Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 viva la vida or death and all his friends it's too long :P ok... no comments, just the news so it'll be easier to find the news if you don't come here every hour or every day 17/03 Images of Coldplay's new website 18/03 Viva La Vida 18/03 Rolling Stone Exclusive: Coldplay’s New Album Title Revealed 19/03 "42", First single? 19/03 Coldplay.com update 20/03 Album title confirmed! 20/03 Rolling Stone Article: "In the studio: Coldplay" 20/03 Coldplay's Chris Martin admits he's useless at naming things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 March 17 2008 (and the madness started) New images of Coldplay's new website have surfaced via their official web designers, SlenderFungus.com. In them, are confirmation that the album title has already been announced, as well a forthcoming signed Lithograph competition. There is reference to lyrics from Yes! and image references to Death And All His Friends, Chinese Sleep Chant, and 'Viva La Vida' which was part of the short film previously seen during Coldplay's chronology timeline. There is also an article awaiting us from Chris Martin, who offers more on the new album, and says LP4 will be 'driving music'. The screenshots also give a clue to three new concert dates for the UK as 25th June at London's Wembley Arena, 26th June in Birmingham and 29th June at the Apollo in Manchester. Could these screenshots be a hoax? Were they meant to be visible on slenderfungus website? Have Coldplay found out or were they waiting for the screenshots to be 'discovered'? http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 March 18 2008 Coldplay’s fourth album, due out on June 16th [uK], June 17th [uS], will be called Viva la Vida. Singer Chris Martin chose it after seeing the phrase, which means “long live life,” on a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who endured polio, a broken spine, and chronic pain for decades. “She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said ‘Viva la Vida,’” says Martin. “I just loved the boldness of it.” Of course, Frida Kahlo will not be the first name that jumps to most peoples’ minds when they hear the phrase. “Everyone thinks it comes from Ricky Martin, which is fine. I have absolute respect,” says the singer, who gave Coldplay its original name, Pectoralz, and named his children Apple and Moses. “I’ve been through this before, naming something or someone and everyone saying that ‘That’s a terrible name’. But then saying, ‘Well, fuck you, that’s what it’s called, and I’ll be proved to be right eventually’. So when Viva la Vida came along, I was kind of annoyed because I’m going to have to try and convince everybody of this, but it just felt right.” http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 march 19 At the UKMIX site's latest UK album/single release schedule, which appears to be usually quite accurate, Coldplay's first single will be '42'. No date is given for the release but it is beyond the week of 19th May 2008, which ties in with the release of the new album 'Viva la Vida' on 16th June. More on this here [thanks DefDazz] http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 March 19 Coldplay.com update Portland, Maine March 19, 2008 Album should be finished by the end of the week. I'll write up a tracklisting once we've finally decided what it's going to be. Prospekt. PS - The actual title of the album is... 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends' We're finalising the tracklisting today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends' is confimed as the new Coldplay album title. Prospekt has updated the new entry today on coldplay.com and has added quotes around BOTH titles which suggests that the title is "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends", following the strong possibility that their original post was misinterpreted. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 March 20 rollingstone.com: "In The studio: Coldplay" On a Saturday night in late February, Coldplay are in their North London headquarters, listening to mixes of new songs. After spending months writing and recording with producer Brian Eno, the band is now painstakingly wrapping up its fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. A few weeks ago, Eno jetted off to work on U2’s new disc, leaving Coldplay to mix, record overdubs and argue over which tracks to include. “I heard a Bono quote once that said, ‘Bands shouldn’t break up over money, they should break up over the track listing,’” says frontman Chris Martin. “Nothing could be more pertinent at this point.” Earlier in the day, the group agreed on a core of six songs to anchor the album — and swore to finally stop recording and focus on mixing. While the other three members sit in a lounge listening to a mix of their new