As much as I like both songs - does anyone else think that Martin has lately built a song up then lost his way a bit???

 

These two songs are a prime example. Prospekt builds and builds until it just stops and drifts off.....meanwhile the first part of 42 is pretty much for me the best piece of music the band have ever done......then it just goes into something else i was so disappointed.....it could have been coldplays best song imo.

hmm...i think we'd have to take a look at his aims before stating anything. I need to do some work to my sig.

your sig is unwell. i think it needs the flu jab!

I actually think Prospekt's becomes better as it goes on, the

"And here I lie, alone in a seperate sky" bit is really mind boggling.

^ yeh best bit.......its all downhill from there :(

^ yeh best bit.......its all downhill from there :(

 

That's how the song ends for the most part, so how could it be downhill from there? :)

because it ends......;)

because it ends......;)

 

Haha well I think it's great it ends like that, though I could do without 30 or so seconds of instrumental fading out.

42 'drops off'?

42 'drops off'?

 

42 rocks on, it starts off in a mellow way, then BAM, the rocking begins.

it was better left alone as a stand alone song the first part imo.

Prospekt's March is a lovely song, it would be nicer if it wasn't so short.

As much as I like both songs - does anyone else think that Martin has lately built a song up then lost his way a bit???

 

These two songs are a prime example. Prospekt builds and builds until it just stops and drifts off.....meanwhile the first part of 42 is pretty much for me the best piece of music the band have ever done......then it just goes into something else i was so disappointed.....it could have been coldplays best song imo.

 

 

I so agree with you!

 

It was the first thing i thought when i heard PM. Now i only hear half of it, because the song takes a radical turn in the middle. It could have been the best thing since parachutes, if the song had just continued it's natural progression.

I actually disagree wtih you guys, I love everything about those two songs, it's something about them that really takes my breath away.

42 is just an awesome rock song, and PM is so beautiful my heart stops beating.

it's such a shame the other PM is so pants :(

i love 42, and i think the rock part is reaaaaally correct, and so the first part:)

 

just an up & down song, like the whole VLV album

I know what your talking about and agree completely. It seems he's so desperate to be different lately he's forgotten that if it sounds good, it sounds good period. Everything doesn't have to be weird or unexpected or "different" whatever that means. A good melody never goes out of style, the songs that are going to stand the test of time or going to be their simple and beautifully executed songs, not their most edgy material...watch.