Goosey
Oasis Roadie
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Post by Goosey on Jul 1, 2024 10:44:21 GMT -5
I am not the biggest Coldplay fan, like the hits but not really that familiar with the albums/ later stuff. Totally blown away by their performance at Glastonbury (bar the weird Violet Hill bit). The spectacle of it was amazing.
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Post by Sadie on Jul 1, 2024 11:17:24 GMT -5
I am not the biggest Coldplay fan, like the hits but not really that familiar with the albums/ later stuff. Totally blown away by their performance at Glastonbury (bar the weird Violet Hill bit). The spectacle of it was amazing. Have a listen to Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Viva La Vida and Everyday Life in full (especially the first three)! They're incredible albums and no matter what anyone says about Coldplay those albums will always be incredible to me (oh and Mylo Xyloto, but if the pop stuff isn't your thing focus on those albums  ) |
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Post by matt on Jul 1, 2024 16:13:01 GMT -5
I am not the biggest Coldplay fan, like the hits but not really that familiar with the albums/ later stuff. Totally blown away by their performance at Glastonbury (bar the weird Violet Hill bit). The spectacle of it was amazing. Have a listen to Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Viva La Vida and Everyday Life in full (especially the first three)! They're incredible albums and no matter what anyone says about Coldplay those albums will always be incredible to me (oh and Mylo Xyloto, but if the pop stuff isn't your thing focus on those albums ) Even on their worst album, you can find one or two good tracks, maybe like Oasis at their worst. I'd always recommend the first four albums. Mylo Xyloto is a good vibrant pop album but if you like the alt rock of the first three or the art rock of the fourth, don't expect it. It's pure pop from here on. From there on, I'd recommend these selection of tracks (only personal opinion mind!). Unbelievably cynical about them these last four or five years, watching them at Glastonbury (which I had no intention to watch) washed that away and reminded me why I liked them so much. Ghost Stories: Midnight, Magic, O (Fly On), Oceans, Ghost Story, All Your Friends (last two are not on the album but come from the Magic EP). A Head Full of Dreams: Right this is where we're struggling. Their worst album. But Adventure of a Lifetime is fun guitar pop, Birds is indie pop, and Up & Up is decent, not as epic as they'd want but infectious and upbeat, featuring a guitar solo from Noel. The title track is fine until they run out of ideas and think 'fuck it, throw in some whoa whoas' which torpedoes the song. Everyday Life: The full band efforts are the best since Viva La Vida - Church, Orphans, Arabesque is elite tier Coldplay. Champions of the World is lovely, Trouble In Town is good, the bonus track Flags is a classic old fashioned indie pop song. No bad tracks, sketchy in some places sounding like a Chris Martin solo effort in large parts, but a very decent record altogether. Music of the Spheres: Only listened to this one only once, which says everything. So not a very informed opinion. But, I know its not a popular opinion, but My Universe is a catchy song. It's full on pop with added full fat cheese for good measure. But I actually came back to one song after watching Glastonbury and felt the full force of Coloratura. Found its epic symphonic elements and uplifting nature quite emotional, first time that I really took note of the song given how disconnected I was from them at the time of this release. For all the crap they've released in recent years, this is that one fantastic song that gives you clarity and reminds you who they really are. That band is still there somewhere. Given their reputation as dreary and dirge like early on in their career, its remarkable that they now primarily have a reputation for uplifting euphoric pop music. And I suppose their performance vindicated that approach in some ways, it certainly cheered me up. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jul 2, 2024 9:48:15 GMT -5
