I'm bleeding from my face because I don't think this album title is very good.

[The Mad Hatter]

Surely I am not alone?

I know there are countless numbers of you out there who think it's genius or something, but is there anyone out there who thinks it's stupid?

[admnistramation]

I like your avatar. :wacko:

The album title kind of sucks, but I'm not going to let it bother me too much... okay it REALLY sucks...

[Major_Love]

Its ok that you don't like the title. No problem. I love it but thats a matter of taste. ;)

So, I hope you can ignore the title to hear the music later. ;) THIS is really important.

Honestly, better a silly album title and great music than the other way round, isn't it? :)

[The Mad Hatter]

^So far, I haven't liked any of the songs they've released. :/

Maybe I'm just through with them. :disappointed:


I like your avatar. :wacko:.

Thank you. :D

[Skin&Bones]

Now that I see the artwork and the title in full glory, I must disagree.

IT F*CKING ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[busybeeburns]

poll added!

[The Mad Hatter]

1 for effort. :wacko:

[Major_Love]

@The Mad Hater

Hmm...this is possible, maybe this won't be your favorite album after all. Sorry to say.

[Chloe_Martin]

I feel depression coming on!

[The Mad Hatter]

^Don't do anything I wouldn't do. :uhoh:

[howyousawtheworld]

It could have been any title and people would still love it or hate it. That's just the way it goes if you can realise it. I give it an 8 out of 10 purely because it relates to grafitti.

[Cobalt]

^ What? The album title doesn't relate to graffiti, derpy.

I gave them a one for not making it nine words long. It would have been two if it wasn't silly to pronounce.

[icedude2010]

I gave it a 5, because I don't know what it means o.O
I don't really dislike it... It's just hard to give an album title a good rating when I'm not really sure what it means yet.

[Kroket]

It's not too bad, was prepared for this title.
I think many of my friends are going to ask me what it means... I'll be like "uhm, I dunno"

[howyousawtheworld]

^ What? The album title doesn't relate to graffiti, derpy.

I gave them a one for not making it nine words long. It would have been two if it wasn't silly to pronounce.

Derpy much? Hmmm. I thought the connection lay in the term xylography (wood art) which has inspured many forms of grafitti. It may be pulling at strings but it's still better than VLVODAAHF.

[busybeeburns]

I like it, snappy and easy to search for in google! 8/10

[Twisted mind]

I find the album title rather weird, but a lot of better than the last one, because after the tenth time of saying "Viva la vida or death and all his friends" you're slightly annoyed :D

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

so the guesser was right, shall get an award or something.

well now on the matter i'm meh about the title, thought i tend to judge the albums for their music not the title or the cover, so we'll see, it just remind me of the weirdness title of The Police album: Zenyatta Mondatta, as kinda random as this one, yet is one pretty good albums from them.

[Twisted mind]

I like it, snappy and easy to search for in google! 8/10
Indeed! :lol:

[Cobalt]

Derpy much?

There's so few things to judge a bunch of words on. I could have just taken a random point off for the way it rolls of the tongue, really. Or given them a half for making the first part of both words rhyme. Or something.

[Abracadabra]

^So far, I haven't liked any of the songs they've released. :/

Maybe I'm just through with them. :disappointed:


Well enjoy waiting for their next album (LP6)!

[Mennesker]

Mylo Xyloto
I have to read at three times, because I didn't believe, they would choose such a complicated name :D
How shall I speak it out? :D :D

[Strawberry Swinger]

stop blaming people for not liking the title, ffs... i think the title is horrible, weeping for originality but it is rather lame. and also, the artwork is nothing special, worst cover of theirs IMO. it is really not inspiring, it's just ... meh. could have been done by anyone.

BUT

we should not be that bothered, cuz the music is not seen or read, it's just a picture and a name. it's the music that counts.

[The Mad Hatter]

I took eleventy-seven points off because it sounds like something Chris would name a child.

[Strawberry Swinger]

I took eleventy-seven points off because it sounds like something Chris would name a child.

lol good one. i bet he is not that much of a godfather! :lol:

[The Mad Hatter]

Aaaaaaaaaaanywaaay, yeah, this is a thread strictly about the title of the album, not the music or the artwork.

Take the fan goggles off for a second and just look at the title.

WTF IS IT.

[valypan]

If the album contents match the epic title, Mylo Xyloto will be spoken with reverence for decades to come...fingers crossed!

[Denise]

it's gonna be my only post about the title, I chose crap just because there are no -0 options, in all honesty for me is craptastically horrible, and even this doesn't get close to how much I think it sucks.

Please refrain from the usual 'but you need to listen to the music' since this thread is about the album title and not the music, once the music is out I'm gonna judge it separately.

edit: sorry I just saw someone already said it, it just takes ages to type with this damn iPhone :bomb:

[The Mad Hatter]

^THANK YOU. D; For the second bit.

[Twisted mind]

I took eleventy-seven points off because it sounds like something Chris would name a child.
LOL

I think it kinda sounds like a disease...

[Samuel_94]

There is a giant hole in my life now that reads 'boredom' now that we have an announcement! Good job the football season starts tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[howyousawtheworld]

There's so few things to judge a bunch of words on. I could have just taken a random point off for the way it rolls of the tongue, really. Or given them a half for making the first part of both words rhyme. Or something.

I agree. But i like it largely because it roles of the tongue nicely. Not like the stumpy sloppy VLVODAAHF.

Also anyone out there know if there was any relation to Mylo a street artist from Britain which was speculated a couple of weeks back? I bet he's Dan A Carter!

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

is only me but may me they decided a name as that as tribute to Japan? it sounds as foreign as Japan to me. :uhoh: (just saying, off the guesses of the graffiti man and his works).

[Strawberry Swinger]

Aaaaaaaaaaanywaaay, yeah, this is a thread strictly about the title of the album, not the music or the artwork.

Take the fan goggles off for a second and just look at the title.

WTF IS IT.

yeah no, it's shit.

[The Mad Hatter]

yeah no, it's shit.

New best friend?

[Samuel_94]

I like it. They cant win whatever they call it in all fairness. They cant please everyone and they have worked hard on it for the best part of two years so can we just show a bit of appreciation and gratitude that we finally have an announcement

[The Mad Hatter]

No. Mostly because I no longer care when they announce or what they announce, and I am allowed to have an opinion regarding basically everything they do. :|

And just because you work hard on something doesn't mean that it'll be any good. I mean, some people take half hour shits and it's still shit.

ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'll still buy the album (as it's Coldplay) and listen to it, but that doesn't change the fact that I think this title is stupid.

[Samuel_94]

^ I wasnt saying you cant have an opinion just be a little less hateful and forceful

[The Mad Hatter]

super edit. :|

[Strawberry Swinger]

New best friend?

sure :D

[Samuel_94]

The fact remains that they have worked hard on it and deserve respect even if you dont like it

[WeddingDom]

Since I first read Mylo Xyloto I thought it was an awesome name! :D

[Samuel_94]

^ Yeah I did too, I like the way with this one and VLV it is something that is so unusual that it can only be one thing.

[The Duke]

I like it better than X&Y and I pretty much don't care. And it is no more silly than naming an album after 2 seperate songs on the album. Everyone is going to refer to it as MX anyway, it seems like the band itself already just calls it MX.

[Samuel_94]

^ Well at least it is adaptable

[macky]

I dont love it but I'll get used to it. I can see people on TV and Radio screwing up the pronunciation.

[Connor!42!]

i like Mylo Xyloto but i don't love it. i like how it's very easy to remember, can be a abbreviated to mx for marketing and how the name is just so out there

btw, i just want to make sure i'm saying it right. So it's "My-Low Z-eye-low-tow"

is that correct?

[taameen**sparks**]

I don't like it so much.

[jc90]

btw, i just want to make sure i'm saying it right. So it's "My-Low Z-eye-low-tow"

is that correct?

thats how i'm saying it

"My-Low-zii-low-toe"

zii = rhymes with eye, with a 'z' sound in the beginning

[The Mad Hatter]

I wanna thank everyone in this thread for being so civil. It does me heart good.

[Lovisa]

I don't like it at all. How do you even pronounce that? :P
Well, it doesn't matter as long as the songs are good I guess :)

[Denise]

The fact remains that they have worked hard on it and deserve respect even if you dont like it
I don't see anyone lacking of respect to be honest, we're just expressing opinions, and if someone thinks it sucks doesn't mean s/he is lacking of respect towards the band's work, chosing a title cannot even be referred to as a work, their music is, and once again no one is judging their music so far.

