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you can put it after Daylight :wink3:

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It took me at least two hours to make it, but finally I did... Here's my dream setlist (2 hours): *intro/pre-concert* We Never Change (Instrumental): all is dark. Slowly, purple fog comes out and shades of blue and orange increase the sense of mystery. Then a big white display come out and suddenly the light breaks... First part: Square One Clocks Crests Of Waves Spies Glass Of Water Gravity Daylight Swallowed In The Sea Strawberry Swing See You Soon Everything's Not Lost Second part: Cemeteries Of London Midnight Green Eyes Low Death And All His Friends Rainy Day Amsterdam Violet Hill Prospekt's March/Poppyfields Don't Panic Warning Sign X&Y Lovers In Japan (Acoustic Version) Encore: Chinese Sleep Chant I Ran Away Speed Of Sound it won't ever happen, but if I have to dream... :D

This could be a very tough game for you... :D

Welcome Patricia :)

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It's an original name, you don't hear it quite often ;)

Sometimes simplicity is great, that's the reason why we love most of their lyrics. Yes, the line between "simple" and "trivial" is thin, and that's why there are some bad lyrics here and there, but depth is not a synonimous of complexity

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I agree with you on Fix You, but some songs of X&Y have the best lyrics of their catalogue. Square One, Speed Of Sound, Low, Swallowed In The Sea, Til Kingdom Come... only the ones on Fix You and A Message are cheesy and bland, the other songs are normal. For The Bends/Ok Computer, there are some songs that are not so refined lirically, even if they are good songs, and there are songs with great lyrics that musically are not so good, but this is another story...

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16 November

It's difficult to be considered a great lyricist for MX when half of the time of the album is covered by choirs...

A Hopeful Transmission 9 Always In My Head 10 A Message 12 Another's Arms 10 A Rush of Blood to the Head 12 Amsterdam 22 Animals 5 Atlas 10 Bigger Stronger 11 Billie Jean (Cover) 8 Bloodless Revolution (Demo) 7 Brothers & Sisters 7 Bucket For A Crown 9 Careful Where You Stand 5 Cemeteries of London 23 Charlie Brown 20 Chinese Sleep Chant 11 Christmas Lights 11 Clocks 18 Crests Of Waves 10 Daylight 26 Death And All His Friends 17 Death Will Never Conquer 6 Don't Let It Break Your Heart 11 Don't Panic 14 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 20 Everything's Not Lost 18 Famous Old Painters (Demo) 8 Fight For Your Right (To Party) [Cover] 10 First Steps (Demo) 7 Fix You 13 For You 5 Glass of Water 13 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 18 Goodbye & Goodnight (Demo) 10 Gravity 17 Green Eyes 15 Harmless (Demo) 7 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover) 10 Help is Around the Corner 5 Here Comes The Sun (Cover) 10 High Speed 11 How You See The World 11 How You See The World (Alternate) 10 Hunting High and Low (Cover) 8 Hurts Like Heaven 18 I Bloom Blaum 9 I Ran Away 11 I'm A Believer (Cover) 10 In My Place 11 Ladder to the Sun (Live) 10 Life in Technicolor 10 Life in Technicolor ii 13 Life is for Living 13 Lips Like Sugar (Cover) 8 Live Forever (live with Oasis) 10 Lost? 9 Loveless (Demo) 6 Lovers in Japan 16 Low 4 M.M.I.X. 10 Magic 11 Major Minus 14 Midnight 12 Miracles 10 Moses 10 Moving to Mars 17 Mylo Xyloto 10 Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground 4 Ode to Deodorant 6 One I Love 12 Only Superstition 11 Parachutes 9 Perfect Day (Cover) 11 Politik 12 Postcards From Far Away 10 Pour Me (Live) 9 Proof 7 Prospekt's March/Poppyfields 13 Rainy Day 10 Reign of Love 7 See You Soon 12 Shiver 20 Sleeping Sun 9 Songbird (Cover) 10 Spanish Rain (Live) 11 Sparks 14 Speed of Sound 15 Spies 15 Square One 14 St. Stephen (Demo) 8 Strawberry Swing 15 Such a Rush 9 Swallowed In The Sea 11 Sweet Marianne (Live) 8 Talk 11 The Dubliners (Demo) 8 The Escapist 11 The Fall of Man (Demo) 9 The Goldrush 10 The Hardest Part 10 The Man Who Swears (Demo) 9 The Nappies 10 The Scientist 15 The World Turned Upside Down 3 Things I Don't Understand 7 Til' Kingdom Come 11 Trouble 13 Twisted Logic 10 U.F.O. 15 Up With the Birds 33 Us Against the World 15 Violet Hill 37 Viva la Vida 14 Warning Sign 2 We Found Love (Cover) 10 We Never Change 13 Wedding Bells (Demo) 11 What If 2 White Shadows 12 X&Y 8 Yellow 16 Yes 10 42 37

