Forty Two

Found this old ass article with Ken Nelson. Someone's prolly posted this before a while ago, but I thought this was very interesting. Especially the bit where it said that Chris recorded the vocals for Shiver in one take. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/ken.htm

Yeah, you are ABSOLUTELY right. I've noticed the same thing and it kinda made me feel like shit. But as a musician, I can tell you that you kinda feel lame when you're just standing on stage and not doing anything. Jonny is an awkward guy, so he can't just stand around during songs which is why he goes to the small keyboard. But I think they fake play instruments just make the band seem more engaging. I mean, most people won't realize that they're fake playing the instruments. I've seen videos in which you could tell that Will isn't really playing the bell during the chorus of Viva La Vida. Other than that, I also feel like Chris doesn't really play the post chorus of Viva La Vida on that small keyboard, Will doesn't really play the xylophone during Mylo Xyloto and the list goes on. But here's the deal. Coldplay is the best live act in the world in my opinion, hands down and that's because every aspect of their performances is perfect. They use a backtrack on almost all of their songs to make them sound as close as they can to the studio version of their respective song. Perhaps that's because years back, Michael Stipe told Chris to play Coldplay's songs the way they're recorded because that's what people are coming to see them for (which was good advice in my opinion). But almost all of the synth parts in their songs are backtracks, because if you think about it, there's only so much the boys can play on stage. SO ALL IN ALL, and I'm sorry for rambling: I think that it's okay for Coldplay to use backtracks and fake play instruments because if they didn't then their performances wouldn't be as great as they are.

This is amazing. Thank you so much. As a musician and huge Coldplay fan it's always awesome to hear about the creative process the band goes through to write the songs.

I want one! :) Tepu Khan/ Florida, USA. (PS. I might be going to the Miami show, if I do, I'll do my best to return/give my xyloband if I get one at the show)

WTH? Car Kids is that old of a song? It's good to know that they actually considered to take a Viva era song and put it into the MX era.

Coldplay wrote Car Kids for Bill and Ted.

Going!

Going!

I REMEMBER NOW! It was on Ellen. THANKS! You're the best.

So, I remember that there was a recent interview where Chris said something about him meeting Jonny in college and then he said something about how Jonny just used to sit around and stare at people and play guitar. I remember it being very funny, but I can't remember which interview it was. Please help me find it! Thanks.

It's a good move on their part to re-release Christmas Lights I think.

Tough tough tough.

It'd be weird if the boys weren't in any of the skits. So excited for this.

BEST CHRIS INTERVIEW EVER. I love how he talked about songwriting and all.

Anyone remember this? R42 posted this in a blog a while back. I was pretty certain since then that this is how the stage would look like. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ej90l3&s=5

Haha, my question still remains unanswered.

Does anyone know how much Coldplay got paid to sign a 5 record deal with Parlophone? I've always been very curious.

I think the reason why Wedding Bells didn't make the cut is because the chords from the song were used for UFO. Watch this video: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJB3t8O3wiY]Coldplay - Chris Marting singing Wedding Bells (unreleased/unfinished new song) - YouTube[/ame] and compare the guitar chords in the video and the beginning of UFO, you'll see what I mean. I love how Coldplay recycles songs. :D

I don't understand how they could leak POC, but not the rest of the album.

I WANTTTTT MYLOOOOOOOOO!!!!

MY SPEAKERS BLEW OUT BECAUSE OF THIS BITCH!

Love it!!! Rihanna sounds great!

I think this whole leak thing is getting to me. I'm currently listening to Kelly Clarkson's leaks. I don't listen to Kelly Clarkson. But like I said, this leak thing is getting to me.

Upload it on to Dropbox.com and send us a link, that's if you have it.

At first I was like... rude... But then I remembered her twitter post that went like... "Okay, so who do I have to bang to get a copy of Coldplay's new album."