OK. Coldplay. ******* Coldplay, every time...
I really do not understand the appeal of this band. Yes, there is the odd song, here and there, that I quite like... 'The Scientist' is a nice ballad, 'Viva La Vida' reminds me of a fun night I had in Chicago and 'Clocks' has a good piano / guitar tune... but beyond that, I'm struggling. Yet they're probably the biggest band in the world right now!
One direction... don't like them at all, but they're aimed at 12 year old girls and I'm (obviously) not one of them, but 12 year old girls are people too and they deserve the music that makes them happy. Likewise, Westlife... can't stand them but my Mum loves them, so fair enough!
Coldplay seem to have taken over as the new U2, the stadium and of choice for people who really aren't that much into music... I know a lot of people hate U2, but at least their stuff sounds like it has some guts behind it(Achtung Baby is a terrific album and I really like 'Where The streets Have No Name' and 'Bullet The Blue Sky'... and 'With Or Without You' is a superb ballad) but Coldplay seem to have taken that blueprint and drained every last drop of bollocks and 'passion' out of it, serving up a setlist of dreary, whiny-assed crap that, for me, goes into one ear and dribbles out of the other, leaving nothing in the memory other than 'damn, I hate Coldplay'...
But if you're still not convinced, read this, the funniest music review I ever read, all about their new album...
http://thequietus.com/articles/15274-coldplay-ghost-stories-review 