Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Melancholy Arena Rock

Why is Coldplay still depressed?
By Hua Hsu
Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 7:34 AM PT

What's ailing Chris Martin these days?

There are 20 million reasons why a band sells 20 million records, but in the case of England's Coldplay, three stand out: They sound a bit like Radiohead, only you don't have to think as much; their lead singer, Chris Martin, is an exceedingly handsome and righteous man; and their huge, powerful songs walk that tricky divide between the private and the public. They are a handsome, righteous man's laments transmitted to the farthest reaches of the amphitheater, and nothing is lost in the voyage.

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