Chris's Nuts

of course, will we hear it outside? no. :(

Wow this night snuck up on me. Tomorrow's the day! Hopefully we'll get quite a few Prospekt's March previews. Too bad the "gang" has more or less disbanded (many of our Coldplay concert regulars went to other states or have moved on). Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised and re-invigorated by the new tour as X+Y at the Pepsi Center was mildly disappointing. Still, my seventh Denver Coldplay show.

SHIVER STRAWBERRY SWING

hi all. glad its back in gear. too busy to assist this time aqround but happy to throw in my two cents Speed Of Sound Square One

Updated and added September and October dates, thumbnail pics on the way.

Right, but Muse brings along a keyboardist and other musicians with them on tour who handles that. Plus Matt had his guitar specifically built with effects built in so they could be switched on the fly. Case in point [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q] Knights of Cydonia - Amazing Clip [/ame] 2:00 - 2:15 Horn player in the background (keyboardist can be seen from the faraway pan shot) 5:12 Keyboardist also assisting [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reyWI2Gz2To] Bliss[/ame] :42 Keyboardist [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBsLFNcnwGM]Idioteque[/ame] Idioteque is another song that each member is doing something with it live whether its keyboards (Colin) loops (Jonny). You can't tell me any member of Coldplay is starting and tinkering with keyboards, loops, or their backing tracks while they perform.

The band has made a clear decision to use backing tapes this tour. Whole sections of music that the band isn't playing. From the Life in Technicolor intro, the techno medley, almost all Viva La Vida, playing the Viva la Vida techno mix while in transit, full backing tracks on Lost and Lovers in Japan and ending with the played Escapist, its all piped in. The beauty of bands like Muse, U2, and Radiohead is they are able to reproduce their songs in a live environment and with great results but Coldplay's approach is at this point to take large shortcuts and unfortunately not lengthen their performing time or shuffle around their setlists. Also keep in mind that Chris hasn't been performing at the same level as he had on previous tours. His voice cutting in and out (likely due to moving around to much) We saw this coming early on with the press tour and its unfortunate the band have not done anything to rectify this. I'm really nervous that the $300 I'm paying (for a pair of substandard seats mind you) is going to produce another half-assed show. I was not wild about the Twisted Logic show in Denver last time and I'm really nervous to see the same experience repeated. I love the new album and of course I want to hear the new songs live, but I want the band the perform their parts. This level of backing music is incredibly worrying and its sad that the band seems to make thing easier for their performances and yet the recordings I've heard don't show the quality of output we saw say during the AROBTTH tour. If you don't take care of your fanbase they leave and we've seen all kinds of turnover of fans from tour to tour. If I'm going to pay 2-3 times what I payed back when I saw the band in 2003 and get a far weaker and less authentic show than I really can't commit to future expenses for this band. I just don't think my money should go to confetti, backing tapes, and video screens when it should go to 4 band members all playing their instruments and maybe a keyboardist and a violinst or cellist if they need to. Give me real don't give me fake

Missing Audio (i believe, some tv broadcasts may be on dvd comps once i take inventory again. yet to check some links here for filling gaps but its on my list) 2005-05-06 MTV2 Secret Gig (have only mp3+ video) 2005-05-11 Kool Haus; Toronto, ON ‘MuchMusic’ (have only mp3 + Video) 2005-05-12 Universal Ampitheatre; Los Angeles, CA 2005-05-17 Beacon Theatre; AOL Concert (have only mp3s + Video) 2005-05-21 Saturday Night Live (have only mp3 + Video + Commercial) 2005-06-09 L'Olympia Theatre; Paris, France (AUD) 2005-07-02 Live8 (have only mp3 + videos) 2005-08-09 Riverbend, Cincinatti (mp3) 2005-08-26 Coors Amphitheatre; San Diego, CA 2005-11-03 Talk, MTV EMAs (have only VIDEO & mp3) 2005-11-15 Palamalaguti, Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna (have only mp3) 2006-02-03 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas NV 2006-02-04 Great Western Forum Inglewood CA 2006-02-06 Arrowhead Pond Anaheim CA 2006-02-07 Anaheim Anaheim CA 2006-02-13 Abbey Road Studio London England FM Broadcast>2 songs missing 2006-03-20 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland OH Proshot DVD? AUD? 2006-03-23 Air Canada Center Toronto ON Proshot TV Show 2006-03-25 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford NJ Liberated 2 cam AUD DVD 2006-04-04 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville CT 2006-06-11 Isle Of Wight Festival Isle Of Wight England FM Broadcast 2006-07-10 Indoor Stadium Singapore Singapore 2006-07-15 Intex Osaka Osaka Japan 2006-07-17 Rainbow Hall Nagoya Japan 2006-07-18 Budokan Tokyo Japan 2006-07-19 Budokan Tokyo Japan

I don't think its Radiohead-esque at all. Its classic shoegaze tune which has little do with Radiohead. If its the first time you've heard of this genre then check out this thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47880 You won't be sorry ;)

lol I love Coldplay but I know Radiohead would be a better band. But if we were discussing bands to come out during this decade I'd be hard pressed to find someone better. The Strokes, Interpol, Bloc Party aren't in the same league.

Clocks at #1 would have been great....

