Major Minus

[Humma]

YouTube - ‪(New Song) - Coldplay live at Rock im Park in Nuremberg 2011‬‏
What do you think about this one?! I think it sounds amazing!!! :heart:

[juanif94]

it's great!

[Strawberry Swinger]

my fav so far!

[Humma]

"This is a new song but it's a great one" :lol:
YouTube - ‪Coldplay - *NEW SONG* (called 'Cartoon Hearts'?) - Rock im Park‬‏

Can someone extract the lyrics?

[Tryptophan]

Excellent. I'm really glad to see they can still do it after the disappointment ETIAW is. In fact, I'm in love with the song. Makes me even think of the Rush of Blood era. Can't wait for the album version.

I can't quite distinguish the lyrics though.

[howyousawtheworld]

Heard it a couple of times now. Could be one of their very best.

[WS]

I love this song from the first time :dance:
It reminds me of "Low" for no exactly reason

[anacaren08]

Omygosh it sounds beautiful! :D

[Jony]

Yeeesss, i really like it a lot.

[Hartroc]

So it's actually called Major Minus. :)

[Destrokk]

Okay okay, the other songs are MUCH better than wawawaawaterfall.

[Major_Love]

So it's actually called Major Minus. :)

Really? The same song?

[DundahMifflin]

I absolutely love this song.

[Grebbin]

I think this one's going to be amazing!!

[HandyAndy136]

Jonny's really coming into his own with this one. Guy and Will seem to be doing nearly nothing in this one :P

I like this one... probably not my favourite, but still a nice song.

[ladypro615]

amazinggggg

[jeremyy]

this song is beautiful. I can not wait the studio record :D

[SpanishRain]

DEFINITELY my favourite so far! Jonny's awesome!

[Tryptophan]

YouTube - Coldplay - Major Minus (LIVE @ Rock am Ring 2011) (04.06.11) (NEW SONG!)

Video from last night, much better quality.

Lyrics (under construction)

You got one eye on what you knew
and one eye on what you do
so be careful (?) talking to

You got one eye on what you knew
and one eye on what you do
so be careful what it is you're trying to do

So be careful (...?)
So be careful when you're walking (...?)

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and one on you

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and one on you

You got one eye on what you knew
and one eye on what you do
so be careful 'cause (...?) is true

(...?) Don't believe a word
it's just us against the world
and we just gotta turn (...?)

I hear those crocodiles ticking 'round the world
I hear those crocodiles ticking (you go) ticking 'round the world

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and one on you

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and (...?)

(...?)

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and one on you

Ooh-oooh-oooh
Ooh-oooh-oooh-ooh
Got one eye on the road and one on you
_____

I hope this is as close as possible to what Chris sings. I couldn't get the falsetto part though.

[Cris_Santos]

Definitely my favourite of the new ones at first listen! Touching song as only Coldplay can write! Jonny is fabulous :dance:

[Corkus]

Surprised how quickly this one's grown on me. Suck it, ETIAW and everyone who said it would be a "grower". :P

But seriously, I passed this one off as generic upon first listen, but I'm liking it more with every listen.

[LVI56]

Love this song, definatly reminds me of A Rush of Blood To The Head (the guitar has a similar echoy sound from Live 2003).

[ttm]

Love this song, definatly reminds me of A Rush of Blood To The Head (the guitar has a similar echoy sound from Live 2003).

I thought the same thing!

[the_escapist]

A true masterpiece. Just wait and see.

[howyousawtheworld]

I think it's a anarchic cousin of GPASUYF

[the_escapist]

I think it's a anarchic cousin of GPASUYF

loving what they did with GPASUYF. Not better than the VLV Tour version, but pretty good.

[chlllll]

my favourite this far. i love the guitarwork of jonny!

[IloveChris]

I love the "Ooh-oooh-oooh" part, Chris can really hit those notes! :singer:

[the_escapist]

hopefully Jonny will be the main feature in this album. He is such a GREAT guitarist that hasn't showed yet its FULL potential.