Have a listen to Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Viva La Vida and Everyday Life in full (especially the first three)! They're incredible albums and no matter what anyone says about Coldplay those albums will always be incredible to me (oh and Mylo Xyloto, but if the pop stuff isn't your thing focus on those albums ) Even on their worst album, you can find one or two good tracks, maybe like Oasis at their worst. I'd always recommend the first four albums. Mylo Xyloto is a good vibrant pop album but if you like the alt rock of the first three or the art rock of the fourth, don't expect it. It's pure pop from here on. From there on, I'd recommend these selection of tracks (only personal opinion mind!). Unbelievably cynical about them these last four or five years, watching them at Glastonbury (which I had no intention to watch) washed that away and reminded me why I liked them so much. Ghost Stories: Midnight, Magic, O (Fly On), Oceans, Ghost Story, All Your Friends (last two are not on the album but come from the Magic EP). A Head Full of Dreams: Right this is where we're struggling. Their worst album. But Adventure of a Lifetime is fun guitar pop, Birds is indie pop, and Up & Up is decent, not as epic as they'd want but infectious and upbeat, featuring a guitar solo from Noel. The title track is fine until they run out of ideas and think 'fuck it, throw in some whoa whoas' which torpedoes the song. Everyday Life: The full band efforts are the best since Viva La Vida - Church, Orphans, Arabesque is elite tier Coldplay. Champions of the World is lovely, Trouble In Town is good, the bonus track Flags is a classic old fashioned indie pop song. No bad tracks, sketchy in some places sounding like a Chris Martin solo effort in large parts, but a very decent record altogether. Music of the Spheres: Only listened to this one only once, which says everything. So not a very informed opinion. But, I know its not a popular opinion, but My Universe is a catchy song. It's full on pop with added full fat cheese for good measure. But I actually came back to one song after watching Glastonbury and felt the full force of Coloratura. Found its epic symphonic elements and uplifting nature quite emotional, first time that I really took note of the song given how disconnected I was from them at the time of this release. For all the crap they've released in recent years, this is that one fantastic song that gives you clarity and reminds you who they really are. That band is still there somewhere. Given their reputation as dreary and dirge like early on in their career, its remarkable that they now primarily have a reputation for uplifting euphoric pop music. And I suppose their performance vindicated that approach in some ways, it certainly cheered me up. Chris has always been a phenomenal showman from the very beginning. Coldplay are always excellent live. 25 years into their career they long ago entered the stadium tour legacy act phase of playing huge gigs across the globe despite lackluster albums. It almost doesn’t matter. Oasis was like this too post 2000. Rolling Stones. The WHO. U2. The list is endless and it’s a natural progression. If I ever need a laugh, I go on Coldplay Reddit and read comments by Newplayers who talk themselves into thinking much of their post 2011 output is masterpieces. Reminds me of later day Oasis albums and Beady Eye. Deep down they know the real truth and that is fine. Nothing last forever, even cold November rain… |
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Post by The Escapist on Jul 7, 2024 17:33:09 GMT -5
Ghost Stories and Everyday Life are both strong albums and I'd take them both over X&Y.
2008-2012 remains their overall peak, to me.
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Post by The Escapist on Jul 7, 2024 17:37:06 GMT -5
Here's a beautiful track that no-one ever mentions:
I get the "solo-Chris" accusations, but the album is so earnest and emotionally open to the pain of the world that I find that stripped back feel to be tasteful, even moving. From most bands, an album like "Everyday Life" would seem cloying, but Chris' wide-eyed melodic innocence creates something beautiful; it's a fantastic work and just like Viva La Vida and Mylo Xyloto, I have little doubt that it's reputation will increase over time.
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Post by oasisserbia on Aug 12, 2024 5:16:52 GMT -5
The members of Coldplay seem like people who much prefer to hang out, travel, and perform live rather than lock themselves in a dark studio without windows and record for months. Or stay at home alone, composing and pouring out all their thoughts, emotions, fears, and feelings into songs to share with others.
They love that connection with fans, they enjoy giving interviews, taking selfies, recording for TikTok, fulfilling fans' wishes and performing on stage songs they are confident in and do well.
And you can't blame them for that - they understand that their new albums exist mainly so they can go on tour afterward and they create them without much enthusiasm.
I respect that, that's just the type of people they are.
