James.

I agree with the whole longer songs thing. Like mrkjhnwht, some of my favourite songs are over 5 minutes. Songs like Talk, The Scientist and Politik are just over 5 minutes and make every second of that as good as possible. And I agree that some songs drag on a bit. In my opinion, Low, Warning Sign and Gravity are good songs but could be improved by being a bit shorter. However, there are also songs which suffer from being too short. Up in Flames, Cemeteries of London and Violet Hill are examples of songs I really wish were longer. Basically this:

I'd have to say Damon Albarn of Blur. I love Coldplay but I don't think I like any one member more than the others.

I was at a Blur concert a little while ago and as we were waiting for it to start, my friends and I started talking about what music we liked. I said that I liked Coldplay, and one of my friends said her dad had been to a Coldplay concert recently and got given a light-up wristband which mysteriously started flashing in the middle of the night. I had to pretend that I didn't know what she was talking about otherwise people might have thought I was an obsessed fan :laugh3:

Maybe Shiver? This sounds like the kind of question that The Oracle usually answers as part of Team Oracle Fridays. Have you tried asking the Oracle for help? (on coldplay.com)

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:no: Only in Antarctica though. The rest of the world must wait another 3 years to hear it :(

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It's a picture of Chris throwing all the people who keep asking about Car Kids into a big hole.

You know, there is an actual album called "Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur" which is actually a good collection of some of their best songs. But I think it's more fun the way we're doing it :P

As Coeurli said, I'm pretty sure Chris has enough common sense not to swear live on TV in front of thousands of people :laugh3: However, I was half expecting to hear "All the boys scream like your off your fucking face!" in GPASUYF :lol:

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Congratulations Coldplaying on reaching another record number of users :awesome:

Hey, that's a good idea! For Tomorrow The Universal Out of Time Trimm Trabb Chemical World edit: They don't have to be in a particular order do they? These were just the first 5 that came into my head.

I agree :nod: Everyone's making a big deal out of nothing. And everybody seems to be forgetting: "You are you are you are" "A whisper a whisper a whisper a whisper" Simple repetitive choruses are hardly a new thing for Coldplay.

WOW. Holy crap, 42 and Strawberry Swing. They've been practising them for ages and now we finally know the reason why :D How did no-one see this coming :laugh3: What an amazing show that was, not just Coldplay but the whole thing, just awe-inspiring. Blew that Olympic closing ceremony out of the water.

I recommend Blur! Though if you like Oasis then you may already not like Blur :laugh3: Also try Snow Patrol. edit: I just saw the date of the first post so I guess it's probably too late to recommend bands here.

I agree that Think Tank is not an ideal starting point. It's their last album, and definitely not representative of them because it's their only album without Graham on guitar. It's a great album but I wouldn't bother getting into it until you've listened to some more of their work.

I asked the oracle ages ago what Chris was saying in Clocks on LRLRL and she didn't answer! It's a good thing someone bumped this thread, and that I decided to read through it, or I would never have found the answer to that question :lol:

I actually wouldn't mind if they just carried on touring without releasing another album. The odd single every now and then would be nice, but I think they've got enough material to keep them going for a long time. Obviously if they did release a new album at some point I wouldn't complain, but I'm not hopeful for one.

Unusual setlist? Seasons of the year? :thinking: Does that mean they will play 4 songs, each representing a season? Maybe Charlie Brown for summer, Violet Hill for winter... can't really think of songs for spring and autumn :thinking:

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