tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post6910673098423835754..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: sweep the streets that I used to own....swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-32976529406499102622008-06-26T16:12:00.000+01:002008-06-26T16:12:00.000+01:00Addendum to the whole Two Andy Gills business: And...Addendum to the whole Two Andy Gills business: Andy Gill (musician) tells of how he was once on a production job in Scotland and had booked a restaurant for the evening only to find his reservation cancelled at the manager's behest, apparently as they thought he was AA Gill...Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-78383903507730552382008-06-25T03:10:00.000+01:002008-06-25T03:10:00.000+01:00Slag off The National?! Why I oughta...!Heeheehee....Slag off The National?! Why I oughta...!<br><br>Heeheehee. Wimpy indie fight! I'll scuff your limited edition coloured 7 inches! I'll put your NMEs back in the wrong order! I'll yank your skinny tie really hard so it turns into a peanut and you can't undo it!<br><br>And one more point of order...<br><br><i>And despite "married to an oscar winning actress", why are his songs still as miserable as sin?</i><br><br>If my missus's ex was Brad Pitt, I'd have a bit of an inferiority complex too...Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804947827499336453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-35214429995137596592008-06-24T21:19:00.000+01:002008-06-24T21:19:00.000+01:00Regardless of which Andy Gill is at issue, I too t...Regardless of which Andy Gill is at issue, I too think that Coldplay doesn't deserve to be the band the world loves to hate.<br><br>I don't think there's any reason to HATE Coldplay, and I would (and do) choose to listen to their albums over Radiohead.j.http://unjuicier.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-72599311986781497332008-06-24T17:48:00.000+01:002008-06-24T17:48:00.000+01:00Mick Hucknall - great voice, legendary lover of th...Mick Hucknall - great voice, legendary lover of the laydeez, owns half of Manchester - and allegedly everyone hates him because he's an ugly little fucker and should hide away in whatever godforesaken corner of the North West he comes from. I'm a fan - he's been known to display some passion in his music, which is what I feel personally is lacking from Coldplay. But it is only rock and roll, and we're all entitled to our own views.Tinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-44093401303423659682008-06-24T08:52:00.000+01:002008-06-24T08:52:00.000+01:00Isn't the "storming out" of Chris Ma...Isn't the "storming out" of Chris Martin a lot like what happened when they "edited" the programme about the Queen to sound as though she stormed out?<br><br>I find it unreal about the way it was reported and the way it actually was, which for the entertainment industry, seems to be par for the course these days. <br><br>And me personally, Coldplay are just a band. Like Marmite, you either hate 'em or love 'em. I like 'em: to me they are just a band, regardless of who the lead singer is married to, or what they call their kids. <br><br>And I don't like MarmiteThreelighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08476303816485601875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-87370230201025203452008-06-24T07:36:00.000+01:002008-06-24T07:36:00.000+01:00My apologies to Andy Gill, formerly of Gang of Fou...My apologies to Andy Gill, formerly of Gang of Four and producer of the first Red Hot Chili Peppers album... my annoyance is reserved purely for Andy Gill the music critic. Well spotted Eloi and thanks for pointing it out, but the essential point remains.swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-36257735441622745272008-06-24T00:54:00.000+01:002008-06-24T00:54:00.000+01:00Eloi does have a point I'm afraid! Hey we all ...Eloi does have a point I'm afraid! Hey we all make mistakes! But Gill's piece is classic cheap shot marmite opinion journalism: either you roar with agreement or disgust. Either way you pick it up and respond. So I guess it worked on that score!<br><br>Anyway, mistaken identity or not, the gist of your post is still bang on though. I really don't get the animosity vented in their direction. It almost seems to be an indignant rage that they aren't either rock n roll monsters or avant garde revolutionaries. The best comparison is probably Wings. A band despised by the critics and "serious" music fans, but who sold shitloads of records and hogged the charts and the radio. Because they wrote big popular anthems that, shock horror, people seem to relate to and enjoy. Neither band chuck tellys through windows or take heroin. So they're fake. <br><br>Except they're just pop musicians writing and recording music. That people then buy. What's fake is this absurd outsider rebel status given to recording artists who are anything but. Rock music has not, and will not, change the world. The great rock n roll myth is horseshit, peddled by critics desperate for a slice of immortality.