Coldplay in random French magazines (updated July 18th) - Page 2

blackchickintheback · 09-07-2008, 01:21 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mimixxx;2437249
Thanks soooooooooooooo much for doing that!

Not sure what to make of the interview though. I don't like it when he says they've come close to splitting, I hope he's just exaggerating. His dark, violent side seems to rear its ugly head much more these days too.

Thanks again

I don't think it's anything to worry about. He has said countless times that they argue a lot over the music, which I think is a good thing. I think a lot of bands who are really passionate come close to the brink at least one. And Chris seems to have a very strong personality, and Im sure the other do as well. Comes with the territory. Does that make sense?
And after reading this bit I'm not worried.

You were talking about gang spirit – we don’t picture Coldplay in war against the rest of the world…
We’re very aware of the fact that we’re hated by a lot of people. And that, that unites us. We’re very honest to one another, we know each other better than anyone else. All of our experiences are common… Which allows us to discuss everything, calmly, from a single’s cover to a drum sound… we depend too much on each other to let one us drift, get away : we protect each other. If one falls, for a reason or another, it’s the entire band who collapses.

AWWWW.

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chavi;2437280
you're being too kind !

I'm not. You have a better grasp on grammar than most English people

"You're" being the perfect example. The number of people I know who spell 'you are' as 'your'

It's a huge annoyance of mine

Anyway, I digress...

CRYSTAL · 09-07-2008, 02:31 AM

thanks chavi for the translation.

blackchickintheback · 09-07-2008, 06:13 AM

Thank you, Chavi.

Chavi · 09-07-2008, 04:38 PM

"Coldplay lets the dogs out !" from the newspaper Le journal du Dimanche.

you can find the interview here
But I wont be able to translate it until next week, so you might want to try google for a very rough translation.

[thanks Alvin13]

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 04:46 PM

Thank yooooooooou! Google translation isn't actually that bad

Coldplay "cowardly dogs"
By Eric MANDEL
Le Journal du Dimanche
>> Already, the cover of the album announces the colour. "Liberty Leading the People" Eugène Delacroix, barbouillée brush white: "Viva la Vida!" It was the watchword of the pasionaria Mexican brushes, Frida Kahlo, who gives his title at the fourth opus of pop-rock group the most lucrative (Radiohead) of this decade. Coldplay is a small revolution in music when the facility lurked Chris Martin and his cronies after the triumph of his first three albums sold more than 30 million copies around the world.

Viva la Vida immediately captivated by his musical eclecticism and power of its melodies. While it remains true to the brand's success-a pop gracile as "smooth" by its detractors-the quartet in London is a wind blowing on his epic compositions, more dark, winding and enriched sounds (Indian tablas, violins East ...). And it works. Since its release, June 16, the album squatte the first place of English and American charts and has already passed more than one million two hundred thousand copies in the world, including 200 000 in France. Even success with the legal downloading. iTunes has exploded and the record pre albums. Good news for EMI, which focused on this album big cushion for the plummeting sales of CDs. At the other end of the line, Chris Martin lends itself readily to the exercise of promotion with a sense of self and a modesty almost suspect for a popstar its size.

All things considered, you think you have delivered your Sergeant Pepper's to you?
Not me I would not engage in any such comparison. No album can never match the masterpiece of the Beatles. But we wanted to switch from black and white to color. In this sense, Viva la Vida is clearly inspired by Sergeant Pepper's or Achtung Baby U2. Both have marked a new direction in career groups.

You have often stated that "perfectionism <" Coldplay was your weakness. Here, you seem to have preferred a certain spontaneity ...
We are also always perfectionists, but we care. To take a picture, we decided to grow our garden without bothering about herbs crazy. Somewhere, on a "dropped dogs."

"Many people hate us"

There was an urgent need for you to take this new path?
It was necessary to break the mould. When you are a group to success, there is a risk to repeat a formula and ultimately wearying everyone. Or take advantage of this success to surround himself with talented people and seek to innovate, experiment, borrow tracks you would never have dared to borrow five years earlier.

