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So, what happened today?

Watched my local teams G19s reach the final of Norway Cup! That's quite something! They'll face Cedar Stars Academy of Ghana in the final tomorrow.

I myself never got further than beating the Brazilian team Peqeninos do Jockey, that always used to win it, and reach the QF.
 
Mikey10 said:
I struggle to think of a worse band.



Please accept my sympathies.
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I'd love to see Coldplay again. Saw them back in 2003. Brilliant. I'm not a huge fan or anything, but they have a lot of excellent songs. Just listened to Strawberry Swing the other day. Yellow is ace. That Kraftwerk cover, Talk! Orphans. They're hit Machines! Great band! Haha.

My phone got fudged today after 6 years. I hate having to get new phones, so many to choose from and they're all so expensive.

Went for a swim in the fjord the other day. 23 degrees in the water. It was nice.
 
Daisuk said:
I'd love to see Coldplay again. Saw them back in 2003. Brilliant. I'm not a huge fan or anything, but they have a lot of excellent songs. Just listened to Strawberry Swing the other day. Yellow is ace. That Kraftwerk cover, Talk! Orphans. They're hit Machines! Great band! Haha.

My phone got fudged today after 6 years. I hate having to get new phones, so many to choose from and they're all so expensive.

Went for a swim in the fjord the other day. 23 degrees in the water. It was nice.
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23 degrees is also totally wrong. As is Coldplay
 
Rorschach said:
23 degrees is also totally wrong. As is Coldplay
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Parachutes is a work of art. If anyone can properly listen* to that album and tell me that Coldplay are brick / total toss it tells me a lot about that person's ability to appreciate music.

Take Oasis, I despise the band and whole vibe that goes with it, but if you can really sit through what's the story morning glory and still say they're brick, you've not gone in with an open mind.

*I mean really listen to it, with a solid sound setup with full attentiveness without the paper thin attention span that has afflicted generations of every age group.
 
spurspinter1 said:
Parachutes is a work of art. If anyone can properly listen* to that album and tell me that Coldplay are brick / total toss it tells me a lot about that person's ability to appreciate music.

Take Oasis, I despise the band and whole vibe that goes with it, but if you can really sit through what's the story morning glory and still say they're brick, you've not gone in with an open mind.

*I mean really listen to it, with a solid sound setup with full attentiveness without the paper thin attention span that has afflicted generations of every age group.
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coldplay very quickly disappeared up their own arse after that though

they became intolerable for me
 
Saw AC/DC for the sixth and last time tonight in Oslo. More nostalgia than anything these days, but still fun to see the oldies keep on rocking.

Musically they're way over the top, unfortunately, but not unexpected with Brian pushing 78 and Angus 70. Sadly the sound was not the best, which didn't help.

Even more sadly, you could tell Angus was struggling at times. Thunderstruck was played at a much slower pace than normal, and it sounded at times like he played stuff wrong - although that could be because of the poor sound.

Glad I went, but even if they somehow manage to go on another tour, this will remain my last AC/DC concert.
 
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spurspinter1 said:
Parachutes is a work of art. If anyone can properly listen* to that album and tell me that Coldplay are brick / total toss it tells me a lot about that person's ability to appreciate music.

Take Oasis, I despise the band and whole vibe that goes with it, but if you can really sit through what's the story morning glory and still say they're brick, you've not gone in with an open mind.

*I mean really listen to it, with a solid sound setup with full attentiveness without the paper thin attention span that has afflicted generations of every age group.
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I like Trouble. The rest not so much. I don't hate Coldplay. I just don't like them either. It is just what you like or don't really and i listen them more than I would like to as my kids play them. I'm sure you wouldn't like the brick I listen to either but my main point is the water is too warm.
 
