I love Coldplay! :D

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^Was a really constructive post, thank you ^^

 

You forgot that they are plagiarists, trying to be like Radiohead and U2 and that Joe Satriani wrote all their songs! :awesome:

:awesome:

LOL. If there was an award for "most pointless thread", I guess this would be the winner. :rolleyes: I think it's a given that everyone who signs/signed up here originally LIKED Coldplay. Anyone who no longer likes or appreciates their music wouldn't really bother to post in this section of the forum anymore, or if they do, it would be kinda a waste of time, as you could just go and spend it on a fanforum for a band you did like. (hint hint :dozey: ;))

 

Me myself, I fell in love with them the first time I ever heard a song of theirs, way back when I was about 12, and although some people may find this lame, they've kinda been the soundtrack to my life. Their music is "embedded" into my memory, and my heart. Some of their songs mean a lot to me personally, because their lyrics really speak out - they've been the ones I've listened to at dark times in my life, and helped me. No other band has touched me in the way they have. Because no other music really can reach where they can for me and I think a lot of other people, IMO. And I don't think any other band will ever be able to replace them in terms of what they mean to me. There aren't any other Coldplays out their.

 

And no, just because I consider myself to be a proper fan, that doesn't mean they're the only band/artist I listen to. I go through fazes when I don't listen to them at all. I worry that if I listen to their music too often, I might get bored of them. Or the songs will loose their meaningfulness. But so far that has never happened - Coldplay are really rare in that I just can't get sick of their songs, and the feeling never fades away like it does with most other popular bands tracks. I still get tingles at hearing the piano on "Clocks", I still want to sing and dance to "Viva La Vida", I still anticipate the "give me love over this" chorus in "Politik" with excitement, "Amsterdam" still gives me a swell of emotion, "Strawberry Swing" still gives me a dreamy effect that makes me think of summer and still makes me want to cry at the last chorus. You get the picture.

 

So yeah, I love Coldplay, still do, and I can't imagine ever not liking them, let alone hating them. When X&Y came out, I was dissapointed with it and I wasn't sure if I'd ever properly love it as an album like all their others. I still find some of the tracks on it boring, but some I adore. And when VLV came out, I actually found myself falling in love with them all over again. :heart:

 

Personally, I never understood the hate some people have for them, whether it be their music or the band personally. All I end up thinking is that those people have a dead soul musically. Either that and/or they generally seem to harbour hatred towards Chris Martin because he is supposedly "pompous", writes lyrics that make him "gay" just because they actually have meaning, and dislike the band because they're "posh middle-class boys" and therefore don't deserve their success. And I just feel sorry for them, really. Because that makes you quite sad, tbh. :P IMO, they are a band that make me proud to be British, and they deserve all of their achievements. :nice:

 

LMAO

 

"Those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head"

 

"Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones"

 

OH GOSH YAH UR RITE THOSE LYRIKS R SO MEANINGFUL

LOL. If there was an award for "most pointless thread", I guess this would be the winner. :rolleyes: I think it's a given that everyone who signs/signed up here originally LIKED Coldplay. Anyone who no longer likes or appreciates their music wouldn't really bother to post in this section of the forum anymore, or if they do, it would be kinda a waste of time, as you could just go and spend it on a fanforum for a band you did like. (hint hint :dozey: ;))

 

Me myself, I fell in love with them the first time I ever heard a song of theirs, way back when I was about 12, and although some people may find this lame, they've kinda been the soundtrack to my life. Their music is "embedded" into my memory, and my heart. Some of their songs mean a lot to me personally, because their lyrics really speak out - they've been the ones I've listened to at dark times in my life, and helped me. No other band has touched me in the way they have. Because no other music really can reach where they can for me and I think a lot of other people, IMO. And I don't think any other band will ever be able to replace them in terms of what they mean to me. There aren't any other Coldplays out their.

 

And no, just because I consider myself to be a proper fan, that doesn't mean they're the only band/artist I listen to. I go through fazes when I don't listen to them at all. I worry that if I listen to their music too often, I might get bored of them. Or the songs will loose their meaningfulness. But so far that has never happened - Coldplay are really rare in that I just can't get sick of their songs, and the feeling never fades away like it does with most other popular bands tracks. I still get tingles at hearing the piano on "Clocks", I still want to sing and dance to "Viva La Vida", I still anticipate the "give me love over this" chorus in "Politik" with excitement, "Amsterdam" still gives me a swell of emotion, "Strawberry Swing" still gives me a dreamy effect that makes me think of summer and still makes me want to cry at the last chorus. You get the picture.

 

So yeah, I love Coldplay, still do, and I can't imagine ever not liking them, let alone hating them. When X&Y came out, I was dissapointed with it and I wasn't sure if I'd ever properly love it as an album like all their others. I still find some of the tracks on it boring, but some I adore. And when VLV came out, I actually found myself falling in love with them all over again. :heart:

 

Personally, I never understood the hate some people have for them, whether it be their music or the band personally. All I end up thinking is that those people have a dead soul musically. Either that and/or they generally seem to harbour hatred towards Chris Martin because he is supposedly "pompous", writes lyrics that make him "gay" just because they actually have meaning, and dislike the band because they're "posh middle-class boys" and therefore don't deserve their success. And I just feel sorry for them, really. Because that makes you quite sad, tbh. :P IMO, they are a band that make me proud to be British, and they deserve all of their achievements. :nice:

 

 

This is EXACTLY how I feel. Apart from the paragraph about the X&Y album. I've always loved it. But the other things I couldn't have expressed any better! Thanks! :heart:

LMAO

 

"Those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head"

 

"Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones"

 

OH GOSH YAH UR RITE THOSE LYRIKS R SO MEANINGFUL

 

 

WOW, TWO LINES TOTALLY DISPROVES HER POINT COMPLETELY.

