ColdplayingfromKansas

Bones, sinking like stones All that we fought for

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I could see that happening :nod:

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:awesome: I'm only . . . about 1,800 posts behind you :P

:shrug: I guess everyone views it differently

Easy, guys. This is just speculation, no need to get worked up :nice: And yes, all of the individual songs on Viva told their own story, but they also added to the overall story of the entire album/era which was basically life, death, and the choices we make because of it (i.e. war as in Violet Hill or love/lust in Yes). So while they certainly didn't make a straightforward story with a traditional plotline or something, the way the songs interact with each other suggests that they are all part of something bigger (the album as a whole).

That's a very good metaphor for what it is we're trying to do :nod:

^ ^ I think it's an awesome song (synth scream, anyone? :awesome:) but it seems too . . . different from the other songs we've heard so far from this era. To me it doesn't have any underlying themes of rebellion (oh wait . . . lightbulb turning on here: maybe PoC deals with rebelling against an arranged marriage or something?). It almost sounds like it's from the Vive era. :shrug:

Dangit. I wish I was a multi-billionaire. I would totally do this. :nod:

No problem :nice: (thanks for the picture, Kyle. I knew we had one somewhere :hug:)

*arrives* GO TAAMEEN GO!!! :dance:

^ Um . . . No offence or anything, but they told a story with Viva :P

^ What did you think of Violet Hill, then? :P

^ But what makes that even more confusing is that Chris said that Up In Flames was 'the song they were missing' to complete MX (written at the last moment, like Clocks) so it seems too important to be a b-side. :shrug:

:lol: See, this is why I love Coldplay :D

Three different routes? So . . . it's either going to be happy, depressing, or . . . bittersweet? :confused:

Whoa. EPIC first post, dude.

^ You know, I've always thought that 'Sex and Violence' was actually called 'Sea O' Violence' I think we first saw it written on the piano on the 60 Minutes interview, and to me it looks more like 'Sea O' Violence' :shrug: Sorry, off-topic. Just thought I'd put that out there.

I'm such a huge optimist :awesome: Plus, ETiaW has mentioned to be the final track several times--although it seems that the guys are having quite a bit of trouble figuring out the tracklisting, even at this point in time.

Hmm . . . I see it as maybe the final track--summarizing all of the events that happened. Their resistance movement was successful and the government was overthrown but in the process of a very long, very bloody war, their country was destroyed and is now unfit to live in so they're being moved as refugees to another country (or planet, I suppose :P) EDIT: Actually, I think the story of the entire album could rest on what the final track is. If they choose ETiaW then the ending was happy (perhaps a bit bittersweet) but if it's MtM then the ending is a great deal darker and less joyful. I'm very interested to see which route the guys take.

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