
As for Corgan's comments - he's right. U2 were heavily inspired by Echo and the Bunnymen. But seeing as how both groups came out around the same time, the influence is minimal. In contrast, I hear a lot of Echo and U2 in the Smashing Pumpkins, so Corgan should be watchful of his words - because if U2 ripped off Echo, so did he.
Edited to add: As I listen to this live Coldplay CD I also hear TONS of U2. So if U2 ripped off Echo (highly questionable...), Coldplay is "ripping off" both U2 and Radiohead. Maybe they'll succeed, but I just don't think this new album will be this 3x Platinum album that U2's latest has become.
rjhbonovox said:Also Coldplays new single is great, pisses all over anything off HTDAAB, especially COBL!
kakvox said:
I actually find Coldplay's newest single very derivative. Just me, i guess.
rjhbonovox said:Come on, when I listen to Coldplays new single, it sounds like a group that is fresh and exciting, U2's latest offering (COBL) sounds like a tired attempt from a band that have run out of ideas.
kakvox said:
I actually find Coldplay's newest single very derivative. Just me, i guess.
Neenie said:City of blinding lights is superior over sound of speed. Sound of speed sounds like a standard old coldplay song, nothing special. They usually have one good song each album such as clocks and yellow. The rest of the tracks off those albums sound very predictable and plain, I haven’t heard X&Y yet but I think I know what to expect.
Coldplay sucks. The smashing pumpkins are much better
XHendrix24 said:
Exactly. Just because a song is boring and uninspired (oh excuse me, I mean uh...new and experimental ) doesn't mean that it's a good song. Some music snobs forget that sometimes.
yimou said:
Just because a song is written by U2, then it dosn´t mean that its a good song. Some fans forget that sometimes
XHendrix24 said:
Hey, if Coldplay had written City of Blinding Lights I'd like it just the same. I mean, I liked Clocks. However, a Clocks Pt. 2 doesn't really interest me as much.
However, I can probably agree that SOS is better than most of ATYCLB.
But COBL is still > SOS.
ZeroDude said:Achtung>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything
Bono's shades said:I think both Speed of Sound and COBL sound boring and uninspired.
Bono's shades said:I know this is sort of off-topic, but Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" is one of my favorite songs ever.
edgeboy said:You know people always say that chris martin does'nt try to be like u2 but he's always talking about bono and u2 so it makes me
think he wants coldplay to be labled the next u2. The bottom line
is if you want your band to be remebered you've got to create something new.