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Some people made it through the 80's relatively unscathed. If there's anything this video proves it's that a good leather jacket will always age well. Love, love, looove this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKtrdEQvB98

Love the low voice. :wink3: Actually, I love it when he uses his whole range. Falsetto always sounds best when it's used very sparingly. It's funny though, talking to people and noticing reactions and things, guys almost always wonder what the deal with "Yes" is or complain that it wasn't that good or there wasn't anything special to it. The girls meanwhile are too busy swooning to say much... :sneaky::laugh3:

^^Can't say I have. (Where did he write it?) My travels in the States have usually been more of a visiting relatives nature.

Of the ones that I can remember reading, I quite liked "The Masque of the Red Death". Totally random and without any evidence, but according to family folklore my great, great, great (I think it was 3 greats) grandmother was friends with Poe. Supposedly they lived on the same street in Boston for a while.

Let me guess, and when you break the album down into seconds, there's a reverse golden section (counting from the end of the album) 42 seconds into 42. :rolleyes::laugh3: "You want to find the number 216 in the world, you will be able to find it everywhere. 216 steps from a mere street corner to your front door. 216 seconds you spend riding on the elevator. When your mind becomes obsessed with anything, you will filter everything else out and find that thing everywhere." -Pi

Um.... no. He told Rolling Stone he has taken sleeping pills before to help him switch off at night. This is a perfect example of how much the media can twist things into something completely different.

:dance: :dance: :dance: WOOHOO!

It was kind of the point of the whole episode really, her being like that. She was a bit of a loud, self absorbed brat stuck in a dead end life until she met the Doctor, and she really needed someone in her life to tell her that there was more out there and more to her as well. He didn't just change her world, being with the Doctor transformed who she was as a person for the better. Great performance on CT's part says I- she managed to carry the whole episode on her own. What's she doing comedy for again? :\ She's better at drama. It makes sense for Rose to be a bit different. (Though I agree it did seem like there was a bit of an actor's wobble in there. She couldn't quite get her old accent right either.) Who knows what dark paths she's walked in her other world. People her age change a lot in a couple of years (speaking from personal experience); even more so fighting aliens for Torchwood. She'd probably have to get a lot harder without the Doctor around to look after her. It was all very Donnie Darko really, with Donna existing in a little bubble parallel universe that collapsed when she went back to die. And Sliding Doors. But what I really couldn't stop thinking of was "Whatever happened to Sarah Jane" - one of my all-time favorite episodes from the whole 'Who' universe. It's neat how they linked it back to that at the end- that the beetle was another one of 'the Trickster's' tools just like the puzzle box. Although the box looked way cooler- the beetle still made my skin crawl (uggghhheeyy... yuck), but it did just look like cheap plastic. Good chilling little reminder thrown in that no matter how stable we think our society is, we're only one or two big events away from... who knows what. Auschwitz, God forbid. I want the Doctor to take me off to some crazy colourful interplanetary market like that. :bigcry: We've really got the whole gang next week, even Luke! :stunned: bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf.... :sneaky:

That was astonishing. Oh, I love plots like that. Words later when I catch my breath.

I think he's said it better than anyone. :nice:

Good grief... one gust of wind, a flash on the silver fabric, or maybe a bit of static making the dress cling, and suddenly she's 4 months pregnant. :thinking::dozey: Dumb way to make headlines when there's other photos from the same event.

Turns out the sixth foot was a hoax- someone stuck a cut-off animal paw into a shoe. http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAN2040490120080620?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 Still leaves the other five as a mystery...

