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I feel like I was overly critical with this (I would've said AROBTTH and X&Y are more 9 albums without doing this), and X&Y is actually my favorite album but I think it's more the feel as a whole that makes it so amazing to me. Also I guess there aren't really any tracks on AROBTTH that I dislike while I'm not really a fan of A Message so that was a factor. 1. A Rush Of Blood To The Head 7.7 2. X&Y 7.2 3. Parachutes 7 4. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends 6.9 5. Everyday Life 6.03 6. Mylo Xyloto 5.95 7. Ghost Stories 5.5 8. A Head Full Of Dreams 4.5 All-time top scored album songs a.k.a. dream setlist: (9 or higher except I put in two of my favorite 8.5 songs because this it was too obscure Oldplay/short without) 1. Politik (10) 2. Shiver (9.5) 3. Low (9.5) 4. White Shadows (9.5) 5. Strawberry Swing (9) 6. Viva la Vida (9) 7. Daylight (9) 8 X&Y (9) 9. Yes (9) 10. Sparks (9) 11. Speed of Sound (9) 12. The Scientist (8.5) 13. Trouble In Town (8.5) Parachutes Don't Panic (6) Shiver (9.5) Spies (7) Sparks (9) Yellow (6) Trouble (8.5) Parachutes (8) High Speed (7) We never Change (6.5) Everything's not Lost (5.5) Life is For Living (4) Total score: 7 A Rush Of Blood To The Head Politik (10) In My Place (8) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (8) The Scientist (8.5) Clocks (8) Daylight (9) Green Eyes (7) Warning Sign (5.5) A Whisper (6) A Rush Of Blood To The Head (7.5) Amsterdam (7.5) Total score: 7.7 X&Y Square One (6) What If (8) White Shadows (9.5) Fix You (5.5) Talk (6) X&Y (9) Speed Of Sound (9) A Message (3) Low (9.5) The Hardest Part (8) Swallowed In The Sea (7) Twisted Logic (7.5) Til Kingdom Come (6) Total score: 7.2 Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends Life In Technicolor (7.5) Cemeteries of London (5) 42 (6) Lost! (5.5) Lovers In Japan (4) Yes (9) Viva La Vida (9) Violet Hill (8) Strawberry Swing (9) Death And All His Friends (6) Total score: 6.9 Mylo Xyloto MX/Hurts Like Heaven (6) Paradise (8) Charlie Brown (7) Us Against The World (4-although it was actually in my top 10 Coldplay songs at one point) M.M.I.X/ Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (7.5) Major Minus (7.5) U.F.O (4) Princess of China (6.5) Up in Flames (3.5) AHT/ Don't Let It Break Your Heart (3) Up With The Birds (8.5) Total score: 5.95 Ghost Stories Always In My Head (4) Magic (6) Ink (7) True Love (6) Midnight (4) Another's Arms (1.5) Oceans (8) A Sky Full Of Stars (6) O (Fly On) (7.5) Total score: 5.5 A Head Full Of Dreams A Head Full Of Dreams (4) Birds (8.5) Hymn For The Weekend (6) Everglow (2.5) Adventure of A Lifetime (4) Fun (6.5) Kaleidoscope (4) Army Of One (3) X-Marks the spot (1.1-because I feel bad truly giving it a 1) Amazing Day (6.5) Up & Up (3.5) Total score: 4.5 Everyday Life Sunrise (7) Church (6) Trouble In Town (8.5) BrokEn (4) Daddy (4) WOTW/POTP (3) Arabesque (8) When I Need A Friend (6.5) Guns (6) Orphans (7.5) Èkó (6) Cry Cry Cry (8.5) Old Friends (3.5) Bani Adam (6.5) Champion Of The World (8.5) Everyday Life (3) Total score: 6.03

Chris sounded really good singing it last night on the Graham Norton show! And I loved how they showed him that old picture of the band. I wish they would do a full video/interview reacting to old pictures/videos of themselves:joy:

I'm so confused about how exactly Guy joined the band. Chris loves to talk about he started playing with Jonny and Will joining (and maybe those are more interesting stories, especially Will's) but we rarely hear much about Guy joining and what I have heard doesn't really line up. I was watching a documentary from the Viva era recently where Will said that it was Guy that had the Fender Rhodes and Chris sought him out, instead of the other way around like it says here. I've even heard that Guy demanded to join Chris and Jonny when he was drunk from a few sources but I saw an interview where he denied that, or at least that he begged to join (they didn't bring up him being drunk). I feel like this could be a case of a pretty ordinary story that no one really remembers, but it could also be something Guy or the others doesn't really want to share so they'll kind of vaguely gloss over it when the topic comes up. If that is the case I don't want to bring attention to something they'd rather keep private, but how he came into the band seems like kind of a big deal. Am I crazy and overthinking this or is there more of a story here? Does anyone know something I don't?

