I just sent this question

 

 

Hi oracle!

 

My question is about the tour, but don't worry... it's not "when will coldplay come to my country?", I know that Mr. Anchorman is the one who posts about those things :P ... well I want to know how do they decide which countries/cities they will visit, do they have any influence in that or it's about the contracts and the tour manager decides? do the guys say for example "we would like to go to south africa" and then they just set up a date there?.

 

have a nice day dear Oracle!

 

ps: a latin american tour would be awesome, I bet the oracle would love this part of the world! :)

 

 

 

it's just that I'm sooo desesperate about a tourdate here :P

 

 

well done Lore, I wish you could see them live.

 

tengo el presetimiento (que ojalà se cumpla) qua al final lo conseguirás.

Gracias :kiss:

February 12, 2009 - submitted by oscar, Guatemala

Q. Dear Oracle!! How may Grammys has Coldplay won in 10 years of career ?

 

The Oracle replies:

 

They have won a total of seven Grammy Awards. Apart from last week's three (see news for which awards they received) they gained one for Parachutes (Best Alternative Album). Another year they collected two, one for In My Place (Best Rock Performance...), the other for A Rush of Blood, (Best Alternative Album). They also achieved Record of the Year with Clocks.

Wooo!

Fresh answers from Mary Poppins... I mean, the Oracle:

 

February 13, 2009 - submitted by Mark, Australia

 

 

Q. Hey Oracle

I am immensely looking forward to the Coldplay concert when they return to Perth in a fortnight, but I have a problem. Since they last came to Perth I now have two young toddlers, neither who will go to sleep for anyone but their parents. So what time approximately will Coldplay actually get on stage for their Australian concerts - as we may need to get the kids to sleep before rushing off to the venue.

Cheers

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

Well Mark, we have a thing called Supernanny who would challenge your theory that "neither will go to sleep for anyone but their parents". Those little uns can get to sleep without you; they just want you to think they can't. I know they can be stubborn when they want to be and even when tired, stay awake if it does the trick. Don't give in. Bedtime is bedtime no matter who's putting them there.

You need to take control and enforce different sleeping rules.

Ahem, anyway if they're young they are probably in bed by 7pm so depending how far away you live from the venue, it should be possible. They're usually on around 9 but of course that can change. Don't put yourself at risk by rushing; perhaps practice with whoever will be looking after your children over the next two weeks.

February 13, 2009 - submitted by Mario, Portugal

 

 

Q. I oracle,

 

I want to know, and since you know everything what can I do to send a new lyric an a new song to Chris, for he use in a concert/album?...it's a special song because was wrote with words of Coldplay�s music.

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

Hello, I'm ever so sorry but we don't accept lyrics for consideration as the band do like to write their own material. Don't give up; maybe you could perform it yourself?

^Awww poor Mario hehe :nice:.

And this person has been listening really closely...

 

February 13, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada

 

 

Q. Dear Oracle,

At 1.45 of "42" (the song), one can hear something that sounds like somebody saying "Patrick". It struck me right away but I never found a meaning to it. Then, upon my first listen of "Prospekt's March", I shockingly noticed a similar sounding "voice" at .09 of "Rainy Day"... that's when I realized that "42" and "Rainy Day" are both Track #4s on their respective albums. That's when it struck me to see if the "voice" occurred at the same time relative to the beginning of the album (0.00). Turns out they don't (occurring at 9.46 and 11.30 respectively). You'd think that I'd have abandoned hope for a meaning at this point, but no... My question is what does this all mean?

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

There are so many sounds, noises, murmurs, talking etc in many of their tracks. There's no hidden meaning behind it. The Beatles did the same and I know Coldplay loved that and so are happy to leave that kind of stuff in too.

:inquisitive:

 

Is that ALL that they have to do with their time, picking out voices? :sick:

I never hear stuff like that... it gets drowned out by all the voices in my own head :laugh3:

:lol:

 

we're such a bad bunch of fans....... we don't pay enough attention to their records!!! :P

And this person has been listening really closely...

 

February 13, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada

 

 

Q. Dear Oracle,

At 1.45 of "42" (the song), one can hear something that sounds like somebody saying "Patrick". It struck me right away but I never found a meaning to it. Then, upon my first listen of "Prospekt's March", I shockingly noticed a similar sounding "voice" at .09 of "Rainy Day"... that's when I realized that "42" and "Rainy Day" are both Track #4s on their respective albums. That's when it struck me to see if the "voice" occurred at the same time relative to the beginning of the album (0.00). Turns out they don't (occurring at 9.46 and 11.30 respectively). You'd think that I'd have abandoned hope for a meaning at this point, but no... My question is what does this all mean?

