I thinks it is better but I love the first interview of Chris Martin ! He is so cute ! :)

^ Haha! Agreed. The whole band looks like a bunch of adorable teenagers! :D

So guys, how is today going compared to Parachutes day?

 

I love AROBTTH, and that will never change :) Makes me relax

this sounds like a great thread but i have to wait till next week to start it (i havnt been on coldplaying for a while cause of the holidays :(

Ah no I missed this thread D: I will have to start tomorrow and do it until Sunday! I love the idea for this.

this sounds like a great thread but i have to wait till next week to start it (i havnt been on coldplaying for a while cause of the holidays :(

 

That's okay! Feel free to start as early as tomorrow if you like! :D

 

^ @Gluestick300 Yay! So glad you'll be joining us!

X&Y day ! :D I must not forget to change my alarm clock for put X&Y song ... which one?

Lol! A Whisper is one of my favorites...but nobody else seems to like it! Haha. :P

 

I really tried to like it, but helas. It has to be my least favorite Coldplay track. There are b-sides I like better.

About to hit the gym in about an hour. I'm preparing a setlist + interviews to listen to while I'm working out.

AROBTTH simply has way too many hits.

So Coldplay were part of the Dick Clark's New Year Rockin' Eve 2002 where they performed In My Place. I can't find a video though:-(

So guys, how is today going compared to Parachutes day?

 

Good. Politik is loud and blaring. I'm not on the couch anymore in contemplation. I'm standing up and alerty attentive/listening. Album is louder, direct and the band is pumped. Not holding back, melodies are stronger. :earmuffs: Feels like I don't know what I've been hit with. :)

X&Y day ! :D I must not forget to change my alarm clock for put X&Y song ... which one?

 

Maybe Square One? That song's pretty loud, and it'll wake you up! :D

 

@ postcards--Agreed on all counts. This album is a blaring wake up call. An awesome blaring wake up call.

About to hit the gym in about an hour. I'm preparing a setlist + interviews to listen to while I'm working out.

AROBTTH simply has way too many hits.

 

I KNOW!!! I felt like the whole first half of the album was some sort of "Coldplay's greatest hits" compilation cd. Lol.

I had a very grand old time with AROBTTH well into the night. I listened to lots of interviews and live sessions around the time the album was released. I so loved the In My Place acoustic version with just 2 guitars and a voice, the way Chris holds the harmony line is fantastic. BTW, Chris said Phil is the one who suggested the title Politik (with a k).:)

 

It was nice to see the boys enjoying themselves even more than during Parachutes, Chris and Jonny getting more animated, and Will hitting the drums a lot harder.

 

About to start X&Y now.

I know this epic moment came 4 yrs later but it will be for ever part of X&Y

 

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^ Oh yeeah !

 

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I wonder if the presenter by purposely introduce Green Day ?? :inquisitive:

^ Oh yeeah !

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-sNO17cXg

I wonder if the presenter by purposely introduce Green Day ?? :inquisitive:

 

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) is a comedian. He was being in character, so that was a joke.

Phew! I had forgotten what a long album X&Y is, then I had to replay some tracks 2-3 times. I really love White Shadows ending, live. Jonny does his thing, then lifts Chris from the floor. Sometimes I just spend the time watching different clips of White Shadows from different concerts. I love how Chris added the exclamation please, please, please! in live shows.

White Shadows Glastonbury 2005. I love the capless Jonny [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGWVpYnGbus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGWVpYnGbus[/ame]

 

Swim out on a sea of faces,

The tide of the human races,

An answer now is what I need.

 

See it in a new sun rising

See it break on your horizon

Oh, come on love, stay with me...

 

White Shadows Austin City Limit

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUacvnQ-gMs]Coldplay White Shadows (Live From Austin City Limits) - YouTube[/ame]

 

Paris Bercy Novembre 2005

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S'il vous plait, s'il vous plait, s'il vous plait!

 

Toronto takes the cake for this particular tour in so many ways, not just for White Shadows.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tmNDopr3lI]Coldplay - White Shadows[ LIVE TORONTO] - YouTube[/ame]

 

Chris to Jonny: we've come along way now.:). Indeed!

square One at the Brit Awards 2006

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This is completely crazy. I often listen to a Chris Martin interview on the Chris Moyles BBC show in 2006, 2 days before Coldplay were to perform on the Brit Awards 2006. Chris was trying to get Moyles to play some American music but it was a day dedicated to Brit music only. Finally there was this silly bet that if Moyles promised to be nice to a poor person, Chris Martin would sing some Michael Bolton lyrics during Coldplay's performance at the Brits. Lo and behold, if you listen at 3:39 on this clip, Chris says: how can we be lovers if we can't be friends (these were the lyrics he and Chris Moyles were talking about 2 days earlier). This guy is simply crazy. LOL

^Ahhhhh! I LOVE all of your white shadows links! :D

 

PS: X&Y does seem a lot longer than the previous two albums....

Another tidbit about White Shadows. It's Abby Road Feb 13, 2006, the band has just performed White Shadows. Chris is having a little conversation with the audience, he tells them his mom is in the audience and that he would be very grateful if they acknowledged her. Then he goes on to say: if she hadn't had 3 whiskeys that night and let my dad have his wicked ways, the world of ballads would never be the same. LOL

^LOL! That's the best quote I've heard in AGES! :D

^Ahhhhh! I LOVE all of your white shadows links! :D

 

PS: X&Y does seem a lot longer than the previous two albums....

 

Enjoying my listening to X & Y. Thanx for the links. Reading Room has links to magazine articles during the XY era.

Viva la Vida day ! :D