Violet

See, this song helps give a comparison of the Gallagher brothers' voices. Noel just sounds SO much better.

Having heard the song, I think Rihanna's voice sounds just fine. I love some of the other choices as artists (Florence, Adele, Natasha Khan, etc.), but Rihanna sounds just right for the style of this song. I think Florence and Adele have too strong of voices for it.

VLV >>>>> MX. Period.

I can't help but feel like a lot of people have already set themselves up for hating this song solely for Rihanna's presence on it. Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh God, please no. That one's worse than the other one you shared. :sick:

I'll agree in the sense that these choices make more sense to me for "worst Coldplay song" than PoC. "The Goldrush" is really kinda cheesy (in a not-so-good way), and O2D is just...well, y'know.

:nod: :laugh4: I love both of those, and I don't really like this one, so I have to respectfully disagree with you.

I think in some cases, it takes a certain song for it to click. I didn't like Julian Casablancas' voice until I heard "Machu Picchu" on a mixtape someone here made for me. After that, I got into The Strokes really hardcore. I can't say if I feel like that could happen with Oasis, though. I'm a person who doesn't even like "Wonderwall," which a lot of Oasis fans say is a great song (at least, as far as I know, which isn't a whole lot).

I hate Liam's voice. It's too whiny-sounding.

3rd best? Over WHAT? :inquisitive:

I hate remixes. This is no exception.

I'm really not looking forward to seeing Chris in an elephant suit. :| It's cool to know, however, that he has unicycling skills.

Fixed.

Rihanna's part is the best part of the song. :nod: Is it their worst song? Nope. Is it a good song? No, not really.

I'm not into sports with cars at all, but that doesn't make it any less unfortunate. :\ Poor guy.

Right now, I'm feeling like a 4. I'll (try to) listen to it a couple more times before making a final decision.

OOOH, Pitchfork. I can't wait to read what they have to say about this.

You hate both "42" AND "Yes?" Sometimes you confuse me... -shakes head-

... I think I need to go listen to this album as soon as possible. I like Noel. It's Liam that's just...I don't even have a word for it.

Yeah, I think I've heard "If I Had a Gun" once. I'll go listen to it now. :escaping: ETA: OK, yeah, I really like this. :wacky:

^ Yeah, I've been meaning to do so. I've heard a few songs, and I like them. "AKA...What a Life!" sounds really good.

Because somebody was nice enough to post a streaming link of the album from SoundCloud onto my wall (Thank you, Daniel), I've listened to it once so far. Here's what I think of it at this point. ♦ MX/HLH-I think MX and HLH fit really well together. It's not as good as some people hyped it up to be, I don't think, but thankfully, it's not incredibly offensive. Perhaps I'll appreciate it more with more listens. ♦ Paradise-Now that I've heard this a few times, I'd like to admit that I like the string part in the beginning. Other than that, though, I don't think my opinion of the song has changed much. ♦ CB-I don't get why people like this song so much. I don't like it at all. Chris' vocals just aren't very good on this song. ♦ UATW-Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. It's like "Parachutes"-era stuff with sprinkles of "X&Y"-era in between. I like this one a lot. One of my faves. ♦ MMIX/ETIAW-I don't get the purpose of MMIX at all. I understand it's supposed to be an intro, but it's a very stale one. As for ETIAW, again, my opinion hasn't really changed. It's OK. Just OK. ♦ MM-I know Michael said he didn't feel like it was a good song, but I like it. It's the only pre-released album song I truly appreciate. ♦ UFO-SO PRETTY. <3 I'll say that the end bit kinda confused me, though. It's nice, but I think it's supposed to serve as a precursor to PoC, which doesn't make sense because it doesn't sound like it. It doesn't fit. ♦ PoC-As far as Coldplay goes, not very good. As far as Rihanna goes, it's surprisingly awesome. I wish her music sounded more like that. I'd probably listen to it if it did. I know this probably doesn't make sense, but it's so much more Rihanna than Coldplay. Given that Rihanna is supposed to be a feature and not the main point, that's kind of a fail on Coldplay's part. ♦ UiF-The drum beat confused me at first. Then, the piano and Chris came in; it made sense, and I was OK with it. Then the chorus started. OMFG, I HATE THE CHORUS. I wish they'd have done something different with it. Chris' falsetto doesn't work there at all. ♦ AHT/DLIBYH-The titles may be kinda dumb, but I love this. I do. AHT is beautiful, and it segues right into this wall of gorgeous sound. I'm happy with this. ♦ UWTB-...You guys closed with this? Really? How sad for you. This makes me wish I had just stopped with DLIBYH. Between the acoustic piano/guitar and the really weird noises (like the whooshing or whatever it is), it sounds like Coldplay couldn't make up their mind as to how they wanted it to sound, so they just compromised and made a poorly executed combination of the two styles. There were a few things I enjoyed, but as a whole, this album made me feel very indifferent. I can't say I'm surprised by what I heard, but at the same time, I can't help but feel down about it. :sad:

Yeah, "A Whisper" is my least fave on AROBTTH, for sure.

Ouch. I actualy like "Twisted Logic." :\ Anyway, this thread just keeps scaring me, with all the "OMFG WHY?" comments and such. :uhoh:

Lory, what exactly is your post about? It's confusing me.