If I were in their place, I probably would have already slap some idiot in face if he tried to take selfie with me while I'm buying bread and milk in the morning in local store and I would build a studio in some remote area and focuse primarily on recording. But we're not all the same.
So, everything they had to say, all the inspiration and talent they had, they’ve already recorded and turned into songs and albums. Catch them live if you can and enjoy the experience. That's the best that you can get from them.
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Post by matt on Oct 1, 2024 15:51:54 GMT -5
I don't care for this new album released on Friday, the new stuff has long disinterested me for a very long time now.
But the new Apple music interview is a reminder that, despite reservations on the quality of their music, they are a bunch of hardworking, honest and downright decent guys. And massive kudos to them and their principles for being one of the very very very few major acts to still make their tickets affordable.
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 1, 2024 15:55:26 GMT -5
I quite like "feelslikeimfallinginlove". Nothing near their best, but a passably pleasing pop effort.
"We Pray" is a fine track featuring Chris Martin but has nothing to do with Coldplay that I can see.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 1, 2024 16:33:47 GMT -5
I don't care for this new album released on Friday, the new stuff has long disinterested me for a very long time now. But the new Apple music interview is a reminder that, despite reservations on the quality of their music, they are a bunch of hardworking, honest and downright decent guys. And massive kudos to them and their principles for being one of the very very very few major acts to still make their tickets affordable. Nobody kisses ass better than Zane Lowe. Is Chris delusional when he says that their quality control over the last few albums has been extreme? There is a lot of stuff that should have never been allowed to happen on a Coldplay record. For example, the chipmunk voices on Spheres. Cringe city. Interesting that he said he knows how risky it was to have BTS on My Universe knowing the critics and older fans would crush them. And they did. |
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Post by matt on Oct 1, 2024 17:02:38 GMT -5
I don't care for this new album released on Friday, the new stuff has long disinterested me for a very long time now. But the new Apple music interview is a reminder that, despite reservations on the quality of their music, they are a bunch of hardworking, honest and downright decent guys. And massive kudos to them and their principles for being one of the very very very few major acts to still make their tickets affordable. Nobody kisses ass better than Zane Lowe. Is Chris delusional when he says that their quality control over the last few albums has been extreme? There is a lot of stuff that should have never been allowed to happen on a Coldplay record. For example, the chipmunk voices on Spheres. Cringe city. Interesting that he said he knows how risky it was to have BTS on My Universe knowing the critics and older fans would crush them. And they did. Again, I just check out from discussions about their music of today. It's not for me, it's not made for me, but there's a whole bunch of younger folk there that do like it, BTS shaped bells and whistles and all. I'm not screaming 'who are you f***in trying to kid here??' like with U2. Coldplay... I get it, even if I don't like it. They still make sense as a band. |
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Post by matt on Oct 1, 2024 17:10:43 GMT -5
Of course there's a part of me that hopes their last ever album is a return to them just being them, akin to Everyday Life, without tacky pop producers and endless guest stars.
And a part of me that still hopes they renege on their promise to end after 12 albums, because when they put their minds to it and stop catering to the charts, they can still produce top albums and songs, I am certain of that.
