I just downloaded it today and I really like Life in Technicolor and 42 (and I'm sure I like a lot of others!). 42 of course is pretty mellow and then transitions to this heavier groove, with cheerier lyrics. Yes, I think it's mostly the lyrics that I like.

Also, Violet Hill was weird for me because at first I thought OKAY PRETTY GOOD, but as I listened more and I guess payed a little more attention to the theme of the album (Liberty Leading the People as album art), and of course LOL THE LYRICS, I liked it a lot more. So ya, I really like Violet Hill! I feel like the lyrics make direct reference to that painting, but maybe I'm just crazy.

Also, I feel like that groove in violet hill is pretty common throughout a lot of the album, like in Cemeteries, though I can't really put my finger on what to call it. Sort of a percussive clapping you hear in Lost! as well. I think it's pretty cool!

Its probably because Liberty Leading the People is such an awesome painting, or that the whole French Rebellion time period I find really fascinating, but to me it gives the whole album a sort of death-conscious not very cheery rebellionish feel. Violet Hill is the most obvious about this and to me the lyrics make pretty direct references to the social inequality of that time and such.

I dunno, I like it all...

what a shit song these guys should just like give up

ok it's not that bad it's just it has absolutely no balls as far as songs go

really?

idk an ipod commercial came on and I was like THIS IS LISTENABLE FOR THIS COMMERCIAL HUH and it didn't surprise me, they have always kind of hit that niche!

Coldplay never fit in on the radio but when you play them through some nice speakers in a dimly lit room it is just perfect.

It's like being smashed in the ears with a blandhammer.

yeah it's not that it's bad it's just like the only way I could imagine this could be compelling is you've made your life up to be some elaborate movie and you just like stand at a pier looking determined about something and like start nodding too

also we had a thing today in class where we were displaying what music we think is relevant today and some guy chose this exact song and like I don't know if he did but he seemed like one of those guys who would wear those yellow sunglasses with the gradient fade and I can just imagine him standing under a bridge with his gradient yellow sunglasses and be like 'yeah fuckin coldplay man that's the shit samuel jackson axe deodorant myspace'

Edit: Oh right he actually said this is THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSIC or something really superlative like that

Edit: Also using the French Revolution to sell your album is pretty shitty imo

Edit: Also Frida Kahlo

Edit: I still think that painting is pretty awesome but I don't like what they're trying to do there with French painter guy = awesome = Coldplay

Also I was right that's the painter who just randomly has exposed nipples in his paintings, like not just on liberty random dead guy does a nip slip too - it's like I would think he'd want to avoid that to have the most dramatic effect - but instead it's all like LIBERTY AND NIPPLES

Never heard of that song. . Coldplay songs are cool. . 

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I just heard the single, it sounds like they are trying hard

Coldplay accused of stealing the melody for Viva La Vida:
http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/61311200

Here is the song.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s

I can't really see any major similarities. This guy is desperate or something.

Did they totally rip of Kraftwerk's song Computer Love with their song Talk or am I missing something?

*covered the riff

When I first heard the middle part of 42, it freaked my out because with headphones on there's this one part that sounds like a guy is behind you calling you from a distance

Also, that part reminds me of Riverside.

Yeah, considering how many songs are out there, it's sort of hard for an artist to release something that TRULY sounds original.

I suppose they could do it, though. I mean, they can just string random notes and shit together but that might not sound too good......

Well I want them to do a good song not necessarily an original one

Why does this sounds like ALIZEÉ? There's something not cool with this.