...To someone who has never heard of them (yeah right) before, you must choose 2 songs of each album/era starting from Parachutes to AHFOD, and describe in 1 word what kind of feelings/emotions these songs contain for you.

 

I'll go first:

 

Parachutes

Don't Panic - Beautiful

Spies - Paranoia

AROBTTH

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Dark

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Battle

X&Y

Speed of Sound - Space

Fix You - Regret

VLVODAAHF

Strawberry Swing - Sweet

Life In Technicolor ii - Art

Mylo Xyoloto

Hurts Like Heaven - Color

Moving To Mars - Alien

Ghost Stories

Magic - Lounge

Midnight - Darkness

AHFOD

Up&Up - Completion

Hymn For The Weekend - Diversity

Parachutes:

 

Trouble

Shiver

 

AROBTTH:

 

Politik

AROBTTH

 

X&Y

Speed Of Sound

Talk

 

VLVODAAHF

VLV

Cemeteries of London

 

wouldn't introduce the newer albums to anyone...

Cool idea! It's a bit hard to choose just two songs from each era, since they're all so different from each other. But I'll give it a try ;)

 

PARACHUTES

Don't Panic

We Never Change

 

AROBTTH

Animals

AROBTTH

 

X&Y

Square One

Twisted Logic

 

VLVODAAHF

Violet Hill

Life In Technicolor ii

 

MYLO XYLOTO

Hurts Like Heaven

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

 

GHOST STORIES

O

Always In My Head

 

AHFOD

Up&Up

Amazing Day

Parachutes

Don't Panic - Warmth

Everything's Not Lost - Hopeful

 

AROBTTH

Clocks - Love

Warning Sign - Regret

 

X&Y

Fix You - Comfort

Talk - Lost

 

VLVODAAHF

Lovers in Japan - Hope

Strawberry Swing - Bliss

 

Prospekt's March

Life in Technicolor ii - Happiness

Glass of Water - Joy

 

Mylo Xyloto

Hurts Like Heaven - Freedom

Up With the Birds - Release

 

Ghost Stories

Always in My Head - Loyalty

Midnight - Waiting

 

AHFOD

Birds - Soaring

Amazing Day - Peace

I have to say that I had a very difficult time figuring out if the songs I was choosing were good songs to recommend or just my favourite songs. I tried to be as objective but I think my recommendations are more towards the songs that I enjoy the most :P.

 

Parachutes:

- Don't Panic -> Calm

- Shiver -> Love (I just love Shiver so much :heart:)

 

AROBTTH:

- Clocks -> Classic

- Green Eyes -> Warm

 

X&Y:

- Talk -> Exciting

- A Message -> Sweet

 

VLVODAAHF:

- VLV -> Memories

- LIT ii -> Free

 

MX:

- Charlie Brown -> Fun

- Major Minus -> Edgy

 

GS:

- Magic -> Nostalgia

- Another's Arms -> Mystery

 

AHFOD:

- AOAL -> Fun

- Fun -> Nice

I believe if you want to introduce Coldplay you need to show a hit song and a less known one that represents their sound.

 

Parachutes

Spies and Yellow

 

AROBTTH

Clocks and Politik

 

X&Y

Talk and Speed of Sound

 

VLVODAAHF

Viva la Vida and Violet Hill

 

Mylo Xyloto

Paradise and Us Against the World

 

Ghost Stories

A Sky Full of Stars and O

 

AHFOD

AOAL and Amazing Day

 

Extras

Careful Where You Stand

Atlas

Christmas Lights

wouldn't introduce the newer albums to anyone...

 

Yeah but some people would like the newer albums:D

Yeah but some people would like the newer albums:D

I know, but I assumed it' about making it clear to someone why I love Coldplay :)

I see !

