Is Coldplay cool or lame?

cstpeter
cstpeter Posts: 387
edited June 2007 in Music & Movies
I can't decide. Sometimes I like their songs, but then I get really annoyed with Chris Martin's voice or those damn trying-too-hard-to-be-like-Radiohead-or-U2 anthems.

My fiance HATES them, so that's one vote for lame.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2007
    What category is depressing under?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2007
    I never really got into their newer album, but their "older" stuff (Parachutes & Rush of Blood) I really liked.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • T_Unit616
    T_Unit616 Posts: 131
    edited June 2007
    Lame.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2007
    T_Unit616 wrote: »
    Lame.

    And the last thing you want to do is agree with T_Unit, so that's two votes for not lame.



    In all seriousness though, if you can't make up your own mind about "cool or lame", just lock yourself in a closet now.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited June 2007
    I really liked Parachutes, then they lost me. U2 after Joshua Tree, Van Halen after 'Van Halen I', etc.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2007
    Coldplay is cool for about three or four songs on any of their CD's, after that.. i wanna kill someone.... Chris Martin's voice drones on and on...and it's damn annoying. ;)
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited June 2007
    I like them, not crazy about the new album. The piano is my favorite instrument, so I really like some of the rifs. It really depends on your mood, if you want to hear Slayer, do not play Coldplay. 1 vote for not lame.

    I hate Martin's wife most of all. She hates America and is just a stuck up ****.

    "How do I know your ****, you like Coldplay"
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited June 2007
    I used to use Parachutes as a good demo album. I like coldplay but for me they're not really a band I can listen to for more than maybe 20 minutes...

    Vote for not lame!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2007
    if Coldplay could ramp it up about 1,000% and really hit it hard rocking, they'd be pretty good. but instead, they flop around like a dead fish.. and I actually like em.. but in small doses.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    Is there a category for makes me want to slash my wrists?
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited June 2007
    Bill Ayotte wrote: »
    Is there a category for makes me want to slash my wrists?

    Yeah, "lame" doesn't quite capture that.

    My fiance just read this thread and astill grees with you Bill.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,774
    edited June 2007
    lame is the word of the day to describe Cold Play...

    Actually thats not harsh enough. "Royally Sucky" "Nausiating" "Depressing" "Slit My Wrist And Die Music"

    All very accurate over lame.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited June 2007
    I've got 2 of their CD and never listened to them, except for when I first got them. So that is an indication that I'm over them. One more vote for LAME.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    I'm ok with depressing music sometimes, depending on my mood...Coldplay could cause someone to go over the edge though....I don't mind SOME slower depressing music while I am laying down, but this **** motivates me to shoot myself so I don't have to hear it anymore......Alison Krauss, as beautiful as her voice is, sings depressing **** songs...Not NEAR as depressing as Coldplay, and for some reason, hearing a woman sing that type of song is easier on my mood than hearing some swinging richard sing it.....
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited June 2007
    Depends on my mood...talented musicians to say the least.

    But not my first choice...
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited June 2007
    I like 'em. Even their later stuff.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited June 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    if Coldplay could ramp it up about 1,000% and really hit it hard rocking, they'd be pretty good. but instead, they flop around like a dead fish.. and I actually like em.. but in small doses.


    Like many bands, I really like them live and never listen to the studio cd's. They are so earnest....if only my daughter would bring one of them home for Thanksgiving....
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