MAYBE I AM GETTING "OLD"...
So I had a realization the other day - I am really excited about this new Coldplay album that comes out at the end of the month.
This is an odd realization because I have never thought of myself as much of a Coldplay fan. Sure - I've never disliked them. I have a fond memory regarding subdivision vandelism tied into the first time I heard "Yellow" - and "The Scientist" makes me think of playing in my buddy Shack's backing band a few years ago.
I just realized recently that I own all three of their albums. I also recently realized that I can at least sufficiently hum along to the first two records in their entirety. All this happened without me ever acknowledging that I even like the band.
So this leaves two options - either Coldplay is backed by evil instigators that are infilitrating my mind with their propaganda without me knowing - or I am getting old.
Why am I getting old?
It is not because Coldplay is "mellow." I listen to a lot of "mellow" music. My favorite band of all time is Counting Crows. I even have grown a sudden tolerance for Bon Iver and M Ward (in some small doses) and I am not bored to death (like I usually am) by the new Sigur Ros.
I am getting old because I don't give a damn that I like the new Coldplay. In fact, I am kind of pissed that popular culture suddenly has a lot of negative things to say about the group when ten years ago every critic on the planet was willing to sacrifice their first born to the British rock messiah that was/is Chris Martin.
And that is part of the problem - people seem to suddenly think Chris Martin's ego is a little over-inflated. Since he is all about Omni-fam he is suddenly a wanna-be Bono. Well, you inflated it in the first place when you soundtracked every television show and corporate slideshow made for from 1999-2002 with "Yellow." And what is so wrong with charity work?
Finally, quit saying that Coldplay sounds like Radiohead. That is ridiculous...
Radiohead doesn't even sound like Radiohead...
Gosh. Why am I so upset about this???
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