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Originally Posted by Death789  Lots of nice words, but I have some points to refute:
"I truly can say none of there song are bad, each song Coldplay produce has a meaning to it."
NONE of Coldplay's songs are bad? I know you enjoy this album and this band, but that doesn't mean you can't be critical of some of their works. Songs like "The Hardest Part", "Swallowed in the Sea", undoubtedly suck.
"The only fault, people have about Coldplay is they feel all their albums sound the same... well that is bs."
Well, aside from the fact that some of their songs are downright terrible, they do tend to rework a lot of material. "Speed of Sound" is just a crappy way to cash in on the success of their single "Clocks". Now many artists have the same vibe from album to album, and Coldplay does hold a core sound throughout, but the fault doesn't lie within their monotony: it's the mediocrocie of their songs. They sound the same, and aside from some singles, are largely filler material.
Now I have not heard Viva La Vida... yet (nor do I really intend to), but I have heard a portion of the title track. It's a stray from Coldplay's old vibe, but it isn't flat out terrible. Really, I give credit for this to Brian Eno, who worked with the band during the process of creating this album. Eno, who practically created ambient music, is amazing. I don't know how the rest of the album turned out, but with Eno, it probably surpasses any of their previous work. |
You'd enjoy Life in Technicolor, Death and All His Friends, Cemeteries In London, 42, and Viva La Vida.
I agree though, a band can't be that critically good in every song, spanning every album.
Especially with a band that carries the same sound, which is a somewhat alternative rock/ballad style companied with an ambient feel.
They do reproduce alot of their work; so you can appreciate the initial, but not the reiterations - which there are quite a few.
Coldplay has it's share of very good songs, but you can't mistake that they aren't
that good.
Every band has an image, a style, and so on - what bands should do in my opinion is take that and twist it for every new studio release while holding true to their style.
Coldplay
just did this with the release of Viva La Vida more or less, but this is the staplehold to get rid of boredom in bands.
Change your sh.t!
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