Tristan Ludlow Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I think that the songs like reign of love get the quality of the cd down. If the LP triumphs is not because of that kind of songs. From my point of view they should use that melodies to get together and make new songs and don't put everything they get on they album. All in all, I love Viva la Vida..is their best album.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winigwl Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 reign of love is the worst of the three kinda hidden tracks. the other two i like very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene_Ihnfsa Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 3 hidden tracks? weren't only 2... chinese sleep chant and reing of love only? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 The Escapist too, at the end of DAAHF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Ludlow Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 yes..that was what I mean..also in the escapist we could see the only bad side of Brian Eno..a lot of instrumental time in the same song.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Hill Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Reign of Love and The Escapist I think drag the CD down a bit. I like Chinese Sleep Chant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawndorman Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I love Chinese Sleep Chant and the Escapist, but Reign of Love is probably my least favorite. However...I kind of see it as an intermission. It's definitely nice to have a quiet piano song on the album when it's full of such new sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Ludlow Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Im agree with you because we don't have to forget the origin of Coldplay but I think that the piano's part is well covered with other songs..it's no necessary to make a mini song to have it..:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl_in_the_band_tshirt Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Aw, I really love Reign of Love. The piano in it is gorgeous, and I like how the simple sweet quality of it is directly followed by the very adult themes of Yes. Its perfect to me.Ā *shrug* Ā M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 i really dont like the chinese sleep chant thing. I dont think it fits on the album and they could easily have left it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majgirl Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I really dig chinese sleep chant, but the other two I could do without, especially the escapist. I think reign of love has potential but there are just too many sonic sounds covering the piano and Chris's vocal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRYSTAL Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 i like reign of love that's my favorite song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I really like CSC and the Escapist, but like most people here, Reign Of Love doesn't do much for me. It may be the most Parachutes-sounding song on the album, but really, most if not all of the songs on Parachutes are better than Reign Of Love. Its inoffensive... nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainloafers Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Chinese Sleep Chant and The Escapist could have been listed as unhidden IMO. They also could have been longer. The Same can be said for DAAHF. I think they missed out by combining DAAHF and The Escapist as each is clearly a different song but with albeit similar meanings. As a combo they are too short to stand on their own and thats a shame. As for Yes and CSC. Yes is perfect on its own. Choosing CSC as a hidden track to follow just seems strange. CSC is soooo different, a wonderful exploration of something new and unique for Coldplay. I would definately like to hear more songs like this and A Spell A Rebel Yell in the future. Ā Reign of Love is too "childrens lullaby" for me to get into. I know that there are some that like it so its fine that its there. As for me I split the track from LIJ and it is no longer on my MP3 player (a Creative Zen if anyone cares. Me no likey iPod or iTunes). After having listened to the album all the way through dozens of times I honestly can say that I dont like the song and I am not sure why they bothered letting it be on the final cut. I would have rather they fleshed out Postcards From Far Away and put it on the album in place of Reign Of Love as a piano solo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Chinese Sleep Chant and Reign of Love are both songs I really love. The Escapist is kinda... not so good :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 i like CSC better than yes, LIJ better than ROL, and DAAHF and the escapist about equally. i like CSC quite a lot, actually, which surprises me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footyfan10 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 i like all of the seconds, but reign of love is definitely my least favorite.Ā csc is really a brilliant song. i do wish it could have been explored further like someone else said. that being said, its still great the way it is. its probably my favorite of the three.Ā the escapist has been an up and down affair with me. i love how death and all his friends could be the ending of the album, and then the escapist comes in...which sometimes bothers me, and other times is great. sometimes i like the symmetry of ending the album how it began. other times i just wish daahf could be the end game because it puts a quasi exclamation point on the album. it at least sums it all up. whereas the escapist kind of drifts off into space.Ā reign of love seems like it could have been a really good b-side, and i like the reference someone made to it being intermission. i think that would make more sense if the album was split that way, with life on one side and death on the other (like the title suggests), but it really all over the place - which works. the song is sweet and soft, but seems like it cant pull its weight next to the new sound. its good, but its not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackchickintheback Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I'm not into Reign of Love, and it sucks because I always skip it and when I look at my iTunes library, it says that I've only played Lovers in Japan one full time, which isn't true. I LOOOOOVE The Escapist though, CSC will take some getting used to though. But I agree that Reign of Love brings the album down a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplay007 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 hm... Chinese Sleep Chant maybe. Because it's all WOOOOOSH! so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackchickintheback Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Hahaha, I love the beginning of CSC! WHOOOSH! Exactly! :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplay007 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 lol! well, it's like, I was in the middle of grabbing something and I heard that part for the first time and i was like WOAH. what's that!? then i realize it was the song. lol. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus_mosher Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 The escapist is AWFUL. it's just John Hopkins' piece of music with chris' lyrics over the top there is nothing msically talented about it.Ā CSC is good, it reminds me of "one I love" alot.Ā and RoL is brilliant, at first I hated it and I couldn't listen to it, but it came on yesterday and I suddenly realised that it's so much like the pogues fairytale of new york and I just love it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex22 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Gotta spread some love for RoL. ;) Great song, IMHO.Ā Ā A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Reign of Love is never going to pull any trees up but it's necessary in the context of the album because Lovers into Yes is just a ridiculous change otherwise.Ā I think The Escapist rounds the album off perfectly. It brings the sound down and compliments DAAHF well.Ā CSC is not my favourite on the album but I still always play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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