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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 21, 2019 16:29:53 GMT -5
No collaborations please. Thanks. This. A million times over. Just be Coldplay. It’s a novel thought in 2019. |
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Post by glider on Oct 21, 2019 17:48:24 GMT -5
"Life is Beautiful" sounds like an upcoming Ashcroft single. Vague ‘Hallmark card’ type platitudes, some cliched syrupy strings and numerous ‘uuuuh yeeahs’ and, hey presto, you’ve got Ashcroft’s next single. As poor as Coldplay’s last album was for me, I wouldn’t be seen dead listening to Ashcroft’s nonsense. "Surprised by the Joy" really showed me for good that we may not ever see even Forth-era Richard again. Streets of Amsterdam is worse, which is about him and his wife going to get coffee. It even has a line, "You could be Yoko, and I can be John, yeah". |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 21, 2019 18:00:05 GMT -5
I welcome collaborations as long as they're with good musicians. I remember reading that one of the songs will feature Daft Punk on production. A much more inspired choice than the likes of Stargate, and if done right could inject some freshness desperately lacking in AHFOD that could appeal to the pop crowd and even (dare I say it) people on here. I don't think anyone's really opposed to Coldplay collaborating with other musicians, they just don't like who Coldplay have collaborated with in the past.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 21, 2019 18:54:53 GMT -5
I welcome collaborations as long as they're with good musicians. I remember reading that one of the songs will feature Daft Punk on production. A much more inspired choice than the likes of Stargate, and if done right could inject some freshness desperately lacking in AHFOD that could appeal to the pop crowd and even (dare I say it) people on here. I don't think anyone's really opposed to Coldplay collaborating with other musicians, they just don't like who Coldplay have collaborated with in the past. Back in the way back machine, circa 2002-2003 I thought a collaboration might be: Ian McCulloch Wayne Coyne PJ Harvey Sigur Ros |
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Post by World71R on Oct 21, 2019 23:34:06 GMT -5
I welcome collaborations as long as they're with good musicians. I remember reading that one of the songs will feature Daft Punk on production. A much more inspired choice than the likes of Stargate, and if done right could inject some freshness desperately lacking in AHFOD that could appeal to the pop crowd and even (dare I say it) people on here. I don't think anyone's really opposed to Coldplay collaborating with other musicians, they just don't like who Coldplay have collaborated with in the past. That's exactly it. Collaborations are a good thing in music, but some of the ones Coldplay has been doing have been atrocious. Fun (Tove Lo), the chorus of Hymn for the Weekend (Beyonce), Miracles (Someone Special) (Big-fucking-Sean), Princess of China (Rihanna) (vocal production and mixing is the main problem), and Army of One/X Marks the Spot (Stargate) (yikes). If they play their cards right and let themselves shine, they can do well, just look at the Coldplay bits of Something Just Like This and A Sky Full of Stars. |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 22, 2019 0:49:56 GMT -5
I welcome collaborations as long as they're with good musicians. I remember reading that one of the songs will feature Daft Punk on production. A much more inspired choice than the likes of Stargate, and if done right could inject some freshness desperately lacking in AHFOD that could appeal to the pop crowd and even (dare I say it) people on here. I don't think anyone's really opposed to Coldplay collaborating with other musicians, they just don't like who Coldplay have collaborated with in the past. That's exactly it. Collaborations are a good thing in music, but some of the ones Coldplay has been doing have been atrocious. Fun (Tove Lo), the chorus of Hymn for the Weekend (Beyonce), Miracles (Someone Special) (Big-fucking-Sean), Princess of China (Rihanna) (vocal production and mixing is the main problem), and Army of One/X Marks the Spot (Stargate) (yikes). If they play their cards right and let themselves shine, they can do well, just look at the Coldplay bits of Something Just Like This and A Sky Full of Stars. I agree with everything! Except I think the main failure of Hymn for the Weekend (besides the weak song itself, even as a judged purely as a pop song made for radio it's still bad) is that it didn't use Beyonce enough. Queen Bey is such a fantastic singer, to only use her for one line in the entire song is a waste. To have done something closer to Princess of China would've been a better move (even though I'm not the biggest fan of that song, but it's by no means bad). I suspect the reason they didn't was because they knew Chris was going to be completely overshadowed by Beyonce if they did give her an equal vocal role (just think that Super Bowl performance), but that's just indicative of an ego on Chris's part.
