Also, why can’t we have this many comments about the new Beirut Single? It’s freaking awesome.

I agree with the sentiment that it’s just Coldplay doing Coldplay. Look, I loved Coldplay during the Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to The Blood years. But this is just ridiculous now. There’s nothing remotely intelligent/interesting/hell even that catchy about this BS. Chris Martin seriously needs to get over his stupid complex of needing everyone to like him. IT’S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. But what a way to be remembered for making mediocre music every few years. Brian Eno is clearly not going to save you this time. And while Byrne’s speech about bands making music for big venues is clearly relevant here, why it can’t be like bands make music that a ton of people happen to like? I don’t think Radiohead makes music for amphitheaters or whatever, but a shit ton of people will always show up and love it. You don’t have to sell your soul to make “big” music.

I love the both of them. While Lady Gaga may have copied some of M.I.A’s stuff, it’s not like M.I.A can suddenly get pissed off at somebody sampling her music if that’s how she became famous. Secondly, the wasy I see Lady Gaga is that she has totally adopted this persona where she can explore our pop culture’s obsession with sex, money, fame, etc (you get the idea). I’m not sure if in doing that she’s intentionally trying to be “weird,” I think of it as she is really pushing boundaries about women and sexuality. It seems to be more about a performance. No one can possible say Lady Gaga is not ridiculously ambitious. As for M.I.A, she clearly is going for the political, but she loves the idea of being a pop star. When you say something as ridiculous as “She’s just trying to do me” and “She sounds more like me than I do,” you’re clearly showing your jealousy towards someone who is in a position that you think you should be in. Both of them are ambitious, dominant female figures, but apparently M.I.A thinks only one person can be on top. That’s just silly.