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From NME... New Coldplay Track Descriptions

 

Posted on: Jan 16, 2005 - 11:26 AM by busybeeburns

 

 

 

Square One:

Probable first single. Built around a subtle electronic drum beat reminiscent of Brian Eno or Berlin-period Bowie, the song builds into a huge chorus featuring massive guitars and organ. Like Radioheads Paranoid Android it's perplexing on the first listen and appears to go off on different tangents, but after a few spins it sounds like their most ambitious and possibly best song yet.

 

What If:

Starting with a simple piano, a fragile-sounding Chris sings, " What if you decide/You dont want me there by your side..in your life ". Realising that he cant completely control everything in life, he concludes " Every step you take could be your biggest mistake.../But that's the risk you take ". This albums The Scientist.

 

Talk:

Another future single, 'Talk' takes the riff from electronic music legends Kraftwerk's Computer Love and builds a completely new song. It keeps the mechanical beat of the original but adds a huge guitar and dancefloor filling bass-line. Stadiums wont be big enough to contain it.

 

'Til Kingdom Come:

This was written for Johnny Cash but he died before he could record it. Coldplays version is a sweet Dylan-esque folk song on acoustic guitar. " For you I'd wait til kingdom come/Until my days, my days are done." Chris vows.

 

X&Y:

The dreamy, synth heavy song features the chorus, " You and me are floating on a tidal wave together/You and me are drifting into outer space ." Beatles style strings suddenly appear towards the end, and the anthemic singalong " woo-hoo-hoo " outro is set to become the sound of next summers festivals.

 

The Hardest Part:

A classic Coldplay love song about loss and heartbreak, in which Chris sings, "The hardest part was letting go, not taking part."

Square One is my favourite so far...

It sounds well intriguing...

:D

When you said that song was written for Johnny Cash, what did you mean? Did Coldplay write the song or are they using a song someone else wrote. I hope everything on the album is written by the band, and not someone else.

They wrote it for him.

this sounds great!!! I cant wait... I´m really curious about "what if"... :)

 

 

See you soon Mexico: Zu

All the descriptions of electronic drum beats and synths and such makes this album sound as if it'll be overproduced.

 

I hope this doesn't end up like a David Gray "A New Day At Midnight" bomb. I could name other bands and other albums, but when he made White Ladder with more electronic beats and such, it was fine. It was "A New Day..." that took it too far. I hope Coldplay doesn't take it too far.

All the descriptions of electronic drum beats and synths and such makes this album sound as if it'll be overproduced.

 

Yeah, that's what I was just thinking. :stunned:

I can't wait to see the full album!!