Yeah, because it's always easier to blame a movie than talk about real issues. :dozey: Both in the press and in families and communities. If it's been influenced by the media at all, it probably has more to do with celebrity bump watch than any movie. Blame Angelina Jolie :freak: I wonder what that reporter would say if he'd ever seen "New Waterford Girl"... :laugh3::smug:

Sorry, seem to be a bit news-thread happy tonight... But I like this one. Coldplay turns up the heat with 'Viva la Vida' Band plays to an unexpected beat as it launches its North American tour in L.A. By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 22, 2008 CHRIS MARTIN was on the floor working out the knots. As his handlers hovered, the usually affable Coldplay singer stretched out on the carpet in a dim and airless room backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was hours before show-time and the singer's muscles were tight and his expression sour. Finally, he looked up with pleading eyes. "Can we escape? Let's go somewhere else. Maybe some place with trees? I have a car and a driver . . ." A few minutes later, the lanky Brit ducked through an alleyway behind the talk show's Hollywood Boulevard studios and climbed into an ebony SUV that whisked him and his visitor up the hill to Griffith Park. "This looks good," he said, tapping the window. "Yes, let's stop here." As soon as his sneakers hit the grass, the black-clad Martin was as perky as the Labrador that trotted past him on a path. Hummingbirds and butterflies were in the air and Martin was at ease, enough so that he started making confessions and jokes which, for him, are hard to separate. "Like millions of people in the world, I can't listen to Coldplay," Martin said with a daft wink. "But my reason is professional. You see, I'm always thinking about the next thing. I'm also always looking for something that will inspire the next thing. Look, we're the one band we can't plagiarize. So really there's no point in me listening to it. If I think, 'Well, that's good,' then I'll want to use it, which won't work. And if I think, 'Hey that's terrible,' then I'll be depressed over breakfast. It's a classic lose-lose situation." If you listen to Coldplay -- and many people do, considering the 11.2 million albums they've sold in the U.S. alone -- then you already know that Martin is an earnest voice in an ironic age. That has opened the band up to savage insults (Noel Gallagher once sneered that they were "four Didos with willies") but instead of retreating, Martin decided to join in the sport. No one gives Chris Martin more grief these days than Martin himself. He makes fun of his hair, clothes, diet and famous falsetto. He even mocks himself for thinking, deep-down, that he's cool for not being cool: "We've never been about being cool and we never will be. And I think in a way that's quite cool. But I can't think about it too much -- because if you think about it then you automatically aren't cool. Wait, I've gone too far. I'm not cool. Again." Coldplay has a new album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” which hit stores this past Tuesday and arrived with considerable heat. The lead single, "Viva la Vida," hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 a few days ago and, at iTunes, the pre-orders for the album were the largest in the history of the digital merchant. The band became famous for polished, piano-based songs of soaring pop exultation and rainy-day reflection, but with this new studio album, their fourth, they have made a bid at reinvention. The songs are still from the heart but maybe more from the gut. No matter what, Coldplay won't be able to win over a certain constituency that, frankly, has detested them too much and for too long to start listening now. Jon Pareles of the New York Times once called them the "most insufferable band of the decade," which might say less about the band and more about how fashionable it has become to slag them. Martin said it's because he wears his heart on his sleeve when he sings. "If you allow yourself to be vulnerable in your music, people will feel it a lot more," Martin said. "But a lot more people will also hate it or mock it. It's almost like a deal with the devil, but I'm happy to take that deal. It doesn't feel right to me to sing about stuff I don't believe in." Campus as catalyst IN SEPTEMBER 1996, a shy freshman named Jonny Buckland, fresh from a Welsh town called Mold, arrived with his acoustic guitar at University College London. His plan was to look at the stars (he was studying astronomy) but his life took a different path when, during orientation week, he met Martin, a gangly kid from leafy Devon, who coaxed him into a music partnership. They would be joined by bassist Guy Berryman, a handsome Scot who came to the university to study engineering. He had heard Martin's amateur attempts at songwriting and, after a few rounds at a pub, lurched across the room and demanded membership in the band. Will Champion, an anthropology student who knew more about tribes than he did drums, was brought in to keep the beat. They called themselves Starfish, but the name didn't stick. They pinched a better one from "Child's Reflections, Cold Play," a 1997 collection by American poet Philip Horky. Their 2000 debut album, "Parachutes," yielded the yearning, breakthrough hit "Yellow" and the 2002 follow-up, "A Rush of Blood to the Head," came with a flurry of hit singles: "In My Place," "Clocks" and "The Scientist." That's when things got complicated. Relentless