yes, sorry for not explaining, I was in a hurry when I wrote the message. 1) X&Y is my favourite because I think it's their more mature album, lyrically and musically speaking. I can also relate emotionally to all of the songs, and it was my first era as a fan, even if I knew them already. 2) VLVODAAHF because it was their more creative era. They "experimented" a lot, embracing different music genres and metrics and giving the lyrics an allegoric taste. 3) A Rush Of Blood To The Head because it's a very solid rock album and full of great ballads. It's their first good attempt to make their "masterpiece" 4) Parachutes because I like its very intimate warmness and the contrast between the depth of the atmospheres and the freshness of its acoustic parts. These were the one I really love. Then there are: 5) Ghost Stories: a good LP, it could have been a Chris solo album for obvious reasons, not only lirically but even because it reflects the musical taste of the "modern Chris". Its flaws are related to the poor lyrics in some of the songs and the fact that the best songs (except for Midnight) are only bonus tracks (All Your Friends and Ghost Story). And ASFOS it's maybe their worst song ever. 6) MX: It has a good concept, but the songs are generally terrible. Overproduced, too poppy, bland, creativity lacking, full of choirs instead of lyrics. Its only good moments are Major Minus and Up With The Birds, that are great songs imho. Another song that could have been awesome if it wasn't overwhelmed by sound effects is Hurts Like Heaven, the rest is quite forgettable.

6 Mylo Xyloto 5 Ghost Stories 4 Parachutes 3 A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2 Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 1 X&Y

Spies is awesome, but Don't Panic is just too iconic of the warmness of the Parachutes era. so my vote is for Spies, Don't Panic must win :)

the orchestral intro is just too good to be true... :loveshower:

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If I could say, I think it could be a great acoustic version for a rock ballad. I like the chords progression, vocals are not that bad, they're only a little rough (in a good way). Just a suggestion: lyrics could be improved. It's a good song, keep it up and try to sharpen it ;)

Imho no, it can't. Space rock in its proper shape is attributable to 70s music (for example you can listen to "Meddle" from Pink Floyd to have an idea). Despite this, X&Y has some spacey sonorities that give a great sense of depth to their sound

I think we are all here because we all love CP, and I might say we all agree with that. And imho there is not only one way of loving them, simply everyone feels their music and their story through the years differently. I say it without any kind of anger or superiority (my opinion count just as much as the others, or maybe even less), but I'm not the kind of person who "forgives" everything only because I love something. I think that the best way to love music is focusing on the flaws trying to find a way to improve as far as possible. Criticism is the strongest way of love imho, because I know that the can do better than what they are doing right now and I believe they can still do something beautiful for us all. Just saying, I saw them live during the MX era that is my least favourite ever (and I always criticize it), if this is not love....

There are so many great artists/bands that make great pop music today, but they aren't mainstream, like there's a large number of indie/alternative acts that make terrible music. . The problem is not pop,is the quality of music.

Apart from Keane that were born at the same time, the others were bands who were influenced by them and tried to emulate their sound. Still today there are bands who tried to do that (Kodaline, Imagine Dragons,...), but normal people din't play nice because they were listening to Coldplay or changed their clothes or haircut.

When did they do that? They've never been cool enough to do this and I think they never wanted to, they were just playing their music and showing their way of seeing the world. They've always been considered too poppish to be alternative and too alternative to be trendy, and they lived the top of their career in the first part of a too underestimated decade like the 00s, the least iconic period of the last 60 years. I only know that pop culture of that years (2000-2006) had its flaws like all the others decades, but also had great songs that were also big hits and I still remember most of them.