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"So lying underneath the stormy skies She'd say oh, I know the sun will set tonight"

I Want it That Way and Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely are two of the best pop songs of all time. Sue me.

Incomplete's a pretty good song, actually.

IN THE NIGHT THE STORMY NIGHT AWAY SHE FLIED

IN THE NIGHT THE STORMY NIGHT AWAY SHE FLIED :laugh3:

:nod: Sorry to break it to you, but Fix You is not deep. I mean I love the song, but it deep it ain't. XD A Rush of Blood to the Head, on the other hand...

:nod: Exactly. :nod:

Fix You is a deep song? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I like it. Sue me.

That's more like it.

Double post. :embarrassed:

Bad comparison, because both of those albums were equally sucky.

Slightly? :laugh3:

:lol::lol::lol:

:nod:

Haha I love the Beatles but I've always considered them a tad overrated as musicians/songwriters. I appreciate the influence they had on popular music and culture, but most of their songs just aren't my favorite. :\ Except Come Together. Best song ever.

:nod: Who's your favorite band?

It's a cool concept, whether or not it's what Coldplay had in mind. I could see the first half being told just when the protagonist is joining up with the well-meaning gang (the Car Kids?). The second half would be about the governmental backlash against the gang, possibly years later.

No, I get the point. It's just that I disagree. Just because Car Kids has the word "Kids" in it, it doesn't mean that it's a song aimed at children. Obviously, people have different opinions about what is cheesy and what is not...and personally, I think that Car Kids is (objectively and relatively) a good title. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall is (objectively and relatively) not. That said, I actually really enjoy Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. :P I thought the same thing. Probably has to do with Win Butler's obsession with words "car" and "kids." :P

Of course it's subjective. When I say something is terrible, I just mean I PERSONALLY think that it is objectively (and relatively) so. For the record, I think that every single song you mentioned with lyrics about "feelings" DO have lyrics that are objectively (and relatively) not good. By not good, I mean uncreative, stuffed-with-cliches, etc. I enjoy and relate to lyrics that are more abstact, more thought-provoking, and more unique than "My song is love," "What if you should decide that you don't want me there in your life," and "When you love someone but it goes to waste, what could be worse?" Cheesy is fun to an extent, but I don't think it should be hailed as genius. Musically, X&Y has some great songs (Low, Twisted Logic, White Shadows, Fix You), but the lyrics are (to me) too trite to be taken seriously. Some of the arrangements are a tad overblown as well. On a somewhat related - if contrary - note, I think Speed of Sound has some pretty good lyrics, arguably some of Mr. Martin's best.

And "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" doesn't? :dozey:

Who gives a :censored: where Coldplay are right at this moment? I think we Americans have it right...discussing the music rather than drooling over and stalking the band members 24/7 (not that Americans DON'T do that. :rolleyes:) And I'm glad Moving to Mars isn't on MX. It's a pretty good song, but from what we've heard so far, it doesn't really fit in with the story/concept of the album.

You forgot Violet Hill. 7 - 8 - 9. I'm nearly positive that Hurts Like Heaven won't be a single. Here's my guess. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Paradise Charlie Brown Princess of China Not sure about Up in Flames. It's being compared to See You Soon in it's beautiful simplicity, which is great, but it's not exactly single material.

But they AREN'T the best band in the world. :laugh3: I love Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head and Viva la Vida (and little bits of X&Y), and as a band I love 'em to death. But it's alright to not like EVERYTHING they do. I AM disappointed that Every Teardrop is a Waterfall is on the album, I don't really like the new style (mainly that bubble font), and Car Kids would have been an awesome song title... ...but I'm still majorly stoked for the album and I'm sure I'll love it.

I'm actually glad I heard the live version of Major Minus first. :D