Coldplay are they brilliant or a load of depressing rubbish ?

[andydingdang]

I really don't like Coldplay, I find there music depressing and repetative. I find not many people agree with me however, what is the general opinion?

[andy-hughes]

Sorry to shoot you down in flames Phltaz, but record sales is no guarentee of quality - if it was, Grease is a better album than Graceland!

No, any band that is massively popular will attract an imense number of detractors who will accuse their fans of lack of taste / intelligence / valid opinions and so on.

That's what makes pop music so vital - the passion - or in Coldplay's case, the lack of passion (had to get that in!) that it creates. I'm off to make my ears bleed with Arch Enemy! Altogether now WOOOAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

[Philtaz]

If Coldplay are depressing and repetitive yet have a massive worldwide audience/following then why isn't Leonard Cohen top of the hit parade, as suicidal music is obviously so de rigeur?

It's a matter of taste, as I find Westlife and all the other boy-banders to be far more depressing and repetitive. They obviously target the teeny bopper market for their sales, an accusation that can hardly be levelled at Coldplay!

Furthermore andy if you think Coldplay lack passion you obviously haven't seen them live. Chris Martin is one of the more energetic and passionate frontmen in music today.

[Steve_Luts]

Andy Hughes - your posings always make me laugh, none more so than this one.

I think Coldplay are OK, but hardly the brilliant groundbreaking band that they are portrayed as in the media. I can't believe how much people rave over them, and as a small social experiment I got hold of a job lot of their tour tickets, selling them for frankly ridiculous sums on Ebay.

I kept a couple back to go see them at Earls Court tomorrow, so I will go and see if the hype is justified.

What did Alan McGee refer to the as - Bedwetters?! Or was that Keane?

[Pheasant]

Under the Tracks is good

[funnywebsite]

It depends on the song. I loved Yellow it was their best track as far as I am concerned followed by Trouble. The rest are not up to much really.

[Amelie]

I think they have a few good song but generally speaking....they are overrated.