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Sorry, will you accept a late entry? Strawberry Swing Green Eyes See You soon Parachutes Kingdom Come For You Swallowed In The Sea Everything’s Not Lost Death and All His Friends The Scientist Viva la Vida Lovers in Japan Spies Shiver Yellow Cemeteries of London Yes God Put a Smile Upon Your Face High Speed Violet Hill 42 Square One Clocks Trouble Speed of Sound A Rush of Blood To The Head Talk Sleeping Sun Prospekts March Lost! The Hardest Part Life in Technicolor White Shadows In My Place Fix You Amsterdam Politik Help is Round The Corner Careful Where You Stand Don’t Panic Moses I Ran Away One I Love The Goldrush Gravity Animals Such A Rush Brothers and Sisters Life is For Living Ode To Deodorant

1. Hopes and Fears - Keane 2. Parachutes - Coldplay 3. X&Y - Coldplay 4. Viva la Vida - Coldplay 5. Under The Iron Sea - Keane 6. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay 7. The First Days of Spring - Noah and The Whale 8. Sleep Through the Static - Jack Johnson 9. Perfect Symmetry - Keane 10. In Rainbows - Radiohead 11. Undiscovered - James Morrison 12. Costello Music - Frattellis 13.Final Straw - Snow Patrol 14. The Resistance - Muse 15. In Between Dreams - Jack Johnston 16. Twelve Stops and Home - The Feeling 17. Tired of Hanging Around - The Zutons 18. Razorlight - Razorlight 19. Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall 20. Flight of The Concords - Flight of The Concords 21. Morph The Cat - Donald Fagen

I'm writing my list now, but it mainly comprises of Coldplay :rolleyes:

Is it too late to join the exchange?

It looks so awesome. Quirky, artistic and unique. I CANT WAIT!!

Harmless 7 Ode to Deoderant 7 Brothers & Sisters (tape version) 10 Bigger Stronger 11 No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground 10 Such A Rush 14 Brothers & Sisters (CD version) 9 Easy To Please 8 Only Superstition 11 Don't Panic (Blue Room version) 9 See You Soon 12 High Speed 12

These are some of my favourite Coldplay songs! Harmless 9 Ode to Deoderant 7 Brothers & Sisters (tape version) 10 Bigger Stronger 11 No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground 9 Such A Rush 13 Brothers & Sisters (CD version) 9 Easy To Please 7 Only Superstition 11 Don't Panic (Blue Room version) 9 See You Soon 13 High Speed 12

My jacket came from a Oxfam stall at a music festival. The way Chris would have wanted it! I went down to my local fabric store and picked out some fabrics and buttons and sewed them on as my Christmas project. I also taught myself how to sew (although not that well). For anyone in the UK wanting to make a Coldplay jacket, this is an ideal and cheap start.

See you Soon

When you spend an entire day watching Coldplay videos on YouTube, then dreaming you could build a time capsule to take you back to 1999 so you could watch every live performance in person.

Is it sad that the moment Google announced Street View for google maps UK, I went straight to the Bakery?

I've started to listen to Takk by Siqur Ros. What an album. I love Hoppipolla, the piano intro, then the grand sound it breaks into, and of course Sæglópur. I can't believe that this album was on my sisters CD rack and I hadn't discovered it until now. Thanks Pris. I'm going to have to find more by the artists on your mixtape, there isn't an artist on your mixtape that I don't want to hear more of. :D I diddn't know Guy was part of Apparatjik, it would be cool if he brought some of the more experimental sounds to Coldplay.

So who made my mixtape then?

I'm going to have to listen to Dave Matthews now...

