M Marks The Spot

The trailer for 'Wings for Coldplay' has been released recently. Finally! Points worth mentioning: The movie premiere takes place in Prague on February 2nd The film is supposed to be screened in various towns in the Czech Republic The director is planning on projecting the motion picture in some cities around the world where Coldplay performed during the A Head Full Of Dreams Tour

* Have you ever liked Imagine Dragons?

Hello and welcome to the forums! Happy New Year to you too, thank you.

Osaka, Japan

Minsk, Belarus

No I don't because I'm not convinced that it's a good idea to throw a party in the flat. Do you ever donate money to charity?

How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees

Hey folks, I've been planning to reply to your posts for a long time. However each time I tried to do so I wasn't capable of devising anything comprehensive and considered. Now that I've already come up with something of the required qualities I can finally present and express my attitude towards the situation I had to deal with. Moreover I've decided to share the answer in this thread because in the present they would appear to be very out of place in the former thread from my point of view. Thank you for the kind words! Of course it took me a while to return and here I am! In my opinion I used to be very frightened of sharing my opinions due to my notorious overthinking what would happen afterwards. I've learnt that it's often tiring and needless to act that way. I also understand that someone can disagree with me and ignite a heated debate but that's one of the purposes of forums and discussions after all. Apart from that it's clear to me that beforehand I have to realize how my words will affect the others and the perception of me. There's nothing to lose as well if I share a post because I'll have to deal with the potentional aftermaths not before but after publicizing a text. And yes! Emphasis mine. Most of the users I've met on Coldplaying are kind people which makes this forum very nice. Oh... You got me. It's true that sometimes I used to force myself to share posts as soon as possible even though I didn't fancy it. For unclear and obscure reasons I was under the impression that it was the case of wrongdoing on my part. I felt bad that I didn't join various discussions despite being extremely occupied with my duties and tasks because to me it seemed as the others had been having so much fun while I didn't. A few times I even felt as an outsider because of my inactivity. Therefore I was trying my best to make up for it as much as possible which resulted in feeling burdened and slacking off. In the end I had to take my time to regroup myself and come back feeling more comfortable and more self-confident. Thank you a lot for the words! There was a part of me which thought that I couldn't quit the forums for good so suddenly and abruptly because Coldplaying has given me so much that I felt I couldn't only take but deliver something in return! On the other hand it's all lying in my own hands. It's each of us who has to consider their words carefully and thoroughly and express themselves clearly and precisely as much as possible to avoid any misunderstandings and misapprehensions. Provided that someone misunderstands me I have no choice but to clarify and justify my approach. You never know how the others will react. You never know when communication can break down. You never know if someone takes your words out of context and twist them. I suppose it's always better to prepare yourself for a possible war of words once the word is out and all over town You never know when shit happens. Oh well... Thank you! I'll take that as a compliment. Seriously every now and then I believe that some of my posts are truly atrocious or even shite. But frankly at times I'm proud of some of my posts as they are top-notch and excellent in comparison with the rest. Oh... Thank you very much for your words! Naturally I understand that it's not welcome and awful to experience such a phase. However I'm convinced that sometimes one has to hit rock bottom to bounce back! It'd be wonderful if we could live our lives completely without any burdens and suffering(s). But that's not the case. Accordingly in some situations I stick to one of my favourite phrases "it is what it is". Unfortunately sometimes we have no choice but to take it as it comes because there's no way to improve the situation or turn it around. In other cases there is always a solution if we are willing to make a change and rescue ourselves. Me and a cherished forum member? Wow... I don't think I've ever expected someone to describe me this way before! Seriously I am flattered. Honestly I don't feel that way myself at all. I merely see myself at one out of many. I'm not sure if I happen to stand out or stick out anyhow but so be it. I'm just happy to have been accepted the way I am and staying in this amazing community for so long. It means the world to me. It really does. Thank you again! But what a journey it was though! I'm partially glad that I went through such a hardship as I've managed to learn a lesson from it. Sigh... I know what you mean. I'm aware of the fact that sometimes I wish I wasn't visible and noticed. Contrary to that I'd rather be scrutinized than overlooked. In real life there have been moments when I felt as a total outcast. Thus I've already tried to join certain groups or circles just to belong somewhere although subsequently I was fighting more insecurities and simply became more devastated. Ultimately it only takes time to find a right crew or individuals. Furthermore I would dare clam that a certain degree of scrutiny could be helpful and beneficial. I mean supposing that somebody criticizes you vehemently calls you out harshly shames you publicly or does anything similar to you there's always an option to accept it as a form of well-deserved criticism and feedback because that can reveal the genuine and sincere perception of you. It can definitely burst your bubble but I'm sure it's priceless to know how you are perceived. Just carry it out moderately sensibly and reasonably! Anyway here you are! [spoiler=The sticker] Hm... I'm not so certain of it to be honest. What's the point in taking anyone else's post the wrong way? If I say something I want it to be understood the right way so the readers would learn correctly what I tried telling them. On the other hand I guess it's completely fine and harmless unless someone grasps your text wrongly and lets you know about that... I presume that then you correct them resolve the misunderstanding and rectify the whole situation. However you're right. It's just the Internet till it's the showdown... Woah... Me and a great contributor? Umm... That's nice of you. Thank you. I'm flattered again! I'm convinced that I've truly needed a bit of such an acknowledgement of that kind. At least I know that my posts and me are appreciated to a certain extent. Seriously from the bottom of my heart I thank anyone who has managed to come so far and read it all as that's been an extremely long post. I'm aware of the fact that I could have sounded preachy and appeared to be self-righteous. However I'm glad that I was able to share some of my pearls of wisdom and experience(s) with you because I believe that few of you could relate to me or even learn something new from me. In case some of you might be feeling like a freak and see yourselves in me remember that you're not alone! There are also people who may struggle the same way as you. But that's not a reason to take it for granted. If you find yourselves in an unfavourable situation and want to get out of it then that's a call to arms. You should grab life by the balls shape the life you want with the power of your thoughts and don't ever let life get you down. Happiness lies in your own hands. Happy New Year.

