June 11, 200818 yr Then Martin sure likes to talk in circles. Regardless of how the band feels, the album was a def a stinker. I'm sure Fall Out Boy thinks their albums are "masterpieces" - don't make them. LOL, you are the one who brought up the band's opinion on X&Y. But you are right that it really does not matter what a band says or feels about their album. I doubt any band goes into the studio thinking -- "let's create a crappy album." As to Fall Out Boy, I don't put any value into their opinions. After all, their primary lyricist (Wentz) just married Ashlee Simpson (nuff said about their tastes :rolleyes:) However, as to Martin's opinion about X&Y -- he is absolutely right. X&Y is a "masterpiece" and he has the record sales and several awards for the album to prove it (and back up his statement). :cool:
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost! Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Low The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Twisted Logic 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come X&Y: 7 VLV: 6
June 11, 200818 yr mine... Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: YES A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: VLV The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: VH Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in the Sea Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come 7- VLV 6 - X&Y for now.
June 11, 200818 yr LOL, you are the one who brought up the band's opinion on X&Y. But you are right that it really does not matter what a band says or feels about their album. I doubt any band goes into the studio thinking -- "let's create a crappy album." As to Fall Out Boy, I don't put any value into their opinions. After all, their primary lyricist (Wentz) just married Ashlee Simpson (nuff said about their tastes :rolleyes:) However, as to Martin's opinion about X&Y -- he is absolutely right. X&Y is a "masterpiece" and he has the record sales and several awards for the album to prove it (and back up his statement). :cool: Bah, record sales don't mean anything. Again, Linkin Parks new albums sold tons, doesn't make it great. Also, i never said Coldplay went into it thinking they were going to make a terrible album. But bands make music all the time, where they thought it was great at first, but years later realized it was no where near their best record. Sigh, a Masterpiece? Hell no. :p As far as the bands opinion goes, I did bring it up. But my point is, regardless of what they thought (even if they said it sucked, or said it was great) - it all comes down to what YOU think. If you enjoy the album, don't let anyone else tell you other wise (including me). :)
June 11, 200818 yr Then Martin sure likes to talk in circles. Regardless of how the band feels, the album was a def a stinker. I'm sure Fall Out Boy thinks their albums are "masterpieces" - don't make them. heyyy i like fall out boy lol :P they're not lyrical geniuses, i'll tell you that, but theyre music sure puts me in a good mood ok game time Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: YES A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message (and that's hard to do, cuz i love CSC. but a message has always been my favorite from x&y, and one of my faves of all) Low vs. Viva la Vida: Low The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come X&Y: 6 VLV: 7 it's weird that its such a close call... but it's because the songs happened to be paired with the wrong ones. on the whole (lol) i love love love VLV a lot more than i do X&Y, which is my least favorite album. not saying it was bad, just of all the other stuff Coldplay has come out with, it has my least favorite songs. but if you think about it, if they hadn't released something like X&Y, they wouldn't have created VLV... its all about progression.
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Life In Technicolor What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes (hand down) A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come X&Y - 3 VLV - 10 Viva La Vida is a much better album IMO. :D
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Speed of Sound (tough choice tho) A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva la Vida (touch choice) The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Twisted Logic 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: The Escapist X&Y: 7 VLV: 6 It's pretty close, I guess I just like X&Y more.
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Life in Technicolor What If vs. Cemeteries of London: What If White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost ! Fix You vs. 42: Fix You Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk X&Y vs. Reign of Love: Reign Of Love Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Speed of Sound A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: Chinese Sleep Chant Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: The Hardest Part Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in the Sea (pretty close) Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come X&Y:7 VLV:6
June 11, 200818 yr You know..I am seriously going to have to eat my words. I mean this full heartedly. I haven't listened to X&Y in some time. I just got done listening to it, and it's MUCH better then I gave it credit for. I've heard X&Y god knows how many times, but I have to say, time really aged it well with me (the long break of not listening to it). I still think Viva La Vida is a much better album, but...I think I might actually love X&Y. Talk about a revelation!
June 11, 200818 yr X&Y wasn't their best, but it was a helluva lot better than most of the stuff that came out in that year. And it still has some quality, spine-tingling songs on it. :nice: Alright, game faces! 1) Square One 2) Cemeteries of London 3) White Shadows 4) Fix You 5) Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love 6) Yes/CSC 7) Viva La Vida 8) Violet Hill [really hard choice!!] 9) Strawberry Swing 10) Death and All His Friends 11) Swallowed in the Sea 12) Lovers in Japan [acoustic] I went by the iTunes package that gives you acoustic lost and lij So: X&Y-4 VLV-8 There were some hard choices! White Shadows/ Lost!, Strawberry Swing/Speed of Sound, A Message/Violet Hill :confused:
June 11, 200818 yr I can't answer this!!! Square One and Life in Technicolor are awesome! So are What if and Cemeteries Lost! wins v White Shadows Fix You has to win v 42... just Talk v Lovers... grrr i have to go with Talk for that riff, but i don't like having to pick! Speed of Sound just beats Yes, but only just A Message beats Sleep Chant (i'm using that as number 8, makes my decision easier! VLV and VH win easily Have to go with Swallowed in the Sea over Swing, but it's another hard one! DAAHF & Escapist win to leave the result as.... X&Y = 5 VLV or DAAHF :-) = 5 with 2 tied I am happy with that result. Awesome albums, awesome songs, awesome band!!!
