Roadie sheds light on Up In Flames...sounds AMAZING!

 

I remember that this phase of things on X&Y is when I first heard Fix You. Dan Green and I had been up at a studio in west London pulling the multi-tracks apart and I was driving back to the rehearsal room to get to work. It only took a couple of listens for that song to burn itself forever into the brain. Even on a first listen, the degree to which people would take it to their hearts was completely obvious.

 

Up In Flames feels the same to me right now. It’s immense. I first heard it when the guys were sound-checking at the iTunes show. Apparently, Chris had started the song the previous night, so it was less than 24 hours old at that point. It was hypnotic in its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous. The final version has lost none of this and is a masterwork of restraint. It hasn’t been crammed with a million ideas and embellishments. Every part is there simply to enhance the emotional impact. I can only predict floods of tears in every quarter.

Interesting. So its a very emotional song but very simple...

I think it´s amazing it was written so recently!

If Up in Flames is so great than Phil eventually tweeted really the order of the next singles...

 

"Paradise, Up in Flames, Princess of China..."?!

If Up in Flames is so great than Phil eventually tweeted really the order of the next singles...

 

"Paradise, Up in Flames, Princess of China..."?!

It can't be a complex song if it was written "just the other day". Sounds like a See You Soon.

It can't be a complex song if it was written "just the other day". Sounds like a See You Soon.

 

Yeah, thats also the information we get after reading the roadie blog. ;)

I'm fully aware, I've just read it and was commenting! ;)

'hypnotic in its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous'

 

. . .

 

Can someone just invent a time machine already or something? :dozey: I mean really . . .

 

 

At this point I'm predicting UIF is going to sound like a cross between Fix You, The Scientist, and See You Soon :nod:

I'm fully aware, I've just read it and was commenting! ;)

 

Yeah, everything is fine. :)

 

@Coldplayingfromkansas

 

Liked your mix but I still don't have any idea of this song and this makes me feel very very bad! :lol:

'hypnotic in its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous'

 

. . .

 

Can someone just invent a time machine already or something? :dozey: I mean really . . .

 

 

At this point I'm predicting UIF is going to sound like a cross between Fix You, The Scientist, and See You Soon :nod:

 

Haha, that is some mix. Maybe it doesn't sound like anything, just UIF, so it has its own sound. Its unique, the best songs are the unique ones. So who knows!?!? :smug2:

:P Yeah, I may have set the bar a little high with that mix

The roadie blog got me SUPER DUPER EXCITED about Up In Flames. I didn't really care for it before but this is exciting. I wish the band release something about Paradise to get us excited about it.

The roadie blog got me SUPER DUPER EXCITED about Up In Flames. I didn't really care for it before but this is exciting. I wish the band release something about Paradise to get us excited about it.

Wasn't Up in Flames been described as 'Bass heavy'?

so it will be on Mylo xyloto?! confirmed?

^ Yeah, which is why I have a feeling that the instrumental portion of the song may be similar to Clocks (since that song is mainly bass-driven along with the piano).

 

And 'hypnotic in its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous' would definitely describe Clocks also :wacky:

I need a piano song :wacky:

I'm so ready for a new Clocks. It feels we are crawling towards release date! Everything is happening too slowly.

Oh yes a tear jerker! If there's anything I missed on Viva... :dance:

 

I hope they're keeping quiet about Paradise, because it's really great, and everyone will be blown away on Monday...

If Up in Flames is so great than Phil eventually tweeted really the order of the next singles...

 

"Paradise, Up in Flames, Princess of China..."?!

 

 

how did you get that exactly? :thinking:

If Up in Flames is so great than Phil eventually tweeted really the order of the next singles...

 

"Paradise, Up in Flames, Princess of China..."?!

 

If Princess Of China is a single, Coldplay is set for success! Just my thought. I think POC is the best song from the new era... so far ;)

If Princess Of China is a single, Coldplay is set for success! Just my thought. I think POC is the best song from the new era... so far ;)

 

I like your passion for Princess of China,,,because its the same here :laugh3:

Oh yes a tear jerker! If there's anything I missed on Viva... :dance:

 

 

Oh gosh THIS.

 

Viva was perfect in every way except for this!

I am soooo excited about this song right now! You guys don't know how many times I read that part of the blog and thought about the first time I heard Fix You. I'M READY FOR THE ALBUM, NOW! :D