rounder808

Hey believe me when I say I'm no Scott-Tenorman-Radiohead-Dead-Beat. And I don't make them out to be the God's that everyone else does. In fact, I think I have a pretty objective view on this whole thing. Anyway, I put "plagiarizes" in quotations b/c I don't believe he's actually stealing from Radiohead - that would be very much illegal. All I'm saying is the band is influenced by Radiohead - in a musical sense. I don't get why that is so hard to understand or believe. It's not a bad thing at all. Every band is influenced by a billion other bands - whether they know it or not. And yes, Chris is probably very much influenced by his children, but they influence him in different ways - maybe lyrics or emotions for an album. He's not listening to chord progressions, tones, and sounds that they've recorded in the past and saying "Wow, I really like what they did here, maybe we can do something like that on that new song we've been working on." Lastly, the character of both of these bands has absolutely NOTHING to do with this. Why does it matter if Thom doesn't reciprocate Chris' admiration for his music? Maybe he doesn't even like Coldplay. The beauty of it is that it doesn't matter. And there's no reason to forgive you for being unimpressed with Radiohead's character. It's your opinion.

I think a lot of you are missing the point when it comes to the Radiohead-Coldplay comparison. First of all, nobody is saying they sound alike - because they don't (except for a few sections in songs on the new album). Radiohead has a huge influence on the band and there is NO denying that. But influence doesn't mean they sound the same, they're two completely different things. So just b/c you like Coldplay, doesn't mean you will like Radiohead. Also, take it from someone who is both a big Coldplay fan and Radiohead fan that there absolutely are parts of the album that sound just like Radiohead. In fact, Chris admits that he "plagiarizes" off Radiohead in an interview with Rolling Stone in the Smoking Section from last October while they were writing the album: Martin loves technology as much as Kip Dynamite — he and the band have spent hours on their computers referencing their favorite works, for their own sordid purposes. “We can be working on something and go, ‘We should steal this from My Bloody Valentine and this from Rammstein and this from Jay-Z’s first album, and then listen to this classical piece by Holst,’ ” he says. “It’s a plagiarist’s paradise. We used to just be able to steal off Radiohead. Now we can steal off everybody.” http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/05/smoking-section-coldplay-counting-crows-and-albert-hammond-jr/ And on top of all this review business - keep in mind what they are --> one person's personal opinion. They're writing what they think. Take it for what it's worth, don't have a conniption over it.

CORRECTIONS: 1.) There was a keyboard in the mini set and Wil played it, there was no drums. Also Chris played a little solo on the top of the keyboard during trouble i believe 2.) The second is of the three americans Chris named off the top of his head, the 2nd was Michael Stipe of REM, not Richard AShcrot, Richard Ashcroft is British or something European... thought they were going to invite Stipe up on stage and play In The Sun which Chris says is the greatest song ever written, but that was a buttercup 3. Johnny Buckland only sang the 2nd verse of Don't Panic only another sidenote i picked up, Chris kept saying "Itsya Boy!" or "Icha Boy!" throughout the night (i counted 3 or 4 times) like Jay-Z so frequently does, but i made nothing of it until Chris announced that Jay was in the audience...thought that was funny.... but good job remembering all those little details anyway