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Holland #1

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Spain #1

Belgium #2

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WORLWIDE THEY LOVED IT :D

6 on usa now :dance: !

I particularly like

 

Up above candles on air flicker

Oh they flicker and they float

But I'm up here holding on

To all those chandeliers of hope

 

Like some drunken Elvis singing

I go singing out of tune

Saying how I always loved you darling

And I always will

 

because it's so catchy

 

ooh, yes! my favorite lines in the whole song are the "Like some drunken Elvis singing/I go singing out of tune," ones, though that may be because i have a weakness for falsetto :P

I loved the song but some people at NME apparently didn't...

I thought the article was interesting. And...kinda funny, actually. :D

 

 

Bands! Stop With The Crap Christmas Songs Already

 

By Luke Lewis

Posted on 03/12/10 at 09:49:53 am

 

And so this is Christmas. Except it isn't. Christmas isn't for bloody ages, and yet here we are already, drowning in seasonal releases of varying degrees of gaucheness, gormlessness, and gloopy sentimentality.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1rYmzQ8C9Q]YouTube - Coldplay - Christmas Lights[/ame]

 

What is it about this time of year that convinces otherwise serious-minded bands to bash out a festive tune - to curl out a Yule log, as it were?

 

Obviously there's a magnificent canon of existing Christmas songs - Darlene Love's titanically exciting 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Come)' is one of my all-time favourite songs full stop.

 

continued...

 

But the festive tracks we've been hearing lately are not part of that tradition. They're novelty records. It's the time of year when every musician rummages around the dusty recesses of his/her B-side drawer, finds a half-formed idea and thinks, 'Pfft, that'll do. Can you get sleigh bells in Pro Tools?'

 

Hurts can do no wrong in my eyes, but their Christmas song is testing my loyalty, since it's an alarmingly slight, Stock, Aitken & Waterman-esque confection, complete with clanging church-bell chimes of doom.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct9oN6bjo9M]YouTube - Hurts All I Want For Christmas is New Years Day[/ame]

 

Then there's Coldplay's dreary 'Christmas Lights' with its overcooked Yuletide imagery ("Chandeliers of hope", anyone?). Similarly downbeat is The Killers' 'Boots', which conforms to the post-Low diktat that requires all "indie" Christmas songs to be massively depressing.

 

This month also sees the release of a Moshi Moshi Christmas EP, as well as festive tunes from The Futureheads, Tegan & Sara, and The Walkmen. Meanwhile, the less said about Goldie Lookin' Chain's 'Dubstep Christmas' the better - it's about as funny as a Boxing Day bereavement.

 

Now, I'm no curmudgeon - well, obviously I am a bit - but there's a serious point here: "Christmasiness" is a precious and evanescent thing. No-one knows exactly what it is (though feeling like a kid has a lot to do with it), but they know it when they feel it, and they know they like it.

 

People spend the whole of December stumbling round in a mulled wine-blurred trance, saying to each other: "Do you feel Christmassy yet?" "I don't know, do you?" "I thought I did, for a second, but it might have been heartburn. Eggnog, anyone?"

 

What Christmassiness most definitely isn't, is a commodity that can be hammered into the ground for weeks on end. It's a fleeting thing, to be savoured for a few days, max. Preferably when you've finished work/uni/school and you're back home, sprawled on the sofa, watching Scrooged.

 

Any earlier than December 20 and you're ruining it. By all means let's enjoy the nationwide festival of round-the-clock alcohol abuse that is a British Christmas. But let's at least get the timing right. And bands? If you must pen a Christmas tune, try not to make it suck beyond belief.

 

Source: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=146&title=indie_bands_stop_with_the_crap_christmas&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

I like it quite a bit, but I really have a hard time calling it a Christmas song... it's a song about a guy having girl problems at Christmas time. I would find it more intriguing to see where the band might have gone if they had penned a song that more pertinent to the Christmas message or experience.

 

I gotta say it has some compelling piano work, but to me, it sounds more like Chris Martin & Orchestra than Coldplay. My attitude might change after a few more listens. I've only heard it about 5 times now....

People is 3 on USA iTunes !!!!!

I like it quite a bit, but I really have a hard time calling it a Christmas song... it's a song about a guy having girl problems at Christmas time. I would find it more intriguing to see where the band might have gone if they had penned a song that more pertinent to the Christmas message or experience.

 

I gotta say it has some compelling piano work, but to me, it sounds more like Chris Martin & Orchestra than Coldplay. My attitude might change after a few more listens. I've only heard it about 5 times now....

 

 

I think that if coldplay had wrote a song more pertinent to Christmas, with an unequivocal message, like it's christmas love each other, it wouldn't have been a Coldplay song.

Every coldplay song in its lyric has something cryptic that can be interpreted in different ways.....and so is "Christmas Ligths" IMO.

 

I agre with the fact that the piano sounds as the main instrument, but anyway it's a "coldplay" song if you listen carefully to the guitar for example. It's Jonny!!

I would only have turned up a bit the bass volume, because Guy always made gorgeous bass lines.