I will mix it up: I am trying to introduce Coldplay to a skeptic--someone who hates them for no reason and thinks they are crap pop:

 

Parachutes:

Don't Panic- Reliance

Shiver- Anxious

AROBTTH:

Politik--Desperation

Daylight--Crashing

X&Y:

Til Kingdom Come--Romance

Low-- Swirling

VLVODAAHF

Cemeteries of London--Haunted

42--Commemoration

MX

HLH-Colorful :)

UWTB--Sparkles

GS

Midnight--Confusion

Magic--Optimism

AHFOD

Birds--Floating

Up&Up--Hope

It kind of depends on the music taste of the person I'm introducing to Coldplay, but in general I would go with these:

 

Parachutes

Don't Panic - optimism

Sparks - security

A Rush of Blood to the Head

In My Place - regret

Clocks - nostalgia

X&Y

White Shadows - searching

Speed of Sound - cosmos

Viva la Vida

Life in Technicolor - openness

Viva la Vida - majestic

Mylo Xyloto

Paradise - dreams (a head full of dreams, if you will)

Princess of China - royal

Ghost Stories

Midnight - stillness

All Your Friends - farewell

A Head Full of Dreams

A Head Full of Dreams - exuberance

Amazing Day - grateful

Here they are:

 

Parachutes:

Shiver - strong

Yellow - confession

 

AROBTTH:

Politik -deep

Clocks - invincible

X&Y:

White Shadows - skyline

Speed of Sound - high

 

VLVODAAHF

Viva la Vida - honesty

Lovers in Japan - fearless

 

MX

Major Minus - edge

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - rebellion

 

GS

Midnight- LIFE

O - unknow

 

AHFOD

A Head Full of Dreams - risk

Up & Up - one's self

Here they are:

 

Parachutes:

Shiver - strong

Yellow - confession

 

AROBTTH:

Politik -deep

Clocks - invincible

X&Y:

White Shadows - skyline

Speed of Sound - high

 

VLVODAAHF

Viva la Vida - honesty

Lovers in Japan - fearless

 

MX

Major Minus - edge

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - rebellion

 

GS

Midnight- LIFE

O - unknow

 

AHFOD

A Head Full of Dreams - risk

Up & Up - one's self

Your interpretations of the songs are interesting. What do you mean by "one's self" for Up & Up? How about "strong" for Shiver? What about "life" for midnight? Really curious...

ok pour moi mes deux tounes par albums sont , PARACHUTES: Shiver et Yellow

 

 

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Your interpretations of the songs are interesting. What do you mean by "one's self" for Up & Up? How about "strong" for Shiver? What about "life" for midnight? Really curious...

 

Hi there,

Maybe, I've taken this challenge way too serious, but I tried to write the exact words that those songs mean to me. For "one's self", I really meant "being oneself". I bet that's why they called it "the song we've been waiting to write for fifteen years". Because it's real and honest.

"Shiver" gives me this powerful feeling about: "I can achieve everything I want". And for that, I gotta be strong. And Midnight, well, it's one of my favorite songs. It makes me feel alive!! Midnight makes a fool of us in the daylight. It brings out our deepest thoughts, making them come alive.

 

Hope I've wrote clearly,

 

Amy

Hi there,

Maybe, I've taken this challenge way too serious, but I tried to write the exact words that those songs mean to me. For "one's self", I really meant "being oneself". I bet that's why they called it "the song we've been waiting to write for fifteen years". Because it's real and honest.

"Shiver" gives me this powerful feeling about: "I can achieve everything I want". And for that, I gotta be strong. And Midnight, well, it's one of my favorite songs. It makes me feel alive!! Midnight makes a fool of us in the daylight. It brings out our deepest thoughts, making them come alive.

 

Hope I've wrote clearly,

 

Amy

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I also took this seriously! I guess I was interested because those particular songs have a different meaning for me. Thank you for explaining!

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I also took this seriously! I guess I was interested because those particular songs have a different meaning for me. Thank you for explaining!

 

 

Anytime :)

Parachutes:

Everything's not lost - hope

Shiver - desire

 

AROBTTH

Green Eyes - affection

Politik (live 03) - power

 

X&Y:

White Shadows - searching

Fix You - compassion

 

Viva la Vida:

Life in Technicolor ii (Prospekts) - light

Death and All His Friends - life

 

Mylo Xyloto:

Charlie Brown (live 2012) - neon

Clocks (live 2012) - jam

 

Ghost Stories:

Always in My Head - lover

O - acceptance

 

A Head Full Of Dreams:

Up&Up - love

Army of One - cool

 

Non era/album songs:

See You Soon - peaceful

Christmas Lights - Christmas