August 22, 201114 yr These scores are actually quite good. While I think Charlie Brown should be a little higher, I'd rate the songs the way they are.
August 22, 201114 yr Author These scores are actually quite good. While I think Charlie Brown should be a little higher, I'd rate the songs the way they are. I think they're a little conservative, especially CB PoC deserves more too. :inquisitive:
August 22, 201114 yr Rolling Stone is irrelevant, and I'm not saying that cause they gave Coldplay a bad mark.
August 22, 201114 yr For my personal taste all the songs deserves at least 4 points. But ok... I don't care about such "reviews".
August 22, 201114 yr i'm not gunna read too much into these rating, simply because it sounds as if they have only listened to the live versions, not the studio ones.
August 22, 201114 yr ^But we don't have studio versions of those songs...yet. The rating is fine with me. Thanks Baw8cc for sharing.
August 22, 201114 yr Although I don't really get the comparison, it's pretty awesome to see a LCD Soundsystem reference pop up in a Coldplay track review.
August 22, 201114 yr How can they possibly review Princess Of China professionally when all they've got to go on is a grainy YouTube video? :thinking:
August 22, 201114 yr If they're giving Princess of China 3 stars just from the low quality available on YouTube... then what are they going to give the studio version?!
August 22, 201114 yr No.. they don't.. the reviews were based on their live performances of the songs. At least that's what I get from reading the article. For funsies I would rate (as of now, live): Charlie Brown 4.0 Hurts Like Heaven 4.1 Princess of China 3.5 Us Against the World 4.0
August 22, 201114 yr Author I don't think it ever specifies whether they have studio tracks. But seeing that they only reviewed songs that were performed live and nothing else, I doubt it. :\
August 22, 201114 yr They give 2.5 stars for Charlie Brown? As in the Charlie Brown that every other musical source has said it's an instant Coldplay classic? I don't understand. And it's by far my favourite of the tracks.
August 22, 201114 yr I actually get Rolling Stone and I have come to notice that their reviews are sub-par. They never give anything more than 3 stars and some of the critics pick clear favorites. Actually, most of the magazine is about TV and not music. for Rolling stone a 2.5/5 is pretty much average. Honestly though I never go by reveiws, I like what I want to like.
August 22, 201114 yr Guys! I've just found the intro to Paradise! http://audioboo.fm/boos/444772-42-breakfast :laugh3:
August 22, 201114 yr is a great song, The magazine is wrong I like the songs Coldplay but for specialists of music maybe less because a chance not put less but Rolling Stone have old interviews, is maybe because : Chris' interview with Rolling Stone in 2008.RS: Have you had a lot of serious girlfriends in your life? Chris: I've only been in one serious relationship. RS: Beside this one? Chris: No, this is the only one. Is that weird? I don't think it's that weird. It wouldn't be weird 200 years ago. RS: No, its not weird that you would only have one serious relationship. But it is weird that your only relationship is int he context of a rock star dating a movie star. Chris: Well, I know. But that's love. Just go with it. Think of Romeo and Juliet, or people with really challenging marriages -cross borders, cross races, sometimes cousins. Many people have challenging situations. RS: Did you realize how intense the experience of being with a movie star would be? Chris: Yeah, I did, but I always felt it would be great to be with a very powerful woman, b/c it would always keep you in your place and remind you that you still weren't very good. So I knew that there would be negatives to it, which are all obvious to state, but the positives out-weight them. And being married to some one very successful and very powerful basically keeps you hungry to improve. RS: You keep using the word "powerful" Chris: But you know what I'm saying. However big you are as a musician, it's never the same deal as big Hollywood actors. RS: Does it bother you to watch your with, say, Robert Downey Jr. in a movie? Chris: Oh, no, no, no. I'm not a jealous person. I think if you're jealous in this business, you're not be very happy. Even if your girlfriend or wife is at home while you're on tour, then you'd still just freak out all the time, cause jealousy's so hard to control. RS: You're young to have two kids. Did you always think you'd settle down so early? Chris: You've got to let life happen. Otherwise, A, your life is dull, and B, your writing is dull b/c you're not letting life happen. RS: But when you're a rock star, you have the option of extending your adolescence indefinitely. Chris: Yeah, but your music turns shit. Name one person who is perpetually adolescent who's made a good album. RS: You've taken some aggressive action against paparazzi - there was an incident whit a photographer's car, and you wrestled a paparazzi to the ground this year. Chris: The reason why we keep private as a family, and why I always have a hood and sneak in and out of places, is b/c it brings out a kind of physical rage that I can't really control. You are allowed to spend taxpayers' money on war and killing civilians, but you can't go and smack someone who's upset your bandmate or your baby or something. Getting arrested is no fun. It's terrfying. That's why I don't like to talk about that side of things, and I don't like to go down red carpets b/c it invites a certain type of person into my life who I just don't like. So I keep myself away from them, b/c you can't go around being physically aggressive to people. There was a point where I thought, "OK, I've got to get away from being fingerprinted and held in a cell." I thought, "This is no good. This is obviously not working as a tactic."
August 22, 201114 yr "it apparently blew out all the bootleggers' mics in nuremberg" - so true :blank: good for the song, bad for us.
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