[The Mad Hatter]

^Thank you. :]

[Denise]

You're welcome :wacky:

[The Mad Hatter]

I was too lazy to say it myself. :disappointed: xD

[NumbersGirl]

Dear Mad Hatter,

You may be bleeding from your face, but this is causing me to bleed from my bum. We shall rejoice in a bleeding orafice symphony.

Hugs,
NumbersGirl


p.s. Yeah I don't like the title either.

[axe]

Who cares about the title. I simply need it to be great, not simply good. I need a great coldplay album.

[the_escapist]

It's normal you don't like it. It's very strange.

I remember lots of people didn't like VLVODAAHF, but at the end you get used to it. Also, remember that is a music album, so before you listen to it, no opinion is conclusive.

[The Mad Hatter]

^I still hate that title, and truthfully, my mind is made up about this one...it's just no good.

[The Final Track]

I was nice and gave it four.

[ilovechriss]

Well, guys, all that matters is the music on the album right?

[The Mad Hatter]

Not in this thread. :|

[NumbersGirl]

Well, guys, all that matters is the music on the album right?
Earlier in this thread:
Please refrain from the usual 'but you need to listen to the music' since this thread is about the album title and not the music, once the music is out I'm gonna judge it separately.

.

[lafinion]

I voted 9 for the title, because:
1. The title obviously stands for something. It has a real meaning, mirrored in the album. Maybe we can't see it now, but I'm positive that is the case. Just because the boys would never put something that uncommon on the cover without having something to ground it. That's all.

2. Maybe the title is not the most brilliant one, but it sounds OK. Really, it is not unpleasant for ear, it has certain kind of rhyme with those mailo-zailo thing, which makes it easier to pronounce.

3. I trust them. I see them going on with some theme on this album, and very soon we''ll know what it's all about.

So, from billions of other words in the world, that could possibly make it to the title, I think it's the decent ones, and maybe the best. So it's 9.

[bdevil89]

MYLO XYLOTO is absolutely brilliant and will get the word out even more - What do I mean by that? Well someone alluded earlier in this thread if it is a reference to the artist Mylo in London that Coldplay may have happened upon in their walkabout in the city.

Absolutely - it's a homage and a great way for people to hear about this artist, specifically bc he/she has some great messages that people need to hear or see e.g. (the increasingly police - like state we live in (look I like security and agree with better intelligence in fighting terrorism/fanaticism but in this day and age - surveillance has gone up tremendously and we sometimes don't even know about - ergo, The newspaper scandal in the UK, FBI in the US, etc.)

second, another diagram shows an hourglass inside a circle representing the time that is running out on our natural world, and that we can't continue to ignore the mass extinction event that is occurring with so many species on our planet, as well as the obvious climate change that is making this world more uninhabitable for a majority of the people on this planet. We need to wake up folks - we can't live in isolation, the environment affects everyone no matter how much money you may have. If there is no water to drink, it doesn't matter if you're the Queen of England, you will suffer.

This album title will catapult this artist to the fore like nothing before, and xyloto is origin/precursor to modern day graffiti (and hence the alternative media - hence Major Minus Media - perhaps the protaganist's underground network or form of communication to others trying to wake up and fight against the groupthink or the propaganda in a totalitiarian, oppressive world.

Again, what a great title. I can't wait to hear from the artist Mylo and if he/she has ever met the band. Mylo really inspired them, and I think this may be one of the best albums to come out in a while, in terms of concept and them. Especially in this day and age.

Bravo Coldplay - you make living that much better, and keep hope in the music world. Keep rocking on, and here's to Paradise - can't wait to hear it. Again, the title is absolutely genius in getting us to learn about the messages that are in the public that we need to take notice of.

[NumbersGirl]

I can't wait to hear from the artist Mylo and if he/she has ever met the band.
Someone from here already contacted the guy a few weeks ago, and his response was that he had nothing to do with the band, had no knowledge of anything related to this, etc. It's posted somewhere on here, just not sure where...

[rafaelchampion]

Hi there, thanks for getting in touch.

I just saw the thread on the Coldplay forum, there are some interesting and quite entertaining theories on there, but I'm afraid that I'm not working for Coldplay and have never had any contact with them, so I don't have any info about their new album. I just make street protest art about things that happen to concern me, such as civil liberties and environmental issues such as extinction.

I use 'Xylo' as my street name because the first ever posters I was putting up in the streets were woodcut prints, the technical term for which is xylography. I also do woodcarving, so it seemed like an appropriate name.

Anyway, I hope you find the answer to the mystery. All the best. :)

--- On Sun, 24/7/11, ' Rafael Ferreira <rafael_c.f@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: ' Rafael Ferreira <rafael_c.f@hotmail.com>
Subject: Coldplay
To: x@xylo.me
Date: Sunday, 24 July, 2011, 6:37

We got it. We want to know if you are working with/for Coldplay.

[bdevil89]

Well Mylo absolutely inspired them - it all makes sense - Chris and the gang must have been walking around london, and saw this art and the messages that Mylo was trying to convey to the public in whatever way he/she could.

Seeing that and probably reading up about the history of street art/graffiti/etc. they were inspired to write an album with a concept of a man trying to fight against an oppressive system, falling in love, and having hope in a desperate and increasingly hopeless world. (Chris mentions The Road by Cormac McCarthy - which is a post apocalyptic story of a father and son still trying to be the good guys in a world turned to cannabilism and outright terror. It's a beautifully tragic movie, and perhaps a future we all want to avoid given the climate change that is occuring and the ever dwindling resources that are overpopulated world will be fighting over.

Thank you Mylo and thank you Coldplay - can't wait for this album - i want to get every song that fits in with the theme. this may be their ok computer in terms of coming to grips with our changing world - be it societally (UK riots, flash mobs, wars, terrorism) and environmentally (climate change, earthquakes, nuclear disasters, tsunamis, flooding).

This is going to be an amazing album.

[Juanma]

I prefered Major Minus as a title

This title sounds unreal, but Ill get used to it

[The Mad Hatter]

Praise Jesus.

[ilovechriss]

Oh, sorry!

[NumbersGirl]

Praise Jesus.
You rang?

[The Mad Hatter]

:awesome: I'm your father. :awesome:

[Lore]

terrible title D:

[Crests]

edit: sup guise

[The Mad Hatter]

My face is gushing, bromeo.

[Megalomania]

Ugh, I HATE it. :bomb:

It's so . . . boring. And I absolutely can't stand how it rhymes, OH MY GOD I cannot stand that.

[NumbersGirl]

:awesome: I'm your father. :awesome:

NOOOOOOOO - YouTube

[ainsley]

I actually like the album title.
or.. not really the Mylo part but the Xyloto part wat.
Mylo reminds me of soap and atlantis :blank:

not but I think it's cool, not awful and not super awesome either.

[Crests]

My face is gushing, bromeo.


*post that includes the terms "vincent van bro" and "bromobile"*

[Crests]

WHERE DID THAT THUMBS UP COME FROM

AND WHY IS THERE STILL A QUARTER ATTACHED TO MY IPOD

[Juanma]

Ugh, I HATE it. :bomb:

It's so . . . boring. And I absolutely can't stand how it rhymes, OH MY GOD I cannot stand that.

boring? :lol:

if this is boring what about Parachutes :uhoh:

I dont like it,but it does not sound boring at ALL

[NumbersGirl]

I find the poll results thus far rather interesting

[the_gloaming09]

never ceases to disappoint... AND they kept the teardrop artwork


Miley Cyrus or however you pronounce it is a pretty bad name, and honestly what the hell does it even mean?

[rafaelchampion]

^I never heard this guy saying a nice thing about Coldplay

[Lore]

I find the poll results thus far rather interesting

fangirls/boys live in a different dimension :blank:

[the_gloaming09]

^I never heard this guy saying a nice thing about Coldplay

well clearly you don't know anything about me.

Coldplay used to be my favorite band back in 2005, but since then have just been a big ball of disappointment and embarrassment.

[Crests]

OH GOD WHY DOES OUR CAT KEEP MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH ME

[rafaelchampion]

well clearly you don't know anything about me.

Coldplay used to be my favorite band back in 2005, but since then have just been a big ball of disappointment and embarrassment.

