ColdplayingfromKansas

Agreed on both points. I listen to the instrumental sometimes when I'm running . . . just can't bring myself to listen to the album version.

I'm heading to Walmart after class! I've preordered from iTunes but I gotta have that physical copy man

Honestly it would probably just be one big ba-BOOM as it explodes from the terribleness :P

Confession: I really like Hymn for a Weekend. I feel like this is going to be one of those albums that sounds better live (just going off the performance of Up&UP and the recent one of Everglow at Belasco Theatre). I've gone from thinking this album was going to be very meh to actually thinking it might overtake Parachutes in my #4 spot (can I say that here? Do I need to go listen to X Marks the Spot 10 times in a row as pennance? :P )

Awesome! I was hoping they weren't gone forever

I've had this version on repeat for a good hour and a half now :wacky: EDIT: The old emoticons are gone now?! nnnooooooo

^ The singalong bit sounds a little . . . tinny? I don't know how to describe it. Better than the leak though (unless this is just the placebo effect of seeing it posted somewhere official and subconsciously deciding it sounds better? Have I just ruined it for myself?)

*waves cane in the air* Get off our lawn you crazy kids! ---- Have I posted this before? I feel like I've posted this before, but the ending is just the most perfect thing I've ever heard :dazzled: [video=youtube;IYbEBSjYv5k]

WHAT ABOUT THE BLUE ROOM EP?! :o

Yeah but now no one's left to buy them when AHFoD drops :P

I agree with AMD. It's kind of odd, because every single album that Coldplay has ever done has had that "big" hit (ARoBttH had, like, three :lol: ), but AHFoD doesn't really seem to have one that immediately stands out like Yellow, Viva la Vida, Fix You, etc. I imagine it will wind up being HFtW? If Everglow segued into a bigger sound at the end I could have seen it being that one, but it stays too quiet in my opinion to really work as a big hit.

^^I turned the volume way up before I played it thinking it was going to be as quiet at the leak version and it almost blew my eardrums out :lol: Granted, that is Jonny's solo that's playing, and his was the louder of the two anyway. I'm still kind of worried about Noel's, but that clip just alleviated some of my fears

Oh man the video they just posted of the vinyl has Up&Up soundtracking and IT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE LEAK WTF Are the rest of the songs going to sound better too? :wideeyed:

If I did truly miss the point, then I apologize, but you also have to consider that none of us are listening to AHFoD in a vacuum. We've all heard Coldplay's previous works. If the band had changed its member lineup or taken a long hiatus or told us that from now on they were going to be a punk band, then it would be easier to avoid comparing their new works with their old ones. I don't know if this was intentional or not, but the way I've read your post it sounds like you're implying that I want to dislike all the new material the band puts out. This isn't meant to sound inflammatory, but really, truly that's not what I want. I wish I could love their new material as much as I love their old stuff. I want to be able to feel that magic again. I'm happy for everyone that is able to do that, but for some unknown reason, my tastes just don't align with theirs. I also don't want them to make ARoBttH 2.0. Believe it or not, I do like that the band is evolving (that evolution gave me my all-time favorite album), but for the past few albums, the direction of their evolution just hasn't fit my taste as well as their previous ones. Obviously, the things on which we judge music that we like are different. That's okay. I'm sincerely glad that you like their new output; I like it too, just not quite as much as their old :P EDIT: Why do I only post these sorts of things late at night or early in the morning . . .

