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Just a thought... (the inspiration for this one's rooted in Octakon's avatar :D) Has anyone noticed that the whole thing looks like an aerial view of city blocks... With a road cutting across the boundary of the black/white-coloured motifs? And if you look closely, there are 'vehicles' moving on the road. I've no idea which buildings they are tho (assuming they are city blocks at all :P ) Highly unmysterious I know, but possible??? :)

50% gay... Smack down the middle :D Guess that makes me confused? :idea2:

My parents are in a bit of a sticky situation... Last year, my mom realised that it might be easier (or better) without being married to my dad... They've been married more than 25 years. Whose fault is it? Nobody's. She just thinks that they might be too incompatible (she's very idealistic & demanding - compromising is not one of her strong points), though she did say that they probably could remain on good terms if they did separate... Dad loves her very much, obviously. Therein the problem... If she ever forced a split, I doubt very much he could even speak to her (though he's a very reasonable and understanding man)... Currently, they're trying to work things out... Hopefully it will. Me? I'd love to get married (to the right guy of course) but I've come to understand that even with the best intentions and loads of patience & effort, it still might not work out... That's a very sobering thought. And thinking about their situation just makes me sad :(

Count me in... I'm officially stunned :o Hehe :)

Why not have useless threads like this removed? I know there's free speech, and also the fact that the fierce reactions by the CP fans would discourage people from posting more nonsense... But then it's such a waste of cyberspace (not to mention other people's time) :rolleyes:

I'm aware that Chris' not exactly writing about something that's terribly unique / original... But perhaps it's the way he frames those thoughts & emotions. The language, the way he sings it, the way the band plays it... I think basically that's what us hardcore CP fans are talking about... Coldplay ARE unique... not in what they are expressing, but in the way they are expressing it :D

Haha thanks! It is a great song... They are a good bad

Well as for my other predictions... Those sentiments still stand. X&Y? WTF??? :o What the hell were they thinking??? Those were my thoughts when I first got to know the name of the new album. X&Y's will probably turn out to be one of the songs or a very meaningful line in one of 'em. Definitely mind-blowing album title (as evident from my initial response :P ) AS WELL AS a revelation :D Really gotta hand it to them for pulling off this one... Never saw it coming, not in a million years :shocked: I think I'll still be right on both of these... *sigh* There goes Moses... :cry: Based on the tracks that are known so far, looks like Coldplay have continued in the direction where they left off before starting their 3rd album (i.e. following the more rockish vein of Moses and One I Love etc)... Yippee! :D :guitarist: They also seem to have gained in confidence, as well as resolved many of their inner conflicts... there seems to be a peace about the song titles... They are still as grave as ever but somehow the mood seems more buoyant this time around. Some sunshine and happiness have finally arrived! From the mopey producers of "bedwetter" music no less :laugh1: More predictions to come... :stunned: Watch this space! Can't wait for 23 May 2005...

Thanks :D Just a hunch, and a hope that it might actually happen on my b'day :) I did fervently hope it'd be released much sooner, but CP being the perfectionists that they are... :rolleyes: thought they'd probably take a while longer than predicted. The date was a premonition! :shocked: Not! T'was a lucky guess :smug: I'm so happy it'll be released earlier... then there'll actually be a chance that I might have it for me birthday. Albums arrive here so late :(

Thanks, that helps a lot. Like they say, it's not so bad if the whole world's going down with you (sick jk :P, pretty funny but still sick)... But like all of us knows, that doesn't make it all ok... Could I ask a bit if you're ok with it, how does medication go down? I've suspected and thought about it (the need for medication), I may just need it somewhere down the road

Life has been feeling kind of incongruous for me these last few months - Happy on the surface but I'm 'screaming underneath' kind of stuff - Life's pretty stark, barren and meaningless for me right now, and I don't know where I"m heading /how I'm getting out - I'm lost?!! Anybody here has a clue about what I'm feeling? (Please post, I could use your help very much :) ) Well I've had periods of feeling down and stuff since my teens (about 15) and I've always had rather dark thoughts - running away from home and figuring that by 18 I'd probably be on drugs / end up a prostitute / be a total sleaze - since 9 or 10, though none of it has come true (had a pretty rough emotional childhood, have religion to thank though :D ). It's just the last few months have felt pretty rough. Life/reality feels barren and I don't know what I'm working/living for... I've always had a pretty low value of myself so the 'work for yourself' thing won't work coz I'm not worth the trouble. Previously I did ok coz I worked / lived for other people (family, mom especially though she was the one that inflicted most of the trauma; and dad & my only sis coz I felt I needed to be there for them), but now I've outgrown that and they are not important enough to me anymore... It's hard to care for people who are fundamentally different emotionally from you - I'm all touchy-feely so to speak while my family's not / not willing to get themselves hurt over it. The scary part is, nothing much else comes close to replacing that (something I really care for), the only exception being CP and the people (esp. fans who appreciate them) associated with them. I guess I would have killed myself if I never heard trouble and got to know their music... Then again, sometimes I do wonder whether I got down this deep because of them (without them I doubt I could have grown so much so fast emotionally)? Neways, that's pretty much my rant and the situation I'm in now... I feel off the edge and like I'm drifting further and further from mainstream society each and every single day. It scares, saddens and bugs the hell out of me that most people out there (a big percentage of the world population) probably can't and won't want to accept this part of me that's getting bigger each day. I'd probably be condemned, chased out, flogged (and elsewhere be called blasphemous :P) for expressing who / what I am. I know the thread's depressing as hell, very long, and some of you guys who don't feel that way will be clueless (not to say annoyed)- sorry... But I've got to get this off my chest and get some help (if I can find any) before it spirals off control even more. So I hope any of you who've read this, who feel in anyway that you can comprehend / understand, and who have the time and the compassion (and inclination :P ) to write, please do... Thanks! :D Love, :heart: Ai Ling P.S. On another note, do any of you feel like you're very connected to all the emotional stuff of the world? Sometimes I feel like I've ESP - I've (started to) notice some days / nights I feel real troubled / can't sleep and the next day it comes out in the news that there was a huge disaster that killed a lot of people... A bit crazy (and narcissistic to think so), I know, but still... Feel free to crucify me on this :D

