TheBigBadBono

Tbh I don't mind if Higher Power is the only 80's inspired track and the poppiest on the album. Imagine an album filled with catchy but generic synthpop songs rather than an album that has much better songs than its lead single. I'm hoping it's going the Orphans direction in that its by far the poppiest and that we get better and more substantial tracks in the album.

Speed of Sound vs Midnight

Viva La Vida vs 42

Viva La Vida vs Yellow

To each their own. I think Voodoo's awful but not as bad as stuff like Something Just Like This or X Marks the Spot.

Sparks vs Us Against the World

Sparks vs Lovers in Japan (Everyday Life version)

Church vs Major Minus

Charlie Brown vs Church

Ink vs For You

Death and All His Friends vs Glass of Water

The Scientist vs See You Soon (Live 2003)

yeah, this is even more troublesome... those two are arguably their most iconic songs. Clocks vs Viva La Vida

Clocks vs Arabesque

Clocks vs Death and All His Friends

Oceans vs Ghost Story

Chinese Sleep Chant vs High Speed

Gravity vs Moving to Mars

Violet Hill vs Careful Where You Stand

The Scientist vs Amsterdam

I Ran Away vs God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (Live 2012)

Agreed! There's not a single bad song on EL. My least favorite is probably Bani Adam or BrokEn but even those have so much heart and soul! Orphans is one of the less good songs on the record but beats almost everything on AHFOD. Even the small songs like Eko, Guns, Old Friends, and WOTW/POTP are not at all bad.

My prediction for their Worthy Farm setlist is as follows: Probable songs (in no particular order): - Higher Power (Never played at Glasto but for sure here to get promotion) - Yellow (Glastonbury '99, '00, '02, '05, '11, and '16) - The Scientist (Glastonbury '02, '05, '11, and '16) - Adventure of a Lifetime (Glastonbury 2016) - Viva La Vida (Glastonbury '11 and '16, accompanied by crowd chants) - Fix You (Glastonbury '05, '11, and '16) - A Sky Full of Stars (Glastonbury 2016) - Paradise (Glastonbury 2016) Possible Other Songs (based off of recent setlists in 2020 and classic Glastonbury sets): - In My Place (played in Glastonbury '02, '05, and '11) - Clocks (played in Glastonbury '02, '05, '11, '16, and a recent set at iHeart - Trouble in Town/Champion of the World/Orphans (Recent sets in 2019/2020) - Something Just Like This (Often played on tour and last sets in 2019) - Hymn For the Weekend (Glastonbury '16 and a regular in their tour) - Charlie Brown (Glastonbury '11 and '16, always in their live shows and last played in their instagram livestream) - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (Glastonbury '11 and '16) - Magic (Played often in during their Everyday Life "tour") - Everything's Not Lost (Glastonbury '00, '02, '05, '11, and in their Instagram livestream) EDIT: Their set is 45 minutes long but we have to remember that there also might be a spoken word segment or two. So I think given that most of their songs are around 3.5 to 4.5 minutes, and given the much quicker show due to the lack of audience, I'm expecting a minimum of 7 songs and a maximum of 9-10 if they don't overextend.

Don't Panic vs Things I Don't Understand

the AHFOD version of The Race sounds better - at least what we've heard from the snippet.