1) Prospekts march is not an album

2) Lost + is awful, I mean lost! is not a good song at all, but then you add 20 seconds of rap to the strongest part of the song -Johnny's solo-, what's the result? I guess you know

3) Lovers in japan remix is just the same

4) Prospekts march is shorter

5) Both are great, but you can't compare them

6) The end

 

 

I agree with all of what you said, except for partially number 2.

 

LOST is not a good song?

 

You must be crazy? It's an awesome song. The lyrics, the organ and the drums that shake the whole room when you turn it up? And need I mention the shaking of the arena when played live?

I don't know about better than VLV but I do know one thing:

 

Viva La Vida would have sold more copies with LiTii, Glass of Water, Rainy Day and Prospekt's March on it.

Lyrics for songs please, especially rainy day

I don't know about better than VLV but I do know one thing:

 

Viva La Vida would have sold more copies with LiTii, Glass of Water, Rainy Day and Prospekt's March on it.

 

 

 

why do people all of a sudden act as if viva la vida was a failure as an album ?

 

it's not all about how many copies are sold anyway - look at LIL WAYNE for example - that asshole sold a million in the first week but I would rather go Van Gogh (both ears) than buy his album.

 

besides - the new edition can be considered the special edition of viva la vida, and it can only boost sales once life in technicolor ii and glass of water become known , or even, hopefully become singles.

Where on EARTH did I call VLV a failure as an album? It's a CRACKING LP. There's a reason it hasn't come off repeat since I got it. But I think that Glass of Water fits lyrically into the concept of Viva La Vida, I think that the opening track is better with the lyrics (which are, incidentally, Martin's best ever penmanship) and Prospekt's March could easily have replaced Yes.

 

Please don't put words into my mouth or assume I'm a fan of things that just sell well.

 

Strip RoL, Yes, CSC and (perhaps) CoL, put those tracks in, and you've got an album literally devoid of filler of ANY kind. Were that the tracklisting you can almost guarantee that critically and popularly it would have been hailed as Coldplay's masterpiece. It just upsets me that, having released the tracks on separate CDs, they won't get credit for what really is a fantastically written set of songs about life and how to live it.

 

So yes, please don't put f**king words into my mouth. Thank you.

 

Oh, and if anybody wants my two cents, Lost+ works very well on the album :]

lol Viva La Vida is a lot better than Prospekt's march, you are delusional

i'm so glad everyone has it now and are "calm"

i really consider them two parts of a whole, so i don't really think one can be better than the other.

 

Damnit Chelsea, wherever I go on this board you're taking the words right out of my mouth! :P

i'm so glad everyone has it now and are "calm"

 

Yeah well, didn't help Hermes had to flaunt it for a while. :P

Yeah well, didn't help Hermes had to flaunt it for a while. :P

 

And me!

And me!

 

You quietly did, ;).

 

You didn't have 30+ pages of a thread dedicated to senseless BEGGING.

lol

If they had put two other new songs on instead of Lostplus and Osaka mix, then maybe it could compete.

 

 

 

BUT I LOVE IT WHEN YOUE COME OVER TO MY HOUSEE

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU COME ROUND TO MY HOUSE

so much animosity against Lost+. waow

Wow im fucking excited over PM becoz of your comments....... Hope I get it... Viva la vida is an amazing album best so far for me........ Plus with Prospekts march,.. just the icing on the cake

Why would you guys argue over something that is subjective? LOL Wasting bits of your lives is what you're doing.

Strip RoL, Yes, CSC and (perhaps) CoL, put those tracks in, and you've got an album literally devoid of filler of ANY kind. Were that the tracklisting you can almost guarantee that critically and popularly it would have been hailed as Coldplay's masterpiece. It just upsets me that, having released the tracks on separate CDs, they won't get credit for what really is a fantastically written set of songs about life and how to live it.

 

Yes is one of my fav songs......And so is COL CSC and ROL is okay .you shouldnt criticise how to put out an album VLV perfect as it is......

VLV is an awesome album as far as albums go and I wouldn't changed it any way. The Ep is unique but Lost+ is shit. I guess we will just have to deal with it.

I am afraid I don't agree with you.

 

Still, I need more time cus the more I listen to those Coldplay songs, the better they are in

 

my mind.

*shrugs*

 

if the songs each have a color, then they're a bit like crayons, in which case you can pick your favorites and handily keep the others in the box :nice:

 

i do think jay-z gets an awfully bad rap for a good rap though.

 

but then i guess there's nothing wrong with keeping that crayon in the box *smiles*

 

M.

By saying that PM is better than VLV i was just trying to get some reactions really :P. But i still think that (EP's aside) VLV rank the lowest. But that is just because i love the old coldplay so much. And i don't mean that VLV is a bad album. It's good, just different.

For me, this is it, kind of down to earth, and with rainy day as their real experiment.Lyrics are so right, sincere.Viva is made for money, this is sincere thing>Rainy day come home, i want to slow down, says everything...

I will write a book on Viva/Prospekt's and one day it will be publish and you will alll say what a good book it is but can't remember where the references are from. You can quote me on it later.

I'm not sure... maybe without lost+ ... I hate that song

 

I dont hate that song, i just hate Jay-z´s voice on it :S

Yes is one of my fav songs......And so is COL CSC and ROL is okay .you shouldnt criticise how to put out an album VLV perfect as it is......

 

I'll criticise what I want. So you don't agree, that's fair enough. I'm putting forward my opinion.

 

People calling albums like Viva La Vida 'perfect' is what's wrong with modern music.

Prospekts March (the song) alone >>>> VLV

 

this song re-confirmed my love for coldplay, the kind i had when i spent my teenage years listening to Brothers & Sisters EP/Parachutes