OKAY I HAVE TO POST THIS!

[Bonus_mosher]

at 1.52 this song goes all STATUS QUO! for a while :laugh3:
I love this song to death! (no pun intended)
but it just DOES! you can even fit their lyrics in.
"and I like it I like it I like it la la la laaa"
:lol:

[bluexylophone]

haha i know what you mean, but it sounds so GOOD
you can't help but move your body along to it :)

the only thing that bugs me about this song is at 2:18 when they abruptly get into the "Death and all of his friends" bit of the ending. It seems to come out of nowhere. haha.

[Glossal Fragster]

at 1.52 this song goes all STATUS QUO! for a while :laugh3:
I love this song to death! (no pun intended)
but it just DOES! you can even fit their lyrics in.
"and I like it I like it I like it la la la laaa"
:lol:
yeah it does :D and do u agree with me like the intro piano bit is a bit like waterloo sunset by the kinks? lol...just the melody

[Bonus_mosher]

I've never heard it.
lol

I'll just have to take your word for it! :P

[Dark K]

Well, the part at 2:18 was actually well played, the band started on a scale from a soft piano intro with vocals, then going with some guitar notes, to some 3-4 secs of rock with the drums, after that, Jonny takes the show with his guitar and the band sings
.

[bluexylophone]

it's not the progression of the song i have a problem with
it's that 2:18 introduced a whole new part of the song in a kind of abrupt way
unlike 1:48 to 1:52, which acts as a perfect bridge to the "Status Quo" bit AgeSix is talking about.

i don't hate it, it just sounds a bit weird. i guess it's because the 2:18 bit starts on the fourth beat of the measure, instead of the first.

still, it's a very very beautiful song.

[Dark K]

it's not the progression of the song i have a problem with
it's that 2:18 introduced a whole new part of the song in a kind of abrupt way
unlike 1:48 to 1:52, which acts as a perfect bridge to the "Status Quo" bit AgeSix is talking about.

i don't hate it, it just sounds a bit weird. i guess it's because the 2:18 bit starts on the fourth beat of the measure, instead of the first.

still, it's a very very beautiful song.

Ah, my bad, sorry, but yes I think they changed the time signature at that part.

[wayne]

Yeah, the time signature changes. The "status quo" bit is 4/4 apart from the last bar, which is 3/4 and then the last section is 7/4 (can be counted as 3+4).

I'm really pleased to hear some time signatures other than 4/4. The majority of Coldplay's work has been 4/4 so far so the use of alternative time signatures is one of the highlights (one of many) of Viva La Vida for me. Cemeteries of London is in 6/8, Yes has passages of 2/4 which give it a real nice skip, Violet Hill has a bar of 2/4 here and there too and, of course, the aforementioned Death and All His Friends ending in 7/4. Lots of triplet feel too. Very pleasing :)

[Littlewhiteshadows]

Ahahaha so right! It makes the song though!

[*Coldplay Lover*]

2:18 is my favorite part of the whole song for me at least!! Its epic.. :]

[pistolabus]

best song on the album. (at least...through one listen)

[PianoRocker]

I love that part of the song :nice:

[- Gabriel]

Yeah, the time signature changes. The "status quo" bit is 4/4 apart from the last bar, which is 3/4 and then the last section is 7/4 (can be counted as 3+4).

I'm really pleased to hear some time signatures other than 4/4. The majority of Coldplay's work has been 4/4 so far so the use of alternative time signatures is one of the highlights (one of many) of Viva La Vida for me. Cemeteries of London is in 6/8, Yes has passages of 2/4 which give it a real nice skip, Violet Hill has a bar of 2/4 here and there too and, of course, the aforementioned Death and All His Friends ending in 7/4. Lots of triplet feel too. Very pleasing :)
I couldn't agree more. I was ecstatic to hear 7/4 at the end of the song. And the fact that they actually put their big anthemic ending (the choir singing part) in 7/4 is even more impressive - writing music in a weird time signature is one thing, but putting lyrics over it is much more challenging. Yet it sounds amazing.
I also love the subtle time signature twists in the piano ending to "Violet Hill".

[NOTlost?FortyTwo]

I couldn't agree more. I was ecstatic to hear 7/4 at the end of the song. And the fact that they actually put their big anthemic ending (the choir singing part) in 7/4 is even more impressive - writing music in a weird time signature is one thing, but putting lyrics over it is much more challenging. Yet it sounds amazing.
I also love the subtle time signature twists in the piano ending to "Violet Hill".

that part is utterly amazing

[iPsy]

yeah...i totallly agree!