Our best estimates put Jesus at 155 lbs; maybe 160 tops. Combined, Coldplay outweighs Jesus by at least a factor of 4!:rolleyes::laugh3:

How big are they? Well, stacked end-for-end like cardboard cartons, I would estimate their total volume to be comparable to a juvenile white rhino, sans the horn.. and length: maybe 24 feet, give or take a foot or two.:P

I think they're pretty big considering that they don't get played on the radio 10 times a day compared to some very unworthy music....like "I kissed a girl" or whatever it's called. Ugh.

now don't ridicule me for asking...but I have always wondered how big Coldplay are in the UK relative to the likes of Oasis, U2, Radiohead etc. etc. at their peaks or even now?????

Possibly bigger than Radiohead in the UK.

Our best estimates put Jesus at 155 lbs; maybe 160 tops. Combined, Coldplay outweighs Jesus by at least a factor of 4!:rolleyes::laugh3:

How big are they? Well, stacked end-for-end like cardboard cartons, I would estimate their total volume to be comparable to a juvenile white rhino, sans the horn.. and length: maybe 24 feet, give or take a foot or two.:P

You sound like Mark:dozey:

OMG!!!!

 

Yes, Coldplay are very popular here in the US...however, I have to totally disagree with them even being placed in the same sentence as U2. The only reason why Coldplay may be more popular today with the "younger crowd" is that they have had 2 albums out in the last 3 years and U2, well they are still working on their 15th!!!!

 

I don't want to start getting hate mail or nasty comments, I am a Coldplay fan, however, if you have gone to a U2 concert, then have gone to a few Coldplay concerts....well you will see some similiarites (not saying that anyone is copying anyone here). But come on people, think overall band...not just what is playing on the local radio channel today.

 

Sorry - yes I am a U2 Fan, have been since 1982. However I am a Coldplay fan too - just can put them on the same page...not yet at least!

OMG!!!!

 

Yes, Coldplay are very popular here in the US...however, I have to totally disagree with them even being placed in the same sentence as U2. The only reason why Coldplay may be more popular today with the "younger crowd" is that they have had 2 albums out in the last 3 years and U2, well they are still working on their 15th!!!!

 

I don't want to start getting hate mail or nasty comments, I am a Coldplay fan, however, if you have gone to a U2 concert, then have gone to a few Coldplay concerts....well you will see some similiarites (not saying that anyone is copying anyone here). But come on people, think overall band...not just what is playing on the local radio channel today.

 

Sorry - yes I am a U2 Fan, have been since 1982. However I am a Coldplay fan too - just can put them on the same page...not yet at least!

 

Coldplay rocks U2's socks. Hmm...I placed them in the same sentence and nothing happened? Ground hasn't started shaking yet...as far as I know the polar ice caps are still melting at the same rate...time hasn't starting going in reverse.

 

So maybe, just maybe it IS ok to put em both in the same sentence because theres ppl out there who don't care as much about U2 as they do about coldplay and vice versa ;)

im starting to think that here in uruguay i am the only one who loves coldplay:(

 

Guess that makes you the coolest person in uruguay ;)

Oh Brother -

 

 

Yeah - I was expecting that on this board....

 

I love Coldplay - just as much as the next. And that person who said they were bigger than U2 - sorry, I was just also stating my opinion that they were WRONG!

 

Sorry IMO, that's like saying Bush was/is a better president that FDR

when i went to the buenos aires gig last year there were a lot of people there from Uruguay. Plus my good good friend Estefania Cedres is a big coldplay fan... and she lives in uruguay

I don't think they're that big over here, most of my friends either haven't heard of them, don't like them, or have only heard a couple of songs. Where I live it's Lil Wayne and country music.

 

I would say the biggest bands in the U.S. are the Jonas Brothers, Nickelback, and Fall Out Boy.

They are huge in the USA or at least here in NY

I'm in the southeast (South Carolina), and I would say they are relatively big here. I would say they rank them behind U2 and Oasis in terms of UK band band popularity here. Radiohead is big among underground elitist here, but the mainstream crowd hasn't heard of them.

 

What's interesting to me is how badly the non Coldplay fans here hate on them... I really don't get the degree of bitterness they have for them.

I'm in the southeast (South Carolina), and I would say they are relatively big here. I would say they rank them behind U2 and Oasis in terms of UK band band popularity here. Radiohead is big among underground elitist here, but the mainstream crowd hasn't heard of them.

