Ccrules2791 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Setlist predictions? Assume we have 14 minutes (typical performance of the halftime show). A lot of times these things are partial My bet: AFHOD (as intro - 3 mins) -> Clocks (partial 2.5 minutes), special guest (seems like Bruno Mars - 1.5 minutes), Viva La Vida (3.5 minutes) -> Hymn for the Weekend w/ Beyonce (partial 2 minutes) -> A Sky Full of Stars (w/ fireworks - 3.5 minutes) = ~15 minutes. -- Would love for the final to be ETIAW but feel like it's that or ASFOS for last song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 http://coldplaying.com/forum/index.php?threads/plan-the-ultimate-super-bowl-half-time-show-for-coldplay.105301/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 the hate continues. Why Hip-Hop — Not Coldplay — Is the Only Music That Works for Super Bowl 50 BUCKNER/VARIETY/REX SHUTTERSTOCK DECEMBER 10, 2015 | 10:00AM PT Bob Lefsetz @lefsetz The halftime show has frequently been the highlight of the Super Bowl, but with the announcement last week that Coldplay would be the featured performer at Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, it’s hard to see how the game itself won’t be the draw this year. Maybe that’s what the NFL had in mind when it booked the British band. This story first appeared in the December 08, 2015 issue of Variety. Subscribe today. The “nip slip” was the best thing to ever happen to the Super Bowl — after Prince’s triumphant performance that is. Quick, name who won those games? The Super Bowl is a national holiday wherein we all come together to eat too much, get drunk and have fun. It’s a gathering of the tribes — nearly eclipsed by the MTV Video Music Awards in its heyday. That’s why the NFL hired MTV to produce the nip-slip triumph (never call it a fiasco; that’s a misnomer). The league wanted some controversy, and it got it. Who lost in all that controversy? Certainly not Justin Timberlake. And Janet Jackson is still doing great at the turnstiles. As for CBS, the hosting channel? Leslie Moonves oversees a juggernaut. But these days, nudity is so prevalent online that Playboy has eliminated it from its magazine. That’s what you do when confronted with a changing landscape; you deliver the unexpected, you get one step ahead. So why play it safe now? We know what’s in it for Coldplay. They go to where the most eyeballs are and then put tickets on sale to their tour for “A Head Full of Dreams” the next day. And holding back the album from Spotify is like putting the efforts of a has-been behind a paywall. This is a band that was buoyed by MTV and VH1 when those networks still played music. “Music is all about marketing, and sports are all about protecting the past and taking no risks — at a time when society is living on the cutting edge.” But the NFL has used up all the usual has-beens, classic rockers are too geriatric to excite the assembled multitude, and the best have already made an appearance. So why not feature the music that truly rules the NFL: hip-hop. Jay Z would be the host, of course. But Hova is surrounded by Kendrick and Drake, and even Killer Mike. Lil Wayne runs out for a cameo, and then Dr. Dre is lowered from the heavens as Snoop Dogg goes into “Gin and Juice.” Half of America would be thrilled. And half of America would be vomiting. Can you imagine the aftermath, the explication of rap’s history, the meaning of the lyrics, the offense taken by those who believe they know better, even though they don’t, not understanding that Drake is a bigger star on Spotify than Adele. Yes, “Hotline Bling” is bigger than “Hello,” because music lives on streaming services, not in CD racks or at the iTunes Store. And Coldplay has one No. 1 hit; Drake has five. This is like playing the second-string QB instead of Cam Newton. The NFL is in the entertainment business, so why not give the public what it wants? It should ignore the vocal minority imploring it to play it safe. Why would a public enraptured of Snapchat and Instagram be interested in a band that made its bones before Facebook hit the scene? And while the league has thrown in Beyonce and Bruno Mars for spice, didn’t we just see them in a Super Bowl show? So this is where we’re at. Music is all about marketing, and sports are all about protecting the past and taking no risks — at a time when society is living on the cutting edge, knowing what happens today probably won’t be remembered tomorrow. The Super Bowl only comes around once a year. And we punt the ball and give our greatest promotional opportunity to this wimpy group from England? No, you bring out the heavy hitters. And that means hip-hop. variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 oh lord gai, I just saw that ughhhhh so much hate "WIMPY GROUP FROM ENGLAND"??? I think not!:eek::mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 oh lord gai, I just saw that ughhhhh so much hate "WIMPY GROUP FROM ENGLAND"??? I think not!:eek::mad: Just imagine how much this would escalate once they actually perform!