fretmeister Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 http://thequietus.com/articles/15274-coldplay-ghost-stories-review ha ha ha!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Seems fair enough to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I definately won't be watching the concert on Sky Arts 1 this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I predict that this thread will go: 3 posts agreeing with OP 1 post saying hang on a minute chaps, we're all musicians 2 posts from latecomers having mega lolz at said review. A series of posts condeming the OP for being anti-musician and calling for him to be hung 1 post from the Coldplay bass player's mum saying actually, it's quite funny. Lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingraybassman Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Review is funny! Certainly worth a chuckle....... Have to say I'm enjoying the album after a couple of listens. Its Coldplay, so its always going to get panned by people. I'd be intrigued to know how many people that do pan it have given it a go. Mylo Xyloto did nothing for me at all, this is better IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 'F*cking cockwash!!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samashton12 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I loved this, but I also loved Parachutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Coldplay.... the magnolia paint of the music world... Wouldn't mind being £1 behind him though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 H[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]ang on a minute chaps, we're all musicians.[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Bits of the review are faintly amusing, but I don't need to hear the album to know they'll still be peddling the exact same insipid, diluted U2-circa-Unforgettable-Fire knock-off slop that's made America love them so very hard. Just as well they're so incredibly easy to ignore, they pretty much barely exist in the first place. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Can't say I made it to the end of any of the tunes they did on Jools recently. If the source of inspiration is the breakup of a long term relationship it's hardly going to be very upbeat though is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1400592157' post='2455210'] Can't say I made it to the end of any of the tunes they did on Jools recently. If the source of inspiration is the breakup of a long term relationship it's hardly going to be very upbeat though is it? [/quote] They've always sounded pretty miserable mind, even when Christ Martin WAS shagging Gwyneth Paltrow - if that couldn't bring the occasional smile to his face then the breakup album was never going to be a barrel of laughs, was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 In contrast you have a guy like Josh Homme who suffers complications during routine surgery on his knee in 2011 and almost dies on the operating table, spends 2 weeks in hospital, then is bed-ridden for the next four months, during which time he descends into a deep depression... and out of that produces 'Like Clockwork'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Lots of good ideas that I wanted to like but it was badly written twaddle and became tedious after the first 30 seconds. The review, that is. The album will be a bunch of w*** just like the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingraybassman Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Surely there is room for some miserable sad music? There are loads of bands that do it better than Coldplay granted. Bon Iver records are incredibly melancholic affairs, still some of the most amazing music I have ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) [quote name='stingraybassman' timestamp='1400595355' post='2455282'] Surely there is room for some miserable sad music? There are loads of bands that do it better than Coldplay granted. Bon Iver records are incredibly melancholic affairs, still some of the most amazing music I have ever heard. [/quote] This isn't a thread slagging off miserable sad music, it's a thread specifically slagging off Coldplay. Never understood all the hostility towards them myself. They're not the sort of thing I listen to, but what I have heard by them was OK - I've certainly heard a lot worse. I love miserable sad music BTW - it's the happy sh*t I can't stand..... Edited May 20, 2014 by RhysP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm only halfway through and i'm wiping away the tears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Megalolz. The vocal sample at the beginning of track Another's arms is the singer I'm currently working with, Jane Weaver from her "Fallen by Watchbird" CD. They forgot to clear it and a few long transatlantic phone calls were had. I liked Parachutes, but not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyDog Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) When it became apparent that the 'reviewer' is hopelessly addicted to the exclamation mark and the word 'f***ing', I lost interest. I suppose it's probably funny in a Frankie Boyle sort of way. Edited May 20, 2014 by UglyDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planer Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 'I don't have to knit my breakfast anymore' - classic. I thought it a fine review, well-written and with a decent amount of swearing. Well done review-fella. P.S. I'm not a CP hater, they're a bit 'meh', but each to their own. I thought it was just funny. He must have REALLY hated it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 [quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1400604548' post='2455393'] When it became apparent that the 'reviewer' is hopelessly addicted to the exclamation mark and the word 'f***ing', I lost interest. I suppose it's probably funny in a Frankie Boyle sort of way. [/quote] Insomuch that he is saying what most people think, but are to polite to mention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 [quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1400604548' post='2455393'] When it became apparent that the 'reviewer' is hopelessly addicted to the exclamation mark and the word 'f***ing', I lost interest. I suppose it's probably funny in a Frankie Boyle sort of way. [/quote] Frankie actually IS funny. That review was just an arrogant reviewer who's up his own chuff with his own sense of self f***ing importance. I'm not defending Coldplay, I liked them a lot early on, they were a great band, but I've not liked the way they developed because it just not my thing. Doesn't mean it's a load of f***ing f***ing f*** though, does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1400615784' post='2455563'] Frankie actually IS funny. That review was just an arrogant reviewer who's up his own chuff with his own sense of self f***ing importance. I'm not defending Coldplay, I liked them a lot early on, they were a great band, but I've not liked the way they developed because it just not my thing. Doesn't mean it's a load of f***ing f***ing f*** though, does it. [/quote] I didn't realise they had developed . That's partly why I don't particularly like them, they're a band that promised a lot when they first appeared, and they just seem to follow the same formula each time. They even had Brian Eno produce them, I couldn't hear what he'd actually done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Actually, I think it's quite funny. And I think Guy should go back to running his antique shop. Mrs Berryman Kirkaldy, Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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