But put them all together and they add up to Coldplay...
There's nothing wrong with self-pity. As a spur to songwriting, it's right up there with lust, anger and greed, and probably better than the remaining deadly sins. There's nothing wrong, either, with striving for musical grandeur, using every bit of skill and studio illusion to create a sound large enough to get lost in. Male sensitivity...
Rick finds company in The New York Times. That makes at least two of you guys.

Clearly, Coldplay is beloved: by moony high school girls and their solace-seeking parents. Or moony mothers of high schoolers...whose husbands just don’t understand.