I've said multiple times that Jon Buckland is such an underrated player. Not because his guitar parts are crazy tech or difficult, but because they complement Chris voice, the piano, or the general music really really well. It's like he knows when to make his input and every time is flawless.
Johnny Buckland plays amazingly simple lyrical lines to compliment the songs. A bit like a latter day Edge, he uses his guitar as an instrument within the song and not specifically as an up front "look at me, I'm the guitarist, watch me solo" type of musician. I love plenty of the guitar heroes but also appreciate the style of people like Buckland, Edge, Will Sargeant (Echo & The Bunnymen), Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) and of course Johnny Marr from The Smiths. In 40 years of playing, I've moved from wanting to be the lead guitarist to wanting to create melodies and songs with the instrument I am best at playing - the guitar - together with other musicians. The musicianship of Coldplay and a lot of bands gets ignored because they do not have some virtuoso on guitar that is worshipped by guitarists. That seems a pity as the whole is bigger than the parts. I guess that's what makes a great band imho :)
For me it's always been about the songwriting and serving the song. Not to say that speedy/ flashy soloers can't complement or enhance an already fine song. But it certainly is a breath of fresh air to hear guitarists who play like Kevin Shields, Joey Santiago, Mayer, Marr and the like that create a direct impact to highlighting the songwriting aspect instead of calling attention to themselves just for the sake of it.
So, so true! Graham Coxon is another one. He always managed to a way to enhance every Blur song, sometimes with just a little lick here and there, the guy’s a genius in my opinion.
First song I heard was Shiver, back in 1999. I was coming back from school, listening to the radio and getting ready to play The Sims, then Coldplay came up on the radio. There was something about the voice and the guitar that got me. I've been a fan of them ever since.
I played a Coldplay tribute show once and I gained a tonne of respect for them. Iconic songs, great arrangements and hugely underrated guitar playing. I don't enjoy their more recent stuff, but they're not nearly as bad as their haters say.
Their last album, Music of the Spheres wasn't the best... but it was definitely saved by Coloratura. It's a 10 minute epic similar to their older stuff and Pink Floyd. You should check it out, it's really worth it!
Green Day’s first couple albums resonated with me as a teenager thinking of girls who I would imagine loving, but never loved me back… then Dookie came out and the girls came as I learned these songs 😂 Acoustic version of Basketcase was my success story to rejecting those girls who paid no mind to me when I liked them. I’m 41 now and this is my villain origin story 😂😂😂 PS Nickeback is awesome… yeah I said it
The bands that originally caught me off guard when doing casual listening were Quicksilver (John Cipollina) and Fleetwood Mac (first Peter Green, then Lindsey Buckingham). No matter the genre they were immersed in, they could come up with melodic variations and unusual timings that would catch your attention. Once you have been caught out a few times, you are sort of trained to listen for subversive hooks in changes in melody, etc. Then somewhere along the way, you listen to Osibisa and the rhythms and melodic structures vary even more. All a journey.
I remember my first Coldplay song well. My parents had just moved me into my upstairs duplex, it was going to be my first night on my own. I had just bought a large flat screen LCD TV after saving many pizza job paychecks. As soon as my parents left, I turned on the TV and Coldplay was jamming out Clocks on Austin City Limits. It was very comforting for some reason and I've been hooked on their sound ever since.
First song I remember hearing a lot from them was In my Place. Actually grew up listening to them a lot and didn’t care what everyone thought about them. Their album A Rush of Blood to the Head I think is still their best ever.
Going from middle school to high school in 2005, I would wake up early for basketball practice and I remember seeing Speed of Sound on VH1 Jump Start.. I was MESMERIZED. That and “Fix You” hold special places in my heart. Looking back, I think they were the songs that made me aware of how much I loved music.
my first Coldplay song was Clocks... then heard Yellow... but it wasn't until the Viva La Vida record with "Lovers in Japan" that had me consuming some Coldplay... it was also during that record that I had my own collection of guitar pedals as a church guitarist myself to where I experiment with finding the Coldplay tone on my MIM 72 Tele Custom... or maybe it was my PRS SE Custom 22... either way, "Lovers in Japan" help me refine my tone... But then I learned about X & Y's "Fix You" and that one string riff in the turnaround to the bridge... that really got me digging them...
As a Coldplay fan since long, I'm actually glad how you have broken down how fine their music can get, in spite of getting overly complicated. They have produced some great piano songs like "Fly On", "Everglow" to the acoustic bliss like in their old EP era such as "See You Soon" or "Sparks". If someone actually spends some time, they can try listening to the Everyday Life where they took an attempt to shift their genre to combine with orchestral sounds. On going to the "Life in Technicolor" song, you can even find the subtle use of Indian classical Music. And for the ones complaining Coldplay ain't "rock" enough, maybe try listening to "People of the Pride" or "God Put a Smile Upon My Face". Cheers!! Thanks Mike for this amazing video!
