i was at alpine! it wasnt messed up at the end!

 

ya i know i accidently said alpine it was an accident i was there 2

He messed up the words to In My Place in Vancouver, Also listen to the audio clip from the first vancouver show on the coldplayer thing

 

there is no way they are faking it live

I know for a fact they dont use Pre-recorded things at concerts, because During the Vancouver 26th concert he made a mistake in The Scientist , he started singing " Nobody said it was easy" when he was supposed to go to the next verse, he realized this mistake and quickly changed to the next verse, lol, it was barley noticable, he covered it up well.

Just a quick question... why does the guy on the side play the guitar for Yellow? I'm just not understanding this right now :confused:

Well certainly they cannot reproduce particular sounds on stage (orchestra type stuff and unique studio version sounds). Will sings along with Chris a lot of times too, so your friend may think Chris is singing over a recording. I've seen them live twice now, and Chris has played off-key on the piano and guitar a few times. Also, both times they played Talk, they sounded like they were playing in a different key during the chorus riff. He also varies his tones and lyrics every performance. They ALSO had a month off, so Chris's voice was as rested as it's been in a year for the Seattle show.

Umm' date=' you do know that someone off-stage has been playing the guitar for yellow since 2002, right?[/quote']

 

i think that was hoppy or the other tehnician, but no...he doesn't play it anymore with them (yellow), but he does play a bit in the scientist.. ;)

i don't think so. but in the EMA awards i saw Chris Martin chewing a piece of gum...i thought that was funny

he does play it in scientist... he said it himself he plays a bit in scientist and yellow on tour 2002/3. ;)

Hi.....one of my first posts here...I just have to comment on this.

 

First of all, let me just say that I am a HUGE Coldplay fan...I think they are a great band and have such a gift for writing great melodies...and I'm not trying to bash them here. I've seen them more than once and have all their albums (listening to one right now)

 

BUT

 

There is one thing that bugs me....(as a musician). When I go to see a live concert I like to see 'live' music.

 

I know that they are all playing live but there are lots of other instruments being played - either offstage or perhaps pre-recorded.

 

I saw Coldplay on the Rush of Blood to the Head tour and was sitting to the side of the stage. During Yellow I could see the roadie playing the acoustic guitar part. This kind of bugged me because he was hidden in the shadows at the side of the stage. Most musicians would want the public to know that this was happening. I think it's safe to say that many other groups would either alter the musical arrangement or have a backup musician on stage with them. That acoustic guitar part is central to the whole song! Most bands I think would not want a whole acoustic rhythm section to be played by a 'phantom' player. There is a part at the end of the song where no one onstage is playing anything and you still hear the acoustic guitar. I mean...I would think that Coldplay as musicians and as a band would want to mention this - because otherwise you lose some credulity with your fans...particularly the ones who are musicians. It may appear to the majority of the audience that you are playing along to a recording. And we all know that Coldplay is much more talented than say...I don't know...who do we think of when we hear about pre-recorded music....Ashley Simpson!

 

So when I saw Coldplay a couple of weeks ago in Vancouver, I was so so happy to see Chris playing the rhythm guitar part in Yellow(now electric, instead of acoustic). THAT'S WHAT I PAY MONEY TO SEE! LIVE MUSIC! So for that song, everyone was right there playing all the instruments. It was an awesome performance!

 

But for quite a few other songs, for example Politik at the end - all the string sounds, or In My Place in the first verse...it's just drums and singing and violions and cellos...but nobody visible is playing the strings...if you took that away it would just be Chris singing and the drums. Why couldn't Guy Berryman play that part on his keyboard at the side while they did this or perhaps trigger a sample? There is no bass required at this point in the song. Anyways, I realize that a lot of bands use pre-recorded stuff but still...it would be nice to see the backup musicians acknowledged.

 

So I think the backup musicians should get more credit.(provided all the strings and keyboard parts are performed by them...who knows...maybe they are prerecorded?)

Another option that some bands use is to trigger sample loops of pre-recorded sounds live. Even that is a bit better because you can see them pressing the button to trigger the sound and they still have to play along in time. I think at least that way is a little more 'honest' to the fans and is more 'live'.

 

 

Another interesting thing I noticed. If you watch Coldplay's performance on Live 8, when they are doing the duet with Richard Ashcroft for Bittersweet symphony, there are 2 times where the camera zooms in for a closeup of Chris' hands while he's playing and you can clearly see a couple piano keys moving up and down by themselves. His fingers are on different keys....now I'm not sure what to make of this. Perhaps because this is not one of their songs he has the keyboard programmed for some of the parts. But he was playing the chords over top (different notes mind you). You could hear it and see where his hands were that it was live. But as for the extra phantom keys - who knows? Very strange.

 

 

Anyways, that's my one beef with this band. I was searching around on the net to find some explanation for how they pull off their music live, or for some explanation as to these extra sounds and this was the only post I could find.

 

That being said I still love their music and have no doubt that the majority of parts are being played live.

 

So as far as the first post in this thread. Tell your retarted (just preserving the original spelling :) ) friend that Coldplay definitely does play live! And if he's not a musician, don't bother mentioning all this other stuff. But if he asks, just tell him they use backup musicians behind the stage.

 

Thanks for listening!

