HowCouldIForget

Well, David Rossi has been playing violin for Coldplay since Viva. That's not a member of the band playing, either. It's still THEIR idea for the song.

idk, I'm sure my Illuminati friends would say that birds are devices the government uses to spy on people, that's why he likes them. Me personally, I would just say they're majestic creatures in flight.

I'm confused because all I can find for these songs producers-wise is Bill Rahko, Dan Green and Rik Simpson on Wikipedia. But Billboard is claiming "The Dream Team" did the songs. Concerned and confused. Is that just what these guys are going by or?

This release was well-planned. I get the feeling Coldplay knows there are three groups of Coldplayers- those who like the older stuff, those who like the newer stuff and those who like it all, with some more nuanced folks like myself in between. They had one song for each. Also, Orphans reminds me of Fun in the way that I think the verse lyrics are fantastic and the chorus lyrics are nothing special.

What did she say her five favorites were? Just curious

Even if it's only 53 minutes, Minus the two intro songs which I'm guessing are short, 53/14= almost four minutes every song

Pretty much this

I'd say Arabesque would be experimental for anyone. It's a much better song than Orphans (which isn't experimental at all) but idk how it'll do, chart wise. If it's in the Top 40 I would be shocked. But this is the same band that brought the renaissance sound of Viva la Vida to #1 in the US

The horns and sax on Arabesque remind me so much of Portico Quartet, the way they're so wild. I definitely see the National Anthem vibes from Radiohead too, as someone said. Overall, the song gives me a very cultural vibe. Orphans is a good pop tune with a guitar base to it. The lyrics about getting drunk with friends don't bother me like HFTW because they're not delivered in as annoying of a way and it's not a song about partying. It's just about community and finding an escape from dark times.

I think I found the video. It was posted six days ago by someone else. It's not real. It's a nameless song by another artist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbjOT3ClNE View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbjOT3ClNE

When I heard the snippets from AHFOD I figured Birds and Fun would be two of the relatively small number of songs I'd like. I was right. I trust my instincts, Peppy. (Star Fox 64 reference). Is the first song Orphans and the second Arabesque or do I have it backwards? Edit: Yes, I have it swapped.

This is an interesting take. I like both but I agree that the first is definitely better. Actually, a friend of mine said that the second sounds like The Rolling Stones. They use choruses like that, too.

Makes sense. Thank you.

I love what I'm hearing from the first snippet and like what I'm hearing from the second. If I had to guess from hearing these two songs, I don't see Timbaland being on the album. I don't know if anyone browses Wikipedia but on the album page they have Rik Simpson listed as the producer. I'm wondering if that was found on the Amazon page. They didn't cite a source that said it would be him.

I can't see this album being anything but new songs (except Arabesque). If it was just a mashup of old songs, it wouldn't work. Roadie 42 specifically talked about how Coldplay needs an album to fit together musically, whereas he said if it was 9 soft songs and 1 heavy metal track, it should be the best songs that make it, regardless. I don't think that mindset has changed.

They made Light Through the Vein into Life in Technicolor/The Escapist and Computer Love into Talk. They took lyrics from someone to start Up with the Birds with. They like to do these things.

Some of them are pretty mundane. But 1919 was a simpler time. I'm assuming it's a reflection of that.

This is interesting. The one reason that makes me think this can't be a cover album is because they said this album is "how they've been feeling." I can't see that translating to covering other people's songs. Also, we know that Arabesque is a song from the MX era. I don't see it.

I'm surprised to say that I think the cover art is great. I've always found with Coldplay (and Radiohead) in particular that I loved their album covers because it wasn't just a lazy picture of the members on the cover. Then for AHFoD they had the boys as kids. This cover has them on it but it doesn't feel last-minute or void of creativity. It's almost like the guys (and a few inspirations) in a period piece.

When I saw Arabesque I had a hunch and I just looked it up, it's true. Arabesque is an unreleased song from the Mylo Xyloto era! :)

They say in the letter that this is how they've been feeling. I could see an album with song titles like Daddy and Orphans having a political undertone, the same way Birds was a beautiful song about lovers in Israel and Palestine.

Knowing now that the album is called Everyday Life, it's safe to assume that Orphans, Daddy and Everyday Life are the actual titles of songs. Not just decoys.

Is there any chance Coldplay reworked this Charlie Chaplin piece into an intro/outro like on Viva? They did that with Light Through the Veins

It looks like there's just enough room for a short title to have fit there.

Not from what I've seen. I've been following this thread closely since page 85-90