April 5, 20224 yr They filmed a music video for it in Mexico just like they did for the AHFOD MV and that wasn’t a single so it could be just something to promo the tour with
April 5, 20224 yr Was reflecting recently on Coldplay's career and how MOTS as LP9 fits in, and I kind of came to the conclusion that we're entering a chaotic musical phase for the band. Curious what others think about the next few albums? Parachutes, AROBTTH, X&Y -- The Oldplay Era, mostly alternative, pop rock and acoustic. Viva La Vida -- A transitionary era into a bigger, more colorful and creative Coldplay. MX, GS, AHFOD -- Newplay, Coldplay leans more into pop sounds while still maintining interest in alternative experimenets. However, the results are more mixed (in my opinion) The band hits new highs, but also some notable lows. Everyday Life -- Another transitionary era. The band leans back into their alternative roots while doing unexpected global collaborations, which hints at... MOTS Volumes 1 - 3? -- The whatever we want eras. So far, it's been wild. We have prog rock, we have a chipmunk alien song, we have collaborations with BTS and Selena Gomez -- each song on the record sonically is very different than the next. Are we getting three albums of all over the place sounds? Coldplay -- Their final album, apparently. Following the pattern, this could be similar to Viva or EL by being more acoustic and down to earth and intimate?
April 6, 20224 yr 10 hours ago, lennyrott1 said: Was reflecting recently on Coldplay's career and how MOTS as LP9 fits in, and I kind of came to the conclusion that we're entering a chaotic musical phase for the band. Curious what others think about the next few albums? Parachutes, AROBTTH, X&Y -- The Oldplay Era, mostly alternative, pop rock and acoustic. Viva La Vida -- A transitionary era into a bigger, more colorful and creative Coldplay. MX, GS, AHFOD -- Newplay, Coldplay leans more into pop sounds while still maintining interest in alternative experimenets. However, the results are more mixed (in my opinion) The band hits new highs, but also some notable lows. Everyday Life -- Another transitionary era. The band leans back into their alternative roots while doing unexpected global collaborations, which hints at... MOTS Volumes 1 - 3? -- The whatever we want eras. So far, it's been wild. We have prog rock, we have a chipmunk alien song, we have collaborations with BTS and Selena Gomez -- each song on the record sonically is very different than the next. Are we getting three albums of all over the place sounds? Coldplay -- Their final album, apparently. Following the pattern, this could be similar to Viva or EL by being more acoustic and down to earth and intimate? Well, it's all subjective how to structure their career, but your view is quite on point, when looking into their sonic evolution. There is one interesting pattern with their album covers so far. It's a rhythm of one having bright colours and next one having more laid back and pastel colour design. I don't know if it's intentional, but it kind of reflects in the music of respective albums as well somehow. Looking into future, I agree we might have musically chaotic future ahead of us. Also on the other hand it might not be that chaotic, because they seem to have developed their musical palate close to their maximum potential already. The facts are: there will be musical, which hopefully will have animated movie to it. I don't think it will be that crazy sonically, maybe some cinematic, atmospheric orchestral sound. we are getting album called Coldplay, which will have more acoustic, piano&guitar sound. "Back to basics" like Chris said. With these LP-s I don't see them using any extravagant production tricks, just what they have done already. But we also know there is going to be in total 12 albums, so in my opinion there just one LP, which has potential for further sonic development of Coldplay. I would say that a little bit depends on what they actually do with this MOTS concept - do they stick to it or have some more concepts before the final album. I'm really not sure if this MOTS concept has enough depth to carry through 3 volumes. I would be a bit disappointed if that's all they can think of until the final album, but I'm happy to be proven wrong with some amazing MOTS volumes. So I see three potential scenarios: MOTS having just an EP companion soon. A few additional songs to freshen up MOTS tour. And then we have LP10 & LP11, which are not MOTS related, but one of these is musical and one is something interesting... or maybe it's just a collection of reworked songs and finished old ideas. And then LP12 - Coldplay. MOTS indeed has two more full LP volumes, with vol 2 sonically a development of vol1 and vol 3 being musical. LP10 - MOTS vol 2, LP11 - MOTS vol3, LP12 - Coldplay. Just like the second scenario, except MOTS has just one more volume and musical is not part of MOTS.
