if it aint broke, dont fix it.

this philosophy is applicable to 99% of the things in this world. why would anyone try to fix something that isn't broken? some would call that insane if one were to try. however, i believe that this philosophy cannot, and should not, be applied to music. obviously coldplay frontman chris martin feels the exact opposite way about his music. the stuff they released before was "good" so why the hell would they try to grow musically and write better, different material? i'll tell you why: cause they suck. the new album could be considered a b-sides to 'a rush of blood to the head', which also could have been considered a b-sides to 'parachutes', thus making 'X & Y' a c-sides to their virgin release, if there is such a term. maybe 'extended b-sides' or something is a better term. either way, the band continues to write the same song over and over with mediocre lyrics and virtually non-existent tempo changes between songs, completly lacking ingenuity and variety. i think that all three albums could be merged together to form one insanely long shoot-me-in-the-face-with-a-double-barreled-sawed-off-shotgun song that the masses would still cling to and love like an ugly dog that craps all over itself everytime you pet it. now, at times, i do like to dance with the devil and listen to a few tracks from 'a rush of blood', but thankfully i burned the first two cds at such a low bit-rate that they sound even worse than the originals, thus preventing any long-term listening.

i can honestly say that if i had $200 million, i would not buy the first two coldplay cds. write another ballad about that chris martin. right now, you rank right up there with chris carrabba (deuche-bag confessional). from the looks of it, people named chris just end up writing shitty music, even though at a first listen it sounds good. but then it doesnt change, becomes trite, and i lose all respect for them.

and everyone covets my respect.