David Bowie Brutally Turned Down A Coldplay Collaboration On Their 6.8 Million Selling Masterpiece – “It’s Not A Very Good Song, Is It?”

https://screenrant.com/david-bowie-coldplay-rejection-lhuna-song-factoid/

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  3. And the legend was 100% right. Coldplay plays the kind of music ChatGPT would compose.

  5. Never thought I’d see cold play and masterpiece in the same sentence.

  6. I liked Coldplay when they were called Travis… the fuck you say?!?

  8. Coldplay is bad music but, don’t hurt me for this opinion, Bowie wasn’t great either.

  9. Coldplay lost the plot starting with Viva and it kept getting worse.

  10. Coldplay is a band that’s very successful, yet has basically always been more cool to mock than to admit you’re a fan of.

    That said, I am a fan. I’m also a big U2 fan, so maybe I just have a penchant for successful/uncool acts.

    Getting to the article, Lhuna (the song in question) is obviously going for a sensual sound, which isn’t in Coldplay’s wheelhouse, and the song just kinda meanders.

    That’s probably why it ended up being cut from Viva La Vida (the 6.8 million selling album referenced) and didn’t make the follow-up EP either. I’m guessing if Bowie had said yes, it would’ve been on the album, which it didn’t really fit it with (and isn’t as good as), so it’s a blessing in disguise for Coldplay that Bowie turned it down.

  12. Honestly? I like Coldplay. Did not know they were so hated lol.

  13. Shitting on modern Coldplay is all well and good but let’s not pretend that the first two albums weren’t brilliant.

  14. Taylor swift is one of the most popular artists today and most of her songs are utter trash. So yea.

  15. Meanwhile most of Bowie’s non hits are completely unlistenable.

  17. There weren’t enough teenagers for him to statutory in the studio so he went ✌️

  19. Every time I see something or hear something rubbish I imagine David Bowie saying to Chris Martin well it’s not very good is it? It always makes me cackle inside

  21. I love that Bowie was so picky about who he worked with. I wonder how many artists sell their souls for money and work with people whose music they really don’t like just for the payout.

  22. This story has been around for 15+ years, I have no idea why it’s doing the rounds now.

    For those who can’t be bothered reading into the story, Bowie actually liked Coldplay and was open to working with them. That’s why he entertained the idea in the first place. He just thought the particular song he was presented (Lhuna) wasn’t their best work. He was right, and Coldplay ultimately agreed with him. That’s why it was never released on an album, or even officially released as a b-side. You won’t find it on streaming either.

  24. He should have turned down dancing in the streets with mick jagger too.

  26. I didn’t care about Coldplay for their first albums, was floored by how much they hooked me with Viva la Vida and to a lesser extent Mylo Xyloto, and then went right back to making shit I didn’t like at all.

    It’s wild how a band I otherwise can’t stand at all put out one of my all-time favorite albums, and *also* some of the lamest shit I’ve ever heard.

    edit: apparently, [the song in question -Lhuna- was apparently recorded *during* the recording of Viva la Vida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay_discography#Charity_singles). So they made one of my favorite albums **and** one of the biggest pieces of shit I’ve ever heard simultaneously.

  28. Talk about who gives a fuck. David Bowie is a dead rapist.

  29. Why is this being reported now? Ive definitely heard the “It’s not a very good song, is it?” line before

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