Knotty

Square One Cemeteries of London Lost! Fix You Lovers in Japan Reign of Love Yes A Message Viva la Vida (toughest choice) Violet Hill Strawberry Swing Death and All His Friends The Escapist X&Y: 3 VLV: 10

I know Chris said it was MEANT to be 42. But to me, DAAHF is something people actually should hear before they die. Maybe I just don't understand 42, but to me, it hasn't changed my outlook on anything. DAAHF has.

Death and All His Friends.

I was actually wondering this the other day. Be interesting to see at the gig in December.

"My love's opposed, unfolds" is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard :P

No, Sheffield :D my hometown. I was surprised they were playing there to be honest! Myself and my brother will be taking ourselves to the arena to fulfil one of my life goals. No sarcasm.

The fact that your entire first post was based around the fact you have to wait until November is why people think (correctly) that you're a moron. Because Coldplay are British and we have to wait another MONTH on top of THAT. But we didn't complain, we just accepted it was in December and were grateful to be able to see them at all. It sucks that you cancelled a holiday for the gig but your OP sets you out as a 12-year-old whining little imbecile.

Definitely sandcastles.

Yeah it's a fairly obvious transition ^^

Amsterdam We Never Change or Reign of Love?

The line "Questions of science, science and progress..." the first time I heard The Scientist. That is the pinpointed moment that took me away and put me in a Coldplay flavoured straitjacket.

I LOVE them. Oh and, they still play the music. I guess the point is, that if like you said, it's really only about the music, then why are you complaining about the clothes they wear? Just switch off from that and listen to the music. If it 'shouldn't matter' then it DOESN'T matter. And I agree with you that it shouldn't matter. But I do LOVE the outfits.

travelling?

If you stop comparing them then Lost! actually comes out the better song. That makes no sense, but hopefully you get what I mean.

Honestly, I voted Guy because of the bassline on SS. I am in love with that song.

Yeah, it scares me every time as well, I turn around!

It's "I'm just a prisoner in a reign of love" as well. Really not sure they're correct.

You're all mad. That is all I have to say :)

"Don't you wanna curve away?" has replaced "Questions of science..." as my favourite Coldplay lyric ever.

Thanks. And yes, this is how I'm passing the time.

Just because it's evening Doesn't mean we've lost Doesn't mean we'll stop Doesn't mean it won't rock Just because it's late now Doesn't mean it's gone Doesn't mean that anybody else has heard For better or for worse It just got tense Why it's taking so long makes no sense The grass is greener looking past the fence Oh but we're Just waiting 'till the e-mail's sent

When it started we had high hopes That the tickets would come and we'd be at the show When it started we were alright But there's no news at all on the official site We're just living in frustration With the prizes in our imaginations But it's not easy when you've waited so long If they'd only, if they'd only say Yes But whether they will's anybody's guess God knows, that I've tried my best But till I know I've won I just will not rest

I'm just struggling to understand how I will ever get tired of this album. Seriously, this morning I was thinking about the amazing tracks on it and I always ended up listing them and then going, "Omg, I forgot about xxxxx!" It's just an entire album of incredible music.

Lol. I think JD's right. It's probably light :) Although lie could fit too. As in, if there was no such thing as a lie (nothing wrong and nothing right)... Hmmmm, you've got me thinking now.

Coldplay's Chris Martin says that the most important lyric in Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends is "Just because I'm losing/Doesn't mean I'm lost". If Coldplay were lost, they're found. And they're not losing any momentum, either. It is easy for bands of Coldplay's stature to become complacent. With a large mainstream following, there is little denying the temptation there must be to coast through release after release effortlessly. Their 2005 LP, X&Y, itself demonstrated some of the less inspirational aspects of music. On Viva La Vida, though, Coldplay return to form, and arguably surpass themselves. Here is an album of understated classics ranging from the epic hand-claps of Lost! to the breathless chorus of Death and All His Friends and back again to the jangling instrumentals which do a lot more than provide padding. The first thing it is important to note is that, for any readers, Coldplay does not comprise one lead vocalist and a backing tape. You may have found it difficult to believe through the band's music videos and some of their previous work, but this album will leave you in no doubt as to the form of Berryman, Champion and, in particular, Buckland, whose work on several of the standout tracks is debatably what makes them so prominent. The 10-track album begins with the instrumental-only Life in Technicolour which acts as a very apt pre-cursor to the dark and resounding success of 'Cemeteries...' Lost! reverberates through a church and into your ears, and 42, despite being lyrically the closest song on the album to X&Y, shows the most growth musically of anything Coldplay have ever released. It leaves you astounded that such edgy and unpredictable music can be produced here. And that's where it starts. Lovers in Japan and Reign of Love are combined, seemingly arbitrarily, but it does nothing to harm the duel beauty of the music in both pieces; Yes is probably the sexiest thing ever to come out of Coldplay, but still feels like Coldplay; Chinese Sleep Chant is indecipherable but still feels right. Viva La Vida and Violet Hill, tracks 7 and 8 respectively, are the ones that people will already know - Viva La Vida with its epic chorus and revolutionary theme, Violet Hill with its newly discovered guitar riffs and political message - and seem at best a little disjointed. The two tracks seem almost too smooth to be placed in among the rest of the tracks whose quality lies in the writing rather than the pop production, but nevertheless, taken in themselves both songs fit on the album and are classics. Track 9, Strawberry Swing, will be revered and remembered as one of the best things they've ever done. There will doubtless be some critics of the light-stringed feel to it, but most will appreciate that it is one of the purest love songs ever written. The album winds down by not winding down, with the inspiring Death and All His Friends merging into The Escapist, which puts lyrics over the opening instrumental. All in all you come away with a sense of absolute fulfilment. There is nothing that could be here that isn't, and there is nothing that shouldn't be here and is. With barely a skippable track, Viva La Vida is set to be one of 2008's great musical conquests, namely that of Coldplay conquering musical acclaim they have previously avoided or been denied. And yes, it really is THAT good.