Chris Martin lost all creditability when he replaced his creative inspirations Michael Stipe, Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey with Beyonce, Rihanna and Tove Lo.

whatever I think of coldplay now, I still think the last couple of minutes of this song is one of the greatest pieces of music created. Its fucking deep.

Coldplay post-Viva La Vida? Just not my cup of tea, despite a smattering of tunes here and there on each album that I very much enjoy. The offensive stuff though is the really lightweight tripe like Everglow and Amazing Day as opposed to the collaborations with Beyoncé, Rihanna and co which, although I don’t listen to, I get why they appeal. I see so many people enjoying it with their big RnB influenced hooks and modern production techniques.

I don’t think Chris Martin is selling out though with his penchant for mainstream pop music. This is a guy who stated earlier in the 2000s that he aspired for his band to be like N-Sync before they had a record deal. He also wrote songs for numerous mainstream pop stars back in the day for Jamelia, Natalie Imbruglia, etc when he was very much in that ‘mellow alt rocker’ phase in the early 2000s.

The guy simply has a very diverse music taste and influences, more than myself for sure which is why I can’t listen to the later stuff. That eclecticism though is probably what enables him to stay at the top of the charts after all these years as opposed to U2, whose latching on to trends of which they know little about or have little passion for in these last ten years is, in my opinion, very contrived and inauthentic - and people can tell when they listen and nobody is being fooled. But for Chris Martin, all this is natural to him with a genuine enthusiasm for pop music that is translated with ease in the current songs he writes. He’s really able to tap into what younger people want because he loves it himself. So I don’t doubt the sincerity that he absolutely loves the music he writes these days and the influences behind these songs.

Again, not my cup of tea, and it’s not what made me love his music, but he’s moved on and I’ve moved on. He’s just catering for a different audience now who incidentally love his tunes - albeit different ones - from the ones l did over a decade ago.

That A Sky Full of Stars song was the moment I knew we weren't going to get that first 4 album's Coldplay anymore. They will be that band if they continue on the way they are going even their first 4 album's won't save them from been a joke. Funny that Noel Gallagher end up appearing on their worse album. 

The band has achieved as much success as any band could at this point. They literally are current U2 yet in their late 30s-early 40s. Wont need another album to prove themselves, a large enough catalog to play to stadiums that the audiences alone can sing for them collectively, universally praised and adored worldwide with no controversies. Chris and co. are set for life and don't need to try ever again.

As sincere as I know you are, especially with this band, when I hear a song such as Amazing Day, I find it a difficult task to believe that Chris wrote it truly believing he had crafted an "amazing" piece of music. If songs like that are tunes he always wanted to make, I'll call his bluff.

Like another already said earlier, Politik as a tour opener in 2002. Magical. Is this the same band? No.

Like I said from the start. People change. All walks of life. Coldplay is no different. I knew since Mylo they were never going back to their vintage sound. Atlas was a small glimpse of 2003ish Coldplay but that didn’t last past a soundtrack appearance.

I agree with the notion that they didn't sell out, it's an easy label term for bands deviating from their niche style into one for a wider audience. Sellouts typically come from a place where the music they make isn't cutting it financially, therefore go mainstream and find success, albeit at the cost of creative happiness.

Coldplay settled. U2 settled. "Pushing the envelope" and "testing the limits" of their musical ability ended with "Midnight". They've settled for easy to write and produce mainstream pop tracks and play to tens of thousands in stadiums worldwide who will flock in droves every time they're in town. They've achieved everything. They're still the greatest live act in the world and have reached the mountain top in record time.

Some artists settle when they shouldn't (ahem..RPA), and of course others even after their peak success keep wanting to push themselves (Noel, Thom). I believe truly this is the last phase of Coldplay we'll ever see - they're settled into their success and are on cruise control. They earned it.

So today I thought seeing Coldplay performance Fix You must have been epic. I found the following, and wasn’t disappointed. Might need to re-evaluate Coldplay.