As far as I know no

Ohh right....and yes:confused: Have you ever lived in a city?

X&Y era iPhone or Android?

I wonder where these pictures are from

Bigger Stronger vs Proof

Blue Fall or spring?

Florence, Italy

Swallow Peas

yes:( Have you ever gone to a wedding?

Have to? I don't like skiing much lol Do you like pineapple on pizza?

Last week When was the last time you sang in front of people?

I'll try not to make this too long: 2010: I think I had a vague idea of who they were but I'm not even 100% sure. I know I'd heard a lot of the older music when I was really young since it all sounded familiar when I finally listened to it, but I didn't know it was by them at the time. I think I knew the title Viva la Vida and how it went but I didn't put them together in my head. I was only 9/10 years old, so I was just starting to get into listening to music on my own. I didn't have an iPod, but I had a portable radio I'd listen to every top 40 type song at the time on. And that's how I began to discover them... 2011: I remember endlessly refreshing the page for the top 30 countdown of my local radio show (regretful preteen decisions) and one day I saw Paradise by Coldplay. I was excited to hear it since I'd heard of Coldplay, but I didn't really know any of their songs. They just seemed like a band I wanted to know, like something the older kids would talk about when I was little. However, when it finally came on the radio I didn't like it much honestly. I made up my mind that I didn't really like Coldplay (yes, after hearing one song haha) and didn't give them much thought until 2014. 2012-13: Nothing honestly. I remember someone joking about singing Coldplay in church or something. 2014: This is was the year I finished middle school, and we had a class trip at the end of the year. My bus was the only lucky one that let us do karaoke with the microphone on the way back. Two guys sang Viva la Vida and I remember everyone cheering. I didn't really know the song and felt like an idiot, but when they started singing I immediately remembered and realized how much I loved it. I can't imagine what would have happened if I had been on a different bus...anyway, I started high school that fall and they gave us iPads to use for schoolwork. My friends were all talking about how you could get Spotify on the iPads, which I didn't have before. When I made an account, I asked for a song recommendation and my friend suggested ASFOS, which was pretty new at the time. I really liked it and listened to a little more of Ghost Stories, but they didn't immediately become my favorite band. 2015: I started listening to more of the old hits, and I still remember my shock at rehearing my childhood with songs like Fix You and Clocks (I even swear I heard Talk before). But the first song I really obsessed over was Princess of China. I remember staying up all night listening to it over and over. I even made a shirt with the lyrics "you stole my star" on it (regretful fourteen year old decisions). By the time AFHOD came out, I definitely was a casual fan of Coldplay. I liked the new songs more than I do now, but they didn't blow me away. I remember watching the music video for AOAL and being confused by all the negative comments about how bad it was since I didn't know the older music well enough to compare. 2016: One day in February my friend changed my life forever when he impulsively asked me if I wanted to see Coldplay with him when they came to Massachusetts in July. I had never even been to a concert before and it was so hard to wait for. I was so excited when my parents said I could go without an adult:D. I remember listening to the album over and over and just wishing it could be July. Let's just say that concert didn't disappoint. It made every smaller concert I've been to since hard to take seriously. I literally felt like I went to another world or something. Naturally I had to listen to every Coldplay song after that August. I'll never forget the first time I watched Politik from Live 2003. I couldn't believe it was real. I remember watching it over and over while walking to the summer camp I volunteered at and using up all my data. The week after that, I interned in a lab and I had a lot of time reading documents by myself, so I decided to listen to all the albums. I made a playlist ranking every song when I was done and started thinking Chris seemed like the most genuine celebrity ever. 2017: My obsession had gone down a little by the spring, but my friend and I decided to see Coldplay again when they came back in summer 2017. That and the Kaleidoscope EP coming back made me get back into it fast. I started listening to the B sides I never got to, some of which I wished they'd put on the albums, and watching interviews to learn about the members besides Chris. I became especially obsessed with Guy, but I was struck by what truly great people they all seemed to be. Seeing them the second time around was just as good but it was more sad since I didn't know when they'd come back. My friend and I also had to leave early since he drove us this time and our state has this law that you can't drive after 12:30 AM or something as a minor: unamused:. And this time after the concert, my obsession didn't really go away. I joined the forums after seeing it various times when searching for information about Coldplay, and I never stopped posting or checking it. I remember crying on the last night of the tour, not knowing what I was going to do with my life or where I'd be in a year (since it was my last year of high school), and I felt like their career was growing up right with me, since they took off in like the same month I was born when Parachutes came out. I even made a fan account on Instagram for a while, and I got to know some great people there as well as here since most of my friends in real life were casual fans at the absolute best. 2018: I remember seeing the forums get quieter and it was a little sad, but it was still fun going on occasionally and doing things like Coldplaying Listening Parties and the elimination games. I also remember when the old really long War of the Coldplay songs thread got deleted... anyway, I won't talk about the forums that much since I haven't been here that long compared to a lot of people. I stopped using my fan account when I went to college, but I still eagerly waited for them to release something new. Honestly I was pretty pessimistic that they'd ever do anything again. I liked their older music better before, but I started liking their newer music less, which was kind of sad, but I think I was growing up more and discovering different types of music in general. It was just strange that the songs that got me into the band like ASFOS and POC didn't end up being my favorite songs. I remember being very confused by Los Unidades (what happened to that anyway?) and blown away by the documentary. I think I've seen it like five times now... 2019: I was so excited when Guy made an Instagram! So many of the songs he chose for Synchro Sunday defined my spring in so many ways. Being pessimistic, I was shocked when the rumors were true and Everyday Life came out. I really do think it's the best thing they've released this decade-happened just in time. I'm so proud of them for making it and I wish they would tour it more in a way, but I like that they are environmentally conscious and it's been really fun following this era in a way I never did before. I've had trouble keeping up at times-I don't know how any of you guys kept up with past eras if this is the most lowkey one! Anyway, I completely failed at making this short as usual (especially considering I was barely aware of them for half of the decade) but I'm just so lucky for all of the random accidents that made me a Coldplay fan. I feel like their music is just something that I need in a way no other music is, even if not all the other music I listen to is similar. At times, it does make me sad and nostalgic that I'm not older and able to listen to the older songs in their prime, but I'm just lucky that I'm alive at all for this. A Coldplay album came out in my second year of middle school, high school and college, and I feel like each step of my growing up has connected to a different Coldplay era, recently and even in the past I barely remember. Who knows what will be next. Thank you if you actually read all of this! I really like this idea of reflecting on the 2010s with Coldplay.

