Thoughts on the 'revealed' song names for the LP5.

Saketblitz · 28-11-2010, 06:05 PM

I wonder how Brian Eno let Chris Martin name songs like 'Hurts like Heaven' and 'Every teardrop is a waterfall'... Honestly they seems very umm... Pop sounding songs, not Rock.. Pop. I hope I am proved wrong on this one.

Lore · 28-11-2010, 06:10 PM

yeah those names are terrible, but saying "I wonder how Brian Eno let CM name songs bla bla bla" is like... I don't know, I don't like it. I mean I don't think Brian Eno has or should have that kind of power.

Hartroc · 28-11-2010, 06:11 PM

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"... Honestly they seems very umm..."

My thoughts exactly.

Hopefully, it's all a big joke.

Nattatouille · 28-11-2010, 06:16 PM

I'm pretty sure Eno has no say over anything like that actually...

footyfan10 · 28-11-2010, 06:19 PM

I doubt Eno busies himself with the titles of Coldplay songs. While he has become essentially an unnamed member of U2 when he produces their albums, I think he's much more of a guiding presence with Coldplay. I'm a fan who likes his guiding presence, but I really doubt he's had much to do with those...those...atrocious song titles.

Someone mentioned in another thread that "Everything's Not Lost" is a particularly syrupy title and that these, comparatively, weren't that bad. However, I think there's a difference with a title like ENL where you're making a statement anyone would make and title like Hurts like Heaven or Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - dramatic similes that would never be uttered.

I don't know - me hopes it was Chris pulling the persons leg. They do say they sometimes try to throw people off...

pommeline · 28-11-2010, 06:25 PM

Not rock, how so?

"Hurts Like Heaven" is being used as a metaphor, I can deduce, and "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" is damn right poetic (LOL, maybe it's because I'm a woman).

But we won't know the true meaning of the titles until we hear the complete lyrics. "Up With The Birds" sounds funny though.

Technicolor Liver · 28-11-2010, 06:27 PM

I like "Up With The Birds" over all of them!

But I think Brian Eno controls the music, I think the guys control the titles and lyrics.

The Doctor · 28-11-2010, 06:29 PM

Up With The Birds sounds dreamy for me

Crests · 28-11-2010, 06:29 PM

They make me think of like Nelly Furtado or something.

SwallowedInSea · 28-11-2010, 06:31 PM

At first I thought they sounded silly, but remember when we found out some titles for the last album? I thought Lovers in Japan sounded silly too, and look how wrong I was!

I guess we can't really judge until we hear the songs.

Technicolor Liver · 28-11-2010, 06:31 PM

I think I figured it out!

Ok so I think that the song titles are amazing, but not for Coldplay. I think they would be better for someone like Nelly Furtado or some other female pop artist!

Mimixxx · 28-11-2010, 06:35 PM

They are bloody awful titles....but I was dead against Viva La Vida as a title, last time around and it turned out to be great. That's not to say the same thing will happen this time.

The Every Drop is a Waterfall title is written on the wall though, so unfortunately I doubt it's a joke.

rudy_o · 28-11-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Crests of Daylight;4562103
They make me think of like Nelly Furtado or something.

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footyfan10 · 28-11-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Technicolor Liver;4562107
I think I figured it out!
Ok so I think that the song titles are amazing, but not for Coldplay. I think they would be better for someone like Nelly Furtado or some other female pop artist!

Yeah, I think they're just a bit much for Coldplay. I mean, I'm a guy and I love Coldplay, but these titles seem way too serious (in the wrong way) and (in regards to Up With the Birds) silly.

I personally never felt any of the titles for Viva sounded dumb when I heard them. I found them intriguingly vague. I feel like the music that would accompany these songs would have to fit the titles perfectly. There's no room for Up With the Birds to be a serious piece of rock jamming. And Every Teardrop is a Waterfall would just have to be a tear jerker.

I think one thing you can say about Coldplay titles, aside from Fix You and Everything's Not Lost, is that they are always detached enough from the song to sound cool by themselves - The Scientist, Viva la Vida, Clocks, Life In Technicolor, Violet Hill - they have their own auras.

I mean, consider that people on Coldplaying are still hoping to hear Famous Old Painters simply on the fact that it has the name it does.

But I'd be perfectly happy to eat my words if the songs turned out to be awesome.

coldplayisawesome · 28-11-2010, 06:42 PM

Up With the Birds makes me think of this:

YouTube - For the Birds Pixar Short Movie

i like the titles. i can see how many they could come across as "awful," but i have enough faith in Coldplay that i'm sure the songs themselves will be fine

28-11-2010, 06:05 PM	#1
Saketblitz Blitzkreig Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 370 Location: Noida Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Thoughts on the 'revealed' song names for the LP5. I wonder how Brian Eno let Chris Martin name songs like 'Hurts like Heaven' and 'Every teardrop is a waterfall'... Honestly they seems very umm... Pop sounding songs, not Rock.. Pop. I hope I am proved wrong on this one.

