Don't understand the hate for Coldplay. Paracutes and RABTTH where fantastic albums. Although they have gone way to mainstream now.
I'm afraid Coldplay were, are and always will be pants. They do write remarkably catchy pseudo anthemic songs though. Gwynnie would definitely get it big style all day long.
Coldplay are what Radiohead would sound like if they had no talent. They're the musical equivalent of Bridget Jones.
Got hooked on music from an early age listening to what my parents were into, there obviously wasn't much choice at the time. The Coasters, Elvis, Johnny Kidd, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly. Soon started playing them through choice, favourites been Yakety Yak, Shakin All Over, & Buddy Holly. Uncle played a lot of soul so started listening to Motown & Stax on a Saturday when we visited grandparents. By the time I was 12 I had a wide & varied taste, remember telling my new classmates in 1st year high school that I was into The Clash, think this was more bravado, but was listening to my elder brother's Clash records around that time. The defining moment that stood out for me was end of March 1980, went to work with my old man on a Tuesday. At 1300 (oldies will remember why I remember the day & time) We was parked up in Hummanby, I was listening to the wireless whilst my old man made a call. The Jam were revealed as No1 by Johnny Walker (I think), straight in, no messing, it was something special back then. Going Underground, blew me away. Had a mobile disco by 1985 playing around Holderness, most notably a residency at Pat Haven Leisure Park when it first opened. Sydney Scarbs used to give Djs 10% off. Pat Haven agreed to pay for all the records I had to buy. "Just put the reciepts in the till & take the cash." **** me I was ordering all sorts of **** throughout the summer season '85 & paid for none of it. Pat Haven were happy, I was getting 10% off. PW has, throughout the years, influenced my life. I even decided to move out of London & back up North after hearing Uh Huh Oh Yeah. He's also sent me off in different directions & introduced me to other bands. Gil Scott-Heron - saw him in Manchester before he died - wonderful. Ben Harper - great writer & performer. Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson. Northern Soul, The Small Faces, The Kinks, OCS, The Moons, The Stypes & many more Once read an interview by the guy out of Terrorvision (remember them - Tequila, wonderful) he, quite ignorantly, suggested that Ocean Colour Scene were **** & couldn't play. He couldn't of been more wrong. This type of short sighted **** is what pisses me off about music, people too happy to criticise when they haven't really listened. it's all about taste. Not everybody will play guitar as well as Clapton, the bass like Mark King, Drums like Stevie White, write lyrics like Dylan & Bragg or sing like Aretha Franklin. Doesn't mean you can't be a great band. There's also loads of great new bands around, they just take a bit of finding nowadays. The Neutronics, The Sherlocks, Calling All Astranauts, The Cornerstones, The Electric Stars, Turrentine Jones, The Castellers & Puppet Rebellion to name but a few. There shouldn't be boundaries in music only musical places we haven't visited yet.
If you're into your 50s rock and roll check out this guy. I suspect this record to be a big one in the coming months. [video=youtube;eU03o-uKO5M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU03o-uKO5M[/video]
I don't mind Parachutes, but went off them after listening to Rush of Blood to the Head, and less said about X&Y the better.
Coldplay is to the UK what Nickelback is to the USA. Crap which nobody likes. At the moment there is only two British acts that are worth listening to... bet you can't guess...
Never have there been truer words spoken...and you know what, so often people criticize other peoples tastes against their own without realizing the musical inter-relationships - either directly or through some common predecessor, be it band,singer,songwriter-lyricist or musicians style. Your final sentence says it all for me about what music is all about. Enjoy what you like, but keep an open mind 'cos it's all connected.
Good post above, but with me my tastes are still routed in the age thing and when I was entering my teens music had been turned upside down by the arrival of the likes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and then, to me at any rate, the biggest thing in music to ever happen, The Beatles. Of course around the same time there was some utter tripe, Benny Hill's Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West and Clive Dunn's Granddad spring to mind but my problem with music started with punk. The Sex Pistols came on the scene just when I was entering my 30's and it was, and still is, alien to me but the kids loved it and my musical tastes switched to John Denver, James Taylor and Queen and others. Time moved on and 'The New Beatles' were coming on the scene, Oasis, in the process the old Beatles, along with many bands of the era had passed away, literally, except for the Stones. New bands appeared and disappeared but I found myself sticking to what I knew and liked, and no Oasis were not the new Beatles. I use to go to City Hall and watch what was left of some of the bands and artists of former years and surprisingly some were still cutting it, Marty Wilde and The Shadows come to mind and John Mayalls Bluesbreakers with Chicken Shack on the same bill remains on of my favourite musical evenings seeing as Mick Taylor the former Rolling Stones guitarist made a guest appearance. And so on to today and I'm afraid that despite the efforts of a grandson and granddaughter to enlighten me in today's musical offering I revert to what I've always liked. The many music threads on this forum throws up some greats stuff for me but the likes of rap is a genre too far for me to take in. But one of the most mind blowing musical evenings was watching an artist that I would imagine would make most members of this forum puke, Celine Dion. We saw her show, A New Day, twice in Las Vegas that's how much it blew me away, the only artist of recent times to come anywhere near was Elton John, and so endeth my sermon LOL.
Someone, for reasons that escape me, bought me tickets for Elton John at Sheffield. Worst gig I've ever been to, the ****er looked like he didn't want to be there and couldn't wait to get off. As for Celine Dion, the only gig I'd pay to see her at, is her execution.
Namechange? Get to fvck I'm speechless. originallambrettaman Someone, for reasons that escape me, bought me tickets for Elton John at Sheffield. Worst gig I've ever been to, the ****er looked like he didn't want to be there and couldn't wait to get off. As for Celine Dion, the only gig I'd pay to see her at, is her execution. Did I tell you I saw a Cliff Richard gig once, yes he was quite good as well
I was talking to a mate last week and we both reckoned that Cliff's early stuff was brilliant.... [video=youtube;bLba5Ld4VhE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLba5Ld4VhE[/video] [video=youtube;DP077i9IJG4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP077i9IJG4[/video]
I've seen the Shadows at City Hall back in the 80's. Used to sneak in to see all the bands. They were excellent and really took the piss about Cliff and his lifestyle choices... Saw Lindisfarne too, thought they'd be **** but were ok.
