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I wish Coldplay was still making music that didn't spark Justin Beiber discussions.

Colour Spectrum will be a 2-minute slide guitar, Pink Floyd-esque instrumental.

Don't get why people are complaining; this is the best song U2 have done in years.

I honestly just don't think he puts enough effort in. I imagine he expresses his usually-broad sentiment in the first simple way that comes to mind and fits the melody and calls it a job well done. I really wish they would just hire a proof reader to simply read the lyrics, cross out the cliches, and hand it back to Chris to rewrite until we get a decent enough song. It would force Chris to express himself more creatively, and make listening to Coldplay a much more rewarding experience. Chris is capable of good lyrics, even now. Moving to Mars, mentioned above, is a great example. Rather than just offer cliches about being forced apart, its presented through the metaphor of being taken to another planet. That's really cool and creative, and it's combined with great imagery and writing - particularly the very first line. Maybe we'd see more stuff like that if Chris wasn't allowed to rest on hearts beating, birds flying, stars shining and general happy/sad emotions.

Although that did show a BMW being involved in a murderous car crash, probably not the kind of PP they were looking for...

I have it on good authority the Dalai Lama spits some harsh phrases on Amazing Day.

Apple music says it is 4:42 long...

Am I the only one who thinks this is a great idea?

What are you talking about? Chris is right there...;)

I think they should have just played Parachutes acoustic entirely. Would have been perfect and the We Never Change / Everything's Not Lost ending would have fit perfectly too.

I'm pretty sure we will, on the cover they had a sticker saying "Featuring Adventure of a Lifetime and Hymn For the Weekend". They wouldn't promote an album with a song no one has heard.

Exactly what I was going to say :)

Coldplays lyrics are their most consistent weakpoint. Far too many general sentiments expressed with little imagination - there are of course many notable examples, mainly from the Viva era.

Noel rehearsing the solo for Up&Up.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]32856[/ATTACH] Radiohead say hi :) It's great that Coldplay change their sound every album, but they're far from the first to do so - and they've never really moved that far away from pop structures etc. Brilliant? Yes. Revolutionary? Not really. I have yet to hear the performance of Amazing Day - do you, or any anyone else, know where I can find it? I find it hard to believe you could perform that song in such a way for it to be anywhere near good, but I hope to be proved wrong :)