Chris Martin

[gabi]

Parachutes was quite beautiful. I remember sitting around a fire in NZ listening to it with some mates who'd never even heard of Coldplay and they were blown away by it. We were pretty stoned though. It kinda made sense, in the setting. I guess it's a bit shit when bands become huge. Another former friend of mine is now a superstar DJ with her own show on Radio 1 and used to be obsessive about coldplay, before they were famous. I'm sure her street cred might go down a bit if I ever brought that up. She used to trade fucking bootleg tapes of them.

Anyway. In terms of the dude himself. He's on the left politically. And is allegedly a decent guy. So whatever. I will argue this for years to come with my wife im sure, who seems to have an irrational hatred of him I'm not gonna buy a coldplay record anytime soon but as rock stars go he seems ok.

 

[savoloysam]

I blame that awful band Embrace urrrrrgh. I think i heard that they were one of Coldplay's big influences.

In fact i would say Embrace are worse that Coldplay who at least have done a couple of decent tunes.

 

[gabi]

Chris Martin, I think, wrote some of Embrace's more popular tunes

 

[souljacker]

Euugh, Embrace. And those cunts Snow Patrol. Fucking far worse than anything Coldplay have ever done.

 

[pinkmonkey]

One of El Jugs old mates plays keyboards and produces for them, seems to have done really well out of it, but I have to say I preferred the band he had with El Jugs other mates (experimental dance music) but it wasn't exactly successful. But I know nothing of Coldplay, I was never around when they got invited to gigs. (Shrugs).

 

[Citizen66]

He comes across as a bit smug. Gwyneth was perfect for him. Coldplay are a bit middle of the road. Unexciting and inoffensive.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I blame that awful band Embrace urrrrrgh. I think i heard that they were one of Coldplay's big influences.

In fact i would say Embrace are worse that Coldplay who at least have done a couple of decent tunes.

I listened to an Embrace song recently, or tried to. The singer's just dreadful.

Many years ago I thought they were alright, but I was a maudlin teenage idiot at the time and would fall for basically any song with a big chorus that seemed like it might be about girls.

 

[krtek a houby]

We own the first two albums. They aren't much on the stereo these days but who knows, I might feel nostalgic in the near future. I have no real problem with the lead singer; I have more of an issue with people who try to dictate their musical bias on to me.

 

[SpookyFrank]

We own the first two albums. They aren't much on the stereo these days but who knows, I might feel nostalgic in the near future. I have no real problem with the lead singer; I have more of an issue with people who try to dictate their musical bias on to me.

I'm not dictating anything to anyone. If you want to listen to shit music go ahead and fill your boots. There's lots of shit music that I quite enjoy sometimes.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Post reported for racism. And also your tag-line.

You'll have to sue Ian Dury for that

 

[stavros]

He's still banging them in for the Rams;

 

[SpookyFrank]

He's still banging them in for the Rams;

Up the arse thread ------------------------>

 

[stavros]

Up the arse thread ------------------------>

Well, the fella behind him does have the horn.

 

[pesh]

I saw them at Glastonbury in 2005? ish... Had a panic attack coz of the mud. Mixed memories of them for me

mrs pesh and i were at Glastonbury in 2005, we headed back to our tent about midnight that night for a bit of a livener and found a young girl in floods of tears who came up to us begging us to 'help them'...

we said, of course, whats the matter, how can we help etc... she mentioned her boyfriend needed help even more than her, we told her to get him and come back, and she re-appeared a minute or too later with a lad who was indeed in a horrific state, crying and terrified.

we sat them down, asked them what had happened, turns out they were at their first Glastonbury, had taken their first ever acid and then gone to watch Coldplay.

about an hour and a couple of strong vodka and oranges later we had them building sandcastles in the Lost Vagueness crew bar with the biggest smiles on their faces i've ever seen.

Coldplay. not even once.

 

[Looby]

That is a beautiful story.

 

[madamv]

Omg pesh! Poor things... That must happen a lot I'm guessing...

