July 6, 20178 yr Holy cow this is so weird but so so so so so good ahhhhhh I love every single freaking thing about this. Every bit of instrumentation is spot-on (GUY'S BASS <3 ) and Chris's voice is absolutely gorgeous. Love when he uses his lower registers a bit. The strings at the end. The backing vocals from Rik and Brian. It sounds like they took all the synth-y stuff from X&Y, put in a dash of color from the MX era and blended it altogether with a heap of experimental Viva goodness. I checked the timestamp halfway through the song because I was so scared it was about to end and I wasn't wanting it to! I haven't given any song a 10/10 since the Viva era, but boy does this song come darn close MORE BRIAN ENO COLLABS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
July 6, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. EXACTLY the part i'm talking about. I'm low-key convinced that A L I E N S is that song being played
July 6, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. Whoa, you're right, that does sound eerily similar. Could they have kept that all these years?
July 6, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. It's the same... :scream: This remind me of a clip like that, Chris playing with an instrument, back in 2008 or 2009 I think, and it sounded just like Everglow.
July 7, 20178 yr Wow I really liked that! Do you guys remember that little 10 second clip that is in some interview/documentary thing of an unreleased song people thought might be Love in a Lethal Dose? That last part really sounds like a version of that melody! :eek: I will try to find that clip but ya that was an amazing song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. OMG!!!! :eek::eek::eek: That's amazing I can't believe it. All these years after we get to hear it. It's 3am now here, and I can't stop listening to the song and I have work in the morning :joy:
July 7, 20178 yr Pretty sure I can make out similar lyrics from the clip too (I hear the word skyline somewhere in there) -- It's a little different but I'm willing to bet that song was a version of A L I E N S long ago. Wow
July 7, 20178 yr It's the same... :scream: This remind me of a clip like that, Chris playing with an instrument, back in 2008 or 2009 I think, and it sounded just like Everglow. It's at 3:20-3:40? All I see is Chris trying to speak Japanese
July 7, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. That means it's a VLV B-Side ... I'm a little bit disappointed because they didn't create it in recent times and i hope they haven't lost that kind of inspiration now !
July 7, 20178 yr It's at 3:20-3:40? All I see is Chris trying to speak Japanese 3:20-3:40 in Aliens! not in the documentary hahaha. In the documentary the similar part starts around 43:40
July 7, 20178 yr It's 3am now here, and I can't stop listening to the song and I have work in the morning 2 am here, I got a final exam tomorrow, but... being here is way better :p
July 7, 20178 yr AAAAAH THIS SOUNDS SO NICE. I'm bugging out. The animation was so cute and melancholic. And I'm wondering, some people have thought this already and I saw this post on Instagram I don't know if this is what they intended lol because some of the Viva jackets had corresponding colors. There's also four of them. Unless the pink one could be Chris considering it was the most featured alien I think. Also some commenters claimed it reminded them of the refugee crisis in Europe which I thought was interesting.
July 7, 20178 yr That means it's a VLV B-Side ... I'm a little bit disappointed because they didn't create it in recent times and i hope they haven't lost that kind of inspiration now ! I'm perfectly happy with them releasing old Viva b-sides :P Especially if they sound like this!
July 7, 20178 yr That means it's a VLV B-Side ... I'm a little bit disappointed because they didn't create it in recent times and i hope they haven't lost that kind of inspiration now ! I'm pretty sure that the clips in the documentary are from the MX recording sessions as Eno was still working with the band at the time. I'd rather see it as a leftover from MX but maybe the song was not finished before AHFOD? We'll never know :D
July 7, 20178 yr I'm perfectly happy with them releasing old Viva b-sides :p Especially if they sound like this! Ahah me too, i mean it's an awesome song but i hope Chris kept and the band have kept such good inspiration for the next studio album ! I'm full of hope now ! I'm pretty sure that the clips in the documentary are from the MX recording sessions as Eno was still working with the band at the time. I'd rather see it as a leftover from MX but maybe the song was not finished before AHFOD? We'll never know :Dut Yeah we'll never know, maybe they created the rest way later ! But yeah you're right for MX :)
July 7, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. I don't hear A L I E N S so much.. but 20 seconds before that particular song.. I do hear Chris start the melody with his acoustic to UFO from Mylo Xyloto. UFO.. Aliens.. so we're all hearing.. stuff.
July 7, 20178 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fsk3sQyZt8 Mobile Link: https://youtu.be/1Fsk3sQyZt8 43:40 Omg that's the first thing i thought when listening to A L I E N S. Especially during the 3:20-3:40 part. Just amazing. Holy shit, that is ALIENS! Wow. This is so cool.
July 7, 20178 yr Listened to this song twice now, here are somw thoughts: During the first listen I kept the beat and synths caught me so off-guard that I kept thinking "Is this even Coldplay ?" So unlike anything they have done before Refresheningly different from what they usually release, it seems they are finding their way back to more original music again ! Love the underlying melancholy/sadness in the song, which is evidently about refugees losing their home. This isn't a song that seems immediately accessible, I found it very hard to grasp and "alienating" but I think it's one of these songs that grows on you A good release !
July 7, 20178 yr So it comes from VLV era? My fav album by the way. The song is beautiful, the lyrics and the way is sung, the sound is different and relaxing, the violin at the end is just perfect; and finally the video is very touching. Great job my boys.
July 7, 20178 yr That means it's a VLV B-Side ... I'm a little bit disappointed because they didn't create it in recent times and i hope they haven't lost that kind of inspiration now ! It's very normal for bands to pull out old songs for new records.
July 7, 20178 yr ^ If I'm remembering correctly, the opening line from Violet Hill has actually been around since before the Parachutes era, so the guys have done this with other songs as well
July 7, 20178 yr Beautiful lyrics: Watching my life on the skyline Crossing your eyes for a lifetime. Song proper: The song is weird in some ways. Maybe because the beat is quite unique compare to other Coldplay songs. More like 15 Step if you ask me. I like the song. Need to listen to it more.
July 7, 20178 yr SOUTH BANK SHOW MYSTERY SONG! holy shit!! I've been waiting for so long to hear that part. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Coldplaying mobile app
July 7, 20178 yr Update: Already grew on me after a few listens, can't stop listening to. Sad and beautiful...
July 7, 20178 yr Wow, very unexpected and so different from what they've done before. I like when they experiment with new sounds and it will take more listens for the song to really grow on me. This has to be "Alien Radio" or at least a re-worked version from the MX days. That would explain the snippet in the documentary, plus it has Brian Eno who was very much involved with Mylo Xyloto.
July 7, 20178 yr This is the kind of Coldplay I've been dying to hear forever now, I knew they had it in them!!! It's where Viva, and Mylo were pointing to.. And then pop took over.. And like @Eskapist said above, I too hope they haven't lost their inspiration for making this kind of music, though as they did release, they must still enjoy it. Fingers crossed they get tons of positive feedback for it, and they know it, and they try more stuff like this next album.
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