Saffire

Are you kidding? That beat is SO COOL. It's like being in a stadium with sports fans stomping or something. I'm in the club, Semy. Best two albums eva.

Some cops can plant evidence on you, just to be able to take you in. And guess who the judge believes? Hint: not you. Avoid messing with cops if you know what's good for you.

Tomato. Cause everyone would be like, "Is that a fruit?" and I'd be like, "You betta recognize."

I swear to God, if I hear about Kid A or Neon Bible again I'm going to not eat my vegetables tonight. Last warning!

I uh... er... I'll order the venti mocha frappucino?

Probably around 8 or 9 times so far. I'm trying to cut back to just once a day, lol. But this isn't like other music I listen to... I can still hear new details, or appreciate the transitions/choruses/beats in better ways. It's obvious Eno is a genius. He and Coldplay were made to work together.

Has anyone else noticed Guy has chicklets for front teeth? :D I'm not criticizing him for it, I actually think it's sort of cute. :wink3:

wouldn't that be cool if there was food you could eat that would make you dream whatever you wanted... like you just think about it before you fall asleep and then you have a realistic dream about it? Whoa, totally trippy, man. My brain is weird at late hours.

Theroyalty, I think the reviewer doesn't like that Coldplay aren't carbon neutral. Plus they aren't wearing Barack Obama pins, so the music must suck.

Now that we've got a few "reputable" dead-tree blogs (aka "newspapers") reviewing VLVODAAHF, let's tear apart the critics. Begin by noticing these criticisms are mostly directed at the persons behind the music (ad hominem for you logic-lovers our there). Here are some of the common tid bits I've noticed they enjoy pulling from their bag of tricks: 1. Chris Martin is married to Gwyneth Paltrow. (TIME magazine) By citing this irrelevant fact again and again, reviewers are planting a seed in the minds of readers that encourages a connection with Hollywood, and the fast-paced, superficial lifestyle it represents. Therefore, Coldplay's music is manufactured tripe like the latest big-explosion action movie. 2. Chris Martin and "the boys" (they don't have names) are "well bred". (Mirror) How quaint. Because Coldplay don't sport the battle scars of a real musician (50 Cent?) we can assume their music is just too safe to enjoy. It's like... why smoke the Marlboro when the unfiltered Lucky Strike is available for the taking! Come on! Be a man, listen to something weirder! 3. Coldplay are just "stadium rockers", and only generate "anthems" for the "masses". (Independent) Come again? If it's so simple, why haven't you written your own album of stadium-fillers, Andy Gill? Oh yeah, because you're a writer. You're the first in line to get laid off when your paper's circulation drops. I guess that's what you do with an English major these days. 4. Coldplay hired Brian Eno for big bucks! No fair! (Mirror) So here we get this impression that Eno is the musical equivalent to a hired-assassin/mercenary. That's pretty badass. But seriously, Eno is friends with the band. Plus, I'm sure he's friends with lots of other bands and he's available to produce their albums as well. Nothing's stopping it from happening. Hell, I got Brian Eno to mow my lawn last week. 5. Coldplay's lyrics suck. (Independent) Oh dear. Coldplay write about this and that, being lost and being found, X&Y, whatever. You get the impression these reviewers were expecting to hear a Dickens novel sung at them. What about Viva la Vida? Carefully overlook that lyrical masterpiece, and while you're at it, ignore the fact Radiohead recently did a song about "weird fishes". Smart lyrics, indeed. 6. Martin looks at the camera lens with a magnifying glass. I have little doubt he sees people rushing to acclaim this album’s greatness the way one magazine did with X & Y. (Mirror) So are you reviewing publicity photos, or music? I'm happy that you, the brilliant writer of this piece, have seen through Chris Martin's cunning deviousness to deliver the truth! That Coldplay are actually not as good as we were told! Because... you know... every other review is effusive with praise. Or something. 7. The songs are "empty Coldplay music". Ah yes, there's not enough to it, is there? The music is just so... something but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'll use the word "empty" to describe it, because that pretty well covers what I mean. If pressed by the teacher for details, I'll feign illness or create a distraction. Feel free to add your own! It's fun critiquing the critics.

Yep I remember it well. It wasn't nearly as fun, though... because the first leak of those songs was later in the day (for me) and it was really crappy audio from a secret gig coldplay did in... los angeles, I believe it was.

Agreed, all the songs are nearly equally powerful. The sounds are so worldly, cosmopolitan, and ultimately intelligent. Coldplay have created a masterpiece.

Honestly Parachutes is starting to sound bland compared with this. I know a lot of people have an emotional attachment to Parachutes, but for me Viva la Vida or DAAHF is just so perfectly atmospheric and sweet. And it really makes me wonder what Eno could do with a song like Yellow, lol.

I don't understand you ascetics. Does it make you feel good to deny yourselves worldly pleasures? :D While you choose to suffer, I enjoy the stomping, tired sounds of "Lost!" and the shining beauty and joy of "Strawberry Swing" through my top-of-the-line Sennheiser HD595 headphones. Music of this emotional clarity has not touched the ears of living humans till today, and God must be jealous of the effortlessness with which Coldplay & Eno seem to draw it down from heaven. I pity you all!

It's obvious the reviewers of this song were totally not paying attention while it was playing and made up some bullcrap about it sounding like Rammstein and there being three parts and a full orchaestra and a huge chorus. The only thing missing from their fake review was the sounds of a marching parade combined with all the mating calls from the Philadelphia Zoo animals.

Corporate Man from EMI is pleased with your decision to agree to the contractual bindings Coldplay have agreed upon in numerous meetings. By choosing to wait to listen until the album is in stores, you have proven that you have powerful self-control to your peers, as well as upholding copyright laws that we would otherwise have to enforce by legal action.

Chris should have just changed the Strawberry Swing lyrics to "It's such a perfect album" because that's the damned truth. :D

Their best album yet, probably a contender for the best album I've ever heard by any band... I'm so happy for this album to have come out at this time in my life!

Coldplay said they don't want universal praise, and they didn't expect to get it. I'm thrilled with the direction they've gone, so Perez Hilton can go back to doing what he does best - reporting about Britney Spears' cootch shots.

I understand this sentiment. I was disappointed with X&Y initially, and I don't get that feeling when I hear this one. Every song is so subtle, layered, and colorful. It's not like the shiny new BMW X&Y was, it's more of a beautiful handmade Bugatti. Or something.

Reviewers can say whatever they want about this album, I've already made up my mind. It's their best. Period.

Agreed, but I'm more inclined to use this spork I carry on person at all times. :D

I don't think Coldplay actually gives a hoot whether we hear the music before the album is out, I think EMI is just binding them contractually to not play the songs until they let them I'm going to buy the CD anyway because I want to support the band and I want the WAV quality format for archival purposes. So any EMI execs reading this don't need to get their panties in a wad.

I've only listened to it once so far (waiting to get access to my Sennheiser headphones), but from what I remember it was among their best songs ever. It's not nearly as sweeping and epic as the reviews made it seem, but that's not a bad thing at all. I absolutely loved it.

From what I've heard (42, Cemeteries, Lovers)... this is indeed their best album to date. :shocked2: May all their albums be so good... thank you God!