Coldplay - LP 6: Ghost Stories

[Danny Boy]

Coldplay - Midnight - YouTube

 

[Imperor]

Shit, cat.

 

[MatejU2]

Bon Iver wannabe

 

[nielsgov]

It does sound an awful lot like Bon Iver. It surprised me even though I had read the description beforehand.

 

[PhilsFan]

I so badly did not want to come in here and also say that it sounds like Bon Iver, but it sounds like Bon Iver.

 

[Imperor]

It does and it's good as heck so IDGAF.

 

[LemonMelon]

It's kind of boring but way better than shitty shit like Every Teardrop.

 

[bono_212]

What the fuck was that? I mean... I liked it, but that was definitely not what I was hoping for out of them.

Also, didn't dig too hard on the bridge, I wish it had been better incorporated into the song. It felt like this big moment that was going somewhere kinda epic and then it just fell back into the beginning.

 

[prbiker15]

What the fuck was that? I mean...I liked it, but that was definitely not what I was hoping for out of them.

Exactly what I was thinking. That was interesting to hear, in my opinion.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I like that

 

[gump]

I really like this. They didn't have too many understated songs in their past two albums, so I dig this direction.

 

[PhilsFan]

It doesn't help that I'm not much of a Bon Iver fan, but I did not enjoy that at all.

 

[Imperor]

I did not enjoy that at all.

 

[gvox]

Just when you thought Chris Martin couldn't be any more of a pretentious twat..

 

[corianderstem]

I like this a lot. I'll be curious to see if this is indicative of the album, or if it's more like a Violet Hill (i.e., first thing we hear from the album, but nothing else really sounds like it).

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

True Detective.

 

[iron yuppie]

Just when you thought Chris Martin couldn't be any more of a pretentious twat..

What exactly is pretentious about this? That it dares to step outside their comfort zone? The level of vitriol directed at Chris Martin around Interference as a whole is laughably hyperbolic.

 

[gvox]

Oh welllll

 

[super fly guy]

Must say I found that very boring,hopefully the rest of the album is nothing like that.

Sent from my GT-P3110 using U2 Interference mobile app

 

[trojanchick99]

I really like this. I love the layering of the vocals and instruments. Yeah, it sounds a lot like Bon Iver, but it's still more interesting than anything off of Mylo Xyloto.

 

[gump]

What exactly is pretentious about this? That it dares to step outside their comfort zone? The level of vitriol directed at Chris Martin around Interference as a whole is laughably hyperbolic.

This. I do wonder to what extent the anti-Coldplay vitriol is repressed angst towards U2's own failings in this regard. It's really annoying.

 

[LemonMelon]

Yeah, even if there isn't a single original note in the song, at least it isn't Mylo Xyloto.

 

[gvox]

This. I do wonder to what extent the anti-Coldplay vitriol is repressed angst towards U2's own failings in this regard. It's really annoying.

Yes, how did you know. I'm secretly furious that U2 can't come up with anything more yawn-worthy than this. They should try harder, those fuckers.

 

[PhilsFan]

I don't personally like the song, but it's absolutely not pretentious.

 

[mikal]

I don't even know what pretentious means anymore.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 because the Nexus 5 just wasn't big enough.

 

[Imperor]

There's nothing pretentious about Chris Martin. He's a hyperearnest dork, unabashedly so. You can rightfully criticize the dude for a ton of shit, and you can just flat out not like their music. That's fine. But calling him pretentious is so laughably off base.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

now his wife on the other hand...

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Sweeeet

 

[gvox]

Given that our perception of the presence (or absence) of pretension is highly subjective, it's rather difficult to decree absolutes in whether something is or isn't pretentious, I would think.

Spoiler

My comment is rather pretentious though..

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

is this similar to everyone's perception of the presence (or absence) of trolling?