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Post by lahaine on Jun 9, 2019 10:06:09 GMT -5
Parachutes really holds up brilliantly today. I think A Rush of Blood To The Head and Viva La Vida are better more expansive albums. But Parachutes really has some of Martin's best stuff on it. Yellow, Shivers and Trouble are three of Coldplay's best singles. Sparks Everythings Not Lost and Spies are great album tracks. On their day Coldplay were a great band. |
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Post by glider on Jun 9, 2019 13:03:20 GMT -5
Parachutes really holds up brilliantly today. I think A Rush of Blood To The Head and Viva La Vida are better more expansive albums. But Parachutes really has some of Martin's best stuff on it. Yellow, Shivers and Trouble are three of Coldplay's best singles. Sparks Everythings Not Lost and Spies are great album tracks. On their day Coldplay were a great band. Terrific B-sides as well. |
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Post by lahaine on Jun 11, 2019 5:17:29 GMT -5
Parachutes really holds up brilliantly today. I think A Rush of Blood To The Head and Viva La Vida are better more expansive albums. But Parachutes really has some of Martin's best stuff on it. Yellow, Shivers and Trouble are three of Coldplay's best singles. Sparks Everythings Not Lost and Spies are great album tracks. On their day Coldplay were a great band. Terrific B-sides as well. One of the few British bands over the last thirty years that were a top B-Sides band The Stone Roses Oasis Suede (Their best album is probably their B-side Sc-Fi Lullabies album) Blur The Verve Radiohead Muse Travis (massively underrated B-sides band, they released a ton during their first two albums) Coldplay Arctic Monkeys Oasis and The Stone Roses, B-Sides could have made a classic album for either band. Blur during their Britpop era had fantastic B-sides. Arctic Monkeys probably the last British band who took B-sides seriously. Coldplay for the first three albums released some great B-sides. Miss the days, you could buy a bands single releases (say a band released four singles). You could get up to 2 or 3 new tracks on those singles and end up with 10 or so new tracks. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 11, 2019 6:59:33 GMT -5
I don't think there's a single Coldplay album that wouldn't have benefitted from having some b-side or non-album-track used for it: Parachutes: See You Soon A Rush of Blood to the Head: Crests of Waves X&Y: GravityViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends: Postcards From Far Away / Glass of Water as a double-track Mylo Xyloto: Moving to Mars (and ALIENS, since they had it at the time). Ghost Stories: Ghost Story A Head Full of Dreams: All I Can Think About is You / Hypnotised And since Coldplay haven't made a bad album (yeah, sis, you best believe that's the tea), I think that just shows how strong their non-album game was and continues to be. Never been a fan of "Gravity". Too slow, too long and plodding. I'd have gone "Things I Don't Understand" over it. I'm also a big fan of "One I Love". Their most fun b-side is "The Goldrush". Also, let Will sing. Voice of an angel! |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 10, 2019 23:17:40 GMT -5
According to Eric Alper on twitter:
Coldplay haven't released a record since 2015's 'A Head Full Of Dreams’, but according to a reported insider they are planning to drop an "experimental" record in November, followed by a “mainstream" studio effort next year, which will likely be followed by a huge tour.
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 10, 2019 23:26:54 GMT -5
They've been filming a music video in Malibu recently. Someone who works with them said that one of the news songs is the most he's liked a Coldplay track since 2003. New music is definitely on the way.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 11, 2019 1:34:59 GMT -5
They've been filming a music video in Mumbai recently. Someone who works with them said that one of the news songs is the most he's liked a Coldplay track since 2003. New music is definitely on the way. Malibu? |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 11, 2019 1:36:53 GMT -5
They've been filming a music video in Mumbai recently. Someone who works with them said that one of the news songs is the most he's liked a Coldplay track since 2003. New music is definitely on the way. Malibu? Ha, what a bizarre auto-correct. Yes, Malibu. |
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Post by batfink30 on Oct 11, 2019 1:38:16 GMT -5
Not sure whether to dread new Coldplay stuff or look forward to it now!
