Radiohead vs Coldplay vs U2

 

Which of the three would you say was best, and why?

 

The technically genius Radiohead, the melodic brilliance of Coldplay, or the simplistic, anthemic beauty of U2?

 

I have a lot to say here, but I'd like to see others opinions first.

I am definitely going with Coldplay on this one. Not just because they are my favorite, but because they have elements that I absolutely love--gorgeous piano, thoughtful lyrics that can be applied to almost any situation, hopefulness, and Chris has one of the most beautiful voices in music today. Also, they don't come off as pretentious...which is a HUGE plus. :blush:

 

I like Radiohead, too...but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to listen to them. I think OK Computer is their only album I can listen to repeatedly without getting a tired of it.

 

I'm not a fan of U2, so.... :D

Radiohead :cool:

1.Coldplay

2.Radiohead

3.U2

 

i like them in this rating

Coldplay.

 

Radiohead is great too, but I don't listen as often to them as to Coldplay.

And U2... well, never heard a song of them and I don't want to *g*

1. U2

2. Radiohead

3. Coldplay

 

3 of my top 5 list. Though my favourite Coldplay songs are preferred to my favourite Radiohead. U2 rules all though.

I like all of them, Coldplay are probably the 'least good' out of that list though.

Charlie :kiss:

Coldplay.

 

Radiohead is great too, but I don't listen as often to them as to Coldplay.

And U2... well, never heard a song of them and I don't want to *g*

 

NOT ONE!? :confused:

Mildred, OOTS makes me cry as well. I almost lost it last night, I was screaming my heart out to it. And Edge played the piano right in front of me for the entire performance. Just magical...

 

U2 really is the best live show I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few performances this year. Coldplay just has a long way to go before they reach that height, no offense to them or their music (which obviously is equally important to me as U2's is). Just... wow.

 

its true(although a little sad) that coldplay has still got a long way to go...their shows are engaging, brilliant, and very clever but they still lack emotion to levels almost not humanly possible. i guess is one of those things that come easily with tremendous lyrics and music to die for.

as soon as lights go on, u2 establishes an intimacy with the audience...they make a connection that makes us feel as if the audience are participants in the entire experience.

coldplay is very good live but still sort of away from audience, as if an invisible barrier has been put between audience and performer...not with u2, even if that barrier is the tv screen. it becomes non existent.

this is a tough decision....coldplay without a doubt tops this list. i've loved them since trouble, but fell head over heels with them with AROBTH. their music is uplifting, raw, simple yet clever and elaborated. i've cried with coldplay, and i have laughed with coldplay. they have been beside me in the good and bad ones...they are just the band i have always been dying to hear.

 

u2...however surpasses them in quality, experience and mind-blowing live shows. their lyrics can make one float in the sky as well as head bang...not to mention the brilliant voice of bono vox and the edge's superb guitar playing....

 

radiohead...ahh...radiohead! what can i say, but only beautiful things about thom yorke's pain filled voice? how about their incredible creativity? they revolitionazed the sound of rock, making it sound as if puzzles and riddles were being solved...

 

tough choice, really hard to decide but here goes:

1. coldplay

2. u2

3. radiohead

U2

 

Coldplay is still young, and personally, I think Radiohead has really gotten too caught up in themselves or something, but we'll see what they do later. So I gotta go with U2. Together for almost 30 years, great album after great album of world-changing music, and a sound that influenced tons of other good bands like Coldplay. And talk about giving songs new life at concerts! U2 rules the live show any day.

I have a lot of respect for U2 they are the veterans out of the three. There music is inspiring and beautiful. Not to much to say for them since I don't own not one album. Bono voice is hard and edgey to me. I haven't really heard him sing soft. What U2 album would you recommend?

 

Radiohead, I think are the most creative band I ever heard in my life. Someone said earlier that their music is like trying to figure out a puzzle or something like that. I think they do leave a lot to the imagination, I'm usually trying to figure out what they are trying to convey in their music. Thom's voice is haunting he sounds like a lost ghost and I think that amazing. Musically they do so much more then Coldplay but they don't have the lite heartedness like Coldplay. I always say that Coldplay is the North pole and Radiohead is the southpole; Heaven and Hell. Pyramid Song and Life in a Glass House and many others are just creative masterpieces. I never heard a Rock band merge Jazz and Rock so well.

