Nothing is going to change the fact that the guys in Coldplay are very good friends with Jay-Z and Beyonce. But it's still mind boggling that when you have access to that kind of star power all you do with Queen Bey is turn her into glorified back-up singer. They're Too Self Congratulatroy. The Lyrics Are Boring.
Video: YouTube. You know what gets us pumped? Super duper rock 'n' roll lyrics like: And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth Take a listen to the lyrics for "Viva La Vida.
They're Too Thirsty. Coldplay Wasted Beyonce. Coldplay Mockery Music. Until the one song was listened to by everyone. The Damn. Suffice it to say for the purposes of this record review, that Viva La Vida became a symbol in my mind. A symbol that represents the most catastrophic turning point for a band in the history of the world. First-record Coldplay, in comparison with the Coldplay music we hear today, is a world apart. Is it because they are the music equivalent of feeling moved by an episode of Hollyoaks?
Is it our hang-ups over them being the next U2? Our hangover from the bleak period in the mid s when Snow Patrol and The Fray poured cups of lukewarm tea into our collective gullets? It all comes back to who we are as people. Chris Martin, for all his talent, is an employee eating a cheese sandwich in his cubicle.
He is the Next Christmas sale, your Uncle shopping in Fat Face, and your drama teacher waving his hands. But at the same time, there are those moments: the little snatches of context that bring these so-called tepid songs to life. The power Coldplay has almost lays in just how non-descript these songs are. They tackle undefinable problems and situations, fleshing out feelings rather than ideas, leaving the listener to place their own context inside. The infamous bedwetting tag Creation Records founder Alan McGee bestowed upon Chris Martin and co in the early s has been interminably associated with the band ever since, like an unceremonious birthmark.
Why are Coldplay ordained as merchants of damp patheticism simply because they tackle emotion at its most base level — one which appeals and connects with vast swathes of the population? Is emotional music only good when it runs complicated and deep? Yes, they stoop the lowest on the sentiment scale, and hoover up the low hanging fruit. But, in turn, they service any willing listener's most basic emotions.
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