MasoKnight

Are plagiarism cases filed in federal or state courts? If it's in a federal court, we won't be seeing it.

Agreed. Coldplay's response sounds professional and appropriate.

Parachutes: Spies AROBTTH: Warning Sign X&Y: White Shadows VLV: Cemeteries of London PM: Rainy Day

Alas, my scanner is screwy, and my digital camera is at home. Oh, well. It's finished, I like it, and I'm sending it tomorrow! :D

Has anyone mentioned The Veils?

Vulnerable Listenable Far-ranging

I'd add in another theme: color. Generally, the eras implemented the following color schemes. Parachutes - Warm (Reds, Yellows, etc.) AROBTTH - White X&Y - Cool (Blues, purples, etc.) VLV - Much more of a mix, although to a certain extent it's most like the earthy Parachutes era. As far as whether the music corresponds to those colors, I think to a certain extent it does, although I'm having the most trouble with AROBTTH.

I picked up a postcard from my college library today! I plan to write "Postcards from Far Away" in white paint on the picture side (a la VLV cover), but I'm a little concerned about the paint drying well on glossy paper.

Coldplay talked a lot about how many versions of VLV they went through before deciding on the one that eventual became the hit. I wonder if demos of the earlier versions might shed some light on the musical process. Edit: One thing about that article above bothers me. Satriani elicits sympathy by talking about how he feels stripped of all the work/dedication/emotion/time/energy/etc. that went into the song, but he completely misses the point that if Coldplay did NOT plagiarize (and just happened to follow a rather simple song progression), he's doing the same thing to them.

Welcome! :D

Cool song. :) ... But I'm not sure how this turned into a discussion about who's a better guitarist. Indeed, I imagine many Coldplay fans would acknowledge Satriani's rather incredible talent. His performances certainly show more impressive guitar work than Jonny's, but that's the nature of their respective musical styles. At any rate, I think we can all agree that from time to time, songs will sound similar. There's only so many notes, so many chords, so many rhythms. If pressed, I'm sure one could find a matching melody to almost any song.

You should submit this to the Oracle. :P

Uh-oh... Brandon Flowers himself has said it's "dancer".

I like it! ... I don't remember being around here when the Faultline collaborations were released, but I'm guessing people hated those, too?

Tough choice. Postcards, I guess. It's beautiful, but its shortness does it in.

If you've listened to many others on that list, 22 is actually very respectable.

The text of Pitchfork's review is actually very positive... If you take away the statements about Chris's cliched lyrics and just focus on the descriptions of the music, that sounds like an 8.0+ review.

I was thinking the same thing earlier. It's definitely my favorite part.

Today on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? the $50,000 question was, "Who painted Liberty Leading the People, which appears on the cover of Coldplay's 2008 album Viva la Vida?" I absolutely never watch television at that time, but I just happened to turn it on for a moment today... and surprise! The contestant got it wrong, by the way.

I went to Wal-Mart this morning, but they had neither edition. Went to Hastings instead, which had probably 5 EPs for $8.99 and 8-10 double albums for $21.99.

Lovers, clearly.

Does anyone else hear in Rainy Day, "I spent the night with the Queen of Spain"?

I just had a thought... If Lost+ had been Lost? and LiJ (Osaka Sun Mix) had been LiJ (Acoustic), I think the flow of this EP would've been nearly perfect. I think I'll burn a copy that way.

7/10 (Which, to me, is a really good score for an EP) LiT ii is predictably epic, and it continues the trend of Coldplay's track 1 dominance. I agree with the band's decision, though, to keep the lyrics off the VLV version. It would not have flowed well into CoL. Postcards from Far Away is gorgeous. I would love to see these kinds of transitional tracks on full-length albums. Glass of Water is really nice. I like the extra guitar part on the final explosion. And, WOW, that outro! I've been singing "What are we drinkin' when we're done..." all day. Rainy Day. Hated the preview, but absolutely love it within the context of the song. It's different, sure, but you can't help but melt when the second "Oh, Rainy Day!" kicks in. Prospekt's March. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Cutting lyrics, and Chris's voice on the line: "I don't wanna die on my own here tonight" is earth-moving. And I like the gentle Poppy Fields outro a lot, too. Here's my trouble with the EP. Yes, Lost+ and LiJ (Osaka Sun Mix) are the better versions of their respective songs, but they're not different enough to be included here. All they do for me is break up the pace of the less studio-fied tracks that surround them. NMFWTTG. Reminiscent of Life is for Living and Til Kingdom Come, it's a satisfying closer that doesn't quite live up to my (admittedly unwarranted) hype. Damn Sun review! :P But, seriously, these are some of the most breathtaking tracks Coldplay have ever recorded. Bravo.

I am blown away by everything on here. There are so many beautiful songs. I love VLV, but I'm not sure how many songs I'd call beautiful. But, then again, I don't know what else we expected. Coldplay always has killer b-sides. Also, I have no idea how some one could prefer Lost! to Lost+. As I've said before, all it needs is more Jay-Z.