 

Coldplay is what the Beatles were for my dad. I Love their music, I want to emulate their music, I want to express myself as well as they do just as my dad wanted to do with the Beatles. Their music is touching, and heartfelt, and silent and loud, and beautiful. They to me are not the best muscians in the world and they know this but for me they are definitely one of the best storytellers. It's amazing and great that they express all those different types of emotions so beautifully and as Chris would say without pretensiousness.

 

 

Peace

Sure you can like one and not like the other... But with X&Y, I find it hard to comprehend that people who like this album do not appreciate at least some of U2's work... I mean the influence is sooo there.

 

The funny thing is that most people who don't like U2 didn't really like X&Y as far as my observations show. But then again, people who love U2 also thought of it as a bust.

What is there to hate?? :huh:

The Darkness on the other hand...................................... :P

Whereabouts do you actually live? Are you within train/walking distance of a venue?

 

I'm in Rhode Island, only a good hour (with no traffic) outside Boston. It took 2 and a half hours in the snow on Sunday though. Bleh! I'm an hour and a half outside Hartford, and it's a pretty nice drive. I'm incredibly lucky to be in an essential 'U2 Hub' for performances (I could have even made it to MSG if I had the money :rolleyes: ). Awesome ticket story. Really, the things we go to to see our bands, huh? The show I'm going to tomorrow is the only one that I didn't get scalped for. Fucking shitty ass seats, but I'll be there. Numero Cuatro, babay!

 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them to come back in maybe another year or 2, I don't know about you guys. *sends lots of good karma to band* C'mon U2, pull a Zooropa, make a quick, brilliant album and get back on tour! :lol: I'm selfish, what can I say! :P

 

 

Mildred, I completely agree with what you said about Coldplay. It really is no offense to them or there music when I say U2 has a better live show. I think U2 has a better live show than ANY act out there, even heads over heels above the Rolling Stones (who I caught in Fenway this past summer). It's not JUST about the kick ass rock 'n roll they're shelling out to us, but it's about something much deeper. I'm not a person of a prescribed faith (not to get into religion or anything, it just relates to what I'm saying). Yet everytime I go to see U2 I feel like... there is something DEEPER in the house. Something above me, or Bono, or anyone. I really feel a strange urge to drop to my knees at the end of each show. Sure, it sounds really weird, but for a person who's never believed in anything, they give me something to believe in. I can feel Coldplay aspiring to that, and I felt the beginings of it in August. I just don't think they have that experience as of yet. Give them a few more thousand stadium shows and 20 more years, and I'm sure they'll be right there alongside U2.

 

 

Now, I am going to go blast Vertigo and wish that I could blast this on my guitar to get pumped for tomorrow (get this, I broke my finger in gym today. Greeeaaat :lol: :rolleyes: ). *done blabbing*

oh this is sooooooooooooo easy...

 

Radiohead.. and here's my reasoning..

 

---period.

 

they are constantly evolving as a band. No two albums sound the same and with each one.. they push the envelope. Something Coldplay and U2 can only dream of. Granted.. U2 are he vets here.. and I give them much respect.. they would be my close second beause of all the influences U2 has and how they reach out to masses on all different levels.. however.. a great band has to always push for higher and better. Coldplay would've been that band.. but then they put out X&Y lol

 

Listen to Radioheads The Bends and OK Computer.. probably two of the most cohesive albums they have put out.. then listen to the rest of the catalog... you can then truly appreciate the beautiful wonderous musical genius that is Thom Yorke and the boys of Radiohead.

 

done.

stupid comparison!!!! U2 have been around almost 30 years!!!!!!!!

:dozey: :dozey: how can u compare the two!!

I have to camp outside the ticket office on Monday just to get a ticket before they sell out!!!! amazing really!!

The Darkness on the other hand......................................

Lets start a hate thread for THE DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!

Well i'd have to say:

 

1. Coldplay

2. U2

3. Radiohead (I don't like them as much)

I like all of them' date=' Coldplay are probably the 'least good' out of that list though.[/quote']

 

Same here. Fav band's Coldplay though, for not entirely musical reasons... I like that they're such nice people, always have their heads grounded, appreciate their fans and never forget where they came from.

 

Musically, the best's Radiohead... How they grow with each album :o So in musical terms:

1) Radiohead

2) U2

3) Coldplay

Im not much of a U2 fan. But Im a huge Coldplay and Radiohead fan but i guess Coldplay top Radiohead for me.

I prefer U2 than Radiohead, I think they're better...

 

but Coldplay are the best, of course!!! :D :P

I h8 radiohead!!!!