and i dislike chris martin even more, lol! i know they have a lot of fans and i even like one or two songs but they realkly are a bunch of unoriginal guys.

first they wanted to be radiohead but they realized that couldn't happen. then they went through some kind of rem phase. now chris thinks he is bono. taking on the same causes (which, in the end, is actually a great thing because support is support, no?) and making comments like "all we want to do is make great music and blow u2 out of the water," is he really that dumb?

the latest round of chris's i-must-be-as-cool-as-bono phase is the following, from yahoo newswire, "Coldplay singer outbids Bono in auction for REM lunchbox. NEW YORK, NY Wednesday Oct.19.2005 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Coldplay's Chris Martin faced off against U2's Bono last Sunday (October 16th), but it was all in the name of love and charity."

i suppose what could be better than trying to be rem or u2? trying to incorporate rem AND u2 into a pathetic game of wannabe/

fix was a good song.


Media loves them though.

coldplay does absolutely nothing for me whatsoever. i think chris martin is dullsville. maybe it's that their music is well produced and their whole image is very pseudo-alternative and tasteful that gets them all the fans. it's good music to give as a gift to someone you don't know very well, because it's not offensive and it's perfectly beige. well, not as beige as norah jones, but pretty beige.

Anxiety said:

Iam surprised. I guess my stereotyply senses were wrong again.

thesexofit said:

give me peaches or motorhead any day.

Anxiety said:

U love them really.

Coldplay are boring and this fits with the rest of their boring stuff. Boring, boring, boring! A damn lunchbox.

Anxiety said:

That is exactly how I feel about Coldplay.

if ever a band was beige....

Anxiety said:

i swear i didn't read this before i posted

Perhaps the most appropriately named band in rock.

Matchbox Twenty Finally Finishes Watering Down Long-Awaited New Album
http://www.theonion.com/c...node/30719

CinisterCee said:

"The release has been eagerly awaited by Matchbox Twenty's enormous fan base, composed of American record buyers who have a limited interest in music but enjoy the act of shopping."

so true, isn't it!

I like this part:

Good that makes 2 of us. I can't stand this band. I think they suck arse and I can't see whya people go crazy for them. They are so damn boring.

thesexofit said:

I would listen to Nelson over Boreplay and day!

See, I really don't mind them. I don't like them, but I don't despise them either. But whenever their videos come on, I automatically let out a groan and have to change the channel. I think I'm mostly just sick of seeing them all the damn time.

'Parachutes' was good, 'A Rush Of Blood....' was argueably better, 'X&Y' is just over the top & boring.....they missed it! Their concerts (saw them last summer) are predictable & boring as well!

I could not agree more with SassyBritches and Anx.

Theyre so boring, and your right, he does want to be Bono!

I lump them in with the David gray, katie melua, daniel bedingfield crowd, and countless other depressig boring English acts.

What happened to decent British music?!

abierman said:

I agree. I could stomach them when they were just Radiohead wannabes with a cute song, but that's only carried them through 2 albums, and now it's clear they have nothing of their own to bring to the table. Fix yourself!

I'm not really a Coldplay fan either. In fact, I'd kinda writen them off as "Radiohead Lite" once they really got huge. I got some free tickets to see them last month and I have to admit it was a great show. So in the end, I guess I can still enjoy them even though I probably won't run to the sto' to pick up their record.

Except for some choice Brit rock (Beatles are unequivocally accepted, but I don't like Stones, can tolerate an album or two from Zep, Yes and Tull), but I really don't like Brit pop or soul (anything Euro for that matter is just super cheesy lite-mayo).

Those folks should just stick to playing classical.

A true classic!

http://www.madtv.com/html...nt_25.html
[Edited 10/20/05 11:50am]

PFunkjazz said:

Try Joy Division.

GangstaFam said:

Or Blur. Or Bauhaus/Love & Rockets. Or Kate Bush. Or Peter Gabriel. Or Stereolab. Or...

pulp. or siouxsie and the banshhees or the clash. or david bowie. or...

SassyBritches said:

david WHO?

Anxiety said:

really? hmmm...you should check him out sometime. i have a feeling you'd like him a lot. especially his mid-late 70's output.

Stax said:

Truer words... truer words....

SassyBritches said:

yeah, i'll get right on that, whoever he is.