In short I would describe this decade of mine with Coldplay as fairly unpredictable and erratic. In detail: 2010: Even if I do my best to recollect something concrete from that year I can't remember anything specific at all which I find really strange. I could have been aware of Coldplay then but even at the moment I'm not completely sure of that. However it's absolutely likely that I heard their songs on the radio or saw their videos on TV at that time. I suppose that it just didn't impress itself on my mind. 2011: At the end of the year I happened to hear Paradise. I was totally amazed and soon started listening to it on a loop so often that I became obsessed with it. Unfortunately I wasn't willing to cast about for their other songs so I basically got stuck. 2012: There was a period of time when I was knowingly playing live performances of Clocks and Speed Of Sound because funnily I found them superior to their respective studio version. Later I heard Charlie Brown which sounded less enjoyable than Paradise in my opinion. It didn't either blow my mind or put me off. Then on the other hand as soon as I finished watching and listening to Princess Of China I knew that this type of music wasn't truly my cup of tea. It simply killed my vibe. Thus I stopped listening to the band... 2013: That year was as the same as 2010. I assume that happened because I was so zealous in another musical genre that I was barely aware of what was going on outside it in the music industry. I also hardly ever turned on the radio. That's why I might have been so clueless. 2014: I can recall that I heard and saw the video for A Sky Full Of Stars. It didn't entrance me. It palled on me. That is my only encounter with Coldplay I can clearly remember from that year. 2015: Out of curiosity I played the Adventure Of A Lifetime music video when it was released. The clip weirded me out because it looked so odd to me. Moreover I also read news articles about the chart battle between Adele and Coldplay which was fun to follow. I wasn't fully interested in the band yet but I didn't mind them at all. 2016: I was aware of the fact that Coldplay headlined the Super Bowl halftime show. I believe that I saw their performance as well. However I was kind of surprised and confused when I stumbled upon and took a look at few tabloid articles which emerged after their appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show. Apparently all the fuss broke out because of the whole thing with the "Believe in love" message. Afterwards I somehow found myself downloading some Coldplay albums and repeatedly listening to Daylight! I guess that at some point I was so keen on Clocks that I decided to obtain a copy of the whole parental album. I also used to play Warning Sign a lot because it managed to console me after I had been rejected by my crush... Nevertheless few weeks later I spent my money on the Coldplay 4CD Catalogue Set because it was a bargain in my eyes. I gladly listened to all their four first albums but my soul was not completely sold yet. Although I enjoyed few songs it wasn't still enough for me to become addicted to Coldplay. After few months I purchased a Mylo Xyloto CD. It didn't succeed in making me fall in love with the band either. Despite my rather unsuccessful attempts to get into Coldplay I started having a soft place for them. 2017: The other day I listened to Hypnotised when it popped up in my recommendation list on YouTube. At that time I found it really weak and run-of-the-mill. I was stunned when I learnt that Coldplay had collaborated with The Chainsmokers on Something Just Like This. I was a bit alarmed by that news but became reconciled with it later. My mind went from "What? How could Coldplay ever agree to work with The Chainsmokers?" to "Well I've heard that song playing so often in public that I got used to that. It's radio-friendly and passable." Around that time I bought Coldplay Live 2012. As soon as I collected the parcel I opened it and immediately inserted the disc in the DVD player. It felt very surreal to watch it. I was mindblown and breathless. It was so amazing just to see the recording of their performances... Then I was passing time on YouTube again when I noticed the band had released All I Can Think About You. Naturally I played it out of curiosity. Initially I was not amazed but I kept listening. Out of the blue the build-up came on and I was mesmerized! I instantly became fond of that song and knew that I was finally willing to follow the band as their fan! My perception of Coldplay completely changed. A week later I went to Britain on a trip but forgot to put Coldplay songs to my phone. It was frustrating but there was no solution for that. Funnily I bought the A Head Full Of Dreams album in Plymouth which totally made my day. After the tour when I came back home I was shocked to discover that I had visited Exeter and basically Devon where Chris Martin comes from. I was so invested in the band that I seriously started gathering Coldplay merchandise. Gradually I was adding more and more items to my assemblage. I began visiting CD shops as well because I was tempted to investigate whether there was any Coldplay stuff that I could potentially buy. Accordingly I ended up purchasing both Ghost Stories and Ghost Stories Live 2014 when I was on vacation in Germany... Around Christmas I was looking for more information about Coldplay because it wasn't enough for me just to read their Wikipedia page. By chance I came across these forums. I was excited by the idea of meeting new people with the same interest and discussing with them. Not to mention the multimedia section. That's why I did what I did and the rest is history. 