c0ldplay420

Meh I didn't coin that term. A fan is a fan to me. I understand what people are saying where they miss the old era of Coldplay. But artists need to grow. Yeah the songs are "pop'ish", "mainstream", etc and I even agree that I miss the old sound. But at the end of the day a band we all enjoy is going to be praised by the masses. Ultimately isn't that what we wanted for them? Just look at the journey they've been on from "Yellow" to "Paradise" it's been quite crazy but they are headed in a great direction!

So I am curious. Does this mean the "older fans" want Coldplay to stay out of the main stream and be that band in the early 2000's that people would make fun of (btw my personal opinion is making fun of them was a joke anyways because they were genius back then)? P.S. please dont take this as an attack on older fans or newer fans. A fan is a fan. You guys are putting too much pressure on yourselves and not looking at the bigger picture.

Lol I was going to write something similiar to this. Good points here. The truth is that they are growing to that level that every fan that loved them from the beginning should be hoping they would get to. That is exactly where they are headed. If they have to throw out a couple catchy songs like this then so be it. They are a class act and deserve what is coming to them which is greatness. p.s. please NEVER compare them to backstreet boys

Davide Rossi you genius you

I wonder....How can more music (a.k.a. longer songs) from a great band be a bad thing?

Damn someone give me the other 4 minutes 8 seconds to this song

I wonder when Jonathan Mark Buckland will kick his guitar genius into this song!!

lol

Epicness

Defend it all you want but he has a point. This topic is about MX and its length so please stay on topic

Not at all was just trying to figure out why in your opinion it was a weak album But I agree lets not talk about X&Y and please stay on topic....my apologies

Not arguing man calm down was just a joke hence the "Lol" try not to take the internet so seriously

I can already see everyone saying "Oh no they used too much melotron on the backing vocals" ,"That chord was over used", and my favorite "It sounds like a U2, Aracade Fire, or Elbow song" Lol

Yet another member that has X&Y paraphernalia through out his Coldplaying profile. I am just intrigued that you all have such low opinions of the album yet found something worth while to hold on to. Maybe it wasnt such a bad album after all.

The lyrics were more straight forward....but saying they are weak is a stretch. I feel the only reason even the band stated bad thoughts about the album is because of the public perception. I guess this is where we can say opinions are opinions. Me as a musician and fan loved X&Y and feel this album is just going to show the direction they are headed in. VLV was genius and so far from what I have heard MX is gearing up to be great. But i digress...different strokes for different folks.