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my fucking boss at work is constantly making the noises from the axel f one. the love of crazy frog confuses and upsets me. mike

Not at all. The difference is Crazy Frog is a novelty act. Coldplay, despite being (according to your opinions) a bland MOR group, are a successful pop-rock act, who have released three albums, had quite a few top ten singles, and have an excellant live reputation, as well as getting excellant reviews for their most recent album from both Q and the NME, the latter of which would have been only too happy to slate had it been shit. The thing people (and myself) tend to forget about on forums is that it really is all a matter of opinion and I guess no matter how much you like something, there's always going to be someone who hates it just as much. Thats fine with me. Mike

Fair enough.

But what could have enraged him so much to have a dig at Martin? I know - the fact that Mogwai, whilst not even playing Glastonbury themselves, will also never, ever, ever, ever headline Glastonbury. Mogwai are fucking shite, and he can say what he wants about Coldplay but they've done well for themselves. Its like the thick kid in school having a go at the clever one. Mike

Why are all Jewish men circumcised? Because Jewish women won't touch anything unless there's 20% off

R.I.P I saw Whitely once, in Heathrow Airport getting his shoes polished. He looked pretty angry about something. *cough*

OK, here we go, I need a laugh, let's hear the funniest jokes you've ever heard! Somebody told me this in the toilets in exodus a few weeks ago...if it was anyone on here, own up coz you're a legend! What's brown and half eaten? The pope's easter egg. Controversial, I know but still, funny. Mike

Aha, I've thought of more. Glory be. 10 - Bus drivers, in general. I get on a bus outside King Street Exchange. I want to go to Union Street. I don't use the buses very often, so when I do I don't know how much it's going to cost. I get on the bus, and there's some fat, bitter old fuck glaring at me, sat on his fat arse in the driver's seat. I ask him how much it costs. He tuts, and wheezes "1.20, and it has been for five months now". You give him 2 because you've no other change - you don't get any change. I don't see why you should have to have the correct change. You're the fucking customer, you shouldn't have to find change to get a service your already being over-charged for! 11- People smoking my fags. What I mean here is people that complain whenever you light up during the day or in your living room or whatever. Then you go out on the town, they've had a few drinks and all of a sudden its, "Oh give us a fag". Because they want to look cool/fashionable/sexy/whatever. Buy your own fucking fags, or make your mind up; you either smoke, or you don't. 12 - People that talk about how much they've drunk the night before. Every single weekend without fail, I get up, go into my living room and my two flatmates are sitting in the frontroom saying "Man, I was so wasted last night, I drank 12 pints and 4 vodkas". I don't mind recalling the fact they were wasted; it's whenever they feel the need to talk about how much they drank. The macho attitudes associated with drinking loads fuck me off. Yes, drink loads. Yes, get pissed. Most of all, have a great time. But under no fucking circumstances tell me how much you drank, unless you want this wine bottle shoved where the sun don't shine. 13 - Birds who ask you if you think they're fat. 14 - The wind. Yes, that sounds ridiculous, but this is one type of weather which I have never understood the need for. Unless you are a fan of either sailing or flying a kite, its totally fucking useless. Whenever I'm on my bike and I'm cycling into the wind, I can feel myself ageing. That's how much I hate it. I will be back again. Elwood dude, I love you. Mike

Oh hell yeah...man have I been waiting for this one.. 1 - Driving on a single lane road behind some fuck (usually 60+) who's doing about 30 when its a 40/50/60 limit. CHRIST ON A BIKE, GET OUT OF MY FUCKING WAY! 2 - Arguing with someone about something and they just shout their point at you continually, blocking out anything you try to say to reply to them. Serial killers are born from this. 3 - Banging my head on anything. This has lead me to put my foot through a wooden door through anger. 4 - Whenever you microwave something for how long it says to on the packet and it burns the fuck out of your mouth when you bite into it. You're hungry, you've paid for something to eat, and then it injures you?! I see no justice in that whatsoever. 5 - The staff in any Wetherspoons. What is it that puts me off? Maybe it's the prison officer style uniforms, the females sporting knuckles tatooes, the two bar staff for every 600 customers, or possibly even the off Stella? 6 - Neds who shout/whistle across a busy road to their mates. Yes, you have friends. Do we want to hear you shout at your equally scummy compatriots? Do we fuck. 7 - My girlfriend's Dad. Three words. What. A. Cock. 8 - People that snort when they laugh. Ok, maybe there's nothing they can do about it, but still, if I wanted to hear it, I'd go down the petting zoo. 9 - People that wear bluetooth headsets. It's bigger than a handsfree kit - yes, you may say, it has no wire, but what does that really achieve? It achieves the effect of having a contraption attached to the side of your head that makes you look like the bellend referee from Gladiators. 10 - People that try to get your attention by poking you violently in the side, when you're not expecting it. My mother does this to me quite a lot when I'm home and I'm convinced that one day it will give me an epileptic seizure. I will definitely think of more, much kudos to the genius who thought up this thread. Mike

Saw Coldplay supported by Interpol in Marley Park, Dublin last night. Fucking incredible. Interpol were fairly decent, a lot of stuff of 'Antics', obviously 'Slow Hands' and 'Obstacle 1' got the biggest cheers of the night. During the set, the guitarist's girlfriend came over to me and my bird who were sitting right in front of the sound desk and wanted to take a photo of us pulling. When asked why, she replied 'I just like couples'....hmm if I'd thought it through I might have been able to blag backstage .... Anyway, Coldplay were totally immense, opened with 'Square One', then into 'Politik' and then into 'Yellow'. Really intense live, amazing lighting and fairly decent sound. All the band members play different instruments throughout the set, and the intro to 'Clocks' got danced up a bit, pretty amazing. They finished with 'Fix You' which is about to become such a massive anthem. Anyone else go/or going to any of the gigs in Glasgow/Crystal Palace this week? Mike

