Another Proud Moment for NY Times Fact Checking
From today's article on Coldplay, The Case Against Coldplay:
"Am I a part of the cure / Or am I part of the disease," Mr. Martin pondered in "Clocks" on "A Rush of Blood to the Head." Actually, he's contagious. Particularly in its native England, Coldplay has spawned a generation of one-word bands - Athlete, Embrace, Keane, Starsailor, Travis and Aqualung among them - that are more than eager to follow through on Coldplay's tremulous, ringing anthems of insecurity.
Let's compare that statement to Embrace and Coldplay's UK Chart histories through 2001. I'm deeply offended!
Embrace:
11/05/97 7 1 ) FIREWORKS (E.P.) 34 1 weeks
(The Last Gas, Now You're Nobody, Blind, Fireworks)
34
13/07/97 20 2 ) ONE BIG FAMILY (E.P.) 21 1 weeks
(One Big Family, Dry Kids, You've Only Got To Stop To Get Better, Butter Wouldn't Melt)
21
02/11/97 48 l 3 ) ALL YOU GOOD GOOD PEOPLE (E.P.) 8 2 weeks
(All You Good Good People (Radio Edit), One Big Family (Perfecto Mix), All You Good Good People
(Fierce Panda Version), All You Good Good People (Orchestral Mix))
8 26
31/05/98 60 l 4 ) COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW 6 3 weeks
6 22 35
23/08/98 32 l 5 ) MY WEAKNESS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS 9 1 weeks
9
07/11/99 23 6 ) HOOLIGAN 18 1 weeks
18
19/03/00 39 7 ) YOU'RE NOT ALONE 14 2 weeks
14 29
04/06/00 12 8 ) SAVE ME 29 1 weeks
29
13/08/00 18 9 ) I WOULDN'T WANNA HAPPEN TO YOU 23 1 weeks
23
26/08/01 31 10 ) WONDER 14 2 weeks
14 37
11/11/01 6 11 ) MAKE IT LAST 35 1 weeks
Coldplay:
12/03/00 6 1 ) SHIVER 35 1 weeks
35
02/07/00 157 l 2 ) YELLOW 4 9 weeks
4 11 18 21 25 29 31 34 39
29/10/00 93 l 3 ) TROUBLE 10 5 weeks
10 18 19 26 39
"Am I a part of the cure / Or am I part of the disease," Mr. Martin pondered in "Clocks" on "A Rush of Blood to the Head." Actually, he's contagious. Particularly in its native England, Coldplay has spawned a generation of one-word bands - Athlete, Embrace, Keane, Starsailor, Travis and Aqualung among them - that are more than eager to follow through on Coldplay's tremulous, ringing anthems of insecurity.
Let's compare that statement to Embrace and Coldplay's UK Chart histories through 2001. I'm deeply offended!
Embrace:
11/05/97 7 1 ) FIREWORKS (E.P.) 34 1 weeks
(The Last Gas, Now You're Nobody, Blind, Fireworks)
34
13/07/97 20 2 ) ONE BIG FAMILY (E.P.) 21 1 weeks
(One Big Family, Dry Kids, You've Only Got To Stop To Get Better, Butter Wouldn't Melt)
21
02/11/97 48 l 3 ) ALL YOU GOOD GOOD PEOPLE (E.P.) 8 2 weeks
(All You Good Good People (Radio Edit), One Big Family (Perfecto Mix), All You Good Good People
(Fierce Panda Version), All You Good Good People (Orchestral Mix))
8 26
31/05/98 60 l 4 ) COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW 6 3 weeks
6 22 35
23/08/98 32 l 5 ) MY WEAKNESS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS 9 1 weeks
9
07/11/99 23 6 ) HOOLIGAN 18 1 weeks
18
19/03/00 39 7 ) YOU'RE NOT ALONE 14 2 weeks
14 29
04/06/00 12 8 ) SAVE ME 29 1 weeks
29
13/08/00 18 9 ) I WOULDN'T WANNA HAPPEN TO YOU 23 1 weeks
23
26/08/01 31 10 ) WONDER 14 2 weeks
14 37
11/11/01 6 11 ) MAKE IT LAST 35 1 weeks
Coldplay:
12/03/00 6 1 ) SHIVER 35 1 weeks
35
02/07/00 157 l 2 ) YELLOW 4 9 weeks
4 11 18 21 25 29 31 34 39
29/10/00 93 l 3 ) TROUBLE 10 5 weeks
10 18 19 26 39
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