I ran away Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I read The Conference of Birds yesterday. It is presumably the book which inspired this song. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. The hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment. When the group of thirty birds finally reach the dwelling place of the Simorgh, all they find is a lake in which they see their own reflection. The birds must cross seven valleys in order to find the Simorgh: Yearning Love Knowledge of Spiritual Truth Detachment Unity of God Bewilderment Selflessness Nice find, would be really cool if that was the inspiration behind Birds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 After hearing these lyrics, I have really high hopes for this song and I feel like this song will show why I fell in love with Coldplay. The small parts of lyrics are so beautiful, and Chris sings it so beautiful as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuro.altj Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Up In Flames, Fly On, the single cover for Magic... haha is the "up" song or "bird" song a new tradition? Speed Of Sound too.. "Birds can fly at the speed of sound.. Etc.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohammed Essam Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It's so unexpected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hmm makes me wonder if Coldplay has any birds as pets?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hmm makes me wonder if Coldplay has any birds as pets?? I also wonder if they also have monkeys or elephants as pets? Oh yeah, Coldplay have ever got a song called 'Animals' back in the day so we can all predict Coldplay love animals so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arushofjacktothehead Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Radiohead vibes. Upbeat and a very solid snippet. :D I am loving this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just one thing.. Kid A (album) feelings from radiohead *-----* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I also wonder if they also have monkeys or elephants as pets? Oh yeah, Coldplay have ever got a song called 'Animals' back in the day so we can all predict Coldplay love animals so much. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 not too fond of the sound itself but love Chris's soft (nearly whispered) vocals ! If that song has a good melody, I may like it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grids Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 :P Seriously though, I'm laughing right nao :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaytheblue Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I really can't tell much from that little snippet... So I won't really judge. The vocals don't seem amazing to me, the music seems good? The make it or break it of a song to me is usually the melody so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctc799 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well, that wasn't at all what I expected! It's too small of a clip to really judge yet, but I thought the bass part was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymax865 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 very interesting snippet! although it doesn't fit that much with what we heard from the acoustic session... was it really the same song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myl_oxyl_oto Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 very interesting snippet! although it doesn't fit that much with what we heard from the acoustic session... was it really the same song? not at all. that snippet was mistaken by some idiot who didn't notice that us against the world had the same melody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaytheblue Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 not at all. that snippet was mistaken by some idiot who didn't notice that us against the world had the same melody. Well yeah but I mean the lyrics had to be from somewhere, and if you listen the lyrics definitely did not have the same melody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayrn43 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Sounds verrry interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruka Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Chris Martin playing with a sample machine :lol: , his vocals are cool – talking low/whispering. You definitely can hear some reminiscence of Brian Eno’s ambient noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymax865 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 after the verse we heard I expect a chorus like rainy day, with davide rossi's violins... it must be more various than this I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diogo_sg Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 after the verse we heard I expect a chorus like rainy day, with davide rossi's violins... it must be more various than this I guess Hope so! That sounds heavenly [emoji7] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Swinger Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I think this might be a good track, judging from the snippet. It sounds the most...indie of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I think this might be a good track, judging from the snippet. It sounds the most...indie of all. Sound like radiohead. I Like that sound of cold, experimenting something experimental. That is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylobryte98 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I feel the snippet will suddenly burst into a huge drop and then followed by some HLH kind of music. This will be like HLH or DLIBYH for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I feel the snippet will suddenly burst into a huge drop and then followed by some HLH kind of music. This will be like HLH or DLIBYH for sure. Wow.. for me this snippet is far from anything from mylo. Sounds a lot more experimental than mylo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Im really wanting that birds be really something more unique in cold discografy. Like Chris said, now there are no limits. I like that thought, it makes me think that they can do anything since cheesy pop to something like Kid a or the king of limbs from radiohead, and that ideia its awsome, gives me hope for the future of the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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