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 ?

coldplay section?

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

I've given up on trying to put majority of my music into a genre. :laugh4:

Indie rock/ rock :rolleyes:.. ?

Don't care - think its about time people stop putting music, film etc. or anything into genre's or boxes.

 

P.

Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D

Right - and we can agree on disagreeing! :)

Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D

:lol:

Coldplay is Coldplay ... and done :D

 

THIS !! :lol:

: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:

Coldplay is just Coldplay.

You can't put them in a genre, I think.

They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D

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:)

They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D

 

:lol: That would be great!!!!

They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D

 

I turned the genres off, I found it annoying :P

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:

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.

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.

MTFBWY :D

a mix of everything... indie, alternative... i dont think it is pop. it´s rock

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.

MTFBWY :D

 

Ayeeee. :D

Yeah master :D

They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D

 

Alternative

Rock

Country

Hip-Hop

...Coldplay? :wtf: