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 : >> 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