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 11, 2019 1:47:34 GMT -5
Not sure whether to dread new Coldplay stuff or look forward to it now! Like post 2000 Oasis, half good, half shit! |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 11, 2019 1:48:54 GMT -5
Not sure whether to dread new Coldplay stuff or look forward to it now! I'm cautiously optimistic. Chris said A Head Full of Dreams was the end of the cycle of the first seven albums, and wherever they go next will be something new. That's promising. Personally, I'd love them to dive back into the art-pop sounds they had on Viva and Mylo, but with a more organic edge. From Clocks to Hurts Like Heaven, the best Coldplay songs are always the ones with all four members shining. Even on AHFOD, songs where the band are unleashed stand out. They've never made a bad album for me, though, and they did do the small matter of making my favourite album of all time, so I'm probably biased. But, please Chris, don't make the songs about birds or stars again. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 11, 2019 6:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Oct 11, 2019 11:40:11 GMT -5
I don't think there's a single Coldplay album that wouldn't have benefitted from having some b-side or non-album-track used for it: Parachutes: See You Soon A Rush of Blood to the Head: Crests of Waves X&Y: Gravity Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends: Postcards From Far Away / Glass of Water as a double-track Mylo Xyloto: Moving to Mars (and ALIENS, since they had it at the time). Ghost Stories: Ghost Story A Head Full of Dreams: All I Can Think About is You / Hypnotised And since Coldplay haven't made a bad album (yeah, sis, you best believe that's the tea), I think that just shows how strong their non-album game was and continues to be. I have to say, A Head Full Of Dreams really sticks in the throat. When the worlds gone to shit, it just sounds like musings of a rich bloke sunning himself in Hollywood saying how great life is, and writing shit songs about amazing days and glamorous surfers saying fucking stupid surfer things like ‘that’s totally everglow dude!’. A Head Full Of Delusions more like. (Okay, angry rant over) I don’t have a problem them going mainstream and latching onto the pop kids - even if it doesn’t work for me, all those duets with Beyoncé and Rihanna work because they’re well crafted modern pop songs. That’s not my bag, but I understand it. That’s effective pop but it’s outdone by the genuinely awful tripe of the above. P.S. Another stab at contemporary pop, I actually don’t think that ‘Eh-Lo’ song they did last year was bad. |
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Post by matt on Oct 11, 2019 11:41:59 GMT -5
And ‘experimental’ album? Won’t believe it til I hear it, wasn’t Ghost Stories marketed as such?
It was more bland than a Rivita served with room temperature water.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 11, 2019 12:32:13 GMT -5
It’s coldplay. Don’t expect too much “experimenting”. They are on the back 9. Sunset coming.
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Post by glider on Oct 11, 2019 12:40:30 GMT -5
They skipped the 90s era for their U2 mirroring career. I'd like to see them do a Passengers project at least.
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Post by batfink30 on Oct 11, 2019 13:18:59 GMT -5
I heard Chris Martin on the radio the other day, not sure what song it was but it was truly awful. Has he done some sort of collaboration recently?
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Post by matt on Oct 11, 2019 16:27:15 GMT -5
I have to say, A Head Full Of Dreams really sticks in the throat. When the worlds gone to shit, it just sounds like musings of a rich bloke sunning himself in Hollywood saying how great life is, and writing shit songs about amazing days and glamorous surfers saying fucking stupid surfer things like ‘that’s totally everglow dude!’. A Head Full Of Delusions more like. I can definitely see how you could read the album that way. For me, though, it's always been twinned with Ghost Stories in a tale about going through a place of apathy, and learning to rediscover the beauty in life. I agree that the way Chris writes about beauty on the album is shallow, though. That's my biggest criticism. From the guy who wrote A Rush of Blood to the Head and Violet Hill, an album that is incapable of going two lines without mentioning birds or stars isn't good enough. However, to balance that, I think his ear for a pop-tune remains in firm form, the band glitter the album in groovy basslines and colourful, confetti-like guitars, and at the end of the day it is built on a solid crop of singles, with the first three tracks, Adventure of a Lifetime, and Up&Up. I give it 5/10. It's the pleasant, mediocre album they could put out every year, if they wanted. And on the other point, I don't think Ghost Stories was ever hyped from the band as experimental. Other people hyped it as that because Midnight was the first song we heard from it. The band seemed clear that they wanted to make a moonlit, intimate, low-key electro-pop record. Ink aside, which is far too peppy and should have been replaced with the b-side title track, I'd say they achieved it. It's a tasteful, well-crafted record, in my opinion. But they can do better! Does anyone still have Brian Eno's number...? As I say with Coldplay, they’re only as good - or as bad - as the producer they work with. I’d love to have heard an album entirely produced by Jon Hopkins. There’s potential for a lot of beauty there - things like your namesake The Escapist is wonderful. |
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Post by World71R on Oct 13, 2019 13:33:34 GMT -5
