Acquiesce Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 hello , I'm having a huge discussion about Coldplay's genre of music on another forum ... I think Coldplay is alternative rock or rock ... But some say Coldplay is Pop , for me it really isn't ... What do you guys think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
мaямellata Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 coldplay section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 let's move this to the coldplay section edit: someone already moved it :lol: and not alternative for sure... probably pop/rock, I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaLouiseSmyth Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've given up on trying to put majority of my music into a genre. :laugh4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliejulle Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Indie rock/ rock :rolleyes:.. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldtrav Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Don't care - think its about time people stop putting music, film etc. or anything into genre's or boxes. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniskywalker Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliejulle Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Right - and we can agree on disagreeing! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acquiesce Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mags Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D THIS !! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodaye. Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 :lol: I had this argument with some of my friends in a Modern Studies class once.. I said they were Alternative/Alternative Rock and they were totally against me.. So I wikipedia'd it and i was right according to there :lol: But I guess it just depends on what you think.. Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D But this is what we should just go by for now :wacky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analoeskah Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Coldplay is just Coldplay. You can't put them in a genre, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joost90 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technicolor Girl Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Well, "pop" by definition means popular, well-known music likely to be played on mainstream radio stations, so Coldplay would be considered pop. "Rock" is an increasingly meaningless genre. Almost anything can be considered rock, as long as it uses drums and guitars basically. So Coldplay is rock also. "Alternative" usually refers to more artistic rock, newer rock, indie rock...even harder to define, in my opinion. But it's narrower than rock, and can include pop music. I'd say Coldplay is alternative. What I'm trying to say is that genres and labels are really useless and overlap too much to have any real meaning. It's very subjective, so there's no way you can win an argument. :dozey: Music today is usually a mix of many genres and cannot often be labeled as one thing and not another. (By the way, I made up those definitions so they could be wrong :lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichMoch Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D :lol: That would be great!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analoeskah Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D I turned the genres off, I found it annoying :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliejulle Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Well, "pop" by definition means popular, well-known music likely to be played on mainstream radio stations, so Coldplay would be considered pop. "Rock" is an increasingly meaningless genre. Almost anything can be considered rock, as long as it uses drums and guitars basically. So Coldplay is rock also. "Alternative" usually refers to more artistic rock, newer rock, indie rock...even harder to define, in my opinion. But it's narrower than rock, and can include pop music. I'd say Coldplay is alternative. What I'm trying to say is that genres and labels are really useless and overlap too much to have any real meaning. It's very subjective, so there's no way you can win an argument. :dozey: Music today is usually a mix of many genres and cannot often be labeled as one thing and not another. (By the way, I made up those definitions so they could be wrong :lol:) Correct by my opinion.. Brilliant writtten :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've always considered Coldplay pop rock. They write pop songs in the standard structure of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge etc for the most part and most of them are in 4/4. Not always obviously, Viva la Vida as an album has numerous examples. That's not a slight on the band because Coldplay are good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've always considered Coldplay pop rock. They write pop songs in the standard structure of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge etc for the most part and most of them are in 4/4. Not always obviously, Viva la Vida as an album has numerous examples. That's not a slight on the band because Coldplay are good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniskywalker Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 MTFBWY :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cele Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 a mix of everything... indie, alternative... i dont think it is pop. it´s rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks22 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 With the words of Chris: Soft rock :) Well I would say: Parachutes -> Indie/Alternative Rock A rush of blood to the head -> Alternative Rock X&Y -> Rock/Pop Viva la vida -> Rock/Pop Though we do not like to hear it but a lot of songs Coldplay are making now are just Pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 MTFBWY :D Ayeeee. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniskywalker Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yeah master :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleBlur Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D Alternative Rock Country Hip-Hop ...Coldplay? :wtf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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