Mark Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Here's my perception- Hurts Like Heaven Choral Progression throughout the whole song is the same 4-line melody, going lower each 4 bars. The chorus itself is a vocal reprise aswell (The "ooh" part) Paradise The melody that the piano is based around is the same 4-line melody. Choral Progression, like in Hurts Like Heaven, is the same melody throughout the song aswell, directly linking it to Hurts Like Heaven aswell. The Violin melody is a complete reversal, going up rather than down the Staff. Charlie Brown Bass riff throughout the song is a half-reversal of the melody, as in it goes upwards from the the original line every two lines. Half-chorus, "All The Boys... All The girls... All the madness in the world..." is a reprise of the same melody, vocal, guitar and bass. Us Against The World Just like Para and Heaven, The same exact choral progression throughout the song, (except the half-chorus (if we could float away...)) going lower each time. Again, connecting itself with Para, Mylo and Heaven. M.M.I.X. An extremely stretched out reprise of Mylo. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall CAN'T FIND ANYTHING! Major Minus The choral progression is the exact same in the verses. (one eye watching you...) The droning before the guitar solo is the same melody. U.F.O It's Main guitar riff. Duh. Princess Of China The melodic riff during the vocal solos (ooh..) is the same melody. Same goes with the lalala Up In Flames Just Like Heaven, Para, World and Minus, the same choral progression, throughout the song, except the chorus. The Bass and Piano melody is based around the same melody in Mylo. During the chorus, the piano reprises the Mylo melody. A Hopeful Transmission Only idiots won't Realise this is a complete reprise of Mylo. Don't Let It Break Your Heart The whole melody is Mylo repeating itself over and over again for 4 minutes with thrashy instrumentals and chris bashing it out. Another reason why this is the best song on the album. A Hopeful Transmission The whole second act of the song (2:05-2:36), is accompanied by a reprise of the Mylo melody http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_correlation Slow down. This melody appears once or twice in what would've been the really defining points in the songwriting: UFO, I'm guessing, is the origin of this melody. I'm guessing it's the earliest album track of this era, and maybe that's why it was favoured over some of the others? But either way, it sounds like the origin of the acoustic record. MX starts the album. MX was probably a title of a different song that wasn't good enough, so they took the UFO melody and placed it in there. Hurts Like Heaven was probably built from the MX chords, but there are so many brilliant melodies, from both Chris and Johnny's guitar, that you can't pin down the MX melody. Similarities, sure, but concrete evidence? Nope, can't hear it. Don't Let It Break Your Heart is the antithesis to Hurts Like Heaven; stadium-rocking anthems that starts the album and it's encore. Thus, an MX antithesis has to follow DLIBYH. You're correct, AHT is a reprise. The latter half of Up With The Birds is another huge moment on the album, as it closes the record. It's the polar opposite, the end of the record. So the melody's use here is sorta self-explanatory. I cannot hear it anywhere else. I think what they've done is perfectly natural considering they've called MX a concept record. And MMIX is not a stretched out MX, fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aschall Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 WAIT. HOLD UP. The Mylo Xyloto melody is in AHT? :shocked2: *mind blown* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Seriously how could anybody not hear it in Charlie Brown? Go listen to Mylo and then sing to yourself, All the Boys... All the Girls... All the Madness In the World... NOW YOU HEAR IT! Also, i would know if it was some fancy illusion or not. Every band has their secrets! Queen, U2, Green Day, The Veronicas, Florence + The Machine and ESPECIALLY Apparatjik and Pink Floyd have taught me that. Mylo Xyloto is a strange album. How could it not contain secrets? Also, I take back the MMIX thing. I just realised myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel_94 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 WAIT. HOLD UP. The Mylo Xyloto melody is in AHT? :shocked2: *mind blown* Yeah, i'd say out of all the songs, it's most obvious in AHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Here's my perception- Hurts Like Heaven Choral Progression throughout the whole song is the same 4-line melody, going lower each 4 bars. The chorus itself is a vocal reprise aswell (The "ooh" part) Paradise The melody that the piano is based around is the same 4-line melody. Choral Progression, like in Hurts Like Heaven, is the same melody throughout the song aswell, directly linking it to Hurts Like Heaven aswell. The Violin melody is a complete reversal, going up rather than down the Staff. Charlie Brown Bass riff throughout the song is a half-reversal of the melody, as in it goes upwards from the the original line every two lines. Half-chorus, "All The Boys... All The girls... All the madness in the world..." is a reprise of the same melody, vocal, guitar and bass. Us Against The World Just like Para and Heaven, The same exact choral progression throughout the song, (except the half-chorus (if we could float away...)) going lower each time. Again, connecting itself with Para, Mylo and Heaven. M.M.I.X. Nothing Here. