I ran away

Haha, good one but the contradiction I meant is a little more subtle (because you know, I am I Ran Away and I have to uphold a reputation of makign difficult riddles :P)

AROBTTH album 30 pts I Ran Away 20 pts X&Y album 10 pts

Yeah. For example A View From The Top !

Even though I like that Christmas song, I still favor Green Eyes :) And by the way, i have them (nearly - more green-grayish I guess) Green Eyes vs. Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now

Hmm, let me think :D OK, here is is: The song we're looking for contradicts a prominent assertion made in Parachutes.

The best things in life remain hidden :P

AROBTTH album 30 pts I Ran Away 20 pts X&Y album 10 pts

+ Brothers and Sisters 11 Lost! 11 Moses 11 - Yes 2 AOAL 7 The Nappies 8 @cp3176 Please add A View From The Top !! :D

nope Vashti Bunyan ?

That's the story you can read about it, but to be honest after listening to it many times I am sure that stock audio material of news/television reports was used as well. Just listen to the end of the song - the voices speak like in a news report.

All that fuzz over 12 minutes of playing time ? So it's gonna be, AOAL, HFTW and POC, right ?

I dare to prognostisize that the years 2014-2016 will in the futeure be known as the "Oldplay vs. Newplay fighting" Era in Coldplaying History.

The largest part of musicians' income ususally comes from touring.

Yeah well, I don't listen to that kind of music either. Not being mainstream doesn't mean being good, I never said that. My point was just that most of the current mainstream is not to my taste. Coldplay were not mainstream at first but they were good. They gradually became more mainstream and still were good (up to a certain point, I'd say, but that's just my opinion and I know you have a different one, but nevermind). That's what sets them apart. On the subject of "shallow", we may have different definitions because I truly think that music CAN be shallow. Doesn't mean it can't be background for a remarkable memory. And it does - I can associate things to countless songs of the 2000's that fulfil my personal defintion for "musical crap" but that I still have a little fondness for just because of these memories. I even have many of them on my mobile phone music archive. I respect them as part of my "life soundtrack" but I don't hold them to the same artistic value as I hold, for example, "Politik".

This is slightly off-topic, but I (born in the 90s) really wish I had been young on the 70s...and I can connect well with the music of those times, it was more to my liking. I also really like the ideas behind the Flower Power movement :) Oh, and there was Pink Floyd !

Fifa La Fida - Koldpley

No... Family Of The Year ?

For me, Parachutes wa their warmest album ! The sound was just so real and "warm".

My graph would be a bell curve with a broad double-peak at AROBTTH and X&Y and a steep decline after Viva...

Apart from the commercial implications you mentioned, I just plainly don't like it in terms of style. A question of personal taste. It feels shallow for me, not profound enough, and I simply do not like the music itself. Of course there are gems hidden in it as well, but the vast majority of contemporary songs are garbage to me. I think in the 70s I might have liked mainstream music but not today.

I just watched the "Music in 2015" review from a large TV newschannel here, and they showed an excerpt of the AOAL video. And to be honest, it made me cringe that this is what is associated with the name "Coldplay" now...

I was born a decade too late... :( I will always regret not having had the chance to go to the AROBTTH and Twisted Logic Tours :(

Now now, I feel this graph underestimates AROBTTH and X&Y :P

I see your points and I agree in that GS was the turning point in terms of getting real electronic (and the wrong decisison in my opinion). Overall I like MX more than GS or AHFOD.

Hey Jedi, I think you're on the wrong page of the thread - this riddle has already been solved :)