Looking to form a suport group- U2 fans who dislike Coldplay, please confess! - Page 3

Scarletwine · 07-21-2003, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by sulawesigirl4
I don't dislike Coldplay as individuals nor do I dislike their fans (yes, i still love you zoner), but I find them incredibly overrated, overhyped and overworshipped. Certainly they are not "bad" but I get very weary hearing about how they are the new saviours of rock. Quite honestly, they bore me to tears.

Sula,
I totally agree and I've tried to give them mega benefits of doubt because so many U2 fans think they're great.
Whereas U2 and other bands mix up the tempo on an albumn they are all slooowwly the same.

edited to add:
I do like a few songs, but the next U2 No

Way.

arw · 07-21-2003, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by yertle-the-turtle
everyone needs to listen to some Iron Maiden today.

edit: I'm not a fan of the Mighty Maiden at all, but they're fun to listen to. and why not everyone listen to some Maiden and we can all work out our differences over that?

I

Iron Maiden!!!

Bruce Dickinson's voice

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 07-21-2003, 09:40 PM

Coldplay

The hype over them, or ANY band

IWasBored · 07-21-2003, 09:56 PM

i'm here to join the ranks of those who like the band but hate the hype. i think both albums are realy good, i've yet to hear any b sides, but i do enjoy what i've heard. that being said, they are still far from being my favourite band. are they overrated? yeah. "the next u2" or "the next radiohead" titles are beyond annoying. people are far too quick to categorize bands as "the next fill-in-the-blank", and this sometimes ruins the music. i can think of more than a few songs i used to like that i got extremely sick of after hearing too much of the song or reading too much about the band.

if you don't like them, don't listen to them, don't read about them, turn off the radio when you hear "clocks" for the 14th time that day, and put on something that youlike better. just cos you're a u2 fan doesn't mean you have to worship the same bands that everyone else here likes.

oh and if i hear "yellow" one more time, i'm going to pound someone's head in. i am still sick of that song

Flying FuManchu · 07-21-2003, 11:09 PM

I bet the Edge loves "In My Place."

Flying FuManchu · 07-21-2003, 11:13 PM

Coldplay need to learn how to rock out more. However I feel that if they do, it might suck.

I don't get where people make the Radiohead/ Coldplay comparisons. Radiohead doesn't make pop music and Coldplay is a cup of melancholy with a couple cubes of happy mixed in. Also They don't use blips and studio tricks as much in their music.

sulawesigirl4 · 07-21-2003, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by IWasBored
oh and if i hear "yellow" one more time, i'm going to pound someone's head in. i am still sick of that song

god yes. that song alone may have turned me into the agent of coldplay negativity that i am today.

**Sicy** · 07-21-2003, 11:20 PM

lol.. yes that and Clocks.. I hear it everytime I turn on the radio

martha · 07-21-2003, 11:27 PM

Is Clocks the one where he's playing the piano and it looks like you can see the edges of the film?

(I mean the vid. I don't listen to the radio very often.

)

**Sicy** · 07-22-2003, 12:03 AM

Probly.. I know there's a piano in it. I used to like a little when it first came out but its just too overplayed I cant stand it anymore.

Moonlit_Angel · 07-22-2003, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by zonelistener
For me, (as for anyone who likes a specific band or music style), I just happen to connect with their music. A lot of their songs have an emotional tug for me. And it is the same with ANY band I like, whether it be U2, Frank Sinatra, Travis, Radiohead, Ride, Stone Roses or Janes Addiction (etc. etc. etc.). I try not to get into bands becuase of "hype."

Exactly. The bands I like, I like them because I can connect with their music in some way, shape, or form-it means something to me. The hype they get isn't what draws me in.

I personally don't mind Coldplay's music-in fact, I'm checking out some of their other stuff. Yeah, the music's slow, but it's good chill-out music, I think.

That being said, I totally respect the fact that some of you don't care for them. You've got your reasons why, and that's fine.

. To each their own.

Angela

Saracene · 07-22-2003, 06:41 AM

I like the band and think they've got great potential. But IMO they're not anywhere as good as they're widely claimed to be, not yet.

celia · 07-22-2003, 06:44 AM

Why do radios always have to go over the top and play good songs every 5mins so that you end up being sick of them!

The amount of times Clocks is played is just stupid!!!

shaun vox · 07-22-2003, 07:31 AM

let me put it this way ATYCLB compared to any fucking song by coldplay is hard rock. they look like bunch of pussey's that cant play the guitar and all they do is play pussy pop shit.

but to be fair thay are a good pop band for girls only.

BORING.
I have so much shit to say about this pop (piano band) but its not worth it.

MissVelvetDress_75 · 07-22-2003, 08:25 AM

hey nice words there Shaun Vox.

meegannie · 07-22-2003, 08:33 AM

Glad to see all the mindless, petty bitching is back in Bang and Clatter.

U2Kitten · 07-22-2003, 08:37 AM

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Originally posted by shaun vox
let me put it this way ATYCLB compared to any fucking song by coldplay is hard rock. they look like bunch of pussey's that cant play the guitar and all they do is play pussy pop shit.

I didn't want to put it that way but I can't disagree

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but to be fair thay are a good pop band for girls only.

Well this girl can't stand them.

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BORING.
I have so much shit to say about this pop (piano band) but its not worth it.

I know the feeling.

It's not just because they're slow that I dislike them. I like a lot of slow stuff. But this isn't any good, and as I said with DMB, a voice that sucks that badly can ruin any song, and Martin's grates on my nerves and sounds like crap to me. Yes, they look like pussies and are very, very ugly and creepy looking. The way Chris looks when he's getting down on that piano grosses me out so bad!