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice :rolleyes:

[Crests]

the purple sweater i'm wearing looks just like justin bieber's :disappointed:

[NumbersGirl]

OH GOD WHY DOES OUR CAT KEEP MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH MEit's trying to read your MYNDLO

[Crests]

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice

:anxious:

[Crests]

it's trying to read your MYNDLO

GOOD ONE LOLOTO

[The Mad Hatter]

well clearly you don't know anything about me.

Coldplay used to be my favorite band back in 2005, but since then have just been a big ball of disappointment and embarrassment.

I gotcha there. :nod:

[NumbersGirl]

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice :rolleyes:
There are lots of other lovely areas on this site beside the Coldplay forum; so, no.

[Ronayne94]

Ugh, I HATE it. :bomb:

It's so . . . boring. And I absolutely can't stand how it rhymes, OH MY GOD I cannot stand that.

Boring? Of all the words in the English vocabulary you could've chosen, you chose.... "boring". Hmmm, what's more quirky/exciting than "MYLO XYLOTO".... what about "Parachutes" wooooo so exciting.... how about "X&Y" oh God, had I been a fan back in that era, I'm sure I would've been bursting with excitment at the sound of .... "X&Y" and AROBTTH and VLVODAAHF are simply too long and monotonous to pronounce they can't possibly be exciting, so what the hell are you talking about? "MYLO XYLOTO" is obviously the least boring title... and the rhyming in it contributes to it's appeal, it doesn't remove from it, since it allows it to simply flow off the tongue. Personally, I think you should stop knocking it, when you don't even know what it means or how it ties in with the album itself. This thread in a sense is pointless. We shouldn't be judging it, or at least so critically when we don't, for lack of a better phrase 'have the full story' behind the title.

[rafaelchampion]

^News & Sport

[Crests]

well clearly you don't know anything about me.

Coldplay used to be my favorite band back in 2005, but since then have just been a big ball of disappointment and embarrassment.

:nod:

[bdevil89]

Mylo - UK street artist with art that wants people to wake up to the ever increasing destruction of the natural world, increasing surveillance on our lives (via internet, tv, etc.) and filtering of the truth through traditional media.

Xyloto - xylo being a group of street artists per google search. Could be also from the root word xylo meaning wood and perhaps the precursor to modern street art, graffiti, posters, etc. Xylo is also a word that the artist Mylo uses to describe cameras and perhaps surveillance.

Can't wait to hear what they say about the inspiration and meaning behind the title, but I'm pretty sure this is close to it.

People are buzzing already about it, and it's only going to grow in curiosity for the rest of the public, and Mylo's work is about to blow up, and his messages wll be seen by even a greater audience. Thank you Coldplay.

[Lore]

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice :rolleyes:

You are a noob how could you know what he's been posting since 2008?

[MrMagpie]

face + palm

[The Mad Hatter]

Boring? Of all the words in the English vocabulary you could've chosen, you chose.... "boring". Hmmm, what's more quirky/exciting than "MYLO XYLOTO".... what about "Parachutes" wooooo so exciting.... how about "X&Y" oh God, had I been a fan back in that era, I'm sure I would've been bursting with excitment at the sound of .... "X&Y" and AROBTTH and VLVODAAHF are simply too long and monotonous to pronounce they can't possibly be exciting, so what the hell are you talking about? "MYLO XYLOTO" is obviously the least boring title... and the rhyming in it contributes to it's appeal, it doesn't remove from it, since it allows it to simply flow off the tongue. Personally, I think you should stop knocking it, when you don't even know what it means or how it ties in with the album itself. This thread in a sense is pointless. We shouldn't be judging it, or at least so critically when we don't, for lack of a better phrase 'have the full story'.

OH NO YOU DI'INT

[Crests]

I'll judge things whenever I want, having the full story isn't gonna change my opinion whatsoever. :nod:

[taameen**sparks**]

This thread is getting really out of hand.

[Lore]

what's so bad about judging the album title? No one is saying the album will suck, people are just talking about the album title :uhoh:

[NumbersGirl]

OH NO YOU DI'INT

* envisioning the obligatory neck swirl/snap *

[Crests]

This thread is getting really out of hand.

......not really :thinking:

[The Mad Hatter]

I'll judge things whenever I want, having the full story isn't gonna change my opinion whatsoever. :nod:

True.

Some people are not getting the part where this thread is about the FLIPPIN' TITLE OF THE ALBUM, not the music, not the artwork, not the story. It's a stupid title, no matter what the story is, anyway. :awesome:

[Ronayne94]

OH NO YOU DI'INT

hahahaha :laugh3: Ya, I got a tad carried away. I just wish people gave it a chance, especially fanatical Coldplay fans like us, of all people!

[taameen**sparks**]

......not really :thinking:

Well not really but the critizing is irritating.

[Crests]

~*~don't h8 me cuz u aint me~*~

[NumbersGirl]

what's so bad about judging the album title? No one is saying the album will suck, people are just talking about the album title :uhoh:
+ ∞

I actually like most of the songs thus far. I simply don't like the title. I don't understand what is so bad about that either.

[rafaelchampion]

You are a noob how could you know what he's been posting since 2008?

You know there is a thing under your avatar called JOIN DATE.

[Crests]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThnEoLLPJ18/Tf9JTQrbTOI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/w-uqVouLXD8/s1600/Welcome+to+the+Real+World.jpg

[The Mad Hatter]

You know there is a thing under your avatar called JOIN DATE.

what he's been posting.

[MrMagpie]

what's so bad about judging the album title? No one is saying the album will suck, people are just talking about the album title :uhoh:

Coldplay can do no wrong.

[The Mad Hatter]

^I almost punched you; then I realized you were right/Young Mr. Briggins.

[Lore]

You know there is a thing under your avatar called JOIN DATE.

WHAT, not SINCE WHEN.

[the_gloaming09]

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice :rolleyes:

oh yeah because clearly I spend all of my time in the Coldplay section because there's no other band to listen to :rolleyes:


I wasn't commenting even on the songs. I actually enjoy Moving To Mars a lot (one of their best sounding and written songs since AROBTTH IMO), and MX/Hurts Like Heaven is good.

I was commenting on how I don't like the cover art and the title is stupid. But of course clearly Coldplay can't do anything wrong so no need for further discussion...

You are a noob how could you know what he's been posting since 2008?

yeah pretty much.

[Lore]

+ ∞

I actually like most of the songs thus far. I simply don't like the title. I don't understand what is so bad about that either.

Briggins knows everything :nod:

Coldplay can do no wrong.

[Crests]

RAINBOWS AND PONIES AND COLDPLAY AND KITTENS AND SUNSHINE

[Crests]

somebody ban me :|

[rafaelchampion]

You guys are very stupid because you are judging things you don't even know what means. You should think a little and wait the time to really see what that means and not come here saying shit...

[The Mad Hatter]

^^no, you're right, we should be focusing on the important things :nod:

^this thread is about the title as is. it will probably still stuck with a story. that's it. that's all i'm saying. i don't want to put any more thought into this horrible title anyway.

and also the album will most definitely suck because the title sucks LOLOLOL

[rafaelchampion]

somebody ban me :|

Somebody Ban him please.

[come_on_in]

This is the problem with the Internet - people debate the TITLE of an album!

WHO GIVES A SHIT WHAT IT'S CALLED?

Isn't it about the music?????

[NumbersGirl]

RAINBOWS AND PONIES AND COLDPLAY AND KITTENS AND SUNSHINE
sigged

[The Mad Hatter]

THE THREAD IS ABOUT THE FUCKING TITLE
THE THREAD IS ABOUT THE FUCKING TITLE
NOT THE FUCKING MUSIC
DEAR LORD

[rafaelchampion]

Yeah. Shakespeare is a stupid name. But will we care about his work? NOOO, because his name is stupid... let's talk about his name!!!

Please be rational

[Crests]

You guys are very stupid because you are judging things you don't even know what means. You should think a little and wait the time to really see what that means and not come here saying shit...

You're the one calling us stupid and judging people you don't even know what means. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

Somebody Ban him please.

I'm a girl. :disappointed:

[The Mad Hatter]

Yeah. Shakespeare is a stupid name. But will we care about his work? NOOO, because his name is stupid... please be rational

oh. my. god. you have taken a civil thread and made it retarded. nobody is putting down coldplay's music. we are saying that the title is stupid. we don't like the title. who knows about the music. good god.