28-11-2010, 06:11 PM	#3
Hartroc Dancing Politik Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 891 My Mood: Location: In a Separate Sky Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	: Quote: "... Honestly they seems very umm..." My thoughts exactly. Hopefully, it's all a big joke. __________________

28-11-2010, 06:16 PM	#4
Nattatouille Coldplay Choir Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,941 My Mood: Location: Southampton, UK Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 18 Thanked 69 Times in 36 Posts	I'm pretty sure Eno has no say over anything like that actually... __________________ Palma Violets 10-1 // The Vaccines 22-1 // Temples, LULS, Drenge, Wolf Alice 26-1 // Two Door Cinema Club 28-1 // Everything Everything 6-2 // Hurts 7-2 // Swim Deep 14-2 // Django Django, Miles Kane, Peace, Palma Violets 20-2, 21-2, 23-2 // Kaiser Chiefs 25-2 // Palma Violets 28-2 // Tom Odell 11-3// Theme Park 12-3 // Palma Violets 9-4 // Other Tribe 20-4 //Phoenix 20-4 // Cave Painting 10-5 // Takedown Festival 11-5 // The Great Escape 16-5, 17-5, 18-5 // Postal Service 20-5 // Black Books 22-5 // Dutch Uncles 24-5 // Muse 25-5 // Drenge 7-6 // Splash 8-6 // Kings of Leon 12-6 // The Killers 22-6 // Vampire Weekend 28-6 // John Mayer 20-10 // The Feeling 25-10 // Hurts 26-10 // Quote: Originally Posted by Hysteria;4810300 I think Natt just Wolstenowned him.

28-11-2010, 06:19 PM	#5
footyfan10 The Scientist Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 800 Location: Washington, DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I doubt Eno busies himself with the titles of Coldplay songs. While he has become essentially an unnamed member of U2 when he produces their albums, I think he's much more of a guiding presence with Coldplay. I'm a fan who likes his guiding presence, but I really doubt he's had much to do with those...those...atrocious song titles. Someone mentioned in another thread that "Everything's Not Lost" is a particularly syrupy title and that these, comparatively, weren't that bad. However, I think there's a difference with a title like ENL where you're making a statement anyone would make and title like Hurts like Heaven or Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - dramatic similes that would never be uttered. I don't know - me hopes it was Chris pulling the persons leg. They do say they sometimes try to throw people off... __________________ swoop down from the sky and catch me like a bird of prey

28-11-2010, 06:29 PM	#8
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28-11-2010, 06:10 PM	#2
Lore Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 53,467 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 9 Thanked 33 Times in 29 Posts	yeah those names are terrible, but saying "I wonder how Brian Eno let CM name songs bla bla bla" is like... I don't know, I don't like it. I mean I don't think Brian Eno has or should have that kind of power.

28-11-2010, 06:25 PM	#6
pommeline Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 289 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not rock, how so? "Hurts Like Heaven" is being used as a metaphor, I can deduce, and "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" is damn right poetic (LOL, maybe it's because I'm a woman). But we won't know the true meaning of the titles until we hear the complete lyrics. "Up With The Birds" sounds funny though.

28-11-2010, 06:27 PM	#7
Technicolor Liver I'm Anthony! Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,128 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I like "Up With The Birds" over all of them! But I think Brian Eno controls the music, I think the guys control the titles and lyrics.

28-11-2010, 06:29 PM	#9
Crests tiger! fire! cyber! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 151,916 My Mood: Country: Chat posts: 20 Thanks given: 46 Thanked 80 Times in 63 Posts	They make me think of like Nelly Furtado or something. __________________ ♪

28-11-2010, 06:31 PM	#10
SwallowedInSea Sarah :) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,809 My Mood: Location: Where everybody's got somebody to lean on Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	At first I thought they sounded silly, but remember when we found out some titles for the last album? I thought Lovers in Japan sounded silly too, and look how wrong I was! I guess we can't really judge until we hear the songs.

28-11-2010, 06:31 PM	#11
Technicolor Liver I'm Anthony! Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,128 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think I figured it out! Ok so I think that the song titles are amazing, but not for Coldplay. I think they would be better for someone like Nelly Furtado or some other female pop artist!

28-11-2010, 06:35 PM	#12
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	They are bloody awful titles....but I was dead against Viva La Vida as a title, last time around and it turned out to be great. That's not to say the same thing will happen this time. The Every Drop is a Waterfall title is written on the wall though, so unfortunately I doubt it's a joke. __________________ M

28-11-2010, 06:38 PM	#13
rudy_o Joy, it's all founded Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 34,615 Location: Wisconsin Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Crests of Daylight;4562103 They make me think of like Nelly Furtado or something. . __________________ last.fm \| tumblr Lover, the weather is changing everyday. I won't.

28-11-2010, 06:41 PM	#14
footyfan10 The Scientist Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 800 Location: Washington, DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Technicolor Liver;4562107 I think I figured it out! Ok so I think that the song titles are amazing, but not for Coldplay. I think they would be better for someone like Nelly Furtado or some other female pop artist! Yeah, I think they're just a bit much for Coldplay. I mean, I'm a guy and I love Coldplay, but these titles seem way too serious (in the wrong way) and (in regards to Up With the Birds) silly. I personally never felt any of the titles for Viva sounded dumb when I heard them. I found them intriguingly vague. I feel like the music that would accompany these songs would have to fit the titles perfectly. There's no room for Up With the Birds to be a serious piece of rock jamming. And Every Teardrop is a Waterfall would just have to be a tear jerker. I think one thing you can say about Coldplay titles, aside from Fix You and Everything's Not Lost, is that they are always detached enough from the song to sound cool by themselves - The Scientist, Viva la Vida, Clocks, Life In Technicolor, Violet Hill - they have their own auras. I mean, consider that people on Coldplaying are still hoping to hear Famous Old Painters simply on the fact that it has the name it does. But I'd be perfectly happy to eat my words if the songs turned out to be awesome. __________________ swoop down from the sky and catch me like a bird of prey