Hence the choice of Brian Eno and Markus Dravs as producers. What have they given to the group and this album?
They managed to us out of our comfort and our habits. Brian and Markus we have both disorganized and recadrés. Above all, they had the good sense to say "stop <" at the right time. Take the song Lost. We had a first version on which we worked for nine months. And, finally, Brian Eno said: "We'll take the first version." What we recorded in twenty-five minutes ... And he was right. Without them we would probably still being fine-tune recording the album in the studio ... And Viva la Vida would probably be released around the year 2071.

The immediate success has had to reassure your own record company, EMI, weakened by the crisis in the music industry ...
I do not know.

Last year, you described the shareholders of EMI as "the great evil of this modern world" and suggested that you could leave EMI. Finally, it is not ...
You have never said that. It was our manager ...

It's the same thing ...
Yes, but it was a mistake, I admit. We all do. Every ten minutes. The last? My new haircut, I never had to opt for the ball to zero. To return to EMI, be one of the artists of the record of The Beatles is a privilege and an opportunity.

If the album works well, he also garnered criticism murdered. You've read the article by The Independent that describes your music as smooth and bland and accusing you of sealing the English pop?
No, but I know the journalist, we murders in each of our albums. Fortunately, nobody is obliged to listen to our music. Many people hate us, we consider overestimated. And this is not totally untrue. We are very strong to lay pipes unstoppable, but individually we are not such good musicians. Yet, an inexplicable alchemy transcends us.

Your song has also changed ...
I took singing lessons two years ago. And my teacher told me: "Chris, I am tired with your way of singing, I'm bored, you must evolve." I do not bored, but she was right, I knew that. So I worked ... When you are a popstar, it is always embarrassing to admit that you still have lessons to learn.

Your technical anti-big head?
I listen to the albums the Beatles, Radiohead or rapper Jay-Z. And if it does not désenfle, I could always read The Independent. "

Ahlem · 09-07-2008, 04:50 PM

hahah Mimixx, you did it

some words are in French,

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 04:55 PM

I didn't translate it, I wish my French was that good.

I know obviously google didn't know what they were.

Is better than most online translations though, you get the gist of it

Ahlem · 09-07-2008, 05:00 PM

yeah i know you didn't translate it by yourself
hum google is better than the others, fortunately i have it, because sometimes there are words that i don't understand and i need to tragnslate them in french...

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 05:03 PM

I love your avi by the way

CRYSTAL · 09-07-2008, 05:43 PM

Chris read the independent article and i just forgot that independent article,because that's not true what that journalist wrote.

He don't know what music is actually.

now i bash that journalist who wrote the article.

And Chris is not a pop star he's a rock star.

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 05:47 PM

The pop star thing could just be the way it was translated

Plus Chris calls himself a popstar all the time

CRYSTAL · 09-07-2008, 05:48 PM

once he called himself a rock star too and then he called his band a indie rock band or soft rock band too.

There are many instances of that too.

Mimixxx · 09-07-2008, 05:50 PM

Pop comes from the word popular, which is what Coldplay are.

I don't think it matters though, is only a word. They can call him Thrash metal star for all I care

Chavi · 09-07-2008, 05:53 PM

it does make sense with google translation ! or do I just understand most of it because I read the article in French so I know what it is about.. ?

doesnt surprise me much to see him calling himself a popstar.. I'd be surprised if he said he was a big Rock star, he's too modest...