April 6, 20224 yr 5 hours ago, CP-EST said: Well, it's all subjective how to structure their career, but your view is quite on point, when looking into their sonic evolution. There is one interesting pattern with their album covers so far. It's a rhythm of one having bright colours and next one having more laid back and pastel colour design. I don't know if it's intentional, but it kind of reflects in the music of respective albums as well somehow. Looking into future, I agree we might have musically chaotic future ahead of us. Also on the other hand it might not be that chaotic, because they seem to have developed their musical palate close to their maximum potential already. The facts are: there will be musical, which hopefully will have animated movie to it. I don't think it will be that crazy sonically, maybe some cinematic, atmospheric orchestral sound. we are getting album called Coldplay, which will have more acoustic, piano&guitar sound. "Back to basics" like Chris said. With these LP-s I don't see them using any extravagant production tricks, just what they have done already. But we also know there is going to be in total 12 albums, so in my opinion there just one LP, which has potential for further sonic development of Coldplay. I would say that a little bit depends on what they actually do with this MOTS concept - do they stick to it or have some more concepts before the final album. I'm really not sure if this MOTS concept has enough depth to carry through 3 volumes. I would be a bit disappointed if that's all they can think of until the final album, but I'm happy to be proven wrong with some amazing MOTS volumes. So I see three potential scenarios: MOTS having just an EP companion soon. A few additional songs to freshen up MOTS tour. And then we have LP10 & LP11, which are not MOTS related, but one of these is musical and one is something interesting... or maybe it's just a collection of reworked songs and finished old ideas. And then LP12 - Coldplay. MOTS indeed has two more full LP volumes, with vol 2 sonically a development of vol1 and vol 3 being musical. LP10 - MOTS vol 2, LP11 - MOTS vol3, LP12 - Coldplay. Just like the second scenario, except MOTS has just one more volume and musical is not part of MOTS. 100% I believe one of your three scenarios are likely. It'd be really disappointg if they didn't fulfill the "A Musical Journey in Three Parts" Higher Power video promise, but then again, the other parts like you said could be EP's or reworks of older songs. The musical is probably the funnest thing to speculate about at this point. I think Coldplay is at their best when they really lean into a concept and don't let their fanciful ideas start mucking up the pacing or sonic consistency of their albums. MOTS is a cool concept, but they kind of interpreted "planets" as being things of their own, unreleated to the others. A musical has to tell a consistent story, so I'm excited to see that framework.
April 6, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, lennyrott1 said: MOTS is a cool concept, but they kind of interpreted "planets" as being things of their own, unreleated to the others. I completely agree, it felt like switching from various television channels to me. Each song was very different from each other. The Coldplay musical excites me; in my youth I had fond memories of watching The Beatles Yellow Submarine DVD with my Dad. If its anything like that or Interstella 5555: The 5tory Of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem ...I'll be happy.
April 10, 20224 yr On 4/8/2022 at 12:44 AM, IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8 said: And the band have been recording during tour! Definitely getting new stuff soon! Yes! That's amazing news, can't wait to hear what their new stuff is going to sound like.
April 10, 20224 yr 10 hours ago, IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8 said: Humankind MV in a few weeks? Well, we have to wait and see. Everyone heard of the Coldplay drama in Mexico with the recordings of the Humankind music video? So far, ColdplayMex have deactivated their Twitter account which says enough imo. Edited April 10, 20224 yr by Gideon_Mx
April 11, 20224 yr Hello all, First off, really sorry to potentially derail this thread, but I wasn't sure where exactly to put it, and thought since it was, at the very least, tangentially related to MotS, that I'd ask it here. Has anyone seen any pics of what the tour merchandise looks like? I generally like to buy at least one tour t-shirt and was hoping to get an idea of what designs are out there. My wife and I will be attending the May 6th show in Dallas.
April 19, 20224 yr Hello everyone! on august 13th i'm going to london for the concert, does anyone know what hotel the boys usually stay in?
May 18, 20224 yr Funny, both Jon Hopkins AND Coldplay will play at Chicago on May 29. Maybe Jon will cameo ?
May 19, 20224 yr 7 hours ago, jcfromparis said: Funny, both Jon Hopkins AND Coldplay will play at Chicago on May 29. Maybe Jon will cameo ? Oh my! If he does, I hope it's the show on the 28th because that's the show I'm going to! I'm just still holding out hope that I'll get to hear Coloratura...
