No Cemeteries of London love?

[brendan3eb]

Anyone else notice the conspicuous absence of Cemeteries of London from the VLV tour? Any guesses why this the only song off the new album they have avoided playing live?

[Lauve]

Well I have been wondering too since I 'm of the ones who'd would die to see it live. (and go to heaven of course, unless I hang around London for a bit)

 

Very visual song (the boy's own comment) so much so that I would not want a video of it, might spoil it.

 

When I lived in London (way back) in a squat on Turnpike Lane, I would regularly find myself between night and dawn on the streets of London.

When I heard COL 20 years later instantly this picture of a (haunted) cemetery came back in a flash.

I couldn't say which one, East ?, I seem to remember a big gaz round building, you know, in a deserted area. Not so sure.

The cemetery itself was all black silhouettes of trees and sculptures, with a fog faintly glowing white blue in the background.

I walked more slowly along the victorian iron fence, and in the state I was in, had a feeling I was welcome to walk in, yet didn't for fear of disturbing the misty ones in there with my own tormented soul.

 

Is this too personnal ? It maybe a touchy subject for the guys too.

 

Doing Yes was already a bit of challenge maybe with COL it would make it too "heavy"? sex AND death this way maybe too obvious, not subtle enough for them in concert. :thinking:

 

The thing is, when they come to Rotterdam, I would not want to see Yes swapped for COL though.

I could handle both to tell you the truth. and Rush of btth. for the darker section.:)

 

And then of course go hopping with Lost, crying with Yellow, flying with LIJ yelling with Politik dreaming with Daylight uh.. I stop here.

[ricardo]

I hope they play this live it must be amazing

[mc_squared]

Its apparent omission is a grave error if you ask me....................... :rolleyes:

[Lauve]

Well, the obvious is 42 is in the shows, uplifting and with a "message" - so I stick with the idea they want to stay in "positive" balance of moods.

 

They always manage to make a sad song uplifting - so I'm still wondering , how could COL fit in the current setlist..

 

Maybe they'll play it in London. Where the witches are.

[jasmynebirch]

This is something that I must hear live!

[dotty biscotti]

^ I concur!

[Open-Politik]

I wanna hear this live:cry:

[coldplay#1]

This is my favorite song of Viva la Vida.... I didn't get the chance to hear it at the coldplay

concert! :(

[elena20]

they should take out 42 and put col

[Lauve]

I asked the Oracle as to why no COL in shows.

 

Thought if many of us ask Oracle this question,

 

we might get an in depth answer ?

 

Worth trying...:)

[Hans!]

maybe its difficult to play live? :thinking:

[Tonsu]

I'd also love to hear CoL live - and surely they will play it in London?!

 

I absolutely agree with the many of the points already made, it could be because it's too similar in tone or mood to other songs to include it on this kind of setlist. Personally I think it's too much like Yes in terms of 'energy' and they could only play one or another at a gig, even though they work together brilliantly on the album.

 

I don't think I'd complain about CoL not being played at all, because the only tracks from the current version I'd be prepared to lose for it are SoS, Clocks, Fix You or GPAS (new version) - and they all seem to be as safe as VLV, they will never be dropped!!

 

I could never lose the news one - 42 is astonishing live, SS like being seranaded by angels etc etc etc etc.

[Lauve]

^ totally agree with your view !

[Arsenal007]

I would love to hear it live, not going to complain.

[coldplay_is_louve.]

i think this song would be great live. :( maybe if we yell "CEMETERIES" loud enough they'll do it. :D

[gvargas]

I agree...maybe they will play it in London the next time they are there :)

 

I love this song too...

[mooseaka]

It's pretty obvious why they don't play it live - it's too hard to synch up the pre-recorded music to the live stuff to try to perform it live.

 

Kidding aside, I do think this is a challenging song to play live with only four band members. There are keyboards/acoustic guitar and electronic guitar parts all playing at the same time, which means they would need to trim one part or add a player to the stage (that will never happen). Plus the hand claps that really drive the second half of the song also occur while the band has their hands full playing their respective instruments.

 

Shame because it is far and away my favorite song on the album. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when I see them Friday.

[ailene90]

Boo. I hope they can somehow play it in Hartford. It would be awesome.

[Tonsu]

It's pretty obvious why they don't play it live - it's too hard to synch up the pre-recorded music to the live stuff to try to perform it live.

 

Kidding aside, I do think this is a challenging song to play live with only four band members. There are keyboards/acoustic guitar and electronic guitar parts all playing at the same time, which means they would need to trim one part or add a player to the stage (that will never happen). Plus the hand claps that really drive the second half of the song also occur while the band has their hands full playing their respective instruments.

 

Shame because it is far and away my favorite song on the album. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when I see them Friday.

 

None of that's a barrier to them playing it at a gig. Your first sentence explains why (they synch with themselves playing it previously) - for evidence just see Lost, VLV, SS, Yes, etc.

[Lauve]

Thanks for the technical explanation Mooseaka.

 

I'd do the flamenco claps for them anytime if it helps. ;)

[brendan3eb]

While they may not add another member on stage (although you say this quite cockily considering that violinist almost went on stage with them...let's take the tone down a notch big man), they actually had a guy play acoustic guitar for Chris backstage for the Rush of Blood tour so he could run around and jump. I am sure that they could do a combo of both synching and backstage instruments to make this work, especially if they can do it for every other song off VLV: life in technicolor, strawberry swing, vlv, yes, lost, etc.

 

Furthermore, with a little bit of live attention, it would not take long for the audience to start a tradition of doing the flamenco clap. Granted, this takes a little more coordination then usual concert antics...it's definitely do-able.

[melanieau]

Well, this isn't technical but...when WE ASKED JONNY for them to play Cemeteries of London he kind of laughed a little and said - oh we'd have to really practice that one.

 

So, it may be that they just don't want to play it right now....

[Lore]

:bigcry:

 

I love that song I really hope they start playing it soon

[Texasluvsjonny]

I begged Jonny to play it when they come to Houston. Told them they needed to break it out for shows around/after Halloween. He said they would try.