...What would be included?

 

Imagine you have the final say of what b-sides to include on a compilation album of coldplay b-sides released say early 2007 to fill the gap between X&Y and Album 4, what b-sides would you put on it.

A mix of old and modern

A mix of live and studio

 

Bigger Stronger

One I Love (live from somewhere)

Easy To Please

Animals

How You See The World

I Bloom Blaum

Moses (live)

Careful Where You Stand

See You Soon (Live Glastonbury 2002 - how could you not end with this)

BTW, Ian is this in the right section of the forum, because I was spilt between here or in the general colplay chatters (f=16)

okay, let's clear up something. a b-sides album means at least 14-15 tracks for me. normal case = 17 probably

 

they might have around 20 during their 3 albums. i would drop 3 b-sides from X&Y (Gravity - you messed up it Chris when you gave it to Danny)

(Pour Me - unfinished, i hope they will re-release it)

(TWTUD - but it's dreadful)

 

and 2 from Parachutes era:

 

(No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground - listened to it twice, was enough)

(Easy To Please - NO!)

 

20-5 looks fine for me,

 

15 songs with a good mix = better than X&Y

Coldplay's only b-sides are (might be missing a few live tracks):

 

Only Superstition

Easy To Please

For You

Careful Where You Stand

No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground

Help Is Round The Corner

Brothers & Sisters (New Version)

Shiver (Live)

Bigger Stronger (Live)

You Only Live Twice (Live)

One I Love

i bloom blaum

1:36

I Ran Away

Crests Of Waves

Animals

In My Place (Live)

Yellow (Live)

Murder

Lips Like Sugar (Live)

Politik (Live)

Things I Don't Understand

Proof

The World Turned Upside Down

Pour Me (Live)

Sleeping Sun

Gravity

How You See The World (Live)

 

 

Just because a track isn't on an album doesn't automaticly make it a b-side. For a song to be a "b-side" it has to be on some sort of single format that is not the a-side.

 

For me, I would use of them minus the live tracks and any alternate versions. Just leave it to the standard tracks.

 

 

 

Dave

But if you used all those offical b-sides, would it all fit onto the single disc?

 

They should do a b-side album, so that fans in america or other places where your can't always get the orginal single without paying over the odds for an import.

all of them, as I've not heard of half the ones I've seen listed!!!

My dream-album would be the following:

 

Easy To Please

Only Superstition

For You

Help Is Round The Corner

Spies (live op Lowlands 2000)

One I Love (live)

i bloom blaum

1.36

I Ran Away :rolleyes: :rolleyes3:

Animals

Murder

Proof

The World Turned Upside Down

Sleeping Sun

Gravity

How You See The World (live)

B-Sides & Rarities!

 

I think that the best way to do a b-sides collection (really, it's not an album) is to be completely exhaustive. I think they ought to wait awhile, and after they've done another album or two, release a box set. The Cure's Join The Dots is a phenomenal example of this. It's got every b-side, all the remixes and one-offs that appeared on comps or in magazines. They should trash any live versions of songs that appear on proper albums (but songs like Lips like Sugar & Mooie Ellabogen could be on there), and also any crappy edits or radio versions of songs, because really, who cares? If I want to hear Yellow or The Scientist, I want to hear it in all it's glory, not some cut down hacked job. And they should include ALL the cool stuff, like the Clocks remixes (but only one version of each remix, we don't need the instrumental version or any remix that's a daft close-to-the-original uninspired turd) and especially the Alpha Remix of Yellow, as that's the greatest! And the track listing ought to be in chronological order, so you can follow their progression! That's how I feel anyway :)

My pick'd be...

 

Easy To Please

For You

Careful Where You Stand

No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground

Help Is Round The Corner

Bigger Stronger (Live)

You Only Live Twice (Live)

i bloom blaum

I Ran Away

Crests Of Waves

Proof

The World Turned Upside Down

Sleeping Sun

Gravity

things i dont undersatnd!!!! yay!! lovee that song...

no more keeping my feet on the ground

only superstition

crests of waves

i ran away

one i love

things i dont understand

the world turned upside down

murder

sleeping sun

see you soon

gravity

proof

Bigger Stronger

No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground

Murder

How You See The World

For You

I Ran Away

I Bloom Blaum

Animals

Things I Don't Understand

Gravity

Crest Of Waves

Careful Where You Stand

Only Superstition

Moses

 

I wish I could put Where Is My Boy in there but its not a b-side

Guess I'm in the minority then, as I've always really liked See You Soon - even if it is the best song Nick Drake never got round to writing :D

 

Tim

Guess I'm in the minority then, as I've always really liked See You Soon - even if it is the best song Nick Drake never got round to writing :D

 

Tim

 

I Completely agree!!!!! Love this song. All Coldplay fans should get Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake too! :-D