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 : > 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" >>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 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 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>___________________________________________________ >>______________ >>> Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search >>that pays you back! >>> >>> >>http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/p >>ubl=HMTGL/crea=introsrchcashback >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Joseph Savitz > -- ______________________________________________________ Great songs @ www.myspace.com/automatmusic www.last.fm/music/David+Doll www.daviddoll.com