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall CAN'T FIND ANYTHING! I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING! ENO YOU ARE FUCKING WITH MY MIND RIGHT NOW! Major Minus The choral progression is the exact same in the verses. (one eye watching you...) The droning before the guitar solo is the same melody. U.F.O It's Main guitar riff. Duh. Princess Of China The melodic riff during the vocal solos (ooh..) is the same melody. Same goes with the lalala Up In Flames Just Like Heaven, Para, World and Minus, the same choral progression, throughout the song, except the chorus. The Bass and Piano melody is based around the same melody in Mylo. During the chorus, the piano reprises the Mylo melody. A Hopeful Transmission Only idiots won't Realise this is a complete reprise of Mylo. Don't Let It Break Your Heart The whole melody is Mylo repeating itself over and over again for 4 minutes with thrashy instrumentals and chris bashing it out. Another reason why this is the best song on the album. Up With The Birds The whole second act of the song (2:05-2:36), is accompanied by a reprise of the Mylo melody What have we learned from VLV yesterday and Mylo today? BRIAN ENO IS A GENIUS that's what! wow thanks for this. i noticed something background the songs but never thought that deeply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Seriously how could anybody not hear it in Charlie Brown? Go listen to Mylo and then sing to yourself, All the Boys... All the Girls... All the Madness In the World... NOW YOU HEAR IT! Also, i would know if it was some fancy illusion or not. Every band has their secrets! Queen, U2, Green Day, The Veronicas, Florence + The Machine and ESPECIALLY Apparatjik and Pink Floyd have taught me that. Mylo Xyloto is a strange album. How could it not contain secrets? Also, I take back the MMIX thing. I just realised myself. It's similar, but what I'd say is that you could find it in any song if you look hard enough. Sorry if it seems like I'm trampling over your hard work here, I just can't believe that they'd reeeally do something like this :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 What have we learned from VLV yesterday and Mylo today? BRIAN ENO IS A GENIUS that's what! Also... what have we learned about VlV? I missed that :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 BRIAN ENO IS A GENIUS that's what! :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaelchampion Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Also... what have we learned about VlV? I missed that :( Just this: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78605 BRIAN ENO IS A GENIUS that's what! Never such clever words have been said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Eno is a genius. A visionary. Probably the main reason why U2's albums aged so well. They invented that style and not much has happened since then. (Except for grunge in the 90s.) But RazorEye, you like CP+Eno but not U2+Eno? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IneedYou23 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was just thinking about the whole Mylo Xyloto in every song thing. Remember when they said the original idea was to make an album that had an animated film that went along with it? Well movies usually have a movie score that runs through out the film. Variations of the score are made for different songs for different scenes in the movie. I was thinking maybe thats whats kind of going on with this album. It is sort of a concept album. So it has a sort of general theme/plot. Much like movies. I think Mylo Xyloto is the "original score" and is varied in the songs on the album. In some songs its very subtle and others its very prominent. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdplayFanatic16 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Here's my perception- Hurts Like Heaven Choral Progression throughout the whole song is the same 4-line melody, going lower each 4 bars. The chorus itself is a vocal reprise aswell (The "ooh" part) Paradise The melody that the piano is based around is the same 4-line melody. Choral Progression, like in Hurts Like Heaven, is the same melody throughout the song aswell, directly linking it to Hurts Like Heaven aswell. The Violin melody is a complete reversal, going up rather than down the Staff. Charlie Brown Bass riff throughout the song is a half-reversal of the melody, as in it goes upwards from the the original line every two lines. Half-chorus, "All The Boys... All The girls... All the madness in the world..." is a reprise of the same melody, vocal, guitar and bass. Us Against The World Just like Para and Heaven, The same exact choral progression throughout the song, (except the half-chorus (if we could float away...)) going lower each time. Again, connecting itself with Para, Mylo and Heaven. M.M.I.X. Nothing Here. