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Originally Posted by proppenator
UTTAD > Parachutes, but Viva la Vida > BWGK
I really like Coldplay in the studio, but they're not very good live.
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That depends, my friend.
I have seen Coldplay 4 times, and in a big venue (Alpine, United Center), I see what you mean. Could be better. However, I also was lucky enough to see them at The Metro in Chicago, front row center. Simply an incredible experience. I don't know how much that place fits, but it isn't much. I still feel like it was an accident that Coldplay booked that place..it's just so small for such a HUGE band. That show was also a few weeks prior to the release of X&Y, and nobody had really heard the material yet, no leaks were out or anything..and they opened with "Square one" and segued right into "Politik". In that small of a venue, that may have been the best opening to a show I have ever seen. Just mind blowing.
Coldplay is an amazing band. I used to be obsessed with them, but have cooled off a bit...may need to throw on some albums sometime soon and rediscover this great music. I agree with Bafugama about AROBTTH. Hands down their best album, and one of the best overall in the past number of years. Songs such as 'Daylight' and 'warning sign' are just perfect. I think Coldplay is the ultimate example of a band where the singles are nowhere near as good as the other material on the albums. I guess this is the case for most bands, but it really rings true here. Clocks, however, is an amazing song. Used to dislike it because it was overplayed, but it grows on me every time I hear it, even today several years later.
Coldplay, ftw