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jemonn
17-10-2011, 03:41 PM
..where would you place it on the tracklist?

I've heard some people say at the end, but is there any other place you think it would fit in?
WeddingDom
17-10-2011, 03:44 PM
I would put it before Up In Flames... maybe :confused:
MasoKnight
17-10-2011, 05:07 PM
I would put it first. Seriously, try it.
Nature
17-10-2011, 05:08 PM
As the last song for sure.But UWTB is a great ending too.
genta
17-10-2011, 06:26 PM
It's a shame that this song is not on MX. Maybe the intro is the unique point i don't like, but the whole song is acceptable, and it deserved to be on the new album.
mountainloafers
17-10-2011, 09:26 PM
In place of POC for me.... POC as the b-side on ETIAW
Seppel
17-10-2011, 09:36 PM
In place of POC for me.... POC as the b-side on ETIAW
exactly.
WeddingDom
17-10-2011, 09:50 PM
In place of POC for me.... POC as the b-side on ETIAW

I like PoC, but you're right! :cool:
Heinrich42
17-10-2011, 10:22 PM
I agree with MasoKnight, and this was something I was thinking even before the leak. Seriously, I really works putting it even before Mylo Xyloto.

Try it. Listen to Moving to Mars, and pay attention to the sounds right before it fades, after Chris has stoppped singing. I think these sounds could just continue for some seconds more and then blend into a burst of Mylo Xyloto. That would be awesome!

Also, if you listen to the lyrics, although they are kind of meant to be the "bad ending" of Mylo Xyloto, I think they would just as well fit as a prelude to everything, kind of like a prologue to a fiction book.
Minarets
17-10-2011, 11:05 PM
Can I get a link to this song in high quality mp3? I only have the YouTube version and I would like to place it in my track listing....thanks.
WeddingDom
17-10-2011, 11:59 PM
I put Moving To Mars between Paradise and Charlie Brown and sounds so good :dazzled:
golfing7861
18-10-2011, 01:22 AM
Before UIF!
R0Y
18-10-2011, 06:04 AM
Before UIF!

What this guys said
Hartroc
18-10-2011, 06:28 AM
AFTER Up in Flames.
roe
18-10-2011, 11:13 AM
End or beginning is fine in my opinion. Kind of fits well as a transition if you wanna hear the album on repeat
coldpatrix
18-10-2011, 11:15 AM
I wish to remove Paradise, Princess Of China and MMIX to put Moving To Mars into the final tracklist plus the song Tomorrow, that was discarded but a deeptroath source said it's wonderful...
xylobryte
18-10-2011, 02:18 PM
I'd put it after Major Minus, as I grew used to it placed there on the ETIAW EP.

Maybe after Paradise too, I had Coldplay on shuffle a few days ago and those two went nicely after each other, don't know how it sounds going into Charlie Brown though. Yet.
EdPlay
18-10-2011, 11:07 PM
The only place to put it for me its on the place of POC.
Blakexy1125
19-10-2011, 12:16 AM
I would replace MM with MTM i think then the album would be perfect :)
Strawberry Swinger
19-10-2011, 01:03 AM
I'd kick that fucking Hopeful transmission out, put dlbyh on spot number 12, moving to mars on 13 and up with the birds on 14. OR vice versa, the last two.

moving to mars just HAD to be on the album. I can't forgive them for not putting it there. and to think that such a boring song like Up in Flames is there instead... :(
Alienbob
19-10-2011, 04:04 AM
In between Up in Flames and A Hopeful Transmission.

Works thematically, works sound wise, Moving to Mars "closes" the last part of the album before the finale, where everything is resolved.
admnistramation
19-10-2011, 05:50 AM
MTM would be an obvious standout on the album, it would reflect the wasted potential sprawled over fourteen songs. Better left a b-side, a lost treasure and a legend for those genuinely interested. :nod:
busybeeburns
19-10-2011, 08:06 PM
I would actually leave it in the same place as the EP - after MM.
jemonn
19-10-2011, 10:02 PM
I've put it after Up In Flames in my playlist to see how well it flows :)

Right, so after UIF didn't sound good, but before UIF, it's sounding good!
Goes from Princess Of China's big pop sound to a darker sound, which fits in with what people have said about the storyline of the album, where PoC represents a fight between the lovers, MtM is dark enough to fit in with the aftermath of the fight, leading onto UIF where he realizes what he's done, which then goes onto the last part of the album which is the happy ending. It fits almost perfectly here, in my opinion.
Strawberry Swinger
20-10-2011, 01:59 AM
MTM would be an obvious standout on the album, it would reflect the wasted potential sprawled over fourteen songs. Better left a b-side, a lost treasure and a legend for those genuinely interested. :nod:

