The U2 frontman names the song from Chris Martin’s group that wowed him.
Bonojust paid Coldplay the ultimate compliment.
“I should mention Coldplay are not a rock band,” Bono said.
Bono is a big fan of Coldplay.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
“I hope thats obvious.
There is something much more interesting going on there, like the Isley Brothers or something.”
But Bono says they shouldn’t be limited to those genres.
Coldplay has long been a Grammy darling.David Becker/Getty
“They should not be judged by rock rules….
Rage is the river running under most rock formations,” Bono continued.
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“Clocks” blew him away.
Martin & Co. would surely appreciate Bono’s words.
“The future of music is in new sounds and new ways of treating vocals.
We wanted to add those colours to our palette,” he said.
“No one would ever put us in a list of the top 10 rock bands.
We’ve maybe rocked out once, for 10 minutes.
I don’t think anyone would throw up the devil horns to any of our major works.”
His bandmate Berryman said, “Theres an awful lot of rock music already out there.
Im not sure there is anything left to add.”