Also, what Coldplay bits on Something Just Like This are you talking about??? I can still hear Coldplay DNA on A Sky Full of Stars (even though I still don't like the song), but where can I hear the semblance of a band on SJLT? It's always been a Chainsmokers song ft. Chris Martin to me.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 22, 2019 0:56:53 GMT -5
I welcome collaborations as long as they're with good musicians. I remember reading that one of the songs will feature Daft Punk on production. A much more inspired choice than the likes of Stargate, and if done right could inject some freshness desperately lacking in AHFOD that could appeal to the pop crowd and even (dare I say it) people on here. I don't think anyone's really opposed to Coldplay collaborating with other musicians, they just don't like who Coldplay have collaborated with in the past. Back in the way back machine, circa 2002-2003 I thought a collaboration might be: Ian McCulloch Wayne Coyne PJ Harvey Sigur Ros The funny thing is that the closest thing we've gotten to a Coldplay/Sigur Ros collaboration is....Princess of China! No joke, there's a sample of the intro track of Takk buried under all the synths in the opening riff of the song, and again when it's repeated midway through the song. Listen for it next time you put it on.  |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 1:33:29 GMT -5
  DISC ONE: SUNRISE1. Sunrise 2. Church 3. Trouble in Town 4. Broken 5. Daddy 6. WOTW / POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need a Friend DISC TWO: SUNSET1. Guns 2. Orphans 3. Eko 4. Cry Cry Cry 5. Old Friends 6. - 7. Champion of the World 8. Everyday Life (Based on Amazon pre-orders, not sure how reliable that is) |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 22, 2019 1:57:13 GMT -5
DISC ONE: SUNRISE1. Sunrise 2. Church 3. Trouble in Town 4. Broken 5. Daddy 6. WOTW / POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need a Friend DISC TWO: SUNSET1. Guns 2. Orphans 3. Eko 4. Cry Cry Cry 5. Old Friends 6. - 7. Champion of the World 8. Everyday Life (Based on Amazon pre-orders, not sure how reliable that is) Isn't Arabesque a song they've been toying with since the MX sessions? I swear I remember seeing that title on a whiteboard from that era. I think Guns might be from the same whiteboard. Also, the fact that they're releasing a song called Champion of the World when their drummer is called Will Champion.  |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 2:14:46 GMT -5
DISC ONE: SUNRISE1. Sunrise 2. Church 3. Trouble in Town 4. Broken 5. Daddy 6. WOTW / POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need a Friend DISC TWO: SUNSET1. Guns 2. Orphans 3. Eko 4. Cry Cry Cry 5. Old Friends 6. - 7. Champion of the World 8. Everyday Life (Based on Amazon pre-orders, not sure how reliable that is) Isn't Arabesque a song they've been toying with since the MX sessions? I swear I remember seeing that title on a whiteboard from that era. I think Guns might be from the same whiteboard. Also, the fact that they're releasing a song called Champion of the World when their drummer is called Will Champion. It certainly is  Which has led people to think Eko might be a reworking of Aiko, but I doubt it. |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 22, 2019 2:20:56 GMT -5
Isn't Arabesque a song they've been toying with since the MX sessions? I swear I remember seeing that title on a whiteboard from that era. I think Guns might be from the same whiteboard. Also, the fact that they're releasing a song called Champion of the World when their drummer is called Will Champion. It certainly is Which has led people to think Eko might be a reworking of Aiko, but I doubt it. Yeah, almost certainly not. Hell, Coldplay already had a song called Fun that they gave to Natalie Imbruglia, but that didn't stop them from including an (inferior) song of the same name on AHFOD. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 2:28:56 GMT -5
So, now we know we're getting Coldplay's first double album! And, no features in the song titles. The thing that surprised me is that the Sunrise disc is before the Sunset one, it seems. I expected the narrative to run from dusk till dawn. Maybe it's gonna end on a melancholic note, like Viva or Ghost Stories. Like I said, though, unsure how accurate this Amazon information is. Didn't they upload placeholder info for Liam's album?