I always liked a bunch of Coldplay's music, the first song I heard from them when I was a kid was Viva La Vida back when it first came out back in 2008-09 and that song has always had a special place for me, I've always loved the instrumentation in that song but the song that really blew me away from them was Shiver. I remember first hearing that song back when I played Guitar Hero: World Tour (which was one of my favourite games when I was younger, and still to one of my favourites) and the fuzzed-out guitar tone that Johnny Buckland got is still absolutely awesome. Definitely a criminally underrated player imo
Wanna hear an awesome Coldplay guitar solo, check out Hurts Like Heaven from their Mylo Xyloto album. It just happens to be my favourite song of theirs...
I always think it’s funny listening to my guitarist friends complain about pop music being “simple” while they worship bands like AC/DC and Black Sabbath and Guns and Roses. Like, your average 4 chord pop song has more chords than the average AC/DC song, as an example. And then so many people put classical music in such a high pedestal, too. I went and started listening to classical, and I realized that Chopin liked to compose pieces around 4 chord loops, and Mozart seems to like composing around simple chord loops or melodic hooks. Once I realized that, I decided to just listen to whatever music I wanted, and I’ve found some really amazing hidden gems.
I haven’t really enjoyed their music for quite a while now but they will always be legends to me because of the music they released in the 2000s. Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood to the Head and (my personal favourite) Viva La Vida are all classic albums and I enjoy X&Y quite a bit too.
Hey Mike, great video as always. I’d love if you could do this type of video on Oasis, I think a lot of ppl hate/write them off because of wonderwall but they have a lot of good songs which are more heavier and ‘cooler’. Thanks man!
I think whats amazing is that Jonnys playing in the earlier demos feels like he (and the rest of the band) are trying to 'fit in' with other English musicians of the 90's, and there's a song I always think to where I just hear Chris and Jonny shine in full technicolor for the first time, and its 'Careful Where you Stand.' While published as a Parachutes B-side, the song was written earlier and feels very VERY Coldplay. Towards the end Jonny's guitar playing is really haunting and so melodically odd, and pairs beautifully with Chris' vocal instrumentation. For those who are newer fans, PLEASE listen to this song. And furthermore, check out all their B-sides. Though not all are winners, there's some really good stuff there!
When I first started playing guitar Coldplay was my favorite band and some of their X&Y stuff while being pretty simple, is so fun to play. Even though in some songs, the guitar parts are easily missed once you hear them you realize they fit so well.
From the era Parachutes to Viva La Vida and Prospect March EP, I appreciate Johnny Bucklands Guitar Tone. Yellow was the perfect start and love for the Fender Jaguar. God Put A Smile got the cool Telelead and dang good.
I’ve listened to plenty of Coldplay, and while I personally don’t like their music, that doesn’t mean they’re a bad band. They’ve made quite a bit of good music, and I’m not hating for the sake of hating, just not my cup of tea. But I completely understand why somebody would like them.
jonny buckland is my biggest inspiration, always plays to the song and really enhances the band as a whole. very chill guy too, tries to avoid the spotlight despite absolutely earning it. for the doubters, check out Violet Hill, Major Minus, Hurts Like Heaven, and Cemeteries of London
Johnny Buckland has the talent of writing "memorable" "emotion-filled", "serving-the-song" I think it's more important than technical virtuosity. Some guitarist and artists are able to create a listenable sound *and* present an impressive technical playing for the masses.
Mann though I worship led zepp and queen and head bang to metal music in free time before I became a musician, Coldplay were my childhood I can’t deny that and I still love their music
Coldplay is absolutely loved here in Brasil. People are asking him to live here!!! They even met the president and gave him a guitar!! They really cool.
Hey Mike. Just wanted to take the time to say as a guitar player that I really appreciate your videos and enjoy watching them for both leisure and to learn things depending on what I'm doing. Good stuff man.
Pretty good video, altho the real reason we hate (respectfully) coldplay is actually not the lead guitar, but actually Chris Martin's guitar playing. For example, careful where you stand, spies, shiver. Amazing rhythm, crazy tunings and almost more than 10 different chords with original finger pickings.
This man knows haha. I couldn’t bother playing some of my favorite Coldplay songs cause of the tunings. Like I’d want to play il see you soon, but damn, it becomes a chore.
I’m old enough to have experienced Coldplay’s story. Their first two records were phenomenal and even album 3 and 4 were decent, but they have fallen off a cliff. I think they’re quite synonymous with some of the issues with modern pop music… overproduced, safe and bland. I tried listening to ghost stories because I heard that it was a little more experimental but it was a bit of a snoozefest. It is a shame because I do stand by the facf that they are (or at least were) very talented song crafters .
IMO, Parachutes, X&Y, Ghost Stories, and A Head Full of Dreams are Coldplay's only good albums. All the rest are mediocre or boring. Their 2020 album was unlistenable
Discovered Coldplay with X&Y and a rush of blood to the head. Still masterpieces for me. New coldplay is not for me anymore...But respect for what they did.
