Mack_Again
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Does U2 care about sal....oh wait
Nowhere near as lazy as disregarding sales entirely because "that's just how it is now."
Lol passive aggressive, don't you think?
Fair enough, that is a larger than usual decline... I doubt I'll be buying it any time soon, that's for sure.
Why would I buy an album when I already pay $10/month to stream any album I want.
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Because better quality is worth it?
Spotify Premium when set to "Extreme Quality" sounds phenomenal if you have good speakers/headphones.
I also don't have a CD player besides my lap top and my ol '98 Chevy Blazer just plays cassettes.
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I rip everything to lossless audio and then put it on my iPod or iPhone for headphones/car usage and play from my computer to my stereo for outloud. I've got Amazon Prime so I've streamed stuff back to back with playing the lossless file and I can definitely tell a difference in the low bass (less punch, more boxy) and upper treble (especially acoustic guitars, cymbals, and certain vocals). Maybe it's just me listening for that sort of things when trying to EQ my own recordings so it stands out when listening to lesser versions of others' recordings. Also there are a few dead reception spots on I-5 north of Seattle and that'd drive me crazy for the stream to stop. Crazy that you don't have a CD player.
So I've given this a few spins... very lukewarm overall.
I like the title track, Birds, Adventure of a Lifetime is shallow but it's fun and not too insulting. I love Up & Up... and that's about it. Rest is disposable at best and shockingly bad at worst.
Coldplay's albums sales may be down, but their concert sales have never been better. Check it out, a bunch of stadium shows in South America/Mexico and Europe, selling well with lots of 2nd shows being added. In the case of London, they just announced a 4th show at Wembley Stadium. My guess is that they'll put North American tour tickets onsale around the time of the Super Bowl in order to ensure a huge rush to buy tickets. It'll be interesting to see what venues they do in the US. I predict stadiums in the big cities, arenas in the smaller cities.
There's little here that I go "oh, that was dreadful, I can't listen to this", but in a way that would be more fun than what we're getting here. The level of ambition here is shockingly low.
Personally I think Coldplay are long overdue for a crushing blow of failure. They flinched spectacularly out of it on the last album by shoe-horning in the easy hit-by-numbers Sky Full Of Stars, and I think their current single combined with this album's hit-by-numbers Hymn For The Weekend will ensure another success. It's not that I think they deserve failure or wish any ill on them; when they try (Midnight and O from the last album, most of their 2000-2008 music) they make good stuff, but with key exceptions their music has become so formulaic and lazy it's not fun anymore to care about them or follow them. They blew up this balloon of success the first couple of albums, but now it's just been sitting there all blown up for ages. Can someone please just pop it so they'll have to make the effort blowing it up again (sorry for the terrible metaphor)?
Yeah, they are still a fun show. My complaint is how short their sets are. There is no excuse for a band with their catalog to play 90 minutes.
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A Head Full of Shit.I believe it has been medically proven your brain will start to melt after 92 minutes of consecutive listening to Chris Martin "lyrics".
Yes.am I the only person who ironically loves Adventure of Lifetime?
I believe it has been medically proven your brain will start to melt after 92 minutes of consecutive listening to Chris Martin "lyrics".
I believe it has been medically proven your brain will start to melt after 92 minutes of consecutive listening to Chris Martin "lyrics".