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 22, 2019 5:35:37 GMT -5
Back in the way back machine, circa 2002-2003 I thought a collaboration might be: Ian McCulloch Wayne Coyne PJ Harvey Sigur Ros The funny thing is that the closest thing we've gotten to a Coldplay/Sigur Ros collaboration is....Princess of China! No joke, there's a sample of the intro track of Takk buried under all the synths in the opening riff of the song, and again when it's repeated midway through the song. Listen for it next time you put it on. Yes that I am aware of. It’s very minor but I meant a true blue collaboration. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 7:11:51 GMT -5
First single likely dropping 7:30pm UK time on Thursday night. I'd imagine on Annie Mac's hottest record, going by the time.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 22, 2019 10:11:34 GMT -5
Dreadful song titles if true
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 22, 2019 11:42:01 GMT -5
DISC ONE: SUNRISE1. Sunrise 2. Church 3. Trouble in Town 4. Broken 5. Daddy 6. WOTW / POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need a Friend DISC TWO: SUNSET1. Guns 2. Orphans 3. Eko 4. Cry Cry Cry 5. Old Friends 6. - 7. Champion of the World 8. Everyday Life (Based on Amazon pre-orders, not sure how reliable that is) This artwork was floating around reddit a few days ago. A fan made it. What are the odds a fan made the exact same album artwork? Too on the money it seems. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 11:47:53 GMT -5
This artwork was floating around reddit a few days ago. A fan made it. What are the odds a fan made the exact same album artwork? Too on the money it seems. No, the fan-made cover was different. This artwork has a new picture of the band in it, too, one which wasn't available before today. That might end up not being the cover, but it definitely isn't the one from Reddit. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 22, 2019 11:50:23 GMT -5
This artwork was floating around reddit a few days ago. A fan made it. What are the odds a fan made the exact same album artwork? Too on the money it seems. No, that was different. Check it again. This artwork has a new picture of the band in it, too, which wasn't known before today. Still.......it’s so similar to the fan made one. It’s still pretty amazing it would be that close to matching the real thing of having flipped images on both sides. I guess it’s a happy coincidence. Dreadful song titles. Reminds me of a story Noel told once of Tom from Kasabian playing him a solo song he wrote. Noel asked what it was called. Tom goes.... “Religion”. Awful. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 11:51:28 GMT -5
No, that was different. Check it again. This artwork has a new picture of the band in it, too, which wasn't known before today. Still.......it’s so similar to the fan made one. It’s still pretty amazing it would be that close to matching the real thing of having flipped images on both sides. I guess it’s a happy coincidence. Dreadful song titles. Reminds me of a story Noel told once of Tom from Kasabian playing him a solo song he wrote. Noel asked what it was called. Tom goes.... “Religion”. Awful. That's because we knew the artist who was going to do the cover, and she uses these reflected aesthetics all the time. Still, no official confirmation yet, so all just speculation. Atlantic Records confirmed that it will be a double-album, that's all we know for certain. |
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Post by Manualex on Oct 22, 2019 12:50:03 GMT -5
I hope it's just a quarter of good as Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Now that's a fucking double album.
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Post by World71R on Oct 22, 2019 13:19:55 GMT -5
That's exactly it. Collaborations are a good thing in music, but some of the ones Coldplay has been doing have been atrocious. Fun (Tove Lo), the chorus of Hymn for the Weekend (Beyonce), Miracles (Someone Special) (Big-fucking-Sean), Princess of China (Rihanna) (vocal production and mixing is the main problem), and Army of One/X Marks the Spot (Stargate) (yikes). If they play their cards right and let themselves shine, they can do well, just look at the Coldplay bits of Something Just Like This and A Sky Full of Stars. I agree with everything! Except I think the main failure of Hymn for the Weekend (besides the weak song itself, even as a judged purely as a pop song made for radio it's still bad) is that it didn't use Beyonce enough. Queen Bey is such a fantastic singer, to only use her for one line in the entire song is a waste. To have done something closer to Princess of China would've been a better move (even though I'm not the biggest fan of that song, but it's by no means bad). I suspect the reason they didn't was because they knew Chris was going to be completely overshadowed by Beyonce if they did give her an equal vocal role (just think that Super Bowl performance), but that's just indicative of an ego on Chris's part.