May 27, 20224 yr On 5/18/2022 at 10:06 PM, ColdplayingMama said: Oh my! If he does, I hope it's the show on the 28th because that's the show I'm going to! I'm just still holding out hope that I'll get to hear Coloratura... I hope so too I’m also going on the 28th!!! Hoping for Coloratura too. And a Jon’s Hopkins cameo would be super fun!!! Relatedly, does anyone have advice on where to stand, when to arrive, etc? When do they sound check? I’ve never been to a Coldplay show yet!
June 11, 20224 yr I hope a few clips will be re-posted on YouTube later however The Weridos (the alien puppet band) and Chris Martin are on Jimmy Fallon tonight. Just saw them give a mini interview. They talked about how Chris met The Weridos group. Apparently it was after he finished a manicure, lol.
June 11, 20224 yr Haven't followed the band in months. I'm gonna see them today, and I got curious about the setlist, so I looked at some of the past shows, and I can't believe what I saw. Biutyful as a closer? Seriously? I mean, beautiful as a filler track for the album was okay, but as a concert closer?! Who the hell is advising the band?😕
June 12, 20224 yr 12 hours ago, Shakersonic123 said: Haven't followed the band in months. I'm gonna see them today, and I got curious about the setlist, so I looked at some of the past shows, and I can't believe what I saw. Biutyful as a closer? Seriously? I mean, beautiful as a filler track for the album was okay, but as a concert closer?! Who the hell is advising the band?😕 It's probably the next single so I don't think the band sees it as a filler 😅
June 12, 20224 yr 6 hours ago, Famous_Old_Painter said: It's probably the next single so I don't think the band sees it as a filler 😅 They performed it at Jimmy Fallon, so you're right. It must be a single, and they tweaked the outro, so the ending of the concert wasn't bad actually. For me, it's just an odd choice given that they have plenty of other songs that could be better as closers.
July 24, 20224 yr For anyone looking in their crystal, what do you think is the likelihood the setlist will be significantly different - read - will Coloratura get played during the Latin American tour pt2? I feel like the first month of shows in Mexico was extremely instrumental and diverse in the songs - including multiple Coloratura performances, Gravity getting played. Yet when I saw them in Chicago, the most experimental thing that happened was ETIAW getting played the 1 time during this tour, and a cool cameo from Lupe Fiasco. But in terms of presenting a diverse slice of Coldplay songs, I was not satisfied. Therefore, I am seriously considering going to Argentina to see one of the shows there - but what if I end up going and not hearing Coloratura again? 😕
August 8, 20223 yr I feel like this album's held up very well. I haven't seen setlists from this tour but it's a rare thing to be going to see a band who are 9 albums in and to be every bit as stoked on the new stuff as you are the classics.
August 9, 20223 yr On 6/12/2022 at 9:27 AM, pansonic said: Don't know where to post this, but I think 'Heart on Fire' was supposed to be from this era. So...I came across the sample they used. https://youtu.be/ONPWfb85YLY VEC3 Special Sounds 034 Root B 138 BPM "Heart on Fire" is Game Time from Zomboy
August 24, 20223 yr On 7/23/2022 at 9:12 PM, MosesTheMarshmallow said: For anyone looking in their crystal, what do you think is the likelihood the setlist will be significantly different - read - will Coloratura get played during the Latin American tour pt2? I feel like the first month of shows in Mexico was extremely instrumental and diverse in the songs - including multiple Coloratura performances, Gravity getting played. Yet when I saw them in Chicago, the most experimental thing that happened was ETIAW getting played the 1 time during this tour, and a cool cameo from Lupe Fiasco. But in terms of presenting a diverse slice of Coldplay songs, I was not satisfied. Therefore, I am seriously considering going to Argentina to see one of the shows there - but what if I end up going and not hearing Coloratura again? 😕 I'm from South America and the expectations that I have is that the band will continue playing basically the same setlist from the European shows at every single gig. The only tweaks I see them doing are the potential local cover they'll do in the C Stage and maybe some Parachutes rare song in one of the brazilian shows. Regarding Coloratura, I have given all my hopes up of the band ever playing it again in a stadium show. But if it ever comes back I see it happening at one or two of the Buenos Aires shows.
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