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ambush · Aug 31, 2005, 01:57 PM

Is it me or this song is a complete copy of U2's style????

Me and my GF were sure that U2 was playing at the radio and then realised with disgust that it was Coldplay! Lame

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2005, 02:02 PM

That's it ? Ok.

-t

demograph68 · Aug 31, 2005, 02:14 PM

Pics of girlfriend please...

The iMac Man · Aug 31, 2005, 02:46 PM

U2 sucks. Bono is the cockiest son of a bitch I've ever seen. "The Edge"... yeah, whatever. And, their bassist should just stop playing music. Simply horrible.

ASIMO · Aug 31, 2005, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

Pics of girlfriend please...

GF = grandfather

demograph68 · Aug 31, 2005, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by ASIMO

GF = grandfather

I want a picture of him!

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2005, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

I want a picture of him!

NOW this thread is becoming interesting.

NOT.

-t

ambush · Aug 31, 2005, 03:34 PM

ok, so the point of this thread is: Coldplay sucessfully copied U2's style! Congrats, lamers!

RAILhead · Aug 31, 2005, 03:36 PM

Hey, YOU'RE the one that listens to Coldplay, man!

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2005, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by ambush

ok, so the point of this thread is: Coldplay sucessfully copied U2's style! Congrats, lamers!

Duh ! ONE song (out of 12) sounds like U2, from a band that has without a doubt successfully created their own style. WTF is your problem ?

Get a blog for Pete's sake.

-t

ambush · Aug 31, 2005, 03:42 PM

OK they might not suck completely... but I hear in forums they get "too inspired" by bands like U2 and Interpol. That's it.

I like a couple of songs from them , I must admit.

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2005, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by ambush

OK they might not suck completely... but I hear in forums they get "too inspired" by bands like U2 .... That's it.

Maybe that's because they are from the same country ?

-t

moonmonkey · Aug 31, 2005, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Maybe that's because they are from the same country ?

-t

I can think of a few Irish people who would be very angry if you said that to them.

ASIMO · Aug 31, 2005, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

I can think of a few Irish people who would be very angry if you said that to them.

Mel Gibson?

moonmonkey · Aug 31, 2005, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by ASIMO

Mel Gibson?

Is he Irish now? I find it hard keeping track with him.
Why does he never play Chinese characters...

rjenkinson · Aug 31, 2005, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

Is he Irish now? I find it hard keeping track with him.
Why does he never play Chinese characters...

because of his strong irish accent, no doubt.

-r.

demograph68 · Aug 31, 2005, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

NOW this thread is becoming interesting.

NOT.

-t

I'm sorry for bothering. Kill me now.

Jim Paradise · Aug 31, 2005, 04:28 PM

While I don't think the new single sounds anything like U2, I do think Coldplay's two singles from their latest album are really bloody boring. I've always enjoyed Coldplay, but their latest offering is a let down.

lavar78 · Aug 31, 2005, 04:33 PM

U2? Nah, I'll go with the prevailing opinion that they've borrowed more from Radiohead and especially Travis.

goMac · Aug 31, 2005, 04:44 PM

Breaking news! One band has borrowed from another!

More at 11!

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2005, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

Breaking news! One band has borrowed from another!
More at 11!

Can't wait till 11.

-t

ambush · Aug 31, 2005, 07:32 PM

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King Bob On The Cob · Aug 31, 2005, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by ambush

Is it me or this song is a complete copy of U2's style????

Me and my GF were sure that U2 was playing at the radio and then realised with disgust that it was Coldplay! Lame

More along the lines that they're copying their style. The song freaking sounds almost exactly like Clocks. I mean the piano riff is almost identical.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 31, 2005, 08:26 PM

I've heard Coldplay's style more compared to Pink Floyd.

I will investigate as I'm a Pink Floyd nut.

Will report back.

Fred_Cokebottle · Aug 31, 2005, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

Pics of girlfriend please...

I'm taking a guess that she is not one among these:

MaxPower2k3 · Aug 31, 2005, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

I've heard Coldplay's style more compared to Pink Floyd.

I will investigate as I'm a Pink Floyd nut.

Will report back.

I like both Pink Floyd and Coldplay, but I'm not sure they'd be my first recommendation to a Floyd fan. Check out The Secret Machines if you want newer and more Floyd-like music (and especially if you like any Radiohead... it's sort of like a cross between the two)

kikkoman · Aug 31, 2005, 09:59 PM

never was into pink floyd which explains why i'm not into coldplay

brapper · Aug 31, 2005, 10:05 PM

i enjoy coldplay. there, i said it.

Hawkeye_a · Aug 31, 2005, 10:27 PM

I like Coldplay and U2.

goMac · Aug 31, 2005, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by ambush

Breaking news, Duality v 219837821 vapor #3832897v1.12124bX will be out SOON!

Someone's a lil touchy...

bembol · Sep 1, 2005, 01:21 AM

I caught the last minute of the Fix You video and bought that and Speed of Sound at iTunes...!!!

DeathMan · Sep 1, 2005, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a

I like Coldplay and U2.

I'm with him. While I'm not a megafan of either band, I don't mind a little of either band most of the time. They have a similar style in the sense that they're producing very broadly appealing music. This sells a lot of records, while alienating a lot of the super specialized genre kids who know all about this or that type of sub-screemo-pop-punk, or whatever it is now.

How can someone take a band like U2 with a back catalogue like what they have, and just make a blanket statement about them? Thats just lazy. I doubt you've given them a fair listen being biased because of their mainstream appeal.

Actung baby is superb, as is many of their other albums.

Coldplay is a little samey for me, and this newest album, from what I've heard (not much) seems a little too safe for me. That piano riff is indeed too similar, not to mention the snare drum playing the same beat as clocks.

turtle777 · Sep 1, 2005, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by kikkoman

never was into pink floyd which explains why i'm not into coldplay

No, it doesn't. Ah well, why am I even replying...

-t

android8 · Sep 2, 2005, 08:21 AM

According to Coldplay "Speed of Sound" is inspired by Kate Bush' "Running up that Hill"...the drums at least...

Arty50 · Sep 2, 2005, 10:10 AM

All I know is that if I hear this song one more time I'm gonna plug a toaster into the bathroom, get in the bathtub, slash my wrists, drop the toaster in, and then shoot myself in the head.

Hawkeye_a · Sep 7, 2005, 11:43 AM

Just been listening to X&Y recently, and the song 'Till Kingdom Come' caught my attention. It soulds a lot like the stuff off Nebraska(Bruce Springsteen) and some of his more recent stuff as well. It's all good though...just struct a chord(a good one) to hear this style again.

Cheers

lavar78 · Sep 7, 2005, 11:51 AM

So you're the last person on earth who hasn't heard that song was written for Johnny Cash?

MaxPower2k3 · Sep 7, 2005, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by lavar78

So you're the last person on earth who hasn't heard that song was written for Johnny Cash?

Yeah, he talked about it at their concert on saturday. They even started playing Ring of Fire in the middle of it. was kinda cool.

wallinbl · Sep 7, 2005, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a

I like Coldplay and U2.

Makes sense. They sound the same.

mojo2 · Sep 10, 2005, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob

More along the lines that they're copying their style. The song freaking sounds almost exactly like Clocks. I mean the piano riff is almost identical.

I thought so, too.

BTW, has anyone noticed how Creed's "My Sacrifice" video is kind of eerily similar to the Katrina devastation?

http://music.guide.real.com/archive?...earch=C&genre=