# What is Coldplay thinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792 "2003-09-10T17:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/21 "2003-09-11T14:49:01Z")
I’m no Clodplay fan, but I don’t see how this is surprising since Paltrow can’t go five minutes without seeing her name somewhere in the media. The guy is thinking with the wrong head, but hey, haven’t most of thought with the wrong head at one time? Even if she breaks up Coldplay, it is not the end of the world for his fans. Remember, solo John Lennon stuff kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/22 "2003-09-11T17:39:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*Why does everybody pick on Yoko? Why can’t she be the next Linda McCartney? \*\* Because Linda never had anything to do with the Beatles recording career, and only played on Paul’s albums and tours at HIS insisting. Yoko, on the other hand, plopped herself down in the studio and expected to be treated as a member of the group, with equal say about the recording process as any other Beatle.(She andPatti Harrison are, in fact, the two female voices singing “Birthday” on the song of the same name.) John was drfiting apart from Paul and the rest of the band anyway, but Yoko sped up the process, to be sure. Chris W ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/23 "2003-09-11T18:54:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*gex gex \*\*\* > You’re right… but… really? It was only popular here? > > What’s wrong with us? Nah, it had decent success here too. They still play it on easy listening stations; I hear it several times a week. ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/24 "2003-09-20T21:43:06Z")
I dunno if Gwyneth is the next Yoko, but she’s apparently capable of singing–she’s got a ‘guest vocal’ credit on “It’s Only Love” on Sheryl Crow’s _C’mon C’mon_ album. So she at least sounds better than Yoko. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/25 "2003-09-20T21:53:13Z")
If I remember correctly, the song you’re talking about hit #2 on the Adult Contemporary (why can’t boomers admit that they listen to “easy listening”?) chart in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792/26 "2003-09-20T23:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by riserius1 \* > \*\*Yoko, on the other hand, plopped herself down in the studio and expected to be treated as a member of the group, with equal say about the recording process as any other Beatle. > Chris W \*\* Not even close to anything resembling reality or the truth. Lennon was the one who said that “She’s a part of me,” which meant that she was going to be in the studio. That by no means meant that she had **any** say in the recording process at all. She didn’t have any. NONE. The biggest arguement that she had with another Beatle came about when she took one of the biscuits (cookies) that George had brought in without asking him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-coldplay-thinking/200792.md?page=1)