I hate to make the smuggest of points here, but I just think its great that this is being done at all. There's really no need for people like Albarn to have a go because when alls said and done, I see his point, but I don't see him staging massive concerts for Africa. All this week I've been reading critics in the papers complaining about Geldof's 'senseless bullying' of people. He's raising money for a seriously worthy cause, that's all anyone should be concerned about. Mike

I really really hope they do reform. Zwan were a pile of piss, and the Pumpkins never really released that final album properly did they? Unfinished business, come on Billy son! Btw, does anyone know what the score is with the Jimmy Chamberlain Project? Read about it but not actually sure what it entails, is Jimmy playing drums and singing, or is it just him with a new group? Mike

I wouldn't have thought it was a bad thing' date=' earlier in this thread I think I mentioned that most people wouldn't mind mothers listening to their music! I just think the Lighthouse Family are perhaps the best example of this bland type of music, however my own mother just bought 'X&Y' for the car lol, so that kind of disproves this previous point of mine, oh well. The thing with Oasis is that they made two incredible albums, followed by 'Be Here Now' which was commerically very successful but creatively below par, and then two fairly shit albums (I haven't heard 'Don't Believe The Truth' yet but I believe it's meant to be pretty average). 'X&Y' however is better than the previous two Coldplay albums and has sold shedloads, meaning that both commerically and creatively they are currently on top. Hopefully this also means their next album will be even better. Mike

did in flames play 'dialogue with the stars'? man what an awesome fucking song

What's bollocks about comparing Coldplay to the Lighthouse Family is that Coldplay are a band who are writing songs that I challenge the majority of bands out there at the minute to better. Pop songs maybe, but fucking good ones at that. The Lighthouse Family however were a shitty pop-lite act whose only two hits 'Lifted' and 'Ocean Drive' were just fucking twaddle; the sort of music mum's whistle along to in their people-carriers when they take their fifty kids to school. The Lighthouse Family probably lasted about 4 years, and thats being generous. Coldplay have been around for five now and are about to become the biggest British band in the world. Fair enough, loads of people are into their music but I don't see that as a bad thing. Maybe you should get yourself some earplugs and a blindfold thebeard It's not gonna be easy ignoring them over the next year.... Mike

Jacko is indeed a bit fucked up but i didn't think he was a paedophile, in trials like that you can generally tell if they're guilty or not from the outset and I was never sure about Jacko, and neither was the media - I can't wait to see what the pathetic Daily Mail have to say now after months of slagging him and claiming he was definitely guilty. As for the scum who accused him, the majority were white trash - for example Gavin Arvizu who could only remember two ocassions in 'any detail', despite claiming Jackson abused him on 8 different ocassions. Sounds to me like his parents put him up to it. Plus it's interesting that the parents were prepared to let their children sleep in Jacko's bed and only kicked up a fuss about it once they worked out they could make a quick buck. Thank fuck the jury saw through it. Mike

I reckon 'X&Y' is fucking awesome. Fair enough I can understand why Coldplay isn't to everyone's tastes, but if you enjoy that sort of music then the new album is incredible. Definitely a stage on from the likes of the jangly 'Shiver' on 'Parachutes', and the one criticism I have is that Jonny Buckland is just going through his 'how to sound like The Edge' handbook on most tracks, but this album is clearly a big play for the stadium sound. Its a shame because it means we don't get tunes like 'Shiver' or 'We Never Change' anymore, but instead there's things like 'Fix You' (going to be absolutely massive, mark my words), 'White Shadows' and hidden track 'Til Kingdom Come'. There's not much evolution in terms of their overall sound, just more synths and pianos, and an even more expansive production, again making them sound like U2. If you hate Coldplay, as I can see many people here do, don't listen to the new album, and turn off your radio/tv when it comes on. If you like indie, get 'X&Y' because it's definitely their best yet and when all's said and done, its superb songwriting. Mike

Hey man, Here's links to three of our (Killing Time)'s songs Butt Naked: http://davidpedder.on.ufanet.ru/killingtime/buttnaked.mp3 Devil By My Side: http://davidpedder.on.ufanet.ru/killingtime/devilbymySide.mp3 Kind of Being: http://davidpedder.on.ufanet.ru/killingtime/kindofbeing.mp3 Cheers Man, Mike

Erm, I do think its our business actually, especially as we're the poor bastards who have to put up with that little cunt riding a motorbike in the adverts to EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PROGRAM ON BRITISH TELEVISION

Best footie match I've ever seen by a fucking mile! Supported Liverpool since I was 7 and its about time we won the European Cup again, the 6 minute spell where we scored 3 goals gave me a bigger high than any drug ever, incredible stuff. Was so pleased to see AC Milan look gutted, Kaka, Shevchenko, Maldini, Rui Costa and Dida are all such arrogant (but amazing) players and they were all mouthing off before the game about how they had so much more than Liverpool, they might well have done, but not on the night! Plus Steven Gerrard showed the world why he's one of the best players in the game. Now Uefa need to stop talking shite and let the Champions defend their title! COME ON THE REDS! Mike