Wow. I just heard this song for the first time and it's amazing. How the hell did this not make it onto X&Y? It's got a nice catchy verse and then that lovely, bittersweet chorus that reminds me so much of why I fell in love with Coldplay in the first place. Also reminds me much more of their AROBTTH days, I'm guessing that's why they never released it besides as a bonus track on the Japan disc...

 

I'll never understand why some of their B-sides never made it onto the albums...they're so good! Songs like Murder, I Ran Away, Animals, One I Love, 1.36, are some of my favorites, out of any of their material.

 

Does anyone else agree? To tell you the truth when I just heard it now I thought it had to be them doing a cover, because I couldn't see why an original this good wouldn't make it on the album. Considering songs like "The Hardest Part" or "Swallowed in the Sea" made it on the album....which were ok songs, but much inferior in my opinion....at least I have a another "new" track to listen to while I wait for the upcoming album :)

I know! So many of their B-sides are better than their A-sides. I want an album with Crests Of Waves and I Ran Away on it. I'm almost looking forward to the VLV B-sides more than the album, because they'll be their best work, musically!:)

I think most of X&Y's b-sides are much better than the a-sides... :\

yeah i cant for the life of me understand why, in particular, murder, i ran away, or animals never made it on AROBTTH. i always thought these 3 were so amazing....could be singles, let alone make it on the album. i also felt like they had a bit extra "edge" to them that could give coldplay the credit they needed against the critics who always like to make it seem like coldplay's material is "safe" ...

 

it's sad cause i can just see their stupid label advising them which songs to put on the album or not, as if they know what they're talking about. look at "gravity" for example. amazing song that got left off the album; they give the song to that band embrace, and it becomes their biggest hit! (I like the coldplay version much better too)....

 

thats why im looking foward to this new album. even though they've always made amazing music, they were always too self-conscious. it seems like now they're finally starting to say, "fuck it" which is refreshing, haha.

 

 

EDIT: Oh man, I forgot to mention Ladder in the Sun. How great is that song? I used to listen to that song 100 times a day, I swear. I wish they would have recorded that in the studio....

oh yeah tracie, i bet some of the b sides are going to be amazinggg.... i'm really stoked to hear they plan on releasing a whole b-side album. they should have done this for their previous albums too... WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

whoah... i just heard "sleeping sun" for the first time just now. im obviously really out of the loop with the X&Y b-sides... why didnt this make the album either? what the hell were they smoking when they made the final tracklisting.

I think they made the right choices, but that's probably just because I'm so used to songs being on the album and songs being b-sides. I just don't know any better.

They have some awesome b-sides. But all the a-sides are great too.