Shakersonic123

They performed it at Jimmy Fallon, so you're right. It must be a single, and they tweaked the outro, so the ending of the concert wasn't bad actually. For me, it's just an odd choice given that they have plenty of other songs that could be better as closers.

Haven't followed the band in months. I'm gonna see them today, and I got curious about the setlist, so I looked at some of the past shows, and I can't believe what I saw. Biutyful as a closer? Seriously? I mean, beautiful as a filler track for the album was okay, but as a concert closer?! Who the hell is advising the band?😕

Well, I think this is their worst album, but I would give it like a 5 or 6. Maybe 5.8 if I was pitchfork or decent 5 if I was Fantano lol.

I have talked about this before. The band (especially chris) shows symptoms of cognitive dissonance. Their actions do not match their words a lot of the times. They don't care about charts, but then they do UNNECESSARY collabs with the biggest popstars. They don't care about critics, but chris felt very low when he read a NY Times review. I remember when they were promoting AOAL, and somewhere in the Youtube description it said that the track came from the critically acclaimed album, AHFOD (was not true; reviews were mixed), so do they care or not? I think they do care for both mainstream success and critical acclaim. That's why they always try to balance things out (I.e. Coloratura and My Universe are in the same album). Chris once said: "I love sing-alongs. And within the limits of that, we'll try anything. But we're in the middle because I love "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry almost as much as "Karma Police", and if you want to straddle that line, you have to take the slings and arrows".

It's currently the 7th worst album of the year on albumoftheyear.org, just below the heavily criticized Sia project and Imagine Dragons. YIKES. A Fantano review is still due, so the score will probably go even lower.

I already came to terms with the fact that Coldplay are going through a decline, which is normal for most artists and bands once they start getting old. Artists with high integrity tend to be the exception, and there are others like The Killers who seem to get better with each release. Analyzing Coldplay's long career retrospectively, it becomes more clear to me that they peaked with Viva La Vida, and they weren't able to be as prolific and creative ever since. I'm not expecting that much for their next LPs really, but it would be interesting to see if they will continue to make music with this artistic approach (chasing trends, doing collabs with popstars, targeting a young audience, etc.). If this becomes the case, then I'm afraid their worst album is yet to come.

That would mean that they're not exploring the genre enough. The songs don't have to be poppy and upbeat like Take On Me or Boys of Summer. They can also get inspired by more mature forms of songwriting like Talking Heads or Talk Talk. This is just my opinion, but I rather have a Coldplay album with 4-6 80s-inspired tracks than only doing one track that sticks out like a sore thumb. I like when artists take the risk.

Well, I hate to repeat myself again and again, but I think what doesn't let the band embrace and submerge into a certain genre is their habit of following the trend and just dabble superficially. I remember when Adventure of a Lifetime came out, and I was very hopeful about AHFOD. The song was very upbeat, and I loved the outro. We had already heard Amazing Day at the Global Citizen festival, but for some reason I assumed that it was gonna be a non-album song, and that their new sound was gonna be closer to R.A.M by Daft Punk or Justice. Sadly, I was way off. The album didn't have another disco song, which was disappointing because the band definitely has the talent to add their own touch and create something unique. This is just my opinion, but AHFOD felt like a weird salad. Too many different ingredients and a lack of unity. It seemed like they couldn't focus on one idea. There were some regurgitated formulas from MX, some Brian Eno-esque interludes and transitions, a disco song, Coldplay-esque mellow songs with very bad production, and a very generic pop collab with Beyonce that also felt out of place. I don't mind listening to pop at all, but if they do it like they did with AHFOD, then I don't want it. I wish I could say "WOW Coldplay are going 80s! WOHOO!" because I really love New Wave, and I also know that they have the capacity to create something interesting and exciting like M83 or Twin Shadow, for instance, but I can already tell that HP is just an attempt to catch up with the charts. I fear that LP9 won't have another 80s pop-influenced song. Hopefully I'm wrong, and they use more retro elements, but based on this band's history, I doubt it.

Something similar happened to me, but my excitement only lasted one day. I was listening to Boys of Summer instead, which is a way better song imo, and I kept forgetting how HP sounded like. It's really my least favorite Coldplay single.

De acuerdo contigo, es la que menos me gusto de EL. Alguien de la banda le tiene que decir a Chris que ya perdio el rumbo. PERO YA! Y no lo digo para salvar el LP9. Lo digo para salvar lo poco que les queda de reputacion.

Hahaha ?. Two of my favorite Oasis songs. I haven't listened to it much, but I thought it was okay on my first listens. I wasn't that impressed. I'm actually more surprised that I'm liking Liam Gallagher's newer stuff. It's better than I expected.

Yeah agree. I feel like he's too self-conscious and craves approval. I don't think that makes him a bad person though. Being an artist is his job and just like any job you want to do things right and expect approval. I do think that Chris is a genius in his own goofy way. I treat him like an ambitious CEO of a big company that wants to become huge. He always had the vision of making Coldplay the biggest band in the world, and he did it. I just don't agree with his vision/goals because I think the band has the talent to do better things. Nonetheless, it worked, and he achieved his goals.

When did I say that Chris was greedy and did it for the money? Please read my replies carefully. Chris is a very nice person. He's one of the nicest celebrities out there, but I'm here criticizing his artistic approach. Nothing else. Read my replies. I'm not insulting Chris as a human being. My negative opinions are mostly about how he has influenced the band throughout the years, and how he works as an artist.

I blamed Chris Martin for every collaboration that Coldplay has done and for Coldplay's tendency to follow the trend. I don't blame Warner, Atlantic, or Parlaphone. It's Chris. I have so many negative things I have to say about him, but I'm afraid I can't say it on here. I have followed this band for 18 years and analyzed the personalities/characteristics of each band member. It's possible that my conclusions/theories are wrong, but they're never unsubstantiated. I'm just gonna say it briefly without details: It's well known that the member that ultimately approves the songs is Will. I'm not sure if this is the case for every single song (maybe not), but Chris has mentioned how he's very opinionated and how a lot of the times he had to ask for his approval. The problem is that Will is a nice guy, and I don't think he wants to create too much conflict. If you haven't watched the latest Zane Lowe interview, I suggest you to do it, so you know what I'm talking about. They start talking about Will at 13:55. So some of you have made the point that every member contributes to the band; therefore, Chris shouldn't be my scapegoat. You know what? You guys are right. I also blame Will now. HE SHOULD BE MORE SRICT.

I used to think like this up until the MX era. I defended the band here in this forum, but the clout chasing became more apparent to me (TO ME.....JUST ME) when AHFOD got released, especially with all that noise they made like "A Collab with Beyonce!" "A track with Barack Obama!" "A Noel Gallagher guitar solo!". I thought that everything was so superficial. I never had anything against those artists. I just hate Chris' lack of artistic integrity. That's all. And yes you're correct about the last point. The rest of the band takes responsibility, too. They're grown adults and make their own decisions, but that doesn't take away my liberty to criticize and judge their artistic approach based on the actions that they take (NOT WORDS), and each of their personalities. For this reason, I may come to certain conclusions. I'm sorry if I seem to convince people on here. It was not my intention. You believe what you want to believe.