It's strange looking back at the difference in tone in this thread back when they were younger in the 2000s compared to now (and all of their individual threads). You can really see the general age of the fanbase growing up right with them. I have to say as a 19 year old girl, it looks like it could've been fun to have been on this thread in the 2000s...but I also like the more serious discussions we have nowadays.

What If vs O

Hi!

Oh nvm I misunderstood what you were saying. But you actually know her?

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Actually? I thought it was a new thing lol

That's so exciting!! Let us know if he sees it

Slight update if literally anyone cares lol: Since I wasn't a big fan at the time, I actually just found out yesterday than Ghost Stories only went on Spotify four months after its release, in September 2014. That was the same month I started using Spotify and I remember listening to ASFOS when my friend recommended it to me and then True Love and Magic. I don't remember but I feel like it showed up in the discover section for me so I listened to it more? I just remember everyone being excited by the newness of the album on Spotify (I feel like my friends were more into Coldplay then:() and I think that was a factor in how I started to get into Coldplay. I'm excited I figured something else out since I literally don't really know how I got into my favorite band and it drives me crazy.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplays-chris-martin-reveals-how-mean-comments-put-him-off-playing-glastonbury-2020-2576980 Not sure if this is old news now but this is just sad. I can't tell if this was meant to be a mostly lighthearted joke from Chris or a deeply personal comment on how the criticism does still hurt...

I hope so! I feel like they'd take more than a week break before the next era