Afro-pop-influenced song “Strawberry Swing,” Martin bursts out of the studio and asks guitarist Jonny Buckland to recut some parts for “42.” The track — a thrilling three-part soundscape with multitracked pianos, swirling strings and looped beats — is one of the songs everyone in the band loves and is a front-runner for first single. With a quick eye roll, Buckland follows Martin into the studio, where they spend the next hour trying increasingly heavy guitar parts. Finally, with Martin pushing Buckland for one more take, the guitarist pushes back. “I think it’s fine the way it is,” he says, before agreeing to give it one more try. “It feels like we’ve been finishing the album for six months,” Buckland says later. “The starting stage was enjoyable — there wasn’t too much hair-pulling. In the middle stage, suddenly you start thinking, ‘Well, we’ve got to figure out which songs are good.’ And this final stage, which has been going on for quite some time, is getting more and more intense.” With Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay are making a sharp break from the piano-and-guitar-driven anthems that have been their biggest hits. “We felt like the first three albums were a trilogy, and we finished that,” says Buckland. “We wanted to do something different.” The band plans to reintroduce itself with “Violet Hill,” which will be given away in a promotion before Viva comes out. It opens with a jagged, distorted guitar riff and settles into a stalking, bluesy beat. Among the biggest changes on the disc is Martin’s voice, which has largely shifted from his trademark falsetto into a deeper register. On “Yes,” over an irresistible North African strings-and-percussion arrangement, he practically moans, “If you’d only, if you’d only say yes . . . I’m just so tired of this loneliness.” “My singing teacher said that it got her aroused when I sang low,” says Martin. Despite the 11 million albums Coldplay have sold, the singer sees Viva as a make-or-break proposition. “This could be our last shot at the big time,” he says. “It’s something in my head, as in artistic relevance. There’s a voice that comes at three in the morning with songs. There might come an age when you say, ‘Ah, fuck it, I’m going to go back to sleep.’ But I’m still at the point where I’ll get up and work it out. Tom Waits or Bob Dylan said sometimes these things bug you until you deal with them. I suppose it’s like the urge to masturbate.” Adds bassist Guy Berryman, “Great bands — Pink Floyd, the Beatles — they’re always exploring.” Back in the studio, close to 2 a.m., Buckland and Martin play the middle section of “42″ over and over, trying to create the perfect guitar line. As it turns out, the late-night overdubs were inspired by an offhand comment Martin heard about the song sounding like Radiohead. “There’s nothing wrong with sounding like Radiohead,” Martin says. “It’s just, when I hear it in my head, that’s not how it sounds. We have to make it right.” For more on Coldplay’s new album, click here. [Photo: Daniel Green] Evan Serpick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 march 18 Rolling Stone Exclusive: Coldplay's new album title revealed http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/03/18/rolling-stone-exclusive-coldplays-new-album-title-revealed/ Coldplay’s fourth album, due out on June 17th, will be called Viva la Vida. Singer Chris Martin chose it after seeing the phrase, which means “long live life,” on a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who endured polio, a broken spine, and chronic pain for decades. “She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said ‘Viva la Vida,’” says Martin. “I just loved the boldness of it.” Of course, Frida Kahlo will not be the first name that jumps to most peoples’ minds when they hear the phrase. “Everyone thinks it comes from Ricky Martin, which is fine. I have absolute respect,” says the singer, who gave Coldplay its original name, Pectoralz, and named his children Apple and Moses. “I’ve been through this before, naming something or someone and everyone saying that ‘That’s a terrible name’. But then saying, ‘Well, fuck you, that’s what it’s called, and I’ll be proved to be right eventually’. So when Viva la Vida came along, I was kind of annoyed because I’m going to have to try and convince everybody of this, but it just felt right.” more here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Following yesterday's announcement that Coldplay's new album will be called 'Viva la Vida', Chris Martin has admitted there's always fuss about him naming things. He said: "I've been through this before, naming something or someone and everyone saying 'That's a terrible name,'" (The Sun) http://www.nme.com/news/daily-ligger/35320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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