Paracraps

If you know me, then you probably know that i have a pretty liberal and open view on music, but there's one thing that's been bugging the hell out of me. Now, some of you might not've heard of these guys yet, but this band called coldplay has been taking the world by storm, but my problem with them is that they just aren't that good. At least not good enough to the enormous hype that's been given to them. I'll try to draw this our in a timeline, without much of a timeframe on it:

• Right after Parachutes came out (i think that's which one it was) i read an interview with chris martin in rolling stone where he said that coldplay was "the best looking band in the world". First, he's ugly as fuck, so i hope that's not what he means, and second of all, they weren't in that good of a position at that time with only 2 or so singles on the air. This was just cocky.
• They came out with A Sudden Rush of Blood to the Head and it had another single, which sounded just like the first single from the other cd. Different lyrics, slightly changed piano parts.
  
• They come out with x&y, which is hyped through the roof. Their new single x&y sounds strangely like clocks. Slightly different tempo, slightly different mood, same basic format.
  
• Everyone asks the question "are they the next u2?" Fuck no. Of course the question is hypothetical at the most, but still insulting considering how little they've accomplished compared to u2.
  

Now, let me say this. I do enjoy some of coldplay's music. They have some good singles, but many of the in between songs sound like regurgitated filler. There's nothing wrong with having songs sound the same, as long as the format is good. Green day did it for years, but even they've evolved past it. If you're gonna be hyped as the biggest band in the world, you have to come up with some really original stuff that blows other people out of the water.

A few years ago, Radiohead was hyped as the best band in the world. I totally agreed at the time. They'd paid their dues, they'd sold the albums, and they'd changed their music and the minds of people. This is always what the great bands do. Otherwise, there really is nothing to set a band like coldplay apart from a band like jimmy eat world. They both put out a few cds and have a few excellent songs that get a lot of play time, but where as i'd rather listen more to jimmy eat world, they've just gotten pushed out of the limelight because they don't have egos as big as their receding hairlines. Yeah, i'm talking to you chris martin.