Patience anyone???
I completely agree. They've made the choice to move towards this musical direction, and so be it. If you don't like it then, play Parachutes, or AROBTTH till they come back punching in their old style. Or just bugger off and don't trash Coldplay's brilliance because they don't always play what you like.
Personally Paradise isn't really my cup of tea, but the line "the wheel breaks the butterfly" does show a hint of Chris Martins lyrically genius, plus Major Minus, is a bit like old Coldplay just a bit Brian Eno'y (and yes I did use the man legend as an adjective) so there is still hope. And to be perfectly honest, maybe we should all stop bashing them till we've actually heard the whole album?? Just an idea.
And if I don't like it, I'll just keep Parachutes on repeat till they float back to brilliance.