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Post by RUBIKON on May 10, 2021 3:44:15 GMT -5
Better live. But still sound like Dua Lipa - Be The One
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 10, 2021 5:12:02 GMT -5
Well, live it definetly stands the test. Great to hear more of Jonny✌ I would agree. There is a lot more musical space in this live version. You can actually make out Jonny's guitar lines. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 10, 2021 15:13:47 GMT -5
I’ve been thinking a lot about Coldplay’s transition from indie rock band to mega pop stars. I don’t care what direction they go in anymore just as long as it is good and interesting. I gave up on the older coldplay sound a decade ago.
“Higher Power” sounds like it could be a song on a Chris Martin solo album. The music on it sounds like it came straight out of a mixing console if that makes any sense.
Compare that to “Every Teardrop is A Waterfall”. That is a terrific pop song but to me what makes it special is that you can still hear all the band members exhibit their personalities during it. Jonny is on fire with his guitar solos. Will’s percussion is top notch and Guy is hammering those bass lines. It’s a band doing pop music.
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Post by thespiderandthefly on May 10, 2021 21:34:36 GMT -5
Stopped listening to Coldplay after X&Y. No idea how to scrub back in. Definitely not interested in the stuff I hear in Abercrombie commercials.
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 11, 2021 8:09:06 GMT -5
Gave it another chance today after not really feeling the urge to go back to it in the last few days, I hoped it would grown on me like Orphans/Arabesque did but it's not the case
I don't mind the production at all, it's obviously very pop and synth-oriented but there's a lot of clarity, it's groovy and you can hear all the different elements that make it, a lot of the same music these days sounds like it's just melodies written on top of random computer made backing tracks found on youtube, I'm glad they didn't fall into that trap at least
Problem for me, and I say this as someone who deeply appreciates Chris Martin as a pop songwriter, is that half of it sounds like lazy writing done to fill the gaps
The verses are not outstanding but they do the job, the chorus is nothing unoredictable but it's euphoric and catchy enough, but the bridge's atrocious and kills all the momentum
I think bridges are a lost art these days but if you gotta fuck it up I'd rather listen to songs that from the first verse go straight into the chorus as disjointed as they may sound
Middle eight is also something that I can see going down very well live but super lazy and seems written just envisioning the track being played in a stadium
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Post by Bellboy on May 11, 2021 17:49:50 GMT -5
Higher Power is dire. A lead single?! It should be a Chris Martin solo song really, then maybe would have viewed it differently. The rest of the band might as well be miming when doing it live. I'm just going to cringe and pretend this Coldplay bit didn't happen.
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Post by glider on May 11, 2021 21:06:05 GMT -5
It's not "terrible"...just sounds safe as f*ck.
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Post by lahaine on May 14, 2021 21:00:05 GMT -5
Sadly kind of jumped off the bandwagon with Coldplay after their last album, they just aren't my cup of tea. But I always stand by those first 4 albums and b-sides, they were a seriously excellent band once. The new single like the last few years with them is all a little too safe. Again good on them if it makes them happy, I was probably dreaming they'd pull a U2 and go full on Achtung Baby type rebirth but Martin and co just haven't it in them to do it.
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Post by oasisgoletitout on May 14, 2021 23:04:00 GMT -5
I’ve been thinking a lot about Coldplay’s transition from indie rock band to mega pop stars. I don’t care what direction they go in anymore just as long as it is good and interesting. I gave up on the older coldplay sound a decade ago. “Higher Power” sounds like it could be a song on a Chris Martin solo album. The music on it sounds like it came straight out of a mixing console if that makes any sense. Compare that to “Every Teardrop is A Waterfall”. That is a terrific pop song but to me what makes it special is that you can still hear all the band members exhibit their personalities during it. Jonny is on fire with his guitar solos. Will’s percussion is top notch and Guy is hammering those bass lines. It’s a band doing pop music. I heard it on the radio today and it was the first time I had heard it. I liked it it's not one of their best singles and I don't think it will be played as much as something like the song A Sky Full of Stars. But I think it's a nice tune with a decent melody. I'm not a huge Coldplay fan but I do like some of their songs and a few of their albums. I listened to Up & Up for years until I read that Noely G played on it. Crazy how the world works sometimes. |
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Post by underneaththesky on May 15, 2021 0:17:57 GMT -5
don't care for that band since the 3rd album
just listened to the instrumental.. love it
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Post by World71R on May 16, 2021 13:50:43 GMT -5
Higher Power is odd because it starts so well but then kinda gets "meh" about midway through and then ends really strong. It has a weird feeling compared to other Coldplay songs imo. It might be that the producer input is so heavy compared to other songs on other albums to where it isn't the band writing the songs and the producer synthesizing their vision; it's the band laying the groundwork and the producers adding other songwriting elements into the mix. It's not like it hasn't been done before (Something Just Like This, for example) but it just feels weird, whether it's the 'Whoa-oh"s or the slathering of processing and keyboards all over the song. The live version feels more like the band which is nice.
I'm rambling, but maybe when Chris said AHFOD was the end of an era, he meant it was the end of it just being the band doing their thing and that the future would feature more outside collaborators? I don't know. I get that Chris likes pop music and has an appreciation for that and other genres, and is good friends with people like Max Martin, but it just feels strange to me. It makes me wish he would go solo and have some of the band members play on songs every so often if he's going to do stuff like Higher Power.
