Cleggy

God it's not very good is it? I wasn't expecting much and I'm still disappointed. There's no flow to it, no standout tracks. A lot of the blame rests on Stargate's (over) production but even without them it would be pretty unsalvageable, the songs just aren't there. Up&Up sounds excellent live but on the album it seems that a lot of bizarre choices were made with the production. I think making an album only a year after Ghost Stories was a mistake. It's a bit of a mess really. The absolute travesty that is X Marks the Spot sums up everything that's gone wrong here.

I'd say it's a given that they'll play Magic on Monday considering it's their first single. I'm calling it now and saying that the live recording of it will be one of the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition. Midnight will probably make an appearance too, but that might be a little harder to perform live so it might sound different. Apart from that it's anyone's guess whether they'll play any other songs from the album.

It all likelihood those bonus tracks will be remixes of tracks on the album or live performances. That's what other bands tend to do. I really doubt that they'll be 3 completely new songs just as part of an exclusive deal. The chances of that are very slim.

I very much doubt that the video is official. The pitch of the song has been increased slightly on the video, presumably to avoid YouTube's software for detecting copyrighted material. Try comparing it to the original album recording and you'll see what I mean. It's fake I'd say.

Wait, why is Lovers in Japan mentioned in the review? I was under the impression that it's not on the film. Unless of course the reviewer hasn't actually seen the film but wrote a review anyway to beat other websites to the first review.

I don't understand where everybody got the idea that DLIBYH and The Scientist won't be on the DVD and Blu-Ray. They ARE on the film and that's where those vids came from. Furthermore, the Blu-Ray and DVD versions are absolutely identical except for the picture quality. The film has the standard MX Tour setlist but with Lovers In Japan, Warning Sign and Speed of Sound removed.

I doubt that they will leave off any songs, that setlist hasn't been confirmed by Coldplay or EMI yet so for now I'm assuming it's a full concert on the DVD and a select few songs on the CD like they did with Live 2003. Also, if I recall correctly the band were asking for fan-footage of their performances of Us Against the World and Speed of Sound to go on the film, so I expect that Speed of Sound will be on there.

Wow, that looks fucking incredible. I hope Channel 4 don't plaster the coverage with ads too much like they did in the opening ceremony. I really don't want to miss anything good.

Wow, Chris has absolutely no idea how to play Amsterdam. He did something identical on the Viva tour too. I hope it'll make a comeback though.

I really hope they don't work with this untalented piece of shit. Although Chris' 'we'll work with anybody' quote has me worried.

I have doubts that they'll 'go back to their roots' on the next LP. They originally planned LP5 to be an acoustic album but it turned out to be the complete opposite because the songs they found themselves writing ended up big and loud rather than acoustic. It's incredibly difficult to write a song exactly how you want it and there's a good chance that on the next album the songs that they write won't fit in with what they originally wanted. It'd be nice for them to make an album with a similar sound to the older albums but I can't really see it happening since they seem to have very little interest in their old sound.

That's beautiful. I love your voice.

It's very cinematic. It's a hell of a lot better than what it could have been, i.e Rihanna dancing suggestively in a club like 90% of her other videos. I think it's very well made.

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Wow, they fucked up Princess of China and then when they replayed it Chris forgot the lyrics. It'll be interesting to see how it'll turn out on the DVD. I guess they could put an edit together by using the first play of the song up until the part where Rihanna comes in, then use the second playing of the song for when Rihanna comes in. That way, Chris sings the correct lyrics and Rihanna comes in at the right time. Or maybe they'll film Princess of China at another Emirates show and use that for the DVD instead.