[Cleggy]

I don't think Coldplay were inspired by Mylo the street artist at all. He's not famous in the slightest, I don't know one person who has heard of him. Also, his website isn't something you'd stumble across by accident, you'd have to search for Mylo to even have a chance of finding it and let's be honest here, 'Mylo' isn't a commonly used word at all. Then there's the fact that Mylo himself doesn't know anything about this and Coldplay would have to ask permission to use his name in album title.

This whole thing looks like a coincidence to me.

[Crests]

A lot of you are the ones being irrational and defensive. :anxious:

[NumbersGirl]

Yeah. Shakespeare is a stupid name. But will we care about his work? NOOO, because his name is stupid... let's talk about his name!!!

Please be rational
But... numerous times people have attempted to clarify this isn't about judging the work... it's simply commentary on the title...

how. many. times. does. it. need. to. be. said.

:bigcry:

[Lore]

Yeah. Shakespeare is a stupid name. But will we care about his work? NOOO, because his name is stupid... let's talk about his name!!!

Please be rational

You should join the coldplaying dumb/blind fanboys club.

[rafaelchampion]

You're the one calling us stupid and judging people you don't even know what means. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(



I'm a girl. :disappointed:

I'm not judging you. I'm judging your attitude. Lady.

[Crests]

oh. my. god. you have taken a civil thread and made it retarded. nobody is putting down coldplay's music. we are saying that the title is stupid. we don't like the title. who knows about the music. good god.

+1

[The Mad Hatter]

I've never seen Lore's claws come out. :o

[Crests]

I'm not judging you. I'm judging your attitude. Lady.

Ok. :wacky:

I really don't see the problem here though. :uhoh:

[Crests]

how. many. times. does. it. need. to. be. said.

42 :cheesy:

[rafaelchampion]

Anyway, Like the Bruce Springsomething thread on HLH, I won't read this thread anymore. I'll be where the good aspects of the band are being discussed...

[MrMagpie]

Yeah. Shakespeare is a stupid name. But will we care about his work? NOOO, because his name is stupid... let's talk about his name!!!

Please be rational

Please continue being a douche bag.

[the_gloaming09]

You guys are very stupid because you are judging things you don't even know what means. You should think a little and wait the time to really see what that means and not come here saying shit...

The album artwork and title was released. So I as well as everyone else is judging it.

Are we all just supposed to mindlessly follow and like everything the band does? Or have people not state their opinion if they dislike something?

[Megalomania]

EVERYONE STOP AND CALL THE POLICE, I SAID SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT COLDPLAY



boring? :lol:

if this is boring what about Parachutes :uhoh:

I dont like it,but it does not sound boring at ALL

i think it's boring because it doesn't open up any possibilities about the sound of the album. For example, the name "Parachutes" makes me think of falling, then being saved. This could be metaphorical for falling down into depression, then having someone catching them and picking them up. It also makes me think of a slower, gentle descent, almost like the wind is cradling them. And then, what do you know, a lot of the music was almost very "cradling" and comforting.

Mylo Xyloto makes me think of aliens. Big whoop. :|

I find the poll results thus far rather interesting

Agreed.

^I never heard this guy saying a nice thing about Coldplay

His opinion is invalid because, in the 3 and a half months you've been here, he hasn't said anything nice about Coldplay.

You are here since May 2008. Then, it's 10,778 posts about how you don't like Coldplay anymore? Nice :rolleyes:

*cough cough* Lounge section, World of Music, News & Sport, Entertainment and Arts, and Non-Coldplay Multimedia *cough cough*

Besides for all you know he posted 10,000 posts in the first month or two of joining when he still loved Coldplay. So don't judge pls.

Boring? Of all the words in the English vocabulary you could've chosen, you chose.... "boring". Hmmm, what's more quirky/exciting than "MYLO XYLOTO".... what about "Parachutes" wooooo so exciting.... how about "X&Y" oh God, had I been a fan back in that era, I'm sure I would've been bursting with excitment at the sound of .... "X&Y" and AROBTTH and VLVODAAHF are simply too long and monotonous to pronounce they can't possibly be exciting, so what the hell are you talking about? "MYLO XYLOTO" is obviously the least boring title... and the rhyming in it contributes to it's appeal, it doesn't remove from it, since it allows it to simply flow off the tongue. Personally, I think you should stop knocking it, when you don't even know what it means or how it ties in with the album itself. This thread in a sense is pointless. We shouldn't be judging it, or at least so critically when we don't, for lack of a better phrase 'have the full story' behind the title.

I already explained why I like Parachutes.

A Rush of Blood to the Head was interesting because what is rushing to my head? Embarrassment? Shyness? Anger? Fear? Or am I simply running, away from a problem or away from trouble, and the exertion is making blood rush to my head? Is someone holding me upside down over something? An endless pit, of despair maybe? I could go on but I don't see me getting anywhere with you.

And you're right, we shouldn't be having ANY negative thoughts in the Coldplay section, what an atrocity!

I'll judge things whenever I want, having the full story isn't gonna change my opinion whatsoever. :nod:

Agreed. and ohai cresty :heart:

[NumbersGirl]

42 :cheesy:
1.36
million

:escaping2:

[Lore]

I've never seen Lore's claws come out. :o

you've missed a lot of stuff then. When ETIAW was released all the fanboys hated me and my posts :P

[hayachris]

I like the title! No wait… i love it! It's a special title not like other bands album titles! It's a Coldplay thing!

[Crests]

I'll be where the good aspects of the band are being discussed...

Why can't you handle a bit of criticism? :thinking:

[The Mad Hatter]

Anyway, Like the Bruce Springsomething thread on HLH, I won't read this thread anymore. I'll be where the good aspects of the band are being discussed...

k

[Megalomania]

You should join the coldplaying dumb/blind fanboys club.

I love you Lore. :lol: :heart:

[Crests]

Like, I have no problem criticizing things related to artists that I love more than anything. I'm down with it, it can be interesting, it gives you more to talk about. It can even be fun. :thinking:


*waits for people to take this out of context*

[Crests]

You're basically implying that they can't improve.

[MrMagpie]

Perfection can't be improved.

[The Mad Hatter]

It can only get perfecter. :nod:

edit: brain explosion

[Denise]

You guys are very stupid because you are judging things you don't even know what means. You should think a little and wait the time to really see what that means and not come here saying shit...
Do you realise you're saying everyone is stupid, including you, since NO one (and this means those who think the title sucks, those who are indifferent to it and those who think the title is brilliant) knows the real meaning?

No I don't think you realise it :|

[SarahSchimidt]

I gave it a 3 cause it sounds awfull, and because, since they know that noone knows what the fuck this shit means, they should´ve had explained it in the announcement.
But I looooove the cover.

[bdevil89]

Well i'm sure they will in due time, but you can do a google search, or actually look at the threads that talk about the meaning about the title -

Mylo is a uk street artist that probably inspired them to look at the history of the street art from xyloto (wood art, the origin or precursor) to current forms of alternative media (blogs, youtube, graffiti, posters, etc.). Xyloto could also refer to cameras - a term made up by Mylo. or Xylo is a compilation of street art. it's about getting out the real messages of what's going on in our world that we don't get from the powers that be - be it our leaders, traditional media, etc.

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/xylo/Interesting
http://www.xylo.me/

[Ms Magpie]

4/10 because it's funny.

[Violet]

This thread = LOLocaust. I'm not even joking.

[Samuel_94]

10/10

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

I hope they have a REALLY good story behind this name.

[bellynelly]

not really sure myself, I was checking out twitter when I saw it and thought 'ay?', maybe if I knew what it ment, it may grow on me. Maybe one of their kids were playing with alphabet spagetti and said 'look daddy!' and they got a bright idea of using what the kids done for an album title, either that or it was a name one of them had on their short list for kids names!!!!

[Tonsu]

I love it :)

This Mylo stuff is far too much of a coincidence imho. It's got to have been a band project all along, surely, (and if it has been then the denial is meaningless of course).

[Zeya]

5/10 cause right now I cant decide if it is better or worse than Viva

[Megalomania]

Viva la Vida at least promised a bit of somewhat cultural music. :|

So I say it's worse thatn VLV

[l0wxo2]

I don't really like it... so I am calling it MX :D

[NumbersGirl]

I don't really like it... so I am calling it MX :D
Considering we all like to abbreviate LP2 and LP4, I like that idea! I can get by with that! :wacko:

[Zeya]

Viva la Vida at least promised a bit of somewhat cultural music. :|

So I say it's worse thatn VLV

You're probably right. VLV kinda shows us the direction of the album. Mylo Xyloto is basically telling me that this album's gonna be all over the place and ridiculous and won't make any sense. Not that I know what kind of music will be in it. But that's the general idea I'm getting.

