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who says that originally the band split song writing royalties 25 even and then switched to 40-20-20-20? i don't recall any confirmation on that. what's lead to believe is that, the reason chris gets 40 is because he generally comes up with the lyrics, chords in addition to his instrumental contributions. in that sense, i agree with the adversary, that is indeed very generous of chris. and again, why do you think that this is a new change? my understanding is that was always the case with chris being the songwriter in the band. no one in the band ever volunteered this information until chris did in the howard stern interview. doesn't make it a change from an even split to favorable to chris. even if they did, obviously it was a band decision and no one can argue that chris is undeserved of that. also, reading the last few pages, all i see is people making chris a scapegoat for all the problems they see in the latter coldplay output. i believe the earlier albums are much more chris driven than the latter albums (except GS). the reason brian eno kicked chris out of the band was to remove his dominating personality. if you listen to the band interviews over time, it sure looks like they became more democratic as time went by. chris sure seems to have loosened up a lot since even the viva days. anyway, all i'm saying is, project your anger/disappointment/etc at the current status of coldplay at all 5 members. after all, they are the ones that say they are a democracy regardless of what outsiders perceive.

dude, if you have taken the time to at least look for other tweets, you'd have seen he has made fun of chris' writing before :) maybe try that?

you didn't get my point. the song titles have become more straightforward with the song title essentially being the chorus/focal point more in the recent releases. more so than before. and coming up with song titles first he seems to be doing now can have more to do with it. so less chance of a song name change. which was slim to begin with.

i remember chris saying usually he has a list of song names and he starts off with that. and it goes to show with the recent trend in coldplay's music to have a very obvious name with a repeating chorus of the title. if he followed the same process with this song, of which the chances are high, there isn't much of a chance that the title would change.

lol, rolling stone called the song "piffle"..

"we never learn do we? no... no...."

peeps, all i can say is, don't set yourselves up for disappointment :) it will ruin the release when that happens.

hahaa! i'd be horrified at the thought of people assuming that's me singing throughout the song. and i'm not even a singer. how funny is it that some people are thinking that's chris throughout the song as he is featured. :laugh3:

^ no idea. but i do remember chris mentioning how phil once said that people will think coldplay wrote this album influenced by what was going on in the middle east early 2011, when they did it before. anyway, isn't is a sad state of the world when a conceptual album written based on a dystopian future resonates with so many?

ain't that the truth. this is very disappointing. frankly, the original song wasn't too bad. i thought the superposed vocals were a nice touch too. but this is like a middle school band making a song in their parents' garage! how on earth did this version get past the record label??

oh gosh! was this the whole hoopla about getting the vocals perfect? chris are your ears ok? :laugh3: according to avicii fans, this is avicii singing with chris on the chorus..... :\ http://mp3.vipmp3.net/i/Avicii_-_True_Believer.mp3

x and here they are in action. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBT?src=hash">#TBT</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/eddiestern">@eddiestern</a> + <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChrisMartin?src=hash">#ChrisMartin</a> at Karma talk on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalCitizen?src=hash">#GlobalCitizen</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poetry?src=hash">#poetry</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climate?src=hash">#climate</a>. <a href="http://t.co/fWZdtoUOIa">http://t.co/fWZdtoUOIa</a> <a href="http://t.co/YVgcGcwM8M">pic.twitter.com/YVgcGcwM8M</a></p>— Rubin Museum of Art (@RubinMuseum) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinMuseum/status/649614814927392768">October 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

awww... <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="5" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8R3Dj5JyQC/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">thanks to my bro @lowjiada for getting us VIP tickets to the #globalcitizenfestival so I could say hi to so many celebs like the friendly Daniel Craig aka James Bond and even his family that I didn't expected to see at all!! still cannot believe how close I was to @coldplay Chris Martin where I saw him being a great father by taking turns to piggyback his 2 daughters I suddenly feel like a stalker OOPS HAHA. (sorry for spamming, I'm still stuck in last Saturday hehe) #globalcitizen #chrismartin #newyorknewyu</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A video posted by nicole low jia yu ❤️ (@thewanderfulgirl) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2015-10-01T02:58:50+00:00">Sep 30, 2015 at 7:58pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>

how you see the world is one strong song. love it! listening to this, nostalgia galore!

:) i think coldplay were college friends with the keane songwriter, Tim Rice-Oxley, not the singer.

don't think so. he rains on coldplay's parade far too often on twitter to be friends. just one example <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“<a href="https://twitter.com/gabrielaromeron">@gabrielaromeron</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/tomchaplin">@tomchaplin</a> you got no reason you got no rhyme” so don't let Chris Martin do your lyrics for you again. (Sorry - joking)</p>— Tom Chaplin (@tomchaplin) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomchaplin/status/454323040508448768">April 10, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

let me just say, if the guy who recorded the song in india was from the video shoot, we already know that only the instrumental was played there. because a poster here was actually there. so no offence to you, i'm going to be very cautious about subjective second hand statements like these. but of course, we, as starved for coldplay news fans, thrive on any speculation/rumor. so keep any such info coming :)

you do know how other 'insiders' and their 'info' went right? anyway, let's hope we do get a single this thursday night/friday.

thanks. gosh that snippet is pretty horrible.. rather chris' vocals not be featured at all if those are the vocals.

or really? i haven't heard this version. do you have a link?

^ good for them! but more importantly, good for the kids. anyway, chris has got some new moves! <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">jaja para cuándo la escuela de baile 'Chris Martin: The other one who dance'? <a href="http://t.co/t5kr2QSgPH">pic.twitter.com/t5kr2QSgPH</a></p>— Noely (@StuckInSquare1) <a href="https://twitter.com/StuckInSquare1/status/648916566386544640">September 29, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

hahaa! yes! he was very humble about it. you can see at one point the drummer motioning to get him to the front and later eddie vedder coming over to say hi. very sweet ending to the festival. anyway, pearl jam are still rockin! glad they closed the festival.

99% sure heaven is for avicii to use as he pleases. not for coldplay. also, chris has another track on the avicii album called true believer.

and they are still the best of friends, on stage and off. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalCitizenFestival?src=hash">#GlobalCitizenFestival</a> Jay Z watching Coldplay & Chris Martin backstage <a href="http://t.co/n3N2hgdXLO">pic.twitter.com/n3N2hgdXLO</a></p>— Thomas Saint-Clair (@morphian13) <a href="https://twitter.com/morphian13/status/648522109187190785">September 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

oh let amazing day not be the last song in the album.. coldplay has always delivered on the closer. also i want to first listen to it on the context of the whole album.