Beaultiful, beaultiful!! *-*

I absolutely love it! Hope it will get #1 in Germany

I think that if coldplay had wrote a song more pertinent to Christmas, with an unequivocal message, like it's christmas love each other, it wouldn't have been a Coldplay song.

Every coldplay song in its lyric has something cryptic that can be interpreted in different ways.....and so is "Christmas Ligths" IMO.

 

I see where you're coming from on this Laura, and yes... I agree that a big part of Coldplay's appeal is their propensity to write lyrics that are subject to multiple interpretations. I wouldn't expect them to write a Christmas song that fits any conventional sort of Christmas or Gospel orthodoxy. However, the underlying theme of this song (for me anyway) is that of a guy having a fight with his girl on Christmas. That doesn't make it any less appealing as a piece of music, but it sort of misses the mark for what I expected from what I expected from what is being marketed as a "Christmas song".

 

I'll be curious to see if our local "light" FM radio station, which becomes a Christmas music only station from Nov. 1st though Dec. 25th puts it in their rotation. That will be an interesting Christmas music litmus test for me.

 

I agre with the fact that the piano sounds as the main instrument, but anyway it's a "coldplay" song if you listen carefully to the guitar for example. It's Jonny!! I would only have turned up a bit the bass volume, because Guy always made gorgeous bass lines.

 

I listen a bit more for Jonny's stamp. I'm now hearing some trademark Will Champion percussion here and there...

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10alternativesongs.html

 

This is a sight to behold!!

^:stunned:

 

That reminds me of what the charts looked like when Viva la Vida was released...but that wasn't just the alternative charts, that was the general charts!

 

I'd love the general charts to look like that with Christmas Lights soon, though :wacky:

i love how there's a secondary conversation about LotR "love interests" in between all the discussion about Christmas Lights! the 2 of you: legends! :laugh3:

 

:smug: :kiss:

I was properly excited when the video came out. I was watching it on a day when the snow came where I live; it got me right into the Christmas spirit.

And I was on the boat. :D

i love how there's a secondary conversation about LotR "love interests" in between all the discussion about Christmas Lights! the 2 of you: legends! :laugh3:

 

:awesome: :hug:

I love it

 

A lot!

At first I laughed. Then actually, I realised how sad this is:

 

 

[by Luke Lewis

Posted on 03/12/10 at 09:49:53 am

 

"Christmasiness" is a precious and evanescent thing.

 

People spend the whole of December stumbling round in a mulled wine-blurred trance, saying to each other: "Do you feel Christmassy yet?" "I don't know, do you?"

 

What Christmassiness most definitely isn't, is a commodity that can be hammered into the ground for weeks on end. It's a fleeting thing, to be savoured for a few days, max. Preferably when you've finished work/uni/school and you're back home, sprawled on the sofa, watching Scrooged.

 

Any earlier than December 20 and you're ruining it.

 

Hmm. Ok. Here goes:

 

I believe that Christmas time is more special than just getting hammered and experiencing a slight flight of 'Christmassiness'. I CERTAINLY think it can last more than a few days. Perhaps this guy's confused between Christmas Spirit and the alcoholic kind of spirits.

 

Here's the crux of the matter: I think that there is a spirit of goodwill, that thing inside you that comes alive at Christmas time, that says,'Yeah. Life's good.' But it's not necessarily just for Christmas. Not at all.

 

We sing every year 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', but if Christmas is captured by that good, positive feeling about yourself and towards other people, then I honestly think it can. The only reason it's become a 'rare and precious thing' is because people don't believe that anymore. Or maybe no-one ever did.

 

I'm not for a moment suggesting we keep the tree up and give each other presents every day - that is what Christmas has become on the commercial side. And it is hard to see through that, to what Christmas is really about (Articles like this don't help). But in embracing that feeling of goodwill to EVERYONE - even a Scrooge at NME - I believe we can make every day feel like Christmas.

 

So yeah. I'm excited about Christmas now, cheers. I won't wait until December 20th. And I'll try my best to be as excited as I am about Christmas day coming towards every day of my life. It won't be easy, but I'll try.

I find it slightly worrying, that even on a Coldplay board, this has as many 10/10s as it does! It's a decent song. I gave it 6, maybe deserves 7, but it's nowhere near the band's best work.

 

It's just a pleasant Christmas song, but very Coldplay-by-Numbers. I expect more from the album.

I believe that Christmas time is more special than just getting hammered and experiencing a slight flight of 'Christmassiness'. I CERTAINLY think it can last more than a few days. Perhaps this guy's confused between Christmas Spirit and the alcoholic kind of spirits.

 

Here's the crux of the matter: I think that there is a spirit of goodwill, that thing inside you that comes alive at Christmas time, that says,'Yeah. Life's good.' But it's not necessarily just for Christmas. Not at all.

 

We sing every year 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', but if Christmas is captured by that good, positive feeling about yourself and towards other people, then I honestly think it can. The only reason it's become a 'rare and precious thing' is because people don't believe that anymore. Or maybe no-one ever did.

