# If I like the musical group Coldplay, I'd also like... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825 "2004-06-05T16:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/1 "2004-06-05T16:50:25Z")
If I like the musical group Coldplay, I’d also like… ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/2 "2004-06-05T17:15:44Z")
Radiohead, the band from which Coldplay ripped off the majority of their style. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/3 "2004-06-05T17:25:52Z")
Oasis ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/4 "2004-06-05T17:31:08Z")
> [@Soapbox Monkey](#): > > Radiohead, the band from which Coldplay ripped off the majority of their style. 😃 I thought it’d be mean if I said it… but essentially it’s true. I think of Coldplay as ‘Radiohead for nice people.’ Which doesn’t mean I dislike them. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/5 "2004-06-05T17:50:53Z")
Travis.takes bets on when this is moved to Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/6 "2004-06-05T17:57:08Z")
Long shot but…Aqualung. Don’t ask me why but they have the same melancholy, classic piano styles. Ok, I’m going away now. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/7 "2004-06-05T18:24:56Z")
Given the musical nature of the question, it’s well suited to the aesthetes in **Cafe Society**. I’ll move it on over for you, **drhess**. TVeblen ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/8 "2004-06-05T19:36:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought it’d be mean if I said it… but essentially it’s true. I think of Coldplay as ‘Radiohead for nice people.’ Which doesn’t mean I dislike them. I don’t dislike them either. I own Rush of Blood to the Head. But there is no doubt that they are Radiohead-Lite. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/9 "2004-06-06T00:36:42Z")
> [@drhess](#): > > If I like the musical group Coldplay, I’d also like… 1. to go to the beach on a very nice day. 2. to go to the barn and roll in the hay. 3. the song Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay 4. to throw a new pot from a big lump of clay 5. to wear blue shoes with a shirt that’s gray ---
**Author:** ![peculiar\_hailstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@peculiar\_hailstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peculiar_hailstone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/10 "2004-06-06T02:34:07Z")
cookie-cutter songs brought to you by multinational groups of wealthy industrial bigwigs intent of robbing you of a lot of money without providing you with very much product. And, HEY, stop downloading those songs, too… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/11 "2004-06-06T04:26:25Z")
I think that’s the least helpful reply I’ve ever seen. Way to thread-crap, **hailstone**. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/12 "2004-06-06T07:47:14Z")
If you like Coldplay you might like [this CD of whales making whale sounds](http://www.asklandtechnologies.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-NATSNDWHALES.html?E+scstore). > [@Marley23](#): > > I think that’s the least helpful reply I’ve ever seen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/13 "2004-06-06T10:07:29Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > If you like Coldplay you might like [this CD of whales making whale sounds](http://www.asklandtechnologies.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-NATSNDWHALES.html?E+scstore). Now see, _that’s_ funny. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/14 "2004-06-06T14:56:44Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned [Keane](http://www.keanemusic.com/). See specifically \*Everybody’s Changing \* and _She Has No Time_. Beautiful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![nemesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nemesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nemesis)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/15 "2004-06-06T15:20:53Z")
Oh boy, yes - when i first heard Coldplay, when one of their early singles was released, i thought it was excellent NZ group Garageland. Check out their storming Last Exit To Garageland (one song off which rips the riff to the Pixies River Euphrates - but they are not anything like the Pixies - more “power pop” than anything else) . Then there was that later single with that gorgeous piano motif (um, can’t recall what it was called, right now), but that song, and some other of their later material is very evocative of yet another NZ band, namely The Chills. Especially, i think the mid-to later period Chills. These bands are not as “anthemic” as Coldplay, but i think you might just like them if you like Coldplay. I know, I should maybe do a list of comparative tracks, but it is ages since i have listened to the Chills, but too busy to dig out and play through everything to remind me. I say try to get to listen to as much of these two groups as you can - even if you find you do not agree with the similarity, you may find two new groups that you like. (\*\* hijack alert \*\*) Other superb NZ bands to check out - Bailterspace, Able Tasmans, Headless Chickens ( **hijack over** ) ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/16 "2004-06-06T15:56:14Z")
This isn’t meant as a dig at Coldplay et al, but if you search for ‘Radiohead clones’ in Google, you’ll get loads of bands that people have reviewed saying ‘don’t dismiss them as another Radiohead clone’. Idlewild, Elbow and Muse are quite high up the list. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/17 "2004-06-06T16:55:06Z")
Hmm. Since Radiohead took much of their current style from Jeff Buckley, I’d suggest him as well. Don’t get me wrong; I love Radiohead; I think they’re definitely worshiping the right god. But they’re the worshipers, and Buckley’s the god. I love Coldplay, too, but mostly because they let me think, if I squint my ears, that Jeff Buckley is still very present in the musical Universe. ---
**Author:** ![peculiar\_hailstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@peculiar\_hailstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peculiar_hailstone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/18 "2004-06-06T17:34:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Now see, _that’s_ funny. because that’s helpful. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/19 "2004-06-06T17:47:04Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Snow Patrol yet. Particularly “How to be dead”, which is very Coldplay-ish. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825/20 "2004-06-06T18:02:17Z")
[AllMusic](http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll) is great for questions like this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-the-musical-group-coldplay-id-also-like/248825.md?page=2)