Something New: Parachutes

[oldmuckers]

One of the things that I love about Coldplay is that no matter how many times I listen to an album I always seem to find something that I didn't notice before. This was the case when I decided to listen to Parachutes today for the first time in quite a while. Before i share what it is that found I thought it would be interesting to ask other board members to go back and listen to the album again, really listen, and then make a post on this thread with anything new that you just never really noticed before. It's like finding out something new about and old friend and if enough people participate we can do it with the rest of the albums.

What I found: So I was listening to the album the whole way through today and, as sily as it is, I never noticed that how in the song Parachutes there is a direct lyrical reference tho the Shiver. We all know the line from Shiver, "I'll be waiting in line just to see if you care" and it just hit me for the first time today that in the song Parachutes he sings "here I am and I'll wait in line." I know it seems like a small detail but for me it adds evem more depth to that little 46 second song and ties the album together a little more in a way.

I would really love to hear what other people find... be it a lyric, concept, bass line, guitar riff... anything that is new to you even after all these years.

[NumbersGirl]

Coincidentally, I've had Parachutes on non-stop rotation in my car cd player for about 2 weeks now. :lol: In anticipation... ugh... :bomb:

I'm not sure that I've noticed anything odd/different about it from when I listed to it before, but I do understand what you mean about lyrics being repeated or referenced in other songs. I have noticed they do that quite often throughout their entire catalog of songs, even now.

[maria_shiver]

"I'll be waiting in line just to see if you care".......................love shiver:wacky:

[Wherrwhfer]

Today I listened to Easy To Please. I heard that background noise much stronger than I used to. It is awesome :awesome:

[MartinFan]

Great Album!!! I noticed on (Low), towards the end you can hear someone kinda screaming, it's pretty cool.

[Wherrwhfer]

Great Album!!! I noticed on (Low), towards the end you can hear someone kinda screaming, it's pretty cool.
I've never noticed that! I will listen to that next time I hear it.

[Tnspieler1012]

lol, I love when people excitedly point out obvious things everyone should notice on the first listen. Like 'that strange chiming sound during the second verse of clocks'.

[MrMagpie]

I noticed that there is an extra song at the end of the album if you don't turn it off right away.

[*Sarah*]

I noticed that there is an extra song at the end of the album if you don't turn it off right away.

:stunned: what a find! :P

[BerrymanGirl1]

:lol:

[jelynch2]

I think this thread, and others like it that will hopefully come, is a great idea! I'm a relatively new Coldplay uberfan, so this is awesome. I love that there are people as geeky as I am about our boys to talk to. Now, I'm off to listen. Will report back later with any findings. :)

[BerrymanGirl1]

I think this thread, and others like it that will hopefully come, is a great idea! I'm a relatively new Coldplay uberfan, so this is awesome. I love that there are people as geeky as I am about our boys to talk to. Now, I'm off to listen. Will report back later with any findings. :)

:lol:thats what we're here for :cool4:

This is not on the parachutes album but on the AROBTTH I heard that 'moo' in the middle of the song!!:laugh3:

[Cobalt]

Chris Martin recycling lyrics for other songs on same album = nothing new

[Juanma]

^ nice find

[Paulinha coldplay]

The hidden voices in 42 and Rainy Day...:toff:

[i'maveryneatMonster.']

^Love the sig.
Good to see someone with good taste.

[Cobalt]

^ nice find

Yeah totally bro.

[yellowtalk]

Small things I never noticed:

-Chris singing something random ("we live in a ba da ba da???....") during the Don't Panic piano solo.

-Jonny doesn't play High Speed in one cut on the record. His intro guitar continues to fade into his pre-verse riff (at :25). Technically if he was playing live the intro riff should stop and only the 'repeated' verse should be heard (maybe I haven't explained it clearly :P). Yes it's technically and stuff :P

-Small little piano fills in 'We Never Change'

[MrMagpie]

The hidden voices in 42 and Rainy Day...:toff:

Is that the name of the song at the end of the album?