Looks like I have to take all that back (or almost all of it, anyway) :D Boy, how fast things change. Between the time I wrote the tirade above and starting the next tirade now, I feel quite different about Politik (and also A Whisper, though I guess that song belongs to another thread :P ). I used to think that both songs were too linear and simple (=bad song structure in terms of sound progression IMHO) but then last week I listened and sang along to both when I was feeling really down, depressed, mentally tired out; a new low for me so to speak. Of all the AROBTTH songs, those were the only two that helped, where I could really hear and feel that CP knew exactly how I felt. At the end of it, I felt relief, thank god (might've gone mad otherwise) - these guys are the only thing I've found that can rescue me from all these real dark moods I've been having lately. I just hope I never outstrip them and that their next album's out in time to rescue me then ;) But I digress... What I'm trying to say is that maybe for all of you out there (me included most of the time) who don't like Politik (& A Whisper?) maybe it's just we've not reached there yet... Not gone that far down the emotional road that CP are trying to lead us / express in the songs. I guess we'll all understand and come to appreciate these 2 jewels when our time comes (though I hope very much that not all of us have to go down that deep... doubt it though sometimes :( ). But man, after realising this fact, CP scares the shit out of me- the level of their 'potential' darkness. And I admire how they pulled through and came out to help the rest of us through... I'm struggling just to keep some sanity and functionality as it is. Sometimes I look ahead and I wonder how I'll survive, sometimes I just try to stay in the moment, but either way I often feel as if the fight is too much. But to come back, I guess we who don't like Politik just have not gone far enough down that dark, scary, futile-looking road yet. Keep smiling though, I know I'll try :D

Well, here's one... posted by one Jonathan Mark Buckland :o on the official coldplay website new messageboard on 14/02/2004 (Valentine's Day, aww, ain't that sweet?)... It's supposed to be a pix of them working on their latest album(?) Anway, I just found the picture a nice addition, so enjoy... And keep those pictures posting :D

[Part 2] Jon: "Geez, can't they be serious for once. I'm sick of always being at the butt of their jokes. Chris has gone too far this time..." Chris (can't stop laughing): "Hehe... Did I tell you the time when Jon made this real funny face and we all just fell back laughing..." Will: "Yeah, when he puckered his face up like this..." Guy: "See, this is the kind of shit we have to go through everytime there's a photoshoot. How am I not supposed to be grouchy and moody all the time???"

Look at the stars, look how they're falling on meeee.....

Jon: "Say, what do you think Chris is doin' again?" Will: " Hmm... I don't know. But I don't think he looks too bad..." Guy: "Hehe... I don't know and I don't care. He sure looks pretty pleased with himself..." What Chris is really thinking - "What are the guys behind saying? If I put both my hands over my ears, maybe I won't hear them. And, if I look really stupid, maybe they won't hate me so much. I sure hope that spider doesn't fall on me..."

Ack! I've lost even more hair. What am I gonna do? "Gwyn!" Gosh, I wish I had Guy's or even Jon's hair...

Hey guys, I'm backk!!! Nice to see y'all, and to see that this thread is still alive and healthy :lol: Well, I got a few coming this way... Finally, after all the hard work, I'm the new Buddha. Hehe... Look at me. God, this feels good...

I was just browsing the Net for various CP info when I came upon a site that had the birthdates of all the members... I found this kinda disturbing (in a way, not that it's anybody's fault or bad or anything), but has anyone noticed that Jon's birthday is on Sept. 11th? It kinda bothers me coz I remember Chris actually commenting on 11/09/2001 two days after the whole thing (them having to cancel and stuff) and saying some more later on about the tragedy, but not once was is mentioned that Jon's birthday happened to fall on that day. :o Poor Johnny! I think it's one of the cruellest things to have happen on your birthday. :cry: It's sad and kinda terrible to have your birthdate fall on the same day where the rest of the world mourns, though I guess it adds more meaning to it... You're pretty much forced to contemplate on your own life. I wonder whether this fact had any bearing on how AROBTTH turned out??? Thoughts anyone? ;)

There's something that ties sparks and we never change together... Hard to put a finger on it though but they're equally lovely :D And I can never think of one without thinking of the other :P "Yeah I saw sparks.... Sing it out... Looouuuud"

Haha, you betcha. Count me in :wink3: :D