Yeah, I said it. I hate Coldplay. It seems like all the hip music people and the non-hip alike love this group that I absolutely despise beyond any words.
To give some perspective, I resolved to not care about music I didn't like years ago. Sort of a live and let live philosophy. To each his own. Hell, I made my peace with rap. I still don't like it, but I allow it an artform status.
But Coldplay has broken me. Every day, I hear that cracking nasal voice at least three to four times on a station in Atlanta that I otherwise like. It reeks with a pompous additude of martyred-by-angsty-sadness that makes my skin crawl. A while ago, the station kept proclaiming them the "Successors to U2" which, even though I'm not a big fan, I found to be an outrage.
My story begins during my freshman year in college. I decided to study for my Calc final in the student center... the Music Listening Room, located near the couches, played their hit song (I don't know the name, but I call it the eeeeEEEEE aaaaAAAAA song) at least twice an hour. The fact that this song makes me think of freshman calculus every time I hear it only stokes the fire of my rage.
Next, and I don't remember exactly when I heard this. But they were playing a sound clip of a concert they had. With unbridled narcisism, the lead singer proclaimed that, as a special treat for their fans, "Mr. Elton John" was there to play the piano part for the eeeEEEE aaaaaAAAA song. For those of you who can't figure out which song I'm talking about, it has a piano part that I, a non-piano player, could play with my left hand while reading a newspaper and beating my head against a wall. Very silly ego massaging to have a man of that talent playing it. Also, thats SIR Elton John to you, moron.
Later, I heard that he thanked his imaginary friend on his CD. OK OK we get it, you're a self absorbed depressed loner who uses this to justify filling my radio with sad nasal voice cracking.
Just now, they played two songs of theirs in a row with the eeeEEE aaaAAA song as the finale.
Also, Michael Stipe is a much better singer than you, shut the hell up and play the piano.
Alright, I'm done.
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that bloke fuckin lost it
read d rest folks
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