11 hours ago, edupoint said:

Green Eyes is an ok song by their standards, I have it into higher consideration because of the amazing album it is included in, but it´s not one of their best at all, imo. Since Ghost Stories, they´ve done at least five better ballads (True love, Oceans, Daddy, Crycrycry, Everyday Life, and Coloratura of course).

O (Fly On) is probably in my top 20, I get goose bumps from that song!

Has anyone gotten a reply from the Coldplay Store yet? They've sent me the wrong order. The problem is that the notebook edition can't be ordered anymore so I don't see myself getting one if they don't respond to me. At least I have the voice memos now but I really wanted the notebook. I will probably go through paypal to get my money back..

If anyone knows where do find the notebook in a digital version please let me know. 

Edited October 18, 20241 yr by X AND Y

I raised a case with PayPal a while ago and haven't got a response yet. They have until the 28th otherwise I'll need to escalate the case with PayPal.

The store is a disaster. They should be ashamed to have it so poorly managed.

A lot of people have called Chris Martin the Benjamin Button of lyrics. I don't know about that, but I do know this. My son has been alive for three days and he only knows one word. La. 

I just listened the voice memos. They should have made the album like that, it would sound more like Viva La Vida.

7 hours ago, Famous Old Painter said:

A lot of people have called Chris Martin the Benjamin Button of lyrics. I don't know about that, but I do know this. My son has been alive for three days and he only knows one word. La. 

Congratulations! But I should say Chris told years ago that the first song his first daughter (was it Apple? I don´t give a shit have a clue) heard was him playing her and Gwyneth "A sort of homecoming" (U2) beside the hospital bed. I´m not comparing, but... 😂

On 10/17/2024 at 12:05 PM, ToniMoreno said:

(Sorry for so many posts)

By the way, I was looking at the notebook edition book and "FNRDZ" appears several times in the song list. Do you know what it could be? It seems like the only song that fell off the tracklist. Could it be another aggregation of various mid-instrumental/alternative tracks like Alien Hits?

I am very struck by the fact that Man in the Moon and Karate Kid do not appear at any point in the tracklist. It seems that they were never considered to be part of the album, which seems like a waste to me, because they are one of the best songs of this era.

Chris said at the Brooklyn show that The Karate Kid was only finished weeks before the album came out. I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the LP11 recordings.

On 10/18/2024 at 12:26 PM, Famous Old Painter said:

A lot of people have called Chris Martin the Benjamin Button of lyrics.

I actually hate when people say that, it implies Chris has gotten dumb or mentally incapacitated, which is just mean. Also, I doubt someone would have the guts to say that to his face.

Edited October 19, 20241 yr by gustavothehuman

It's been such a long time since I felt this way about a Coldplay album. It's like I suddenly feel "Oh I have to listen to that song and after that I have to listen to that song" and then it just continues like that until I've actually listened to the whole album LOL. I just feel so happy, this is such a good album folks. And I don't care if the lyrics are a bit weak, the music and melodies makes up for it. I think this is my favorite album since Viva.

Edited October 19, 20241 yr by Famous_Old_Painter

On 10/17/2024 at 10:05 AM, WaddleBurr said:

are the others different or just that one? Is that the full thing? If it isn't could someone send it to me?

Just that one is different, and yes, it's the full thing.

17 hours ago, gustavothehuman said:

I actually hate when people say that, it implies Chris has gotten dumb or mentally incapacitated, which is just mean. Also, I doubt someone would have the guts to say that to his face.

Oh come on, that only means his lyrics have been changing from not great but trying, to the nowadays general simpleness in most of the tracks. And if I were to have a relaxed conversation with him, which I won´t, of course I would point it out to him, and he would explain the reason why he does it that way now, I would disagree and that would be all.

But sometimes you people react like we´re threatening your parents or your cousin, relax please. 

8 hours ago, edupoint said:

Oh come on, that only means his lyrics have been changing from not great but trying, to the nowadays general simpleness in most of the tracks. And if I were to have a relaxed conversation with him, which I won´t, of course I would point it out to him, and he would explain the reason why he does it that way now, I would disagree and that would be all.

But sometimes you people react like we´re threatening your parents or your cousin, relax please. 

Would you use that nickname in front of him to express what you want though? I doubt it, so my point still stands.

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by gustavothehuman

13 minutes ago, gustavothehuman said:

Would you use that nickname in front of him to express what you want though? I doubt it, so my point still stands.

