Unpopular Musical Opinions

[FlyGuyLXI]

Related UO:

Both Muse and Coldplay exceeded whatever Radiohead did, and Radiohead are the "whiny" band if anything.

[RosaFloydGuy]

Related UO:

Both Muse and Coldplay exceeded whatever Radiohead did, and Radiohead are the "whiny" band if anything.

I felt that the period from OK Computer all the way to In Rainbows was bad.

[clashcityrocker10]

Their music gives me this impression, too.

Well, yeah, that too.

I enjoy some/most Coldplay, thought not a whole lot; I'd feel comfortable saying Coldplay is a 3/5 band. Doesn't bother me at all if someone doesn't like them.

Muse is mediocre, though, and I really dig Radiohead.

[FlyGuyLXI]

Going back to Coldplay... I do agree that Mylo Xyloto was a little weak and "Paradise" is not particularly a good song. The introduction with the string layers is the only aspect that have any valuable merit, from there, it just wipes everything off the table with a fell swoop with a bunch of hollow-molded euphoria and a rusted U2 counterweight.

I felt that the period from OK Computer all the way to In Rainbows was bad.

I've first listened to OK Computer about 5 years ago and even to this day there is nothing on that album about that evoked a sense of emotion or sway into me. At least I credit In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel for doing some extent of building up a growth overtime but even then I still think it's a pretty average album.

Kid A... listened to it twice and forgot about that album within days, and never looked back.

[Gowienczyk]

Kid A, OKC and The Bends are records I keep going back to; but such is not a unpopular opinion. As for Coldplay, I find them inoffensive and pleasant and that causes enough positiveness that I can ignore whatever mediocrity they may have to others.

[killer_roach]

For me, Coldplay has some good songs, but not much in terms of whole albums. So while they aren't exactly "good band" material in my eyes, they've got some decent enough stuff in their repertoire.

[soup567]

I'm going to get flogged for this... UO: I dislike Coldplay. They try too hard to be Radiohead. I know Muse is in the same vein, but I feel like Coldplay is just really whiny and just ehhhh.

I agree with you there. I don't like Coldplay one bit, and I've never really cared for Muse.

[RosaFloydGuy]

I agree with you there. I don't like Coldplay one bit, and I've never really cared for Muse.

The thing is, I actually like Muse. I should have made that clear in my OP, haha.

[a21schizoidman]

Parachutes and X&Y were good, but that's it for full Coldplay albums i can sit through

and muse blows

[killer_roach]

Muse is the textbook definition of a band with talent, but without discipline. I get the feeling their songwriting sessions go something like somebody starting by saying "I just had this really great idea..." and the rest of the band going "yeah, let's do that!", without actually stopping to think "wait, is that really a great idea?".