 

What's interesting to me is how badly the non Coldplay fans here hate on them... I really don't get the degree of bitterness they have for them.

i dont now x & y was tied with htdaab in sales i dont know i think theres a lot of people who listen coldplay in secret. And oasis? wtf?. the nº 1 hot100 proofs a lot and the new sales of the new album also. dont have to ask the sales of arobtth, x & y and the first week of vlvodaahf speaks for themselves. lol but south carolina is the only state who buy a oasis cd cause i cant see their popularity in billboard.

I'm in the southeast (South Carolina), and I would say they are relatively big here. I would say they rank them behind U2 and Oasis in terms of UK band band popularity here. Radiohead is big among underground elitist here, but the mainstream crowd hasn't heard of them.

 

What's interesting to me is how badly the non Coldplay fans here hate on them... I really don't get the degree of bitterness they have for them.

 

Really? We get mostly all South Carolina radio stations...every once in awhile (and I mean a WHILE) we'll get "Clocks" on the Top 40 station, and I've heard "Talk" ONCE on a station in Georgia that plays all kinds of different rock music (a lot of U2) but I have yet to hear VLV or any other songs from the new album. Plus a lot of my friends have definitely heard of them but have never really heard them. The only Coldplay fans I know are people who don't really listen to the radio anyways.

i stay in NewJersey and there are quite a large number of fans here because they always go to their concerts here!

 

 

and i think that this U2 or what ever i don't mind those comparisions.

 

but go to youtube,stereogum and some other websites and read some posts there about Coldplay and we'll then rank them.

As a member of the registered society of hermits, I would have to guess!:P Given that they pretty much own the top listened-to songs on LastFM, and with all the publicity going all-out, I think they're No.1.:cool: (but as the old Dixie-cup joke goes, "what did the Beatles say when hiking near the base of a mountain during an avalanche? Look out for the Rolling Stones!":laugh3: )

For some reason, when I think of New Jersey, I think of Garden State:)..

I don't think they're that big over here, most of my friends either haven't heard of them, don't like them, or have only heard a couple of songs. Where I live it's Lil Wayne and country music.

 

I would say the biggest bands in the U.S. are the Jonas Brothers, Nickelback, and Fall Out Boy.

 

Guess a lot depends on where you are and who you hang out with. I think I'm the only one in my circle of friends who knows of Nickelback and Fall out boy...have no clue about Jonas brothers...as for my other friends they'd be clueless if you asked em about those 3.

Nickelback's great! ... & One good war-protest song they've done! But yes, it's all relative - the radio stations vary so widely across N. America with their lineups, and here, to hear Coldplay on the radio is somewhat of a miracle.. I'll check:\ - I haven't heard them on recently, but our stations generally won't play Coldplay, Radiohead, Oasis, or many, many other top groups.. (regional tastes I gather..)

So, how does one gauge the magnitude of a group these days??

And oasis? wtf?. the nº 1 hot100 proofs a lot and the new sales of the new album also.

 

The Oasis fans I know here hate their latest (original) album (Don't Believe The Truth). I haven't liked anything they've made since Be Here Now. They still have an appeal that carries over from their first four albums though.

 

lol but south carolina is the only state who buy a oasis cd cause i cant see their popularity in billboard.

 

I wasn't basing my assessment of Oasis popularity in my region based on the latest billboard charts... I just know what I hear when I'm out and about and chatting with friends, and their name is always mentioned right after U2 when "bands that you want to see in concert" are disussed.

Really? We get mostly all South Carolina radio stations...every once in awhile (and I mean a WHILE) we'll get "Clocks" on the Top 40 station, and I've heard "Talk" ONCE on a station in Georgia

 

The radio situation here in South Carolina (I'm in Rock Hill) and southern North Carolina (I'm 25 miles from Charlotte) is truly sad. I don't know that many people who listen to music radio here because it is so anemic. We do have a couple of metallish-edgy, alternative rock stations in Charlotte, but they're too cool to play Coldplay music. The rest of the stations play filtered, top-40 drivel, or the same tired 40 song (Blinded by the Light, Sweet Home Alabama, Kashmir, Do You Feel Like We Do, etc) classic 70's rock tracks.