[Cleggy]

Yep, we should definitely call it MX. Unless we find out that Mylo Xyloto actually means something really cool. Probably not though. Maybe one of the reasons they chose a name like Mylo Xyloto is because it means absolutely nothing to everybody no matter what language you speak. It puts everybody on the same level. Don't really like the name though.

[cackyy]

It's fucking sweet, it's not my background

[Violet]

Mylo Xyloto is basically telling me that this album's gonna be all over the place and ridiculous and won't make any sense. Not that I know what kind of music will be in it. But that's the general idea I'm getting.

Given some of the lyrics of MTM (which, in spite of them, I love) and ETIAW (which I don't love), I could totally buy that. I'll stop there, though, before I get into a musical discussion in a thread solely about the title.

Maybe one of the reasons they chose a name like Mylo Xyloto is because it means absolutely nothing to everybody no matter what language you speak. It puts everybody on the same level.

Yes, because having people all around the world go WTF at the album title instead of just in some countries is a good idea. :|

[Megalomania]

You're probably right. VLV kinda shows us the direction of the album. Mylo Xyloto is basically telling me that this album's gonna be all over the place and ridiculous and won't make any sense. Not that I know what kind of music will be in it. But that's the general idea I'm getting.

I agree, that's what the title suggests about the music.

But like Violet said I won't judge the music yet as we haven't heard it. . . but this album title really isn't giving me much hope.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

I voted 4, because I think it could have been worse, but at the same time...REALLY, guys? Something that we can't pronounce easily, is hard to spell, and at present doesn't seem to mean anything? I mean, I think it must mean SOMETHING, but perhaps only to molecular biologists or something.

I actually disliked "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" more than I dislike "Mylo Xyloto" on first announcements, but it's like they intentionally made this one obnoxious or something. Plus, the abbreviation is "MX," which is so similar to "X&Y." I mean, "XY" is right smack in the middle of the album cover! I feel like (many) fans, critics, and the band alike have made it clear that's not their favorite album, so it's interesting that it's kind of coming back in weird-twin form, title-wise.

I kind of wish the title was just "MX" and that it stood as Roman numerals for a thousand and ten. What would that mean, I have no idea, but I find that cooler and more elegant, somehow.

[Violet]

^^ I just keep MTM in mind. That gives me hope enough that perhaps there will be some good to come out of it.

[Megalomania]

Yeah, I would have been super happy if the title was "MX". It's much more interesting and mysterious, but Mylo Xyloto? It's like a joke. :|

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

^^ I just keep MTM in mind. That gives me hope enough that perhaps there will be some good to come out of it.

"Moving To Mars" is actually my least favorite of all the new tracks, I think :P

I think if they just called the album "MX," the whole world would be clamoring for an explanation of what it stood for, moreso than we are now for a meaning of the weird words. Somehow, abbreviations with no explanations are more infuriating to me, which is why I kind of liked the Roman numeral explanation :P

[Violet]

^ O RLY? Huh. Oh well, different strokes for different folks. :tongue:

[Empily]

Just seems like someone smashed their head against a keyboard and that name came out :blank:

could have equally been called "prwnjekuufup"

[NumbersGirl]

Just seems like someone smashed their head against a keyboard and that name came out :blank:

could have equally been called "prwnjekuufup"

QWERTY HERPDERPY :awesome:

[prowlingfox]

Mylo Xyloto is alright, i think it's different, so that's cool. But i like that we can abbreviate it to MX.

MX has a certain mystery about it that seems very intriguing. :D

As for the artwork, i like the cover on the right much better than the cover on the left.

[rainplay]

I really love coldplay but I reeeeeaaaaally hate this title.

[IloveChris]

It'll sound so weird when they win an award! (which I'm sure they will :P ).

"And the award goes to...Coldplay for Mylo X..xy..loto! "
Then everyone's like... :wtf:

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

Before the announcement today, I was pronouncing it in my head as "MY-lo zy-LO-toe," but Chris's handwriting seemingly says "My-lo ZY-le-toe." The emphasis on the ZY vs the LO is a British vs. American thing, I think, but "le-toe"? Is that just his handwriting? The IPA doesn't help me out much :P

[l0wxo2]

It'll sound so weird when they win an award! (which I'm sure they will :P ).

"And the award goes to...Coldplay for Mylo X..xy..loto! "
Then everyone's like... :wtf:

:laugh3:

[Megalomania]

Before the announcement today, I was pronouncing it in my head as "MY-lo zy-LO-toe," but Chris's handwriting seemingly says "My-lo ZY-le-toe." The emphasis on the ZY vs the LO is a British vs. American thing, I think, but "le-toe"? Is that just his handwriting? The IPA doesn't help me out much :P

That's how I thought it was pronounced too. (the LO way)

But I've decided it doesn't matter how it's pronounced, it still sounds bad. :nod:

[IloveChris]

Before the announcement today, I was pronouncing it in my head as "MY-lo zy-LO-toe," but Chris's handwriting seemingly says "My-lo ZY-le-toe." The emphasis on the ZY vs the LO is a British vs. American thing, I think, but "le-toe"? Is that just his handwriting? The IPA doesn't help me out much :P

It's My-lo Zy-luh-toe.
Because the " ə" in the IPA Chris wrote is pronounced like the "a" in about.
That's the simplest way I can explain it, I think.

[Empily]

I'll definitely be calling it MX xD

MYLO XYLOTO NO HOMO

[Crests]

nevermindlol

[Zeya]

Before the announcement today, I was pronouncing it in my head as "MY-lo zy-LO-toe," but Chris's handwriting seemingly says "My-lo ZY-le-toe." The emphasis on the ZY vs the LO is a British vs. American thing, I think, but "le-toe"? Is that just his handwriting? The IPA doesn't help me out much :P

I pronounce it as MY-lo ZY-letoe.

That's how I thought it was pronounced too. (the LO way)

But I've decided it doesn't matter how it's pronounced, it still sounds bad. :nod:

lol yes, still shit.

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

It's My-lo Zy-luh-toe.
Because the " ə" in the IPA Chris wrote is pronounced like the "a" in about.
That's the simplest way I can explain it, I think.

Ooh, that's helpful, thanks! :dance:

I'll still probably always mistakenly say "zy-LO-toe," having a big fat American mouth, but yeah, I think this album is going to always be MX to me.

[Empily]

Well i'm sure they will in due time, but you can do a google search, or actually look at the threads that talk about the meaning about the title -

Mylo is a uk street artist that probably inspired them to look at the history of the street art from xyloto (wood art, the origin or precursor) to current forms of alternative media (blogs, youtube, graffiti, posters, etc.). Xyloto could also refer to cameras - a term made up by Mylo. or Xylo is a compilation of street art. it's about getting out the real messages of what's going on in our world that we don't get from the powers that be - be it our leaders, traditional media, etc.

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/xylo/Interesting
http://www.xylo.me/

Also, upon that logic, you could say that this guy influenced the title due to his username

&quot;Trouble&quot; by Coldplay - YouTube

Xylopolist :awesome:


/tenuous links

[Megalomania]

Why so win Em? :awesome:

[Empily]

Hahaha :lol:

[Caroline]

I was hoping it wouldn't be called Mylo Xyloto, but whatever. I hope their new single is good. I think hearing the album in full will help me decide whether the title is a good one.

[Crests]

x&yloto~

[Reilly]

I think if you don't love the album title then you aren't a REAL Coldplay fan and should probably go and listen to something stupid like Spice Girls or something lol. :angry:

[anacaren08]

I just like it cuz I think its fun to say, its kind of weird, and it could start a conversation :D

[The envoy]

I think the same. If you are a real fan, you support everything that they do and you love it from the deep of your heart. You appreciate everything, it doesn't matter if you like it more or less and maybe we can think that it could have been better, but what's better? Are just their decisions. And after all, it's so wonderful the way that they create expectation and the way that we talk about and probably we still talk about this in a few months, even years. By the moment, we can still wondering what the fuck means "Mylo Xyloto". And that's why I love the title.

[Destrokk]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL

[Destrokk]

Weird thing I was bored and I said "i'm going to listen to my coldplay albums awe nostalgia" and I layed them all on my floor and I thought,

fuck it's tomarrow, and now i'm here~

Anyways, I think everything is okay except the font. And it looks like a rap album.

