Famous Old Painter

I think I mentioned it in the other thread already but I hate how the cover says MYL OXLY OTO as opposed to the actual title. Wouldn't have been that hard to squeeze in surely?

Not sure if something's mentioned this. CBF reading through 18 pages. The thing I hate is that whilst it's officially titled Mylo Xyloto, it's spelled Myl Oxyl Oto on the artwork. That pisses me off. It's a much better title than Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends, I'll give it that much.

I'm expecting something happy, poppy and summery. So like Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall basically. Also I'm expecting it to be crap. I really hope it's not.

Why do people still believe ETIAW won't be on the album? I don't like the song much at all but to me it seems fairly obvious the track will make the cut. Why else would they put so much effort into the promoting it?

May I remind you VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS

I agree with everything said here. Seriously guys? I know it's not the greatest song in the world and we'd prefer it not to be on the album but lets face it, it will be. It's the one thing we can be certain of in relation to LP5.

Portishead are a great band and Geoff is a very talented musician in his own right. He just needs to keep his mouth shut is all. This isn't the first time he's said something that's made me facepalm.

Blur

Goddamn it, totally forgot about this.

I think I picked up on most of the story first time around. Maybe it's because I'm feeling really ill right now, Hospice wasn't the album I needed to listen to.

I've listened to Hospice once. It was brilliant and beautiful and all that but I could never listen to it again. It's possibly the most depressing album I've ever listened to. I much prefer Burst Apart for this reason. Though the album is rather hit-and-miss I can actually listen to it, and have it not make too major an impact on my mood. When the songs miss it's kinda boring but when the songs hit - my god. It's amazing. Strong contender for my AOTY.

Holy fuck. Did not see that coming :shocked2:

1. Charlie Brown 2-6. the others 7. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

I really like the video actually. Works really well for the song, makes it seem almost bearable. Don't think I'd want to listen to the song without the video though.

I agree with that. The Strawberry Swing video was amazingly made and looked great etc etc but was a total mismatch between song and video. I really liked the video actually, it even made the song seem bearable. Would watch again.

I just laughed at the idea Will doesn't own a set of drums.

I'm still having doubts about ever hearing this song properly. I can't help but feel they've decided to drop it.

Not huge on Moving To Mars to be honest. Major Minus is my favourite from the EP.

I don't like Yellow and X&Y is my second favourite album from them. So sue me. Major Minus in the studio is OK. Not great. Better than ETIAW but that's not saying a lot.

I also preferred the live version but I wouldn't go to the extremes that some people have. I'd say live version 8/10 and studio version 6/10. So about a 7 overall. The vocals don't really bother me that much, but something about the overall production has really sucked the life and energy out of the song. Still a million times better than ETIAW though.

I like this idea. Will have a lovely voice.

Yeah, pretty much this. :nod:

I would say Alligator is probably their least depressing overall. Though it does contain some very sad moments - Val Jester is hard to listen to sometimes just because of the pure emotion - it's also got almost all of their most fun, upbeat and energetic tracks such as Lit Up, Abel and Mr. November.

If Major Minus really IS a b-side and ETIAW is on the album (which it almost certainly will be) then they've got those two songs badly mixed up. It should be the other way round, surely.

Awesome :D