 

[Voley]

mrs pesh and i were at Glastonbury in 2005, we headed back to our tent about midnight that night for a bit of a livener and found a young girl in floods of tears who came up to us begging us to 'help them'...

we said, of course, whats the matter, how can we help etc... she mentioned her boyfriend needed help even more than her, we told her to get him and come back, and she re-appeared a minute or too later with a lad who was indeed in a horrific state, crying and terrified.

we sat them down, asked them what had happened, turns out they were at their first Glastonbury, had taken their first ever acid and then gone to watch Coldplay.

about an hour and a couple of strong vodka and oranges later we had them building sandcastles in the Lost Vagueness crew bar with the biggest smiles on their faces i've ever seen.

Coldplay. not even once.

 

[DrRingDing]

mrs pesh and i were at Glastonbury in 2005, we headed back to our tent about midnight that night for a bit of a livener and found a young girl in floods of tears who came up to us begging us to 'help them'...

we said, of course, whats the matter, how can we help etc... she mentioned her boyfriend needed help even more than her, we told her to get him and come back, and she re-appeared a minute or too later with a lad who was indeed in a horrific state, crying and terrified.

we sat them down, asked them what had happened, turns out they were at their first Glastonbury, had taken their first ever acid and then gone to watch Coldplay.

about an hour and a couple of strong vodka and oranges later we had them building sandcastles in the Lost Vagueness crew bar with the biggest smiles on their faces i've ever seen.

Coldplay. not even once.

At the very same Glasto Coldplay made me weep too! Vast quantities of red wine was the catalyst rather than acid. They were fucking horrendous. The previous year's Friday closer on the main stage was the Chemical Brothers and i had double dropped 2 proper old school whites doves. It was fucking amazing.

Coldplay and wine was fucking awful.

 

[Schmetterling]

mrs pesh and i were at Glastonbury in 2005, we headed back to our tent about midnight that night for a bit of a livener and found a young girl in floods of tears who came up to us begging us to 'help them'...

we said, of course, whats the matter, how can we help etc... she mentioned her boyfriend needed help even more than her, we told her to get him and come back, and she re-appeared a minute or too later with a lad who was indeed in a horrific state, crying and terrified.

we sat them down, asked them what had happened, turns out they were at their first Glastonbury, had taken their first ever acid and then gone to watch Coldplay.

about an hour and a couple of strong vodka and oranges later we had them building sandcastles in the Lost Vagueness crew bar with the biggest smiles on their faces i've ever seen.

Coldplay. not even once.

I have already liked this post but it needs even more love!

 

[sheothebudworths]

I liked Yellow and Paradise and prob a couple more I can't think of (AND I'M NOT ASHAMED .... ) - and EVERY time my kids' dad used to do any DIY, he used to put his special 'gaffer' hat on (saved for purpose and never worn at any other time) and sing the theme tune...



..and THEN (more relevantly ), post-the song coming out, added the chorus from 'Fix you' once he took the hammer to the wall or whatever, so that one makes me lol, tbf.*

Saying all of that...

Coldplay are absolute toilet - mid tempo dirge, utterly uninspiring, safe, pretty melodies, songs about being feeling a bit sad, or bit happy, a bit regretful, a bit wistful. Tinkly fucking piano. The sort of background music that you cant ignore precisely because of its extreme pastel tinged mildness.

Anyone involved in making this is a cunt by definition.

If you find yourself liking some coldplay tunes have a fucking word with yourself - i suggest a snorting a big line of bath tub speed and playing this full blast to re-educate yourself as to what is proper fucking music -

...that did make me laugh, too



*He's a massive wanker, but a funny one at least.

 

[sheothebudworths]

mrs pesh and i were at Glastonbury in 2005, we headed back to our tent about midnight that night for a bit of a livener and found a young girl in floods of tears who came up to us begging us to 'help them'...

we said, of course, whats the matter, how can we help etc... she mentioned her boyfriend needed help even more than her, we told her to get him and come back, and she re-appeared a minute or too later with a lad who was indeed in a horrific state, crying and terrified.

we sat them down, asked them what had happened, turns out they were at their first Glastonbury, had taken their first ever acid and then gone to watch Coldplay.

about an hour and a couple of strong vodka and oranges later we had them building sandcastles in the Lost Vagueness crew bar with the biggest smiles on their faces i've ever seen.

Coldplay. not even once.