 

I'm not for a moment suggesting we keep the tree up and give each other presents every day - that is what Christmas has become on the commercial side. And it is hard to see through that, to what Christmas is really about (Articles like this don't help). But in embracing that feeling of goodwill to EVERYONE - even a Scrooge at NME - I believe we can make every day feel like Christmas.

 

So yeah. I'm excited about Christmas now, cheers. I won't wait until December 20th. And I'll try my best to be as excited as I am about Christmas day coming towards every day of my life. It won't be easy, but I'll try.

 

THIS deserves to be read. More than once, actually. :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I totally agree with what you said.

I don't know if you're planning on commenting on that NME article on their website, but IMO it'd be worth it. If you're not, I might use some of your ideas/expressions (if I have your 'blessing') to write a comment myself.

 

:)

At first I laughed. Then actually, I realised how sad this is:

 

 

 

Hmm. Ok. Here goes:

 

I believe that Christmas time is more special than just getting hammered and experiencing a slight flight of 'Christmassiness'. I CERTAINLY think it can last more than a few days. Perhaps this guy's confused between Christmas Spirit and the alcoholic kind of spirits.

 

Here's the crux of the matter: I think that there is a spirit of goodwill, that thing inside you that comes alive at Christmas time, that says,'Yeah. Life's good.' But it's not necessarily just for Christmas. Not at all.

 

We sing every year 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', but if Christmas is captured by that good, positive feeling about yourself and towards other people, then I honestly think it can. The only reason it's become a 'rare and precious thing' is because people don't believe that anymore. Or maybe no-one ever did.

 

I'm not for a moment suggesting we keep the tree up and give each other presents every day - that is what Christmas has become on the commercial side. And it is hard to see through that, to what Christmas is really about (Articles like this don't help). But in embracing that feeling of goodwill to EVERYONE - even a Scrooge at NME - I believe we can make every day feel like Christmas.

 

So yeah. I'm excited about Christmas now, cheers. I won't wait until December 20th. And I'll try my best to be as excited as I am about Christmas day coming towards every day of my life. It won't be easy, but I'll try.

 

Fantastic. You have summed up what being a Coldplay fan is all about.

 

Welcome to the forum! :)

At first I laughed. Then actually, I realised how sad this is:

 

 

 

Hmm. Ok. Here goes:

 

I believe that Christmas time is more special than just getting hammered and experiencing a slight flight of 'Christmassiness'. I CERTAINLY think it can last more than a few days. Perhaps this guy's confused between Christmas Spirit and the alcoholic kind of spirits.

 

Here's the crux of the matter: I think that there is a spirit of goodwill, that thing inside you that comes alive at Christmas time, that says,'Yeah. Life's good.' But it's not necessarily just for Christmas. Not at all.

 

We sing every year 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', but if Christmas is captured by that good, positive feeling about yourself and towards other people, then I honestly think it can. The only reason it's become a 'rare and precious thing' is because people don't believe that anymore. Or maybe no-one ever did.

 

I'm not for a moment suggesting we keep the tree up and give each other presents every day - that is what Christmas has become on the commercial side. And it is hard to see through that, to what Christmas is really about (Articles like this don't help). But in embracing that feeling of goodwill to EVERYONE - even a Scrooge at NME - I believe we can make every day feel like Christmas.

 

So yeah. I'm excited about Christmas now, cheers. I won't wait until December 20th. And I'll try my best to be as excited as I am about Christmas day coming towards every day of my life. It won't be easy, but I'll try.

 

This is one of the best posts of the year, without a doubt. Well done. You deserve a gold star!!:D

I loved it :), it's beautiful

Really good but it is incredibly similar to 2000 miles! :)

At first I laughed. Then actually, I realised how sad this is:

 

 

 

Hmm. Ok. Here goes:

 

I believe that Christmas time is more special than just getting hammered and experiencing a slight flight of 'Christmassiness'. I CERTAINLY think it can last more than a few days. Perhaps this guy's confused between Christmas Spirit and the alcoholic kind of spirits.

 

Here's the crux of the matter: I think that there is a spirit of goodwill, that thing inside you that comes alive at Christmas time, that says,'Yeah. Life's good.' But it's not necessarily just for Christmas. Not at all.

 

We sing every year 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', but if Christmas is captured by that good, positive feeling about yourself and towards other people, then I honestly think it can. The only reason it's become a 'rare and precious thing' is because people don't believe that anymore. Or maybe no-one ever did.

 

I'm not for a moment suggesting we keep the tree up and give each other presents every day - that is what Christmas has become on the commercial side. And it is hard to see through that, to what Christmas is really about (Articles like this don't help). But in embracing that feeling of goodwill to EVERYONE - even a Scrooge at NME - I believe we can make every day feel like Christmas.

 

So yeah. I'm excited about Christmas now, cheers. I won't wait until December 20th. And I'll try my best to be as excited as I am about Christmas day coming towards every day of my life. It won't be easy, but I'll try.

 

I agree with you, thanks for sharing your opinion :) :thumbsup:

This song has a pretty good beginning.. But then it gets slightly dull and sounds only good in bits and pieces...

Nice to hear from Coldplay after some time, but this song isn't as good as Coldplay's other best songs..... But nonetheless this song is still soothing for the ears.