That frustration will always be there, a total squandering of talents and diluting your songs for Max Martin flavoured pop.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 1, 2024 17:33:54 GMT -5
Nobody kisses ass better than Zane Lowe. Is Chris delusional when he says that their quality control over the last few albums has been extreme? There is a lot of stuff that should have never been allowed to happen on a Coldplay record. For example, the chipmunk voices on Spheres. Cringe city. Interesting that he said he knows how risky it was to have BTS on My Universe knowing the critics and older fans would crush them. And they did. Again, I just check out from discussions about their music of today. It's not for me, it's not made for me, but there's a whole bunch of younger folk there that do like it, BTS shaped bells and whistles and all. I'm not screaming 'who are you f***in trying to kid here??' like with U2. Coldplay... I get it, even if I don't like it. They still make sense as a band. They have successfully turned over their fan base in a truly spectacular way. Not sure they even needed to do that. They sold more and got better reviews prior to the turn to pop and collaborations. The videos from South America are insane. They are like Gods down there. Always been a phenomenal live act. That has never wavered. Like you the music no longer speaks to me. I was a massive fan 2000 to 2011. It started to wane after that point. Handful of good tunes here and there and I’ll always give them a try on each go around but it’s been a series of diminishing returns. It’s wild that Max Martin, a pop producing master, crafts generic sounding pop songs with Coldplay. I just don’t see the appeal. Chris is miles better without him. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 2, 2024 23:07:06 GMT -5
Just had my first listen to the new album MOON MUSIC. Hot off the press and into the forum....
Moon Music - One of the most interesting pieces of music that I wish the band would dive deeper into. Very atmospheric. Reminds me of "Glo" from the most recent Sigur Ros album.
Feelslikeimfallinginlove - I didn't think much of it when it first dropped in the summer. Very generic pop rock that sounds catchy but the irony was it was almost instantly forgettable. Within the context of the album and coming off "Moon Music" I get it more now. Not something I'll go out of my way to listen to but it flows nicely out of the intro track.
We Pray - Doesn't really move my needle at all. I'm not a huge Coldplay collaboration guy. I just never think they help improve or enhance the band in anyway. This feels like a side project song like Los Unidades or a Chris Martin solo track.
Jupiter - An acoustic driven track that feels like it could have been on Everyday Life. Again, this feels like a Chris solo song.
Good Feelings - This track has had a lot of hype by the fan base for a year or so now. Many saying it SHOULD have been the lead single. I'm not sure I agree with that. I think "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" is a much stronger choice. Another feature this time by Ayra Starr. Feels like it was engineered to be a big time song off this album but not sure I'll ever seek it out again.
Rainbow - Good sonic atmosphere, more of a collage of ideas rather than a 3 part song medley. This is not "42" or "Paranoid Android". I can hear some distant echoes of "Coloratura" sprinkled within this track. I'm not a fan of when bands or artists sample real life voices from archives or any other type of gimmicky spoken words, regardless if it's from Maya Angelou or President Obama. Just not my thing.
Iaam - Lot of people declaring this the "Viva La Vida" track. I guess maybe but maybe more of a b-side from that period. Good piano work
Aeterna - Sounds almost exactly like the version that leaked by in January and I am here for this song. Get the glow sticks out folks. If Chris is gonna lean into electro pop, do more of this. Avicii would be proud of this one I think. Choir coda added to the end which the leak version did not contain.
All My Love - The last Coldplay single from this period or ever? Not sure exactly what Chris meant when he said that to Zane Lowe this week. I know Chris wants this to be a big shining moment for the band like a "Fix You" is but it definitely doesn't hit on that level for me. Not sure it'll reach those heights because its a very paint by numbers Chris on piano power ballad cell phone waver.
One World - Another interesting sonic listen. Jon Hopkins did wonderful on this. Kind of a slow burner but hammers down the theme of the record that we only got this rock we live on and all the people on it so let's take care of each other. Why the fuck not? I hear Sigur Ros, Brian Eno and Hans Zimmer on this tune. A hidden track pops up a minute or so after "One World" ends. Nothing major, just some La La La's.
So there you have it. My first initial thoughts. It's miles better than that piece of shit "Music of the Spheres". This record is a lot more coherent in terms of production and song quality. Problems stills remain for me, Coldplay is sounding less and less like a band over the last 4-5 years. So much of the more recent album are dominated by tunes that sound like Chris solo material. Where did Will's powerful drumming go? Who the fuck stole Jonny's guitar??? Like seriously, what happened to him on this album? All the bandmates sound so neutered. I've said it time over time. Coldplay is at their best and most powerful when it's the 4 of them creating and crafting their music. So much of this record is over produced and too polished. A lot of charm is lost in that process.
