Coldplay - Viva La Vida... Continued Discussion

[Screwtape2]

Very true. U2 has never been one to roll over in the face of competition, and now is their chance to really step it up. If Eno brings his A game, we're going to have a classic on our hands.

Stop right there. There have been tons of great albums from rising bands in the 2000's and U2 has given us crap. Don't raise your expectations so high that you will have a big disappointment.

 

[coemgen]

Sicy, you'll like "Lovers in Japan"

 

[LemonMelon]

and U2 has given us crap IMO.

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[elevated_u2_fan]

how more upbeat/catchy do you need?

 

[Screwtape2]

Ha, not really. Most of us are really digging Viva, but I think you're the only one who's claimed it's one of the best of the decade. U2 will be fine.

I don't see anything coming out of U2 camp that suggests this will be a classic album. Their last two albums sucked and so it is quite optimistic that you'd think the next will be a classic.

 

[Sicy]

Sicy, you'll like "Lovers in Japan"

Thanks. I think I can probably find these on Limewire when I get home.

how more upbeat/catchy do you need?

Are you saying Yes is upbeat/catchy? Maybe near the end when it totally changes beat/tempo (that's kind of strange).

 

[coemgen]

Stop right there. There have been tons of great albums from rising bands in the 2000's and U2 has given us crap. Don't raise your expectations so high that you will have a big disappointment.

Although I don't consider the last two albums crap, I see your point. Consider this though — those two albums were essentially people pleasers and more traditional, I think, because of the Rock and Roll HOF induction. They put Pop out, it doesn't stick to people, so they make their next phase big, juicy pop songs. Then they make it more Rock and Roll for the one coinciding with the HOF, and now that that's done and they've won back their fans, they're going more experimental.

They're at their best when they're experimental.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I don't see anything coming out of U2 camp that suggests this will be a classic album.

uh... other than the Daniel Lanois trailer and some car noises there hasn't been anything from U2 to suggest it wont either...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Are you saying Yes is upbeat/catchy? Maybe near the end when it totally changes beat/tempo (that's kind of strange).

lol, that's another song!

 

[Sicy]

lol, that's another song!

Well that's the only one I've heard

Are you saying there are two songs on that one track? I'm confused

 

[coemgen]

Thanks. I think I can probably find these on Limewire when I get home.

Try "Cemeteries of London" and "Lost!" too.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Well that's the only one I've heard

Yes is actually two songs - Yes and Chinese Sleep Chant - weird, I know...

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Is everyone falling all over the new Coldplay like it's the next X&Y again?

I'm confused...

 

[Zoots]

Yes is not a good song to start with! Send her Viva La Vida! I would if I wasn't at work.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Is everyone falling all over the new Coldplay like it's the next X&Y again?

I'm confused...

sputter... that was the funniest thing i have read all day!

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Yes is not a good song to start with! Send her Viva La Vida! I would if I wasn't at work.

she already has that one I think...

 

[Screwtape2]

Although I don't consider the last two albums crap, I see your point. Consider this though — those two albums were essentially people pleasers and more traditional, I think, because of the Rock and Roll HOF induction. They put Pop out, it doesn't stick to people, so they make their next phase big, juicy pop songs. Then they make it more Rock and Roll for the one coinciding with the HOF, and now that that's done and they've won back their fans, they're going more experimental.

They're at their best when they're experimental.

Um...I honestly think U2 failed to win back fans but just attracted more mainstream fans. Plus why should we give the time of day to a band that makes albums to pander. Nothing at all makes me excited about the next U2 album. So I think believing it is going to be a classic is a bit foolish.

 

[coemgen]

Well that's the only one I've heard

Are you saying there are two songs on that one track? I'm confused

Wait until you hear "42." It has three tempo changes. You'll have to see a music therapist.

 

[coemgen]

Um...I honestly think U2 failed to win back fans but just attracted more mainstream fans. Plus why should we give the time of day to a band that makes albums to pander. Nothing at all makes me excited about the next U2 album. So I think believing it is going to be a classic is a bit foolish.

It's only foolish if it turns out not to be. Lanois said they're going for nothing short of a classic. Let's see if they do it.

 

[LemonMelon]

Nothing at all makes me excited about the next U2 album. So I think believing it is going to be a classic is a bit foolish.

For you it would be foolish, maybe.

 

[xaviMF22]

lovers in Japan

bitches

 

[Sicy]

Yes is actually two songs - Yes and Chinese Sleep Chant - weird, I know...

Ok..

she already has that one I think...

I dont, I've only heard it on the TV.

Wait until you hear "42." It has three tempo changes. You'll have to see a music therapist.

 

[Zoots]

Um...I honestly think U2 failed to win back fans but just attracted more mainstream fans.

Agreed. Whatever anyone says in EYKIW, ATYCLB & HTDAAB are a lot more mainstream than Joshua Tree or Achtung or anything in their discography!

 

[xaviMF22]

Agreed. Whatever anyone says in EYKIW, ATYCLB & HTDAAB are a lot more mainstream than Joshua Tree or Achtung or anything in their discography!

yes, HTDAAB bashing thread

sign me up bitches

 

[Zoots]

Sicy, maybe you'll like Lost! better than Yes. Lost! was one of the first songs I liked.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Ok..




I dont, I've only heard it on the TV.

hold on a sec, I'll PM you the whole thing...

 

[LemonMelon]

Agreed. Whatever anyone says in EYKIW, ATYCLB & HTDAAB are a lot more mainstream than Joshua Tree or Achtung or anything in their discography!

Pardon my french, but who gives a shit if it's more mainstream? Just write some good songs and I'll be on your side. The 90's was my favorite era of U2, but it wasn't the experimentation itself that attracted me to it, and it's not the experimentation of Viva that attracts me to it.

 

[impy13]

Oh, hey guys. What's going on in this thread?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

lol

 

[xaviMF22]

Pardon my french, Just write some good songs and I'll be on your side.

I agree with this

but HTDAAB and good songs?