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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

They're Muzak.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 66 points 6 days ago (3 children)

coldplay broke up my family after my dad was caught cheating with one of his subordinates.

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That didn't have to be the case. That was your mom's choice.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Because they're a poor man's Radiohead....

Their first two albums are alright though.

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I came to this thread intendending to defend them (even if I like a few songs, i wouldnt call myself a fan; I just dont like people getting unreasonable hate over anything) but this comment is just so real that I have lost the will for battle. Coldplay is mid Radiohead and that is okay.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If you like mid Radiohead, how about Radiohead+ (Muse)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

My favorite thing about Muse is how anti-corporate they are while also being on a major corporate label. You think they're cool with me pirating their shit or no? 🤔

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah see, I put them in the same category as Coldplay. Possibly even more annoying imo

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Definitely more annoying.

[–] BuckWylde@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

They're the mayonnaise of music

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

They, like many other bands, stopped doing what they were good at, to experiment. It's not as good.

I don't hate them, but their good albums were a long time ago.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The same reason everyone shits on Arby's. Because everyone else does, which just makes it funny to everyone but the actual fans.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Roast beef and cheddar is the shit. That red Arby's sauce... Mmmm. Fuck the onion bun though

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

You, my friend, are a man of fine taste. I always ask for an extra side of red ranch to dunk that sammich in. However, the Arby-Q has always been their best. I found a local sandwich shop that has a BBQ beef sandwich that's an scale version and its amazing!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

All about the horsey sauce

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have a space in my heart for their first four albums. They're perfectly enjoyable slices of indie that somewhat stood above the landfill shit that was otherwise getting airplay (fuck you Razorlight. Fuck you Kasabian).

Its fair to say that they and I grew apart from then on, as Chris Martin became more about the celebrity than the honest music, but even then, I never had any real problem with them.

They headlined Glastonbury last year and were excellent. Made me go back and listen to some of the records I'd ignored, and found that they were still a perfectly fine band. Considerably more poppy than they were, but not cynically so, I didn't think.

But I guess Martin comes across as a little too earnest, and his marriage to Paltrow a little too right-on, so the press kept digging in to them, as is their wont. That made people think it was popular to shit on them.

[–] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Aww cmon Kasabian has a good album or two. I feel that about Coldplay's first four albums. I don't think it's a stretch to say they fell off at a certain point and became just another group pumping out four chords and repetetive refrains over a dance beat. If anything my dislike for them is rooted in the fact that they used to be better.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

God, I hate Kasabian. Shit thick music for drunks to yell along to after the football.

I saw them back before their first album came out, supporting the Von Bondies. They were fucking dreadful. A bunch of tracksuit wearing Ian Brown wannabies.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why do people hate Nickleback?

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Their first album The State is pretty damn good. And they have some decent singles after that.

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[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The amount of radio play they got, for me. I was a fan of How You Remind Me when it came out, and they do have a handful of listenable songs, but the sheer amount of repetition changed things from "they're ok" to "omg not again, fuck these guys".

I feel similar, but to a lesser degree, about Coldplay.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 9 points 6 days ago

They are a whiny facsimile of rock but they still got played on the rock stations. They are the opportunity cost of bands.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same reason that some people obsessively hate pineapple on pizza. They heard it before and can't come up with an original thought of their own.

That or they are having an affair and got caught.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 5 days ago

I hate pineapple, why would i like it on pizza?

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago

I don't feel strongly about Coldplay, but I think their style is "whatever Radiohead was doing two years ago, but watered down for the masses".

Nothing wrong with that, but it does evoke a hipster vs. normie conflict.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 days ago

Many of my friends really love Coldplay, so I've heard several of their albums played at parties. Many times. But I cannot remember a single song from Coldplay and most likely wouldn't recognize them if one was playing on the radio.

And I have a decent ear for music, I can play a few instruments and can even find the right chords for a song after hearing it once or twice. But not Coldplay. There is nothing wrong with their music, but it doesn't make me feel anything. It's just so generic to my taste, I guess.

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

I don't wanna talk about it but let's just say my wife won't talk to me unless it's through a divorce lawyer.

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