Danny ChaiI’ve always thought of Coldplay as a chick band, one that girls dig more than guys. I’ve heard that their concerts are dominated by females who dig Chris Martin’s sensitive falsetto, some of whom drag their significant others along. Because of this stereotype, I’ve always been hesitant to listen to them. That and the fact that they’re a terrible live band, at least every time I’ve seen them on TV. We watched them on the MTV Movie Awards and Jieun was indignantly bored, if that’s possible. It was bad.
So I’m totally surprised that I love their latest album. Interesting, creative, eminently listenable. As it turns out, the song they did on MTV is among the worst on the album. The rest of it though, I dig. Go Brian Eno.