Hm well I disagree because, there are , honestly, some songs that do not belong in the album. Personally, I really don't see the point in A hopeful transmission.
Drew42LP5
20-10-2011, 03:18 AM
I'll tell you after I listen to it Monday.
roe
20-10-2011, 11:47 AM
1. A Hopeful Transmission
2. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
3. Up With The Birds
4. Moving to Mars
5. Mylo Xyloto
6. Hurts Like Heaven
7. Charlie Brown
8. Us Against The World
9. UFO
10. Up In Flames
11. MMIX
12. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
13. Paradise

:deal2:
GTskilled
21-10-2011, 08:04 PM
Absolutely no sense at all. Some of you should try to understand the album. Then you would not want to see MTM on it. It was the right and only possible decision to let that song off.
howyousawtheworld
21-10-2011, 08:07 PM
God! Moving To Mars isn't on the album. Get over it!
Kiame
22-10-2011, 04:04 AM
1. A Hopeful Transmission
2. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
3. Up With The Birds
4. Moving to Mars
5. Mylo Xyloto
6. Hurts Like Heaven
7. Charlie Brown
8. Us Against The World
9. UFO
10. Up In Flames
11. MMIX
12. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
13. Paradise

:deal2:

That track list makes no fucking sense contextually at all. Really, really messy.

You do understand Mylo Xyloto is a story, right?
Hyperfried
25-10-2011, 02:03 AM
In terms of story placement, the lyric "we are meeting for the first time" more or less cements it as a potential album opener. It also sets the scene, in a sense: the setting becomes somewhere foreign, perhaps Mars, jarring us into our plot in the "schizophrenic" way that Chris Martin described.

I've actually edited the album so that Moving to Mars is the opener. It's really cool, and it works.
matan
25-10-2011, 08:39 AM
i would very happy if MTM was on MX but its not so it pretty sad,its a beautiful song its realy do,i think it was last one
valypan
25-10-2011, 09:07 AM
I LOVE Moving to Mars, but I kinda can't see it fit with the rest of the songs. The mood of the song just does not go along with the rest of MX in my opinion, even though the lyrics do.
kittybitty
25-10-2011, 05:33 PM
I am really missing MTM. I would put it after UWTB, because once that ends, I am wanting some more!
Phoebeo
25-10-2011, 05:50 PM
I don't really think it fit in the album..
Dan 6N
25-10-2011, 05:52 PM
I love MTM and I wish it was on the album but I'm not really sure it fits (which is probably why they gave it to us early).
Mark
25-10-2011, 08:58 PM
In terms of story placement, the lyric "we are meeting for the first time" more or less cements it as a potential album opener. It also sets the scene, in a sense: the setting becomes somewhere foreign, perhaps Mars, jarring us into our plot in the "schizophrenic" way that Chris Martin described.

I've actually edited the album so that Moving to Mars is the opener. It's really cool, and it works.

It's not a good album opener. At all. It's a decent song, but I think they were right to keep it off MX.
JordanHH
26-10-2011, 01:18 AM
Would go well after Charlie Brown imo.
Cheese Nip 2
27-10-2011, 08:58 PM
I think it's a great song, but I don't really thik it would fit on the album (imo). Plus, if it was on the album another song would probally not be on the album, and I would get sad.:cry:
bdevil89
28-10-2011, 01:42 AM
I think it could either work as an epilogue after UWTB or... the start of a new chapter in the story, anda new album - lol, that would be a trip if they ever thought of doing that.
shred
28-10-2011, 06:54 AM
Glad it wasn't on the album. Don't think it would have fit. Would have slowed the momentum down in my opinion. (Kinda why I don't like Up In Flames).

Happy that it stayed as a b-side.
Harondor
28-10-2011, 09:58 PM
The most important is that MTM has been released anyway.
It's a great B-side, and I hope we'll get more new songs for this era
OnlookerDelay
29-10-2011, 03:53 AM
In place of POC for me....

Ditto here! In fact it is in place of POC on the album tracklist on my MP3 player:D I personally find POC unlistenable... it doesn't sound like Coldplay, IMO, and I'm not a fan of heavily distorted synth warbling. Now I've got to find a B-side to take the place of Paradise, and I'll have a solid MX album...
NumbersGirl
29-10-2011, 04:03 AM
Would go well after Charlie Brown imo.
THIS

I always play MTM after CB now. With they way CB winds down at the end, push play after the very last note of CB. The transition is absolutely gorgeous.
grids
29-10-2011, 05:36 AM
moving to mars is so-so to me... and i disagree if the song will come up in the album.
erikd16
31-10-2011, 02:57 AM
I chopped off the ending of UFO that is the beginning of princess and stuck moving to mars in between those two. then at the end of moving to mars while that weird noise plays i slowly fade in the beginning of princess (the part right before the track switches from UFO to PoC.) It fits awesome there
Drew42LP5
02-11-2011, 11:14 PM
After Princess of China.
johnnymax865
03-11-2011, 06:55 AM
Moving to mars instead of UFO and UFO as b-side or as hidden track after UWTB
MosesTheMarshmallow
07-11-2011, 04:08 PM
Moving to mars instead of UFO and UFO as b-side or as hidden track after UWTB

This.