Jonny Buckland is a very underrated guitar player it's true. He plays guitar as an instrument and not for some flashy show-off a-la Slash or any Rock guitarists of the past. His guitar tones are often delicate and mellow, just fits perfectly with Coldplay's music. Coldplay hate is so forced and weird tbh. It's one thing to dislike their music cause it's a matter of taste and preference, but to actively deny that they have made an impact in music industry is daft. Their music is very distinctive & recognizable with interesting chord progression and that's why I love them so much. And I prefer male singers with soft falsetto rather than some screeching 'metal' voice that many of Coldplay haters prefer. I do think envy is a part of the hate tbh. They are selling stadiums really fast, everywhere around the world. If your music taste is so 'refined' 'edgy' 'sophisticated' don't you want your amazing favourite band to be successful and selling stadiums too? don't lie...lol. And the fact that today's music landscape & distribution is more digital and the way to make a living as a musician is to be a successful touring act...and it's a pretty tough achievement nowadays but Coldplay just dancing away being just that! and they are still relatively young. Also they are deemed 'uncool' because apparently Chris & co are humble, straight laced people with zero 'rockstar' gimmicks? They are too much of a green flag and it's difficult to tear them apart. Society tends to reward toxic men. Don't y'all just love it when you hear some rock stars getting into scuffle? I mean, hitting women, sleeping with groupies, giving women STDs, or maybe getting on the pedo train by dating underage girls... the more extravagant the stories the 'cooler' they are!! The frontman Chris Martin never badmouth his ex-wife (which is a great testament to his personality and IMHO more men should look up to him as a role model) and the rest of the boys (Jonny, Will and Guy) we never hear any weird gossips about them, which of course, made them 'Beta' and 'Boring'. I say keep being boring Coldplay. Let people hate. I bet they are having a good time crying all the way to the bank.
Viva la Vida like 10+ years ago, when I first heard it. First one I liked a lot, adventure of a lifetime 2015. Now I’m still huge fan with replicas of clothing and everything and went to 2 concerts 😂.
My first concert ever was Coldplay on their X&Y tour. I really liked them a lot back then. I feel their sound up until viva la vida was extremely defined by Bucklands harmonic style on the guitar (lots of sus chords, chords with extensions etc, lots of open strings and non functional progressions.)
You are too young, that is the moral of the story. Coldplay were the saviors when Radiohead went electronic. Jonny Buckland inspired me to buy a Hardwire RV-5 pedal with the Lexicon chip because I knew his ambient tones were around a Lexicon reverb.
If you see from the Live 2003 dvd, Jonny in A Rush of Blood to the Head is purely haunting. And if you can guess my name Parastar here is Coldplay based. For me Parachutes will always be their best album and Guy Berryman’s bass work too was his best there. The fact that he also plays right hand bass when he is actually left handed in real life is pretty cool
It's always been cool to hate whatever band got huge. For Coldplay I remember when Yellow hit - I hated it, and I still do. But then Clocks wiped me out and I've been a fan of not everything, but a lot of what they've released ever since.
Well, the guys in Coldplay are big U2 fans. U2 has also gotten its fair share of hate, because the Edge creates textural guitar parts that serve the song and not the guitarist. Jonny Buckland does a similar thing in his music, like on Speed of Sound where he’s doubling the piano for the main riff, or on Fix You, where his infamously simple guitar part doesn’t change, but the rest of the band switches up the chord progressions in creative ways. He does have kind of flashy parts, like you mentioned on Adventure of a Lifetime, and of course Yellow, but those are blending into the chord structure rather than soloing or standing out too much. I don’t listen to them a lot, but they are quite the creative storytellers and sound designers musically.
@mike Cole you and Vigi are like my favourite guitar RUclipsrs!!! You’re the only guys that manage to keep me interested!! Awesome content man! Really appreciate what you do!!
First 3 albums were great but after that they became a disney meme band. No one say they are bade musicians, they truly can write very good music and play but the band direction that they choose is completly opposite from their beggining. They could become the new radiohead but instead they are playing music for young boys/girls who watch disney movies.
Personally I think it's Chris that causes a bit of the resentment of Cold Play. When they first burst on the scene you couldn't get away from them, I think the first one I heard was Yellow, as they were the darlings of the scene. I'm no great fan of all their work despite liking some of their songs quite a bit and some of the guitar lines are quite brilliant. Personal favourites are the White Shadows riff which is simple and effective and I really like how the guitar just crashes in on Violet Hill almost catches you off guard. Its all very influenced by the way 'Edge' from U2 plays I feel.
But Chris is one of the most humble and down to earth musicians out there, and his voice is just something else. He doesn't chase perfection in the notes he hits, he aims for a raw feeling that resonates with the listeners and makes them feel something within, just pure chills. Have a listen to Easy To Please, such a simple yet hauntingly beautiful song, can't imagine anyone else singing it.
