not that i am diminishing the fantastic albums or anything, but i was inspired by VH2 showing a live performance of one i love...now i've heard a studio version of said song, as a b-side, but somehow prefer the live version and i've started to find that with a lot of their stuff...are there any coldplay songs you believe sound better live or in their studio versions?

apologies if this has been asked many a time...

I prefer the live versions of God put a Smile upon Your Face over the studio. The studio recording sounds too soft, I like the heavy sound they add to it with the live versions.

I also like Politik live but I think that sometimes the studio recording is slightly better.

daylight is much better live

i find it good to download lots and lots of live gigs, to hear a variety of versions of songs. Because then when you listen to the album on occasion, it still sounds quite fresh

Songs better live:

1) Daylight

2) Don't Panic

3) One I Love

 

Songs better album:

1) In My Place

2) Shiver

3) Speed Of Sound ;)

I think that Clocks sound better in studio version than the live versión... Respect of Speed of Sound, there´s an instrumental version that sound much better than the radio version :D

agree with the original post about One I Love being better live. In fact, I reckon it's far far superior live. The studio version is really lame and lacks the balls that it has when they play it live. I tend to find that with most of their songs - they are better live than recorded.

For me, It took listening to Coldplay live to really get into them. I still listen to the albums, but am always a fan of live music.

i agree...the first time i got into coldplay was when i saw the live 2003 dvd. it absolutly blew me away and I imediately bought every thing they did. Live all the way!!!