I used to rule the world.

Last night after blogging I got Viva La Vida by coldplay stuck in my head. Because of this I didn't sleep much because I got really annoyed at Coldplay for existing. My reasoning is because they are revered so much as being geniuses when in fact they are boring, both in terms of "I don't like them" and "They are con artists of song-writers". Take Viva la Vida (the album): when it was being made the music industry was a frenzy. They had become the greatest thing ever from their indie albums and now a full high-production masterpiece was in the works. For an eternity there was speculation until finally the album was released to storming acclaim; they had revolutionised music with a new direction that no band had ever taken. Along came the anthemic, instant classic title track as a single. Turns out that what they'd done was written an average mellow rock song with a simple riff made up purely from the chord progression of the song. Imagine the riff played on guitar with drums in the background; you are now listening to a boring, average song. What coldplay did was take this generic riff and PLAY IT ON STRINGS. And instead of having drums THEY HAD A BELL. Insert "whoaning" vocals (a mixture of whining and moaning) and you have a masterpiece. Give them a medal and every award going.

This morning I awoke to find that I felt horrific. Due to this I sat in bed on my netbook for a very long time not being bothered to get up. After this had gone on for long enough I got really annoyed at the state of my room so spent a couple of hours tidying it up. I then started playing Heavy Rain again which it turns out is actually an amazing game. Once you get into the storyline it is so engrossing that I finally switched the PS3 off after just under six hours. That is a ridiculous amount of time for me to be focused on one thing; I usually dart between different things in my room when I'm at home for a day. The plot is so immersive and the controls are so well thought out. The graphics are definitely the best I've seen in a game, with some characters appearing nearly photo-realistic at points. This evening I started watching Spawn for the first time but couldn't handle the power-rangers grown up cheesiness, eye watering visuals and unimaginable bad acting so switched it off after a very short time.

Back to work tomorrow, so I'll be off to sleep now. Assuming I haven't rekindled the Coldplay related rage too much and don't sleep again because of it.