I read a Pitchfork review once where they described Christopher Martin's lyrics as so brazenly general and meaningless that absolutely anyone could apply them to any situation or emotion and make them fit.

 

I think 'Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones' is probably the best working example of that brazen lack-of-meaning in action. :-)

Ehhhhhhh

 

I read a Pitchfork review once where they described Christopher Martin's lyrics as so brazenly general and meaningless that absolutely anyone could apply them to any situation or emotion and make them fit.

 

I think 'Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones' is probably the best working example of that brazen lack-of-meaning in action. :-)

 

You'll notice that the first verse of "Swallowed in the Sea" ("You cut me down a tree/ And brought it back to me/ And that's what made me see/ Where I was coming from") is somehow meaningless' date=' yet also cliched.[/quote']

 

<3

i thought it was "where i was going wrong" not "where i was coming from". :thinking:

 

 

anyway,

 

I read a Pitchfork review once where they described Christopher Martin's lyrics as so brazenly general and meaningless that absolutely anyone could apply them to any situation or emotion and make them fit.

 

I think 'Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones' is probably the best working example of that brazen lack-of-meaning in action. :-)

 

it probably is the best example. :P

LMAO

 

"Those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head"

 

"Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones"

 

OH GOSH YAH UR RITE THOSE LYRIKS R SO MEANINGFUL

 

You say exact the same thing that another person has said before... I think his name rhymed with gosh.

i thought it was "where i was going wrong" not "where i was coming from". :thinking:

 

 

anyway,

 

 

 

it probably is the best example. :P

 

Of course it is, but that doesn't change the fact that they're cliched, actually makes them a bit more, I think. Pitchfork's point is pretty valid in this instance.

i never said it wasn't. :rolleyes:

but some people like the fact that the lyrics can be applied to an array of situations. Chris even said that he wants people to come up with their own interpretations.

 

 

edit: i just realised that rhymed. :uhoh:

The funny thing is, that Pitchfork quote is not even the quote I was paraphrasing... :P

The funny thing is, that Pitchfork quote is not even the quote I was paraphrasing... :P

Help me understand what you're doing here because I don't get your point.

i love coldplay to death!!!!

 

(and all his friends)

 

loved them since i heard parachutes when i was 11

 

im not missing a week of school to go see em in South America because I dislike them thats for sure lol

Well, Coldplay has been a very important part of my life since i heard them for the first time when i was 8, but they became my favorite band last year. Everybody thought that it was just a "phase" , and i can't deny that for a moment i thought it was. But now I've realised that Coldplay's music was what made me stronger with every single hard situation that I've experienced through the short 14 years of my life.

coldplay is one of my favourite bands for far

Well, Coldplay has been a very important part of my life since i heard them for the first time when i was 8, but they became my favorite band last year. Everybody thought that it was just a "phase" , and i can't deny that for a moment i thought it was. But now I've realised that Coldplay's music was what made me stronger with every single hard situation that I've experienced through the short 14 years of my life.

 

eight years old!

damn!

 

how old are you now?

This is EXACTLY how I feel. Apart from the paragraph about the X&Y album. I've always loved it. But the other things I couldn't have expressed any better! Thanks! :heart:

 

Aww, thanks! :blush: I'm glad to know someone feels the same way in here. :kiss: :nice:

 

LMAO

 

"Those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head"

 

"Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones"

 

OH GOSH YAH UR RITE THOSE LYRIKS R SO MEANINGFUL

 

:lol: :dozey: LMAO back at ya!

 

To say Chris's lyrics are meaningful is just an opinion. I think those lyrics you've used as an example against my quote do hold meaning, cryptic or not. Fix You holds emotional meaning, because it's about grief and heartbreak and wanting to mend things. 42 has meaning because it's about life and death and how when people you've known are gone they're no longer here any more but they're still "living" in your head through your memories of them.

 

As someone else said, Coldplay's lyrics can be interpreted differently by everyone and it's up to the listener to make their own interpretation of some of their lyrics. But I find that part of Chris Martin's lyrical charm. He writes songs that stay with people and have a distinctive feel to them. I'm not saying he's the best music writer in the whole entire universe, but their songs "mean" something to an awful lot of people, and that makes their music meaningful, regardless of whether they all make complete sense. Yeah, so there are plenty of critics who call them wishy-washy, cliche, bland, etc etc. The list of descriptions could go on forever. But really, it's pointless to try and get someone to see things the way you do when they have different taste. Music is all about your personal likes and interpretations, and some people will never understand or feel the pleasure that others have from listening to Coldplay. That hasn't stopped millions of people buying their records and becoming devoted fans.

 

Help me understand what you're doing here because I don't get your point.

 

*applauds* Great question. I think you'll find their is no point, other than for Yossarian to gain attention and feel a sense of self-satisfaction at taking the p*** out of the band this forum's dedicated to without being banned and both infuriating and amusing others. Quite pointless, and rather immature - a lot like his motives to keep posting here, regardless of him stating that he hasn't listened to Coldplay's music since he was 14 and no longer likes them. ;) Some people just have too much time on their hands don't they?! :rolleyes:

eight years old!

damn!

 

how old are you now?

 

14

everybody asks me that :P I'm actually one of the youngest in coldplayperu :D

carn't bloody stand 'em!!;)

Ew. Coldplay? I absolutely hate them..