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^Yep, quite a few have noticed it. Also, could "right down the train" be "slide down the drain"?

Off the top of my head... Chris (vocally): Shiver Chris (on piano): Amsterdam Jonny: Chinese Sleep Chant Guy: High Speed Will: Lovers in Japan

I love this article. As much as I love Coldplay, all the things the Gallaghers have said about them crack me up. One of the reasons I love Oasis (well, their first album, anyway) is the image of the don't-give-a-fuck rock stars who play for fun, mixed with an aura that screams that it must all be an act. They're so over the top, they're almost a a parody of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll."

On a personal level, Parachutes and AROBTTH mean more to me, but I can't honestly say that the music on those albums is "better". In fact, it's rather bland compared to VlV. For the first time, Coldplay pushed music in general forward. There really isn't another arena rock band with songs like Lost! and Viva la Vida. On the flipside, plenty of bands now milk the piano rock of the early albums (see The Fray) or even the sonic yelping of X&Y (see Kings of Leon). The music-and lyrics-on Viva la Vida simply have more to offer than previous efforts. Sometimes I think we're blinded by the music we fell in love with. I, for example, still rank AROBTTH as my favorite album because I discovered it at a time when the atmosphere of the album worked almost as a soundtrack to my life. I "discovered" VlV, on the other hand, because I was a fan of their earlier work. Of course the album would never compare on a personal level. But the music is undoubtedly more impressive. Whether that's due to Eno or not, I hope it continues.

^Yeah, I noticed that the balloons seemed to be stuck toward stage right. They eventually made their way to the front, but I don't think the left side ever touched them.

That's probably not going to help :P

Care to share?

Are any of these leaked tracks available in mp3 format somewhere?

http://earsucker.com/2009/07/26/new-arctic-monkeys-song-my-propeller-leaked/

The Review (No pics/vids) I got to the venue about an hour before the gates opened, and I was probably the fifteenth person in line. I felt good about my chances of snagging front row in the pit. Then the "Jump the Line" line for Verizon customers grew and grew, and my hopes shrank. Somehow, though, those 200 or so people that got in before me must've all been in the lawn because by the time I finally got in, only about ten people were in line to get wristbands for the pit. I ended up front row, just to the left of center, on the Jonny side of Chris. The couple of hours before Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis were passed making small talk with people around me regarding Coldplay and the St. Louis Cardinals. (Couldn't really ask for much better conversation than my two favorite things in the world. :P) I sort of felt bad, though, busting everyone's bubble around me by informing them that, no, they wouldn't be hearing Spies or White Shadows or A Warning Sign, etc. The crowd was surprisingly loud for the openers, which were really quite cool. I highly recommend a KD&L show. Their music is a blast and all three of the siblings are amazingly talented. Amadou et Mariam were pretty damn awesome, too. And even though I got the feeling that I was one of the only fans there that actually listened to the duo's music regularly, everybody around me seemed to enjoy it--especially the ten minute jam that closed the set with a sick drum solo and tribal dancing. Both openers felt more like festival performers than concert appetizers. The dancing roadie and The Blue Danube followed, of course, and the looks on the security guards' faces as they watched the crowd sway to a classic waltz was fucking hilarious. Somehow I doubt they see many teasers like that. Chills kicked in as soon as Jon Hopkins's intro to LiT hit, and honestly the next few songs were a blur. The crowd was pleasingly loud, singing along to just about every word until GoW started, which I guess means a lot of people failed to pick up Prospekt's March. Jonny's guitar work on that one was really brilliant, though--it seemed to have a grungier kick to it, at times totally drowning out Chris's chorus. The crowd came back around on 42 and Fix You, though, honestly getting louder than ever on the latter. During the b-stage set, Phil came right in front of the pit barrier to snap pictures, and I yelled out for him and shook his hand. It looked like several other people in the front row did the same, while the rest of the folks kinda looked at us like, "Who the hell is that?" The Viva oooh's were spectacular, carrying on without prompting by Chris at several points in the night. And Lost! might've been the performance highlight of the night. All four guys seemed seriously into that one. By the time the acoustic set started, the pit people were so into the show that everyone around me sang every word to all three songs, even though you practically had to squint to see the band. Politik/LiJ/DAAHF slayed, of course. And then The Scientist brought several people to tears. Will threw his drumsticks to the kids right next to me, well within reach of my outstretched arms. (Today, I'm feeling a little less happy about letting them have them. :P) I only heard positive comments after the show, even from a few people who had just sat out in their cars and listened outside! And getting LRLRL was an easy process. There were some classic Chris moments, of course, like being disturbed during THP by a "muscular 32 year-old man" shouting, "I love you;" going on about mispronouncing St. Louis; screwing up the beginning of DAAHF; having a bizarre cackle just before The Scientist; and giving Phil a smirk and a middle finger as he took his picture... Although, at times it did feel a bit like the band was on auto-pilot--especially after seeing the jamming of the opening acts. Even so, this was without a doubt my best concert ever (although I will admit that Radiohead's tube-lighting show was a better spectacle), and I'm currently fighting concert withdrawal. It was just such a surreal experience, being literally ten feet away from the band... I'm not even sure I was fully able to appreciate it. Listening to LRLRL today, I wished so badly that I could do it all again.

