LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
To me, it sounded like he was comparing Viva to the last two U2 albums.
Do you think ATYCLB and HTDAAB are that good?
Yes, I do. There's nothing on Viva that can touch Beautiful Day or Kite. Not even close.
To me, it sounded like he was comparing Viva to the last two U2 albums.
Do you think ATYCLB and HTDAAB are that good?
Yes, I do. There's nothing on Viva that can touch Beautiful Day or Kite. Not even close.
apples and oranges - there's room enough for all!
haven't heard Viva La Vida - i hated Violet Hill so i have to get over that first before i decide i wanna take a listen to the rest of the album hehe
listening to Viva La Vida, which sounds so much better than every Coldplay album before it, it would seem U2 have to put out a pretty shit-hot album to compete after the last auto-pilot offering. If you listen to Viva La Vida and think it sounds just like U2 you're obviously TRYING desperately to find similarities after the last few albums which obviously have U2's influence all over them. If anyone needs "waking up" it's U2. I don't know how you can post something like that having heard the album, Rob33...have you??
I don't get why people get so annoyed when they state (the relatively obvious) that Coldplay are heavily influenced by U2. even Chris Martin says they measure their albums in terms of U2-albums. do they want to BE U2? Who knows. But they certainly do their best to emulate their sound, and I don't really understand why people get so pissy around here when that's stated.
As for whether or not Coldplay want to be U2, I'm not sure. I do think you can hear a fair share of U2 in this album, probably more than any of their other albums to be honest. That might just be because of Eno. That said, it's not just me that sees this. My friends around here (non U2 fans) thought that the Viva La Vida song was U2 when they heard it on the iTunes commercials.
I don't think anything off Viva would be better than City, Original, Sometimes... or Vertigo. But that's also just me. I think a more fair comparison is between Viva and How to Dismantle..., but in the end I enjoy the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and All That You Can't Leave Behind much better than Viva La Vida. Does that make Viva La Vida poor? Not at all - I think those are very good U2 albums whereas I think this is a pretty good Coldplay album.
I don't understand this endless need from some posters to constantly try to prove that U2 is superior to Coldplay in every way! Are you people so paranoid that Coldplay will overtake U2 in terms of popularity? It is okay to appreciate both bands equally, people! I know this is a U2 forum and all but sheesh, why this endless need to compare? I think Viva La Vida is a perfectly fine album in it's own right and I don't necessarily hear U2 in it nor am I trying hard to hear U2 so I can scream "rip off!"!
Exactly. It's one to thing to have influences but it's another when it's that blatant and obvious. Using the same producer, wanting to imitate the frontman, borrowing off the guitar player...it's almost getting to the level of those Gallagher bros obsession with the Beatles.
I will buy the new album and they are my favourite new band of the last decade but honestly - they need not try so hard being like U2, just being Coldplay would do.
Strangely, listening to Viva La Vida gets me excited about the new U2 album every time.
Exactly. It's one to thing to have influences but it's another when it's that blatant and obvious. Using the same producer, wanting to imitate the frontman, borrowing off the guitar player...it's almost getting to the level of those Gallagher bros obsession with the Beatles.
I will buy the new album and they are my favourite new band of the last decade but honestly - they need not try so hard being like U2, just being Coldplay would do.
No, Coldplay doesn't.
Whether Coldplay is a quality band or not is one thing. But it doesn't want to be U2, it's not ripping off U2, it's not trying to destroy U2's career, etc. Et al. Ad infinitum.
one big difference between U2 and Coldplay is that no matter who produces what and how, U2 will always stay true to themselves, and produce music that is actually representative of U2...
Coldplay on the other hand borrows various parts of different bands/different songs such as Edge's chimey notes, or a vocal melody from Bono, and focus too much on other bands/sounds (U2) as opposed to truly inventing a new sound and letting your musical mind go (hence why some say the new Coldplay album sounds forced at times)...it's all so obvious and just so frustrating to see/hear
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Agreed, this is basically the point im trying to make...I didnt mean that ColdPlay want to be literal carbon copies of U2..u guys are reading into what im trying to say too much.. This album is forced and not true to a coldplay as band. U guys say even that the lead singer talks and acts like bono on stage and still dont agree with me!! Like at least in angels and airwaves that dude still sings the way he does like when he was in blink 182...imagine if he tried to sing like bono
It really frustrates me when U2 fans imply that The Edge was the first and only guitarist to combine a delay pedal with simplistic riffs and chord structures.
one big difference between U2 and Coldplay is that no matter who produces what and how, U2 will always stay true to themselves, and produce music that is actually representative of U2...
Coldplay on the other hand borrows various parts of different bands/different songs such as Edge's chimey notes, or a vocal melody from Bono, and focus too much on other bands/sounds (U2) as opposed to truly inventing a new sound and letting your musical mind go (hence why some say the new Coldplay album sounds forced at times)...it's all so obvious and just so frustrating to see/hear
I do have one quick question though if anyone happens to know-
What album sold more copies worldwide to date....HTDAAB or X & Y ???
I do have one quick question though if anyone happens to know-
What album sold more copies worldwide to date....HTDAAB or X & Y ???
When i hear this record i just hear Brian Eno. Thats why im sort of pissy about the whole thing. ColdPlay just wanted the u2 sound and they needed Brian Eno...it worked production/music wise but there arent any good songs! Which leads me to the point that ColdPlay thought they can just bring Brian Eno on board and they would get a "The Fly" or something like that....its just one gigantic synth sound after the next. At least with U2 they put out classic material without Brian Eno.
This definitely shows how much Brian Eno has an influence on the music he produces. Take a band like coldplay and basically lay out the sonic landscape for them. I really wonder how much of the music Eno actually played and how much the band actually did.
I've said it dunno how many times: James. They have used Brian Eno more than once. Go on, tell me how THEY are copying U2???
Fuck me drunk
Another one.
Where's the dancing lock?
Ah, there it is.