Oh well, these are thoughts of a 43 year old man now that jumped on this Coldplay train when I was 18.
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Post by niftium on Oct 3, 2024 10:28:13 GMT -5
So there you have it. My first initial thoughts. It's miles better than that piece of shit "Music of the Spheres". This record is a lot more coherent in terms of production and song quality. Problems stills remain for me, Coldplay is sounding less and less like a band over the last 4-5 years. So much of the more recent album are dominated by tunes that sound like Chris solo material. Where did Will's powerful drumming go? Who the fuck stole Jonny's guitar??? Like seriously, what happened to him on this album? All the bandmates sound so neutered. I've said it time over time. Coldplay is at their best and most powerful when it's the 4 of them creating and crafting their music. So much of this record is over produced and too polished. A lot of charm is lost in that process.
Oh well, these are thoughts of a 43 year old man now that jumped on this Coldplay train when I was 18. I skipped my way though the album last night and got the same vibes you did. And the bit I bold-ed above could not be more accurate. Chris has always sworn he wouldn't do a solo album while he's a member of Coldplay, but from what I've heard so far, this is at least his third. |
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Post by Manualex on Oct 3, 2024 11:15:57 GMT -5
I havent listened to the album, but saw the songwriting and production credits and its a hodgepodge you could probably write a longer analysis of the writers than the album itself. I see that there's no Up&Up, Champion of The World or Coloratura this time around.
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Post by matt on Oct 3, 2024 16:16:57 GMT -5
One album produced by Max Martin is forgivable, two is pushing it.
But ending their career with two more albums produced by him would be a terrible terrible way to end the band.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 3, 2024 16:35:24 GMT -5
One album produced by Max Martin is forgivable, two is pushing it. But ending their career with two more albums produced by him would be a terrible terrible way to end the band. They should go back to Ken Nelson for their 12th album. Go full circle. |
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Post by matt on Oct 3, 2024 16:43:11 GMT -5
One album produced by Max Martin is forgivable, two is pushing it. But ending their career with two more albums produced by him would be a terrible terrible way to end the band. They should go back to Ken Nelson for their 12th album. Go full circle. It would be good, at least as good as Everyday Life which was 'in house' production. Any hope of a Brian Eno/Markus Dravs style artsy u-turn is nothing but a fantasy at this stage now but just standard Coldplay would be fine, and surely realistic enough, for me. It's not necessarily a return to alt rock I'm looking for, but something honest and sincere is fine. I'm happy with them being a sentimental and upbeat band, but you want it to feel heartfelt and honest (e.g. Champion of the World), not the full fat ultra processed cheese of records either side of Everyday Life. |
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 3, 2024 18:38:56 GMT -5
Dreadful.
Put aside the fact that it isn't a Coldplay album, this doesn't even succeed as a Chris Martin solo project.
It'd be easy, even comforting, to point to the familiar faults: the over-processed production, the cliched lyrics, the old-man-at-the-club collaborations. But there's a new issue here that pains me to realise; it's not that Chris is giving his songs bad production anymore, it's that he's just not writing good songs in the first place.
Even on "Music of the Spheres", the only Coldplay album I haven't enjoyed previously, there were hooks and melodic turns that made it clear he could still write, and there was still "Coloratura" to show you that he could still write great. On every album before that, he produced multiple fantastic songs. Through all the changes, Coldplay have endured on Chris' ear for a tune. But that's over, now, too. He's incapable of anything beyond generic Christian-music choruses to give a song a climax. He's incapable of anything beyond syrup-soft and obvious verses, all of which seem to twist in the same couple of ways to shift to the hook. And that's on the songs that actually do feature hooks at all, with a good portion of the record being the kind of your-call-is-important-to-us background music that makes you wonder if Will Champion is aware this record even occurred. And on almost every track, there's a point where Chris gives up on song-writing entirely and pulls out the blandest set of la-la-la's that the instrumental can carry to see the track to a conclusion. It's lazy. It's generic. It's uninspired.