I'm glad you liked some of the songs. This mixtape was a kind of compilation of the songs that got me into the artists that I like now, some of them are not their best tracks but their the songs that introduced me to them. Track 1: ‘Up on the Downside’ – Ocean Colour Scene: The Ocean Colour Scene are a 90’s Britpop band with some excellent tunes. This song came up when I put ‘Coldplay’ into a music suggestion website. I really like the OCS, and it was a tough decision between this track and ‘The Day We Caught The Train’, but this was the track that got me into the band. I would suggest ‘The Riverboat Song’ or ‘The Day We Caught The Train’ if you would like to hear two different sides of the band. Track 2: ‘Fill My Little World’ – The Feeling: Whenever I hear this song it always puts me in a good mood. It’s the perfect soundtrack to a warm sunny day. It takes me back to summers spent at my Gran’s garden in the sun. The Feeling is one of my favorite bands along with Keane and Coldplay. Its worth checking out ‘Sewn’ and ‘Join With Us’. Track 3: ‘Let it Be’ – The Beatles: Unfortunately this track for some reason did not turn up on the mixtape. The Beatles are one of the greatest bands in the world, ever. I loved them as a child, especially the album ‘Yellow Submarine’. ‘Let it Be’ is the most uplifting and positive song ever. Track 4: ‘Sleep Through The Static’ – Jack Johnson: I love Jack Johnson. He must be the most chilled out person in the world. Although this was not the track that got me into him (it was ‘Banana Pancakes’) this is by far the best song, along with ‘All at Once’ on his new album. The message in the lyrics is so ponient: I could listen to this song all day, its so laid back and chilled. I know a lot of people find Jack Johnson too bland, but its just so relaxing and he writes some very catchy songs. This track goes perfectly with ‘All At Once’, and it’s worth having a listen to ‘Banana Pancakes’ Track 5: ‘Wish You Where Here’ – Pink Floyd: It was only January this year that my friend showed my ‘Wish You Where Here’. This is such an amazing song, I went out and listened to the whole LP, found it fantastic, ‘Shine On You Crazy Dimond’ is like one massive guitar orgasm. Then I went on to discover ‘Dark Side of The Moon’. I really love the album, and it’s a work of creative genius, I’m now finding Pink Floyd influences in almost every band I listen to. I think ‘Prospekts March’ is a great homage to ‘Wish You Where Here’. Track 6: ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ – Radiohead: My friend Alex is a massive Radiohead fan, and it was through his constant playing of their songs that I gave in and became a fan. ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ is one of their slightly less depressing songs, (Alex complains that Coldplay are depressing). I think Radiohead are one of this generations greatest bands, ‘Ok Computer’ and ‘In Rainbows’ are two bloody fantastic albums. It was a really hard choice of which song to choose, as they have so many different styles, but in the end, this was the track that got me into Radiohead. Track 7: ‘How To Be Dead’ – Snow Patrol: I’m really glad you liked this song. It was one of the very first songs I ever liked from a band. The album that this song comes from ‘Final Straw’ is IMO their best, and a thousand times better than ‘Eyes Open’ which was when they became popular. I would relly suggest listening to ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Run’ from their album ‘Final Straw’. Track 8: ‘Mr Jones’ – Counting Crows: This didn’t make it to the mixtape either. My dad was a big fan of Counting Crows and it rubbed of on me. ‘Mr Jones’ is a great catchy song about friendship, identity and angst. Track 9: ‘Perfect Symmetry’ – Keane: [iloveKeane] I love Keane almost as much as Coldplay (and that really is a lot!), along with Snow Patrol, Keane was one of the first few bands that I truly got into. Many people complain that Keane is too bland, or sounds the same. So instead of putting on ‘Everybody’s Changing’, I chose this track, which can only be described as ‘epic’. Everything about this song is great. It comes from their new album ‘Perfect Symmetry’, which was IMO the best album of 2008 (Yes, I know which other albums came out in ‘08 to…). The lyrics are so poinent: ”Who are you? What are you fighting for? Holy truth, brother, I choose this mortal life.” This song is the proverbial tits for so many reasons, and is a w e s o m e live. The song has everything, a big piano riff, a choir section, and some of the best lyrics and vocals to come from Keane. I would strongly suggest to anyone (even if they don’t like Keane) to listen to their new album, they will be blown away! [/iloveKeane] Track 10: ‘Brooklyn’ – The Youngblood Brass Band: I saw this band at a world music festival called Womad. They where one of the best live acts I had seen in a long time, this track really does not do the band justice, I meant to put on the live version which manages to capture a fraction of the energy that they have when they play live. I like this band because its traditional Brass instruments played in a modern way and the outcome is fantastic. Track 11: ‘Pressure Point’ – The Zutons: This song was a demo song on a PSP years ago, after listening to it, I went straight down to the music shop and brought their album. If you like this song, then I can guarantee that you will like the album it comes from ‘Who Killed The Zutons?’. Track 12: ‘Jerk It Out’ – Caesars: This song was on an advert for the iPod shuffle years ago. It’s a catchy, heavy song. But sadly this didn’t copy onto the mixtape. Track 13: ‘America’ – Razorlight: The whole of their album ‘Razorlight’ is of this standard. It’s a great song, I like the lead singers voice and this song has some political undertones. I’m glad you liked this track, its well worth listening to the album it came from ‘Razorlight’, I also like another song by them called ‘Golden Touch’ which I reckon you will like. Track 14: ‘This Boy’ – James Morrison: James Morrison – his first album ‘Undiscovered’ is a fantastic mix of soulful guitar songs. I decided to end the mixtape on this, as it’s a nice uplifting song, which I love to listen to. Although this was not the song that I first heard by him (it was ‘Wonderful World’), this is one of his album tracks that shows the quality of his album. Have a listen to 'Wonderful World' or 'Undiscovered', two tracks that I also love.

