edger Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Just wondering if anyone is going to the show tonight? Myself, Todd and TimmyB will be heading down. Richard Ashcroft opening. It's safe to say I'm intrigued and excited about the show (never seen them before)Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I saw them play here in Ottawa on Friday night and it was quite good. You should enjoy it.If you're a young and single guy, a Coldplay concert is the place to be. You'll see what I mean tonight! Unfortunately I'm neither young nor single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 i think coldplay is BY FAR the most overrated band of the last 25 years. they are Terrible in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Coldplay generally makes me want to jump off a cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Richard Ashcroft would be interesting. I saw The Verve many years ago, great show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Yeah, I had a feeling that this thread would be met with a little hostility... I mean they are certainly not a "jamband"... and truthfully they are not real representative of what I usually listen to eitherNonetheless, the slow last night was great. Real high energy, and Marten's voice is absolutely incredible! Very talented, and the crowd was more than receptive.Richard Ashcroft also sounded great. I tell you there is nothing like a talented, melodic vocalist... hard to come by sometimes...I am glad I went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 there's a tune by Coldplay that the Sisters Euclid do, and it's awesome. I just don't remember which one.HEY CoP! Can you post it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I couldn't care less about them being a "jamband" I think their music is just as much of a yawnfest as the Slip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheebs Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I couldn't care less about them being a "jamband" I think their music is just as much of a yawnfest as the Slip! hahahahahahmy sentiments exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I'm glad you enjoyed it Sara! I admit that their appeal has managed to escape me but I bet they put on a most excellent concert! (quietly awaiting Timmy B's minute-by-minute breakdown of the show.........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I couldn't care less about them being a "jamband" I think their music is just as much of a yawnfest as the Slip! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatever. you better shut it before i expose you for the fan you are.coldplay holds as much musical interest for me as pearl jam or u2....well wait, coldplay doesn't inspire spontaneous vomiting like the other 2, i should give credit where it's due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Coldplay is pop music. It is what it is. Just because music is popular makes it neither good nor bad, only popular. The argument over weather or not coldplay is good could go on as long as the conversation went over if M.J. was good back in '83. They write about love and girls. Keep it simple, get rich, have babies and quit. Seems to be the plan.Seems to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payce-ley Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 becoming a Radiohead fan before Coldplay got popular seemed to blow it for me (hated Radiohead until I saw them live as well)... Coldplay sound too much like a carefully plotted cross between Radiohead and U2 for me... besides coming from Radiohead's town and sounding so much like them (which I didn't mind as much with their early stuff, before the U2-ishness came in) thats too suspiciously like a perfect record company formula for famecan understand why people are into them though... most of the people I've talked to weren't huge Radiohead fans first... they seem like a more sensitive, less disturbed, type of Radiohead... that is less afraid of huge famewonder what the Radiohead boys think of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 i don't think they sound any way NEAR like Radiohead. Radiohead has a few songs that are certainly "radio" ready, but not most of it. Coldplay is all radio ready.Coldplay does not push any musical boundaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payce-ley Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) first time I heard them I thought it was Radiohead, albeit that was a few years back (4 or 5)... they don't sound as obvious now (with the U2-ishness added) Edited March 23, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Photogeek Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I do agree with the Radiohead similarities...in fact whenever I talk about them I usually refer to them as "Radiohead-lite". Maybe they should just change there name to "Radiofriendly"! I was at the show on Wednesday and I had a great time. They put on a helluva show and its been a long long time since I have been to a big stadium show. Chris really played up the crowd (maybe the fact that this was being filmed for a DVD release helped!!), and other guys in the band played well. Hey they even covered Ring of Fire! Ashcroft was excellent...better than Coldplay? Certainly a better song list, but I would have rather seen him at say Massey Hall. Apparently on Thursday nights show Chris Martin said "Richard Ashcroft opening for us is like the Beatles opening for Michael Bolton", so at least he has a sense of humour, and obviuosly understands his music is just pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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