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September 7, 2005

"Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now"

Coldplay parody (.mov) by Mitch Benn And The Distractions.

Posted at 9:44 AM
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weak.

Posted by: dan at 09/07/05 9:56 AM  | Reply
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and coldplay kinda sounds like Bends-ish Radiohead lite

Posted by: wes at 09/07/05 10:24 AM  | Reply
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The video is quite much better than the song

Posted by: Kloggy at 09/07/05 10:38 AM  | Reply
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i do like coldplay but.... it amazes me how reviews about new bands seem to reference coldplay like coldplay has pioneered some new sound and have been around since the beginning... and then you read a coldplay review and it references Radiohead and U2 and then....... and yet i am a radiohead so agree with wes about coldplay being radiohead lite with a little bono thrown in for dramatic effect.....

Posted by: giveitbak at 09/07/05 10:47 AM  | Reply
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Thom Yorke is nothing but a Chris Martin wannabe.

Posted by: Neil at 09/07/05 10:49 AM  | Reply
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don't know about the wannabe thing ;-) but know he is an arrogant prick at best..... but still like the music..... bono is a friggin politician but i won't give up u2 either...... and do like coldplay even if they are copying both....

Posted by: giveitback at 09/07/05 11:05 AM  | Reply
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I thought that was pretty funny, but then, I'm a 17th-century French executioner.

Posted by: jedediah (jed2) at 09/07/05 11:20 AM  | Reply
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I first heard this single on the Steve Wright Show two days ago and it blew me away. If ever Chris Martin needed a reality check, it's this song because it sounds SO good and stands one it's own merits. Chris shouldn't make a big deal over the fact he can't sing because that gives hope to the rest of us and for that fact alone, Coldplay should be honoured for they are surely the music of the common man.

Posted by: John Christopher at 09/09/05 6:15 AM  | Reply
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woehoe I love the song because, coldplay's just irritating. how good they think they are. and the rest of those bands too ^^

Posted by: anniek at 09/10/05 12:27 PM  | Reply
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Coldplay sounds like Radiohead sounds like Can

Posted by: chris at 09/10/05 10:05 PM  | Reply
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They all sound fucking dreary if you ask me no better or different to travis. What was the fucking 60's for I don't think cold play or travis was envisioned. And as for that franz ferdinand they can all burn in hell as i can't express my hatred for them any clearer.

Posted by: Mark Breen at 10/20/05 10:06 PM  | Reply
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I really am a fan of Coldplay, but I totally agree with this song.; the way things are going, it is really too much. It was ok when it was just Coldplay the Fray and the Killers, that sounded this way; but now EVERYBODY seems to be in on it. It is like people are not even trying to sound original anymore.

It is annoying. People complain that Coldplay often copyright's other stuff... but that is nothing compared to this blatant over-use of the Coldplay style.

Heck, it seems Lady Gaga is the only person left that makes songs with a beat faster than "the scientist"

Posted by: Vincymon at 05/28/09 6:10 AM  | Reply
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