Judged you on that and that being your second post. All I needed reallly... all i HAD to go on.

here's 5 pages of discussion of why http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46590 whole lotta reasons why

Made a graphical version on RYM! Enjoy! http://rateyourmusic.com/list/TheScientist/top_50_coldplay_songs_by_coldplay_fans/

Well with one post and that belief you might want to get more aquainted with the rest of the Coldplay catalog. That or become a Kraftwerk fanatic.

Finally PROOF X+Y sucks!!!

Rankings by Album AROBTTH 12,370 points (avg 1,124 points) 4 songs in the Top 10 ========================= 3 Clocks, 1635 points 4 Politik, 1565 points 5 The Scientist, 1545 points 7 Amsterdam, 1470 points 14 A Rush Of Blood Into The Head, 1150 points 15 Warning Sign, 1125 points AROBTTH 18 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, 1055 points 24 In My Place, 940 points 26 Green Eyes, 895 points 29 Daylight, 775 points N/A A Whisper, 215 points Viva la Vida 12,380 points (avg 1,031 points) 3 songs in the top 10 ===================== 1 Viva La Vida, 1765 points 8 Strawberry Swing, 1365 points 9 Violet Hill, 1275 points 11 Death and All His Friends, 1255 points 13 Lovers in Japan, 1165 points 20 Lost, 1035 points 21 Yes, 1000 points 23 Cemetaries of London, 955 points 25 Life in Technicolor, 900 points 30 42, 730 points 34 Chinese Sleep Chant, 635 points N/A Reign of Love, 300 points Parachutes 8,530 points (avg 775 points) 2 songs in the top 10 ===================== 2 Yellow, 1685 points 10 Don’t Panic, 1260 points 12 Shiver, 1165 points 16 Trouble, 1095 points 27 Everything is Not Lost, 820 points 31 Sparks, 720 points 39 Spies, 535 points 43 High Speed, 455 points 45 We Never Change, 380 points N/A Parachutes, 235 points N/A Life is for Living, 180 points X+Y 8,810 (avg 629 points) 1 song in the top 10 ============ 6 Fix You, 1485 points 17 Square One, 1075 points 19 Speed of Sound, 1040 points 28 Talk, 775 points 32 Swallowed In The Sea, 675 points 35 A Message, 635 points 36 X&Y, 630 points 38 The Hardest Part, 535 points 40 White Shadows, 525 points 44 What If, 410 points 47 Twisted Logic, 370 points N/A Low, 300 points N/A Til Kingdom Come, 180 points N/A Hardest Part, 175 points B-sides, EP, Unreleased ======================= 22 See You Soon, 975 points 33 Crest of Waves, 660 points 37 I Ran Away, 540 points 41 Gravity, 495 points 42 One I Love, 485 points 46 Moses, 375 points 48 Things I Don’t Understand, 365 points 49 How You See the World, 365 points 50 Easy to Please, 320 points

sure 1 Viva La Vida, 1765 points 2 Yellow, 1685 points 3 Clocks, 1635 points 4 Politik, 1565 points 5 The Scientist , 1545 points 6 Fix You, 1485 points 7 Amsterdam, 1470 points 8 Strawberry Swing, 1365 points 9 Violet Hill, 1275 points 10 Don’t Panic, 1260 points 11 Death and All His Friends, 1255 points 12 Shiver, 1165 points 13 Lovers in Japan, 1165 points 14 A Rush Of Blood Into The Head, 1150 points 15 Warning Sign, 1125 points 16 Trouble ,1095 points 17 Square Oe, 1075 points 18 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, 1055 points 19 Speed of Sound, 1040 points 20 Lost, 1035 points 21 Yes, 1000 points 22 See You Soon, 975 points 23 Cemetaries of London, 955 points 24 In My Place, 940 points 25 Life in Technicolor, 900 points 26 Green Eyes,895 points 27 Everything is Not Lost, 820 points 28 Talk, 775 points 29 Daylight, 775 points 30 42, 730 points 31 Sparks, 720 points 32 Swallowed In The Sea, 675 points 33 Crest of Waves, 660 points 34 Chinese Sleep Chant, 635 points 35 A Message, 635 points 36 X&Y, 630 points 37 I Ran Away, 540 points 38 The Hardest Part, 535 points 39 Spies, 535 points 40 White Shadows, 525 points 41 Gravity, 495 points 42 One i Love, 485 points 43 High Speed, 455 points 44 What If, 410 points 45 We Never Change, 380 points 46 Moses, 375 points 47 Twisted Logic, 370 points 48 Things I Don’t Understand, 365 points 49 How You See the World, 365 points 50 Easy to Please, 320 points

alright here we go!!!! :) #4 Politik, 1565 points off AROBTTH #3 Clocks, 1635 points off AROBTTH #2 Yellow, 1685 points off Parachutes #1 Viva La Vida, 1765 points off Viva la Vida

hey its cool. again I'm sorry if I slighted you, it was not my intention at all. :)

Trouble is #16

it's not #6 Fix You, 1485 points off X+Y #5 The Scientist, 1545 points off AROBTTH

#8 Strawberry Swing, 1365 points off Viva la Vida #7 Amsterdam, 1470 points off AROBTTH

#10 Don’t Panic, 1260 points off Parachutes #9 Violet Hill, 1275 points off Viva la Vida

#15 Warning Sign, 1125 points on AROBTTH #14 A Rush Of Blood Into The Head, 1150 points on AROBTTH #13 Lovers in Japan, 1165 points on Viva la Vida #12 Shiver, 1165 points on Parachutes #11 Death and All His Friends, 1255 points on Viva la Vida