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...music never builds to more than a jaunty bounce (as on “Billy Oddity”). A plangent line like “It’s hard to miss you,” sung repeatedly over a simplistic piano progression, would sound like a botched Coldplay outtake in anyone else’s hands, but Mojave manage to steer it from the brink...
...years of history. In an age of monopolistic record companies and internet file-sharing, you could be forgiven for expecting everyone to listen to the same music—whatever the corporate gods see fit to entertain us. Everyone likes talking about Radiohead, everyone is afflicted with Britney Spears, Coldplay is everywhere on both sides of the Atlantic. But look closer, and the common tastes start to vanish...
...brand--of a certain kind of contrarian chic. If you were smart, cool and worried about the world, nothing broadcast it quicker than some casually scattered Radiohead discs. Yorke blames the forces of commerce for making him feel like a cartoon. "Ultimately you get to a point--Coldplay's a good example right now--where no matter what you do, you become lifestyle music," says Yorke. "No one wants it that way, but it always happens if a record is successful. People identify with it, and it verges on becoming just a marketing campaign...
...What about the inspirational post-September 11th rock anthems of “The Rising” by three-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen? What about the soulful, emotional, and mesmerizing musical journey of the groundbreaking album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, by Grammy Award winner Coldplay...
...Tennants, but Skinner is the most original British rapper, skillfully depicting the lives of his escape-bent, disillusioned generation. Of course, not all the Brit nominees are on the cutting edge. One of the few Brit bands to achieve international success - including a Billboard Top 5 album - is Coldplay, who are bookmakers' favorites for Best British Group and Best Album with A Rush of Blood to the Head. But they're selling radio-friendly ballads. The U.S. music market (worth $13.4 billion in 2001) remains the most useful barometer of international success. And though Robbie Williams can sing when...