adidasss

>Rainard:

I think they've evolved greatly with each album. But I prefer X&Y to any other album they've made, and especially A rush of blood, because it's the most consistent and absolutely jam packed with great single material (Fix you, Talk, Speed of Sound, Hardest part etc.). It's almost like a concept album in the way the songs seamlessly flow from one into another, which isn't really the case with A rush of blood, and especially with Viva la vida.

I can agree to a certain extent that it can be seen as formulaic (many have noted that Martin has perfected the trademark build-up to an epic chorus followed by the soft outros) but that doesn't change the fact that they've written a bunch of great and memorable melodies. And it seems more than clear that it is in fact their most ambitious record, not only in terms of the scope of their sound which is basically sonic arena-rock, but the impact it aimed for and actually achieved (again, 10 million sold and counting). I mean how much does a band have to reinvent itself so as not to appear "lazy"? Not everyone can (or wants to for that matter) pull "a Radiohead". And thank God for that...

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Adidasss:

I agree that reinvention on the Radiohead scale would be ridiculous, but I like a little evidence of trying to push forward all the same. At any rate, maybe the album does have more merit than I give it credit for...

BTW, if you've heard it already, what would you say of the new record? I am yet to hear it and am very curious as to how different it is to previous material.

sleepy jack

I'm going to give my two cents on Coldplay here. I think Yellow is a sweet song, yeah fuck off indie credibility.

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adidasss

Well, as I've said before, Martin's made a conscious effort not to go for the "sonic stadium rock" sound, so it's scaled down a notch. If you thought X&Y was formulaic, you should really hate this one as it doesn't really depart from the "Coldplay" sound. There's less single material I think, even though I've listened to it enough times to like (or tolerate) every song on it...*fanboy*

On a whole I think it's a more optimistic, poppier record than anything they've ever done. And even though I'd say it's their weakest record, it's still a very good effort (for me obviously, it would have been hard to top X&Y), that's just how much I think of them...

I'd give it a 7/10 (objectively yeah, subjectively it's more like an 8 )

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Loser

Wow, your the first person I know of that actually said that.
Personally when I first heard Yellow it didn't settle well with me, I thought there wasn't much in the song that would make me remember the song. I should give it another listen since I haven't heard it in ages and I might actually think differently, but until than my statement stands

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adidasss

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

One of the best love songs ever written...

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Loser

hmm...Reading the lyrics makes me wanna listen to it again
*Goes to youtube and searches video*
But, best love song? isn't that a bit of a stretch?

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adidasss

One of the best, yes...along with There is a light...

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Demonoid

I guess these guys are one of my guilty pleasures.(a very very rare one)
I like X&Y quite a bit.
Ya **** you all

Haven't listened to them in quite a while...this thread reminded me now though

phallpdx

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... are you serious... Wow.