Coldplay - Viva La Vida

[loretian]

Chris Martin claimed he'd quit after their first album, Parachutes (which is a great album, btw.)  He also claimed they were done after Rush of Blood to the Head (which is an even better album).   He didn't claim it after X&Y though, and I thought by then he'd fully embraced his commercial self, since X&Y was garbage.  Guess not.

I wouldn't take what he says now too seriously.   

[DeN]

good news for music

[ClintroN]

That?s what I heard the other day and honestly, the guys are like what, 31? Mr. Chris Martin said a musician has nothing to do after age 33!!!! What??? has he gone insane? he?s got the coolest job on earth, earns quite a lot of money and he says that? I guess he should have a talk with older rockers who are still at it.

lets hope they DO retire!!

[metallex78]

Well, for a band that pretty much releases the same music on every album they've put out so far, I think they've already overstayed their welcome....

FUCK OFF already please.

[The Catcher]

Mr. Chris Martin said a musician has nothing to do after age 33!!!!

He should tell that to Mr. Bob Dylan.
What an absolutely reveiling comment. Maybe it's hard to produce the same ballad over and over after age 33, I guess that's what he was trying to say.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Falcon's a reasonable man I see

Every now and then.

This retirement can't come soon enough.

[Butch Français]

oh man am I gonna party if they do!

[GNR_Green]

Falcon's a reasonable man I see

He's being perfectly reasonable.

[Gunner80]

I'm gonna miss these guys.





NOT!!

[Chief]

these guys are huge, they won't retire for a while.. i don't believe it.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

these guys are huge, they won't retire for a while.. i don't believe it.

You gotta have some faith man!

[kaasupoltin]

I love how everyone here hates them Now I know I'm not the only one!

[Mama Kin]

So long. I downloaded the one tune of theirs I liked and in my defense, I liked it before I knew it was a Coldplay tune.

Don't Panic, I heard it on an episode of Rescue Me.

[Silverchair]

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/joe_satriani_accuses_coldplay_of_plagiarism.html

This would be a major lawsuit since Coldplay's album is the biggest seller of the Year.

I don't hear the similarities...

[Silverchair]

I find it hilarious that people hate them. What do they not seem manly enough? The falsetto gets to you? Or is it the use of haunting melodies??

It's hilarious that metal guys, hard rock guys and just manly men in general have issues with listening to bands like that.

You are missing out on great music because a band doesn't appear manly enough. That is my .02

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Right, because GN'R was/is a manly mans band.

 

[Silverchair]

Right, because GN'R was/is a manly mans band.

 

It definitely is a man's band. The lyrical content and the explosiveness. Back off Bitch(song about his grandma, i know), One in a Million, Rocket Queen, and others have a tone of chauvinism. It's true. Does Axl hate women... no. But the tone can be identified be mistaken to be there.

What other bands in the 80s talked about that type of shit??? None practically. It was all strippers and hairspray. So men identified with GNR. Women liked the danger... men identified with GNR. It was about beauty, it was about Grit.

I'll take my negative karma now... 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Right, because GN'R was/is a manly mans band.

 

It definitely is a man's band. The lyrical content and the explosiveness. Back off Bitch(song about his grandma, i know), One in a Million, Rocket Queen, and others have a tone of chauvinism. It's true. Does Axl hate women... no. But they are there.

What other bands in the 80s talked about that type of shit??? None practically. It was all strippers and hairspray. So men identified with GNR. Women liked the danger... men identified with GNR. It was about beauty, it was about Grit.

I'll take my negative karma now... 

Look at the way they dressed.

November Rain, Estranged, Don't Cry.  Yeah, those songs have testosterone dripping all over them.

My point is, even those not-so-manly songs are good because that's what they are.  GOOD SONGS!

I don't even get what Coldplay is trying to do!

Nothing wrong with falsetto.  Everyone likes Queen.  I listen to opera.  So that can't be it, can it?

There's nothing special about the melodies Martin utilizes.  It's all mostly recycled garbage that he heard on an Adult Contempo station.  And musically, everything is simplified.  For example, Lost has 4 chords on the keyboard/organ, a jumbled solo and a generic drumbeat lifted from a Public Image Ltd outtake.

[Silverchair]

Right, because GN'R was/is a manly mans band.

 

It definitely is a man's band. The lyrical content and the explosiveness. Back off Bitch(song about his grandma, i know), One in a Million, Rocket Queen, and others have a tone of chauvinism. It's true. Does Axl hate women... no. But they are there.

What other bands in the 80s talked about that type of shit??? None practically. It was all strippers and hairspray. So men identified with GNR. Women liked the danger... men identified with GNR. It was about beauty, it was about Grit.

I'll take my negative karma now... 

Look at the way they dressed.

November Rain, Estranged, Don't Cry.  Yeah, those songs have testosterone dripping all over them.

My point is, even those not-so-manly songs are good because that's what they are.  GOOD SONGS! They are Great songs.

I don't even get what Coldplay is trying to do!

Nothing wrong with falsetto.  Everyone likes Queen.  I listen to opera.  So that can't be it, can it? I wasn't aiming my statement specifically at you... how in the world was I going to know you're a raving opera fan...

There's nothing special about the melodies Martin utilizes.  It's all mostly recycled garbage that he heard on an Adult Contempo station.  And musically, everything is simplified.  For example, Lost has 4 chords on the keyboard/organ, a jumbled solo and a generic drumbeat lifted from a Public Image Ltd outtake. And ChiDem has a ridiculous amount of difficulty. They recycle the same chords within most of the songs. Better Shackler's, ChiDem... yeah Drop D Flat gives you a lot of options for chords... Brian Wilson... now that is a man that likes complicated.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Right, because GN'R was/is a manly mans band.

 

It definitely is a man's band. The lyrical content and the explosiveness. Back off Bitch(song about his grandma, i know), One in a Million, Rocket Queen, and others have a tone of chauvinism. It's true. Does Axl hate women... no. But they are there.

What other bands in the 80s talked about that type of shit??? None practically. It was all strippers and hairspray. So men identified with GNR. Women liked the danger... men identified with GNR. It was about beauty, it was about Grit.

I'll take my negative karma now... 

Look at the way they dressed.

November Rain, Estranged, Don't Cry.  Yeah, those songs have testosterone dripping all over them.

My point is, even those not-so-manly songs are good because that's what they are.  GOOD SONGS! They are Great songs.

I don't even get what Coldplay is trying to do!

Nothing wrong with falsetto.  Everyone likes Queen.  I listen to opera.  So that can't be it, can it? I wasn't aiming my statement specifically at you... how in the world was I going to know you're a raving opera fan...

There's nothing special about the melodies Martin utilizes.  It's all mostly recycled garbage that he heard on an Adult Contempo station.  And musically, everything is simplified.  For example, Lost has 4 chords on the keyboard/organ, a jumbled solo and a generic drumbeat lifted from a Public Image Ltd outtake. And ChiDem has a ridiculous amount of difficulty. They recycle the same chords within most of the songs. Better Shackler's, ChiDem... yeah Drop D Flat gives you a lot of options for chords... Brian Wilson... now that is a man that likes complicated.

I'm sure others here like opera too, I know you weren't directing it at me.

Yeah, ChiDem DOES have a lot of difficulty.

To say otherwise is completely ludicrous.