<br><br>Coldplay are not a huge creative force, and I doubt they ever will be. Kid A is actually my favourite Radiohead album, and I like a lot of experimental music. But that's not what I go to Coldplay for. I want huge stadium sized anthems, that I can hum along to (something Radiohead used to do but now seem to consider a bit too, y'know, obvious). Huge emotional brushstrokes that are as inclusive as they are vague. That might not be your cup of tea, but slagging off fans who like it is just monumental snobbery. Gosh. I bet they watch soaps and eat crisps too.<br><br>I like Coldplay. I like Wings. I also like Atari Teenage Riot and Bikini Kill and My Bloody Valentine and Girls Aloud and Fleetwood Mac and Ornette Coleman. It's just pop music. You pick the bits you like.<br><br>Keane are shit though.Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804947827499336453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-89049134627679133422008-06-23T23:49:00.000+01:002008-06-23T23:49:00.000+01:00Because Coldplay are fake. They stand for nothing,...Because Coldplay are fake. They stand for nothing, and they mean nothing, and it irritates me to see such fraudulent scoundrels get away with it.<br><br>I like the National.ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-20664119029092224062008-06-23T23:20:00.000+01:002008-06-23T23:20:00.000+01:00Um, if you're going to pick fights with people...Um, if you're going to pick fights with people, check your facts. Andy Gill who writes for The Independent is not Andy Gill who founded Gang of Four and produced the Chili Peppers.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577199494053670474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-15419290017952568572008-06-23T22:13:00.000+01:002008-06-23T22:13:00.000+01:00(I'll accept that my "concerned about the...(I'll accept that my "concerned about the environment" statement is clearly a steaming pile of Coldplay though. That much is abundantly true)swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-49241518469111698602008-06-23T22:11:00.000+01:002008-06-23T22:11:00.000+01:00Ian - I didn't say they were perfect, and most...Ian - I didn't say they were perfect, and most importantly I think Chris Martin would probably be one of the last people on earth to think that he was. No matter how much other people hate him, I'm not sure that he doesn't hate and question himself more. Also, I didn't 'forbid' you from saying they were wishy-washy, I just said don't do it in a wishy-washy way. <br><br>You're kind of proving my point - pick holes at him all you want, I just don't get why you're wasting the energy.<br><br>And LB - 2 or 3 people on this blog saying they like the National is hardly the whole world, is it!? You'd think they'd sell more records if you were in the minority by not liking them!<br><br>Westlife? I'm indifferent to them. <br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-17613884074732404652008-06-23T22:00:00.000+01:002008-06-23T22:00:00.000+01:00I really like them also.Hear hear.I still think th...I really like them also.<br><br>Hear hear.<br><br>I still think the National are a load of old toss, though, which apparently puts me in a minority of one.<br><br>(Although I do own three Westlife albums.)LBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06234702470107953581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-84347794264758541122008-06-23T21:23:00.000+01:002008-06-23T21:23:00.000+01:00I shan't accuse them of being wishy-washy. By ...I shan't accuse them of being wishy-washy. By forbidding it, you're implicitly admitting you know they are. But "concerned about the environment" : That's just a steaming pile of <a href="http://www.ukwatch.net/article/greenwash_exposed_-_chris_martin" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">coldplay</a><br><br>And despite "married to an oscar winning actress", why are his songs still as miserable as sin?<br><br>The difference between Westlife and Coldplay is that Westlife don't pretend to be a band, just a pop vocal group. Coldplay pretend to be something more, but they're not. I don't much like Westlife, but at least they're honest.<br><br>( Free downloads can't count towards the charts, so that's why Violet Hill never made it.)ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.com