09-07-2008, 01:21 AM	#16
blackchickintheback It's such a perfect day. Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,645 My Mood: Location: Virginia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Mimixxx;2437249 Thanks soooooooooooooo much for doing that! Not sure what to make of the interview though. I don't like it when he says they've come close to splitting, I hope he's just exaggerating. His dark, violent side seems to rear its ugly head much more these days too. Thanks again I don't think it's anything to worry about. He has said countless times that they argue a lot over the music, which I think is a good thing. I think a lot of bands who are really passionate come close to the brink at least one. And Chris seems to have a very strong personality, and Im sure the other do as well. Comes with the territory. Does that make sense? And after reading this bit I'm not worried. *You were talking about gang spirit – we don’t picture Coldplay in war against the rest of the world…* We’re very aware of the fact that we’re hated by a lot of people. And that, that unites us. We’re very honest to one another, we know each other better than anyone else. All of our experiences are common… Which allows us to discuss everything, calmly, from a single’s cover to a drum sound… we depend too much on each other to let one us drift, get away : we protect each other. If one falls, for a reason or another, it’s the entire band who collapses. AWWWW. __________________ Without you it's a waste of time... Jenika myspace\|\|facebook I used to rule the world, seas would rise when I gave the word...

09-07-2008, 01:24 AM	#17
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Chavi;2437280 you're being too kind ! I'm not. You have a better grasp on grammar than most English people "You're" being the perfect example. The number of people I know who spell 'you are' as 'your' It's a huge annoyance of mine Anyway, I digress... __________________ M

09-07-2008, 06:13 AM	#19
blackchickintheback It's such a perfect day. Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,645 My Mood: Location: Virginia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you, Chavi. __________________ Without you it's a waste of time... Jenika myspace\|\|facebook I used to rule the world, seas would rise when I gave the word...

09-07-2008, 04:38 PM	#20
Chavi Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,766 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	COLDPLAY "lâche les chiens" !!! "Coldplay lets the dogs out !" from the newspaper Le journal du Dimanche. you can find the interview here But I wont be able to translate it until next week, so you might want to try google for a very rough translation. [thanks Alvin13] __________________ Strasbourg Lyon Paris x2 Rotterdam Antwerp London x2 Arras Werchter Paris Nijmegen x2 London (+Christmas lights)

09-07-2008, 04:46 PM	#21
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Thank yooooooooou! Google translation isn't actually that bad Coldplay "cowardly dogs" By Eric MANDEL Le Journal du Dimanche >> Already, the cover of the album announces the colour. "Liberty Leading the People" Eugène Delacroix, barbouillée brush white: "Viva la Vida!" It was the watchword of the pasionaria Mexican brushes, Frida Kahlo, who gives his title at the fourth opus of pop-rock group the most lucrative (Radiohead) of this decade. Coldplay is a small revolution in music when the facility lurked Chris Martin and his cronies after the triumph of his first three albums sold more than 30 million copies around the world. Viva la Vida immediately captivated by his musical eclecticism and power of its melodies. While it remains true to the brand's success-a pop gracile as "smooth" by its detractors-the quartet in London is a wind blowing on his epic compositions, more dark, winding and enriched sounds (Indian tablas, violins East ...). And it works. Since its release, June 16, the album squatte the first place of English and American charts and has already passed more than one million two hundred thousand copies in the world, including 200 000 in France. Even success with the legal downloading. iTunes has exploded and the record pre albums. Good news for EMI, which focused on this album big cushion for the plummeting sales of CDs. At the other end of the line, Chris Martin lends itself readily to the exercise of promotion with a sense of self and a modesty almost suspect for a popstar its size. All things considered, you think you have delivered your Sergeant Pepper's to you? Not me I would not engage in any such comparison. No album can never match the masterpiece of the Beatles. But we wanted to switch from black and white to color. In this sense, Viva la Vida is clearly inspired by Sergeant Pepper's or Achtung Baby U2. Both have marked a new direction in career groups. You have often stated that "perfectionism <" Coldplay was your weakness. Here, you seem to have preferred a certain spontaneity ... We are also always perfectionists, but we care. To take a picture, we decided to grow our garden without bothering about herbs crazy. Somewhere, on a "dropped dogs." "Many people hate us" There was an urgent need for you to take this new path? It was necessary to break the mould. When you are a group to success, there is a risk to repeat a formula and ultimately wearying everyone. Or take advantage of this success to surround himself with talented people and seek to innovate, experiment, borrow tracks you would never have dared to borrow five years earlier. Hence the choice of Brian Eno and Markus Dravs as producers. What have they given to the group and this album? They managed to us out of our comfort and our habits. Brian and Markus we have both disorganized and recadrés. Above all, they had the good sense to say "stop <" at the right time. Take the song Lost. We had a first version on which we worked for nine months. And, finally, Brian Eno said: "We'll take the first version." What we recorded in twenty-five minutes ... And he was right. Without them we would probably still being fine-tune recording the album in the studio ... And Viva la Vida would probably be released around the year 2071. The immediate success has had to reassure your own record company, EMI, weakened by the crisis in the music industry ... I do not know. Last year, you described the shareholders of EMI as "the great evil of this modern world" and suggested that you could leave EMI. Finally, it is not ... You have never said that. It was our manager ... It's the same thing ... Yes, but it was a mistake, I admit. We all do. Every ten minutes. The last? My new haircut, I never had to opt for the ball to zero. To return to EMI, be one of the artists of the record of The Beatles is a privilege and an opportunity. If the album works well, he also garnered criticism murdered. You've read the article by The Independent that describes your music as smooth and bland and accusing you of sealing the English pop? No, but I know the journalist, we murders in each of our albums. Fortunately, nobody is obliged to listen to our music. Many people hate us, we consider overestimated. And this is not totally untrue. We are very strong to lay pipes unstoppable, but individually we are not such good musicians. Yet, an inexplicable alchemy transcends us. Your song has also changed ... I took singing lessons two years ago. And my teacher told me: "Chris, I am tired with your way of singing, I'm bored, you must evolve." I do not bored, but she was right, I knew that. So I worked ... When you are a popstar, it is always embarrassing to admit that you still have lessons to learn. Your technical anti-big head? I listen to the albums the Beatles, Radiohead or rapper Jay-Z. And if it does not désenfle, I could always read The Independent. " __________________ M