[Cleggy]

Is it just me or does the vocal melody and some of the lyrics sound similar to 'Pour Me'?

[Tryptophan]

loving what they did with GPASUYF. Not better than the VLV Tour version, but pretty good.

I think the remixed beginning of GPASUYF was bad, but it made the rest of the song sound even better than ever before, as it should be.

I quite like the comparison of those two songs. Good point there.

[camu93]

this is my favourite so far. Jonny is such an incredible guitarist!

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

This is an epic song. I get a really Arcade Fire-y vibe from it. For some reason that was my first thought, even after only hearing the poor-quality version from Rock Im Park. But I bet some people will say I'm being blasphemous or something, comparing it to AF :P

[Lore]

I don't see the AF vibe but I really like this song now.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

Most people don't seem to understand my musical similarity connections :lol:. I get immediately instantaneously reminded of other songs or bands when I hear something new, and then I write/post about it, and most people are like "OMFG what are you on :sick:."

Really, though, Arcade Fire. I'm serious. And I think that's why I love it.

But if the lyrics are actually "crocodiles ticking around the world" or whatever, I think it loses some points in my book :lol:

[shesawsparks]

I love the "Ooh-oooh-oooh" part, Chris can really hit those notes! :singer:

Oh yeah, definitely, and Johnny's guitar sounds damn awesome in this song, esp towards the end. :o

[Lore]

Most people don't seem to understand my musical similarity connections :lol:. I get immediately instantaneously reminded of other songs or bands when I hear something new, and then I write/post about it, and most people are like "OMFG what are you on :sick:."

Really, though, Arcade Fire. I'm serious. And I think that's why I love it.

But if the lyrics are actually "crocodiles ticking around the world" or whatever, I think it loses some points in my book :lol:

I'll give it another listen to see if I find something :P

I think the guitar in Charlie Brown sounds a bit like Human (The Killers)

this part: http://youtu.be/RIZdjT1472Y?t=3m48s :uhoh:

I didn't pay attention to the MM lyrics, but I like the music.


ps: Lovely avatar... Albert :dazzled:

[pommeline]

This my second favorite after Us Against the World!

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

I'll give it another listen to see if I find something :P

I think the guitar in Charlie Brown sounds a bit like Human (The Killers)

this part: http://youtu.be/RIZdjT1472Y?t=3m48s :uhoh:

I didn't pay attention to the MM lyrics, but I like the music.


ps: Lovely avatar... Albert :dazzled:

Nah, it's almost definitely just me :lol:. Seriously, no one ever agrees with my musical analogies.

I'm not *really* hearing the Human connection either, but I kind of see what you're getting at! :D

(And you know how much I love Albert :heart: :heart: :heart:)

[PeeJay]

MM is so full of energy and my favourite new song by far. I am always astonished about the fact that they manage to create such super sounds with such a limited number of vocals and instruments. Whoaa, that is pure talent! Take Chris' voice and his superb acoustic guitar sound, Jonny superlicking on his guitar,Guy taking (obviously effortless) care for great baseline and Will orchestrating the rhythm and some vocaling and you have the recipie for superb music. I really, really, really like MM!! (as of all other Coldplay songs, including ETIAW that needed some adjusting for me but is brilliant in it's way and superb for live performances).

[DundahMifflin]

I have been listening to this all day, I believe. The energy is captivating, and Jonny's chimes are great. It's always a blast to hear chimes in Coldplay's music.

[jprg122]

THis is probably the new name of the album. I head it would start with an "m" and have two words. Based on that, Coldplay have had their albums named after a song on each of their albums.

[Batmotor]

i find this to be the best new song at the moment to be honest.
It makes me think why the hell did they make ETIAW a single?

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

:shrug: A lot of non-Coldplayers seem to like it, and I think it's just a fun little summer song that they can play at festivals to get the crowd going.

[the_escapist]

this song is amazing. can't wait to listen to it on proper album version...

listening the live version right now!

Jonny boyyyyyyy!!!

