Coldplay - Viva La Vida - Keep Talking.....

[GirlsAloudFan]

Anyway, yeah, the melody of that Satriani guitar line is very similar to the vocal melody of VLV but I doubt it was a conscious theft. And didn't some small-time indie band claim that Coldplay stole Viva La Vida from them earlier this year? I think people are just jealous of Chrissy's earnestness.

 

[LMP]

Failure to remember "Low" is your greatest regret.

I still contend they could have dodged a lot of shit with that as the first single and a revised tracklist.

We disagree on "Low," my friend. It's not terrible, but doesn't stand out for me.

If "World Turned Upside Down," "How You See the World," "Pour Me," and "Things I Don't Understand" made the album over the steaming piles of crap that did, it would certainly be a listenable album.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

there was another dude in WHAM?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

THAT is a dude?

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

He is pretty, no?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

That dude is gayer than the volleyball scene in Top Gun.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

no, of course not!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

That dude is gayer than the volleyball scene in Top Gun.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I loved the volleyball scene in Top Gun! I also loved Wham.

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

hehe.. andrew ridgley....

 

[Popmartijn]

I hear the similarities.

So do I.

But I also think that I've heard that Red Hot Chili Peppers song Dani California's Last Dance somewhere before...

 

[Zoots]

How did Bettencourt and Ridgley get into a discussion about Coldplay?

 

[cobl04]

That's an insult to 12-year-old girl poets everywhere.

Enough of the hot avatars

 

[cobl04]

My ticket was $140 bucks

Oh Radiohead...

 

[blueeyedgirl]

You know he's been living with Keren from Bananarama for about the last 15 years.....

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I also loved Bananarama!

 

[bono_man2002]

My ticket was $140 bucks

Oh Radiohead...

As if Radiohead are ever going to tour Oz again anyway

 

[cobl04]

Don't say things like that

 

[pepokiss]

I know who Joe Satriani is and I some know songs... but this shows you who's bigger

Guitarist accuses Coldplay of plagiarism - Yahoo! News


if you can't even be name named, you're not doing it too good

 

[bono_man2002]

Don't say things like that

Maybe they'll open for U2 when U2 returns to Australian on their "Aussie Dollar is back at 70 US Cents Tour"

 

[cobl04]

I'd honestly be happy for petrol and other things to rise to ensure the dollar rises to ensure U2 tours again. Or however the darn'd economy works.

 

[bono_man2002]

I'd honestly be happy for petrol and other things to rise to ensure the dollar rises to ensure U2 tours again. Or however the darn'd economy works.

So Long as petrol keeps coming down, I don't really care what happens!

 

[LemonMelon]

I finally got around to listening to Prospekt's March...

Great

Rainy Day

Pretty good

Glass Of Water
Prospekt's March/Poppyfields
Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground

Inessential
Life In Technicolor II
Postcards From Far Away
Lost+ (feat. 5 seconds of Jay-Z)
Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)

Overall, there was nothing I really disliked, and nothing I would really place on the album proper, excepting perhaps Rainy Day, which is fantastic. LIT2 is utterly pointless, and CMart's vocals are awful, while Postcards From Far Away could make for a nice intro. The remixes are remixes, eh. Prospekt's March/Poppyfields is cliche, mid-range Coldplay that sounds nice enough, Glass Of Water is pleasant, but not exactly album-worthy, and the same could be said of Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground, which never really builds to anything.

If Viva La Vida is a B+, the EP gets a B-. This era of Coldplay is miles ahead of 2005-2007, and the EP caps it off nicely. But this isn't anything I would recommend to newcomers.

 

[last unicorn]

I just received notice that tickets are available for three open air concerts in Germany in summer 2009. I had no idea that Coldplay would return next year.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

they're almost 33, they have to get as much touring in as possible

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Inessential
Lost+ (feat. 5 seconds of Jay-Z)

have to disagree here... Lost+ is a great track. jay-z's 30 seconds flows seamlessly, almost like it's supposed to be there. it's a terrific mix.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Headache, you are the first person I have encountered who likes Lost+...

You're like some sort of mythical creature like a Unicorn or an Eskimo

 

[last unicorn]

Lost+ is more like Lost-

God, I hate this Jay-Z stuff.

 

[phanan]

Headache, you are the first person I have encountered who likes Lost+...

I don't mind it, but I prefer the original and acoustic versions much more...

 

[Tiger Edge]

Headache, you are the first person I have encountered who likes Lost+...

You're like some sort of mythical creature like a Unicorn or an Eskimo

Negative! I happen to like it too, although I was a bit disappointed. I wanted to hear him for more than 30 seconds.

So I guess there are two unicorns in this vast land of regular old Pintos?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I just think JZ should have added more... it was basically the same exact song until the "guitar solo"...