The lyrics appear to be addressing the band's detractors, and/or us - the music-consuming public - especially those who can only deal with songs full of catchy hooks or sugar-sweet ballads ("don't bore us / get to the chorus"... "and no heartache") and those who decry musical experimentation as self-indulgent waffle ("we want the good bits / without the bullshit")
YOU decide whether it's a clever dig/cheap shot/mere coincidence that the combo of simple piano melody + Thom's vocal inflection on this song seems to mimic the sound of another successful British band (?)
Yeah, yeah - before all you Coldplay haters get on your high-horses - I DO realise Mr Martin and Co. 'borrowed' Radiohead's sound FIRST. Methinks 'Open the Floodgates' may just be an ironic form of payback ;)
^^^ I agree with aisfle's take.
The lyrics appear to be addressing the band's detractors, and/or us - the music-consuming public - especially those who can only deal with songs full of catchy hooks or sugar-sweet ballads ("don't bore us / get to the chorus"... "and no heartache") and those who decry musical experimentation as self-indulgent waffle ("we want the good bits / without the bullshit")
YOU decide whether it's a clever dig/cheap shot/mere coincidence that the combo of simple piano melody + Thom's vocal inflection on this song seems to mimic the sound of another successful British band (?)
Yeah, yeah - before all you Coldplay haters get on your high-horses - I DO realise Mr Martin and Co. 'borrowed' Radiohead's sound FIRST. Methinks 'Open the Floodgates' may just be an ironic form of payback ;)