And it's not good enough. These guys have so much talent ("Coloratura") and it is being pulled to dust by the growing black hole of Chris' solo impulses. There's not one song on here good enough to merit an individual review and there's not one song here that feels like it was made by the band who made "Viva". In fact, there's not one song here that feels like it was made by a band at all. I don't know if the other members have simply checked out for the fun tours and the cash at this point, but it's clear that Chris needs (has always needed?) the stimulation of vibrant musicians around him to produce his best work. When he was uninspired after X&Y, he came up with his best album through letting "Guy, Will, and Jonny take back the glory". If there is any hope for this final chapter of a once-great band being a fitting conclusion, those three must do the same again. To follow the space theme; the three moons to Chris' planet must eclipse his ever-declining solo tendencies.
Coldplay don't need to retire after this album. They need to re-unite.
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Post by Sadie on Oct 3, 2024 19:12:19 GMT -5
Dreadful. Put aside the fact that it isn't a Coldplay album, this doesn't even succeed as a Chris Martin solo project. It'd be easy, even comforting, to point to the familiar faults: the over-processed production, the cliched lyrics, the old-man-at-the-club collaborations. But there's a new issue here that pains me to realise; it's not that Chris is giving his songs bad production anymore, it's that he's just not writing good songs in the first place. Even on "Music of the Spheres", the only Coldplay album I haven't enjoyed previously, there were hooks and melodic turns that made it clear he could still write, and there was still "Coloratura" to show you that he could still write great. On every album before that, he produced multiple fantastic songs. Through all the changes, Coldplay have endured on Chris' ear for a tune. But that's over, now, too. He's incapable of anything beyond generic Christian-music choruses to give a song a climax. He's incapable of anything beyond syrup-soft and obvious verses, all of which seem to twist in the same couple of ways to shift to the hook. And that's on the songs that actually do feature hooks at all, with a good portion of the record being the kind of your-call-is-important-to-us background music that makes you wonder if Will Champion is aware this record even occurred. And on almost every track, there's a point where Chris gives up on song-writing entirely and pulls out the blandest set of la-la-la's that the instrumental can carry to see the track to a conclusion. It's lazy. It's generic. It's uninspired. And it's not good enough. These guys have so much talent ("Coloratura") and it is being pulled to dust by the growing black hole of Chris' solo impulses. There's not one song on here good enough to merit an individual review and there's not one song here that feels like it was made by the band who made "Viva". In fact, there's not one song here that feels like it was made by a band at all. I don't know if the other members have simply checked out for the fun tours and the cash at this point, but it's clear that Chris needs (has always needed?) the stimulation of vibrant musicians around him to produce his best work. When he was uninspired after X&Y, he came up with his best album through letting "Guy, Will, and Jonny take back the glory". If there is any hope for this final chapter of a once-great band being a fitting conclusion, those three must do the same again. To follow the space theme; the three moons to Chris' planet must eclipse his ever-declining solo tendencies. Coldplay don't need to retire after this album. They need to re-unite. I haven't even listened to the album and yet I knew it would only ever end up being a worse version of Music Of The Spheres (which I hated btw, with the exception of Coloratura and People Of The Pride) |
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Post by matt on Oct 3, 2024 19:19:00 GMT -5
