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^ Has to go off :lol: (of course I know... I'm me rite?) :lol: Hopes to see you soon... v Will be scratching head over this :huh: :D

^ yeah... Is my neighbour :lol: Man... we're so far away. But well we might be soon... I'm going over in January to study for 2 years :)

^ Comes from "one of the oldest places of Europe" and knows her Spanish :D <-- Yes, loves van Gogh (is doing a van Gogh series on her avatars :idea2:); but no, is nowhere near a good painter :blush: I could try though :wink3:

^ *aww thanks* Loves Guy and has another Coldplaying sister named Bonnie!

^ Is a very nice gal... She sent me a birthday wish on my b'day :kiss:

So early? :rolleyes: Thanks for the link IneedYou23

Hi, sorry for barging in on your thread like this Kapone... I've a question, about guitar parts- I thought this would be the perfect place to get the answer since all of you would know guitar quite a bit :D I've been trying to figure out which line Jonny plays on Square One... I keep flipping back and forth between the really loud, jarrish guitar and the soft, loose-sounding one in the background- and I still can't figure out what he plays despite watching snatches from various live footage... Can anyone help me out please? :blush:

Hi... Welcome. Hope to see many posts from you :P Make full use of the :cool: :embarrased: :rolleyes: :o ;) :huh: :D

I second that :sneaky: *jk* :lol: Btw, what time's it there? It's 3 in the afternoon over here :)

Depends on your point of view I guess... People who don't see them as pop/poprock classify them as Alternative/britrock? :D

He's quite famous, but haven't seen any of his movies until Batman Begins... He's superb in that one. THE Bruce Wayne, I might add :smug:

Old thread, I know... :rolleyes: But just had to dig this one up. I've changed my opinion on the album version of Talk after hearing Kraftwerk's Computer Love. I appreciate the new version so much more now... It's brilliant actually. The lyrics we've all been bashing in the album version of Talk are actually a big tribute to Computer Love... The album version is closer in spirit to Computer Love than the Leaked one. :embarrased: Here's the rapidshare link (from Gas_Man's Coldplay Random Uploads thread): http://rapidshare.de/files/3368691/05_-_Computer_Love.mp3.html Thanks gas_man! :)

^ What I meant was seeing that so many people's last CD was X&Y; and X&Y came out almost 2 months ago... So put 2+2 together people... That's not a lot of CD buying (especially lately there've been some good ones out) :D

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events... I don't know why, but I found it a totally horrible movie experience. Ecch! :sick: And of course... Star Wars Episodes I & II (III isn't included only coz I haven't seen it yet :lol: )... Perfectly sad excuse to spend millions of dollars over cheezy scripts and acting. Atrocious! :sick2:

bump... Finally!

9 Inch Nails? :lol: Btw, just heard them over the weekend... They remind me of X&Y (the album) :o

^ Another brill one Pai, you sound like a 19th century museum curator! :lol:

Computer Love - Kraftwerk :D

^ 10/10. 9/10 For his sooo flamboyant hair and utterly 80's coat, and the last 1 because it's Jeff Buckley!

Seth, I thought your review was thoughtful and had many points... Some which I agree on, while some not. My main comment would be to respectfully ask you to go listen to X&Y many more times, and also to listen without any pre-conceived notion of what it should sound like. The reason? The experience gets better with more listens and the album's a keeper (like their previous 2)... This one takes even longer than their previous ones to appreciate. While we could argue about the merits of a "pop" album (again controversial) trying its best not to be immediate, I suspect that on this count, Coldplay have successfully produced this album on their own terms... They have deliberately refused to follow some of the usual pop sensibilities (again you could argue about whether it works) but it really is a whole lot more than just a pop album. I do know that feeling of betrayal over Speed of Sound; as well as the comment on the larger-than-life feel of the songs... I think these are valid. As for the lack of gloom/introspection, I'm less inclined to pin it all on Gwyneth... I think it's more to do with their pre-occupation to foray into commercial territory as far as possible at this stage of their career. This is where X&Y is so much more than a typical pop album. Because despite it sounding like an album full of singles (as some fans have noted), each song has many more layers beneath that pop-lite slant - courtesy of the rest of the band (Chris Martin excluded). And IMO, this is where the album is great... Chris has given it a pop-kitsch sound that appeals to the (largely tasteless) masses while Guy, Will and Jonny have given it the depth that rewards the patient (and willing listener). It's tough to say whether this marriage works, and I'm inclined to say just about. Inevitably listeners are polarised, because X&Y is bolder (and has a stronger sound) than anything else Coldplay have ever done. And IMHO, they have made an album that defies the expectation of the listener - either deliberately or accidentally - by challenging perceptions of what their 3rd album is and expectations of what it should sound like. They might have taken a wrong turn with this new style (the jury's still out at this early point), but it was deliberate and thought-out and designed to force listeners down the new direction they're going. A possible error might've been the huge gap between the commercial pop sounds and indie-stylings of this album... It makes the album sound uneven and schizophrenic, which (to over-credit the band) might be why it's been named X&Y and been described by the band as an album of 'opposites'.

Bling points are what you get for posting on this forum... They can be used like normal bling for a number of purposes Spend 'em all away in the casino... Buy lottery... Who knows, you might strike jackpot? :sneaky: Donate away to all the deserving people on this board :D Or be a miser, hoard it all up and burn in hell... :o :lol:

Oh fuck! Ian, what have you done? :o ... :D :idea2: Is this an experiment into how much bling this thread will generate? :P

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