Stefan8

Nice job Guus Hiddink!

There are 2 threads already about it ;)

I had the same problem with X&Y. VLV works perfectly though.

Nice

Aviv Adival?

Finished! Brilliant game (actually it was more an interactive movie). It wasn't a sneaking game, a whole lot of actions and a whole lot of cutscenes and some sneaking in between :P The easiest MGS, in my opinion. And I never played the first one, so the whole going back to Shadow Moses didn't make me relive memories or something :p Loved the part where you were playing a bit of the first MGS though :cool: Brilliant game! 10/10

Yeah, go Italy! They should go to the next round! So we can kick their asses again later on! :P Just kiddin', I always loved Italy :nice: Really unexpected that they are playing so bad... I think France will win and that France will go to the next round.

Have fun tonight, everyone who is going :nice:

Pang!

Bump! How do you know about that Rainy Day info?

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47019

Are people recordig the whole thing (from 7-10)? I'm not really feeling like listening now. (too busy with MGS4 :P)

Just beat that Rage guy. Taking a break now - those 30 min. cutscenes are exhausting :P

I just started Act 3! With the sneaking through the city! The different locations are awesome and it all looks great (especially on an HD tv). Laughing Octopus wasn't hard to defeat (it reminded me of a boss fight in Resident Evil 4) She was kinda scary! :P The bosses in MGS 3 were awesome! The ones in MGS 2 were nice too. Great to see Vamp back by the way, always loved that character :cool: Have you played all the MGS games? I really should check MGS 1 sometime, but it's really hard to find...

The October 3rd concert in Rotterdam is also visible on Coldplay.com now :)

I'm going to play now, I'm still at Act 2 (but at the end I think). The story is (again!) brilliant. I love how bizarre, weird, intriguing, mystic, exciting, ... it is! The humor is great too, a little weird sometimes though :D I seriously hope to see more Metal Gear after this (and no Ac!d kind spin-offs)!

The Live2003 DVD received a 6.0. I think :thinking:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47021 :)

Viva la Vida isn't officialy released (yet),I think. Chris said that in an interview. It was more like a promotion for the album/for Apple. And I hope they'll release all singles physical.

I've got tickets for October 2nd :) For a higher price, but hell! I'm going to Coldplay. Twice :cool:

Band approved? How's that?

The foreskin... :rolleyes:

Welkom! Ik zit hier al een jaar en heb nog steeds geen sig :P

So the best ideas are putting it in my bra or in my purse... this is going to be difficult :uhoh:

A miracle has happened: Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends [Capitol; 2008] Rating: 6.5 Buy it from Insound Download it from Emusic Digg this article Add to del.icio.us Earlier this year, Britons voted Coldplay as The Band Most Likely to Put You to Sleep. The poll, conducted by hotel chain Travelodge, had Chris Martin & Co. beating out aural Ambien including James Blunt and Norah Jones. Even for a band known to take solace in their overarching pleasantness, the drowsy coronation doubled as a harsh insult. After all, Coldplay is a rock band. A grandma-friendly, Radiohead-normalizing, disarmingly polite rock band led by a man who sounds like he's still yearning for puberty perhaps...but a rock band nonetheless. After proving their stadium bona fides with 2002's bristling A Rush of Blood to the Head, these wuss messiahs fattened up with X&Y, a startlingly bland affair that even forced eternally level-headed New York Times critic Jon Pareles to dub them "the most insufferable band of the decade." The Travelodge survey indicated this considerate foursome wasn't even keeping people awake long enough to piss them off anymore. So Coldplay did what any U2 acolytes worth a chiming guitar chord would do-- they went off to "rip it up and start again." But Viva isn't a complete overhaul á la Achtung Baby or Kid A; just as they dull the sharp corners of their legendary influences musically, Coldplay offer a diluted version of the "experimental" mid-career maneuver with their fourth LP. It's a case of well-honed troubleshooting that should keep the faithful conscious enough to appreciate its subtle improvements. Ever self-deprecating, Martin offered his band's thesis to MTV a couple weeks ago: "We look at what other people are doing and try and steal all the good bits," he said. "We steal from so many different places that hopefully it becomes untraceable." That last bit is probably wishful thinking. For their "new direction" album, Coldplay hired the egghead responsible for more new direction albums than any other producer over the past 35 years, Brian Eno. The move isn't original, but it's smart. A self-described "sculptor" with a tendency to chip away rather than augment, Eno helps Coldplay reverse their bloat in favor of a slimmer sound; the anthems remain but they're no longer bogged down by incessant refrains and overdubs. Thanks to a bubbling bit of exotic percussion that wouldn't sound out of place on Peter Gabriel's latter-day LPs, "Lost!" is transformed from Just Another Coldplay Song into a uniquely alluring smash and live staple for years to come. The Gabriel connection is also apparent on the spectacular, wide-eyed "Strawberry Swing", which floats light tribal drums above circular guitars and Martin's idyllic musings. Think "In Your Eyes": The Next Generation. More welcomed semi-surprises: Ballsy first single "Violet Hill" pulls off some honest-to-God Scary Monsters mutant funk while "Chinese Sleep Chant" is a shoegaze excursion as traceable as it is passable. Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs' touch can be heard on the strung-out anthem "Viva la Vida", its "woah oh oh!" refrain already responsible for untold iPod sales. Apart from a few brief lulls into somnolent twinkle-pop, the music is purposeful, svelte, and modern. If only Martin could inject some pathos into his often-embarrassing universal scripture. There's a thin line between lyrics that speak to everyone and lyrics that suck-up to everyone (see: Bono's steady devolution over the last couple decades). Even on Coldplay's best songs, Martin sometimes has trouble reconciling his inner hack with his better judgment. On Viva, he backs away from the wallowing self-pity that tanked X&Y, instead going for black-and-white extremes-- life and death, love and lust, dreams and reality-- with little regard for any shades of gray. His supposedly ominous headstone obsession on "Cemeteries of London" is about as creepy as a midday graveyard stroll. And "Lost!" is nearly done in by a cringeworthy verse featuring big fish and a small pond. But there are moments when Martin's band mates push his wide-open words toward more specific meaning. Blissful nostalgia permeates "Strawberry Swing" so thoroughly it's impossible to deny its "perfect day," and the hook to Viva's closer relishes its immortal rush: "I don’t want to follow death and all of his friends!" He may be a pointed critic of his own broadness-- as seen in his guest appearance on "Extras" and in countless humble interviews-- but Martin is still a hopeless sap. He's clearly aware of Thom Yorke's apocalyptic verve and Bono's most cunning reflexive confessionals, but thus far he's incapable of matching either one. "Lights will guide you home/ And ignite your bones/ And I will try to fix you," sang Martin on X&Y's "Fix You", a gag-inducing bit of motivational flotsam that came off like self-parody. Viva offers a more believable fix to the current Coldplay dilemma, i.e., how does a pop band with artful aspirations please everyone while satisfying themselves at the same time? Because while they ape their forebears without mercy, there's no mistaking a Coldplay song from a U2 or Radiohead song. The new album expands their individuality in tiny, effective ways while maintaining their world-beating gifts. The record's violent, revolution-themed artwork is misleading. Viva is more like a bloodless coup-- shrewd and inconspicuous in its progressive impulses. -Ryan Dombal, June 16, 2008 Official Site: http://www.coldplay.com/ A 6.5! They've never given Coldplay such a high score!