[Karencorpse]

The song is nice. Chris should play with his guitar lower on his body like Jonny and Guy do.

[Coldplayer1317]

I heard that Up with the birds leaked like a half an hour ago int he internet! and its not the same song as major minus, its another one...

[Loki0012]

^wtf theyre cnfusing me.........

[AlfredB]

Has anyone else noticed the Peter Pan references in both Major Minus and Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: "Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet” (lost boys = boys who fall out of their prams when the nurse isn't looking)
Major Minus: "I hear those crocodiles ticking around the world” (In Peter Pan, Captain Hook is followed around by a crocodile who ate his arm and a clock).
What could this mean?

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

Has anyone else noticed the Peter Pan references in both Major Minus and Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: "Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet” (lost boys = boys who fall out of their prams when the nurse isn't looking)
Major Minus: "I hear those crocodiles ticking around the world” (In Peter Pan, Captain Hook is followed around by a crocodile who ate his arm and a clock).
What could this mean?


Yeah, I noticed both of them, in fact, I pointed them out in another thread . . . . not sure why Chris is referencing Peter Pan, though

[Steph589]

Just read an article about the HJF, the journalist wrote that in Major Minus there's kind of a chorus inspired to 'Sympathy for the Devil' by the Rolling Stones. I honestly didn't know the song and gave a listen to it. I guess it's the uh-uuuuh that's similar...has anybody heard anything about this?

[Tryptophan]

What's HJF?

Nvm, you're talking about Heineken Jammin Festival yeah

Seriously, never heard about Sympathy for the Devil? :shocked2:

I don't see the resemblance, apart from the woohoow part, which isn't even that close.

[Steph589]

Yeah, exactly, Heineken Jammin Festival. Ehm sorry, I'm aware my knowledge of music is lacking sometimes :embarrassed: Anyway, I agree with you, it's just slightly similar.

[Drew42LP5]

He mentioned Charlie Brown and Peter Pan because of reading to Apple and Moses.

[Drew42LP5]

How do we know this song was "Up With The Birds"?

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

How do we know this song was "Up With The Birds"?


That's what I'd like to know. :thinking: Why did we all automatically assume that MM was actually UWtB? It doesn't mention anything like it in the lyrics . . .

Maybe because UWtB was a title we already knew was a possibility for an LP5 song?

[PeeJay]

UWtB or not, I like all the new songs but MM really does it. Man o Man, The way Jonny plays the guitar. Maybe it isn't that supertechnical or whatever, the licks Jonny comes up with, they get to you and stay with you forever and they always add that special kind of Coldplayish sound I like so much.

[Tryptophan]

That's what I'd like to know. :thinking: Why did we all automatically assume that MM was actually UWtB? It doesn't mention anything like it in the lyrics . . .

Maybe because UWtB was a title we already knew was a possibility for an LP5 song?

Yeah that title was leaked before. Someone must have been quite sure that this was the song, and the rest of us followed. I don't know.

EDIT: ^I agree, somtimes I think he is the only one who's always at top level, but that would mean I'd just be bashing the rest of the band which isn't true. They can all rock for sure.

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

UWtB or not, I like all the new songs but MM really does it. Man o Man, The way Jonny plays the guitar. Maybe it isn't that supertechnical or whatever, the licks Jonny comes up with, they get to you and stay with you forever and they always add that special kind of Coldplayish sound I like so much.


Yeah! There's really no way to describe how it sounds . . . but it's awesome!

Jonny Buckland > Chuck Norris

[Tryptophan]

Jonny Buckland > Chuck Norris

Hey, I said that first! :p
Hell no, you're absolutely right.

[erik_avilez]

^THIS

This song is freaking amazing!, every time I hear I feel the urgency they try to transmit, and "run, Forrest, run!" - and I really feel like running and thinking that someone's got an eye on me - and an eye on the road :smug:

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

This song is absolutely amazing. The best use of acoustic guitar too besides UATW obviously. And Jonny absolutely rocks this song. In every possible way. AHHH. I love Jonny so much.