tour dates, the tug of their personal lives and the turbulence of success put Coldplay in a shaky place. The members say they felt pressured by their label, EMI/Capitol Records, to create a followup with similar scope and sound. The album was delayed and EMI's stock dropped (literally) as a result, turning up the tension. The result was "X&Y," a 2005 album that sold well but, in the band's view, lacked clarity. To steady themselves, Martin said, Coldplay looked for a place to "make it homemade again." They found it in a blind alley in London. "We found this little bakery, and we bought it and turned it into a, well, it's like a youth club," Martin said. "Do you read the Harry Potter books? It's a bit like that train stop they use, the platform 9 3/4 , which you can't find unless you know where it is. If you drive by quickly, it doesn't look like anything is there. If you go in, it's like a little band heaven. Everything is hand-painted. There was a dartboard, but it's gone now. We banned some of the leisure activities. The last thing you need when you're trying to reinvent yourself is a pool table. Drummers tend to love pool more than they love drumming. It's a bigger stick." The group also rang up Stella McCartney for some guidance in creating uniforms. Their vision was to create a look for themselves that was a mix of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and a rag-tag Salvation Army quintet. A Norwegian tailor made jackets and trousers, which they individualized with ribbons and piping. "It's a little nerdy, but we turned into seamstresses for a few days," Martin said. "It's a nice feeling to wear clothes you really had a hand in. It's the closest we'll get to Roc-A-Wear I think. It's not an original idea, but it's a good one. The Clash did it and Green Day did it. Adam Ant. Lots of people. It makes you feel more like a performer." There's also a brother-in-arms message: "I think with each band there comes a point where they have to find a place to be together otherwise they end up living in different countries and just meet on stage. When you get famous, there are two reactions to your other bandmates. You either think 'I could do this without you.' Or you think, 'I really couldn't do this without you.' You're luckier if you are in the second category. We've always been very grateful for each other." Reconnecting the dots "X&Y" WASN'T really an album, it was a collection of singles. The band now rues that decision, which they made in deference to the age of downloading songs. "Now we believe there are great albums to be made and that they should be made." For "Viva la Vida," the band brought in producer Brian Eno, famed for his work with U2. The result is a wild ride: Interstitial sounds, hidden tracks, a towering church organ here, North African tabla and flamenco hand claps there. "Viva la Vida" has Beatles-esque strings, a U2-style build and a grand old church bell that, if you listen closely, has bird chirps trailing its toll like the tail of a kite. In her review, Times music critic Ann Powers said Eno's presence has Coldplay making their "official leap toward greatness." Keeping company with legendary names doesn't make Martin nervous. "The way to motivate yourself is to look at people that have done a lot better," he said. "So I don't think of us in terms of history but I am always thinking about history in terms of what we should be doing. Like, what did the Beatles do here, what did the Police do at this point. Why did Stevie Wonder do that, what did Jay-Z do. If you're going to join the race, you may as well run with the best people ever. Even if you come in last, you'll go faster than you would on your own." Martin said he feels time is moving faster these days. He's the father of two children with his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, which has inspired him to cut away the distractions in his life. The day before the visit to Griffith Park, he and the band were at the MTV Movie Awards to perform "Viva la Vida" live, for the first time anywhere -- a precursor to their concerts July 14 and 15 at the Forum, which kick off a North American tour. At rehearsals, Martin was grim-faced -- everything seemed to be going wrong. The band, befitting their uniforms, soldiered on through the rehearsals and broadcast, no easy feat considering the blank-faced fans in the venue. The band won them over halfway through the song when an intense cascade of confetti shot up from both sides of the stage. Not just any confetti either -- it was butterfly shaped, and appeared to flutter. It was the type of image that inspires a gag reflex in Coldplay detractors, but the band (and audience) loved it. "Those butterflies are important to us because they make us feel very . . . happy," Martin recalled the next day at the park. "At a time when you could be insecure, whenever we fire those butterflies up we just can't help but smile. I love everything about what we do, we're very lucky and fortunate, but I do recoil a bit from the judgments. As long as some people are kind and supportive, that makes it easier. But even then you need your butterflies to remember to just enjoy the moment." More here. It's long. Some other highlights: "The group also rang up Stella McCartney for some guidance in creating uniforms." "Those butterflies are important to us because they make us feel very . . . happy," Edit: There's a whole picture gallery from the Kimmel show: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-0622-coldplay-pg,0,4095702.photogallery?1