[Megalomania]

I think the same. If you are a real fan, you support everything that they do and you love it from the deep of your heart. You appreciate everything, it doesn't matter if you like it more or less and maybe we can think that it could have been better, but what's better? Are just their decisions. And after all, it's so wonderful the way that they create expectation and the way that we talk about and probably we still talk about this in a few months, even years. By the moment, we can still wondering what the fuck means "Mylo Xyloto". And that's why I love the title.

Erm. . . If you're a fangirl/boy you do that. A real fan will recognize that a band has their ups and downs in terms of quality and that nobody's perfect.

And if this sparks an argument whatever, but I feel that it's important to recognize that no, Coldplay are not gods, and they make mistakes when writing songs so you have to be able to critique their music and be open minded. I'm not saying that you have to hate them, but you should recognize that some songs are better than others, some albums are bad, sometimes the singer is out of their range/out of tune, etc. And what really bothers me is when people say things like this, "oh you're not a real fan if you don't worship everything they do", when the people that do actually do that are the ones that are unaccepting of other opinions. That's really why arguments happen over Coldplay in the Coldplay section- not because people are "hating" but because they express a different, sometimes not complimentary opinion, and the "real fans" just cannot accept that.

Anyways. :|

[Bluejay]

I do not like the album title (was hoping the whole Mylo Xyloto thing would end up being false), but oh well. As long as the songs are to my liking (and until now, they are) I don't really mind. :shrug:

[Cyan Kat]

I wish we were all real fans I'm such an imposter :(:( :(

[the_gloaming09]

I think the same. If you are a real fan, you support everything that they do and you love it from the deep of your heart. You appreciate everything, it doesn't matter if you like it more or less and maybe we can think that it could have been better, but what's better? Are just their decisions. And after all, it's so wonderful the way that they create expectation and the way that we talk about and probably we still talk about this in a few months, even years. By the moment, we can still wondering what the fuck means "Mylo Xyloto". And that's why I love the title.

Honestly that is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Definitely something a fanboy/girl would say.

Honestly... if Coldplay was to release an album of random noises or farting or burping would you honestly as you point "support everything they do and you love it from the deep of your heart"?

Just because someone doesn't like a certain era of music doesn't mean they aren't a fan. I consider myself a fan of the band even though I really don't like their last few albums or the direction they've gone in.


Erm. . . If you're a fangirl/boy you do that. A real fan will recognize that a band has their ups and downs in terms of quality and that nobody's perfect.

And if this sparks an argument whatever, but I feel that it's important to recognize that no, Coldplay are not gods, and they make mistakes when writing songs so you have to be able to critique their music and be open minded. I'm not saying that you have to hate them, but you should recognize that some songs are better than others, some albums are bad, sometimes the singer is out of their range/out of tune, etc. And what really bothers me is when people say things like this, "oh you're not a real fan if you don't worship everything they do", when the people that do actually do that are the ones that are unaccepting of other opinions. That's really why arguments happen over Coldplay in the Coldplay section- not because people are "hating" but because they express a different, sometimes not complimentary opinion, and the "real fans" just cannot accept that.

Anyways. :|

I completely agree. There are so many bands I love, but there is not one band and never will be one where they'll release material that I completely always love.

[anacaren08]

You guys there's so many different versions of being a "real fan". If you still consider yourself a real fan after not liking some of their stuff, then good for you no one can take away from you that you feel you are a real fan :D

Same goes for others that love everything coldplay does. You feel you are a real fan, then yes you are :D nothing wrong with being a fangirl/boy so just enjoy the fact that YOU do love everything they do :)
let's try to not make a big deal about this, :P

[Destrokk]

I wish we could all get along like we used to in VLVODAAOHF... I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy... :sad:

[taameen**sparks**]

^That cake sounds tasty.:wacko:

[anacaren08]

I wish we could all get along like we used to in VLVODAAOHF... I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy... :sad:

:lol:

[the_gloaming09]

You guys there's so many different versions of being a "real fan". If you still consider yourself a real fan after not liking some of their stuff, then good for you no one can take away from you that you feel you are a real fan :D

Same goes for others that love everything coldplay does. You feel you are a real fan, then yes you are :D nothing wrong with being a fangirl/boy so just enjoy the fact that YOU do love everything they do :)
let's try to not make a big deal about this, :P

I agree.


I just don't see why certain people in general feel you have to love everything an artist does, and clearly many people have taken huge offense to what other members of this forum have said about the direction of the band.

I know that this is a generalization but I'm sure a lot of people really love the direction of the band and songs like Teardrop because they are more familiar with the more mainstream pop direction of the bands last few efforts and probably got into the band within the last few years. I'm sure that I as well as a lot of other members have been listening to the band a lot longer than others (not saying that that makes me or anyone else more of a fan though).

[Reilly]

I think the same. If you are a real fan, you support everything that they do and you love it from the deep of your heart. You appreciate everything, it doesn't matter if you like it more or less and maybe we can think that it could have been better, but what's better? Are just their decisions. And after all, it's so wonderful the way that they create expectation and the way that we talk about and probably we still talk about this in a few months, even years. By the moment, we can still wondering what the fuck means "Mylo Xyloto". And that's why I love the title.

Yes thats right and do you think everyone who didn't vote 10 should go and listen to Spice Girls I do lol. :angry:

[Megalomania]

I agree.


I just don't see why certain people in general feel you have to love everything an artist does, and clearly many people have taken huge offense to what other members of this forum have said about the direction of the band.

I know that this is a generalization but I'm sure a lot of people really love the direction of the band and songs like Teardrop because they are more familiar with the more mainstream pop direction of the bands last few efforts and probably got into the band within the last few years. I'm sure that I as well as a lot of other members have been listening to the band a lot longer than others (not saying that that makes me or anyone else more of a fan though).

I agree with this too.

My problem with a lot of the Coldplay section is not that I disagree with positive opinions and am out to troll, or anything like that. My main problem is when people are unaccepting of other opinions. :nod:

[Zeya]

Yes thats right and do you think everyone who didn't vote 10 should go and listen to Spice Girls I do lol. :angry:

I'll go listen to Spice Girls cause they have a song with the word Viva in it. How's that for a real fan :angry:

[NumbersGirl]

MYLO REILLOTO










omg I just used all caps he's gonna be mad at meh :bigcry:

[jimmyarts]

10 - Brilliant!

[Cyan Kat]

MYLO REILLOTO










omg I just used all caps he's gonna be mad at meh :bigcry:
I actually prefer that to the the album title.

[NumbersGirl]

:nod:

[Reilly]

Domo arigato, Mylo Xyloto.

[Violet]

I think the same. If you are a real fan, you support everything that they do and you love it from the deep of your heart. You appreciate everything, it doesn't matter if you like it more or less and maybe we can think that it could have been better, but what's better? Are just their decisions. And after all, it's so wonderful the way that they create expectation and the way that we talk about and probably we still talk about this in a few months, even years. By the moment, we can still wondering what the fuck means "Mylo Xyloto". And that's why I love the title.

WUT. :|

The last time I checked, being a fan doesn't require having fixed and blind opinions like those that you find in a cult.

Yeah, I went there. That's how I feel about it. Some people on this forum just amaze me with their unwillingness to say/accept anything critical about the band, as if it was a sin to make such comments. It's not.

Erm. . . If you're a fangirl/boy you do that. A real fan will recognize that a band has their ups and downs in terms of quality and that nobody's perfect.

And if this sparks an argument whatever, but I feel that it's important to recognize that no, Coldplay are not gods, and they make mistakes when writing songs so you have to be able to critique their music and be open minded. I'm not saying that you have to hate them, but you should recognize that some songs are better than others, some albums are bad, sometimes the singer is out of their range/out of tune, etc. And what really bothers me is when people say things like this, "oh you're not a real fan if you don't worship everything they do", when the people that do actually do that are the ones that are unaccepting of other opinions. That's really why arguments happen over Coldplay in the Coldplay section- not because people are "hating" but because they express a different, sometimes not complimentary opinion, and the "real fans" just cannot accept that.

Anyways. :|

This. :nod:

Honestly that is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Definitely something a fanboy/girl would say.

Honestly... if Coldplay was to release an album of random noises or farting or burping would you honestly as you point "support everything they do and you love it from the deep of your heart"?

Just because someone doesn't like a certain era of music doesn't mean they aren't a fan. I consider myself a fan of the band even though I really don't like their last few albums or the direction they've gone in.

