Entertainment Weekly Article with Coldplay (four songs discussed)

[footyfan10]

I get entertainment weekly and was reading it when I came up this article. I'm not sure if this has been posted. It's a pretty basic article, but it outlines some stuff about cemetarties of london, 42 and lovers in japan, albeit not in great detail.

 

Right now I'm having some trouble posting the actual scan of the article, does anyone know how I could do that.

 

Until then I'll actually type out the whole article, which was relatively short.

 

 

"Three albums inot their multiplatinum career, Coldplay have had a polarizing effect on music fans: Some praise the English quartet for their crescendoing lullabies; others scorn them as practitioners of mawkish, somnambulant tunes. 'I could walk down the street and get a handshake one minute - then spat at the next,' jokes frontman Chris Martin, 31. 'I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.' Perhaps they won't require either anymore, because the band decided to switch up that sound for their latest, Viva la Vida, by recruiting producer Brian Eno (U2), famour for his layered, textured soundscapes, which he added to their compositions. 'After a month of working with Brian, we literally forgot we'd ever had any records out,' says Martin, 'We were free.' Hence the fresh addition of soaring riffs, Eastern rhythms (a result of their far-reaching travels), and ethereal group vocals. But freedom apparantly meant leaving certain things behind as well - most significantly, Martin's trademark falsetto. Says the singer, 'Between you, me, and all your readers, we're slightly terrified about this record, because we've thrown away all our tricks. The truth is, we tried to find new ones."

 

 

Track by Track (which I should tell you is only four tracks, including Violet Hill, which I won't post due the fact we've all heard it)

 

"Cemeteries of London"

Recorded in a Barcelona church, the album's echoey second track set Viva's somber tone and features the bandmates chanting in unison. "When I imagine the song in my head, I see London in 1850," says bassist Guy Berryman, 30. "A hell of a lot of rain and men in top hats." Adds Martin, "Or when they were drowning witches in the Thames."

 

"42"

"It's a nod to U2's '40' and the Smashing Pumpkins' '1979'," cracks Martin, explaining this winding, three act opus. "I don't think you can try to be the best band in the world without having a song that's a number."

 

"Lovers in Japan"

"No one associates romance with Japan," says Martin of the song that most resembles the familiar wistful Coldplay style. "Everyone thinks Japan is just about Hitachi and neon signs, but every time we're there, we see these amazing sunrises. It's very sexy."

[xsarehardcorex]

Sounds cool, thanks!

[RunForTheHills]

Thank You! :nice:

[Shawndorman]

awesome article! Thanks for typing it all up!!

[yoyo911]

thanks for posting this great article...i cant wait anymore for the album

[Stefan8]

Thanks ;)

[Mimixxx]

Thanks a lot! :D

[Chavi]

:) Thank you !!!!

 

hey where does the pic in your avatar come from ?? looks good !!

[footyfan10]

yeah i actually got the pic from the article, i would post the actual thing, but i couldn't attach the file, and im not yet versed in all the ways of this site

[winigwl]

thanks!

[Starlight]

Awesome article! Cheers! :nice:

[Open-Politik]

Thanks, its little but good

[the_escapist]

awesome! Chris being very very funny yet again!!!

 

That man has charm!!!

 

cheers!!! and thank you very much!

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

"I don't think you can try to be the best band in the world without having a song that's a number."

haha, that's so chris! :D

 

thanks for posting! i might have to pick this up, especially if that picture is in there!

[Aleluvscp]

And THAT people.. is why I'm waiting for Lovers in Japan

[Denise]

Thanks for typing it up, it's a nice little article, nothing completely new but better than nothing

 

if someone could post the picture would become my hero :nice:

[Chavi]

Thanks for typing it up, it's a nice little article, nothing completely new but better than nothing

 

if someone could post the picture would become my hero :nice:

 

mine aswell ! :P

[footyfan10]

hold up i attached a small pic originally, i'll get as close to full sized as possible

 

 

edit: Okay here it is

 

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Okay i really don't know how to post a big pic, if someone could tell me id be more than willing to give you the normal sized pic, which is quite large

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

i think the best way to post a picture is to upload it to a site like imageshack. then you right-click on the full-size picture you uploaded, select properties, and copy the URL there. then you come here and paste the URL between two image tags so it looks like this:

 

or, you could just go to "POST REPLY" in the bottom left corner of each thread (opposite the page numbers) and then click the paperclip icon to upload pictures from your PC ;)

[Chavi]

^^ what she said ! :P

[Denise]

Or send it by mail to any of us and we will post it :wink:

[gmalool]

thanks for that!!:)

 

Has anyone heard Lovers in Japan, besides the shabby quality version?

[Jay Niguez]

thanks for posting this great article...i cant wait anymore for the album

 

you said it

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

 

"Cemeteries of London"

Recorded in a Barcelona church, the album's echoey second track set Viva's somber tone and features the bandmates chanting in unison. "When I imagine the song in my head, I see London in 1850," says bassist Guy Berryman, 30. "A hell of a lot of rain and men in top hats." Adds Martin, "Or when they were drowning witches in the Thames."

 

"42"

"It's a nod to U2's '40' and the Smashing Pumpkins' '1979'," cracks Martin, explaining this winding, three act opus. "I don't think you can try to be the best band in the world without having a song that's a number."

 

"Lovers in Japan"

"No one associates romance with Japan," says Martin of the song that most resembles the familiar wistful Coldplay style. "Everyone thinks Japan is just about Hitachi and neon signs, but every time we're there, we see these amazing sunrises. It's very sexy."

 

wow i'm so interested now in CoL :surprised:

 

hehe the numbers comment made me laugh :P cool Martin quote :laugh2:

 

and yeah he is right about Japansese sunrise. :nice: i hope that LiJ will be as powerful as is Daylight.

 

thanks for posting it Footyfan :thumbsup:

 

really interesting.