Um... yeah. Apparently it's the first British #1 since the Spice Girls 11 years ago. And the second to last one before that was "I'm Too Sexy" in 1992. :stunned: http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=1133

I don't think he could without destroying his voice. The untrained fragility in it back then was exactly the reason he kept loosing his voice and canceling shows. I remember listening to some of the early bootlegs thinking - "that, right there. It may sound great, but that's got to hurt. There it is again." Not good.

Wait a minute, he has a "'Patriot and Pinhead' segment"?!!? :freak: Whaa? :speechless: Now I understand why people hate Fox.

Thanks. Nice find. :nice:

For people who need more positive ones around here: http://music.ign.com/articles/883/883028p1.html Some excerpts: "they seem to have taken the fragile acoustic sounds of Parachutes, the edgier side of A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and the silky sounds of X & Y and cobbled together the best bits of each to expand upon for a more worldly direction for the band." "The vocals are perfect this time around, as Martin uses his falsetto sparingly and Brian Eno's smart production places him in the middle of the band, rather than well out in front of it." "The album's other 'rock in piano ballad wrapping' is "Death And All His Friends", which opens with perhaps the best melody the band has ever crafted with just Martin and a chilled piano in what sounds like a love song." [Mo's note: It's certainly the first Coldplay tune I can't stop humming randomly.] "If you have a deep hatred for all things Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" is the song you will most likely try to hate the most, and fail. It is their one and only foray into unabashed orchestral pop, but the punchy strut of the strings and fantastic marching vocals make it far too charming and lively to dislike, and even harder not to love." "They had gone from indie darlings to stadium rock geniuses to an emasculating punch line of The 40 Year-Old Virgin in just three albums. On their fourth, they triumphantly return as rock royalty."

Thanks! :D Makes much more sense the way you're playing it than when I tried to stumble through it. So is this officially the first Coldplay song we've had covers of before any of us ever even heard it? :wacko:

Santogold Sued By… Santo Gold "When Googling hipster-friendly American pop/R&B/hip-hop singer Santogold, you may discover a guy named Santo Gold. He's a musician and actor whose credentials include starring in several strange infomercials for gold chains and a "space wrestling" movie. If you think these two artists' names are a tiny bit similar, you wouldn't be alone, because Santo Gold is suing Santogold for name infringement. Santo Gold (real name Santo Rigatuso) has slapped a lawsuit on Santogold (real name Santi White) and her record labels, Downtown Records and Lizard King Records. Santo Gold says he's been using his stage name since 1983. Santogold says she got her moniker from a classmate sometime in the '80s ...Whether Santogold will still be known by that name or something else when she plays with Coldplay next month remains to be seen. But she'll open for the chart-topping British band at Montreal's Bell Centre on July 29 and Toronto's Air Canada Centre the next night." http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/06/1906.cfm :stunned:

That could very well be. A lot of the albums strengths this time around are in the really rich, warm textures that get lost on lesser speakers.

^Well, Chris has said he's a fan, so who knows. You'd have to be a pretty big indie snob to turn down a spot opening for them (or really, really busy)- bands need exposure any way they can get it these days.

Sounds like you need better computer speakers/a better sound card, Tracie. :P ;) Yes, it is one of those albums that does much better with better equipment. Unfortunatly, that means it's not so easy to hear on a bus. (Unlike Parachutes and AROBTTH, which are two of the best for cars/buses- probably because there's not so much going on in the music.)

Oh, sorry. It's in the link. Coldplay and Shearwater: 07-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum 07-15 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum 07-18 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion 07-19 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena