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Really? Personally I thought of Spanish Rain right away when listening to Charlie Brown.

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Returning to a Parachutes-ish sound would really be awesome! Though I'm very excited what new stuff they'll bring, so that's what I'm rooting for :)

Wow, such a long time since I was active on this forum, but since Coldplay started posting all the video teasers for the song I just couldn't help myself. I find it fascinating that people have such various opinions about this song. I too was one of those people who believed that LP5 would turn out as a mainly acoustic album, following in trail of Spanish Rain, Death will never conquer etc. However, this didn't surprise me at all. The result of ETIAW feels like they followed through with the experimenting they did while producing VLV. This sounds a lot like the songs that never made it to the album, like A spell a rebel yell and Lukas (Resemblence to Lukas is not obvious, I mostly think about the break in the songs) I'm not sure whether I like this evolution of Coldplay or not. I think I will have to listen to the whole album before I can make up my mind about that. What I do love though, is that they DO change. This is not the same Coldplay that wrote Yellow or Fix You, nu-uh. But it would be way worse if they kept on producing the same old tunes over and over again. The fact that they keep changing from every album and experimenting with new sounds is one of the reasons I like their music so much. They're daring and brave. They know that whatever they produce will be reviewed by reporters, critics and, most importantly, fans all over the world. And they dare to change and try new things. Compare to the rest of the music that's being made these days, and admit to yourself - that's a pretty great thing to do.

Wow, such a long time since I was active on this forum, but since Coldplay started posting all the video teasers for the song I just couldn't help myself. I find it fascinating that people have such various opinions about this song. I too was one of those people who believed that LP5 would turn out as a mainly acoustic album, following in trail of Spanish Rain, Death will never conquer etc. However, this didn't surprise me at all. The result of ETIAW feels like they followed through with the experimenting they did while producing VLV. This sounds a lot like the songs that never made it to the album, like A spell a rebel yell and Lukas (Resemblence to Lukas is not obvious, I mostly think about the break in the songs) I'm not sure whether I like this evolution of Coldplay or not. I think I will have to listen to the whole album before I can make up my mind about that. What I do love though, is that they DO change. This is not the same Coldplay that wrote Yellow or Fix You, nu-uh. But it would be way worse if they kept on producing the same old tunes over and over again. The fact that they keep changing from every album and experimenting with new sounds is one of the reasons I like their music so much. They're daring and brave. They know that whatever they produce will be reviewed by reporters, critics and, most importantly, fans all over the world. And they dare to change and try new things. Compare to the rest of the music that's being made these days, and admit to yourself - that's a pretty great thing to do.

Me too! A spell a rebel yell, and a hint of the break from Lukas too!

Off topic: I think it's great, actually, that they've released a song not everyone goes CRAAZY about. It shows that they're creating new stuff, and that they aren't afraid of producing things that won't associate to their previous material. In the end, that is what makes Coldplay Coldplay; they never stop evolving. OnTopic: Judging from the comments on WikiColdplay, "Further to the November 2010 Q article[2] revealing the inspiration behind Coldplay's fifth album being old school American graffiti and anti-Nazi movements, Chris Martin spoke to The Sun about some of the tracks within said album." it sounds to me as this song fits in pretty good.

Haha am I the only one who thinks it sounds more like Lukas than DAAHF? :D

Looking at the last couple of songs they've "released" or performed, like Death will never conquer, Spanish Rain, A message 2010 etc, I think they're going for the more acoustic/folk kind of music. Like Chris says on the Leftrightleftrightleft album before playing DWNC: "This is the moment of the concert when we show you how good our band really could have been.." Also, by looking at the pictures from R#42's blog you can see them in the studio in the same line-up as when they perform these songs, with 3 guitars and 1 bass. That's my guess =D

Haha they don't =O if you're still hungry after the meal you ask for some rice, that's pretty much it (at least in the places I've been, it's a big country and I'm sure the custom varies)

I'd say that Coldplay wanted to start the rumours and raise the expectations for the next album. But there's obviously something in the EMI - Coldplay relationship, this was almost as to mark that the band can't go around saying anything they want, that the label is still in charge. Dunno why though, just made this whole thing so much bigger than it should've been.

haha wtf, my eyes must have blanked out while reading that, thought i searched the article thoroughly :embarrassed:

The translation is as said directly from google translate, so to clerify there is only ONE clock. Each member of the band got a clock just like that, but with individual colors. So the clock for sale is a uniqe one, previously owned by a Coldplay member. Doesn't say who though :confused:

The swedish workes will probably not go to china. As a boss, who would you rather hire? A person who demands at least 3,100 USD/month and expects social security or someone who'd go with 670 USD? ^^ nah but I really don't know much about this, from my side it's mostly speculation. About the fortune cookie; I've never ever seen one in China. Ever. Quite disapointing actually ^^

can't get enough of Clocks, ey? :lol:

Lost? Parachutes See you soon Square one Brothers & sisters Strawberry swing Some acoustic version of Violet hill Lovers in Japan+Reign of love Everything's not lost Amsterdam Prospekt's march/Poppyfields Death will never conquer Oh mighty Oracle if you read this, ask the band pretty please? :D

Yes, it's beyond our comprehension that people are capable of doing this. It's also beyond our comprehension that this is their belief, no matter how cruel it may seem. I'm not saying it's right, definately not right, but our relations with the countries in the middle east is already shaky enough as it is without all of us condemning them for it. Yes it moves by a "snail's pace", but it's the beginning. It's always slow in the beginning, when more people change their believes you will se a faster revolution than we have now.

haha why not, if I'm gonna eat dog sometime in life, now is the time ^^ yes I am, but not for much longer, moving back in less than a month hey thanks :)

Not taken with a very good camera, but I love this photo. My friend took it when we saw them in Stockholm, 22 august 2009. It's during the acoustic version of The Hardest Part - Postcards From Far Away. And we were like 5 meters away from him oooooh it was so good if the link is broken you can see the picture here http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6i3o-8YEyYg/SpcNuk_l-BI/AAAAAAAABTw/nGtlHnNmlmA/s1600-h/S5037682.JPG

true that... so to actually add something to the discussion, what do you think should be done to prevent these killings? personally I believe this is something that will take a long time to change, and it's not really up to us outsiders to be the one telling them that they have to change their ways. It's good that these stories are covered in the media, because it helps us to understand their culture better, and that's essential to improve our relations with them. But it's only them who can make things better, and I think that will happen eventually. I mean, from what I read these days it seems to be better than before; there are more people in the countries who object to this.

not my goal in life, but if I'm served one I'd eat it, yes

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Well as I said, I've heard that Volvo sold out, I'm not 100% sure they have. And what will happen with the swedish plants, if that's the case, no idea haha. My boss was joking about the idea of chinese bosses coming here and starting to argue with the union hahah oh, it would be a mess.. HAHA fortune cookies :laugh3: no but seriously, I'm guessing they'll move the production to China, step by step. I've already seen one Volvo factory here in Suzhou where I live. When we passed it I was like :shocked2:

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No but at the same time, for the people who read these news in the paper or watch it on the tv, the reaction is pretty much the same? I mean, a newspaper doesn't provide any real discussion either? These days, the best place for that is on an online forum I think. Maybe not the Coldplay forums though