It´s not a nickname, it´s a joke, thank god he has a better sense of humour than half of the users here.

I promise you Chris deals with worse on a daily basis. You don't spend 20 years as one of the most famous men in the world without knowing how to deal with random people saying weird stuff about you. 

People have been using the Benjamin Button line on him for at least a decade. There's no way he's not aware of it. So yeah I would call him that to his face, and if he's anything like the Chris I love he'd have a hilarious reply ready to go. I'd probably use it as an excuse to go on about my newborn anyway, hopefully he'd find him cute. 

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by Famous Old Painter

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree then. I'm not comfortable with calling him dumb, but if y'all are...

Nobody is calling him dumb except for you

It´s not dumb, and it´s not necessary to take it to the extreme sensibility everytime. It´s just that he began trying to write meaningful and personal lyrics that also had the quality of good songwriters of all time, as he expressed it. Bono, Springsteen, etc, that was the goal and album after album he talked about it. I remember talking about “The hardest part” saying (before the X&Y release) and how  he was proud of having got a kind-of-REM song. Well, it is what it is, he has another (legit) goals to achieve with his lyrics now, so end of the topic for me.

I think the quality of Chris' lyrics have varied across the Coldplay spectrum of albums. Many people, including myself, love the earlier stuff but Parachutes and X&Y didn't exactly have incredible lyrics. The quality of the music carry those albums. Ghost Stories is another one with very simplistic lyrics but I've grown to enjoy how minimalist the melodies are. It's obvious to me that Chris can still write well. Everyday Life proved it and Coloratura is a feat in and of itself. Whether or not they want their music to be more complex vs simple ends up being the question and it's something only the band can decide for themselves, ultimately. 

3 hours ago, HowCouldIForget said:

I think the quality of Chris' lyrics have varied across the Coldplay spectrum of albums. Many people, including myself, love the earlier stuff but Parachutes and X&Y didn't exactly have incredible lyrics. The quality of the music carry those albums. Ghost Stories is another one with very simplistic lyrics but I've grown to enjoy how minimalist the melodies are. It's obvious to me that Chris can still write well. Everyday Life proved it and Coloratura is a feat in and of itself. Whether or not they want their music to be more complex vs simple ends up being the question and it's something only the band can decide for themselves, ultimately. 

I´m sorry, I don´t mean to go on and on about the same ideas, but for me, Parachutes, X&Y and Ghost Stories are miles away from the two last albums in terms of lyrics. It´s true some of them seem simple, but they are wider, the choice of words is much more elaborated, they don´t flow around the same ideas, and even with that, "Man in the moon" shows you can still sing about what unites us and all of that stuff with acceptable verses.

On 10/17/2024 at 4:05 PM, ToniMoreno said:

(Sorry for so many posts)

By the way, I was looking at the notebook edition book and "FNRDZ" appears several times in the song list. Do you know what it could be? It seems like the only song that fell off the tracklist. Could it be another aggregation of various mid-instrumental/alternative tracks like Alien Hits?

I am very struck by the fact that Man in the Moon and Karate Kid do not appear at any point in the tracklist. It seems that they were never considered to be part of the album, which seems like a waste to me, because they are one of the best songs of this era.

Karate Kid was only just finished a couple weeks before it release

A lot of people here don't realise how personal the title track is to Chris it may not have many lyrics but they are the most vulnerable he's ever written 

On 10/19/2024 at 9:50 AM, gustavothehuman said:

Chris said at the Brooklyn show that The Karate Kid was only finished weeks before the album came out. I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the LP11 recordings.

FRNDZ was the forefather of MiTM and flifil. That's all I'll say.

8 hours ago, Benjod25 said:

A lot of people here don't realise how personal the title track is to Chris it may not have many lyrics but they are the most vulnerable he's ever written 

That song is great, musically and with a straight to the heart lyrics.

8 hours ago, m4racide said:

FRNDZ was the forefather of MiTM and flifil. That's all I'll say.

Like Rainy Day School, or in another way?

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The Coldplay store finally got back to me... The sent me the wrong files once again. This time I told them in no uncertain terms to send me the WAVS for the Tour Edition or to give me my money back.

7 hours ago, Doomotron said:

Like Rainy Day School, or in another way?

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The Coldplay store finally got back to me... The sent me the wrong files once again. This time I told them in no uncertain terms to send me the WAVS for the Tour Edition or to give me my money back.

like in the Tomorrow -> Fun way