Fair enough, I can see where you're coming from, I mean, I'm surprised I like them as much as I do...
(Though I have no clue, I have a feeling Coldplay is a band best on CD...I have a feeling I would not be satisfied hearing them live.)
I must say, U2, a band I once thought of not much more than as an extra click on my next button unless it was one of their well known songs, I have grown to enjoy very much.
That and, more related to Coldplay, the chilled out music of David Gray...(Or is it Grey...?)