I ran away

Congratulations cp3176 ! You actually have more than that - each of your posts is like 5-10 normal posts :D

This could be a video of me dancing to Live 2003

Vashti Bunyan - Here (from her latest album Heartleap)

Wait, Coldplay has a song about coffee ? :D :P

That's why this part of the riddle is not the first one :D Go step by step !

No, that was very genuine and heartfelt - I have very good memories of this thread ! :)

I love this thread, I love you all :D The following riddle has many steps and I hope you will enjoy the journey and teamwork. And trust me, it all makes sense and is carefully researched ! Happy mystery-solving :) If you would swear never to say this person's name in the place where Coldplay kicks off their second European tour leg next year, you would already have contradicted yourself. Go to the point where this person first asked instead of answered. Go to the year that carries the same name as that point. That year, one day before the day associated with love, somebody was born. Look at his name and do it before you see things the right way up You will find your way to a phrase that has inspired a line in the Coldplay song we're looking for

Could you replace the mushroom with a Safety EP disc pic ? :) And Brothers & Sisters could be blended into the first half of the pic maybe, because of the similar colour theme...

This does actually exist as a CD, an unofficial compilation. You can google the tracklist. However, it's not complete, and it costs a lot. If you are lacking any of these songs, I can send them to you. Also, the artwork you see on this CD was drawn by our very own @Batman, and taken by the discmakers without permission...

Great thread ! I really need to check out all the suggestions above. I'm especially guilty of the meat thing I guess. About the tree planting, however, have you read of this ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1517031/How-Coldplays-green-hopes-died-in-the-arid-soil-of-India.html

I don't know anymore who posted this Clocks shred video, but I wanted to say thanks !! I was just in hospital for an appointment and got told I need a (local) surgery TOMORROW, so I'm really nervous and worried right now. Already in preparation for the appointment itself I was listening to lots of X&Y, now I will probably loop it another million times before tomorrow morning... :-/ But the Clocks shred video just really made me laugh !! You know what I thought ? Imagine someone hacks into Coldplay's backing tracks system and replaces the current lip-sync vocals with the shred vocals :D :D :D

Anyone wanna guess how long that took? On computer? :D Hint: Almost another full page on this thread was posted between the time I started and finished. :o And, anyone who doesn't know yet, we got tickets!!! Yayyy. Apparently my dad said something about you can return them to get better seats when the regular sale starts since they don't all show up in the presale so if they do manage to get something else that would be good too, point is unless some awful catastrophe happens I will be confirmed to see them!!!!!!! :D Yesterday was one of the better days of my life in a while... Haha, I genuinely just found it interesting that he is at someones election fundraiser, I don't havr anything against those politicians. They are just local politicians, as far as I could find out they don't even belong to either Reps or Dems :)

There should be a huge alert for DREAMS in this thread ! I just read over this post and for a moment I really thought Chris and Guy had said that, before I read the last line and my hopes were shattered :D

Hey, I've been around for longer than you have and I've never heard the name Coldplay until late 2011 !! :D

Thanks for making the screenshot @Nie ! It is Speed of Sound indeed ! (The buildings that you put up, Japan and China all lit up)

"maybe you'll stumble upon it" ;)

So here's the problem - I can't listen to the original by Tears for fears now because I'm on slow mobile internet again and I can'r just go to Youtube. But a little digging told me that according to the big RS portrait in 2005, Chris said WS was inspired by Mad World ! Like I said i can't listen to it right now, but I can only guess the rhythm or something might be similar. Sorry :)

I just thought the same this morning when listening to AROBTTH. Politik is such a powerful emotional song !

I read the Wikipedia articles in both songs now but I still don't have an idea :D

Wir ändern uns nie Everything's Not Lost

White Shadows has lots of possible connections - every child should sit and listen, sir and listen / when I was a young boy I tried to listen all around me are familiar faces / swimming on a sea of faces

Honestly if they announced an album full of scrapped X&Y Era songs and other unreleased songs from previous eras, I would be like 10000% more excited than any new album at this point.

I went to two US shows last year and I can only say you are not alone, everybody feels this way !

Yes, I think @anthamic if I remember correctly ! Spione White Shados

good idea, but no The symbols need a different interpretation