To be honest, I used to like them a lot more than I like them now. After... I guess it would have been after Viva La Vida, when they started playing more with electronic parts. And that was fine at first, but as it went on they started replacing the parts of their sound that I had really liked with new things that didn't really hold my interest the same way. The last album I heard, I think it was Everyday Life, still had a few tracks that I really enjoyed on there... but those were certainly fewer and farther between than they used to be. A Rush of Blood to The Head, X&Y, and Viva La Vida are still three albums I really like and I listen to songs from them a lot. While I'd be happy to be proven wrong, I don't think there's going to be anything new from the band that will take their place for a good while to come. I will say, in spite of all that, Chris Martin is still one of my favourite vocalists, right up there with folks (in other styles) like Peter Steele and Trent Reznor.
My first Coldplay song was "Clocks". My issue with them is that their songs are usually repetitive and thus kind of boring. Jonny Buckland should've been a featured member from the start. Someone has to explain to me why Chris Martin is the gravitational focus of Coldplay, when they've got a sweet guutar player. One band that I was surprised I really enjoyed when they first hit came around around the same time as Coldplay, Keane. That band hasn't even got a full time guitar player. Their lead vocalist, Tom Chaplin, has assumed most of the guitar playing duties. When they started in 1997, they did have a lead guitarist, but he quit in 2001. After that, Keane became piano centric. Then, tell me again playing more guitar during their third record, *Perfect Symmetry.*
I never understood the "Nickelback" thing. I thought they played some pretty good hard rock pop guitar-driven music and I'm 71yrs old. I still like them and have several of their albums/CDs.
Think of how many celebrated singers are rated as great. But, if we’re honestly listening, just imagine if there was only the singer. Truth, few can stand with just a single instrument accompanying.
It's the same criticism that Maroon 5 gets sometimes. They were a band with an interesting sound then they made some more mainstream records and then turned almost fully pop. Music nerds (critics) hate them but musicians can appreciate some of their musicality even if they are not the most original.
I don’t listen to Coldplay all that often. I think a lot of their newer albums (meaning anything in the 2010s and up) is kinda mediocre. but honestly, the album a rush of blood to the head is a masterpiece. I think they’re great just for creating that album
Yeah !!! I find all their music truly annoying and overated.....What was the name ? TOOLPLAY......Yeeha be a man and not a fool , play your lnstrument and not your tool. I hate polite wankers on stage from U K ....Ok.
Great Vid Mike. Early coldplay up til lets say "VIVA LA VIDA" or whatever it was called is Brilliant. Their new stuff is thumbs down. all the early hatred for no reason should have been saved for now.
Coldplay feels like a band who bought so much radio air time that it was shoved down everyone's throats until they convinced themselves they liked it. Do they have talent? Sure. But not enough to justify how much publicity they get.
I've said multiple times that Jon Buckland is such an underrated player. Not because his guitar parts are crazy tech or difficult, but because they complement Chris voice, the piano, or the general music really really well. It's like he knows when to make his input and every time is flawless.
Beautifully put, Juan. Exactly.
Yep. Johnny is indeed something special.
Someone pass the sick bag
Yup
Johnny Buckland plays amazingly simple lyrical lines to compliment the songs. A bit like a latter day Edge, he uses his guitar as an instrument within the song and not specifically as an up front "look at me, I'm the guitarist, watch me solo" type of musician. I love plenty of the guitar heroes but also appreciate the style of people like Buckland, Edge, Will Sargeant (Echo & The Bunnymen), Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) and of course Johnny Marr from The Smiths. In 40 years of playing, I've moved from wanting to be the lead guitarist to wanting to create melodies and songs with the instrument I am best at playing - the guitar - together with other musicians. The musicianship of Coldplay and a lot of bands gets ignored because they do not have some virtuoso on guitar that is worshipped by guitarists. That seems a pity as the whole is bigger than the parts. I guess that's what makes a great band imho :)
For me it's always been about the songwriting and serving the song. Not to say that speedy/ flashy soloers can't complement or enhance an already fine song. But it certainly is a breath of fresh air to hear guitarists who play like Kevin Shields, Joey Santiago, Mayer, Marr and the like that create a direct impact to highlighting the songwriting aspect instead of calling attention to themselves just for the sake of it.
💯 agree!
So, so true! Graham Coxon is another one. He always managed to a way to enhance every Blur song, sometimes with just a little lick here and there, the guy’s a genius in my opinion.
"A bit like a latter day Edge", well that explains why you clearly love shit music!
Yup incredible
First song I heard was Shiver, back in 1999. I was coming back from school, listening to the radio and getting ready to play The Sims, then Coldplay came up on the radio. There was something about the voice and the guitar that got me. I've been a fan of them ever since.
I played a Coldplay tribute show once and I gained a tonne of respect for them. Iconic songs, great arrangements and hugely underrated guitar playing. I don't enjoy their more recent stuff, but they're not nearly as bad as their haters say.
Same i dont like their new music but the hate is just way too much xD
Their last album, Music of the Spheres wasn't the best... but it was definitely saved by Coloratura. It's a 10 minute epic similar to their older stuff and Pink Floyd. You should check it out, it's really worth it!
Dude, the guitar "solo" in their song Lost! is so simple but sooooo good, it complements the song so well and the dissonance is beautiful.
