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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

their music is so lukewarm for a band with the word cold in it

[–] [email protected] 115 points 7 months ago (5 children)

When I was in college, a guy in my lab thought he's make some money by buying cheap Coldplay tickets and reselling them at profit. No one took him up on it.

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[+] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Coldplay was one of the big popular bands back in the 2000's, and like any popular band, there were plenty of people eager to prove how cool they were by telling everyone that they hate their music. Social media was starting to get popular at the time, so people would take to Facebook to make their "Coldplay sucks" proclamations. As social media took off, the sentiment kinda got swept up with it, and so now even as Coldplay isn't anywhere near as relevant as they were back then, it's still a pretty common thing to see people say they suck online. From what I saw, Nickelback's wave came afterward, and while that sentiment reached higher popularity in its heyday, it hasn't stuck around as well.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (5 children)

No, Coldplay was incredibly well liked for close to a decade. The backlash against them really didn't develop until 2007/2008 when it was discovered they straight up stole a song.

Viva LA Vida was already sort of their abandonment of adult contemporary for a top 40 sound, and of course, it was released when I heart (then clear channel) was shutting down all the adult contemporary stations, so the pivot was going to happen regardless of whether they got caught or not, but it is interesting to note that their top hits since that happened have largely been written by others.

Nowadays, maroon 5 and coldplay are essentially the same band, its just a matter of who pays Max Martin more for the better song at album roll out time.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I thought it was Imagine Dragons.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's sooo trendy to shit on someone you don't like. Edge up!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Coldplay was the old Nickelback. That said, I still dig Coldplay's old stuff.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Coldplay was an adult contemporary with top 40 cross over appeal, while Nickelback was a hard rock act with top 40 cross over appeal.

Coldplay and Maroon 5 are closer comparisons here.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah their old stuff was actually decent. Their new songs are absolute generic bullshit.

You are my universe and I just want to put you first

It sounds like it was written for the parody boy band from Bob's Burgers, Boyz 4 Now.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

They are 2 different bands?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The Swedish German?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Swedish German?

Wait don't you want to hear the joke?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Andy, which one of them gave you a nickel?"

"Well, every one of 'em!"

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (12 children)

I never have understood what the appeal of Coldplay was lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Silly fucks, finding some semblance of joy in this broken world... Let's make them feel bad about it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Viva la Vida is pretty good. Other than that one track I don't really care for them

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t that the one they ripped off from Joe Satriani?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Idk I just like the song.

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I never understood the love or the hate for Coldplay. I think the best quote I ever read about them was "Coldplay is the musical representation of the color beige".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Chris Martin's vouce annoys me like no other. "Fix you" is in my opinion one of the worst, whiniest songs ever. I can't stand it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Look at my reply to the previous comment. I think we basically both said the same thing at the same time lol

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not a huge fan but they make some good music. I really liked their debut album but completely fell off by the time they released that Daft Punk ripoff

Side note about that track: You don't even have to change the bpm or key. Just put the tracks on top of each other and line it up. It's nearly the same song with different vocals

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Which tracks?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not an avid listener, but The Scientist (2002, so... old) really sunk in for me when I heard it. His voice gets criticized but I think it fits in perfectly with that song's subject matter as an exploration of grief and unsuccessfully trying to confront trauma with reason and logic.

Haven't listened to anything newer that that, so ignorance is bliss over here!

If you've never seen the video, this is a rare example where it adds really valuable context to the song itself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Get Lucky and...I think the Coldplay song is called Adventure of a Lifetime

[Edit] I forgot how bad the music video was

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That was very unpleasant to watch. I had to stop a few minutes in. Oof.

The animation reminds me of early Cool 3d World animations and not in a good way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah I have no idea what they were thinking, it looks so cheap. Either fully commit to the bit of janky graphics or don't use them at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe I should listen to a whole album before making a final decision, but every time I hear a Coldplay song it's always just seemed terribly boring. Like someone doing a bad cover of a song I already didn't like that much in the first place lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't listen to Coldplay when I want to listen to something I want to jam to.

I play it on the way home so I have something other than the constant drone of tires on a highway and passing vehicles to listen to. It doesn't have to be groundbreaking, I don't want something that will truly distract my driving.

That said, I only have like three songs i don't just immediately skip.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

I think better than listening to traffic is their slogan.

(I have no actual opinion on Coldplay. I don't know why I'm joining in on the bashing...)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Well, there's pretty much no artist that appeals to everyone so it's not surprising to hear. There's a lot of popular artists I just can't get into, too!

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