GREEN DAY vs COLDPLAY

[Zelley.]

GREEN DAY - Interesting receiving a DVD of the Milton Keynes event
along with the CD's.

However, I like Coldplay better than Green Day.

[Canada4Life]

Bullet In A Bible is the latest CD I bought. I love this CD. I haven't watched the DVD yet. It wouldn't play in my computer's DVD drive. Hopefully it works in my DVD player.

I can't really comment much on Coldplay. I've heard a few of their songs on the radio, and they were okay, but I haven't listened to enough of their stuff to form much of an opinion.

[Trainer Mick]

Discographies:

Green Day:
1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)
Kerplunk! (1992)
Dookie (1994)
Insomniac (1995)
Nimrod (1997)
Warning (2000)
International Superhits! (2001 - Greatest Hits)
Shenanigans (2002)
American Idiot (2004)
Bullet In A Bible (2005 - Live)

Coldplay:

Parachutes (2000)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
Live (2003)
X & Y (2005)

Hit Singles:

Green Day:
When I Come Around (Dookie)
Basket Case (Dookie)
Longview (Dookie)
Geek Stink Breath (Insomniac)
Brain Stew/Jaded (Insomniac)
Nice Guys Finish Last (Nimrod)
Hitchin' A Ride (Nimrod)
Redundant (Nimrod)
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (Nimrod)
Warning (Warning)
Waiting (Warning)
Minority (Warning)
American Idiot (American Idiot)
Jesus Of Suburbia (American Idiot)
Holiday (American Idiot)
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (American Idiot)
Wake Me Up When September Ends (American Idiot)

Coldplay:

Trouble (Parachutes)
Yellow (Parachutes)
Shiver (Parachutes)
In My Place (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
The Scientist (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
Clocks (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
Speed Of Sound (X & Y)
Fix You (X & Y)
Talk (X & Y)

Green Day takes this easily.

[Zelley.]

The tune "clocks" is as good as it gets.

If you like the Moody Blues & Pink Floyd, you should dig Coldplay.

Of interest the lead singer of Coldplay and Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues are both West Country born with their special singing style.

While driving, I have been replaying the "Clocks" tune.
Last summer, it was Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
and the one about Eliza Day called the "Wild Rose".

Of course, Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is great.
The title is taken from and old picture with the likes of James Dean.

The term "broken dreams" has a "volume" of meanings.
I cobbled together the following at one time:
"A river of tears teardrop by lonely teardrop
could never wash away the lost hopes and dreams..."

[Pookybear]

Like both, not fanatic about either, but is comparing the two fair? Coldplay is more laid back contemporary while Green Day rock and "punk". So they are called. I think punk I think Sex Pistols or the Cramps.

One funny thing about Coldplay....... One of my fave movies "Shaun of the Dead" has the special thingys on their DVD and it has a skit with the lead singer of Coldplay along with another bandmate saying how the rest of the band was turned into zombies...yada, yada, yada, very funny.

[Trainer Mick]

If you can't hear how much Green Day is influenced by The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers you shouldn't listen to music.

The punk is there.

[Pookybear]

I really consider Green day more rock and or roll. Babe I know my music fairly good.

[Zelley.]

Purchased the following yesterday:
Coldplay "X & Y", Green Day "Bullet In A Bible", Killers "Hot Fuss"

Bullet In A Bible - from War Museum in London, the band toured the museum and saw the actual bible with the bullet.

Killers CD starts with "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" and ends
with "Everything Will Be Alright", the Coldplay one has "White Shadows"
and "Swallowed In The Sea" while the Green Day CD has
"Tales Of Another Broken Home".

A distant cousin of mine living in Milton Keynes did attend
the Green Day show, her mother told me her daughter thought it was excellent.

The various tunes have a broad range from friends, broken homes & twisted logic. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

[Trainer Mick]

I really consider Green day more rock and or roll. Babe I know my music fairly good.

Sounds like a challenge if I ever heard one.

[Zelley.]

I really consider Green day more rock and or roll. Babe I know my music fairly good.

Sounds like a challenge if I ever heard one.

A Poll added for the challenge 8)

[Wally]

If you can't hear how much Green Day is influenced by The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers you shouldn't listen to music.

The punk is there.

You would have a hard time finding a popular band that was NOT influenced by the Clash or the Jam.

Green Day Rocks.
I wouldn't miss Coldplay if they vanished.

[Zelley.]

If you can't hear how much Green Day is influenced by The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers you shouldn't listen to music.

The punk is there.

You would have a hard time finding a popular band that was NOT influenced by the Clash or the Jam.

Green Day Rocks.
I wouldn't miss Coldplay if they vanished.

Coldplay also has a Neil Young influence.

[Wally]

Iv'e found myself listening to 'jesus of suburbia' again and thought I would mention that it is one of the best songs I've ever heard.It gets a spot in my all time favorites list.
I hope it's on Bullet in a bible for anyone that has not heard it yet.

[Zelley.]

... I can't really comment much on Coldplay. I've heard a few of their songs on the radio, and they were okay, but I haven't listened to enough of their stuff to form much of an opinion.

From (X & Y) as listed by Trainer, two thought provoking, hard hitting
tunes are "Talk" and "Speed of Sound", but from another CD "Clocks"
is also fantastic

[Trainer Mick]

You would have a hard time finding a popular band that was NOT influenced by the Clash or the Jam.

Actually, you'd have a hard time finding a poular band that is not influenced by Green Day and Nirvana. While they were both infuenced by the Clash, that does not mean bands influenced by them were infuenced by the Clash.