Ah yes! my favorite song, I love it gets recognized
Once I took the deep dive for Green Day. I then appreciated the song writing abilities. The simplicity is catchy. They make great music
Green Day’s first couple albums resonated with me as a teenager thinking of girls who I would imagine loving, but never loved me back… then Dookie came out and the girls came as I learned these songs 😂 Acoustic version of Basketcase was my success story to rejecting those girls who paid no mind to me when I liked them. I’m 41 now and this is my villain origin story 😂😂😂
PS Nickeback is awesome… yeah I said it
I freakin love Coldplay. Beyond the “hits”, there’s a lot of wonderful material. Great video!
The bands that originally caught me off guard when doing casual listening were Quicksilver (John Cipollina) and Fleetwood Mac (first Peter Green, then Lindsey Buckingham). No matter the genre they were immersed in, they could come up with melodic variations and unusual timings that would catch your attention. Once you have been caught out a few times, you are sort of trained to listen for subversive hooks in changes in melody, etc. Then somewhere along the way, you listen to Osibisa and the rhythms and melodic structures vary even more. All a journey.
I remember my first Coldplay song well. My parents had just moved me into my upstairs duplex, it was going to be my first night on my own. I had just bought a large flat screen LCD TV after saving many pizza job paychecks. As soon as my parents left, I turned on the TV and Coldplay was jamming out Clocks on Austin City Limits. It was very comforting for some reason and I've been hooked on their sound ever since.
First song I remember hearing a lot from them was In my Place. Actually grew up listening to them a lot and didn’t care what everyone thought about them. Their album A Rush of Blood to the Head I think is still their best ever.
Going from middle school to high school in 2005, I would wake up early for basketball practice and I remember seeing Speed of Sound on VH1 Jump Start.. I was MESMERIZED. That and “Fix You” hold special places in my heart. Looking back, I think they were the songs that made me aware of how much I loved music.
my first Coldplay song was Clocks... then heard Yellow... but it wasn't until the Viva La Vida record with "Lovers in Japan" that had me consuming some Coldplay... it was also during that record that I had my own collection of guitar pedals as a church guitarist myself to where I experiment with finding the Coldplay tone on my MIM 72 Tele Custom... or maybe it was my PRS SE Custom 22... either way, "Lovers in Japan" help me refine my tone... But then I learned about X & Y's "Fix You" and that one string riff in the turnaround to the bridge... that really got me digging them...
As a Coldplay fan since long, I'm actually glad how you have broken down how fine their music can get, in spite of getting overly complicated. They have produced some great piano songs like "Fly On", "Everglow" to the acoustic bliss like in their old EP era such as "See You Soon" or "Sparks". If someone actually spends some time, they can try listening to the Everyday Life where they took an attempt to shift their genre to combine with orchestral sounds. On going to the "Life in Technicolor" song, you can even find the subtle use of Indian classical Music.
And for the ones complaining Coldplay ain't "rock" enough, maybe try listening to "People of the Pride" or "God Put a Smile Upon My Face". Cheers!!
Thanks Mike for this amazing video!
I always liked a bunch of Coldplay's music, the first song I heard from them when I was a kid was Viva La Vida back when it first came out back in 2008-09 and that song has always had a special place for me, I've always loved the instrumentation in that song but the song that really blew me away from them was Shiver. I remember first hearing that song back when I played Guitar Hero: World Tour (which was one of my favourite games when I was younger, and still to one of my favourites) and the fuzzed-out guitar tone that Johnny Buckland got is still absolutely awesome. Definitely a criminally underrated player imo
I also got introduced to shiver through guitar hero!
love that song
First Coldplay song that grabbed my attention was The Scientist. Followed by Clocks. I didn't hear their biggest hit Yellow until much later.
Wanna hear an awesome Coldplay guitar solo, check out Hurts Like Heaven from their Mylo Xyloto album. It just happens to be my favourite song of theirs...
Amazing guitar work throughout, not just in the solos. The outro is heaven...
@@thebetbetunderground9548 i know right? phenomenal song
Hear atlas coldplay
I always think it’s funny listening to my guitarist friends complain about pop music being “simple” while they worship bands like AC/DC and Black Sabbath and Guns and Roses. Like, your average 4 chord pop song has more chords than the average AC/DC song, as an example.
And then so many people put classical music in such a high pedestal, too. I went and started listening to classical, and I realized that Chopin liked to compose pieces around 4 chord loops, and Mozart seems to like composing around simple chord loops or melodic hooks.
Once I realized that, I decided to just listen to whatever music I wanted, and I’ve found some really amazing hidden gems.
I haven’t really enjoyed their music for quite a while now but they will always be legends to me because of the music they released in the 2000s. Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood to the Head and (my personal favourite) Viva La Vida are all classic albums and I enjoy X&Y quite a bit too.
If you liked their old stuff, you might like Coloratura from their latest album
Hey Mike, great video as always. I’d love if you could do this type of video on Oasis, I think a lot of ppl hate/write them off because of wonderwall but they have a lot of good songs which are more heavier and ‘cooler’. Thanks man!