I've noticed some extra stuff that the band does not do, such as the intro into Square One as they come on stage, and the end of The Scientist when they are preparing for Til Kingdom Come. Thats about all, just a little bit of pre-recorded instrument stuff.

Hey, I think your friend needs to be shot. Immediately. Hahaha just kidding. Send him over to the boards and we'll take care of him, k? "And our hearts were singin, IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMAS TIME!!!" :lol: :lol:

Those lifesize puppets sure have really good aposable thumbs!

 

I just saw Coldplay at The Forum. During "'Til Kingdom Come", Chris stopped after one line in the chorus and said that wasn't good and started again. And last summer at Verizon Wireless, during the last couple of lines of "Swallowed in The Sea", Chris messed up the beat and said "oh shit" during the song.

In Anaheim on Feb 6th Chris forgot the words to the end of Don't Panic something like: "Oh, all that I know...I forgot the words..." Then they stoped and restarted the end.

He forgot the words in Trouble, not Don't Panic I believe. Hmm, I have to check my vids again, because I remember laughing my ass off in the Trouble videos, but maybe because I'm always on crack. :lol:

^^Seconded.

Hi.....one of my first posts here...I just have to comment on this.

 

First of all, let me just say that I am a HUGE Coldplay fan...I think they are a great band and have such a gift for writing great melodies...and I'm not trying to bash them here. I've seen them more than once and have all their albums (listening to one right now)

 

BUT

 

There is one thing that bugs me....(as a musician). When I go to see a live concert I like to see 'live' music.

 

I know that they are all playing live but there are lots of other instruments being played - either offstage or perhaps pre-recorded.

 

I saw Coldplay on the Rush of Blood to the Head tour and was sitting to the side of the stage. During Yellow I could see the roadie playing the acoustic guitar part. This kind of bugged me because he was hidden in the shadows at the side of the stage. Most musicians would want the public to know that this was happening. I think it's safe to say that many other groups would either alter the musical arrangement or have a backup musician on stage with them. That acoustic guitar part is central to the whole song! Most bands I think would not want a whole acoustic rhythm section to be played by a 'phantom' player. There is a part at the end of the song where no one onstage is playing anything and you still hear the acoustic guitar. I mean...I would think that Coldplay as musicians and as a band would want to mention this - because otherwise you lose some credulity with your fans...particularly the ones who are musicians. It may appear to the majority of the audience that you are playing along to a recording. And we all know that Coldplay is much more talented than say...I don't know...who do we think of when we hear about pre-recorded music....Ashley Simpson!

 

So when I saw Coldplay a couple of weeks ago in Vancouver, I was so so happy to see Chris playing the rhythm guitar part in Yellow(now electric, instead of acoustic). THAT'S WHAT I PAY MONEY TO SEE! LIVE MUSIC! So for that song, everyone was right there playing all the instruments. It was an awesome performance!

 

But for quite a few other songs, for example Politik at the end - all the string sounds, or In My Place in the first verse...it's just drums and singing and violions and cellos...but nobody visible is playing the strings...if you took that away it would just be Chris singing and the drums. Why couldn't Guy Berryman play that part on his keyboard at the side while they did this or perhaps trigger a sample? There is no bass required at this point in the song. Anyways, I realize that a lot of bands use pre-recorded stuff but still...it would be nice to see the backup musicians acknowledged.

 

So I think the backup musicians should get more credit.(provided all the strings and keyboard parts are performed by them...who knows...maybe they are prerecorded?)

Another option that some bands use is to trigger sample loops of pre-recorded sounds live. Even that is a bit better because you can see them pressing the button to trigger the sound and they still have to play along in time. I think at least that way is a little more 'honest' to the fans and is more 'live'.

 

 

Another interesting thing I noticed. If you watch Coldplay's performance on Live 8, when they are doing the duet with Richard Ashcroft for Bittersweet symphony, there are 2 times where the camera zooms in for a closeup of Chris' hands while he's playing and you can clearly see a couple piano keys moving up and down by themselves. His fingers are on different keys....now I'm not sure what to make of this. Perhaps because this is not one of their songs he has the keyboard programmed for some of the parts. But he was playing the chords over top (different notes mind you). You could hear it and see where his hands were that it was live. But as for the extra phantom keys - who knows? Very strange.

 

 

Anyways, that's my one beef with this band. I was searching around on the net to find some explanation for how they pull off their music live, or for some explanation as to these extra sounds and this was the only post I could find.

 

That being said I still love their music and have no doubt that the majority of parts are being played live.

 

So as far as the first post in this thread. Tell your retarted (just preserving the original spelling :) ) friend that Coldplay definitely does play live! And if he's not a musician, don't bother mentioning all this other stuff. But if he asks, just tell him they use backup musicians behind the stage.

 

Thanks for listening!

(as for EXTRAS-phantoms as you call them)

they got credited officially and not once mentioned in band's interviews. ;)

hahaha

 

obviously they're playing live

 

chris screws up a lot. :)

 

he started playing the start of "Warning Sign", and stopped and said "sorry we haven't played this in a while (plays a few chords), okay."

 

and a lot of times he starts playing a song and stops it because he forgot to say something, then starts it up again. haha

 

Chris messed up on Til Kindgom Come when I saw them live. It had me dying. :lol: That man is too damn adorable :blush:

it's live, why? because while singing fix you at the concert in san jose this year he choked up and had to stop singing. the crowd kept singing but he just kept playing the piano.