Here's my review for [edit] the mystery person. So sorry for the wait, I went away to Wales for the week and there was no internet where I was staying. Anyways: Firstly, I would like to say I love your mixtape. Such a variety of musical styles and contrasting tracks. You must have put alot of thought into the choice of tracks, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and would like to discover more of some of the artists. Track 1: Wow! What a way to start! Soft building silence, gentle piano, then the lubricious voice, slowly layering to become an instrument itself. The first section: simple piano, layered vocals and little bell sounds... and then. Bang, the track explodes into life, going from the simple vocals - then the synth - big sounds - drums - but still the layered vocals adding so much depth to the track. At times the sound coming from my speakers, especially when the bass drum beats was almost epic. I've re-listened to this track and i'm picking up new intricacies every time. 2/3 through: Back to the basic backbone, the vocals and synths in the background and the piano. The long spreading falsetto voice, almost singing a word. Then everything slowly fades out. What a way to start the mix. I love this track! Siqur Ros Maybe? Track 2: Taken by surprise at the change to the walking double-bass and cow-bell ring opening of the track. In the background I think I can hear a wooden xylophone-style instrument. No 'modern' electric instruments here. This grew on me the second listen through when I started to listen to the vocals and lyrics. Is that an Oboe coming in with the vocals? (I'm not very good at distinguishing instruments). I liked the way the singer sang in this, it matched the whole style of the song and the instruments being played. Track 3: Again, another surprise at the change of musical tack. Strong guitar riff to start with which returned throughout the song. Lots of stop-starts in the background. When I first heard the opening riff I thought it would continue through the whole song, but instead the main basis of the song is the vocals and the percussion riff. I liked this song. Lots of varying and different things happening. Track 4: Starts with a 'grungy' guitar and a ascending and descending bass and snare then the 'grungy' repeating vocal sound. Lots of guitar and bass creating a 'dark' sound. Not many vocals, until about half way though when the dark foreign chanting start. It reminded me slightly of Rammstein. (What language, sounded eastern European?). At times not very easy to listen to Track 5: Liked the start to this: the guitar intro. Flowed well from the previous track. Then the vocals slightly distorted; couldn’t make out if it was a female or male singer. I would imagine the track name is ‘The Boy Never Gets Older’. The sound had to what to me sounded as some European influences. Fairly short but good. Track 6: Another surprise: a punk track. Heavy bass and shouty vocals, I can’t say punk is my thing, but this slightly grew on me. Track 7: Piano, long flowing synth in the background and what sounds like a harp, some very sweet vocals which launch into the tech drumbeat, slightly reminded me of Air. Track 8: Foreign vocals, I guess Spanish? Catchy opening, I found myself wanting to join in with the chorus. Very funky. I think it is a Accordian in the background. Short but sweet and a great introduction to the next song. At first I thought it was a long intro to the next song. Track 9: Very upbeat guitar intro, sounded familiar. Joined in the ‘hey hey hey’, I really liked this track. Very, very catchy tune. Is it by Vampire Weekend? Track 10: Strong guitar intro, must be a rock/Britpop band. Quick tempo. Track 11: Firstly I thought this track sounded like the Kaiser Cheifs. My friend told me this is ‘Golden Skans’ by The Klaxons. What a tune! I love this track. Really catchy intro and I can’t stop listening to it. Track 12: Opens with a distorted piano and a wavy synth in the background. Short female vocals with the piano chords. Then opening up with the drums and guitars. I liked this track, it has a nice uplifting feel to it and I liked the vocals. Track 13: The opening reminded me of the kind of music that would go with a grassy sunny meadow. The horns added a bounce to the track and it was really nice to listen to. Another different sound; it reminded me of track 2. Track 14: Very funky. A mix of bass and techno accordion. Another track with foreign vocals, I’d love to know what language. The accordion sounded cool, and there was a xylophone in the background. Towards the ¾ there was a little Latin style interlude and some English vocals. Track 15: “I am a vampire”. Nice way to end the mixtape. Short, but sweet track. Thanks for your mixtape. I really liked some of the songs and would love to listen to more by them.

Ricardo - I'm glad you enjoyed my mix. I'm sorry my review is taking a while, the joys of exam coursework are sapping my time. Edit: Writing review now. ;)

I'm on my third listen and writing my review in between exam coursework and cups of Tea. That said. I might make a cup of tea now.

I've listened to my Mixtape and love it! Sadly i'm away for the weekend so my review will come next week.

I've been away for a while. Sorry. I've whittled down to a final list, through many listens on my ipod. Now to remove the track data and convert it all into mp3.

Coldplay are a band of friends that make music that they enjoy. I don't think for a moment they would be where they are now without their friendship and passion for music.

I'll give this a go. :)

Cheers. It took me a while to make as I needed to find somewhere that sold fabrics and buttons and I had to teach myself how to sew (thanks to the internets). There's a mix of some real military insignias, badges and buttons which a friend passed on to me.

Here's my attempt a Coldplay Jacket. I brought the basic jacket from an Oxfam stand at a music festival and jazzed it up with stuff I found. My feeble attempt at modeling:

I loved it, the best part was the reactions from the crowds. A completely different video to what would be expected of coldplay.