Kele Okereke has said that Coldplay should be ‘applauded’ for their re-working of Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer Love’. Chris Martin famously lifted the tune from one of the German techno giants’ most famous song and used it for Coldplay’s arena-filling hit, ‘Talk’. The song, which featured on Coldplay’s ‘X And Y’ album, drew high praise from Bloc Party’s singer. Introducing Kraftwerk’s original, he said:

 

“The next song is ‘Computer Love’ by Kraftwerk. You may recognise the melody because it was used in a recent Coldplay song called ‘Talk’. One really has to applaud Coldplay for making Kraftwerk sound like stadium rock. That’s one of my favourite achievements of theirs”.

 

In other news to be taken slightly less seriously, drummer Matt Tong alleged he barely knew the surname of his alleged ‘friend’ and band-mate. Talking about the benefits of co-hosting The Residency with Kele he said,

 

“I’ve become really accustomed to hanging out with you even thought I’ve been hanging out with you for five years. It’s amazing how you can hang out with someone on a tour bus and not now their surname”.

 

http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/coldplay-should-be-applauded-say-bloc-party

 

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Yeah, 'cos slagging off other bands is really so worthy of true applause :rolleyes:

It's not the first time Karaoke has dropped a Coldplay clanger :lol:

hmm i don't listen Bloc Party at all...:rolleyes:

 

And Chris once said that he likes them so this is the response they're giving to him in reply...

Everyone Chris loves hates him in return. Bloc Party, Damon Albarn, Liam Gallagher and he'll never get over the Thom Yorke snub :lol:

Erm, am I missing Kele being ironic? As far as I can see he's actually saying he likes it, not being sarcastic lol.

 

Bloc Party are one of the best bands in the world at the moment, don't hate yO.

Erm, am I missing Kele being ironic? As far as I can see he's actually saying he likes it, not being sarcastic lol.

 

Bloc Party are one of the best bands in the world at the moment, don't hate yO.

 

No, it's definitely sarcastic, I think

 

And just because Bloc Party are good doesn't mean we can't think the singer shouldn't slag others off. Is nothing to do with their music. :D

Do you mostly know that it's ironic because you know Okereke isn't fond of Chris Martin? Or am I still just as bad at detecting irony over the Internet as I was 5 years ago? :D

He's saying that only Coldplay could take an obscure Kraftwerk song and make it sound like stadium rock, which has the negative connotations of being bland music that appeals to the masses :idea2:

I've never really taken 'Stadium Rock' as having inherently negative connotations :P

 

Bully :D

It seems to be a negative thing in the eyes of other bands though. Is always looked down upon.

 

Me? :surprised: :cry:

Everyone Chris loves hates him in return. Bloc Party, Damon Albarn, Liam Gallagher and he'll never get over the Thom Yorke snub :lol:

 

but doesn't chris basically loves everyone? ;D

Haha yes. :lol:

:laugh3: @ above posts

 

Too true :lol:

And too bad Coldplay constantly referred to Kraftwerk in interviews and such. Doesn't Bloc Party sample too? Shit.

 

Uhg... this reminds me of when X&Y first came out and there was about a billion threads with people freaking out about how Coldplay plagarized Kraftwerk and blahblahblah.

but doesn't chris basically loves everyone? ;D

 

Haha! You might be correct.

Bloc Party are shit though!!! I never got it at the beginning he was being sarcastic. What a Dick!

i would have thought that was sincere, but that's just me. i thought he actually complimented coldplay/chris earlier too, but maybe that was just another case of me missing the sarcasm...

 

in all seriousness, though, sarcasm is hard to pick up on paper.

That's very true. Plus XFM like to shit stir (like with the whole Simon Pegg thing)

 

I apologise to Mister Kele if I misunderstood him. :D

if he's really sarcastic then its fine from me too!:)

Considering he said that Talk was there greatest achievement yet, while they ripped it off Kraftwerk, must be saying something about there own musical taleNts, so Kele, FUCK OFF!!

Doesn't Bloc Party sample too? Shit.

 

No, they don't sample anything.

 

I think that he was being genuine really. but with the Internet, it's too hard to detect sarcasm.

 

I saw Bloc Party last night.....the gig reminded me why they're edging to be my favourite band along with Coldplay. They were amazing.

seriously Kara?

I tried to listen to their music,but it was way too weak for me(not soft)