I ran away

It's not that unlikely. There are hints that Mat Whitecross, having directed the Oasis documentary "Supersonic", is working on something similar for Coldplay. Last year Jonny and Will were suddenly spotted visiting their old flat in Camden and Chris visited Sherborne, his old school - it was speculated that these things might be related to the filming of a Coldplay documentary.

The intention of these games is mostly to pass the time, not to get results quickly. The hiatus is long. :D

All the right moves

I actually think the imagery is very nice and it has some of the best lyrics of the otherwise lyrically mediocre GS album. That piano melody is so simple yet haunting. It's a very touching song, one of the few songs of the last three albums that can easily make me cry.

We need more people voting in the Hurt&Heal games ! If you have time, please do so.

Amsterdam

I know you love this album. It would be the same for me with X&Y, fo example. No, Christmas Lights was included in the MX Hurt and Heal game, which was not made by me. For these elimination games I'm running I plan to put those extra singles and B-sides together for one grand B-sides elimination game, at the end after we've done the studio releases.

Another's Arms is my second choice to be eliminated :D

Wow, what an elaborate dream. And pretty deep, that thing with the lyrics :D I often have Coldplay dreams. I even often have Coldplaying-related dreams, i.e. people I know from the forums pop up in them :joy: Isn't that crazy ?

AOAL 7 AHFOD 3 Under this pressure, under this weight, AOAL was eliminated. A Head Full Of Dreams into life has just been woken as the winner of the AHFOD Elimination Game ! Continue with the Ghost Stories elimination here: https://www.coldplaying.com/forum/index.php?threads/ghost-stories-elimination-game.111327/

Welcome to the Elimination Game for Ghost Stories ! The rules are as follows: Each round lasts around one to two days, depending on how quickly votes the votes are coming in. In that time you have to vote for the song you want to see eliminated (i.e. the song you like least in the list). The song with the most votes during each round will be eliminated from the list. The last song left in the list after several rounds will win. The respective winning tracks of all albums/EPs will then go on to one grand final elimination game to determine the overall winner. This is the list - vote away ! Always In My Head Magic Ink True Love Midnight Another's Arms Oceans A Sky Full Of Stars O I vote for A Sky Full Of Stars.

What I would welcome would be footage of them recording the Kaleidoscope EP tracks in their mobile studio on the road while touring, that would be great !

Yeah, it was extremely spontaneous. I just thought if we do proper polls and all that January will almost be over by the time enough people have voted... There will be proper voting again for February.

Bigger Stronger [29] No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground [15] (+1) Such A Rush [6] Brothers And Sisters [24] Only Superstition [35] Don't Panic (Blue Room) [0] (-2) See You Soon [6]

Bigger Stronger [29] No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground [16] Such A Rush [6] (+1) Brothers And Sisters [24] Only Superstition [35] Don't Panic (Blue Room) [2] (-2) See You Soon [5]

Yeah, maybe, and I should do the same. The question is just, will we attract enough people to these games ?

Bigger Stronger [29] No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground [16] Such A Rush [5] (+1) Brothers And Sisters [24] Easy To Please [2] (-2) Only Superstition [35] Don't Panic (Blue Room) [4] See You Soon [4]

Ah ok ! Hurts Like Heaven [38] (-2) Paradise [43] (+1)

Cemeteries Of London [59] (+1) Viva La Vida [14] Life In Technicolor ii [50] Glass of Water [9] (-2) Prospekt's March/Poppyfields [9]

Yeah, the problem is that it is usually just me and M Marks the spot playing these now, so if we don't position our favourites early we are automatically doomed to fail in the face-off of the final round. I know that makes the game rather predictable and boring. Wish more people would participate - like you !

Cemeteries Of London [58] (+1) Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love [-1] (-2) Viva La Vida [16] Life In Technicolor ii [49] Glass of Water [11] Prospekt's March/Poppyfields [9]

Bigger Stronger [29] No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground [18] Such A Rush [4] Brothers And Sisters [23] Easy To Please [4] Only Superstition [35] (+1) Don't Panic (Blue Room) [4] See You Soon [4] (-2)

Life In Technicolor [0] (-2) Cemeteries Of London [61] (+1) Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love [1] Viva La Vida [16] Life In Technicolor ii [47] Glass of Water [11] Prospekt's March/Poppyfields [10]

Hurts Like Heaven [39] (-2) Paradise [44] (+1) But why should it sound hypocritical ? Because you support HLH here ?

Bigger Stronger [28] No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground [18] Such A Rush [6] Brothers And Sisters [23] Easy To Please [4] (-2) Only Superstition [34] (+1) Don't Panic (Blue Room) [4] See You Soon [6]