It also has bothered me that people who rag on U2 for getting slow hold Coldplay up as some kind of example of how rock should be, and it isn't even rock, and U2 at their age still rock harder than this. They are piano based! That's not a bad thing if the music doesn't suck, but theirs does IMO. People have said they have something to say? Have you read the lyrics to Yellow and Clocks? That's important and profound? I've heard boy band songs with more meaningful lyrics, and I can't stand them either.

Like I said before, I think my intense dislike for this band has grown from the overglorification of them, especially on this board, and the fact that they are overrated and not worthy of so much praise and being compared to U2!! If it weren't for that, they'd be just any other butt ugly, boring band I never think twice about.

zonelistener · 07-22-2003, 08:59 AM

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Originally posted by MissVelvetDress_75
hey nice words there Shaun Vox.

Yes, Shaun Vox and U2Kitten have a very intelligent way of expressing themselves!

Nothing conveys messages better than using terms like "pussies!"

yertle-the-turtle · 07-22-2003, 09:04 AM

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Originally posted by meegannie
Glad to see all the mindless, petty bitching is back in Bang and Clatter.

speaking of petty bitching,

meggie post my tracklisting for the icde.

just kidding take your time.

wait till i start the 'radiohead is boring and can't rock although i have to say i think the bends was good but not as great as everyone says' thread.

meegannie · 07-22-2003, 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by zonelistener

Yes, Shaun Vox and U2Kitten have a very intelligent way of expressing themselves!

Nothing conveys messages better than using terms like "pussies!"

And making appearances such an important factor in liking a band, while getting angry and defensive in other threads when a member of U2's appearance is criticized.

I love the constructive criticism on Interference!

It reminds me why I keep coming back here less and less.

07-21-2003, 11:20 PM	#48
Sicy Sizzlin' Sicilian Forum Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 71,046 Local Time: 09:20 PM	lol.. yes that and Clocks.. I hear it everytime I turn on the radio __________________

07-22-2003, 12:03 AM	#50
Sicy Sizzlin' Sicilian Forum Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 71,046 Local Time: 09:20 PM	Probly.. I know there's a piano in it. I used to like a little when it first came out but its just too overplayed I cant stand it anymore. __________________

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07-21-2003, 09:40 PM	#43
LarryMullen's POPAngel Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'll be up with the sun, I'm not coming down... Posts: 53,698 Local Time: 12:20 AM	Coldplay The hype over them, or ANY band

07-21-2003, 09:56 PM	#44
IWasBored Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 36,784 Local Time: 01:20 AM	i'm here to join the ranks of those who like the band but hate the hype. i think both albums are realy good, i've yet to hear any b sides, but i do enjoy what i've heard. that being said, they are still far from being my favourite band. are they overrated? yeah. "the next u2" or "the next radiohead" titles are beyond annoying. people are far too quick to categorize bands as "the next fill-in-the-blank", and this sometimes ruins the music. i can think of more than a few songs i used to like that i got extremely sick of after hearing too much of the song or reading too much about the band. if you don't like them, don't listen to them, don't read about them, turn off the radio when you hear "clocks" for the 14th time that day, and put on something that youlike better. just cos you're a u2 fan doesn't mean you have to worship the same bands that everyone else here likes. oh and if i hear "yellow" one more time, i'm going to pound someone's head in. i am still sick of that song

07-21-2003, 11:09 PM	#45
Flying FuManchu New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Used to live in Chambana. For now the Mid-South. Posts: 3,179 Local Time: 12:20 AM	I bet the Edge loves "In My Place."

07-21-2003, 11:13 PM	#46
Flying FuManchu New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Used to live in Chambana. For now the Mid-South. Posts: 3,179 Local Time: 12:20 AM	Coldplay need to learn how to rock out more. However I feel that if they do, it might suck. I don't get where people make the Radiohead/ Coldplay comparisons. Radiohead doesn't make pop music and Coldplay is a cup of melancholy with a couple cubes of happy mixed in. Also They don't use blips and studio tricks as much in their music.

07-21-2003, 11:27 PM	#49
martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,555 Local Time: 10:20 PM	Is Clocks the one where he's playing the piano and it looks like you can see the edges of the film? (I mean the vid. I don't listen to the radio very often. )

07-22-2003, 06:41 AM	#52
Saracene Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia, some time after tea Posts: 6,325 Local Time: 05:20 AM	I like the band and think they've got great potential. But IMO they're not anywhere as good as they're widely claimed to be, not yet.

07-22-2003, 06:44 AM	#53
celia New Yorker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: all maps welcome Posts: 2,766 Local Time: 05:20 AM	Why do radios always have to go over the top and play good songs every 5mins so that you end up being sick of them! The amount of times Clocks is played is just stupid!!!

07-22-2003, 07:31 AM	#54
shaun vox New Yorker Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: LA.cal ROCKnRoll city! Posts: 3,192 Local Time: 05:20 AM	let me put it this way ATYCLB compared to any fucking song by coldplay is hard rock. they look like bunch of pussey's that cant play the guitar and all they do is play pussy pop shit. but to be fair thay are a good pop band for girls only. BORING. I have so much shit to say about this pop (piano band) but its not worth it.

07-22-2003, 08:25 AM	#55
MissVelvetDress_75 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: basking in my post-concert glow still mesmerized by the orbit of his hips..Also Holding Bono Close as he requested. Posts: 25,776 Local Time: 01:20 AM	hey nice words there Shaun Vox.

07-22-2003, 08:33 AM	#56
meegannie Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 15,798 Local Time: 05:20 AM	Glad to see all the mindless, petty bitching is back in Bang and Clatter.