January 4, 201016 yr 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 ?
January 4, 201016 yr 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
January 4, 201016 yr Don't care - think its about time people stop putting music, film etc. or anything into genre's or boxes. P.
January 4, 201016 yr :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:
January 4, 201016 yr 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:)
January 4, 201016 yr They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D :lol: That would be great!!!!
January 4, 201016 yr They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D I turned the genres off, I found it annoying :P
January 4, 201016 yr 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:
January 4, 201016 yr 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.
January 4, 201016 yr 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.
January 5, 201016 yr 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.
January 5, 201016 yr They should create a new category in Itunes: Coldplay. :D Alternative Rock Country Hip-Hop ...Coldplay? :wtf:
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