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nostalgia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2b_E1R8vK0 Mobile Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2b_E1R8vK0 how nutty and off the cuff is chris here? hahaa!

the revenant - 8/10 intense! and beautiful cinematography.

check this http://coldplaying.com/forum/index.php?threads/awards-2015-categories-ballot-template-rules.105472/

i really enjoyed this discussion :) here's to more. but for now, i'm off to sleep. it's pretty late over here.

ah i see what you mean, and i have to say i agree. and yes, they still seem to be perfectionists. and i don't think we'll ever learn about how they exactly work as a band just because they are considerate about each other and they all seem to be pretty sensitive guys. don't think representing the truth about what goes on behind the scenes is in any way important to them than being a tight unit. out of all big bands, coldplay has to be the one that has never thrown shade at each other in the slightest way. to me, that speaks volumes about who they are as a band and as people than them saying whatever. and that's a huge part of their allure :)

exactly. that's why it is hard to talk about the quality of creative output as an absolute since it is completely subjective. so while we measure the quality of their albums by our own barometers, the band may enjoy them in terms of the creative process, experience, where they were in their lives, etc. so the fact that the band may have enjoyed making ahfod more than previous albums may not necessarily reflect on what they consider to be their best album. also, i too think they are more critical than us fans will ever be. but i feel like they have loosened up a little as they get older. you change as you grow.

to me coldplay has been mainstream at least since the popularity growth of a rush of blood.

true in a way. but when it comes to production, i prefer the more organic output than heavily and meticulously tinkered. the thing is even x&y was over produced. also about us not being professional musicians and just listeners, it's clear that for the band who actually breathe and live these songs, it means a completely different thing to what they mean to us. they are small snapshots of their lives. we can never relate to that. and it is difficult to be objective about creative output, let alone one's own. so i can see why the band love this album, even though i don't. as a fan, i can appreciate that.

yes, since viva, production has been on the decline, to varying levels. hope they get this sorted out when they come out with new music next. and yes, it is such a good thing that chris is self-aware enough to know that a solo album is not something he should be doing. hahaa! i wasn't convinced about this until viva, but after that, it has become clearer and clearer.

i feel like the better songs suffered a lot during production. i love the live version of up&up. it has the potential to become a coldplay classic i think. also like the energy of ahfod and the aoal. live everglow can be more evocative than most of gs too. anyway, can you imagine the nuttier songs chris must come up with that gets axed way before it even passes the demo stage? going by some songs in here, i can only say thanks to the rest of the band for not letting them happen. hahaa!

sadly, as a whole, this album is not my cup of tea. i'm enjoying several individual songs though :) love birds! giving some time off for most of the album. it is such a mixed bag, with several real (potential) gems. but the tour is bound to be good!

got to say, @gentleparachute and @Jedi Leo, you two bring such a calm. collected-ness to the forum :) i really enjoy that. edit: of course there are other wonderful posters here :) goes without saying.

please stick to the subject. moved the u2 fanboying/fangirling to the u2 thread. :)

i have a feeling there wont be many stadium shows in america. maybe in LA and NY, but the rest will be arenas.

yes! they (mostly chris) has become very self-aware of the champagne socialistic ideal people like them at the very top can come across with when preaching the good. they have definitely pulled back on the preachiness in their charity work since viva. but they continue to do wonderful work, whether on a world-scale (global citizen) or a smaller scale (contributing to many good small causes. we hear of some of them from time to time when the benefactors thank the band on social media). the biggest change in earlier campaigning to now is that they are trying to be a uniting force than a divisive one.

exactly. the reasoning behind the use of obama's snippet in the album clears this up. just that all the baggage of the snippet being by obama clouds the real reason the band had behind it's inclusion.

the live lounge version would have been great except for the weak vocals. but production wise, AOAL is one that has a better fitting production in the album.

hahaa! chris stretching before the x-factor performance. http://video.corriere.it/finale-x-factor-coldplay-fanno-stretching-prima-esibirsi-diretta/a49448c2-9f80-11e5-a5b0-fde61a79d58b

italian fans look out for this interview and please post links if you find any. http://corriere.it/ [MEDIA=twitter]677747881344937985[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: https://twitter.com/globalista/status/677747881344937985