I think whats amazing is that Jonnys playing in the earlier demos feels like he (and the rest of the band) are trying to 'fit in' with other English musicians of the 90's, and there's a song I always think to where I just hear Chris and Jonny shine in full technicolor for the first time, and its 'Careful Where you Stand.' While published as a Parachutes B-side, the song was written earlier and feels very VERY Coldplay. Towards the end Jonny's guitar playing is really haunting and so melodically odd, and pairs beautifully with Chris' vocal instrumentation.
For those who are newer fans, PLEASE listen to this song. And furthermore, check out all their B-sides. Though not all are winners, there's some really good stuff there!
When I first started playing guitar Coldplay was my favorite band and some of their X&Y stuff while being pretty simple, is so fun to play. Even though in some songs, the guitar parts are easily missed once you hear them you realize they fit so well.
Have a soft spot for that band, they were my first concert at the rose bowl! My dad won tickets and it was a unforgettable concert!
Likely 'In my Place' in 2001ish. That intro lick is fire
From the era Parachutes to Viva La Vida and Prospect March EP, I appreciate Johnny Bucklands Guitar Tone. Yellow was the perfect start and love for the Fender Jaguar. God Put A Smile got the cool Telelead and dang good.
I’ve listened to plenty of Coldplay, and while I personally don’t like their music, that doesn’t mean they’re a bad band. They’ve made quite a bit of good music, and I’m not hating for the sake of hating, just not my cup of tea. But I completely understand why somebody would like them.
This video and the John Mayer video was my favorite. Loved it.
johnny buckland write the one you showed (up&up at 3:18). noel made the later one (up&up at 4:52)
But Noel Gallagher is the one who plays the solo on the song, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but show the source too 😅
jonny buckland is my biggest inspiration, always plays to the song and really enhances the band as a whole. very chill guy too, tries to avoid the spotlight despite absolutely earning it. for the doubters, check out Violet Hill, Major Minus, Hurts Like Heaven, and Cemeteries of London
Same man, he inspired me to pick up a guitar 4 years ago and now I play pretty much every Coldplay song and play with his style!!
Johnny Buckland has the talent of writing "memorable" "emotion-filled",
"serving-the-song"
I think it's more important than technical virtuosity.
Some guitarist and artists are able to create a listenable sound *and* present an impressive technical playing for the masses.
They just write great songs. Most people do not give a single shit about widdly widdly guitar hero solos. They're awesome.
Mann though I worship led zepp and queen and head bang to metal music in free time before I became a musician, Coldplay were my childhood I can’t deny that and I still love their music
I first remember hearing Clocks for a preview for the Peter Pan live action movie on a CD I have.
The solo from moving to mars is sick
Coldplay is absolutely loved here in Brasil. People are asking him to live here!!! They even met the president and gave him a guitar!! They really cool.
Hey Mike. Just wanted to take the time to say as a guitar player that I really appreciate your videos and enjoy watching them for both leisure and to learn things depending on what I'm doing. Good stuff man.
Pretty good video, altho the real reason we hate (respectfully) coldplay is actually not the lead guitar, but actually Chris Martin's guitar playing. For example, careful where you stand, spies, shiver. Amazing rhythm, crazy tunings and almost more than 10 different chords with original finger pickings.
This man knows haha. I couldn’t bother playing some of my favorite Coldplay songs cause of the tunings. Like I’d want to play il see you soon, but damn, it becomes a chore.
@@simpatico4004 yeah it was so hard for me to play it since finger picking is crazy as well
I’m old enough to have experienced Coldplay’s story. Their first two records were phenomenal and even album 3 and 4 were decent, but they have fallen off a cliff. I think they’re quite synonymous with some of the issues with modern pop music… overproduced, safe and bland. I tried listening to ghost stories because I heard that it was a little more experimental but it was a bit of a snoozefest. It is a shame because I do stand by the facf that they are (or at least were) very talented song crafters .
IMO, Parachutes, X&Y, Ghost Stories, and A Head Full of Dreams are Coldplay's only good albums. All the rest are mediocre or boring. Their 2020 album was unlistenable
Damn not even viva la vida? Thats honestly my fav coldplay album. But everything after that i gave up on, mylo xyloto is what lost me
Discovered Coldplay with X&Y and a rush of blood to the head. Still masterpieces for me.
New coldplay is not for me anymore...But respect for what they did.
Jonny Buckland is a very underrated guitar player it's true. He plays guitar as an instrument and not for some flashy show-off a-la Slash or any Rock guitarists of the past. His guitar tones are often delicate and mellow, just fits perfectly with Coldplay's music. Coldplay hate is so forced and weird tbh. It's one thing to dislike their music cause it's a matter of taste and preference, but to actively deny that they have made an impact in music industry is daft. Their music is very distinctive & recognizable with interesting chord progression and that's why I love them so much. And I prefer male singers with soft falsetto rather than some screeching 'metal' voice that many of Coldplay haters prefer. I do think envy is a part of the hate tbh. They are selling stadiums really fast, everywhere around the world. If your music taste is so 'refined' 'edgy' 'sophisticated' don't you want your amazing favourite band to be successful and selling stadiums too? don't lie...lol. And the fact that today's music landscape & distribution is more digital and the way to make a living as a musician is to be a successful touring act...and it's a pretty tough achievement nowadays but Coldplay just dancing away being just that! and they are still relatively young.
