Originally posted by yeah:ever been to a Coldplay gig?
Originally posted by walkon:[..]
no, and im sure there's a lot of energy out there, but i have been on a u2 show so i know how's it feel like. i just don't think coldplay have these killer rock songs like u2 have. of course its how i feel, and i guess not everyone will agree with me.
Originally posted by yeah:[..]
I think it's quite difficult to judge the quality of a live gig from a recording... It's a little like watching porn and saying you had sex.
I'd rate the last Coldplay gig I've seen higher than the Vertigo gigs I witnessed but I do agree that Coldplay can't reach U2 when they're up to their best, though.
Originally posted by yeah:[..]
I think it's quite difficult to judge the quality of a live gig from a recording... It's a little like watching porn and saying you had sex.
Originally posted by walkon:[..]
have u been in one of the vertigo shows?
Originally posted by yeah:[..]
I've been to 5.
COLDPLAY'S Chris Martin has laughed off a personal slur by one of the world's most sanctimonious singers - Bono.
The U2 singer playfully called Martin a "w--ker,'' a "completely dysfunctional character'' and a "cretin'' on live UK radio last week, as well as a "great melodist.''
"I always thought he felt that way,'' Martin joked.
"I think it's great that we're arch enemies,'' Martin said. "That's a joke too.''
Martin has long used U2 as the benchmark for Coldplay, with U2 saying Martin's band also keep them on their toes.
The mutual lovefest continues: Coldplay are now playing U2's new single Magnificent just before they come on stage "as a mark of respect.''
"We respect any musician,'' Martin said, ``particularly ones who've kept going and not changed line up and have always been good.
"The difficulty of the whole U2 thing is we're only on our fourth record. We're competing with people on their fifth records. We're just coming up to where people were making (the Beatles') Revolver or (U2's) The Joshua Tree. We're at a very different stage.''
Martin is one of the most self-critical million-selling rock stars alive, regularly slating Coldplay before their detractors have a chance to.
"Even in Melbourne there's probably a hundred better singers than me and a hundred better drummers than Will (Champion), but we have a particular chemistry none of us can explain,'' Martin said.
"one of us are ever going to be virtuoso players who can wow people with technique.''
Martin recently said hearing Bruce Springsteen made him feel like his band were "s--t''.
"I know we're not s--t.'' Martin clarified. "We want to be like Hussain Bolt, we don't want to be the guy who came fifth. It's not enough to get into the Olympic finals, you've got to win it.
"We're on our fourth album, we're doing about as well as you can ask to do, but there's a blessing and a curse to being in a band in 2009. The curse is there's so many things that have gone before you it's difficult to be original and also you're competing against all those things in history from Beethoven to Sigur Ros to Gabriella Cilmi.
"The blessing is you have all this stuff to learn from and draw from.''
The band are already working on the follow-up to last year's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, the highest-selling album in the world for 2008.
"We've always got to improve, that's very important,'' Martin said.
"We try to only listen to things that are terrifyingly good. I think that's the way you should operate, you should always assume there's someone about to be better than you so you keep working hard.''
Martin has also written the comeback single for ex-girlfriend Natalie Imbruglia; the singer has pushed the release of her new album back to May to include the track.
"A bit annoyingly we've given her the best Coldplay song of all time, but because we're off-cycle we can't do it ourselves,'' Martin said.
"Half of me wishes we still had it. But she sounds f---ing brilliant on it. I think she has a very unique talent and an incredibly unique voice.''
Coldplay are planning to release a free live album later this year ("tickets are expensive, especially in a recession. We're playing huge places, we thought it'd be cool to do something like that'') and will open Sydney's Sound Relief concert on March 14 with a full band, as opposed to their planned acoustic set.
"We're trying to make it extra good,'' Martin said. "It's going to be a great day.''
Originally posted by U2Nick:Kick his ass?
I must have missed something in that article....
And I'd really love to hear Coldplay doing Magnificent!!!!!