[mrs. chris martin]

i've listened to crests of waves for the first time a while ago, but it wasn't until about a couple weeks ago i actually listened to it and realized how amazing it is. i know that's not really the same as noticing something new, but i just find that interesting

[CGWJ ^^]

Almost at the end of Square One you can listen to some guitar notes that make you shiver because they start very low and then they go higher till the start of the end (:P) of the song, and that moment is BEAUTIFUL!! :smug:
Did you notice that? ^^ :)

[QuestionsOfScience]

I noticed
i also noticed the acoustic guitar in white shadows!
The piano in green eyes
and the fact that there is handclaps, piano, bass, acoustic and electric guitar and piano playing in the last part of 42, which is obviously overdubbed!

[Longlivelife42]

:lol:thats what we're here for :cool4:

This is not on the parachutes album but on the AROBTTH I heard that 'moo' in the middle of the song!!:laugh3:

Ahaha Amy I love the random moo! :laugh3:
And I just noticed that in Don't Panic they use a shaker-sort of instrument at some points...and in For You, I can hear the piano bench creak. :lol:

[Paulinha coldplay]

Is that the name of the song at the end of the album?

What, Briggins? I don't understood your ask...:uneasy: Sorry!:nice:

[yellowtalk]

...and in For You, I can hear the piano bench creak. :lol:

...and at the end there is Chris Martin's ghostly-esque vocals repeating 'For You' in a lower octave!!

[chlllll]

i really love those traffic sounds and talking people on the background thingy in easy to please. :wacky:

[lilworkerb]

Coldplay is like a candy store. You go into it knowing what you want, but inevitably come out with a million extras! Thanks for sharing the extra sweets!

[NumbersGirl]

^ cute :wacky:

[SueDeNimes]

Coldplay is like a candy store. You go into it knowing what you want, but inevitably come out with a million extras! Thanks for sharing the extra sweets!Well put! :)

[Pink]

Cool idea. It will force me to sit still and really listen closely to the album. Here's my first little discovery -- In the 2nd verse of "Don't Panic," where Jonny sings the lead the Chris is in the background, they both end with "All of us are done for," but Chris quietly repeats "done for," alone. Not a big find, but I never noticed it before. Guess that's the purpose of this thread. :P I think it's a great idea to start a separate thread for each album.

[Dayle_Coldplay]

At the very end of 'A Warning Sign', before Chris starts singing 'so I come back into...' he breathes after he starts playing piano after the 'oooooh' from the last chorus. At about 4:17.. :laugh3: love this thread. So many things that we notice but don't think of telling others :shocked2:

[Cobalt]

Cool idea. It will force me to sit still and really listen closely to the album. Here's my first little discovery -- In the 2nd verse of "Don't Panic," where Jonny sings the lead the Chris is in the background, they both end with "All of us are done for," but Chris quietly repeats "done for," alone. Not a big find, but I never noticed it before. Guess that's the purpose of this thread. :P I think it's a great idea to start a separate thread for each album.

Graaaaaawr I am about had it with you lot and obvious discoveries! If you had listened properly the first time every time you would have noticed this on first listen! Tch!

[Wherrwhfer]

Coldplay is like a candy store. You go into it knowing what you want, but inevitably come out with a million extras! Thanks for sharing the extra sweets!
Very, very well said.

[tamunia]

At the very end of 'A Warning Sign', before Chris starts singing 'so I come back into...'
exactly , that's what I wanted to post ... ;) every time before singing the phrase "so I come back into your open arms" he takes a deep breath .. love that part ... :D :)

[noonsun]

You guys do realize this happens to any music anybody listens to, right?

[Twisted mind]

^ Indeed, and because this is a Coldplay forum, we talk about what we hear in Coldplay songs.

[Pink]

Graaaaaawr I am about had it with you lot and obvious discoveries! If you had listened properly the first time every time you would have noticed this on first listen! Tch!

Ahhh, you are so right. Unfortunately, I'm probably a little older than most of you and am listening while raising kids, driving to work, cooking, cleaning, living. But this is fun, when I've got the time.

[Cobalt]

Well, point taken, I guess, sometimes I don't pay attention to what I listen to either.