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrimas4 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Wtf is the deal with the britney-thing? Was she supposed to do the show or are some of her fans just total jerks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaytheblue Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Coldplay has had one number 1 hit only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisbe Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Coldplay has had one number 1 hit only? In the USA, yes, it was Viva la Vida in the UK they have 2 Viva la Vida and Paradise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 If anything is wimpy here, it is this article. How shallow and locked in your own bubble of commercialism do you have to be to write such a b***shit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tudS1Cj7zc Mobile Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tudS1Cj7zc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Adversary Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 That article made me laugh to be honest. It basically boils down to "I don't like rock and have never listened to Coldplay. I like hip-hop, why don't we have that?" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Why we love to hate Coldplay: Admit it — the thing you hate most about this band is how much you really like them Coldplay is actually the perfect band to play the Super Bowl halftime show—like it or not NICO LANG (Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri) You are a person of refined tastes. You drink Scotch and enjoy the sounds of Deafheaven and Courtney Barnett. You surely are not the “type of person” who likes Coldplay. If Fox News’ Jesse Waters once coined the term “Beyoncé voters” to describe single women, Coldplay’s perceived fans might be best described as “Martin O’Malley voters”—middle-aged dads who think Starbucks lattes are cool and shop at L.L.Bean. They drive used Volvos and describe themselves as “environmentally conscious—I guess.” They like Radiohead and the Police; they’re not so unhip that they’d attend a Celine Dion concert, but they probably think Father John Misty is a wise Appalachian preacher with great stories. If Coldplay is thought to be the musical equivalent of “dad bod,” this did not escape the notice of Twitter following the recent announcement that the British foursome would be playing this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. The jokes were so inevitable that they’re not worth repeating, but what’s notable about the adverse reaction to Coldplay is how reflexive it is. When I initially heard that the band was releasing a new album—with the incredibly on-brand title “Head Full of Dreams”—I loudly groaned: “Ugh, why?” That was actually a very good question: Why did I hate them when—after I thought about it—I actually didn’t? I really enjoyed two Coldplay albums (“A Rush of Blood to the Head,” “Viva La Vida”), had warm-to-positive feelings about two more (“Parachutes,” “Xylo Myloto”), and only actually disliked two (“X&Y,” “Ghost Stories”). And even their worst albums have their high moments: If “X&Y” is a U2 tribute by way of self-parody (with “Speed of Sound” marking the band’s worst single to date), the record is not without its high moments. “Fix You” marked Coldplay’s most overt embrace of arena rock yet—grandiose emotions designed for stadium-sized consumption—but for all of its treacly lyrics, the song is genuinely touching. Chris Martin and his band appear to have what BuzzFeed’s Anne Helen Petersen called Anne Hathaway Syndrome—aka “when you do everything right and society hates you for it.” The comparison is apt: Like Hathaway, Coldplay really, really cares what you think. The “Les Miserables” actress famously apologized for her 2013 Oscar dress—which showed clearly visible nipplage—while Martin acknowledged that he’s not the best writer: “We know our lyrics are a bit shit.” Anne Hathaway likes to self-deprecate on Twitter, calling herself “Annie” while reminding followers she’s just like you. And in a 2011 Billboard interview, Chris Martin compared his band’s music to a “good sandwich.” We like that down-to-earth lack of pretension when it comes from Adele or Taylor Swift, whose brand is built on reminding you that she’s not the biggest star on the planet but your best friend, but we apparently do not like it in our rock stars. Coldplay’s critics especially do not like it when it comes from a handsome 38-year-old millionaire who is friends with Jay Z and Beyoncé and was married to an A-list movie star for more than a decade. What does Chris Martin have to be so sad about all the time? But even more than the Hathaway parallel, the band’s play for mass appeal over critical applause is reminiscent of Nickelback. In a famous dig at the band, Thom Yorke once described Coldplay as “lifestyle music,” and he’s right—but not in the way he means. With the death of Nickelback, Coldplay is the closest thing rock music has left to a “statement band.” Disliking Nickelback doesn’t demonstrate your learn’d knowledge of the Chad Kroeger discography, and most people who hate them wouldn’t be able to name a single one of their albums. As in the case of the O’Malley voter, it’s a declaration of one’s values in opposition to a perceived “Other.” This time, it’s people with Confederate flag tattoos and shotguns in the back of their pickup trucks. What separates the two acts is that, like it or not, Coldplay was a critics’ band—following the smashing success of 2002’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head.” The group had its detractors (notably Pitchfork and New York magazine), but