• Jo Miran
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    883 months ago

    I never understood the love or the hate for Coldplay. I think the best quote I ever read about them was “Coldplay is the musical representation of the color beige”.

    • @Omgarm@lemmy.world
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      113 months ago

      Chris Martin’s vouce annoys me like no other. “Fix you” is in my opinion one of the worst, whiniest songs ever. I can’t stand it.

      • @WamGams@lemmy.ca
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        63 months ago

        If Thom Yorke forgot to write a good song because he was too busy banging anorexic girls.

      • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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        23 months ago

        There are far worse songs about trying to change your partner, which is still a better theme than desperately trying to convince someone they should be your partner. But a catchy tune can make up for some pretty pathetic lyrics.

      • VindictiveJudge
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        23 months ago

        I have the same reaction to just about everything from Smashing Pumpkins and a good chunk of System of a Down’s songs. And yet, I also like classic Queensryche stuff. Go figure.

    • @zeppo@lemmy.world
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      53 months ago

      According to Coldplay themselves, in a lyrical tour de force, “it was all yellow”