Parachutes is an amazingly good album. I’ll die on that hill
I was really into them when I was younger, and I still enjoy music from their first few albums. They are way more pop-oriented now though. Chris Martin is very corny, but is actually a pretty talented and creative pop musician. I don’t get the comparisons to Nickelback. I like them when I just want something low key, and easy to listen to. I also listen to a bunch of other “real” music as well, but for me it’s not an either or thing, but just depends on mood.
I once wandered into a bizarro social circle where people unironically listened to Coldplay and were completely unaware that they are an internet meme, and I ended up looking like a crazy person when I tried to explain it.
Coldplay after a long day sounds pretty nice tho.
Pretty sure that Coldplay’s cynical plan was to continue where Radiohead left off with The Bends. It didn’t really work.
Prog Rock has always been a double edged sword. Most of it is pretentious garbage, but then occasionally someone like Thom Yorke comes along who is an actual generational genius and completely reinvents the genre.
I give it another 15 years before he goes completely insane and moves to North Korea or something. Hopefully we can get at least one more album before then.