The lyrics remind me a little of Billie Jean (well I've been listening to the Coldplay cover too much) but with all the "be careful's" in there. :D

I love this song from the first time :dance:
It reminds me of "Low" for no exactly reason

I got the exact same impression! I think one of the chord progressions is superficially similar to Low's intro/chorus.

[Major_Love]

What do you think? Is it possible that Major Minus could be a big hit alongside Yellow, Clocks and Fiy you ...?!

[The Champion]

The lyrics remind me a little of Billie Jean (well I've been listening to the Coldplay cover too much) but with all the "be careful's" in there. :D




THAT!
I've been thinking about it all the time, but never much shared because of my laziness, lol. Especially when it comes to the pre-chorus and he sings "And be careful".

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

THAT!
I've been thinking about it all the time, but never much shared because of my laziness, lol. Especially when it comes to the pre-chorus and he sings "And be careful".


Oooh! I absolutely love that part--it gives me the chills every time. Something about his voice sounds kinda menacing and then Guy gives it the quiet bass undertone . . . :wideeyed:

[Humma]

YouTube - ‪Coldplay - " Major Minus " HQ Live @ Pinkpop Festival : Landgraaf‬‏
Nice Quality ^

[The Champion]

Oooh! I absolutely love that part--it gives me the chills every time. Something about his voice sounds kinda menacing and then Guy gives it the quiet bass undertone . . . :wideeyed:

+
Jonny's guitar leading to the chorus <3

[PeeJay]

listened to it all day, this song is simply amazing. Again, some adjusting might be needed but then, o whoaaa, it's such a perfectly composed piece of art. The way it builds op. They manage to create such a special atmosphere in tone and tempo. IMHO this one is good for solid gold though I am afraid this wil become one of those underrated songs of Coldplay (like I ran away)

[PeeJay]

listened to it all day, this song is simply amazing. Again, some adjusting might be needed but then, o whoaaa, it's such a perfectly composed piece of art. The way it builds op. They manage to create such a special atmosphere in tone and tempo. IMHO this one is good for solid gold though I am afraid this wil become one of those underrated songs of Coldplay (like I ran away)

[ColdplayingfromKansas]

^ You may be right, unfortunately. Hopefully it gets its share of the spotlight what with Charlie Brown, PoC, and Hurts Like Heaven circulating around :sick:

[Basilica]

Does this mean that Major Minus is just an ordinary B-side?

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=741tt

[PeeJay]

IMHO this one is good for solid gold though I am afraid this wil become one of those underrated songs of Coldplay (like I ran away)

SO I was right, they put it on a B-side...:(

[Cleggy]

Coldplay have never put a B-side on an LP since they first started. It's unlikely that it'll be on the album. It also means that the album is unlikely to be called Major Minus if it is indeed just a B-side.

[RunForTheHills]

I really hope this ends up on the album regardless (I have an inkling it will, judging from the insignia they are wearing on their jackets, and the fact they've played it at every show so far), I'm thinking they're putting it out there early knowing that the album won't be out for a good while. Maybe they're just using the physical release of ETIAW as a means to do it, but I guess we're just going to have to wait and see. I'd be very disappointed if they left it off though, already a bit miffed that they consider ETIAW good enough to release as an actual single.

[Jack Bauer]

Johnny's guitar on this song remind me a lot of Edge's in "One".

[Tryptophan]

Remember Glass of Water was also all over the VLV booklet artwork. I think there's a chance they don't know themselves yet what to do with Major Minus.

[lizardface]

Hi. Check this link for great video and lyrics. :D

http://www.directlyrics.com/coldplay-major-minus-lyrics.html


ps this is actually a great new song. Thankfully, Coldplay still OK. Thought Chris might have drowned in domesticity and success.

Cheers

LIZARDFACE

[Coldplayer1317]

I did a piano cover for this song, hope you like it!

YouTube - &#x202a;[HQ] Coldplay - Major Minus (New Song) Piano Cover&#x202c;&rlm;