I completely agree. There are so many bands I love, but there is not one band and never will be one where they'll release material that I completely always love.

This too. :nod: You guys pretty much have it covered.

You guys there's so many different versions of being a "real fan". If you still consider yourself a real fan after not liking some of their stuff, then good for you no one can take away from you that you feel you are a real fan :D

Same goes for others that love everything coldplay does. You feel you are a real fan, then yes you are :D nothing wrong with being a fangirl/boy so just enjoy the fact that YOU do love everything they do :)
let's try to not make a big deal about this, :P

It's insulting, though, to have someone tell you that you're something you're really not, especially after saying something that's not meant to be insulting in any way and has NOTHING to do with the members of the band or the members of CPing in question, which happens ALL THE TIME. Just today, it's started all over again. Mike got labeled as a Coldplay hater by some n00b just for making a comment about how he hated where Coldplay was going, without even taking into consideration what else he's said about them here. It's stupid, and it's sickening. There's a difference between being a fan and just being an obnoxious snob about it.

[Cyan Kat]

It does get really annoying, I'm a member on several different forums and this is the only one where people get so angry about criticism of the band.

[anacaren08]

I agree.


I just don't see why certain people in general feel you have to love everything an artist does, and clearly many people have taken huge offense to what other members of this forum have said about the direction of the band.

I know that this is a generalization but I'm sure a lot of people really love the direction of the band and songs like Teardrop because they are more familiar with the more mainstream pop direction of the bands last few efforts and probably got into the band within the last few years. I'm sure that I as well as a lot of other members have been listening to the band a lot longer than others (not saying that that makes me or anyone else more of a fan though).

I dnt know, its always gonna end in debate when people have opposing opinions :\ its hard to remember that at the end of the day, your opinion should be the one that matters most to you. I admit that sometimes it can be tough, sometime's people's opinions can be very annoying, like when they choose to not even hear why you have your opinion. Its an issue that the whole world has to deal with everyday :P

Well I've been a long time fan, so far I've loved what they have done so far. I find more positive things than negatives. But im still a little nervous when it comes to hearing new albums. Im afraid I wont like it, but they haven't let me down so far. Evnthough I really miss their old stuff sometimes. I find it interesting how the fanbase is so divided on the new material though, I wonder about the reaction from mylo xyloto who will end up being happier? The fans from oldschool coldplay, or the fans of the new :thinking: im in the middle so I have good chances of liking it :)
Anyways I love coldplay :D

[The envoy]

I'm sorry if my words have been misinterpreted, probably it has been my fault and I explained myself a little bad.

I'm with you too, because it's evident that I like some things more than others, but it's just I feel a special love with Coldplay, I just don't know why. The first time I heard them was with Yellow when it was released. I remember that I was watching the TV in the dinner room while my mother was talking with the mobile phone, and then I felt goosebumps with that song and I didn't want to hear my mother, so I jumped of the sofa and then ran to the other room, where it was another TV so that way I could listen to the song in a better way.

I can understand your opinions, but I don't like criticism. Well I like it if it's good criticism, but not bad criticism. I liked their first songs better, but sometimes you just don't get what you want, so I adapt to times. I like the evolution. With the title "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" I just thought: Viva La Vida? I think that the second one goes better with them. But then I got used to it.

BUT HEY, MAYBE ALL WE ARE RIGHT. WE ALL CAN BE GOOD FANS TOGETHER.

[Destrokk]

Tbh I think you guys were a little harsh. He seems pretty polite.

JESUS.

[Megalomania]

It does get really annoying, I'm a member on several different forums and this is the only one where people get so angry about criticism of the band.

You've never been to the Muse board then. :P

I'm sorry if my words have been misinterpreted, probably it has been my fault and I explained myself a little bad.

I'm with you too, because it's evident that I like some things more than others, but it's just I feel a special love with Coldplay, I just don't know why. The first time I heard them was with Yellow when it was released. I remember that I was watching the TV in the dinner room while my mother was talking with the mobile phone, and then I felt goosebumps with that song and I didn't want to hear my mother, so I jumped of the sofa and then ran to the other room, where it was another TV so that way I could listen to the song in a better way.

I can understand your opinions, but I don't like criticism. Well I like it if it's good criticism, but not bad criticism. I liked their first songs better, but sometimes you just don't get what you want, so I adapt to times. I like the evolution. With the title "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" I just thought: Viva La Vida? I think that the second one goes better with them. But then I got used to it.

BUT HEY, MAYBE ALL WE ARE RIGHT. WE ALL CAN BE GOOD FANS TOGETHER.


I'm sorry if I sounded harsh, but this has been going on for a while and it's gotten worse and worse- yesterday I was personally insulted for having a different opinion. :wtf:

But as a fan of such a hugely popular band, you have to be willing to accept that not everyone is such a huge fan as you and everyone has different opinions. It's best to have an open mind.

[Violet]

I can understand your opinions, but I don't like criticism. Well I like it if it's good criticism, but not bad criticism. I liked their first songs better, but sometimes you just don't get what you want, so I adapt to times. I like the evolution. With the title "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" I just thought: Viva La Vida? I think that the second one goes better with them. But then I got used to it.

BUT HEY, MAYBE ALL WE ARE RIGHT. WE ALL CAN BE GOOD FANS TOGETHER.

>_>

I don't even know what to say to that.

Tbh I think you guys were a little harsh. He seems pretty polite.

JESUS.

It's not about him. It's about the attitudes of some of the members in general. He just happened to be the unfortunate soul who brought it into the conversation. We're not sitting here trying to be mean to him. In fact, he seems a lot nicer than some of the other people I've encountered in the Coldplay section.

[Jack1505]

I really really like it.
Its interesting and hints towards a real expression of something... what that is though is yet to be heard of course...

Loosen up guys, authors/ artists / poets have been making words up or mophing others for ever

[Cyan Kat]

You've never been to the Muse board then.
They would eat me alive for not really liking Muse
plz don't eat me :wreck:

[Megalomania]

It's not about him. It's about the attitudes of some of the members in general. He just happened to be the unfortunate soul who brought it into the conversation. We're not sitting here trying to be mean to him. In fact, he seems a lot nicer than some of the other people I've encountered in the Coldplay section.

Exactly this.

[Megalomania]

They would eat me alive for not really liking Muse
plz don't eat me :wreck:

No they'd welcome you with open arms, ahuehuehue :P

[Violet]

I'm sorry if I sounded harsh, but this has been going on for a while and it's gotten worse and worse- yesterday I was personally insulted for having a different opinion. :wtf:

But as a fan of such a hugely popular band, you have to be willing to accept that not everyone is such a huge fan as you and everyone has different opinions. It's best to have an open mind.

Thank you. That's my thoughts exactly.

To be fair, it's not as bad right now as it was when ETIAW came out. I haven't gotten into any heated arguments yet, and I haven't had to block anyone like I did with one person (who, oddly enough, kept insulting me even after I blocked him. "Ignore list? What are you, 12?" Oh, please.)

[Reilly]

I do believe I deserve a medal for getting a fanboi to agree with my sarcastic post and the shitstorm ensuing.

EPIC TROLLAGE

[the_gloaming09]

I'm sorry if my words have been misinterpreted, probably it has been my fault and I explained myself a little bad.

I'm with you too, because it's evident that I like some things more than others, but it's just I feel a special love with Coldplay, I just don't know why. The first time I heard them was with Yellow when it was released. I remember that I was watching the TV in the dinner room while my mother was talking with the mobile phone, and then I felt goosebumps with that song and I didn't want to hear my mother, so I jumped of the sofa and then ran to the other room, where it was another TV so that way I could listen to the song in a better way.

I can understand your opinions, but I don't like criticism. Well I like it if it's good criticism, but not bad criticism. I liked their first songs better, but sometimes you just don't get what you want, so I adapt to times. I like the evolution. With the title "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" I just thought: Viva La Vida? I think that the second one goes better with them. But then I got used to it.

BUT HEY, MAYBE ALL WE ARE RIGHT. WE ALL CAN BE GOOD FANS TOGETHER.
Okay... then I apologize if I seemed harsh with what I said.

I can understand why you or anyone else is excited for these new albums and songs. I remember how I've felt the same way for many bands over the years.

I guess my whole point is that I feel some people think they have to force themselves to like everything by a band to be considered a true fan which is BS. Or basically that people mindlessly love everything that a band releases without properly listening. For example... when Radiohead's album TKOL came out I was massively disappointed by it. But even though I'm a huge fan I didn't give the album or songs a like 10/10 rating just because they're one of my favorite bands.

