Sunday, 26 September 2010

Student Surveys

Here is the feedback we received after asking some students questions about The Coral:

Do you like The Coral? Why?

  • yes, folky, easy listening
  • yes, individual sound, catchy
  • yes, pleasant, easy listening
  • yes, jazzy, cheery
  • yes, their style and catchy songs
  • yes, I like a couple of their songs
  • yes, they're just nice songs. wouldn't want to hear them too much though
  • yes, awesome songs, my kind of music

What genre would you class them as?

  • alternative/folk
  • indie/folk
  • indie/folk/soft rock
  • indie/pop
  • indie
  • indie/rock
  • indie
What sort of people would you expect to listen to The Coral/this genre of music?


  • vintage/retro/indie people
  • people who are into less mainstream music
  • early to mid-twenties as they've been out quite a while. ordinary people, who are slightly dis earning perhaps, selective
  • shiny happy people (?)

What other bands would you compare them to?

  • Razorlight, The View
  • Mumford and Sons, Supergrass
  • The Kooks
  • Supergrass
  • Charlatons, Zutons
  • Paul Weller.. maybe?
  • The La's, Ocean Color Scene
  • The Zutons, The La's

The similarity of a lot of these bands with The Coral is evident just by seeing pictures of them - The Zutons and The La's, for example, both share The Coral's casual, laid back look associated with indie:











If you've seen one of their videos, what's your opinion on it?


  • razorlight style, typical British video, streets of England
  • strange but in a good way, almost low budget but it works well
  • they're just themselves, no unnecessary extra nonsense
  • the colours are nice, busy yet very simply done
  • it was really weird. Didn't really like it
  • yeah they're pretty funny
  • pretty entertaining. Good laugh. Not much choreography though :(

What sort of artwork would you expect on the cover of their next album?


  • them stood with vinyl's/some sort of vintage photograph
  • complicated, random images
  • something psychedelic looking
  • bright swirls, camper van
  • crazy stuff
  • bright colors, eye catching fonts, "hand-drawn" pictures
  • something like that one by 13th Floor Elevators???
  • hippie like images

1 comment:

  1. I think these responses need to be summed up somewhere and I also think that you could support the entry with some appropriate images which would improve the look and give us a greater insight.

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