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wow, that's ... bizarre their outlandish sense of humour is getting a bit frustrating, though; the last three videos have been kinda piss-taking (Talk, Hardest Part, now this) and it doesn't fit the music but at least it gave me a few well-needed hahas

^ ya reckon? that would kinda suck if they did ... so it's just Chris' head and some lights at the moment - wonder what it is???

yep; to all you impatient people, I think it gets updated every day or so to count all the new entries (hence the recent 14-28% jump)

okay ... so it's been roughly a day since this was set up, and 14% of the material has been released. by that logic, we still have 86% to go, which equates to almost a week left for the rest to be unlocked GRRR!!! the suspense is killing me!!!

hmm ... interesting didn't they hint at 'first come first serve' somewhere? or is my brain just telling me what i want to hear? i dunno about the percentage - I'm pretty sure it's referring to the amount of the puzzle that's so far been uncovered, especially seeing as 22 of the 240 squares have been uncovered, which equates to 9%

are you sure they just haven't shortened it cos it's easier to write? coldplay.com still has it listed by the full title in the updated news section ...

ooh its telling me 9% now!

^ couldn't agree more - X&Y was fairly forgettable, although it wasn't bad, and AROBTTH was pretty cool but VLV is stellar

^ I can see where you're coming from - I was seriously worried about this album (experimental Eno + strange song titles + moving away from X&Y didn't sound like an appealing combination), but judging from the songs that have come out so far it sounds brilliant. So I understand that you're insecure about whether it'll be as good as their previous albums, but I'm hoping for your sake that it grows on you. And, for the record, I don't think you're going to get much support in this forum so don't expect this empathy from others ;)

great news - hopefully Violet Hill should make an impact on the UK charts next week on downloads :smug:

my iPod's bust, so it's only sitting on about 32 on iTunes, but I'm still lovin it!!!

mmm ... i'm lovin it, it's so fucking epic! I think it's great they're still as epic as X&Y, but so much better

^Dark Side of the Moon isn't as wanky as VLVODAAHF, but HTDAAB certainly is. This guy is a dickwad for saying this - I'll be pissing myself when the album tops the charts around the world (Violet Hill's already been well-received). And, ya know, people said the same thing about Achtung Baby by U2 when it came out - stupid title - and yet it's the best U2 album ever, plus quite commercially successful.

haha! dunno about that tbh - bono wore a pair exactly like that during the All That You Can't Leave Behind era. we could just say they're unisex ... i think chris is a great guy, but he's no frontman. he's easily embarrassed in public and he seems pretty uncomfortable about being a rock star - he shouldn't have got uncomfortable when people started asking him about his private jet and all that, he should've just said that nothing disallows him from having one and not taken shit from the reporters. i think the public/tabloids bully him a bit cos he's not seen as the most manly of men, and bono and paul at least have the respect to back up their big gestures. i honestly don't think coldplay will ever be u2 or the beatles - they're just too nice.

I was surprised to hear it down in little old New Zealand - I don't listen to the radio but I went into a shop yesterday and it was playing in the background. Such a great feeling.

woohoo! but still ... 9 days away, this is gonna be a long wait - bring out the coffee!

hmm, so long as they don't do a Justice on us, I'll be happy

303 times no seriously!

*irony alert*

you are so right i thought it was alright for like ... a few listens but then chris had to do that dreadful version on extras, that just ruined the whole song for me

nothing new there - it's been on wikipedia for a few days already

^ Anyone know why they've got a map of Brazil in the second one? ... no, didn't think so ...

I think Violet Hill is surprisingly catchy - one of my first thoughts when I heard it was that it was gonna be a total radio hit cos it's so OTT and epic, but without losing any of its cool. It's an improvement on SOS, but then again that was the most commercial song on X&Y so they kinda had to release it if they wanted that US top ten (and I think that was the only thing Coldplay wanted back then - mega success, and they got it). In My Place was weak and won't ever be remembered as a classic, it was just all-out ass-kissing pop. Even if Violet Hill doesn't kiss quite as many asses it's at least interesting and attention-grabbing (it's the first Coldplay song I wouldn't have on as background music at a dinner party). But let's face it, the most commercial song is always gonna be the lead single, and in this case the most commercial also means the least adventurous (hopefully). I'm hoping that the rest of the album will be less commercially focused (isn't that what they've hinted at?), although Violet Hill is certainly a step in the right direction for them. They probably chose it cos it was the most similar song to their old stuff, but at the same time a good indication of where they were going with the album, so they hoped to not lose the old fans but at the same time get people (like me) who had gone off their sweet 'n' sensitive style listening to them again. God, I'm a product of their damn marketing scheme! :stunned::stunned:

it's working for me ... bloody emi though, they're doing a crackdown on youtube and all the violet hill postings, i mean it was meant to be for free anyway :confused:

I'm surprised you guys in the US have a hard time getting NME - it's available everywhere in little old New Zealand and for a good price, so I will definitely be getting it. I did think Arcade Fire when I heard Violet Hill - particularly in the rhythm, it's very stomping