[anacaren08]

I'm sorry if my words have been misinterpreted, probably it has been my fault and I explained myself a little bad.

I'm with you too, because it's evident that I like some things more than others, but it's just I feel a special love with Coldplay, I just don't know why. The first time I heard them was with Yellow when it was released. I remember that I was watching the TV in the dinner room while my mother was talking with the mobile phone, and then I felt goosebumps with that song and I didn't want to hear my mother, so I jumped of the sofa and then ran to the other room, where it was another TV so that way I could listen to the song in a better way.

I can understand your opinions, but I don't like criticism. Well I like it if it's good criticism, but not bad criticism. I liked their first songs better, but sometimes you just don't get what you want, so I adapt to times. I like the evolution. With the title "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" I just thought: Viva La Vida? I think that the second one goes better with them. But then I got used to it.

BUT HEY, MAYBE ALL WE ARE RIGHT. WE ALL CAN BE GOOD FANS TOGETHER.

I know exactly what you are talking about :)

Oh and it sucks that you had to be put on the spot like that. Its not fun to feel you are getting attacked for your post (I know cuz I've gone through it). I hope you dnt feel we were :hug:

Its the discussion that will never end :\

[Arantza]

I don't like it... at all. When someone posted that he/she believed it was going to be named like that, I thought it was shit and hoped that it was a joke. At least it can be abbreviated to MX which doesn't sound bad.

[The envoy]

I accept all your apologies, don't worry. I don't feel bad so I'm not gonna stop posting here for this. I hope that we can always discuss in a healthy way :)

And well, probably I'm the first that when all the titles come out I go to see how they sound and if I like them or not. But this may have something to do because I'm very demanding, a lot more than you for sure, and that's my problem!

The fact is that I voted that title with a rating of 7, because I like it but just for the fact that I want to know what does it mean, and if it really has a story behind. But if I'm honest, I would have prefered other title too. I think that "Great Expectations" could have fit well.

[Hartroc]

Okay... then I apologize if I seemed harsh with what I said.

I can understand why you or anyone else is excited for these new albums and songs. I remember how I've felt the same way for many bands over the years.

I guess my whole point is that I feel some people think they have to force themselves to like everything by a band to be considered a true fan which is BS. Or basically that people mindlessly love everything that a band releases without properly listening. For example... when Radiohead's album TKOL came out I was massively disappointed by it. But even though I'm a huge fan I didn't give the album or songs a like 10/10 rating just because they're one of my favorite bands.

The King of Limbs was awesome.

But no, not a 10/10. :laugh3:

[Megalomania]

I accept all your apologies, don't worry. I don't feel bad so I'm not gonna stop posting here for this. I hope that we can always discuss in a healthy way :)

And well, probably I'm the first that when all the titles come out I go to see how they sound and if I like them or not. But this may have something to do because I'm very demanding, a lot more than you for sure, and that's my problem!

The fact is that I voted that title with a rating of 7, because I like it but just for the fact that I want to know what does it mean, and if it really has a story behind. But if I'm honest, I would have prefered other title too. I think that "Great Expectations" could have fit well.

If it was Great Expectations it would have been better but not by much, I HATED that book. :P

[Twisted mind]

Just read some of the posts with topics like "being a real fan" (WTF is a real fan anyway) and different opinions and blind love for the band...


...



if people are arguing and insulting others in such a state of mind I can only shake my head.



just CHILL

THE FUCK

OUT



It's just music after all and not some kind of worldwide emergency meeting <__<

[howyousawtheworld]

I think people have to accept that you're not going to force a change of attitude to those so called blinded fans. I mean how many times has the Coldplay section been dogged by this same argument, particularly since all this LP5 malarky started back in June. Like a stuck record.

Some fans are very passionate about their attachment to Coldplay. With that love of Coldplay comes a great deal of sensitivity in some cases. But those people should try and find it in themselves to manoeuvre some criticism of the band. It'd probably make you appreciate the really quality stuff from future and past releases even more but it will also make Coldplay seem more normal, like all of us, in that nothing is perfect. You'd be doing a great job for yourself in being totally honest with yourself. Voting 10/10 for everything they do doesn't make sense. Probably stems from a combination of a desire to see Coldplay publicly praised to the highest and a counter on those who will inevitably come on and say 'this is shit'. It's more used in defence than honesty, if you get what I mean. Doubtless there will be those who genuinely feel that something they do is perfect and not feel pressurised into giving it perfect scores and reviews. That said I admire their passion. They clearly care a lot about Coldplay, something many people on here sneer at with their "wit".

As for the critics (the genuine ones and not those who criticise for the sake of criticising) all they want is the version of Coldplay which they feel is the best.

It's like any football team you support. No supporter commits themselves to go as far as saying "well every player is just fantastic". The great ones will be held in high regard with the football fan, the shit one's won't be and will be screamed at to get off the field because all the football fan wants is the best for his or her team. And that's what those critics of Coldplay want. Just the best for Coldplay. Only difference is that football is a results business and you can see who's shit and who's not, whereas music is subjective.

[hotdensestate]

Late, but, Emily: if you're bleeding from your face ARE YOU FAINTING AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR FACE??

[/lounge]

[Twisted mind]

Late, but, Emily: if you're bleeding from your face ARE YOU FAINTING AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR FACE??

[/lounge]
:lol: That thread was an interesting read LOL

[NumbersGirl]

It's just music after all and not some kind of worldwide emergency meeting <__<
oh but didn't you hear... they just got downgraded to AA+

[The envoy]

If it was Great Expectations it would have been better but not by much, I HATED that book. :P

Really? Well I almost read it, because I was on a course and the english teacher wanted the students to read that book, but I finally didn't because I left that course. So don't you recommend it to me at all? Well, there's the movie featured by Chris wife, it's just boring too? :D

In any case, I think that just the name sounds very well, like a kind of hope. Maybe "A Hopeful Transmission" would have been as good.

[WeddingDom]

I don't care about being a "real fan", I just want to enjoy their music :)

[Reilly]

^NOT a REAL fan then! :angry:

[Violet]

I think people have to accept that you're not going to force a change of attitude to those so called blinded fans. I mean how many times has the Coldplay section been dogged by this same argument, particularly since all this LP5 malarky started back in June. Like a stuck record.

Some fans are very passionate about their attachment to Coldplay. With that love of Coldplay comes a great deal of sensitivity in some cases. But those people should try and find it in themselves to manoeuvre some criticism of the band. It'd probably make you appreciate the really quality stuff from future and past releases even more but it will also make Coldplay seem more normal, like all of us, in that nothing is perfect. You'd be doing a great job for yourself in being totally honest with yourself. Voting 10/10 for everything they do doesn't make sense. Probably stems from a combination of a desire to see Coldplay publicly praised to the highest and a counter on those who will inevitably come on and say 'this is shit'. It's more used in defence than honesty, if you get what I mean. Doubtless there will be those who genuinely feel that something they do is perfect and not feel pressurised into giving it perfect scores and reviews. That said I admire their passion. They clearly care a lot about Coldplay, something many people on here sneer at with their "wit".

As for the critics (the genuine ones and not those who criticise for the sake of criticising) all they want is the version of Coldplay which they feel is the best.

It's like any football team you support. No supporter commits themselves to go as far as saying "well every player is just fantastic". The great ones will be held in high regard with the football fan, the shit one's won't be and will be screamed at to get off the field because all the football fan wants is the best for his or her team. And that's what those critics of Coldplay want. Just the best for Coldplay. Only difference is that football is a results business and you can see who's shit and who's not, whereas music is subjective.

That's very well said.

[Tnspieler1012]

Honestly, if this surprises you after "viva la vida or death and all his friends", I think you have bigger problems. Last title was awful, this is about as funny/awful.

[Reilly]

Ahh Spieler puts it in perspective, yes that was an equally horrible album title.

[Green Pepper]

It's hard to say so far! To me, the music is much more important than the title, and plus, we'll all get used to the title after awhile. We'll be used to hearing it, we won't even notice how weird it is, and it'll probably fit the music well.

[The Mad Hatter]

yes the music is more important
no we have not heard the album yet

technically, anyone who mentions the music is off-topic

[The Mad Hatter]

Late, but, Emily: if you're bleeding from your face ARE YOU FAINTING AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR FACE??

[/lounge]

can't see my face ^-^