Coldplay at Glastonbury zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Luulox]

I thought they did well and I'm not a fan.

[White Cloud]

Brilliant performance, a colourful set that was inclusive, empathic and engaging. It was the real highlight of the festival for me.

Anyone here is as entitled to not like it as much as i am entitled to like it. Music is art...it is subjective.

Go Coldplay!

[lonestar]

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In other news, I was very disappointed with ELO very dull indeed, in fact it was a bit painful.
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Yep I was never a big fan of ELO but this was depressingly dull, if very accurate to the recordings but boring as hell.
Didn't bother with Coldplay

[drTStingray]

I'm surprised none of you watched earth wind and fire - Saturday night's headline - shown on bbc4 at the same time as Coldplay.

[Paul S]

I couldn't name a single Cold Play tune. I've heard a few but find them dull beyond measure and absolutely hate his whiny voice. Just don't get it really.

Be a funny old world if we all liked the same stuff etc.

Meanwhile I have tickets to see EWF at the O2 on Friday!

[oldbass]

Same here so I turned over and was floored by EW&F....a great live experience and I thought it actually sounded like great musicians playing live unlike all the other bands who sounded to me like someone had pressed the backing tape button.
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[KK Jale]

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Don't know about Coldplay but the surprise and delight of the festival for me was PJ Harvey. Original, engaging and brilliant.
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Agreed! Compelling stuff. Love PJ.

[Rich]

Well, I enjoyed the Coldplay set. If I was uncharitable, I'd say it looks like a lot of people who already dislike Coldplay intensely watched a bit of the set purely so they could say how crap it was.
TBH I enjoyed it as much for the lighting as anything else. The effect of all those xylobands was simply stunning.

[CamdenRob]

I think the new project I've been working with does a Coldplay cover... although I'm not sure what it's called and I've never heard the original

Verse is Am/G and chorus is C/G/Am/F (suspiciously similar to everything else in the set... ). Sounds quite rocky and lively they way they do it... lots of rise and fall, I quite like it.

[paul h]

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Well, I enjoyed the Coldplay set. If I was uncharitable, I'd say it looks like a lot of people who already dislike Coldplay intensely watched a bit of the set purely so they could say how crap it was.
TBH I enjoyed it as much for the lighting as anything else. The effect of all those xylobands was simply stunning.
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I can't argue with that...that's pretty much what I did

However I don't think Chris Martin can sing live.

[toneknob]

Meanwhile LCD Soundsystem were on at the same time on the Other Stage. I've just watched on iPlayer, amazing.

[drTStingray]

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Is it a Coldplay tune that the BBC use for intro music for all the Glastonbury segments?
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Yep - a newish one - v catchy with a disco-like octaved bass part in places. I love it - can't get the tune out of my head - although one or two of earth wind and fires have been stuck there today ...... especially In the Stone - Got to get you into my Life and Jupiter - it's like 1979 again - with a similarly loony political backdrop for good measure and England bombing out of a major football competition to comparative minnows - the worlds gone decidedly retro!!

Edited June 27, 2016 by drTStingray