# Coldplay vs. The Singing Frog **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088 "2005-05-30T14:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/1 "2005-05-30T14:11:49Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317750&highlight=coldplay) I had asked if Entertainment Magazine was right in asking if Coldplay was the next U2. In [this article](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8009583/) we learn that Coldplay has been displaced at the top of the UK charts by a ringtone featuring a singing frog. Questions? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/2 "2005-05-30T20:12:07Z")
Oh, man… I thought this would be a reference to the classic Warner Bros.’ cartoon “One Froggy Evening,” featuring Michigan J. Frog. Who had no visible genitalia, thank goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/3 "2005-05-31T04:07:33Z")
Ringtones are responsible for close to 5% of the entire global music industry. And some people say it could be as much as 25% within five years. I think I live in bizarro world. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/4 "2005-05-31T04:37:36Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > Oh, man… I thought this would be a reference to the classic Warner Bros.’ cartoon “One Froggy Evening,” featuring Michigan J. Frog. Someone tried to show me that cartoon once. I didn’t see no singing frog. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/5 "2005-05-31T10:56:56Z")
They just played part of the “song” on the news. Which 80s theme is it a rip of, Miami Vice or Beverley Hills Cop? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/6 "2005-05-31T11:05:08Z")
Beverly Hills Cop. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/7 "2005-06-01T01:15:40Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Someone tried to show me that cartoon once. I didn’t see no singing frog. Yeah, me too. It just sat there. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/8 "2005-06-01T02:31:11Z")
“The next U2” seems to me an appropriate moniker. They’re all right to listen to, but nothing special, widely adored and highly overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/9 "2005-06-01T04:01:58Z")
I thought this was going to be about Kermit the Frog. (“Rainbow Connection”, anyone?) ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldplay-vs-the-singing-frog/306088/10 "2005-06-01T16:36:04Z")
How did this happen?! Young people today… 😃