People in the Coldplay section are in denial. I totally defended Coldplay in the VLV drama (and I didn't even like VLV), but sheesh, I can't see a way around this one.

 

The Vietnamese song is way better anyway

They're morons. Try to humor them. I find some of the "OMG PRINCESS OF CHINA IS LYKE THE BEST SONG EVAR ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH MY IDIOT OPINION IS LYKE SOOO DUMB KAY" thing kind've funny. :P

Oh believe me, I've been humoring them for a full week now. I hate MX, but even though I believe 100% of what I post in that section, I purposely act like a pompous fact-teller just to provoke people. :P

Oh believe me, I've been humoring them for a full week now. I hate MX, but even though I believe 100% of what I post in that section, I purposely act like a pompous fact-teller just to provoke people. :P

 

:lol:! Well done, sir. Well done.

I was speaking of the fanbase as a whole too. I was saying that the fanbase did not really have any impact on what the band has ever chosen to be.

 

And I just don't think it's about "caring" about the fans. A band will and should do just whatever it is they feel like doing with their music, if possible.

 

If it's a less personal audience, well, I guess that's the band's problem, if that's the kind of thing that would bother them. Although I don't think it is.

 

Chris Martin did say recently that they're making music that they want. They're gonna make whatever makes them happy and if less people like them they don't care.

Yeah so I keep torturing myself by playing Charlie Brown, and then at the very end after the last note, pushing play on Moving to Mars. That would have been such a gorgeous transition on the album. Almost makes me wanna cry that they didn't do it.

OK, despite everything...I love the album. I didn't think I would, and I thought at most I'd tolerate about half of it and simply like the rest of it OK, but I actually think despite the direction they've moved in and despite things like vocal distortion and pandering to Top 40 radio...it's a really solid album, with great sonic flow, a cool narrative that's not overbearing, and a lot of great songs (in my opinion) balanced out with a few that don't wow me as much. It's nothing like what I wanted or hoped for, but I don't even think it's their worst album.

 

I'm still stunned I like it this much, but even songs like Princess Of China and Paradise are more appealing in context to me.

I don't know why people are ripping on this album so much. X&Y has lyrics just as bad (if not worse), and it's far more monotonous. This album, to my ears at least, has more ideas in it. More sonic diversity.

More diversity doesn't mean all those ideas are good. X&Y's concepts were indeed all the same and it re-used the same lyrics in almost all of its songs, but at least those were decent sounds and concepts to begin with.

I don't know why people are ripping on this album so much. X&Y has lyrics just as bad (if not worse), and it's far more monotonous. This album, to my ears at least, has more ideas in it. More sonic diversity.

 

While Mylo Xyloto is an average album, it's not even close to being Coldplay's worst record. That would go to X&Y, one of the worst albums I have ever heard in my life.

Why is there so much "X&Y" hatred? I don't get it.

I agree it's not their best work, but I certainly don't think it's an embarrassment, either. Each is entitled to their opinion, of course, but I think I'd like to hear a description of why it's one of the worst albums ever heard out of curiosity.

Well...

 

X&Y > MX.

More diversity doesn't mean all those ideas are good. X&Y's concepts were indeed all the same and it re-used the same lyrics in almost all of its songs, but at least those were decent sounds and concepts to begin with.

 

See, I don't think X&Y's sounds were ever good. There is exactly one decent song on that record...and it's basically just a remix of Clocks. It will always be their worst album in my mind.

 

On the other hand, I geniunely like Mylo Xyloto's dance themes and melodies (I love electro/dance pop), the only problem I really have with it is the lyrics. I have a few gripes with the production as well, but nothing too major.

They're morons. Try to humor them. I find some of the "OMG PRINCESS OF CHINA IS LYKE THE BEST SONG EVAR ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH MY IDIOT OPINION IS LYKE SOOO DUMB KAY" thing kind've funny. :P

 

Hey now. We're not all like this. (Although, I know exactly what you're talking about.)

You guys cannot be serious about that Vietnamese song.......it doesn't sound like Paradise at all.....

You guys cannot be serious about that Vietnamese song.......it doesn't sound like Paradise at all.....

Not the whole song, but the hook... which is the basis for PoC.

I listened to the whole thing. It has a similar tempo and that's all I can hear. And it's a random VIETNAMESE song........I can't even fathom the odds of the band actually HEARING this song at any point and time. Where the hell was this song even found?

 

Some songs just sound similar at parts. I have several examples on my iPod.

Whoops okay it was a comparison to PoC not Paradise and I haven't listened to that yet (I just downloaded the album now) so ignore my commentary on this subject for the time being :P

I listened to the whole thing. It has a similar tempo and that's all I can hear.

Personally (as do other people) I think the opening hook is more than similar. For shiggles I played the intro of the Vietnamese song for my husband, and then played PoC. He just looked at me and shook his head and said, "WOW. Yeah that's pretty much the same."

 

And it's a random VIETNAMESE song........I can't even fathom the odds of the band actually HEARING this song at any point and time. Where the hell was this song even found?

It's dismissive to say this. The song certainly isn't random to people who live there (some people on this forum live there). And if the band had simply used Shazam while they were in the studio recording the song, they would have heard it (that likely could have been how this song was 'found' by someone else in the first place). I don't know why they don't use a program like that, given their experience with claims like this. I think it's a bit irresponsible on their part.

 

 

edit: Just saw your recent post, no worries. :nice:

Coldplay is not very original. What a big revelation :lol:

Chris Martin on Radiohead

"We're not as good musically but we're better looking"

:D

Okay, I've listened to Mylo Zyloto all the way through twice, and I'm really enjoying it. As I kind of expected, I don't understand even slightly how it doesn't have a good flow; I think the flow is excellent. It had it's low points for sure though; obviously not their best, but really, who was expecting it to be? I'll give a real review later today.

 

Oh and after listening to PoC....I do hear the similarities between it and that other song. But it just feels like such a common melody to me that I would have thought it was something I had heard before even without listening to the Vietnamese song, so I don't know. It was pretty dumb of them not to check that out beforehand, if they didn't. But hey, if Coldplay ever gets sued for that maybe it will teach them not to put any song where Rihanna is singing on a Coldplay album :P

You guys cannot be serious about that Vietnamese song.......it doesn't sound like Paradise at all.....

Midget is funny.

Hey now. We're not all like this. (Although, I know exactly what you're talking about.)

 

Yeah, I'm trying to be prejudice. :P. It's most, not all.