it earned raves on both sides of the Atlantic—from NME, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard and the Onion A.V. Club. It was voted one of the best albums of the decade by Rolling Stone(at #21), and even “X&Y” was better received than you might think: Blender called it the band’s “masterpiece,” while Q magazine felt it was Coldplay’s finest record yet. Until the current EP, every single one of the band’s records received positive reviews upon release—with “Ghost Stories” reaching a relative low point in the band’s critical and popular acclaim; their sixth album notched just a 61 on Metacritic, while their first four records all scored above 70. Three of Coldplay’s records have been shortlisted for Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize, while 2008’s “Viva La Vida” became the biggest album in the entire world, selling 10 million copies. They’re the rare band that can open Glastonbury, star in an iTunes commercial and get covered by Willie Nelson in a Chipotle ad. But what bothers the Independent’s Andy Gill is that—despite the band’s success in just about every way we define success—he genuinely has no idea who Coldplay’s followers are. “Who are those masses politely arrayed in their thousands at stadiums when Coldplay play?” he asks. “Is it some secret society, an Opus Dei of dreary anthemic music?” While Gill insists that the band’s fans are no one he knows, he seems to know the answer to his own question: The most irritating thing about Coldplay isn’t Chris Martin’s much-criticized falsetto or their embrace of lyrical Velveeta, but that they appeal to everyone while seeming to appeal to no one. In a must-read breakdown of the band’s discography, the Onion A.V. Club’s Sonia Saraiya—now Salon’s TV critic—argues that “Coldplay is the closest thing to a musical monoculture that exists anymore.” This is not an accident. Many bands use massive success to get weirder and more insular: After winning Grammys, Arcade Fire decided to ditch their signature sound and make an LCD Soundsystem record, while M.I.A.’s underrated “Maya” was all but a middle finger to fans who were looking for another “Paper Planes.” But according to Saraiya, Coldplay became “a group of men in the business of making Coldplay continue to sound like Coldplay.” Like U2 before them, Coldplay has always stressed universality, a kind of open space in their music that allows the listener to project their own fears and desires into the lyrics. On “Talk,” the third single from “X&Y,” Martin asks: “Are you lost or incomplete? Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?” These sentiments are nondescript enough that anyone can identify with them, and following “X&Y,” the band’s sound began to follow the same template—incorporating Afropop, Japanese and R&B influences for a distinctly global sound. Of all people, John Mayer described it best in a 2004 Spin interview: “They’ve found a way, identity-wise, to be from everywhere.” That’s precisely why Coldplay makes such an oddly perfect choice for the Super Bowl: The NFL’s championship game is the most-watched night of television of the year. It’s the one evening when all of America is huddled around TV screens–and in an era where the NFL is pushing to expand its appeal abroad, it may be soon be the event the entire world is watching. Coldplay doesn’t just bring together Japan, Europe and the U.S., it forces Lynyrd Skynyrd fans, Volvo drivers and single ladies to admit that they have more in common than they might like to think they do. When you and your grandmother are both nodding your head to “Yellow” on Super Bowl Sunday, you’ll be forced to admit that the thing you hate most about Coldplay is that you actually really like them. salon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Again X&Y bashing, I can't stand it. Speed of Sound their worst single ? Oh come on. And yes, this universality of Coldplay lyrics is a string point imho, not a weakness. “Parachutes,” “Xylo Myloto” I know Parachutes but "Xylo Myloto" is an album I have not yet discovered. Is it unreleased perhaps ? Where can I get it ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Director on Headliners Coldplay: 'They are Gonna Surprise a Lot of People' Coldplay perform onstage during the 2015 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 22, 2015 in Los Angeles. KEVIN MAZUR/AMA2015/WIREIMAGE Any pop darling knows that being named the headliner for a Super Bowl halftime show is kind of a big deal. Not only is the 12-minute performance flanked by million-dollar ads and a showdown catering to football loyalists, more eyeballs tune into the show than the game itself. Last year's performer Katy Perry raked in 118.5 million viewers in comparison to the game's 114.4 million viewership as the most watched halftime show, per Nielsen data. The magic for creating a ratings magnet begins with the master multitasker from England, Hamish Hamilton, who has helmed broadcasts for everything worth tweeting about from the Oscars to the NBA All-Star games. Super Bowl 50 will mark his sixth year as director for the halftime show (he landed the gig in 2010), headlined by rock group Coldplay. He says the process starts in the stadium's tunnels, where players and cheerleaders get hype before the game. Coldplay to Play 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show "To stage the show, you have to get the stage down a tunnel or a number of tunnels," says Hamilton over the phone. "You start with, 'How big is the tunnel? How many tunnels are there? And how much shit can we get through those tunnels in the eight minutes that we have to set up this spectacle?'" This year's extravaganza presented a first-time challenge, though. "One of the guiding principals [of putting the show together] has been the fact that this year's Super Bowl is in the daylight, so that has a big impact on the show because we don't have a darkness or the power of lighting," he says. "But we have the greatest light in the world which is, of course, sunlight." 