bosly1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 A band's music has to evolve, they can't and shouldn't produce the same work all the time. I have been a fan since they released 'Parachutes' and although their style of music has changed with each album they have a,ways retained that signature sound. I love the new album, especially 'HFTW', 'Army of One' and 'HFOD'. For me the new album offers me hope for the future, which is great because I could really do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosly1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's not a letter. Don't know what gave you that idea. Read more carefully next time.[/Â Try not to cause offence to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Birds most definitely isn't lyrically better than Yellow, in fact there's no comparison. Yellow is much, much better it's a simple beautiful love song. Was just going to post the same thing. Everyone knows the words to Yellow because it's so simple yet elegant. They just flowed with the melody. Birds is no Yellow but it is easily the best song on the album and is excellent. It's actually nice to hear Johnny given the respect he deserves. These days you can really only fully appreciate just how brilliant a guitarist he is when you hear them perform live and his guitar is driving the songs on as opposed to being drowned underneath the vocal and production mess of the songs. That song along with AHFOD and AOAL (if only for it's catchy melody and relatively undisturbed production) would be the ones I would tell people to download. I'd tell them to forget the rest and stay well away from HFTW and Army of One/X Marks The Spot. Also thanks NativeGirl for writing down those lyrics from HFTW. They really are bloody awful whether sung or written down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdMartin Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Why do I dislike this thread so much? meh never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticking_clocks Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 This thread.. Is like a train wreck.. It's terrible, but I can't look away [emoji50] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihaveabono Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Could only wish they knew their Pop from their AHFOD! Oh master, we submit to your great intellect and never ending wisdom, teach us the way of the force oh great and infallible master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Man, the feels on this thread.... I listened to the album, then I happened to read this thread (completely), from old fans, from new fans... and this is all that comes to mind: "oh, it's such a shame for us to part, Nobody said it was easy, no one said it would be so hard..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1999David Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 At the end of "Viva la Vida" chris says "I don't want to choose death and all of its friends".....well it seems the band has..:-(Â Sent from my SM-N915W8 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftrightleftArchi Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 2002 Chris' reaction to Pop 2015 Chris: [ATTACH=full]3562[/ATTACH] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 2002 Chris' reaction to Pop 2015 Chris: [ATTACH=full]3562[/ATTACH]Â Wrong, 2002 Chris wants to be 2015 Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftrightleftArchi Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wrong, 2002 Chris wants to be 2015 Chris. How?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wrong, 2002 Chris wants to be 2015 Chris. On that topic....what ever happened to the Coldplaying asks Coldplay question from June? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choldplayer Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 How?! Didn't he say he'd been waiting 15 years to write AHFOD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lol, is there still people in this thread that think AHFOD is good?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncc49 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm an oldplayer but you oldplayers take the cake. This album is better than the contrived bland x&y. AROBTTH is number 1 for me then Parachutes. And chris was totally obsessed with pop back then - Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue repeated covers and comments about how much he admired them. The difference is now he is older and he has enough confidence to do things that he always wanted to do. AHFOD isn't great but it is better than X&Y and MX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 How?! What do you mean how? 2015 Chris is a hell lot more confident as opposed to dorky/insecured 2002 Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm an oldplayer but you oldplayers take the cake. This album is better than the contrived bland x&y. AROBTTH is number 1 for me then Parachutes. And chris was totally obsessed with pop back then - Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue repeated covers and comments about how much he admired them. The difference is now he is older and he has enough confidence to do things that he always wanted to do. AHFOD isn't great but it is better than X&Y and MX It's really not better than X&Y, it's not even better than MX. Some of the songs are inexcusable on AHFOD, the same couldn't be said for MX or X&Y. AHFOD is just a terrible album from songwriting to production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftrightleftArchi Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Didn't he say he'd been waiting 15 years to write AHFOD? He only said that about Up&Up. But, I'm talking about how pop they have gotten 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftrightleftArchi Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 What do you mean how? 2015 Chris is a hell lot more confident as opposed to dorky/insecured 2002 Chris. Oh my god... Im not talking about personality or anything like that. I'm talking about his pop influences and AHFOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getithom Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lol, is there still people in this thread that think AHFOD is good?!?!?! ...are you serious? It's a great album and most the website thinks so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 ...are you serious? It's a great album and most the website thinks so. Lol, I assume you're being sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getithom Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lol, I assume you're being sarcastic. wat A lot of people enjoy it. It's a great album, personally speaking. But okay. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 wat A lot of people enjoy it. It's a great album, personally speaking. But okay. wat?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeGirl Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm an oldplayer but you oldplayers take the cake. This album is better than the contrived bland x&y. AROBTTH is number 1 for me then Parachutes. And chris was totally obsessed with pop back then - Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue repeated covers and comments about how much he admired them. The difference is now he is older and he has enough confidence to do things that he always wanted to do. AHFOD isn't great but it is better than X&Y and MXÂ X&Y is a 1,000 times superior to AHFOD. How can you compare songs like Fix You, Swallowed in the Sea, and Till Kingdom Come to songs like Everglow, Hymn and Up&Up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Just read the Drowned In Sound review. A painful but necessary 3/10. They even included the brutal 'drinks on me' inspiration behind HFTW. Â Brutal. Utterly brutal. Â It's the end of an era. 'They're selling hippie wigs in Woolworths man' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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