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| Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:40:17 -0400 |
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They're on the cover of the most recent Q mag. Annoying and dull in spades.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: rob@splitsville.com, audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:46:18
>
>I find Chris Martin by turns annoying and dull.
>I've said I don't
>like Coldplay for so long now that I started to
>wonder whetherI was
>saying it for the saking of it and so I watched
>'Coldplay at the BBC'
>which was on a few weeks back. Awful. Just awful.
>
>
>I stand by it. Coldplay aren't as good as they're
>cracked up to be.
>
>
>
>2008/6/30 <rob@splitsville.com>:
>> Remain at your desk, Mr. Savitz.
>> It's pedestrian, with all the crunch of a roll of
>soggy toilet paper. Exactly what you'd expect. (I
>found the tune "Violet Hill" pretty good, however.)
>
>>
>> The wife bought it recently, so yes, I have heard
>it.
>>
>> Me'h.
>>
>> Get the new Supergrass instead. In a word,
>fantastic.
>> "Rebel In You" is the best tune out of them in
>years.
>>
>> There's a couple of live clips of this tune on
>YouTube.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>>From: "Joseph Savitz" <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
>>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>>Sent: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:19:22
>>>
>>>I'm the kind of jerk that thinks that if a band
>is
>>>hugely popular, it's got
>>>to suck, well, hugely. (I don't remember feeling
>>>that way before the
>>>mid-Seventies.) Still, having said that, these
>>>postings have me on the verge
>>>of leaving my office right now to buy the new
>>>Coldplay, even though I
>>>haven't heard a single note. So, I ask you,
>what's
>>>the counter argument?
>>>
>>>On 6/30/08, Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After that ad on tv where they are doing the
>tile
>>>song[I think it is],
>>>> which ends with Chris singing "That was when I
>>>ruled the World" knocked me
>>>> out. For days I had that tune in my head. Still
>
>>>do. So based on that alone I
>>>> think I must get the album. Also caught their
>>>last song on the Today show
>>>> and I have to say they were great. Chris was
>>>acting like the star is
>>>> supposed to be working the entire crowd.
>>>> Thanks for the Sam Phillips tip. I was waiting
>to
>>>hear about that one.
>>>> I have to get back to you on mid year best
>of's.
>>>>
>>>> Gene
>>>>
>>>> > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:25:15 -0700
>>>> > From: ccosmos_64@yahoo.com
>>>> > Subject: Coldplay
>>>> > To: audities@smoe.org
>>>> >
>>>> > I'll tell what I'll admit - the new Coldplay
>is
>>>a
>>>> > pretty damn good record from start to finish
>>>and I'm a
>>>> > few years beyond the thirtysomething
>>>classification,
>>>> > so I don't see how that would apply to me
>>>liking it. I
>>>> > know a few other people (also beyond that
>>>grouping)
>>>> > that're responding well enough to 'Viva La
>>>Vida' that
>>>> > have not been followers before.
>>>> >
>>>> > Do yourself a favor, get over the music
>>>segregationist
>>>> > mentality, enjoy the music out there for what
>
>>>it is
>>>> > and support it if you like it.
>>>> >
>>>> > And if your eyebrows need that kind of
>>>attention, wax
>>>> > 'em before you get curbfeelers that would
>make
>>>Leonid
>>>> > Brezhnev proud to know ya.
>>>> >
>>>> > Can't say anything about the Foxboro Hottubs
>>>record,
>>>> > but I'll agree with the Weezer comments. I
>made
>>>a
>>>> > Weezer mix of stuff from their catalog and
>>>that'll get
>>>> > more attention from me than the Red Album.
>I'm
>>>not
>>>> > buying another Weezer full-length out of the
>>>box.
>>>> >
>>>> > Not so with Sam Phillips and her new one,
>>>'Don't Say
>>>> > Anything'. Wasn't sure what to expect without
>
>>>T-Bone
>>>> > at the helm but the album carries forth her
>>>> > established songwriting style with smartly
>>>inventive
>>>> > production that would make Sam's ex-hubby
>>>proud. This
>>>> > album and the Coldplay will easily make my
>Top
>>>10 this
>>>> > year.
>>>> >
>>>> > Anybody want to chime in on early favorites
>at
>>>this
>>>> > (hard to believe already) midpoint of 2008?
>>>C'mon,
>>>> > let's talk about music!
>>>> >
>>>> > Bill
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>--
>>>Joseph Savitz
>>
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