the_escapist

I think the "car" is a metaphor to Chris's and GP's relationship.

I want this album NOW! :smug:

The first single is usually a song that shows a different style from previous albums. That was the case with Violet Hill.

BTW, the crowd tonight was not very good, considering how special this concert was!

And what an amazing way to do it! Can't get enough of this song!

It is certainly a grower. Liking a bit more in the amazing ultra high quality I downloaded! The album version is going to be much better, like Hurts Like Heaven.

In my humble opinion, it is a decent song. Very reminiscent of U2. The ooooohs are certainly going to sound amazing during the tour. But other than that, I am not sure it will stand the test of time.

A first try with the lyrics: Fixing up a car and driving it again Searching for the water, open for the rain Up & Up Up & Up Down upon a canvas working on a mill Waiting for a chance to pick (.....) Up & Up Up & Up See your (....) on a road See your bird soaring high up above the flood (?) It's in your blood It's in your blood Underneath the storm an umbrella is saying Sitting with the poison takes away the pain (?) Up & Up Up & Up We're saying... We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together and flow (?) We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together Up & Up & Up Driving very slowly (?) Empty in the moon Trying to empty out the ocean with a spoon Up & Up Up & Up How can people suffer? How can people part? How can people struggle? How can people break your heart? Break your heart Yes I want to know Show me how to feel Yes I want to know Show me how to heal it all I'll heal it all Trying to see the (....) Angels in the marble waiting to be freed Just need love Just need love When (...) We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together and flow (?) We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together Up & Up & Up She can stay while (...) (...) Close your eyes (...) (...) (...) (...) Jonny's solo :D We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together and flow (?) We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together Up & Up & Up We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together and flow (?) We're going to get it, get it together I know we're going to get, get it together somehow We're going get together Up & Up & Up Noel's solo :D Ooooooooh Oooooooh Ooooooh Ooooooh Fixing up a car and driving it again When you are in pain When you think you had enough Don't ever give up Don't ever give up (...) (...)

M A S T E R P I E C E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Head Full Of Dreams: great drumbeat, but it did not convince me. It might be a grower. Loved the lasers and all the colors. Great work by PH and company. Jonny has a good guitar riff on it. My favorite part were the ¨ohhh¨ in the middle of the song. I am looking forward to hear the studio version. Yellow: amazing as always. Did I already mention that Will is banging those drums as if the world was going to end tomorrow? You could even see his struggling face in several parts of the show. The boys in great shape as always and they seem pretty happy. Guy was laughing at several parts of the song. A Sky Full Of Stars: The place of this song is certainly not at the beginning of the setlist. Hopefully they will change it for the tour. The star shaped confetti was massive and Chris sang almost all the song from the floor. It is indeed a great song live. I really liked how Chris interacted with the audience in this one. He looks very happy! Great acoustic finale by Chris in the piano. Paradise: Already a classic and sounds beautiful live. I did not understand why Chris was playing only partly the piano part. Had not noticed this on previous performances. The crowd sang very good. Amazing Day: The visuals!!! Kudos once again to Phil and Tom Bairstow (who made them). They are beautiful! The song is good but not great. I guess the ¨ohhh¨ part will be nice to hear in a stadium setting. You could see in Chris face that the song has a very special significance to him. Before the ¨ohhh¨ Chris changed a bit the lyrics and sang: ¨Amazing day both of us say…¨ The bridge is the best part of the song. Also some new guitar parts in the end by Jonny. They sounded pretty good. Looking forward to the album version. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall: Another classic by now. A song that has stood the test of time. When I heard this one and Paradise, I immediately thought that so far we had not heard a GREAT song of this era (then came Up&Up). More gorgeous visual effects during this song. Clocks: Very good as always but I think that maybe is time to let it rest during this era (as they did with Politik during the MX tour). Once again, massive lasers. I really liked them. Fix You: Beautiful intro by Chris in the piano. Hopefully they will keep it. I concur with PH that this is and will very probably remain the best Coldplay song ever. It is just beautiful. And Chris has to go back to jumping during Jonny’s solo for the tour. Chris voice was in good shape. Chris did a solo in the end without any instruments. Sounded really nice. Viva la Vida: I saw Dianne at the beginning singing the ¨ohhh ohhh¨. Chris was amazing mimicking the lyrics of the song as he sang. It is basically the same version as the MX and GS tour. They should change it a bit for the new tour. Obviously a song that they will always play because it is once of the best songs ever! Loved the ending with the acoustic piano by Chris. GREAT! Adventure of a Lifetime: Sounds different from the album version. You can actually hear Jonny’s guitar more clearly and it has a more Hawaiian vibe. I think they also play it faster. Great song and Chris is really throwing everything into it. Sounds great and the woohoos at the end are going to be beyond massive during the tour. Up&Up: When Chris starts saying that this is the song they have been waiting to write for 15 years, you know that you’re in for a treat. The piano riff is hauntingly beautiful. The melody has that vibe which I think was that made many of us fell in love with the band. The chorus is amazing and so hopeful! Did I already say how beautiful the melody is? And then we start getting utterly amazing guitar riffs. This is a new classic, guys! As if that were not enough, the song is so long! I was smiling all the way! And then that last part with Chris solo in the piano, that was the perfect ending. I am speechless and will go back to hear that song, NOW! Don’t ever give up! Great show! The boys are back! Let’s enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Indeed!!!

Up & Up is an INSTANT CLASSIC, ladies and gents! What a way to finish the show!

Enjoy the show everybody!!! :D

woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo

It's getting closer!!! :D

Instrumental Everything's Not Lost... Amazing audio quality BTW!

Only one review (Q Magazine) until now?

Animals we are Disposable Collapsable And raw...

That's right!

Gwyneth Paltrow actually sings two lines of one verse: How come things move on/How come cars don't slow

My bad then, guys. I am sorry and I take back what I said.

I hope it is fake! Something like a part that was discarded!

Hahaha, actually no. It is just unbelievable that they show him winning tickets when he clearly had his ticket since he is always in the sweetest spots at Coldplay concerts.

Lore is back! WOW! :P

I am going to puke with that video. It is clear that some people appearing are not really "super fans" and they give tickets at the end to Jimmy Dushku, who is always at all Coldplay concerts in the US and is a very wealthy man and presumably a friend of the band who is in the friends list. Many parts are clearly fake.