Phil was sitting in front of me, just beyond the barricade for the majority of the show. During the b-stage set, I yelled, "Phil," stuck out my hand, and voila: he smiled and shook for a good while and then sat back down to take pictures. I'm actually in the Comfort Inn, and just returned from a well-working ice machine. :)

Just got back to the hotel. The show. was. brilliant! Sooooooooooooo much to say, but I'm about to pass out, so I'll just leave you with one of the more interesting details of the night: I shook hands with Phil Harvey for about 2.5 seconds, which is a moderately long shake if you think about it. :P BTW: I managed to get to front row pit.

I'll be there! I'm trying to contain my excitement at the moment. It's going to be a long 24 hours... :P

A radio station is doing a live pre-show from backstage, but we don't know whether the entire show will be aired: http://y98.com/index.php

I never though Yes sounded all that amazing live, aside from the end. CoL, which more or less took its place, sounds loads better. The better question is why they stopped playing CSC, which sounds brilliant live.

If you call and call Your self esteem is low And I heard you'd called Is there no calling? And away I go Any way you go I was o­n your tail As clear as crystal But it was harmless It couldn't hurt you Oh you were helpless I know you'll get through I know, I Chemicals are cold See you sit down o­n A chemical you cause Is like a crystal So I heard you say I got to get away I'm o­n a second trail As clear as crystal But I was harmless It couldn't hurt you Oh you were helpless I know you'll get through http://www.coldplaying.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=269&page=1

One ticket for St. Louis show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.... It's listed on Stubhub for face value. It's an excellent seat. Right in the middle, about 35 rows back. https://www.stubhub.com/coldplay-tickets/coldplay-maryland-heights-verizon-wireless-amphitheater-st-louis-7-24-2009-795398/?ticket_id=186987984

Yes, yes, yes! High quality recording of the show I'll be at! Don't let me down, people. :P Edit: Hmm.. Maybe it's just a pre-show thing? I hope it's the whole show.

OKC for me. I didn't read through this thread, but I'd like to throw out a couple of omissions off the top of my head in case anybody missed them: Loveless Grace The Soft Bulletin Exile in Guyville Under the Table and Dreaming

Yeah, mine probably is, too. The Blue Room EP is pretty good too, though.

The support acts will begin sometime between 7 and 7:30. Coldplay usually takes the stage around 9 or 9:30, I believe.

I'd absolutely love it, but at this point I can't imagine them escaping their arena-rock influences. As Chris has said many times, the band adores the crowd-pleasing singalongs like VlV and Lovers in Japan.

Yes, definitely. I think it suffers b/c of its placement behind all of the singles. It sounds a bit flat after hearing Spies, Yellow, and Trouble.

Well, I was thinking about simply rearranging songs already on the albums, but you bring up some interesting stuff, too. Of the songs officially on AROBTTH, I would only cut Green Eyes, and I probably wouldn't replace it with anything. (If I had to choose, though, I would use Crests of Waves.) I like the rockier tone you've created, but I can't imagine starting the album with anything except Politik. I do like the idea, though, of ending on something unconventional like A Whisper. Amsterdam is an almost too-obvious choice, which coupled with Everything's Not Lost/Life is for Living probably lead to ending X&Y with Twisted Logic/Til Kingdom Come. What's funny about your tracklisting, though, is that the one transition I despise on AROBTTH is Clocks into Daylight, and that's the one you kept! :P Daylight is such a powerful song, but it drags a bit after the breezy pace of Clocks. I'll post my listing for AROBTTH soon.

I think it was determined at one point to be Eno.