hackthis_archive | Ah, well, saw that one coming.

For those of you who have been around a while, you know that when the last Coldplay LP dropped (August '02), I was championing it before it even hit shelves. Like the ODB once said '[we] go back like babies and pacifiers' -- and so it was with a lot of excitement that I looked forward to hearing X & Y....

And then I heard it.

And I'm saying it now, publicly, I think it's shit.

The five stars that Blender gave it and the brown-nosing that EW did? Bullshit. I'm talking about arse to the wall, and stains everywhere like Miguel Alvarez in Oz shit. Some albums are fifty-fifty, you love and you hate, some you love most and hate some -- this is just crap.

I feel like I should be disappointed, but I'm not surprised.

In better news: OMG I SO LESS THAN THREE HURLEY!!!!!

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I think you're right. He was always so back and forth. One minute he'd say, "We're the best band in the world!" but then he'd talk about how he lost his virginity at the age of 22 or how he didn't drink or curse. The (at the time) Wannabe Rock God and the Insecure Dolt. Oh, and the Artist. There you go, the Three Faces of Chris. Heh.

Just think, in five or so years, when it becomes obvious that Coldplay is in fact not the next U2, he will not only be obnoxious but bitter. He wants stardom, Bono-style. Always has. The other guys? Nah, not so much. Maybe Guye, to a degree, but we have theories about that don't we. ;)

I swear Oasis had an album after Standing on the Shoulder of Giants but I don't know what it was called. I think their newest is their... sixth?

Ah, well, saw that one coming.

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