 

I have heard Viva La Vida on 107.9, out of Charlotte, but it was purely by accident. I never conciously listen to the station because they're usually too busy yapping about the most inane topics, trying to make a humorous sexual connotation out of them.

 

I have yet to hear VLV or any other songs from the new album.

 

This is going to sound strange, but I swear to you that this is the truth... two years ago, I was in the Home Depot store here in Rock Hill. This store tends to play their "muzak" (I'm not sure what service they actually use) over the store's PA system considerably louder than most stores. My knees literally buckled when I heard "Speed of Sound" issuing forth over the system :stunned:

 

I was in the power tools section when I heard it and there was a woman and what I'm guessing was her teenage daughter fairly closeby. I heard the daughter say to her mother, "gosh... I really like that music - I wonder who that is singing that... do you know who that is?" Her mom - who looked to be in her early 40's said "no", but it is a good piece, I'd like to know myself!" They both stopped shopping (a process which if you understand women, it takes something truly earth-shattering to stop :)) and listened to the rest of the song.

 

I waited until it was over and approached them, saying I couldn't help but overhearing their discussion. I told them who it was and they both said they were vaguely familiar with the name. They asked me if they'd had any other songs they may have heard. I rattled of Clocks, Yellow, and In My Place. They had question marks on their faces. I semi-sang the chorus to "Clocks" and the mother exclaimed... "I've heard that song a lot... I thought the name of it was "You Are"!?

 

Anyway, I gave them a little biography of the band and hearty recommendation for X&Y, which I consider the 4th best album of all time! From that point on, I started noticing that Home Depot (at least this one) has the best playlist of any department store I've ever been in. Heck, it's a more progressive and diverse playlist than the pitiful, so-called "Rock/Pop" radio stations in the area! It has affected my shopping habits though, I will spend more time in Home Depot shopping around because I'm curious to see what they'll play next.

 

BTW, I've also heard them play "All Around the World" by Oasis in this same store... I found that as shocking as Speed of Sound by Coldplay!

I don't think they're that big over here, most of my friends either haven't heard of them, don't like them, or have only heard a couple of songs. Where I live it's Lil Wayne and country music.

 

I would say the biggest bands in the U.S. are the Jonas Brothers, Nickelback, and Fall Out Boy.

 

Uh no.. I highly disagree with that lol. Nickelback and Fall Out Boy?? Not likely- I think Red Hot Chili Peppers would be more believable to be the biggest band in the US. I say that only cos it seems that everyone i know no matter what kind of music they are into appreciate or really love RHCP.

 

 

The biggest band for ME obviously is Coldplay :)

Uh no.. I highly disagree with that lol. Nickelback and Fall Out Boy??

 

I must really be living under a rock... I've never heard the Jonas Bothers, I've only heard of them. My 13 year old son says that 3/4's of the bands that "The End" (an alternative rock station in Charlotte, NC) plays are Nickelback clones.... from what I've heard, I'd have to agree :)

 

And unfortunately, I have heard Fall Out Boy... whew. The Latin Proverb "De gustibus non est disputandum" (there's no accounting for tastes) applies here.

Now here in Orlando... they stopped the alternative station last year and made it old rock...ugghh! So up until last year, you got to hear Coldplay, RH, Oasis, U2... well, all the alternative bands. I don't listen too much to the radio, except when on the road in the morning for the accidents! I hear Coldplay all the time in Publix! The fricking food store is way "cooler" than the radio around here. The top 40 station plays the same crap everyday! But for some reason unknown... "the force of Coldplay"... they sell out their shows here and Tampa, well, anywhere in Florida! They have alot of fans in Florida! It's also strange that anyone I work with only know Coldplay b/c I have told them about and given them music to listen to.

 

They only play their music on radio alot when they are in town! Strange! I put them on TV in breakroom at work for Today Show and I just got tired of explaining who they were. They think I am crazy at work... b/c I talk about CP almost everyday to someone, usually alot younger than me, and I think to myself, how can these young people not know Coldplay? What do they do when not at work... I guess playstation... but then again, Coldplay's music is on Rock Guitar game.

lol i think the biggest band in usa is nickelback(billboard), u2 is second for the years of carrier they have and then is coldplay. but i think is no descussion here nº1hot100 singles and nº1 album 720.000 sales first week. lol and then ''there a lot of people who doesnt know cp'' lol if they dont know what is coldplay,what happen with the rest of the bands?.