Also, what Coldplay bits on Something Just Like This are you talking about??? I can still hear Coldplay DNA on A Sky Full of Stars (even though I still don't like the song), but where can I hear the semblance of a band on SJLT? It's always been a Chainsmokers song ft. Chris Martin to me.
The slow & quiet verses and then the build-up, before the repeating "I want something just like this"s before and within the bland breakdown, is Coldplay through and through; as is the outro solo. Had that been a Coldplay song, I think there would've been a big chorus after that build-up, instead of just a repeating phrase and The Chainsmokers ripping themselves off (Roses, a superior song). |
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Post by World71R on Oct 22, 2019 13:22:27 GMT -5
DISC ONE: SUNRISE1. Sunrise 2. Church 3. Trouble in Town 4. Broken 5. Daddy 6. WOTW / POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need a Friend DISC TWO: SUNSET1. Guns 2. Orphans 3. Eko 4. Cry Cry Cry 5. Old Friends 6. - 7. Champion of the World 8. Everyday Life (Based on Amazon pre-orders, not sure how reliable that is) This artwork was floating around reddit a few days ago. A fan made it. What are the odds a fan made the exact same album artwork? Too on the money it seems. I doubt that this is the artwork. It's way, way too similar to AHFOD with the symbol in the middle and the top having a flipped version of the picture on bottom. I think the jazz band and old-style aesthetic isn't far off, but we'll likely see something with the eclipse, as well as the sun & the moon. |
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Post by matt on Oct 22, 2019 15:04:49 GMT -5
I struggle to believe that is the artwork. First off, none of their cover artwork from albums to singles has ever featured the band, not even in a distorted form.
But most of all, it’s utter shit!! The old 1919 promotional image is really cool, it’s evocative and grabs the attention and I’ve even seen it on London Underground adverts but why have it flipped? What is the actual point? The original artist did so for the last album but that’s intentional as it’s kaleidoscopic, this isn’t. Everything just seems jarring from the album title in multicoloured form yet again unimaginatively rehashing elements of the last album artwork (and in no way does it fit the aesthetic of the 1919 portrait, then you have a bright sparks idea to have the bands name in Arabic? A bit of a PR dud there!!
I think some bullshitter has photoshopped it onto Amazon with those made up titles. And not a very good bullshitter.
(Pin this post when it’s revealed to be the official artwork and titles!).
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 22, 2019 15:10:58 GMT -5
I actually like that cover. The fact that it isn't just an image-flip but two different pictures of the band is quite cool, and I enjoy the grainy-old-photograph feel. But my personal bet is that the cover will be something different, something based around the moon and star symbols. I'm also skeptical about those song titles. Why is one missing? Is Cry Cry Cry supposed to be a Johnny Cash cover? I suppose we'll see. These are the most certain of times, the most mysterious of times.
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Post by glider on Oct 22, 2019 19:02:55 GMT -5
I struggle to believe that is the artwork. First off, none of their cover artwork from albums to singles has ever featured the band, not even in a distorted form. But most of all, it’s utter shit!! The old 1919 promotional image is really cool, it’s evocative and grabs the attention and I’ve even seen it on London Underground adverts but why have it flipped? What is the actual point? The original artist did so for the last album but that’s intentional as it’s kaleidoscopic, this isn’t. Everything just seems jarring from the album title in multicoloured form yet again unimaginatively rehashing elements of the last album artwork (and in no way does it fit the aesthetic of the 1919 portrait, then you have a bright sparks idea to have the bands name in Arabic? A bit of a PR dud there!! I think some bullshitter has photoshopped it onto Amazon with those made up titles. And not a very good bullshitter. (Pin this post when it’s revealed to be the official artwork and titles!). Agreed about the cover art, but those titles are just as bad as AHFODs ("Hymn for the Weekend", "Fun", "X Marks the Spot", "Amazing Day"). I wouldn't be surprised. |
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