Famous Old Painter

I'm guessing a week before the album release?

Having heard the full version now, I like it a lot but only in a guilty pleasure sort of way. It sounds like something I would love drunk with friends at midnight, but otherwise wouldn't really listen to.

I'm not gonna rank O/Fly On until I've heard the full thing. You can't really judge a 7 minute track on a 2 minute sample.

It is kind of amazing how a song from one of the biggest bands in the world has been released in this day and age, yet no-one seems to be able to get hold of it.

Still prefer the live version, but I'll wait to hear the full thing in good quality before making a judgement

The second half reminds me of Enya. That's a really good thing

Apparently they worked with Timbaland on this one :\

1. Always In My Head 2. Oceans 3. Midnight 4. Magic 5. Another's Arms 6. A Sky Full Of Stars

Missed it, dang Edit - found it

Well said

But how will it compare to Kanye's?

[video=youtube;-ABdDztO22o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ABdDztO22o :laugh3:

It'll almost certainly be better than MX and X&Y, but probably not as good as AROBTTH or VLV. I'll probably prefer it to Parachutes, but I'll have to wait and see.

I think it's apt. MX was a big grandiose pop record so it was promoted as such; huge pop singles, crazy over-the-top live performances, colorful in-your-face imagery, a multi-media concept story etc... Ghost Stories is a much more subtle and understated record, so it's appropriate that the promotion is as well. I also wonder if the more subtle marketing campaign has something to do with Chris and Gwenyth's split. It's still big news at the moment and it's understandable Chris wouldn't want to talk about it, so he'd be trying to stay out of the limelight as much as possible whilst still promoting a new album. Releasing it comparatively quietly and simply allowing the music to speak for itself seems like the most sensible thing. Coldplay are big enough to get away with that now.

1. Always In My Head 2. Midnight 3. Magic 4. Another's Arms

Of all the rumors, this is by far the silliest. :laugh3:

The outfits were my least favourite parts of the VLV era. I understand the thinking behind it, but I'm not convinced they pulled it off. MX was yeah... MX. I'd be happy to see them return to a more casual look; less gimmicks and more focus on the music.

I can only speak for myself, but it seems like MX might've scared most of them off. It wasn't well received down here at all back in 2011 and it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of them simply gave up on Coldplay afterwards.

Subtlety! Darkness! Dynamics! Not an annoying chorus, generic hook or wildly inappropriate guest spot in sight! Welcome back, Coldplay. Damn, this is addictive.

It's now emerged that this is probably wrong; the man who died was Scott Johnson, the groups drum tech and a good friend of Clive Deamers.

If the acoustic version didn't have Rihanna on it, Princess Of China would actually be a fairly decent track.

All the "obvious" singles off the album have been released now, and it's rare for an album to have more than 4 singles. Parachutes, AROBTTH and X&Y only had four (if you ignore What If which was a European exclusive single with no video). VLV seemed to have a trillion, which was odd, but I doubt the same thing would happen again this time. Besides, Up With The Birds could count as the 5th single given it was a Record Store Day release.

Don't get too excited, it's a 4 track EP not an album.

If I wasn't a former Muse fan and so sure Matt is being serious I'd say it was hilarious. Instead it's just tragic. They lost me with The Resistance. I'll give the new album a spin but my expectations are at rock bottom.

As bad as ETIAW and Paradise were as songs, they had pretty good music videos. Charlie Brown was bad, but it seems so good in comparison to this new one. That said, it fits the song perfectly. The song is and has always been complete shite so it makes sense that the video is too.