Where's the freakin chorus?

Where's the freakin chorus?

 

I really like that there isn't always the same stupid boring building of the song with verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus.

I really like that there isn't always the same stupid boring building of the song with verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus.

 

Yea, best example Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody XD i know you cant compare but still.

I don't mind that none of the songs have choruses, it makes them more interesting to me. It would pretty annoying if all of the songs on LP5 lacked choruses but it appears that won't be the case. Hurts Like Heaven for example sort of has a chorus.

"Amsterdam" is their best song and has no chorus. It's not really a problem.

 

Besides, the best chorus in the world couldn't save ETIAW.

"Amsterdam" is their best song and has no chorus.

 

i would have figured the chorus for Amsterdam would be the "time is on your side" bit. :P

I don't mind that there is no obvious chorus. It makes it interesting.

i would have figured the chorus for Amsterdam would be the "time is on your side" bit. :P

I guess you have a point with that, I was more or less referring how it built up to something way bigger.

I guess you have a point with that, I was more or less referring how it built up to something way bigger.

 

like an erection.

It's disconcerting sometimes, but I think I have to disagree with you on the basis that most of the new songs DO have choruses except for ETIAW, and even with ETIAW, I think it's very easy to jam/dance/sing along to its last minute.

 

Major Minus - oooh oooh, one eye on the road on on you part.

Charlie Brown - Light a fire...

Hurts Like Heaven - You use your heart as a weapon...

Us Against the World - Slow-ow-ow-ow....

Princess of China - to be determined :p

Moving to Mars - they're moving us apart.....

 

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the definition of a chorus can be pretty subjective; one of the simple definitions for example is something that gets repeated throughout the song - that rules out Charlie Brown, but that means MM, HLH, UATW, and MTM do have choruses.

 

In the end you kind of need to look past the structural oddities of the new songs and enjoy them for what they are. I know Charlie Brown kind of irritates me because I actually really really like its "chorus" and wish it had more of that and less of its guitar solos repeated, but it's still such a beautiful song.

 

i would have figured the chorus for Amsterdam would be the "time is on your side" bit. :P

 

This.

 

like an erection.

 

Are you trying to say those who are expecting a chorus have erectile dysfunction? :lol: :p

I know Charlie Brown kind of irritates me because I actually really really like its "chorus" and wish it had more of that and less of its guitar solos repeated

 

That's what I mean. They sorta have a chorus that's amazing but never repeat it.

That's what I mean. They sorta have a chorus that's amazing but never repeat it.

 

Yeah, but then that doesn't give you the right to dislike ALL the songs. :p

 

Are you having issues with erectile dysfunctions? Well there's a Coldplay song for that. There's a Coldplay song for just...everything.

I wish they'd play it a bit straighter these days (more normal-structure songs), much as I love IUAtW, HLH and CB.

Are you having issues with erectile dysfunctions? Well there's a Coldplay song for that. There's a Coldplay song for just...everything.

 

The Hardest Part

The Hardest Part

 

Well it was on the album X & Y not X & X!

I like the Coldplaysongs with more piano parts, and I would like to hear more of those like Christmas Lights and Wedding Bells. I can't get those because I get my music from CD in a music store.

I also find it very cool how none of the songs really have choruses for the most part. I think it counters the idea some people have suggested (if I'm not mistaken) that because of ETIAW they're supposedly going in a more pop/commercial bs direction. All a lot of music popular these days seems to be built around a heavy chorus that is repetitive and contains the song's title. Coldplay haven't done that on these new songs and I think that's awesome. [: Originality my friends (if I may call you that :) ). A hard quality to find these days. But they've still got it!

on moving to mars there is a chorus but on major minus and every tear i guss that the new style of the songs i dont know....

OF COURSE THEY HAVE, BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE MUSICAL CHOURS

 

CHARLIE BROWN: RIFFT WITH "GLOWING IN THE DARK"

MAJOR MINUS: OHH OHHH OHHH GOT ONE EYE ON THE ROAD AND ONE ON YOU (PRETTY OBIOUS)

HURTS LIKE HEAVEN : "USE YOUR HEART AS A WEAPON AND IT HURTS LIKE HEAVEN"

PRINCESS OF CHINA:" i'LL BE YOUR KING... YOU COULD WERE A RING" BIT (PRETTY OBIOUS)

ETIAW: GUITAR RIFFT IS ACTUALLY THE CHORUS AT MY POINT OF VIEW AND THE WAWAW PART

MOVING TO MARS: "MAYBE MOVING US TO MARS"

US AGAINST THE WORLD: "IF WE COULD ... AWAY, FLY UP TO THE SURFACE AND JUST..."

it's far more complicated to make a song with no chorus,and make it work. which is the case here. and btw amsterdam does have a chorus.

Are you having issues with erectile dysfunctions? Well there's a Coldplay song for that. There's a Coldplay song for just...everything.

 

The Hardest Part

 

Not A Rush of Blood To The Head then?

OF COURSE THEY HAVE, BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE MUSICAL CHOURS

 

CHARLIE BROWN: RIFFT WITH "GLOWING IN THE DARK"

MAJOR MINUS: OHH OHHH OHHH GOT ONE EYE ON THE ROAD AND ONE ON YOU (PRETTY OBIOUS)

HURTS LIKE HEAVEN : "USE YOUR HEART AS A WEAPON AND IT HURTS LIKE HEAVEN"

PRINCESS OF CHINA:" i'LL BE YOUR KING... YOU COULD WERE A RING" BIT (PRETTY OBIOUS)

ETIAW: GUITAR RIFFT IS ACTUALLY THE CHORUS AT MY POINT OF VIEW AND THE WAWAW PART

MOVING TO MARS: "MAYBE MOVING US TO MARS"

US AGAINST THE WORLD: "IF WE COULD ... AWAY, FLY UP TO THE SURFACE AND JUST..."

 

All caps is cruise control for cool.

 

Annnnyway, I find it interesting you see it that way, because Coldplay were trying to deviate from the standard song structure of 'verse chorus verse' etc during the VLV era ('tis said in interviews). They've certainly seemed more effective at it with the new songs than the old ones, which I liek.

Yes, there ARE chorus in the new songs, but they are so boring that they don't look like choruses at all.

I think you guys are focusing too much on a formula and in details on how a song is made. As long as you like it that's all that matters.