Dreadful. Put aside the fact that it isn't a Coldplay album, this doesn't even succeed as a Chris Martin solo project. It'd be easy, even comforting, to point to the familiar faults: the over-processed production, the cliched lyrics, the old-man-at-the-club collaborations. But there's a new issue here that pains me to realise; it's not that Chris is giving his songs bad production anymore, it's that he's just not writing good songs in the first place. Even on "Music of the Spheres", the only Coldplay album I haven't enjoyed previously, there were hooks and melodic turns that made it clear he could still write, and there was still "Coloratura" to show you that he could still write great. On every album before that, he produced multiple fantastic songs. Through all the changes, Coldplay have endured on Chris' ear for a tune. But that's over, now, too. He's incapable of anything beyond generic Christian-music choruses to give a song a climax. He's incapable of anything beyond syrup-soft and obvious verses, all of which seem to twist in the same couple of ways to shift to the hook. And that's on the songs that actually do feature hooks at all, with a good portion of the record being the kind of your-call-is-important-to-us background music that makes you wonder if Will Champion is aware this record even occurred. And on almost every track, there's a point where Chris gives up on song-writing entirely and pulls out the blandest set of la-la-la's that the instrumental can carry to see the track to a conclusion. It's lazy. It's generic. It's uninspired. And it's not good enough. These guys have so much talent ("Coloratura") and it is being pulled to dust by the growing black hole of Chris' solo music. There's not one song on here good enough to merit an individual review and there's not one song here that feels like it was made by the band who made "Viva". In fact, there's not one song here that feels like it was made by a band at all. Coldplay don't need to retire after this album. They need to re-unite. Well shit the bed, had it dead cert we'd perhaps have contrasting opinions on this, me being dreadfully disappointed as usual and yourself seeing some merit... but it's the other way around. Mainly because I despised Spheres aside from Coloratura and My Universe. This album is not great, it's not even close to being very good but I thought it was okay... a pleasant listen. For sure, it's the first Coldplay album I can't hear a smash hit, thought that was always a dead cert with collaborations boosting the chart potential. Nothing sticks in the mind but thats par for the course for chart music which is increasingly phobic about melody. But I don't hear anything atrocious either. There's a hell of a lot of faults of which I'll go into later but there are echoes of recovery. Some Beatlesesque sounds, I'm not disliking the Nile Rodgers funk on one track, Hopkins finger marks all over AETERNA which was welcome (edit: this latter one im coming back to most, probably the best song on the album)... but the one that struck me most was the short rough draft of some waltz they're improvising tacked on at end of the uninspiring last track. It's not much but it's a beautiful lolling melody, yet more proof that when they dip into the traditional songbook like they did on Viva La Vida and Everyday Life, he hits some rich vein of songwriting that feels timeless, primarily because these songs that influence him are based around timeless melodies, a strength of which he is still the best at when he forgoes chart baiting. |
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Post by matt on Oct 3, 2024 19:38:10 GMT -5
Yeah after more listens, AETERNA is the tune.
Absolutely love it.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 3, 2024 21:04:28 GMT -5
Yeah after more listens, AETERNA is the tune. Absolutely love it. There is a framework of an interesting work within Moon Music. Moon Music, Rainbow, Our World, sprinkle in Aeterna. I’m not sure it’s a Coldplay record but it’s a more mature and measure work. |
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Post by glider on Oct 3, 2024 22:12:10 GMT -5
Moon Music, Rainbow, Aeterna and One World should've been what the bulk of their 2010s output should've consisted of. Dance/Club trance, ambient soundtracks and world music - instead of the wishy wash billboard hot 100 flavor of the month boredom inducing MOR they settled with.
Outside of the songs mentioned above, setting aside Jupiter which is a fine little number, the rest of are uninspired. Feelslikeimfalling... is boring. We Pray was an instant skip (who the hell are these people?), Good Feelings is not a Coldplay song, and iAAM is a poor attempt at recreating the Viva atmosphere.
However, the track All My Love is one of the worst things I've heard in years. Dreadful, Ashcroft-esque platitude laden lyrics, and painfully sentimental, diabetic production. Not as bad as Amazing Day but might be worse than Everglow.
They need to ditch the features, ditch Max Martin, and just have Jon Hopkins be the producer. He can still get some gems out of them. Bring back Markus Dravs and just focus on being a quartet. Of course, none of what I'm saying matters if all they just want to do is tour now.
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