I thought haikus were supposed to have completely irrelevant last line, such as:
Never heard Coldplay
Have no MTV 'round here
Quiet, stormy night
Never heard Coldplay
Have no MTV 'round here
Quiet, stormy night
it's funny the comparisons to radiohead, even though chris martin sounds nothing like thom yorke, their musical style is completely different, there are no electronic effects in coldplay's music, and coldplay is way more piano-based.
try again.
try again.
Coldplay's Yellow, In My Place = Radiohead's "The Bends"
Coldplay - God Put A Smile on Your Face = Radiohead - Go To Sleep
your first comparison is just incorrect.
your second is also incorrect, but if you wish, it proves radiohead copied coldplay since their song came out after coldplay's.
Um... so I did call them wannabes because I think they did copy a lot of Radiohead style (first comparisons), but all you asked for was Coldplay's musical style comparisons to Radiohead, which the second comparison I offered was true.
Anyways, a quick browse of music media sites brings up:
Review of "A Rush of Blood to the Head": linked
Coldplay has returned with their sophomore effort, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Although it?s a little disappointing to see the band headed in the direction of Radiohead, Coldplay still concocts plenty of memorable and surreal music. The only time this album begins to come unglued is when, on tracks such as ?A Whisper,? the music sounds like a blatant mimicry of Radiohead?s recent work.
Another Review of "A Rush of Blood to the Head": linked
Old habits die hard, however, and the Radiohead influences still creep in. Daylight is virtually Pyramid Song as sung by Ian McCulloch, only faster (remember the original was set to a funereal tempo) with marginally different words, while The Scientist takes the sombre piano-and-vocal approach that Thom Yorke made his own in the latter half of the 90s, only this time Martin and co. outstrip all the competition with a supremely gorgeous instant classic.
NME Review of "A Rush of Blood":
Its closest relative is Radiohead's 'The Bends', the album that secured the notion that Radiohead had more in their locker than 'Creep'. Coldplay similarly needed to put 'Yellow' to bed and, just as 'The Bends' opened with the raging 'Planet Telex', 'A Rush...' kicks off with a discordant howl several evolutionary steps ahead of 'Yellow', 'Politik'.
Its closest relative is Radiohead's 'The Bends', the album that secured the notion that Radiohead had more in their locker than 'Creep'. Coldplay similarly needed to put 'Yellow' to bed and, just as 'The Bends' opened with the raging 'Planet Telex', 'A Rush...' kicks off with a discordant howl several evolutionary steps ahead of 'Yellow', 'Politik'.
"E! Online
There's nothing quite like the sound of a band at the top of its game."
"Uncut
May well come to be regarded as the best British rock album since OK Computer."
"Entertainment Weekly
Displaying a cohesion rarely heard in albums these days, ''A Rush of Blood'' bobs from one majestic little high to another."
"Playlouder
Fierce and noble and fragile and genuinely moving, 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is a lovely furnace of searing goodness made by some wonderful contradictory bastards."
"Billboard
A stronger, more distinctive album than its predecessor in nearly every respect."
"PopMatters
Parachutes was impressive, but Coldplay's new album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, is stunning, the amount of growth from Album One to Album Two equally so."
"New Musical Express
It's an album of outstanding natural beauty, an organic, wholesome work."
"Launch.com
A very tastefully crafted, tuneful, and affecting piece of work with a band that is still just beginning to tap its enormous potential."
"Neumu.net
It recalls U2's The Joshua Tree, and not just for its stunning guitar work but for its wild passion and spiraling tension-and-release dynamics."
"Dot Music
The key to 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is to be found not in Martin's presence, but in the intensity, dynamism, verve and style that Coldplay have now nailed, when comparisons to Radiohead, Echo and The Bunnymen and, perhaps most pertinently, U2's 'Unforgettable Fire', manifest themselves in a series of killer strides."