I've always felt that MX was just a *littly* too short compared to VLV (which I think is the perfect length) because VLV actually has 12 full songs (add ROL and CSC, not to mention the Escapist) while MX only has 11.
MrAubreyODay
09-11-2011, 11:54 PM
Definitely after UFO and before Princess of China.
MosesTheMarshmallow
10-11-2011, 12:46 AM
Hmmm there's a long 20 seconds of synth noise after the song "ends" and I don't want to use iTunes to cut it off coz then it sounds chopped. :/
solarboy
10-11-2011, 03:37 PM
I added a few seconds of silence here and there, but this is what I've done:

Mylo Xyloto
Hurts Like Heaven
Paradise
Charlie Brown
Us Against The World
Moving To Mars
M.M.I.X.
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Major Minus
U.F.O.
Princess Of China
Christmas Lights
Up In Flames
A Hopeful Transmission
Don't Let It Break Your Heart
Up With The Birds

Adding Moving To Mars where I have gives a nice contemplative four minutes between Us Against The World and Every Teardrop. I enjoy it anyway. I've also added Christmas Lights just because I like it and it was obviously recorded in the same sessions as the album proper. It feels, to me, like a small piece of a larger picture painted by Coldplay. But whatever makes you happy on your own playlists is what I say!
QuestionsOfScience
10-11-2011, 10:11 PM
If Moving To Mars was on MX, MX would be crap.
Nikola
29-11-2011, 02:37 PM
I put it between Major Minus and U.F.O.
Cos on the EP it goes - ETIAW, MM, MTM.
And Mars should be next to the UFO. :D

Also, when I heard it for the first time, it reminded me of WALL-E.
I wonder if they were inspired by that movie...

http://phoenixplume.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/walle3.png
Prospector
19-12-2011, 01:27 AM
^ I love Wall-E

And I'd put after Charlie Brown and befor UATW
Keronte
04-07-2012, 02:46 AM
In place of up in flames for me, or as a hidding track after uwtb
the scientist is dead
04-07-2012, 08:26 PM
Definitely before upon flames!
Corkus
04-07-2012, 08:34 PM
Moving to Mars doesn't belong on MX for the sole fact that it's actually decent.
AmbroseCadwell
05-07-2012, 07:14 PM
^ I love Wall-E

And I'd put after Charlie Brown and befor UATW

THIS.
ediskrad73
06-07-2012, 02:14 AM
ive got it between Major Minus & UFO...its a nice transition between the heavy MM and the chill UFO.

it also works in regards to the full narrative of the story, as the couple is heading for trouble (first identified in UFO), so Moving To Mars could somewhat first display that trouble
CJWG
11-07-2012, 04:58 PM
it does fit the flow of the album well, and should be aware between ETIAF and A Hopeful Transmission by dropping one of the other tracks (most prbably UFO). Hold on a minute, UFO/Moving to Mars thats weird..... Waynes World
Comrade Mike
15-07-2012, 01:19 PM
Anywhere on the album that isn't an iTunes exclusive would be fine by me.
PJthePegasus
11-08-2012, 08:30 PM
IDK. It does sorta fit in the end. Maybe in between Paradise and Charlie Brown?
Strawberry Swinger
24-08-2012, 04:01 PM
Last song,after UWTB.
MovingAgainst
05-10-2012, 12:24 PM
The end, maybe.
Keronte
05-10-2012, 08:53 PM
The end, maybe.

as a hidden track
symustafa1996
18-10-2012, 06:23 PM
It should replace Up in Flames. Seriously.
Keronte
18-10-2012, 10:30 PM
It should replace Up in Flames. Seriously.

totally
Will Hunting
28-10-2012, 03:47 PM
If Moving To Mars Was On MX... it would be the best song on the album :nod: Would gladly replace Paradise and PoC with it.
howyousawtheworld
28-10-2012, 05:36 PM
I was listening to this song for the first time in ages yesterday. What on earth possessed them to leave the track off? And yet we had to be served with real bores in the form of Up In Flames, UFO and Us Against The World? MX - never warmed to it from the day I bought it. There are some fantastic songs on it but boy did they bottle the tracklisting. Must do better!