'Violet Hill' was pretty good too.

Again, proof that Coldplay can be aggressive. For comeback singles it was a great return. One niggle with Coldplay from X&Y was that the songs were good, but not on a par with A Rush of Blood to the Head, and they were also a bit too long - they suffered from the Be Here Now syndrome on that album I think. The return of Violet Hill was just over 3 minutes long, and in your face, less sentimental and more dark than previous Coldplay singles. A brilliant tune - I always remember it being released around the same time as Shock of the Lightning, a couple of months apart, and since only recently becoming a massive Oasis fan then, I expected the new Oasis single to blow Coldplay out of the water. It didn't - Violet Hill absolutely trashed Shock of the Lightning in my opinion. Shock of the Lightning is very good, but it's nothing we haven't heard before but with Coldplay I thought, 'yeah I'm very pleasantly surprised'.

Come On Outside is fucking great song. Great riff, good lyrics, great vibe. A real stadium-sing-along tune. I wonder how Noel does that every now and then..