Also they are deemed 'uncool' because apparently Chris & co are humble, straight laced people with zero 'rockstar' gimmicks? They are too much of a green flag and it's difficult to tear them apart. Society tends to reward toxic men. Don't y'all just love it when you hear some rock stars getting into scuffle? I mean, hitting women, sleeping with groupies, giving women STDs, or maybe getting on the pedo train by dating underage girls... the more extravagant the stories the 'cooler' they are!! The frontman Chris Martin never badmouth his ex-wife (which is a great testament to his personality and IMHO more men should look up to him as a role model) and the rest of the boys (Jonny, Will and Guy) we never hear any weird gossips about them, which of course, made them 'Beta' and 'Boring'. I say keep being boring Coldplay. Let people hate. I bet they are having a good time crying all the way to the bank.
Viva la Vida like 10+ years ago, when I first heard it. First one I liked a lot, adventure of a lifetime 2015. Now I’m still huge fan with replicas of clothing and everything and went to 2 concerts 😂.
My first concert ever was Coldplay on their X&Y tour. I really liked them a lot back then. I feel their sound up until viva la vida was extremely defined by Bucklands harmonic style on the guitar (lots of sus chords, chords with extensions etc, lots of open strings and non functional progressions.)
You are too young, that is the moral of the story. Coldplay were the saviors when Radiohead went electronic. Jonny Buckland inspired me to buy a Hardwire RV-5 pedal with the Lexicon chip because I knew his ambient tones were around a Lexicon reverb.
johnny buckland is amazing
So...is that the only light purple hoodie you own , or do you have like , a weeks worth of them ?
If you see from the Live 2003 dvd, Jonny in A Rush of Blood to the Head is purely haunting. And if you can guess my name Parastar here is Coldplay based. For me Parachutes will always be their best album and Guy Berryman’s bass work too was his best there. The fact that he also plays right hand bass when he is actually left handed in real life is pretty cool
It's always been cool to hate whatever band got huge. For Coldplay I remember when Yellow hit - I hated it, and I still do. But then Clocks wiped me out and I've been a fan of not everything, but a lot of what they've released ever since.
The first song i heard from coldplay was don’t panic and i have been in love ever since
John Mayer comes to mind with his first few albums…then John Mayer Trio and Continuum came out 🤯 . The dude is a mastermind . Btw great vid
Well, the guys in Coldplay are big U2 fans. U2 has also gotten its fair share of hate, because the Edge creates textural guitar parts that serve the song and not the guitarist. Jonny Buckland does a similar thing in his music, like on Speed of Sound where he’s doubling the piano for the main riff, or on Fix You, where his infamously simple guitar part doesn’t change, but the rest of the band switches up the chord progressions in creative ways. He does have kind of flashy parts, like you mentioned on Adventure of a Lifetime, and of course Yellow, but those are blending into the chord structure rather than soloing or standing out too much. I don’t listen to them a lot, but they are quite the creative storytellers and sound designers musically.
Portugal. The Man. Their chording is amazing.
I didn't understand anything except that Jonny Buckland is a legend. Which is what I came to hear. Ma' man knows whose the GOAT
As a keys player I can both confirm this and also add that we LOVE Coldplay
@mike Cole you and Vigi are like my favourite guitar RUclipsrs!!! You’re the only guys that manage to keep me interested!! Awesome content man! Really appreciate what you do!!
Coldplay are great. It's just a shame they didn't release anything after Parachutes.
First 3 albums were great but after that they became a disney meme band. No one say they are bade musicians, they truly can write very good music and play but the band direction that they choose is completly opposite from their beggining. They could become the new radiohead but instead they are playing music for young boys/girls who watch disney movies.
Personally I think it's Chris that causes a bit of the resentment of Cold Play. When they first burst on the scene you couldn't get away from them, I think the first one I heard was Yellow, as they were the darlings of the scene. I'm no great fan of all their work despite liking some of their songs quite a bit and some of the guitar lines are quite brilliant. Personal favourites are the White Shadows riff which is simple and effective and I really like how the guitar just crashes in on Violet Hill almost catches you off guard. Its all very influenced by the way 'Edge' from U2 plays I feel.
But Chris is one of the most humble and down to earth musicians out there, and his voice is just something else. He doesn't chase perfection in the notes he hits, he aims for a raw feeling that resonates with the listeners and makes them feel something within, just pure chills. Have a listen to Easy To Please, such a simple yet hauntingly beautiful song, can't imagine anyone else singing it.