Daisuk said:
My phone got fudged today after 6 years. I hate having to get new phones, so many to choose from and they're all so expensive.
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I'm so happy I switched away from Samsung. Got a Oneplus 11 and it's brilliant. Better camera than Samsung, faster, better battery and LIGHTNING fast charging with its 120W charger. And half the price of a Samsung. Lacks inductive charging though, but I rarely used that anyway, so not important to me. The newer Oneplus 12 has that, but is otherwise only marginally better.
 
Kandi1977 said:
I'm so happy I switched away from Samsung. Got a Oneplus 11 and it's brilliant. Better camera than Samsung, faster, better battery and LIGHTNING fast charging with its 120W charger. And half the price of a Samsung. Lacks inductive charging though, but I rarely used that anyway, so not important to me. The newer Oneplus 12 has that, but is otherwise only marginally better.
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Nice, thanks. I fear my need of emigrating photos and anything else from iCloud to an Android phone might force me to get another iPhone.
 
spurspinter1 said:
Parachutes is a work of art. If anyone can properly listen* to that album and tell me that Coldplay are brick / total toss it tells me a lot about that person's ability to appreciate music.

Take Oasis, I despise the band and whole vibe that goes with it, but if you can really sit through what's the story morning glory and still say they're brick, you've not gone in with an open mind.

*I mean really listen to it, with a solid sound setup with full attentiveness without the paper thin attention span that has afflicted generations of every age group.
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Parachutes is an excellent album. That is about 20 years old though.

There have been other good bits since top.
Coldplay suffer from the same as U2 - they are successful, they unashamedly do their own thing and don't pander to anyone, they are geeky enough to not be rockstar cool but not geeky enough to be geek cool, they speak up about uncomfortable issues.
Musically, they make mostly 7/10, radio friendly songs that gets lots of airplay, so become annoying irrespective of quality.
Put on a Coldplay greatest hits and most people would like most of it - and then probably still say they don't like Coldplay!
Right, I'm gonna put parachutes on - it's been a very long time

They have a front man that is a good guy, but a bit annoying.

U2, Coldplay and Nickelback all hit that area and became adjectives.
 
Rorschach said:
I like Trouble. The rest not so much. I don't hate Coldplay. I just don't like them either. It is just what you like or don't really and i listen them more than I would like to as my kids play them. I'm sure you wouldn't like the brick I listen to either but my main point is the water is too warm.
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Try me! I've been stuck in a bit of a rut, I cycle around 10 / 15 miles a day and pop on either some lo fi electronic "mood music" like fourtet or boards of Canada or some braggadocious hip hop on my phone. But I rarely sit down to listen to full album with headphones. Kinda sad really. I did listen to the new(ish) sleep token album and fudging loved it tbf

monkeybarry said:
Parachutes is an excellent album. That is about 20 years old though.

There have been other good bits since top.
Coldplay suffer from the same as U2 - they are successful, they unashamedly do their own thing and don't pander to anyone, they are geeky enough to not be rockstar cool but not geeky enough to be geek cool, they speak up about uncomfortable issues.
Musically, they make mostly 7/10, radio friendly songs that gets lots of airplay, so become annoying irrespective of quality.
Put on a Coldplay greatest hits and most people would like most of it - and then probably still say they don't like Coldplay!
Right, I'm gonna put parachutes on - it's been a very long time

They have a front man that is a good guy, but a bit annoying.

U2, Coldplay and Nickelback all hit that area and became adjectives.
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That's a very solid summary. I think it became cool to dislike them and GHod forbid having a front man who has the audacity to not eat the rotting flesh of animal corpses (not i don't work in marketing!). One particularly excellent superhans line that gets regularly quoted without appropriately giving credit comes to mind!

It's interesting, there's plenty of grown men who've modelled their whole vibe on the Gallagher brothers, haircuts, clothes and the way they carry themselves...As i said, I can't stand them but there's obviously something special there. If you're famous, chances are there'll be a bunch of people who can't stand you, it's hard to be universally liked apart from for Son I guess.

There's so much music out there now to delve in to but if you're happy listening to what I would consider slop on the radio, then fair enough.
 
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