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Life in Technicolor (by a little) What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemetaries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost! Fix You vs. 42: 42? maybe? Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: Reign of Love Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Speed of Sound A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: CAN'T. FREAKING. DECIDE. :bomb: (i guess strawberry swing, though :\) Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: DAAHF 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: Escapist
June 11, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk X&Y vs. Reign of Love: Reign of Love Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message (Really, really tough call for me.) Low vs. Viva la Vida: Low The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Twisted Logic 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: The Escapist Overall scores: VLV wins 7-6
June 11, 200818 yr I have to thank Ultravioletlight25 for showing me the way. I was so stubborn in my opinion, but by standing her ground, I decided to give X & Y another chance. And wow, I can't believe it took so long, but I am actually loving this album. Thank you! :D
June 11, 200818 yr Hi Benjamin Linus! :D I seriously could give you a hug! Thank you for giving X&Y another chance! :) The same thing happened to me with AROBTTH. I had not listened to that album in a long time. I recently went back to listen to it and I fell in love with the album again. That's the thing with Coldplay -- they are just amazing and I am proud to be a fan regardless of what people like Andy Gill (the Independent) or other Coldplay haters say. :cool:
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Low The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill:Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come Results: X&Y - 6 DAAHF - 6
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows (close one) Fix You vs. 42: Fix You Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk (another close one) X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Speed of Sound A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida (how can this one be close?) The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Life in Technicolour What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost! Fix You vs. 42: 42 (But Barley) Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Talk X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in The Sea Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come Overall scores: X&Y: 8 VLVODAAHF: 5 Viva La Vida wins.
June 12, 200818 yr The "X&Y track vs. VLVODAAHF tracks" thread Simple little game to play. Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: What If. White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost! Fix You vs. 42: 42. Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Speed of Sound A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: Chinese Sleep Chant Low vs. Viva la Vida: Low The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: The Hardest Part Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in the Sea Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come I can't count.. but X&Y won.
June 12, 200818 yr Hi Benjamin Linus! :D I seriously could give you a hug! Thank you for giving X&Y another chance! :) The same thing happened to me with AROBTTH. I had not listened to that album in a long time. I recently went back to listen to it and I fell in love with the album again. That's the thing with Coldplay -- they are just amazing and I am proud to be a fan regardless of what people like Andy Gill (the Independent) or other Coldplay haters say. :cool: :D Honestly, I could give you a thousand hugs. Thanks to you, it's like I am a kid the night before christmas. I feel like I have another NEW album by Coldplay to listen to. Ahhhh, this album is so awesome!!! Swallowed In The Sea The Hardest Part What If A Message 'Till Kingdom Come *faints* :) :)
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Strawberry Swing Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'til Kingdom Come LP4-9 X&Y-4
June 12, 200818 yr :D Honestly, I could give you a thousand hugs. Thanks to you, it's like I am a kid the night before christmas. I feel like I have another NEW album by Coldplay to listen to. Ahhhh, this album is so awesome!!! Swallowed In The Sea The Hardest Part What If A Message 'Till Kingdom Come *faints* :) :) You are the best! I love all your choices! The Hardest Part and What If are 2 of my all time favorite Coldplay songs. :dance::dance::dance:
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: Lost! Fix You vs. 42: Fix You Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers In Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: X&Y Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in the Sea Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death An All Of His Friends 'Til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'Til Kingdom Come Viva La Vida - 7 X&Y - 6 I like them both for what they are. With that they are both totally different and I love them both.
June 12, 200818 yr Square One vs. Life in Technicolor: Square One What If vs. Cemeteries of London: Cemeteries of London White Shadows vs. Lost!: White Shadows Fix You vs. 42: 42 Talk vs. Lovers in Japan: Lovers in Japan X&Y vs. Reign of Love: Reign of Love Speed of Sound vs. Yes: Yes A Message vs. Chinese Sleep Chant: A Message Low vs. Viva la Vida: Viva La Vida The Hardest Part vs. Violet Hill: Violet Hill Swallowed in the Sea vs. Strawberry Swing: Swallowed in the Sea Twisted Logic vs. Death and All His Friends: Death and All His Friends 'Til Kingdom Come vs. The Escapist: 'Til Kingdom Come Viva - 8 X&Y - 5
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