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What band do you think doesn't deserve the hype or fandom? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by WanderWisley@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 28 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Coldplay.

Their music doesn't move me in any way (except to turn it off). Can someone please point out any good bit of any song? I'm willing to try, but everything I've heard for years is just musical mush.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world [S] 26 points 9 months ago

We at least got a goated meme from them…

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[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Coldplay is a band where I can recognize that there is talent, but I just cannot like them. The songs "Clocks," "Yellow," and "Viva la Vida" are good. Outside of those, I just don't like them.

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[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Joe Satriani - If I could fly

Maybe you find it sounds a little like some other song that came after this one.

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[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 1 point 9 months ago

WOW!

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 9 months ago

I think it hit different when they were contemporary. They sounded like nothing else on the radio. Ironically their songs were a breath of fresh air.

Adding on to your three, I'll raise Shiver... especially that riff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8XFFTWwSvY

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Their songs The Scientist and Clocks are emotive and memorable. Besides those they sound like a safe and watered-down mid era Radiohead.

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[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Coldplay is musical morphine: You're either using it for a reason or you're an addict.

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Have you listened to their first few albums? They really went down the soulless pop music route after Viva La Vida IMO

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2 points 9 months ago

Theres a remix of the song Yellow by Khost and FKYA (no idea who they are) that slaps hard. But thats it.

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