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

There are so many sounds, noises, murmurs, talking etc in many of their tracks. There's no hidden meaning behind it. The Beatles did the same and I know Coldplay loved that and so are happy to leave that kind of stuff in too.

 

that guy has too much time

 

maybe in some years people will start to say that there are hidden messages in every coldplay song :wacky:

Like the time people started listening to the scientist backwards and freaked out??? :lol:

exactly! :lol:

Maybe if you play Chinese Sleep Chant backwards you can actually hear the words!

That girl would spend all year on The Goldrush then :laugh3:

 

And this person has been listening really closely...

 

February 13, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada

 

 

Q. Dear Oracle,

At 1.45 of "42" (the song), one can hear something that sounds like somebody saying "Patrick". It struck me right away but I never found a meaning to it. Then, upon my first listen of "Prospekt's March", I shockingly noticed a similar sounding "voice" at .09 of "Rainy Day"... that's when I realized that "42" and "Rainy Day" are both Track #4s on their respective albums. That's when it struck me to see if the "voice" occurred at the same time relative to the beginning of the album (0.00). Turns out they don't (occurring at 9.46 and 11.30 respectively). You'd think that I'd have abandoned hope for a meaning at this point, but no... My question is what does this all mean?

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

There are so many sounds, noises, murmurs, talking etc in many of their tracks. There's no hidden meaning behind it. The Beatles did the same and I know Coldplay loved that and so are happy to leave that kind of stuff in too.

Maybe if you play Chinese Sleep Chant backwards you can actually hear the words!

:lol:

That song is a mistery.... i still can't figure out what is it that Guy sings :thinking:

That girl would spend all year on The Goldrush then :laugh3:

Awww... poor thing :P

:lol:

That song is a mistery.... i still can't figure out what is it that Guy sings :thinking:

 

Awww... poor thing :P

 

Neither can he!!!:P:P:P:P

:lol:

Are you guys kidding about Chinese Sleep Chant? Just look at the lyrics on Google...

 

It's like "Fall asleep (or Fall to sleep), fall asleep... sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies...".

 

I adore singing along

February 16, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada

 

Q. Respected Oracle,

 

During the Twisted Logic tour, at the conclusion of "The Scientist", one could hear an added part that was, in fact, a recording of "The Scientist" played backwards. If you take this recording, and play it backwards, it sounds exactly like "The Scientist" from the album. Can you explain how Coldplay pulled this off?

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

I'm not sure how you mean pulled this off? Basically what you heard was, as you say, the track played backwards, not the band playing live.

As the video (by Jamie Thraves) was a reverse narrative, Chris did actually have to learn the song backwards. There's a version of the video available on The Scientist DVD single that plays it running backwards.

 

 

 

 

February 16, 2009 - submitted by Siya, South Africa

 

Q. Yellow (Hallo).......Watching the video for Yellow , one can easily think it was shot in ONE TAKE. Was it, or is it just cleverly shot?? Well, either way its cleverly shot.....please answer, otherwise am banging my head against the wall here......no wall deserves that!

Tx

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

It was actually all down to clever techniques. It took about an hour to shoot and they ran through the song 5 times*. After the film was processed it went through a process called gradual grade that gave the impression of the day changing.

*Another interesting bit of information is the track was running at double speed, as was the camera. What you see is the film at its normal speed giving the effect of it looking slightly slower than normal.

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Oracle

 

How long does it usually take the oracle to respond?

She doesn't answer every question asked because she gets so many, some are repeats, and some aren't worthy of response so it could be anywhere from the day after you send your question in to never.

Postcards fever reaches the Oracle!!!

 

February 17, 2009 - submitted by Hans, Germany

 

 

Q. "The next one you pick up is where we tour up next year" ... "oh fuck". Which country is it which will have the 100% pleasure of seeing Coldplay live in 2010 ? ;-)

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

Oh dear Hans, Will didn't say that! The next card that Will picked up was from NORFOLK! I can see how you might have misheard.

Of course it doesn't mean they're touring Norfolk before anyone writes to check... it was all for fun!

 

It sounded like "oh fuck" to me too!!!

A question so nice it's been posted twice?!!

 

February 17, 2009 - submitted by Savanah, United States of America

 

 

Q. ello chaps,

okay so I was just scrolling through your questions, & I read one that said Yellow was about a meteor shower, well I was watching 60 mins last sunday before the Grammys and Chris was talking about how he didn't know what the song was about?

thanks :)

 

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

 

"Inspired by" does not mean about....