It seems I'm in the minority here with this one, but that's okay :P Also disclaimer: I've never been a huge fan of Yellow but I'll try and clarify what I meant in my last post in relation to this one. Coldplay have always been about making the simple beautiful. They don't generally use any wacky time signatures, or attempt to create really complex guitar riffs or drumbeats, and even the chord progressions of their most famous songs like Clocks or The Scientist are very simple to pick up. Now, a lot of other artists rely on the simple to make their songs as well. For instance, whatever your opinion of contemporary Top 40 pop songs may be, you can't deny that a lot of them revolve around very basic melodies, chord structures, etc. I remember playing songs like "California Girls" and "Down" in high school pep band. That's okay. They're meant to be catchy, and the simple structure works for them. For me, Coldplay have never been about simply being "catchy." It's the simple things that form the heart of their songs, yes, but there are so many really subtle little things that are added in to their old songs that just elevate them to the next level. Yellow uses an unusual tuning, The Scientist takes the most emotionally derived feeling possible and talks about it in terms of "numbers and figures," one of the most emotionally detached processes we're capable of perceiving. Songs like Low and Viva la Vida take really downtrodden, negative lyrics and pair them with some of the most fast-paced, driving melodies in Coldplay's discography. Yes takes strings, normally used to evoke emotions of sadness or triumph or softness, and weaves them in a way that just bleeds lust and darkness. Some songs, like Cemeteries of London or Daylight or Spies or White Shadows don't give anything away, and you're left with 101 guesses as to what they could be about. Very, very few other artists do these things. For me, that's the genius of their old works. Sometimes you need the lyrics to understand what's happening, sometimes you need the melodies, sometimes you get both together and you still can't make up your mind as to what the song could be about. Are there duds among their old songs? Of course. I fully admit that I don't think Yellow is all that insightful (if you all want to murder me in a back alley for saying that, that's cool, just tell my family I love them :P ). In their "newer" songs, there are no weird tunings, no really clever lyrical inversions or extended metaphors. We don't have any Yes songs that change the way we think of certain instruments or any White Shadows where I can't even begin to guess what the song is about. We still get the simple underbelly of the songs, but there is no longer any "weird" things that set them apart from the other artists that do simple songs. Now, those subtle little things they do to set themselves apart are things like random little electronic sounds at certain points, vocodor effects on Chris's voice, filters on various instruments, "oooohs," "fake" drums, etc. I have nothing against these things, but the problem is that there are a lot of other artists that use these particular tricks. They've replaced Coldplay's old habits that I mentioned above (that were more unique) and left us without something integral. In the eyes of "Oldplayers," it makes them seem somewhat uninspired. As Coldplay have evolved, some of those very basic things always stayed the same--it's what gave them their sound that we all love--but now I fear those things are fading. Just to clarify: It is absolutely 100% okay if you think this is a bunch of bs. Some people like straightforward lyrics and that glossy shine that makes a song sound so complete and perfect. One of the great things about these forums is that we all have very different opinions and don't just blindly say that "this Coldplay song is good because it's on ARoBttH" or "this Coldplay song is bad because it's on Ghost Stories" (or even worse "this song is good because Coldplay made it"). There's always been some confusion as to why us Oldplayers prefer the older albums, and I'm simply trying to explain why I think that might be. Also I have class tomorrow and it's getting late here. I will attempt to answer whatever you guys throw at me tomorrow. :P Now, go on and tear me apart. I don't care if you do (oohooohooh) :nice:

Err . . . one of the major differences between AHFoD / Amazing day and the "Oldplay masterpieces" is the quality of the lyrics. The melodies, riffs, etc. are still great, but the rest of the components needed to make a "masterpiece" have been hit-and-miss (at least for me). Plus, it's not like us Oldplayers don't enjoy some of the songs put out after Viva: Major Minus, Up With the Birds, Moving to Mars, Midnight, etc. You are right in that it's all just different eras, but the bias had to start with something, and for a lot of us Coldplay haven't done anything spectacular enough since Viva to put our minds at peace. For MX and GS it was the lyrics, and now for AHFoD it's iffy production choices and an odd flow :shrug: . . . But I also think that the terms "Oldplayer" and "Newplayer" have created a pretty big divide in the forums and that everyone will continue to go back and forth until kingdom come :P

Agreed. I continue finding so many different things that I don't like or that weren't done well, but I'm still managing to enjoy AHFoD far more than I ever did MX or GS. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe the lyrics have subtly improved or something? It's no Viva, but I haven't liked a Coldplay album this much since that one

I'm convinced that one of these days Chris is going to break something (either one of his own body parts or a piece of equipment or something) jumping around on stage like he does. It's entertaining as heck, but the entire time I'm like "Chris no. Chris no, you're going to kill yourself." Maybe once that happens we'll start getting more mellow songs :P

:lol: From that point onward I literally just started saying "what the hell" under my breath over and over again until the song ended

What. He actually said that? jfc I could write a thesis over all the things wrong with that song. All hope is lost . . . And what really makes me sad is that underneath all the random production crap, there are a few songs that could have been really decent, or even pretty darn good in the case of Up&Up. I've said this probably a half-dozen times since listening to the album, but who ever thought it was a good idea to muffle Noel's solo?

Hey now, there are some pretty good lines on this album--better than anything on MX or GS :P "I'm a dream that died by light of day" and that line in AHFoD about the light streaming in (can't remember the exact wording) are my favorites so far. I was hoping we would get the lyrics from the UAtW TIDAL performance, but no luck there :disappointed:

^ Chasing Yesterday from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds has been my favorite so far. Great, great album. "Freaky Teeth" and "Ballad of the Mighty" made my all-time favorites list. AHFoD is really gonna have to wow me on Friday to beat it! What do we think of our chances for getting some b-sides or an EP for this era? :P

^ Good question (I would like to know myself!) It's kind of hard to pin down because the guys never did any recordings for a live DVD like they did with ARoBttH, X&Y, MX, GS. Maybe the show where they recorded the Lost! music video? Or Melbourne 2009? EDIT: Poster below me says Tokyo. I think that's the one I was trying to think of :nod:

I find it really funny that almost every single person on this forum just instantly decided that X Marks the Spot is the worst song Coldplay has ever done :lol:

You can do it! :D I know /r/Coldplay is doing the 7 albums, 7 days thing. Maybe give that a shot to distract yourself?