Coldplay on new album, Super Bowl, battling Adele on charts and the future of the band If you think Coldplay is an odd choice to play the halftime show at Super Bowl 50, you shouldn’t. It’s in keeping with the extroverted and adventurous journey the quartet first embarked upon when they set about making their seventh album, . Following 2014’s subdued Ghost Stories, the band is “in the mood to party again,” bassist Guy Berryman says. The fact that the new record is “eclectic” and strives for a “maximalist sound” makes Coldplay circa 2015 a natural fit for the biggest sports event in the world. Postmedia Network caught up with Berryman down the line from Italy as he talked about the band’s big ambitions and whether A Head Full of Dreams will be Coldplay’s final album. Ghost Stories was a bit of a bedtime record. How did the four of you find your way back to bigger sounds and soaring melodies in A Head Full of Dreams? “When we made (Ghost Stories), it didn’t feel like the right time for us to make another big album … we were in the mood for changing gears a bit and doing something that was a bit more subdued with a bedtime kind-of vibe. But now, we knew we were going to be going out and playing live. We wanted to create songs that would work really well in the arenas and stadiums.” There are a lot of cameos on the record, including Noel Gallagher, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow and Barack Obama. How did those come about? “We wanted to make it a colourful album. There’s a lot of different ideas and styles, so it was us taking every paint in the shop and throwing it at the canvas … We just wanted to incorporate more of our lives onto the record; all of our kids sing on one of the songs; most of our friends are playing on the record. We’ve done so many records where all of the ideas come from us. And, in the spirit of changing things up again, we just wanted to welcome in other people and make something different.” You guys broke big in 2000 and here we are 15 years later. Did the four of you imagine this kind of success? “When you’re starting a band, you’re on a mission. For us, at the beginning, it was about getting together, writing some songs, playing some shows, getting a record contract, being allowed to make another album, perhaps start playing in arenas and stadiums, so the mission was very clear. Something we struggle with these days — and it’s a luxury problem — is answering the question: What do we want to do now? Where do we want to go? Where do we want to be in five or 10 years’ time? That’s not so obvious.” When did you know you’d made it? “There have been a few moments along the way. I think one of the earliest ones was when our song Yellow came out on the radio station and it turned into a popular single. We were playing at a festival in Scotland in the ‘New Bands’ tent and I could see the sides of the tent being pushed in by everyone trying to get in to see us. There just wasn’t enough space for everyone to get in and watch, and I could feel the energy. That was an amazing moment — our single on the radio and people really connecting with the song. I think the second was when we headlined Glastonbury for the first time (in 2002) … That was a milestone for us as well.” You guys are battling it out with Adele on the charts right now. What do you think of her new record? “I haven’t listened to it yet. It’s the story of my life. If everyone’s telling me how amazing something is, and I see the whole world getting involved in something, it turns me off. At school, when everyone was listening to Stone Roses and Oasis, I listened to Stax and Motown records. But I love Adele. I’m not saying she doesn’t make great records, I just haven’t heard it yet.” What's your favourite Coldplay record? Everyone seems to think our second album ( ) is our best album, as time goes on and things start to fall into place it seems to be that that’s everyone’s favourite. It’s a good album, for sure. But I don’t know, I can’t judge. It’s like trying to choose your favourite child. It just shouldn’t be done. Chris Martin has said this will be Coldplay’s final record. Any truth to that? “He’s said that on every album. We should know by now that’s what everybody’s going to ask us when we do our promo (laughs). Who knows? Even we don’t know. We can’t think beyond this album. We just finished it, we’ve got a big tour lined up and we can’t think beyond that. We had a really good experience making this record; it was a lot of fun. We all got along with each other. I don’t see any reason we’d want that to end … I think it’s easy to come up with a statement, ‘This is our last album,’ because we’ve done a lot of things we set out to do. Now we’ve got to try and figure out what else we’d like to do.” x

[noel g. talking about the recent best songs he'd heard:] The track that I played on the Coldplay is somewhat predictably amazing. x

noel g. talking about ahfod and chris: You played on the new Coldplay album – have you heard the whole thing yet? I’ve heard a couple of tracks, yeah. What do you think? I think this album will easily cement their place as the 13th greatest band of all time. Who’s number one? The Beatles. [talking about the recent best songs he'd heard:] The track that I played on the Coldplay is somewhat predictably amazing. Can you explain that please? I have played guitar on the album. When you listen to the album, all the great guitar you hear in there is mine. Did you write anything for the Coldplay record? No, no, no. I just happened to be in LA when they were recording and as we are all very close friends, Chris [Martin] said, “Can you come to the studio and elevate this album somehow and try and get us in the top 13 bands of all time?” I said “I’m not a fucking miracle worker but I’ll do me best.” Would you let Chris play on one of your records? Absolutely. The man’s a fucking wizard, he’s a genius. source

you know what? i can't believe it's growing on me too. before i'd have been completely turned off at the mere thought of chris attempting a dance routine, but like someone said, they are embracing the goofiness. before, a big criticism of the band was that they took themselves too seriously. don't think that's valid anymore.

the monkeys and their randomness is growing a little on me. didn't think that would happen..

so there was an interview from today as well. wonder when that'll show up [MEDIA=instagram]_Z3YD7p-j5[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/_Z3YD7p-j5/