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Just think about how much polution this concert will produce. ;) Someone is bound to say this. :)

That was a good post, and I agreed with a lot of it. But, I will have to disagree with you on one point. X&Y was not even close to being a horrible album. It went in another direction....more mainstream yes, but at least is wasn't the same. It was perfect material for doing large stadium shows. Do I prefer the tighter band sound of the other albums? Sure, but X&Y was not horrible. :)

"If there's anything worse than Coldplay trying to sound like Coldplay, it's Coldplay trying to sound like the Talking Heads." Another tool with nothing good to say. :( What Eno will do, is not let Coldplay get to sucky....we may not see a ballad on this new album...unless the subject matter is about something other than a girl....maybe with lyrics more like the revised version of How You See The World. Personally, I hope they sound like something completely new, so that idiot reviewers will listen to it, and their heads will explode. :)

The Beatles were together about the same length of time that Coldplay have been together. In that time, they recorded over 200 songs. Amazing output, and only a handful of duds in the lot. Boring? Never. Thank goodness Coldplay paid attention and realize that songs should have a melody. :)

No worries. The TV show will be 60 minutes. The DVD will be 2 hrs. Happens all the time. :)

So, am I the only one who thought Chris sounded really rough? I wonder if he has that throat problem again? :(

Uh, Jerry....you're where you are in this world because of who you married. You shouldn't be giving anybody your opinion on anything....except how to sleep with rock stars .....maybe.

I didn't suck, it was different. It was a big time show biz concert. If it was the same as the last tour, people would complain that it was "just like the last tour". You don't know what ya got, until you loose it. Enjoy every sandwich. :)

Is Ron Sexsmith on EMI? How did their duet get the oK?

"why Coldplay are one of the best bands in the world." Yikes! More fuel for the Coldplay haters! That quote should turn up about a billion times now in the "why I hate them" forums. :(

Being out of fashion..is fashionable. I guess next year he'll be voted #1 then in the best dressed category? ;)

As quoted by someone else: " If she was dragged through a hedge backwards and left out in the rain for a week she'd still beat Kate Moss. " :)

What are they going to do when Coldplay's next album totally ROCKS? Tell them they're not invited? :)

Guinness has like 2.3 % alcohol. Over ripe fruit has that much in it. ;)

It's just sour grapes really.If that one act that complained ever ends up big enough to be asked to play the Brits, you can bet they won't say "No, you should give our spot to somebody else" I wish reporters would just FOAD, because they make up crap just for a story. The Juno's are actually pretty good, because the crowd has more fans than industry boobs, and it's more like a concert. You can bet that if Chris runs through the audience at the Juno's, there will be people up out of their seat going nuts, instead of sitting there indifferent like at the Grammys.

1. 1. Chris Martin and ?: Quick, name another member besides Mr. Paltrow. Given time, you might come up with guitarist Jon Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman. Real bands have faces and personalities that go further than the singer who keeps talking to the camera in videos. Yeah...name the other guys in U2 that don't have a dumb nick name. 2. First, Same As the Last: No question, Martin knows a good hook and announces every tune's swelling, symphonic build to the chorus with it. Very U2, that. The problem is that nothing happens beyond that. All the lush, meticulous production --a la Radiohead -- in the world can't cover for formula. When the formula is free of edges and crunch, you're left with Pablum. So...esoteric ramblings are better than melody then? 3. The Lyric Thing: Some apologists have suggested Martin's poetry is also a vehicle for melody and beauty. That the meaning in his overwrought words isn't important. This snippet from the hit Clocks supports that contention: "Lights go out and I can't be saved/ Tides that I tried to swim against/ have brought me down upon my knees/ Oh I beg, I beg and plead." Take a page from Iceland's Sigur Ros: if you don't have anything to say, just sing pretty sounds. They'd still break the girls' hearts and make them cry. The same can be said about journalists.....try typing pretty sounds if you don't have anything to say to buddy. 6. Politiks: Nothing wrong with maketradefair.com. Ditto planting 10,000 mango trees for Future Forests. Any band that turns down corporate endorsements is on the right track. Heck, even setting aside 10 per cent of all their profits to donate to designated charity is cool. Given all of these positive things to say, would it really be that difficult to write about something other than melancholic love? John Lennon...one song about peace and that's what you remember about him. Coldplay....equal sign on hand and piano.....no banging on the head needed to get the point accross. . Jimmy Fallon/Mad TV/etc.: You know you've become a cultural icon when comics go after you. You know you've got a problem when their gags have more legs than your songs. Once you've heard Jimmy Fallon's "I bought this troll/ I bought this troll for you/ and it was all yellow," you can never hear the original song the same way again. Jimmy who?.....after SNL, what's he done?...did you see taxi?...nobody else did either. 8. Mainstream Alternative: A Rush of Blood to the Head won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. The album was indeed an alternative to Travis, Embrace and all those other acts. Stacked against other nominees such as Radiohead's Amnesiac or Bjork's Vespertine, the album is as mainstream as it gets. Grammy's? You're kidding right? Nobody's in the right catagory in the Grammy's...but I guess that's Coldplays fault too? 9. Oasis Quote: Not that the Gallagher brothers deserve respect, but when Liam said, "They are four Didos with willies," he permanently etched an impression of the band on the public mind that fuelled a growing backlash. Hey, I love Oasis....but they've released the same album for 10 years. 10. The Next Step: Each record has been more hyper-produced than the last. Unless you happen to be Blue Oyster Cult, getting exactly the right cowbell sound doesn't matter that much. It's as if the four musicians have forgotten everything about what it was like, bringing genuine feeling instead of gloss to the sound. Martin has said a change is coming. Given the mega sheen on X&Y, chances are the group will try to go for something much edgier. Many hip-hop producers have sampled Coldplay's songs and Martin is quoted saying that Timbaland has expressed interest in working with the group. Rumours abound about the Neptunes talking shop with Martin & Co., too. Drop it while it's Cold ... Huh? Dude, how many words do you have to submit to get paid every week? I love Coldplay bashers......not sure how they get enough oxygen to the brain though with there heads so far up there butts.

I thought this song was to his daughter Apple, and is about him worried about screwing up being a parent?

Well, no...I can play it, it just sounds like crap. :lol:

Don't forget Guy Berryman is playing some keyboard parts along with the base, so he could be starting any backing track or at least filling with strings.

I started piano about 2 weeks ago, and can already fake my way through the Scientist. :o :rolleyes: :)

Good. :) They needed a somewhat upbeat song that doesn't sound like any other of their singles. Of course they could release a single that isn't on an album....The Beatles did it all the time and it didn't hurt them any. :wink3:

Doh! :lol:

Yeah, there's lots of live versions around. I'll look too and see if they will be different.

Well, I don't know about that. Even they admit they aren't re-inventing the wheel. They do know how to string together some catchy tunes and riffs that's for sure. Saying stuff like in the quote though, will just produce another 20 million Coldplay haters.

Pretty cool McCartney doing Helter Skelter. THat song is tough to sing at 23 let alone 63! Not to bad either. :)