coyboyusa said on June 6, 2005 15:09:

alot of reviewrs say it sounds like a whimpy version of beautiful day by u2, and i agree, but liek so many annoying coldplay songs if you heard it about a dozen times it gets stuck in your head, eh i dunno whatever happeneed to them claiming that rush of blood to the head would be thier last album?

ally77 said on June 6, 2005 17:28:

Yeah I liked the song, so I ordered the album also... hoping it arrives soon!

Also have tickets for them live in July, seeing as they are playing in my home town at the footie stadium I could not resist! Last night it was Elton John!

ncurran said on June 6, 2005 20:51:

wow, youre right about kylie’s too far. Just listened to it and the piano bit does seem to be exactly the same tune

on_a_mission said on June 12, 2005 15:38:

i think coldolay are way overrated. Its just MOR. plain and simple.

If they were American, you wouldn’t even have heard of them in the UK

ncurran said on June 12, 2005 18:52:

Ally, yeah I’ll let you know.

I got the album this week and its seriously growing on me

MiracleMan said on June 12, 2005 20:04:

Coldplay more or less admittted they lifted elements (drums especially) from Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill:

Coldplay have just released their new album, X&Y. In several recent interviews the band has revealed that the new single Speed Of Sound was inspired by Kate Bush. Bassist Guy Berryman admitted that it was written in an attempt to copy the drum sound in Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” Singer Chris Martin said that the track was written in the summer of 2004 and inspired by two very different women; Kate and Martin’s daughter Apple, who was just a few months old at the time. “That’s a song where we were listening to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we wanted a song which had a lot of tom-toms in it,” Martin said. “I just had my daughter up also, and was kind of feeling in a sense of awe and wonderment, so the song is kind of a Kate Bush song about miracles.”

I hear it in the chorus melody—the same progression, especially at the beginning.

It does remind me a lot of Clocks too. As much as I like them, I think a lot of their songs sound similar, melody-wise.

tror1 said on June 14, 2005 20:47:

I love coldplay!! Especially clocks!! I got the new speed of sounds on limited edition - clear vinyl!

RobS said on June 17, 2005 12:16:

aprilsnow, your definitely onto something there! I’d have to agree that its exactly the same tune.

I’ve never really liked coldplay, when they hit it big with Yellow, it was an ok song, but i found all of their songs too similar. I don’t think i could ever listen to one of their albums.

ncurran said on June 17, 2005 16:09:

Coyboy, Yellow took off because it was a fantastic song...had nothing to do with the video, at least in europe, as i cant speak for america. Videos actually have much less impact on chart success than people think

ally77 said on June 27, 2005 18:15:

@ ncurran .... be sure to let me know how you get on! :)

James_Earp said on June 28, 2005 15:54:

it is a fantastic song. Coldplay can do some fantastic songs but they can sometimes be a little bit boring.

RobS said on June 29, 2005 07:46:

Coldplay covering a Kylie song?? I can’t imagine how that would sound?!

ncurran said on June 29, 2005 19:29:

RobS, yeah as Kylie was due to headline the festival on the sunday night, a number of the acts paid tribute to her as she had to pull out because of her illness. Coldplay covered CGYOOMH, as did Basement Jaxx (who replaced her on the bill.) Also Shirley from Garbage dedicated the last song they played to her, as they are good friends. Anyway, if you want to watch Coldplay’s Kylie cover, you can download it here. The quality is not that great, but the file is pretty small. I also have a good quality mp3 of the performance if anyone wants it.
http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3GR1ZB08PTI6Q1JEG37FGJA6WQ

carbon_boy said on June 30, 2005 11:58:

@ Coyboy: Dunno what vid you had in the USA for “Yellow”, but i can assure you that him running down the beach in the European and ROW video had nothing to do with “Yellow”s chart success. It’s a bloody marvelous song. I saw it once online, got the mp3 and had to wait 5 months before they got an international contract!!! After everyone found Coldplay mildly interesting, I lost interest.

Hmmm..... I wonder when JJ72’s new album will be coming out.....

coyboyusa said on July 1, 2005 21:29:

he looked like a homo erotic twink thats what sold the song through the video, the song isn;’t ” bloody fasntastic” its soemthing a 3 yr old with a yellow crayon could write

ally77 said on July 2, 2005 14:00:

How did it go?

ncurran said on July 4, 2005 16:07:

Sorry Ally, i suppose by the time you read this you will have already seen them...but ive been in glasgow all weekend and just got back this afternoon.
Coldplay were great, but the one thing that put a bit of a downer on it for me were the crowd. The gates opened at 4:30 and it was a nice day so loads of people were drunk and there were lots of neds (chavs). I felt more like i was at an Oasis concert with all the lovely beer showers i got and people pushing and shoving their way past me towards the front. The band themselves were great though, and Chris Martin built up a good rapport with the audience.

I was at a Will Young concert last night at Stirling castle and i actually enjoyed that a lot more as the venue was perfect and the crowd was a lot more civilised. His band were great, and he has a lot more charisma than i thought...a born performer i think.

ally77 said on July 5, 2005 09:02:

Excellent live... I really enjoyed myself! It made it better knowing it was in my town and that I did have to worry about getting home!

Some of the crowd where a bit of pains in the arse, but the security suit banned some of the ones that where spoiling other people’s fun!

Downside was the cost of the beers... phew sneak my own in next time!