2018: Coldplaying officially turned into my another common room. I got to know a number of amazing people with some of whom I became friends. It was truly entertaining and amusing to play various games and talk about when "Live 2017" would be released which ended up being The Butterfly Package in the end. The debate on the A Head Full Of Dreams film was smashing and tremendous as well. It was so wonderful and marvellous to see the forums a little bit more active again. Outside the Internet my relationship with Coldplay got more affectionate. I believe that a part of their soul was injected into my DNA. I started sticking to them and the other way round. Their music helped me a lot when I was in Vietnam to attend my grandfather's funeral. Thanks to the band I managed to get through it. Unfortunately I arrived back in the Czech Republic exactly on my birthday. Certainly not the best way how to spend it. But my friends asked me if it was possible to meet me when I reached my hometown as they wanted to give me the birthday gift. They gained my approval and we got together eventually that day. I received an adorable birthday card. When I opened it to read its content I absolutely lost it. I couldn't believe that they had bought me tickets for the A Head Full Of Dreams film screening in the local cinema and hidden it in the card. It was literally a dream come true! I was so over the moon... In return I asked them to accompany me with which they obliged. Difficult to grasp when I was planning to buy it and go there on my own at first... Afterwards my parents allowed me to buy a copy of Life in Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay and The Butterfly Package as my birthday and Christmas gift from them. It was totally incredible and splendid to add those articles to my growing collection. What a pleasant and delightful year it was after all! 2019: The first thing which comes to my mind when I think of that year is the fact that me and my partner opted for Paradise as a song to be played during our promenade at the graduation prom. It was so unbelievable and magnificent to hear it blaring out loud. Apart from that if I remember correctly there wasn't much stuff happening on the forums during the first half of the year. It became less active and frequented. In the meantime I lost touch with some of my cyber pals who I met on the forums and valued very much. Due to that I was heartbroken and emotionally destroyed. Never had I thought that breaking up with a friend albeit a virtual one would be so painful and miserable! It took an awful lot of time to pull myself together and get over such a mishap. Then it was challening for me to listen to Coldplay because few of their songs would remind me of those who I couldn't reach anymore. I assume that because of it I found out that there was something subtle about their music as it was able to make feel happy and sad simultaneously. Nonetheless the band made my summer holidays more bearable and pleasing with the power of their music because it was terribly tough and frustrating to do my best to achieve my few goals. Coldplay were there for me as well when I was moving to my university town. Their songs made me more self-confident and less petrified when I was trying to strengthen my position among my fellow students instead of turning into nobody. During the second half of the year the forums progressively became more active and frequented much to my pleasure even though I expected Coldplay to return much later... Some of the rumors turned out to be true which was incredible and the anticipated comeback was under construction. Weeks later Everyday Life finally saw the light of the day and I lost it again. However it was not so effortless for me. I began struggling with the heavy traffic on Coldplaying though I had already experienced the liveliness of the similar merits before. I'm convinced that it took place because I was battling on two front lines at the same time. For unclear and obscure reasons I was fighting for my position in the society both outside and on the Net. Amusingly I had a presentation about Coldplay for my English class in November 2019. The teacher let us choose whatever topic we wished because we were supposed to introduce ourselves somehow. Specifically I talked about my relationship with Coldplay. I was feeling a bit mortified about my speech because I basically exposed myself. I spoke about the importance and influence of the band on my life which was truly something to listen to I guess... I said something along these lines "From what I’ve seen so far they seem to be very down-to-earth humble generous and thoughtful. Actually when I was younger I quite lacked those qualities. That’s why I’ve chosen to admire and look up to them. I believe that Coldplay has made me a better person for which I’ll be forever grateful." Not to mention how their music affects me. When I finished the teacher asked me whether it was difficult for me to speak about such a sensitive topic. I answered that it was because I had thought that I would be crying in front of the class. She acknowledged that I'm an emotional boy... Weeks later we had a Christmas lesson in our English class. The teacher had asked each of us to bring a neutral present because we would give it to one another. Before we began handing over the gifts she had announced that she was going to play a song on YouTube which I would surely like. I was wondering what she had meant by that because I couldn't think of anything concrete. I looked up at the projection screen and saw a thumbnail that made me even more bewildered. Yet I was clueless as I was more discomfited. Then I heard the first notes of that track and I was dazed. I had to look at the title of the clip to see if it was real. The teacher decided to play Christmas Lights! Believe me or not she absolutely made my day! She even played that twice because we didn't manage to give one another all the presents when the song ended for the first time. It was more impressive because it was my first time hearing Christmas Lights in one piece in winter that year. Who knows if that was a Christmas miracle? In conclusion I believe that my decade with Coldplay could be truly considered unpredictable and erratic or even volatile.

