Comments on: Coldplay = Bad

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:44:02 +0000

Hahahahaha…MY MAN….

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:42:39 +0000

Coldplay sucks, end of discussion.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:36:00 +0000

oh, Andy, you have such a knack for wild overexaggeration……

Oh, other Andy, I didn’t know you had such interesting taste. I guess I pictured you as a DMB-type fan… I haven’t even heard of several of those groups, but YAY for Jimmy Eat World!!

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:01:48 +0000

Thank you so much! I freakin’ hate Coldplay! That guy’s voice is obnoxious and his vocal range is not what he chooses to usually sing in. Grrrr….I don’t understand. (but..I also don’t like Dave Matthew’s or Smashing Pumpkins so..)

By: Andy S.

Andy S. — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:50:58 +0000

Let me first say that I do not think a band is necessarily bad just because it is trendy. Nirvana was trendy and it wasn’t bad. Radiohead had its time and was obviously incredible. I also have liked Death Cab for Cutie for a long time, and apparently they are all over the OC now. Perhaps they are trendy now because of that (I honestly don’t know, we have absolutely no radio stations in san antonio), but they are still great.

Kristin, I am assuming that saying you are afraid to ask means you are actually asking! So here goes! My favorite bands include – Coheed and Cambria, Radiohead, At the Drive In, The Mars Volta, The Smiths, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, The Format, Thursday, Thrice, Pink Floyd, Ben Folds, Jimmy Eat World, the Pixies, etc.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:24:09 +0000

As far as I know, Coldplay has always been trendy…whereas Switchfoot has 3 perfectly good (even better) albums than the one that made them popular a few years ago… Their first, second and third albums were completely different from each other, beginning from a grittier, rougher sound in the first, to a more refined sound by the third. Then, they hit that “pop” phase… So yeah, I’d agree that some Switchfoot songs are overplayed…but really only 2 or 3 songs… Coldplay, on the other hand, seems to have 50 played 24-7 on the teeny bopper radio stations…so while Switchfoot songs are played a few times a day, Coldplay songs are played every third song…

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:59:29 +0000

wow, you guys really need to find something better to do with your time besides argue about which band is worse. And, I must be honest, I actually bought the new Coldplay album. Why, you may ask, especially since I haven’t actually bought a CD since somewhere close to 10th grade. My only explanation is that I actually LIKED the first album, and thought the second would be comparable. not true….in fact I do agree that it is very lacking. HOWEVER, I must also point out that my big bro here often does not like something simply because it is “trendy,” which I don’t think is a valid reason to dislike something. PLUS, Switchfoot is becoming increasingly more trendy and, in fact, a lot of their music I would call WAY overplayed. Why then do you not dislike them?
I’m also curious about what kind of music Andy S. thinks is actually GOOD….I’m almost afraid to ask…
(I like elipses too…..I think they’re neat…) … … … …. ……

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:08:45 +0000

yeah- switchfoots old stuff is what’s good.
((Annnnnnddd, as I suspect you already know, ..i was just kidding…))

By: Andy S.

Andy S. — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:17:07 +0000

Nathan – I was at Andy’s wedding. You took pictures of me getting my ass spanked at poker. I’m the big tall dumb looking one.

I don’t listen to the radio so I don’t exactly have that particular reason to dislike Coldplay.

I put Coldplay above Switchfoot because I like 1 Coldplay song (the one on the Garden State soundtrack), and I don’t like any Switchfoot songs (although I have only heard a handful). So there you go.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:14:50 +0000

Switchfoot’s recent album isn’t all that awesome, in my opinion…but they’re older stuff is great…and well above Nickelback and Coldplay…leaps and bounds above Coldplay, just because only little high school girls (and Nathan and me…) like Switchfoot, but a lot of little high school girls AND college girls and their boyfriends (who don’t have the balls to like their own music…) like Coldplay…