Coldplay? no thanks. I watched after a bit of hype saying they ‘rocked the pyramid stage’ they didn’t rock me at all. Slightly OT, every time i see an R&B ‘artist’ at these things, i feel a bit sick. Tinee Tempahh-WTF?
oh i do love that this world is full of differing opinions. It seems only here that people are pillocks or deaf idiots if they happen to like something outside of the STW handbook..
Saw Coldplay in Glasto 2005. Opened with Politic, I think. Big big sound – really ace. Had the hairs stand on end a few times. Watched for a bit last night however, but felt a bit uninspired. (bored?)
Saw stereophonics that year too – utter Crap. Faithless were brilliant
I think they’re decent, for that sort of thing. Fix You is a nicely engineered song frinstance. Better than most pop-rock chart bands that’s for sure.
I remember seeing them co-headlining the Venue in Edinburgh with Terris in about April 2000 and thinking they’d never amount to anything, but it was possible Terris would be huge.
Trouble is that all these festivals are televised and are so much the worse for it , back in the day music fans , and music fans alone went to festivals for the atmosphere and to witness something unique , sometimes something legendary , but you couldn’t get it any other way . Back on topic Coldplay seem pretty good to me , they seem able to ” cut it ” live and their music is pretty good IMO , as has been said previously perhaps it’s cool to say they are crap whether you think they are or not .
I don’t like them much but I’ve seen them before and on the strength of last night’s performance I might watch them at T if no one else I like is on. It was a good performance. Nothing like system of a down at download however………….