My ears say "yes" but I need someone else to confirm this as I could be suffering from hallucinations at this point. :joy:

"X Marks The Spot is a bop. That's about it." [MEDIA=twitter]1199095501695660034[/MEDIA]

Vienna is one of the European cities where Coldplay performed during the A Head Full Of Dreams tour.

T is the first letter of the definite article which is a part of the title of few Coldplay tracks such as The Scientist Up With The Birds or Champion Of The World.

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Rihanna is featured on Princess Of China.

And oh, oh yes I would if I only could

You don't know how lovely you are

AMSTERDAM :arobtth: Come on, oh my star is fading And I see no chance of release. And I know I'm dead on the surface, But I am screaming underneath. And time is on your side. It's on your side now. Not pushing you down, and all around It's no cause for concern. vs GUNS :moon: Take it from the playgrounds And take it from the bums Take if from the hospitals And squeeze it from the slums All the kids make pistols With their fingers and their thumbs Advertise a revolution Arm it when it comes We’re cooking up the zeroes We’ve been doing all the sums The judgement of this court is We need more guns

Parachutes

COTW vs Lost?

Arabsque vs Hymn For The Wekend

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Thank you! :loveshower:

I'm currently listening to Kylie Minogue. Incredibly it took me more than a year to teach myself to start listening to her music passionately because I was 100% sure that I would begin enjoying her songs immensely one day! Honestly I felt it in my bones. Even though I find most of her tracks quite simple and formulaic I can't really hold that against her because if it works for her so be it. However I can recall that I've already heard some of her singles before but they didn't manage to make me follow Kylie. Can't Get You Out Of My Head and All The Lovers or even her Golden Quartet... Yeah marvellous tunes but it didn't truly blow my mind so no chance of me becoming interested in her. Weeks ago I came across Spinning Around and was fascinated by the strings in that song. I also happened to see the accompanying music video. Damn... Those hotpants! Her ass! Later I saw the clips of her performances at the ceremonies of both 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! I was stunned especially by her 'Dancing Queen' cover. When I finished watching I knew I was sold. Anyway in my opinion the majority of her output is easy to listen and pure fun! She's released loads of upbeat dance tracks which is very appreciated because (almost) everybody loves to groove right? Interestingly her songs make me want to fall in love with someone which it's kind of intriguing and mystifying. I have no idea why I often feel that way but it is what it is. Lately this has been my favourite song by her. I was flabbergasted by the discovery that it contains such dark lyrics although it has a joyful melody. (Even Nick Cave has written an essay about it or something.)