Herman 9,817 Posted July 23, 2020 2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: I couldn't believe how they had changed. Thing is Parker only uses them as a live band and is more of a studio writer. I think people are a bit weary of studio music and want it raw. A modern musical phenomena? When a band becomes less interesting but at the same time gets far more fans. I shall call it the Coldplay Law.😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Chris Martin said a week ago that he never listens to Coldplay and "can't stand it" and my son muttered under his breath "nor can we" Edited July 23, 2020 by sonyc 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,461 Posted July 23, 2020 I remember Coldplay were playing at the arts centre promoted as the next big thing. I didn’t bother and I’ve never regretted it. Having said that I’ve got their first single which is ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted July 23, 2020 First album was very good in their defence. So to be polite I'll say they peaked very early. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 23, 2020 Yeah, to be fair, they were a little different when they first 'hit the scene'. Some good drumming patterns for example. I'm listening to Everything Everything who are a bit Coldplay-ish but with a much darker and deeper political undertone (or even you could say menace). Jonathan Higgs' lyrics are fairly subversive / anti-capitalist which "Yellow" could never quite aspire to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted July 23, 2020 Coldplay songs are better performed by other artists Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,461 Posted July 24, 2020 Might as well have this then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted July 24, 2020 This is just a great song 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted July 24, 2020 Been listening to a lot of Country Rock recently. And this is one my favourites. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted July 24, 2020 A bit of upbeat dance music for you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,032 Posted July 24, 2020 Great musicians. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,578 Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, PurpleCanary said: RIP. They were not that much my thing but at that time I had a longish non-motorway car journey I made frequently and I would stop at this roadside café and put that on the jukebox*, along with some other evocative song I cannot now recall. *Ask your grandparents or greatgrandparents... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 A stranger selection to share here. The first is very much pop and I've included a link to explain her growing fame in France. 1. Angèle https://frenchly.us/angele-melancholic-belgian-singer-need-know-france-going-crazy-for/ 2. Mazzy Star (Hope Sandoval) song 3. Javier Álvarez (stunning neo classical piece imo) 4. Paddy McAloon (from most recent album) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 Must say how much I've been enjoying the music posted by this little corner of the Pinkun (the music fraternity). It's been a real antidote to the football (and much else) these last 4/5 months. A big thanks to Herman, Fenway Frank, Purple, Keelansgrandad, Mr Angry, The Raptor, Midlands, Kick It Off, Ron Obvious, How I Wrote Elastic Man and all the others who've posted selections (must be 20 or 30 pages). Keep 'em coming. Music is such a great thing (which I realise sounds like that Fast Show character who says "Ain't milk brilliant" .....I accept!) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,461 Posted July 27, 2020 There are people that say they really like music and then there is a real love for it. Music can take through all the emotions can’t it ? Rage against the machine make me want to punch something 😁, Motown, incredibly happy or sad. Fairy Tale of New York and I’m losing it completely 😂 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,032 Posted July 27, 2020 On 25/07/2020 at 00:23, Midlands Yellow said: Great musicians. Cheers, it’s my partners brother doing the music. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted July 27, 2020 How a bit of Mike Peters for watching Cardiff tonight. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,461 Posted July 27, 2020 For those of us that are a certain age, crank up this beauty 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said: Cheers, it’s my partners brother doing the music. Liked that very much. Saved to my playlist 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Van wink said: How a bit of Mike Peters for watching Cardiff tonight. Ah the Rhondda....that's a place close to my heart VW (quarter of my ancestry on mother's side). Loved listening to my great uncle's mining stories too (I'm fairly sure that is where my politics were formed or very strongly influenced). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, sonyc said: Ah the Rhondda....that's a place close to my heart VW (quarter of my ancestry on mother's side). Loved listening to my great uncle's mining stories too (I'm fairly sure that is where my politics were formed or very strongly influenced). Bit further up the valley for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Van wink said: Bit further up the valley for me Trealaw and some Pembrokeshire for me. Hoped to visit this year but C19 came along 😞 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, sonyc said: Trealaw and some Pembrokeshire for me. Hoped to visit this year but C19 came along 😞 Brynmawr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 Lot of folk from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire left England when the cloth industry failed in the 1870s for the S Wales coal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, sonyc said: Lot of folk from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire left England when the cloth industry failed in the 1870s for the S Wales coal Indeed they did, as did the Irish a bit earlier. Rape of the Fair Country.. Alexander Cordell is a pleasant read, but I’m sure you’ve read it . Edited July 27, 2020 by Van wink Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,032 Posted July 27, 2020 Give this one a go. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted July 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, Van wink said: Indeed they did, as did the Irish a bit earlier. Rape of the Fair Country.. Alexander Cordell is a pleasant read, but I’m sure you’ve read it . I've not read that but know of it. Will eBay it. I read How Green Was My Valley though in lockdown. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,578 Posted July 28, 2020 15 hours ago, sonyc said: Must say how much I've been enjoying the music posted by this little corner of the Pinkun (the music fraternity). It's been a real antidote to the football (and much else) these last 4/5 months. A big thanks to Herman, Fenway Frank, Purple, Keelansgrandad, Mr Angry, The Raptor, Midlands, Kick It Off, Ron Obvious, How I Wrote Elastic Man and all the others who've posted selections (must be 20 or 30 pages). Keep 'em coming. Music is such a great thing (which I realise sounds like that Fast Show character who says "Ain't milk brilliant" .....I accept!) Absolutely. I have enjoyed being introduced to music I otherwise would not have heard. I confess that as someone whose musical decade was the 1960s I have always been a bit condescendingly snobbish about anything that came after, so probably missed out on good stuff. That said I would still make the case that it beats all other eras for lasting quality. The other day I reread White Bicycles, the autobiography/memoir by Joe Boyd, in which he says: 'As to the sixties' musical bequest, other generations will decide whether it proves more durable than that of the later decades of the century. I wouldn't bet against it.' One of the songs from one of the records Boyd produced back then: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