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Post by glider on May 16, 2021 15:11:57 GMT -5
Higher Power is odd because it starts so well but then kinda gets "meh" about midway through and then ends really strong. It has a weird feeling compared to other Coldplay songs imo. It might be that the producer input is so heavy compared to other songs on other albums to where it isn't the band writing the songs and the producer synthesizing their vision; it's the band laying the groundwork and the producers adding other songwriting elements into the mix. It's not like it hasn't been done before (Something Just Like This, for example) but it just feels weird, whether it's the 'Whoa-oh"s or the slathering of processing and keyboards all over the song. The live version feels more like the band which is nice. I'm rambling, but maybe when Chris said AHFOD was the end of an era, he meant it was the end of it just being the band doing their thing and that the future would feature more outside collaborators? I don't know. I get that Chris likes pop music and has an appreciation for that and other genres, and is good friends with people like Max Martin, but it just feels strange to me. It makes me wish he would go solo and have some of the band members play on songs every so often if he's going to do stuff like Higher Power. This is so well said, wish I could like it twice. I've said it already but I get heavy Songs of Innocence vibes from this effort - they have these songs that started organically, then are thrown into this mainstream pop machine, churned and overly polished that resembles nothing like the original version but designed for safe commerical airplay and that's the sole purpose. Whether it's Max Martin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder etc. while they're talented pop producers they're not going to steer a band filled with generational talent into anything they're aren't excelling at on their own. It's why I'd love to see them work with someone like Nigel Godrich or return to Jon Hopkins, someone that takes them to another level that isn't going back to their old rock roots or staying in a MOR cruise control, but letting them keep pushing that envelope, and let's the whole band get their shine. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 16, 2021 16:47:40 GMT -5
What a turd A Head Full of Dreams is.
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 18, 2021 10:02:45 GMT -5
Interesting that the band is choosing to promote “Higher Power” nonstop until late August/Early September when the album announcement and next single arrive. I feel like this song has already been hawked to death with all their prime time appearances with it. Came in at #12 in the UK charts. I think the band was surprised by that. Some minor chatter about their third #1. It’s not that strong of material to just carry the band and whatever is coming next for the following 4 months.
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Post by The Escapist on May 19, 2021 11:28:52 GMT -5
Far from Chris' best lyrics, but the bit where says "I'm like a broken record and I'm not playing right", and then sings "I'm like a broken record" backwards is pretty cool. Anyway, the alien aesthetic continues to be fun.
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 22, 2021 15:35:42 GMT -5
New song just played at Glasto. Human Heart.
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Post by matt on May 22, 2021 15:43:11 GMT -5
Interesting that the band is choosing to promote “Higher Power” nonstop until late August/Early September when the album announcement and next single arrive. I feel like this song has already been hawked to death with all their prime time appearances with it. Came in at #12 in the UK charts. I think the band was surprised by that. Some minor chatter about their third #1. It’s not that strong of material to just carry the band and whatever is coming next for the following 4 months. Pretty much it in a nutshell. Completely avoiding the debate about 'Oldplay' and new Coldplay, 'selling out' etc, the song, when judged against its competition, isn't that great. Say compared to a song like Levitating by Dua Lipa which is the kind of benchmark you're looking at with this kind of vibe, then it's really tame in comparison to that. It's just a weak song. |
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Post by clueso on May 22, 2021 16:22:31 GMT -5
There are some snippets on Insta. Daddy-vibes
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 23, 2021 1:30:20 GMT -5
Throw some beats and boops and we got a Bon Iver track.
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Post by matt on May 23, 2021 7:03:43 GMT -5
Non music related, but mad how Coldplay as a band never seem to age. Not one of them looks different from 10-15 years ago.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 3, 2021 17:38:59 GMT -5
Another “Higher Power” video?  ?? Geez. These guys just don’t stop hawking this song which they gotta know isn’t doing as well as they thought it would (relative to Coldplay). Would be a huge monster for 99% of other bands. I heard Chris say the other day that their new album would be music from another world, not human. Well if music on other planets sounds like 80s pop, ah whatever. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 3, 2021 17:41:06 GMT -5
Non music related, but mad how Coldplay as a band never seem to age. Not one of them looks different from 10-15 years ago. Good point. Someone on Reddit made a great point last week. Coldplay are the same age now that U2 was when they released Atomic Bomb. Wild right? For some reason I always thought Bono and the boys were basically 50 when that album dropped in 2004. That era of U2 is at the brink of them losing their cultural relevance that we fans have paid dearly for as they keep trying to stay in the spotlight and please all walks of life. This is a mistake bands make. Don’t chase it. |
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Post by defmaybe00 on Jun 4, 2021 11:30:26 GMT -5
Non music related, but mad how Coldplay as a band never seem to age. Not one of them looks different from 10-15 years ago. They're hotter, actually |
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Post by The Escapist on Jun 4, 2021 18:41:04 GMT -5
Non music related, but mad how Coldplay as a band never seem to age. Not one of them looks different from 10-15 years ago. They're hotter, actually 👀 |
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Post by defmaybe00 on Jun 4, 2021 18:42:16 GMT -5
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?? Geez. These guys just don’t stop hawking this song which they gotta know isn’t doing as well as they thought it would (relative to Coldplay). Would be a huge monster for 99% of other bands. 
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