Is it just me or do you guys get a kind of Phill Collins vibe? Haha I mean I do love the song, so powerful, so dark, yet so in a way upbeat. Awesome.

I'm liking Violet hill a lot, it's growing in me after many listens...

I'm only wondering if it will have the same success as speed of sound..

 

It should do, its a gazillion times better!

When the song first started with Chris singing it was like i almost didnt recognize that it was Coldplay.I definately love the sound and direction they are going in.I cant wait for the album to come out!

Is it just me or do you guys get a kind of Phill Collins vibe? Haha I mean I do love the song, so powerful, so dark, yet so in a way upbeat. Awesome.

 

I know exactly what you mean dude, haha! I thought that a moment ago!

 

Violet Hill is great, not what I expected but great!

 

It makes a change for Chris to be singing about something other than space, pieces of puzzles or death... haha...

It's definitely not what I was expecting. After the first listen I was a little disappointed. I've listened to it a couple more times and I really really like it. I love the ending with chris and the piano. I was looking at the album cover and listening to the song and they do seem to fit.

 

It does kinda sound U2-ish, and it's definitely one of their....roughest? I was surprised. I wish it was a little longer though. Without the intro it's almost 3 minutes. Good song though.

i don't think so, to be honest.neverthless violet hill is a decent song

Speed of Sound is easier ...if a song can be easy (my English is far from good,sorry :D)

i'm worried if they are'nt because the music is totally different compared to x&Y, parachutes and arobtth.

 

but i positively think that it will be a great success.

I remembering tunning into Steve Lamacq's show when Coldplay (well Chris and Jon) released Speed of Sound. I was excited but the song wasn't my favorite.

 

Violent Hill - the complete opposite feeling. I've loved it as soon as it played. I think live - this would be a great opening song...

Speed of Sound was too easy though...this is miles better.

Agree

I think Speed of Sound is also a great song,

but Violet Hill is ... really different

and that´s what it makes so beautiful and surprising...

its sounds good , but i miss more guitar , and its recorded to bassy and lots lots of reverb in it.

But anyway has great tune in it.

The song went well above my expectations

I think it will not be better than `Parachutes` but i'm absolutely positive better than `X&Y

I think Speed of Sound is also a great song,

but Violet Hill is ... really different

and that´s what it makes so beautiful and surprising...

 

exactly ;)

It's taking me a bit to get my head around it it's so different, but it's good different.

 

I love how it sort of sounds like it came out of a different time and world, like they wrote it about some soldier long ago. Reminds me of some of the old war torn folk songs that are still floating around here if you know where to look.

oh my god

 

i listened to it for 14th times.

 

it is so

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WONDERFUL

ok, when i was trying to post here in the "great violet hill explosion of 4/29/08," there was so much webtraffic that i don't think it went through. so here i go.

 

when i first listened to it on radio 1, i was a bit surprised. i was expecting something different, something less X&Y-ish. that's not to say that i didn't like it or anything...it just threw me off a bit. so i waited until jo whiley played it again, and then i listened to the recording of the radio show (i only JUST managed to get it from the site after classes!) and popped it on my ipod before breakfast.

 

but while i was walking to class etc, i fell way more in love with it. i probably looked like an idiot, walking around campus with such a huge grin on my face, but i couldn't help but think "I'M LISTENING TO THE NEW COLDPLAY SINGLE, AND NO ONE ELSE ON CAMPUS IS!!" but i think its an absolutely brilliant song, a really great effort. i was just hoping for more of an AROBTTH or parachutes sound than X&Y, but i can't make judgement on that until i hear the entire album, can i?

 

so besides the fact that i was hoping for more simple, back-to-basics, paired-down music...i think violet hill is a great piece of work. i've already racked up 10 listens in 5 hours. that's damn good for spending most of that time in class! :D

 

i haven't read through all the posts yet, but anyone else think the lyrics are REALLY political?! :dance:

Hi amigos, I adoooooooore the title of the album :rolleyes:. Very poetic and optimistic, just what the world needs right now :kiss:

I think Violet hill is the best song of coldplay. At least their best single. I mean "don't panic", "trouble", "in my place", "the scientist" are decent but none of these songs compares to Violet hill. The moment i listened to violet hill, i forgot everything about their previous songs. Its a new start, a new light, a new era. Chris has never sung better and the lyrics are so deep, they make Goethe look like Enrique Iglesias. The melody is so melancholic, i felt like crying :( The last time i felt like that was probably listening to Mozart. The guitar solo is also fantastic, que emocion... If the entire album is as good as this single, it will definitely be one of the best pieces of art ever, I simply can't wait to listen to viva la vida (loca :P). Forget Parachutes and AROBTTH, they were just minor works. Violet hill is history.

its the most self held, compact song i think the band have ever done... hard to say whether its better than others they've done because its so different, still has a classic johnnny solo in there but i think its a direction that coldplay are smart to go, as i think if they continue to write like this, we'll get the best material out of them. to date anyway.

Hi amigos, I adoooooooore the title of the album :rolleyes:. Very poetic and optimistic, just what the world needs right now :kiss:

I think Violet hill is the best song of coldplay. At least their best single. I mean "don't panic", "trouble", "in my place", "the scientist" are decent but none of these songs compares to Violet hill. The moment i listened to violet hill, i forgot everything about their previous songs. Its a new start, a new light, a new era. Chris has never sung better and the lyrics are so deep, they make Goethe look like Enrique Iglesias. The melody is so melancholic, i felt like crying The last time i felt like that was probably listening to Mozart. The guitar solo is also fantastic, que emocion... If the entire album is as good as this single, it will definitely be one of the best pieces of art ever, I simply can't wait to listen to viva la vida (loca ). Forget Parachutes and AROBTTH, they were just minor works. Violet hill is history.

LOVE IT!!! i am gonna listen to it over and over and over....until the next single comes out. then i will listen to violet hill and new single over and over and over...

Am I crazy, but does the beat and lyrical progression feel similar to Chris' little bit in Kanye West's "Homecoming"? I listened to "Homecoming" then "Violet Hill", and there seem to be a few parallels to me.

 

 

LOVE THIS SONG.

Sorry, my dear friends, i didnt mean to post it twice...It just shows how much I love this song.

 

If this is any indication of the album, it has all the depth of some of the greatest albums ever recorded. Records like Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead are coming to mind.

 

 

you should stop with the heavy drugs,seriously.