robsmith7 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well when we say reviews, we use that term rather loosely. Here's what the self-dubbed 'world's most famous music magazine' has to say regarding Coldplay's latest single; "You can't call a song 'Charlie Brown' and make it worse than the Peanuts theme. I don't care if you're Chris Martin. I don't care if you're a member of your very own Coldplay gym, or if you recorded it in a church, or if your wife's doing a recipe book especially for vegans who teach Bikram yoga to monks. If you call a song 'Charlie Brown' and it sounds this half-arsed you are officially Out Of The Club." Nice to see the NME making such an effort. http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/12882 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack DC 93 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 *facepalm* NME will never understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Oh God forbid theres a negative review about Coldplay! :angry: That's NEVARRR happened before :angry: How dare they :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niamh <3 coldplay Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nme must like noise, not music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 ^ Implying that music is not noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niamh <3 coldplay Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Haha,well, music isn't noise to me. I see noise as something irritating. Just me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Link to the actual review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I wonder when NME will start to write serious and professional reviews. Most of them look like they were written by bored bloggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well I just rated it 9/10 on there, now it at least has a good user rating since I was the first to rate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB5 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Seeing this thread's icon, this occured to me: :angry: Anthony Davis looks just like the angry smilie! Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destrokk Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 hahaha the gwyneth part cos i hate gwyneth paltrow as you all know hah BAH hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiame Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Oh God forbid theres a negative review about Coldplay! :angry: That's NEVARRR happened before :angry: How dare they :angry: :angry: :\ I don't think these people are frustrated because it was a negative review, I rather think they are frustrated because it isn't a review. It offers no objectivity whatsoever. It ridicules Chris Martin and his personal life and it makes claims without any effort to go any deeper. It says: - This song sucks. (why?) - You can't name a bad song "Charlie Brown" (why?) It's a clear attempt to rag on Coldplay and little else. They're trying to play on the Coldplay hating bandwagon - which is totally fine, but they don't even bother any form of explanation of why it is bad. This would piss me off just as much if it was about Blink182. It's not serious work and it's awful journalism. I could be wrong, but I think everyone's frustration over this is justified. This is shoddy and it shows a lot about how NME do things. Sadly, a lot of people eat this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 ^ Well the point of me saying that is that EVERYONE rags on Coldplay Like all the time. Usually it's warrantless or logically fallacious And I'm still a fan. You guys should be too :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospector Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 ^ That's true....but NME calls itself a "serious" magazine, that's what annoys me most of the time. Whatever, I don't care about them any more, only read the band's album reviews to laugh a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxwatcher Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Actually, people "ragging" on Coldplay makes me love them even more, because I am defending myself essentially (because I like them). But the people that hate on anything, including Coldplay, have no insight at all, and are simply stating their hatred. No objectivity, no facts, no proof, just their opinion. If it's their opinion, let them have their opinion, I don't care, it's not gonna stop me from liking Coldplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiame Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 ^ Well the point of me saying that is that EVERYONE rags on Coldplay Like all the time. Usually it's warrantless or logically fallacious And I'm still a fan. You guys should be too :nice: True, but my frustration comes from the fact that NME is, amazingly, a well respected magazine and has a lot of readers. I don't like it when I realise that shit like this is being passed off as journalism and I get worried that it encourages others to do the same. I like people doing their jobs properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Now why would you like that Kiame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kover Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I like Santa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafinion Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I am surprised they didn't mention Apple in the review. Because, hey, singer's children are as important for the quality of music as his wife's cooking abilities. I wonder wheteher they have any vacancies now, 'cause I'd be happy to receive money for stupid insults of other people's music. I won't have to listen to the actual tracks really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 If the reviewer hates 'Charlie Brown' it makes me wonder what their review for 'Paradise' was like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 If the reviewer hates 'Charlie Brown' it makes me wonder what their review for 'Paradise' was like. http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/12307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 At least in there he actually gives a review instead of just saying it sucks bollocks. And saying he doesn't care Chris' wife is a veggie, etc ..... which apparently he does, why else is he even mentioning it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypclaret Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 This 'review' makes me wanna punch NME right in the face.:veryangry2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Don't worry, the NME sales figures are on a downward spiral with more people deciding that for music news it's faster to look online. The only thing going for the NME at the moment is the "exclusive" content, like interviews. But I can see it soon going the way of other weeklies and going bi-weekly or even monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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