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To be honest, I used to like them a lot more than I like them now. After... I guess it would have been after Viva La Vida, when they started playing more with electronic parts. And that was fine at first, but as it went on they started replacing the parts of their sound that I had really liked with new things that didn't really hold my interest the same way.
The last album I heard, I think it was Everyday Life, still had a few tracks that I really enjoyed on there... but those were certainly fewer and farther between than they used to be.
A Rush of Blood to The Head, X&Y, and Viva La Vida are still three albums I really like and I listen to songs from them a lot. While I'd be happy to be proven wrong, I don't think there's going to be anything new from the band that will take their place for a good while to come.
I will say, in spite of all that, Chris Martin is still one of my favourite vocalists, right up there with folks (in other styles) like Peter Steele and Trent Reznor.
Literally how I feel when people bitch about Ghost.
From the lyrics to music they are absolutely fantastic. My favorite band.
We're you saying "little known" ironically? Because they've been super well known since at least "Yellow."
Yes He used a stylistic device called sarcasm
We want the Wonderwall video!!
I’m pretty sure Noel Gallagher from Oasis is the one that played the solo on up and up not Johnny Buckland
summary: Guitarists hate EVERYTHING
I need to know! Opinions on Bruno Mars???
Great man!
My first Coldplay song was "Clocks". My issue with them is that their songs are usually repetitive and thus kind of boring. Jonny Buckland should've been a featured member from the start. Someone has to explain to me why Chris Martin is the gravitational focus of Coldplay, when they've got a sweet guutar player.
One band that I was surprised I really enjoyed when they first hit came around around the same time as Coldplay, Keane. That band hasn't even got a full time guitar player. Their lead vocalist, Tom Chaplin, has assumed most of the guitar playing duties. When they started in 1997, they did have a lead guitarist, but he quit in 2001. After that, Keane became piano centric. Then, tell me again playing more guitar during their third record, *Perfect Symmetry.*
It’s simple; I see Coldplay, I click video
I never understood the "Nickelback" thing. I thought they played some pretty good hard rock pop guitar-driven music and I'm 71yrs old. I still like them and have several of their albums/CDs.
Listen to "San Quentin"
john frusciante the goat
Think of how many celebrated singers are rated as great. But, if we’re honestly listening, just imagine if there was only the singer. Truth, few can stand with just a single instrument accompanying.
It's the same criticism that Maroon 5 gets sometimes. They were a band with an interesting sound then they made some more mainstream records and then turned almost fully pop. Music nerds (critics) hate them but musicians can appreciate some of their musicality even if they are not the most original.
I had no idea people hated Coldplay. I always considered it a great band
This is the kind of musician I rock with. Not those 'sophisticated' ones.
I don’t listen to Coldplay all that often. I think a lot of their newer albums (meaning anything in the 2010s and up) is kinda mediocre. but honestly, the album a rush of blood to the head is a masterpiece. I think they’re great just for creating that album
Space hog is one of those ‘90s bands that I just didn’t appreciate until much, much later on.
I didn't hate them because it was cool to hate them, I hated them because I heard "Yellow" and thought it was incredibly annoying.
Yeah !!! I find all their music truly annoying and overated.....What was the name ? TOOLPLAY......Yeeha be a man and not a fool , play your lnstrument and not your tool. I hate polite wankers on stage from U K ....Ok.
I heard their song(Viva la Vida) for first time in Tap Tap game and I was like Wow! I'm your fans now lol.
Thank you.
Did you knew that Coldplay stole Viva La Vida from Satriani?
it's really hard to gauge the harmony when all you're playing is the melody
That riff sounds like Rap Snitch Knishes
Great Vid Mike. Early coldplay up til lets say "VIVA LA VIDA" or whatever it was called is Brilliant. Their new stuff is thumbs down. all the early hatred for no reason should have been saved for now.
Have you heard king gizzard and the lizard wizard yet? You might get overwhelmed by discography
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Is really sad so many people just hate on Coldplay without even actually listening to their discography:/
Due Jilly Dence, first inversion. . .
You should listen to coloratura
I’d rather hate Imagine Dragons instead, give me my Coldplay
Yellow
Shiver
Don't Panic
Talk
Adventure of a Lifetime
I really like Coldplay's first 3 albums. After that I kind of lost interest in them. I've seen them live a few times and they're really good!
I fucked with alot of the songs on viva la vida too but they really fell off after that
@Capital Nights um idc about shows mylo xyloto and afterwards aren't very good.
I'll say this now before you make the video: There's no way you can tell me that Nickelback is a good band. But I like Coldplay tho
underrated guitar player of the century has to be Prince.
I love Coldplay.
Subbing for that nickelback video
Soooooo.....where's the Nickelback video you promised in this one?
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Coldplay feels like a band who bought so much radio air time that it was shoved down everyone's throats until they convinced themselves they liked it. Do they have talent? Sure. But not enough to justify how much publicity they get.
Noel wrote Wonderwall all by himself. Liam had nothing to do with the writing of the song
I always liked Coldplay music but I never wanted to learn any of their songs