sounds like you like the a rush of blood to the head album. well they are all good songs, I can agree with that... I like the songs om X&Y also. many of them are darker and faster then the old ones, such as low and square one.
Don't Panic is the epitome of the ultimate coldplay song. Tho it becomes hard for me to pick just one...I usually pretty much have a soft spot for anything they make...The Scientist will always be the song that makes me swoon.
I have been listening to "Clocks "the better part of this morning and have been reveling in the greatness of this song. it encapsulates the phenomenon that is life oh so well.
"you are...and nothing else compares." in the end. thats all that can be said about existence no?
Oh I love that song. When I first heard it on the radio, I was like "shut up, what's that ?"
Simple but beautiful.
Coldplay is a great band. Until now I haven't heard one bad song from them, and even the not-so-great songs are still good enough.
They make intelligent easy listening music. And that's harder to do than one would think !
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Some of the best music is simple. Beauty of simplicity. No hiding behind fancy chords or overproduced arrangements.
Honest music is what I prefer.
Not talking about Coldplay, talking in general.
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I must join you here. The lyrics are simple in one way but very smart and difficult in another. The message is kinda clear. And that sure can be hard to make. I know a Swedish rapper called Timbuktu who often says that it's the "simple" things that are the hardest. What Bob Marley could say in a few sentences would take several verses for some to say, and yet they would still have said the same thing.
and AC you say that it's subjective to say if the music is bad or good. Well in one way yes. But then everything is subjective. I guess you like the fightclub movie (your sig is very very nice indeed), but that's just your opinion right. Then Kid Kurdy has his opinion about Coldplays music and you have yours. None of you are wrong. I love the way politics are slipping trough the songs in a 'intelligent' way. Instead of the usual "I love you" crap, or the punk verson "it's this ****ing governments fault".. they are done in a smart way. (my opinion)
You are putting forth the argument that it's hard to achieve great simplicity. That doesn't mean that said simplicity is hard to understand. No Coldplay lyrics are "difficult" to grasp if you have half a brain cell.
So all you just said is "Music taste is subjective", which was my point regarding whether their music is good or bad. You just reiterated my point.
What you have to understand is "intelligent" is different to different people. Coldplay are really intelligent to people who are easily impressed, because there's nothing there that a million other bands haven't done easily, and they're not saying anything new.
Chris Martin himself says that the band's songs are nothing more than a boyband in disguise. It's simply because he's playing slow music at a piano that people like it.
Simple? That song 'The Scientist' doesn't even mention a scientist at all! Figure that one out...
(I blah Coldplay, by the way.)
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Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
From the moment Coldplay became popular, there has always been a lot of animosity towards the band.
I never understood that. There are hundreds of bands that are much worse than Coldplay, but for some reason, lots of people just can't stand them (or just hate Chris Martin).
Why oh why ?
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Jul 11th, 2006 04:34 PM
Tho it becomes hard for me to pick just one...I usually pretty much have a soft spot for anything they make...The Scientist will always be the song that makes me swoon. 
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