I have to say, A Head Full Of Dreams really sticks in the throat. When the worlds gone to shit, it just sounds like musings of a rich bloke sunning himself in Hollywood saying how great life is, and writing shit songs about amazing days and glamorous surfers saying fucking stupid surfer things like ‘that’s totally everglow dude!’. A Head Full Of Delusions more like. I can definitely see how you could read the album that way. For me, though, it's always been twinned with Ghost Stories in a tale about going through a place of apathy, and learning to rediscover the beauty in life. I agree that the way Chris writes about beauty on the album is shallow, though. That's my biggest criticism. From the guy who wrote A Rush of Blood to the Head and Violet Hill, an album that is incapable of going two lines without mentioning birds or stars isn't good enough. However, to balance that, I think his ear for a pop-tune remains in firm form, the band glitter the album in groovy basslines and colourful, confetti-like guitars, and at the end of the day it is built on a solid crop of singles, with the first three tracks, Adventure of a Lifetime, and Up&Up. I give it 5/10. It's the pleasant, mediocre album they could put out every year, if they wanted. And on the other point, I don't think Ghost Stories was ever hyped from the band as experimental. Other people hyped it as that because Midnight was the first song we heard from it. The band seemed clear that they wanted to make a moonlit, intimate, low-key electro-pop record. Ink aside, which is far too peppy and should have been replaced with the b-side title track, I'd say they achieved it. It's a tasteful, well-crafted record, in my opinion. But they can do better! Does anyone still have Brian Eno's number...? To add, when AHFOD was made, the world hadn't gone to shit as much as it had now. The stage was being set for what we see today, but there was still a semblance of hope which you can hear on the album and in the songs that were popular at the time. In the year following that, with the rise of Trump and the Brexit deal, plus continued protests and other things, is when the world started turning into what we see now. So AHFOD was still appropriate for the time, even if it wouldn't be shortly thereafter. Anyways, AHFOD acts as a good companion piece to GS. GS is a dark, atmospheric reflection on love lost & life turned upside down, while AHFOD is finding that love again in a new place in life and moving on. |
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Post by World71R on Oct 13, 2019 14:03:12 GMT -5
It’s coldplay. Don’t expect too much “experimenting”. They are on the back 9. Sunset coming. Sadly. I would love to see them do a Zooropa-style album but I don't think it'll happen. I wouldn't mind seeing them do an album that embodies the best of who they are as a band while still incorporating some modern aspects into their sound. That or just making music that highlights the best of who they are as a band and not trying to be pop darlings who collaborate with other pop darlings because of how cheap & hollow it feels. |
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Post by glider on Oct 13, 2019 14:54:43 GMT -5
I can definitely see how you could read the album that way. For me, though, it's always been twinned with Ghost Stories in a tale about going through a place of apathy, and learning to rediscover the beauty in life. I agree that the way Chris writes about beauty on the album is shallow, though. That's my biggest criticism. From the guy who wrote A Rush of Blood to the Head and Violet Hill, an album that is incapable of going two lines without mentioning birds or stars isn't good enough. However, to balance that, I think his ear for a pop-tune remains in firm form, the band glitter the album in groovy basslines and colourful, confetti-like guitars, and at the end of the day it is built on a solid crop of singles, with the first three tracks, Adventure of a Lifetime, and Up&Up. I give it 5/10. It's the pleasant, mediocre album they could put out every year, if they wanted. And on the other point, I don't think Ghost Stories was ever hyped from the band as experimental. Other people hyped it as that because Midnight was the first song we heard from it. The band seemed clear that they wanted to make a moonlit, intimate, low-key electro-pop record. Ink aside, which is far too peppy and should have been replaced with the b-side title track, I'd say they achieved it. It's a tasteful, well-crafted record, in my opinion. But they can do better! Does anyone still have Brian Eno's number...? To add, when AHFOD was made, the world hadn't gone to shit as much as it had now. The stage was being set for what we see today, but there was still a semblance of hope which you can hear on the album and in the songs that were popular at the time. In the year following that, with the rise of Trump and the Brexit deal, plus continued protests and other things, is when the world started turning into what we see now. So AHFOD was still appropriate for the time, even if it wouldn't be shortly thereafter. Anyways, AHFOD acts as a good companion piece to GS. GS is a dark, atmospheric reflection on love lost & life turned upside down, while AHFOD is finding that love again in a new place in life and moving on. I believe Coldplay just is better when they go political on albums. Tense social climates help bring out the best in their songwriting: post 9/11 distraught = Politik, Middle-east conflict and politican corruption = Violet Hill - etc. They've always sounded better with darker, melancholy themes - or it's just my taste. Their current flavor of pop was always superficial from my perspective - but even then pop music today is finally shifting into darker themes and less bubblegum appeal due to the bleak world situation. Like matt said, with a great producer they'll sound great, and the sign of the times will force them to write more reflective pieces than shallow Tove Lo and Chainsmoker collaborations. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 14, 2019 22:24:36 GMT -5
 Something strange is coming... |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 14, 2019 22:45:23 GMT -5
Something strange is coming... Pussies |
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Post by World71R on Oct 14, 2019 23:10:53 GMT -5
Something strange is coming... For context, a solar eclipse occurred on November 22, 1919. |
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Post by matt on Oct 15, 2019 14:36:20 GMT -5
First time they don’t look like kids TV presenters in about a decade.
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