"Q Magazine
A collection of vastly moving songs that will render stadiums as intimate as bedrooms. U2, Radiohead... Coldplay? It would seem so."
"The Onion (AV Club)
Dressed up in subtle strings and pianos, and given time to slowly breathe and develop beyond simple pop, A Rush Of Blood's 11 graceful tracks sparkle and swirl, occasionally escalating into a booming crescendo before dissolving back into delicacy."
"Rolling Stone
With A Rush of Blood, Coldplay do more than fulfill the promise of "Yellow" -- they surpass everything they've done up to this point, making first-rate guitar rock with some real emotional protein on its bones."
"Blender
The sound is simultaneously terse and expansive--moody and powerful, shot through with singer Chris Martin's grainy delivery."
There's nothing quite like the sound of a band at the top of its game."
"Uncut
May well come to be regarded as the best British rock album since OK Computer."
"Entertainment Weekly
Displaying a cohesion rarely heard in albums these days, ''A Rush of Blood'' bobs from one majestic little high to another."
"Playlouder
Fierce and noble and fragile and genuinely moving, 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is a lovely furnace of searing goodness made by some wonderful contradictory bastards."
"Billboard
A stronger, more distinctive album than its predecessor in nearly every respect."
"PopMatters
Parachutes was impressive, but Coldplay's new album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, is stunning, the amount of growth from Album One to Album Two equally so."
"New Musical Express
It's an album of outstanding natural beauty, an organic, wholesome work."
"Launch.com
A very tastefully crafted, tuneful, and affecting piece of work with a band that is still just beginning to tap its enormous potential."
"Neumu.net
It recalls U2's The Joshua Tree, and not just for its stunning guitar work but for its wild passion and spiraling tension-and-release dynamics."
"Dot Music
The key to 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is to be found not in Martin's presence, but in the intensity, dynamism, verve and style that Coldplay have now nailed, when comparisons to Radiohead, Echo and The Bunnymen and, perhaps most pertinently, U2's 'Unforgettable Fire', manifest themselves in a series of killer strides."
"Q Magazine
A collection of vastly moving songs that will render stadiums as intimate as bedrooms. U2, Radiohead... Coldplay? It would seem so."
"The Onion (AV Club)
Dressed up in subtle strings and pianos, and given time to slowly breathe and develop beyond simple pop, A Rush Of Blood's 11 graceful tracks sparkle and swirl, occasionally escalating into a booming crescendo before dissolving back into delicacy."
"Rolling Stone
With A Rush of Blood, Coldplay do more than fulfill the promise of "Yellow" -- they surpass everything they've done up to this point, making first-rate guitar rock with some real emotional protein on its bones."
"Blender
The sound is simultaneously terse and expansive--moody and powerful, shot through with singer Chris Martin's grainy delivery."
OK, again somebody takes what I said out of context. Did I say anywhere that I thought Coldplay sucked? No, I said they're better than pop-punk in my haiku, and I said that they do sound like Radiohead, which I brought up info. That's cool that others think they're good, I think they're tolerable, but I still think they bit off Radiohead.
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You one of those people that said Muse was a Radiohead knockoff when they came out with Showbiz? I wouldnt say that Coldplay copied Radiohead, but they were more inspired. If that is the case, i can think of two mor ebands off teh top of my head that are currently doing the same thing. Also, if you want to get into a topic of who copied who, i did not hear any claims of Radiohead copying the French group Air. FOr some odd reason, since it is Radiohead, people seem to dismiss that Air and a whole other crapload of bands did what Radiohead is doing years before Radiohead did. I am not gonna play the accustation games, but why does a mainstream band not have teh right to be inspired by another mainstream band. When Blur came out with Blur, no made any accusations that Blur was imitating low fi bands like Pavement (who, were at the time, not mainstream at all), yet when they came out with 13, a number of reviewers dismissed it as a poor man's OK Computer. Summerization: Every single band tries to imitate another band. Its how music evolves (well used too).
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