09-07-2008, 02:31 AM	#18
CRYSTAL Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,774 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	thanks chavi for the translation.

09-07-2008, 04:50 PM	#22
Ahlem Acquired Taste Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11,844 Location: à l'ouest rien de nouveau! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hahah Mimixx, you did it some words are in French, __________________ لا تفكر في المفقود حتى لا تفقد الموجود

09-07-2008, 04:55 PM	#23
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I didn't translate it, I wish my French was that good. I know obviously google didn't know what they were. Is better than most online translations though, you get the gist of it __________________ M

09-07-2008, 05:00 PM	#24
Ahlem Acquired Taste Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11,844 Location: à l'ouest rien de nouveau! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah i know you didn't translate it by yourself hum google is better than the others, fortunately i have it, because sometimes there are words that i don't understand and i need to tragnslate them in french... __________________ لا تفكر في المفقود حتى لا تفقد الموجود

09-07-2008, 05:03 PM	#25
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I love your avi by the way __________________ M

09-07-2008, 05:43 PM	#26
CRYSTAL Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,774 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Chris read the independent article and i just forgot that independent article,because that's not true what that journalist wrote. He don't know what music is actually. now i bash that journalist who wrote the article. And Chris is not a pop star he's a rock star.

09-07-2008, 05:47 PM	#27
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	The pop star thing could just be the way it was translated Plus Chris calls himself a popstar all the time __________________ M

09-07-2008, 05:48 PM	#28
CRYSTAL Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,774 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	once he called himself a rock star too and then he called his band a indie rock band or soft rock band too. There are many instances of that too.

09-07-2008, 05:50 PM	#29
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Pop comes from the word popular, which is what Coldplay are. I don't think it matters though, is only a word. They can call him Thrash metal star for all I care __________________ M

09-07-2008, 05:53 PM	#30
Chavi Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,766 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	it does make sense with google translation ! or do I just understand most of it because I read the article in French so I know what it is about.. ? doesnt surprise me much to see him calling himself a popstar.. I'd be surprised if he said he was a big Rock star, he's too modest... __________________ Strasbourg Lyon Paris x2 Rotterdam Antwerp London x2 Arras Werchter Paris Nijmegen x2 London (+Christmas lights)