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A Sky Full of Stars turns 12 and it still sucks
Read more . . . →12 years ago today, Coldplay released “A Sky Full of Stars.” It still sucks. They got Avicii to produce it — the guy had just turned “Wake Me Up” into one of the biggest records in years — and somehow ended up with a drop that lands like wet cardboard. Chris Martin going “oh-oh-oh-woh” over a chord progression that sounds like it was assembled from a Dropbox folder called epic_festival_moment_FINAL_v2.wav. Avicii’s ghost is out there right now, staring at the ceiling of whatever afterlife he ended up in, wondering how it went so wrong. Here’s what you should listen to...
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Violet Hill turns 18 and it still can't pull off being angry
Read more . . . →18 years ago today, Coldplay released “Violet Hill.” It still sucks. The idea was a war protest song — guitar distortion, Chris Martin attempting something like a growl. What they delivered sounds like someone who found out they were double-charged at Starbucks. Pouty and vaguely betrayed. The Iraq War was still going and Coldplay’s big political statement involved mumbling about priests with poison while being exactly as threatening as a passive-aggressive Post-it note. 2008 was a great year for music. Here’s what you should have been listening to while Coldplay was practicing their frowns: Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire - Ghosts...
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