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It's an OK song, and suitable for the Olympics. It didn't suprise me much. Not great, not bad. :shrug:

^Awesome :dance: Thanks everyone. It's great to come here and read your stories.

Jonny's face :dazzled: Do I see The Necklace. :dozey: And his T-shirt is stained.

:lol: Poor Chris and his... does he call them 'outfits'?

Are you guys there yet? In Chris's arms I mean. Don't forget to send us a postcard! I've asked the Oracle. (Not that she will answer.)

I tried not to smile at this because I'm in a bad mood but I smiled anyway :bigcry:

I've asked this before but, does anyone know the story behind this necklace? Does it have a story? What is it? I JUST WANT TO KNOW OK :angry: It seems to be old but I'm sure he wore it at least once during the Viva era too... And didn't he wear it in the interview from a few weeks ago? The one where you can see Jonny's butt (just to make sure everyone knows which I'm talking about). Edit: how selfish of me just to ask a stupid question. I should post some pictures.

Read this today. It grabbed me and truly touched my soul. I feel like I want to talk to this guy.

I think for some people, or many people, it's easier to hate on something they're disappointed with than to take it as it is, like lafinion said, and just 'like it less' than an artist's previous work. I'm not saying that's wrong - I understand it, but I do think they can get carried away in their hate. Obviously this guy felt like he needed to write it down, not because he's like 'look how stupid they are lollooolll' but because deep down, he's hurt and feels nostalgic. (Yes I'm being melodramatic, but I'm also right.) Like Lauriane said, he has all the right in the world to post it online, even if the article is childish. It's up to us if we choose to read it/post it somewhere else/comment on a forum. Personally I'm disappointed more than I am happy with Mylo Xyloto and it took me a while to accept it. Sometimes it hits me how great they used to be compared to now and I feel like laughing at them for choosing the obvious direction (which also is a way to hide my musical pain, because yes, it can actually hurt). On the other hand, live concerts are arguably more important than the music itself and Coldplay are at the top of their game right now, which is why I'm still an obsessed fan. That and I like Paradise. /Spending a Sunday afternoon overthinking things.

From what I've heard and seen it's Will, yes. One thing I'd like to say is I've always loved Chris's timing when he sings. Slightly behind the beat, so it sounds relaxed, but not too much like Bono. I think that's pure talent. I'd still like him to get out of his comfort zone, do something different and genius. I know he can do it. Jonny might be too shy to show what else he can do. I think that man has more skills than he knows. I don't know about Guy. Guy is too cool to see through. :nod:

I got this a few times too. :shrug: Click!

Oh yes yes, I second that. Guus Meeuwis is selling his place, you should take a look!

Have a great time everyone!

^Thats OK Tash. I thought so too, at first.

Yay, new interview to read. I like that. :nod: Another day in paradise WHEN he formed Coldplay, Chris Martin wanted to be known but not necessarily famous. Famous was for better-looking or faster-talking, more tabloid-ready types such as Bono of U2, the Gallaghers in Oasis or those hip-hop stars who seemed built for it. Not for someone who even today, as a 35-year-old man, declares to me that ''we feel so grateful and happy to have our job and when lots of people are there we feel even more grateful and even more happy''. Yes, he has that self-deprecating thing down but it's hard to see the disingenuousness. Twelve years ago he was already saying of the four men in Coldplay: ''As albatrosses go, I suppose it's a minor one, but it does get a bit tiring reading that we are such nice, humble chaps all the time,'' but he's never really provided a reason to think otherwise. He wanted to get the girl but never seriously entertained any notion of getting one of the most recognisable girls in the world, as he did in 2003 with his wife, actor Gwyneth Paltrow. After all, he was a virgin at 22 and once explained the limited ambitions at the beginning of his career, only semi-jokingly, as ''basically, we set out with two goals: to either make it big in America or sleep with the sisters from the Corrs''. He wanted his band to be pretty big but not necessarily massive. They weren't afraid of success or doubting they could do it - ''I sometimes think people don't appreciate just how actually good we think we are. We are good,'' Martin said after their first album, Parachutes - but they saw themselves as quite properly in the shadow of U2, R.E.M. and Jay-Z. As drummer Will Champion said a few years back, his frontman ''requires a lot of reassurance'' and readily admits to taking lessons in fame-craft from the egos who walk, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Yet for all that, Martin and Coldplay are well past famous and one of the biggest bands in the world. The kind of famous that comes with 55 million albums sold, seven Grammys, three times best British band at the Brit Awards and concerts now being staged in football stadiums to accommodate the widescreen songs of last year's Mylo Xyloto album. Famous enough to be publicly pilloried as a matter of course by some critics and many an online blogger. The kind of abuse that had a slightly bruised but apparently genuine Martin asking a journalist last year, ''Do you think it's normal for big artists to have haters and ups and downs?'' I tell him that I've occasionally found commentary about me online that is pretty confronting and I'm only known by about five people, not 55 million. How does he deal with it? ''I think it's to do with the power of your own conviction,'' Martin says. ''You know deep down if what you've done is to the best of your ability and if it is then you can't worry. But I was most worried about what anyone thought around [the 2005 album] X&Y and that was because deep down I wasn't completely satisfied with it. Since then, if someone says, 'You know, that song Paradise is f---ing awful,' I don't necessarily ask that person out to dinner but I don't really mind that they feel that way because I did my best on it and I like it.'' The downsides of fame and a public profile get plenty of airings these days, even if they get little sympathy. But we don't often hear about what's good about being someone who is able to dream a show and then make that show, who can befriend the kind of powerful people the rest of us would never meet on equal terms. ''You're right, everyone focuses on the negatives. I spend most of the day at the moment feeling incredibly grateful and blessed. I've had things given to me, talent or whatever and opportunities that are so jammy, that are so unlikely to happen to a person and the only way to deal with it is to work as hard as possible. But what's it like? It's f---ing awesome. ''But you can very easily become infected by the minority negative opinion. I was talking to my dad yesterday about Manchester United, the most popular soccer team in the world, and when they show up in West Ham, they get booed. I was thinking, well, it's the same for us. But when everybody is singing Paradise [at shows] at the moment it makes me feel so alive and happy. I can't explain it really, it's hyperreal.'' In the real world, are there limits for them, musically? ''I think for the most part there isn't anything we're not allowed to do. There comes a point where you just accept that whatever you do someone will like or hate it so it's extremely liberating. We are incredibly blessed that we are, 12 years in, allowed to make whatever we want to make. That's extraordinary. Even in the film world you can't do that. Only a few people can do that.'' So there isn't an end to this band just yet? ''No. There might be an end to our popularity but I think there won't be an end to our teamness or gangship, camaraderie. We love each other,'' Martin says unabashedly. ''Also I'm always looking at Kanye West and he's moving so fast and doing such amazing work that I want to keep chasing him for a while. I don't want to give up just yet.'' link There's a redux version of this article, which is longer and well worth reading too.

Beautiful house! :stunned: I would not mind living there. (With Chris, preferably. Thanks.)

^Same here :)

Clean shaved Guy. :surprised: (Btw, I really love your sig. Parachutes :dazzled:)

Yay Tumblr! Such a dreamy place. This! The panic is funny though. :lol:

Exciting! :awesome:

Awww that's so cute. :wacky: You're talented!

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Just wondering if/when there will be a final round? (Or did I miss it?)