10 Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows While Coldplay will swap the spotlight for sunlight on-stage at San Francisco's Levi's Stadium on Feb. 7, 2016, Hamilton kept their set list -- the chart-topper's catalog stems back to their 2000 debut Parachutes -- in the dark. "Within any artist's repertoire, there are big hits, big ballads, big energy and big emotion, and those songs are usually the most Super Bowl appropriate," he offers. As for a potential cameo from past SB headliner Beyonce for a live performance of Coldplay's "Hymn For The Weekend"? "Everybody can hope lots of things for Super Bowl Sunday, and one of the great things about Super Bowl Sunday is that everybody has their own hopes, opinions and dreams, but obviously only a certain number of those dreams can come alive," he says. "I'm not gonna be the guy who tells you that Santa Claus isn't real." Super Bowl Halftime Show Performers: What the Album Sales Boost Looks Like The parameters for Super Bowl halftime shows could almost be considered nonexistent. For reference, the aforementioned Perry brought a large, moving gold tiger and dancing sharks and beach balls as her props along with special guests Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott. Still, Hamilton can sometimes rule out certain ideas that seem absurd -- which he admits happened during the "Firework" singer's set. "There was one part of the Katy Perry show last year, which I was [like] "This is never gonna work, this is terrible. It's awful. No! Rubbish! What are you guys thinking about? That just doesn't work on television!'," he recalls. "And actually it worked really really well. Even before we got to Super Bowl Sunday, I realized that what I'd been saying was completely stupid and completely wrong. I'm not gonna tell you what it was, but that's the beauty of it. All the creative [input] is fairly, heavily stress-tested before you get there. It just goes to show you can have opinions, but your opinion is not always right." Katy Perry Shines During Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Regardless of the chaos that is sure to unfold before millions of viewers in February, Hamilton is confident in one thing: the headliner will shock and awe once they hit the stage. "I think Coldplay themselves are gonna surprise a lot of people," he says, before reiterating the sentence for emphasis. "They write great music. They're great performers. They're great individuals. They're a great band, and I think they and their energy and their positivity will surprise a lot of people in a very positive way." billboard edit: these are just my thoughts.. one thing's for sure, no matter how well they do, coldplay will get a huge backlash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great article!!.....until that last sentence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great article!!.....until that last sentence... did you mean this? one thing's for sure, no matter how well they do, coldplay will get a huge backlash! that's from me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 did you mean this? that's from me :) Oh lol yeah....I'm so sorry....I do agree with you, but now I feel bad I said that hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Oh lol yeah....I'm so sorry....I do agree with you, but now I feel bad I said that hahaha hahaa! no worries. it's just the nature of that magnitude of commercialized thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Once again I have embarrassed myself...bye now lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 hey don't be. it was my fault not being explicit :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 hey don't be. it was my fault not being explicit :) Lol okay...sorry again. And you were explicit enough....I was wondering why the last sentence came after the link to the source hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 hahaa! well here's an orangutan babysitting a tiger cub to make you feel better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Great article!!.....until that last sentence... LMAO :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arushofjacktothehead Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That article think it's ard' That 'group' sells out stadiums and rocks them hard thanks very much. Better than the crap music today:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Anyone have a hashtag suggestion for this? I am coming up with these but they are not rocking my world: #ColdplaySuperBowl50 #ColdplaySuperBowlGolden50 too long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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