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall CAN'T FIND ANYTHING! I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING! ENO YOU ARE FUCKING WITH MY MIND RIGHT NOW! Major Minus The choral progression is the exact same in the verses. (one eye watching you...) The droning before the guitar solo is the same melody. U.F.O It's Main guitar riff. Duh. Princess Of China The melodic riff during the vocal solos (ooh..) is the same melody. Same goes with the lalala Up In Flames Just Like Heaven, Para, World and Minus, the same choral progression, throughout the song, except the chorus. The Bass and Piano melody is based around the same melody in Mylo. During the chorus, the piano reprises the Mylo melody. A Hopeful Transmission Only idiots won't Realise this is a complete reprise of Mylo. Don't Let It Break Your Heart The whole melody is Mylo repeating itself over and over again for 4 minutes with thrashy instrumentals and chris bashing it out. Another reason why this is the best song on the album. Up With The Birds The whole second act of the song (2:05-2:36), is accompanied by a reprise of the Mylo melody What have we learned from VLV yesterday and Mylo today? BRIAN ENO IS A GENIUS that's what! ok i dont usually like swearing but HOLY FUCKING FUCK! I JUST FRICKING REALIZED ALL OF THIS!!!!!!! I MEAN HOLY SHIT. THIS IS GENIUSSS!!!!!!!! My mind is officially blown. I need to go listen to MX again... :o:o:o:shocked2::shocked2::stunned::stunned::stunned: Mylo Xyloto... wow.. Its the fricking centerpiece of the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 But RazorEye, you like CP+Eno but not U2+Eno? :P Yeah, I never though the way U2's album were produced and how they sounded were crap. Mabye because it's U2 and Bono and The Edge's crappier songwriting. Because I really hate U2. Especially how Bono has made a prick of himself over the years. In fact, there are really only 3 artists I really hate with a passion: INXS, Justin Bieber and U2. (Used to hate Kanye West aswell, but my mind completely changed that after MBDTF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I don't hate anybody... :nice: ...except people who hate U2. :saw: Kidding. That's your opinion and I respect it. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harondor Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have noticed another similarity between MX and HLH : the melody from 0:33 to 0:44 (MX) is the same that the melody at 1:37 (beginning of the guitar solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crrmH8Zy6fM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yeah, I never though the way U2's album were produced and how they sounded were crap. Mabye because it's U2 and Bono and The Edge's crappier songwriting. Because I really hate U2. Especially how Bono has made a prick of himself over the years. In fact, there are really only 3 artists I really hate with a passion: INXS, Justin Bieber and U2. (Used to hate Kanye West aswell, but my mind completely changed that after MBDTF) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is maybe the most beautiful fusion of noises known to man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joszwa Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Interesting. What exactly are the notes of that four-line melody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainystrawberry Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Interesting. What exactly are the notes of that four-line melody? Yes, I need to know this too That's amazing that Mylo Xyloto is the centerpiece of MX album more reason for me to appreciate it. Have to listen to the album again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancruzsc Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 i tried so many times to listen MX melody in the other songs but doesn't works D: (it's just like when you have a 'magic eye' book, and you try to see a hidden image, but you can't... but your friend can do this.) ps. dumb question: what is a reversal / half-reversal? i google it but don't found anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathondetroit Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Interesting. What exactly are the notes of that four-line melody? On Mylo Xyloto, the notes are D,C,Bb, and A. On other songs, the key is sometimes different, but the pattern is always descending: whole step, whole step, then a half step. Or if you want to sing along like middle school choir, think "Mi Re Do, Ti" :):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romy_MX Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Right, just have to share this with everyone, I was reading this thread so i decided to start playing MX on the piano which just happens to be next to my laptop. I'd played it about once and then suddenly, without doing anything, the background synth/guitar/xylophone started to back up my piano. in time and everything! I was sat playing thinking wow how cool is this, i have a super power that plays music in my head out loud. Turns out it was my phone ringing because MX is my ringtone, someone had called the wrong number... i bet its a sign.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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