ColdplayingfromKansas

Oh. My. God. This is . . . I don't even . . . WHY THE @#$% RIHANNA! GET OFF MY COLDPLAY ALBUM sdakglh;weaj

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. . . I really don't know what to think anymore. What's happened to our guys? Our beautiful, talented guys that created Clocks, Yellow, Fix You, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Death And All His Friends, The Scientist, Violet Hill, Shiver, Amsterdam, Talk, Don't Panic? I'm still going to support Coldplay through thick and thin, but . . . this is the first time I've ever said this: I'm worried about Mylo Xyloto. I will buy it, I will listen to it, I will drive my friends nuts about it . . . but what if, for the first time, it's my friends that are blasting them in their cars on the way home from school? These are friends who fill their iPods with Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, what does that say about Coldplay then? To be lumped in with them? I'm sorry, maybe I'm overreacting . . . but Rihanna would be at the very bottom of my list of collaborators for the guys to choose from (along with the likes of Britanny Spears and Ke$ha).

Erm . . . well, it's different from what I expected. I wish they would have stripped away some of the synths and just left Guy's bass and Chris' piano--because underneath everything they sound amazing. All of the synth stuff (especially during the chorus) just makes it seem rather . . . soulless. I honestly think that this song could have been so much better had they stripped away the synths completely. I have a friend who loves Owl City. He would love this song. And that's not what I've come to expect from Coldplay. I honestly expected there to be more lyrics than this . . . what lyrics there are aren't terrible, but there's far too little of them. Repeating the same verse multiple times does not count. I don't agree with the 'para-para-paradise' bit either, I hope Paradise and ETiaW are the only songs that use that. Chorus = missed opportunity. Enough said. Also, Jonny's guitar is featured far too little. Bring him out there, man! You have one of the best guitarists in the world! Use him! Now, on to the things I do like: Chris sounds amazing in this song (except for the chorus; it's so wrapped and layered in synths and he's in such a high register that it's a bit annoying) I love that he's singing in a lower octave in the beginning. Will sounds amazing on the backing vocals (as usual), and the full-band 'oh oh oh ooh's' never fail to make me smile. For some reason, I really, really love the 'lalala' bit :wacky: And despite what some people have said about including the 'every tear's a waterfall' lyric, I actually think it's a nice touch. It ties the songs together. It's far from the best lyric Coldplay has ever done, but it's a nice touch. I also like the line 'so she ran away in her sleep/And dreamed of paradise'. --- Overall I give it 6/10 I love that the guys are experimenting and trying new things with their fancy Eno-fiers and stuff, but I'm beginning to get worried that they've gone a little too far. It seems to me that they're focusing more on making what lyrics/instrument parts they have sound better by layering on synths instead of going back into the studio with just a microphone or acoustic guitar, or sitting down together and rewriting a stubborn lyric. With the exception of Major Minus and Moving to Mars, I haven't been impressed with anything Coldplay has done in this new era. I'm sorry that I have to say that because I really am that fan that would stick with them if they decided to write opera or country or something, but I'm afraid that they're losing the beauty and power of their lyrics and instrumental parts in favor of something that will appeal to the masses (and draw in more fans). I apologize for the long post. :)

Gotta go, guys :hug: . . . the next time you see me we'll have Paradise in our hands :awesome:

Fair enough :P . . . . :sneaky:

Yeah, I'm not staying up either, but buying it is going to be the first thing I do in the morning :P

DO EET. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. JUS DOO EEEEET.

^^ :sneaky: EDIT: YAY TYLER! :hug: Join us in the fangirling/fanboying!

But people are going to be talking about it all over the place :D

Excitement: so much of it, there is :as;dlgkhwefwd

tsk, tsk You're going to have to avoid the forums for a while :D Scratch that: you're going to have to avoid the internet for a while :awesome:

xD Nice timing, that!

Uhhh . . . 7 hours 18 minutes :D

:wacky: It's getting closerrrrrr!

7 1/2 hours to go! :D

The world is, without a doubt, better off without him. :nod:

Nnnnoooooooo! :P

Oh. We had the TV on all day today turned to the news, so we watched the memorial service. It was pretty sad, but thank goodness so many people got out of the Twin Towers alive. And thank God all of the victims can rest in peace now that that @$)&^#* Osama Bin Laden is gone. Sorry for my language, but he really was an evil, evil man.

Umm . . . I'd say Clocks is the 'most important' bassline he's done (and that one is pretty darn important :P ) But his basslines on Violet Hill, Cemeteries, and Major Minus are pretty awesome. And supposedly Up In Flames is bass-heavy :wacky:

:hug: Aww, why?

Oh gosh, I'm sorry if I offended you. It wasn't meant like that. :(

:hug: Paradise will make it all better!

*pieces of Taameen start raining down* OI! Watch out!

^ lol good luck, Tyler! :laugh4: