Mark

My god, that sax solo. <3

Viva was very Arcade Fire inspired, but it's still good in its right... I know what you mean though :)

Actually, I'm a perfectly alright person with opinions equally important as yourself; anyone who knew me outside the confines of an internet forum would tell you that. :sneaky: If you want to start a fight or insult me further though, feel free to private message me; public thread fighting looks a bit embarrassing to me and I don't want to look like a character from a soap opera, sorry.

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He's 44, he's not that young. Doesn't mean he doesn't look bloody marvellous for his age.

I don't think it's worth getting hormonal over, but I just think they overuse the same sound; they've actually used different drum sounds and experimented with bass tones - oh and they've done a duet - and actually, I'm struggling to think of any good band who use acoustic in the "bulk" of their material. I think I've been fair and stated everything as opinion, I'm sorry you don't agree with it, but there's no need to get all sarky. Politeness doesn't cost anything.

Okay, few questions. Why do they have to limit themselves to being a "soft rock" band? How many soft rock bands are actually any good, other than Coldplay? How many bands are using the same sounds six albums in, regardless of their genre? And why is such a bad thing to not want an instrument? There are literally thousands of alternatives to the acoustic sounds they've used for over a decade. As I said, why define your sound by that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Radiohead

(And then you pick three more for the next poster)

Pretty obvious as a game, it was featured in Gavin and Stacey. Just pick three people and the next poster answers which they'd do. So if the previous poster chose Barack Obama, Chris Rock and Robert Downey Jr... I'd say I'd marry Obama cause he's cool and loaded, go round the world with Chris because he's a laugh, and push Downey off the cliff. So the next three I choose are: David Beckham Jennifer Lawrence Will Champion

I'm Bored by Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Which song describes your sex life?

Are we only getting one song for each? I want Zane Lowe DJing at my funeral, playing One Step Beyond by Madness.

Am I the only one that would facepalm if they released more acoustic stuff? :confused: Us Against the World, Up In Flames, UFO, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Cemeteries of London, Green Eyes, The Scientist, A Message and most of Parachutes use the typical acoustic/pianoey Coldplay sound, and how many more Coldplay songs use acoustic guitars in other ways? Hurts Like Heaven, Yellow, Yes, Major Minus, Life in Technicolor, Charlie Brown, Up With the Birds, and don't get me started on which songs use acoustic guitars live. I really want something different. I'm fed up of the same acoustic guitar sound on every album, as if that's what defines the band. And working with Mumford and Sons would just be like prolonging the cliche :\

Each to their own :) This is the kind of thing I was thinking would be cool, especially if they're gonna do a concept again: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-ijw3M1rY]Gorillaz live performance at Jonathan Ross (On Melancholy Hill & Clint Eastwood ) - YouTube[/ame]

Oh, I do remixes and now have a Tumblr for dem.

Also, on a sort of related note, the visuals (wristbands aside) for the next tour need to get better; the screens behind the band are terrible. I'd rather see a colour screen a la Speed of Sound. But if they actually recorded videos of people playing extra instruments such as strings or synths to play behind them - like they had the video of them playing the strings to Viva - that would compensate for not having a live band. When Gorillaz toured Plastic Beach, the visuals were amazing, an interesting video for every song. They should hook up with a director or animator.

To hire an orchestra for b-sides would be a bit... extravagant :lol: I'd like them to do a gig with an orchestra + choir, like Elbow did at Abbey Road. You could have Politik (Grammy version), Paradise, Viva La Vida and 42 that all use strings, but then think how everything else would sound? Not only would all the big ones (Viva, Paradise, Fix You espesh) benefit from a choir, a couple of X&Y could really do with strings and horn sections instead of those grey synths; I'm thinking White Shadows and What If would sound a lot more human. Strawberry Swing and Lovers in Japan could sound really nice with stripped-back pizzicato and then could you imagine Clocks stripped back with handclaps and bass, and the riff done on a harp? This needs to happen. I would love it though if LP6 use more orchestral sounds, expanded on the colourful palette of MX and also used all sorts of lovely guitar tones, percussions and bass sounds... with a constant string section throughout the album, it would sound like the score to a movie, or a Coldplay opera. Difficult to do on tour, but hey, they play enough prerecorded stuff live as it is, and why not take a string quartet with you? And if they decided on some more Eno-esque interludes, there are plenty of ways to do these with so many instruments.

Thanks!

This sounds brilliant and I can't wait. <3

I agree that Mumfords would be a nightmare, they're too dull. At least Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kylie have all given Coldplay something really different. Mumfords wouldn't add anything, it's just an excuse for Coldplay to go backwards. Green Day, now that would be a collaboration :sneaky:

Noel Gallagher could work actually… But other than that, I'm gonna say Jamie XX or the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Like how I've remained nameless, really polite that. I wasn't talking about any band in particular, hence why I said "any band", and I was politely pointing out two simple things to remember whilst looking forward to Coldplay's new album; two things I wasn't sure Til Kingdom Come had noticed, but maybe had. Let's open up another question: If Coldplay were to feature any guests on LP6; a) who would you like to see? b) who would you bet they'd get?

I had this for my dinner and it was amazing.

I did another rap battle, Matt Bellamy vs Justin Timberlake. Matt: My name’s Matt B to the ellamy, maybe, you hearda me? Maybe you’re my enemy, baby, ‘cause I start uprisings against corrupt regimes, yet I’m a knight of Cydonia in teenage dreams. I’m a rock legend, the heir to Freddie Mercury, use Leeds fucking Festival for album anniversaries; you’ve heard the 2nd Law, now let me give you number 3: thou shalt not fuck with Matt Bellamy. Justin: There’s something about you. The way you’re looking at me or whatever. Better be scared now. You look a bit like a crow... Oh, cry me a river, you big fucking girl, you’re famous in Devon, I’m big ‘round the world, and whilst you bang on about aliens and war crimes, I’m bringing sexy back, for a second time. You think you’re cool? I’ve actually got friends in the ghetto, and don’t get me started on why my falsetto, kicks your little squeal into the ground; it’s true what they say, what goes around comes around. Matt: Ha! Is that the best you’ve got to hit me? You’re messing with a Supermassive star, not Britney; you moaned about her on your album with pride, and then you have the cheek to call it, “Justified”? It’s not “sexy” you brought back, it’s “sleazy and dirty”; Timbaland’s not ghetto, he’s a fat Eddie Murphy, your music was shit so you went to make movies, but you’re more Lindsey Lohan than George fucking Clooney. Justin: I was in movies that people wanted to see, I bet you only watch X Files and the news on TV; you sound like you’re in pain when you sing, and why the fuck would anyone call their son Bing? I’d make jokes about Muse, but your songs sound the same, your red suit is lame, and it’s really a shame, you think people see you as original, invincible: you’re pitiful, an imbecile and clinically insane.

You ended the Green Day discussion so I won't reply your points and open it up again but just a couple of things: 1. Chart positions are not a measure of quality. 2. If music has no ambition, there's nothing to drive it forward and nothing to excite fans. Just two points to remember when looking forward to any band's new album.