Differing Attitudes Towards X&Y - Page 5

pommeline · 23-02-2011, 01:27 AM

I'm not really well versed in musical theory, and for me, appreciating music is completely instinctive. I don't spend a lot of time analyzing why I like and relate to it. Having said that, X&Y is my least favorite of the 4 albums because I personally don't feel much connection to many of the songs on the album aside from a message. The reason why I think I like it less is because I find some of the lyrics a bit simplistic when compared to the others.

howyousawtheworld · 23-02-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lore;4721601
speed of sound is not that good and fix you... I think I listened to that song too much or something like that because I dislike it. Same happens with Lovers in Japan, I just like it because of the butterflies it's not an amazing song.

Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous!

Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song!

Juanma · 23-02-2011, 02:34 AM

I forgot to tell ,
THe hardest part . most people dont like it

i love it!

youve made this thread famous howyousawtheworld

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Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721642
Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous!

Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song!

couldnt agree more

Its one of their greatest.

howyousawtheworld · 23-02-2011, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Juanma8;4721689
I forgot to tell ,
THe hardest part . most people dont like it

i love it!

youve made this thread famous howyousawtheworld

Love The Hardest Part! I even like the album version better than the live VLV tour version!

coldplayisawesome · 23-02-2011, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721693
Love The Hardest Part! I even like the album version better than the live VLV tour version!

me too!

it seems like a lot of other people think the album version is too "upbeat" and doesn't do the lyrics justice like the VLV tour version, but i think -- well, first of all, i don't think it's actually that upbeat, maybe the tempo is a bit fast, but the melody itself is still pretty heart-wrenching. plus, in the live version, some of the piano bits are missing or toned down, like the part in the chorus in between Chris's vocals, and the tune at the very end of the song in the album version.

Juanma · 23-02-2011, 02:50 AM

the falsettos in the studio version are awesome

I like the vlv version too,the piano is great.

Lore · 23-02-2011, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721642
Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous!

Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song!

Acoustic is better. I think it's too common, typical catchy song

. Amsterdam is like a million times better (That's my favorite coldplay song

)

glking · 23-02-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721240
I'm no fan of Be Here Now. Other than D'You Know What I Mean and Don'T Go Away the rest I can forget. It's Oasis's least impressive moment.

strongly disagree. i love it. my big mouth, i hope, i think, i know, and the girl in the dirty shirt are all standouts for me. it's too long and too big though, like x&y, which i also love.

fauo_1995 · 23-02-2011, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lore;4720927
The other day I was in a coldplay mood and listened to Parachutes first, then Prospekt's March and AROBTTH. After that I decided to listen to X&Y and it was so boring compared to Parachutes and AROBTTH, I mean I skipped most of the songs and just listened to Square One, White Shadows and Swallowed in The Sea.

In my opinion is their weakest album. At this moment I think it's boring.

The Twisted Logic tour was better than the album itself.

that's exactly what i think xD

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Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4721613
Whenever I think of my favourite Coldplay albums, I automatically put X&Y as my least favourite. But when I actually think about it, I realize that a lot of my favourite Coldplay songs are on X&Y!

I really think that's because the album has no cohesion. A lot of the songs are great but they don't really fit to be in an album.

Plus, i think they named the album after the weakest song. The great songs in X&Y have nothing to do with the theme of the album.

squibby92 · 24-02-2011, 02:30 AM

i think X&Y wasn't treated fairly or taken seriously by the public and media in its day, for example an animated frog got number one over speed of sound in the uk and i think ireland as well. I like the album, not my favourite but i don't skip the songs when i have it on.

anacaren08 · 24-02-2011, 04:18 AM

I also absolutely love the hardest part album version! I just think its amazing, and it becae one of my favorites right off the bat! It was a total shock when I heard that the boys were not too happy with it. And even more that there was so many fans that didn't appreciate it. I love the lyrics and along with the" upbeat" melodies. The combination is just great.

Sorry to ramble on about it but that's just how much I love it

rainplay · 24-02-2011, 05:06 AM

^ same here!!!!! just listened to The Hardest Part..forgot how much I loved it

HandyAndy136 · 24-02-2011, 07:54 AM

X&Y is easily my favourite album. X&Y, for me, has very few tracks that I can bear not to have. Parachutes has its share (High Speed, We Never Change and Life is for Living especially), AROBTTH has Daylight, A Whisper and In My Place, and VLV has 42 and Reign of Love. But the only song that I could do without on X&Y is Low, and even then it's still a pretty decent song.

And the album has some ebb and flow to it; it starts off with the brilliance of Square One, Fix You and Talk, and then gets all mellow-like with A Message and Swallowed in the Sea, and then gets SUPER EPIC again with Twisted Logic, one of my favourite Coldplay songs of all time (as are White Shadows and Fix You). Whereas, say, VLV has LIT and COL (both great songs), but then delve into this stupor of boring/not very good songs, like 42 and Lost!. But it gets good once Violet Hill kicks in.

X&Y is a great album. I can see why people don't like it, but it's my personal favourite

23-02-2011, 01:31 AM	#62
howyousawtheworld Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,756 Location: Scotland Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 13 Thanked 52 Times in 31 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Lore;4721601 speed of sound is not that good and fix you... I think I listened to that song too much or something like that because I dislike it. Same happens with Lovers in Japan, I just like it because of the butterflies it's not an amazing song. Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous! Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song!

23-02-2011, 02:34 AM	#63
Juanma In my Place Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,459 My Mood: Location: Uruguay Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	I forgot to tell , THe hardest part . most people dont like it i love it! youve made this thread famous howyousawtheworld Quote: Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721642 Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous! Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song! couldnt agree more Its one of their greatest. __________________ COLDPLAY LIVE BUENOS AIRES 26 FEB 2010 COLDPLAY LIVE RIO DE JANEIRO 28 FEB 2010 www.twitter.com/Coldplayvideo

23-02-2011, 02:36 AM	#64
howyousawtheworld Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,756 Location: Scotland Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 13 Thanked 52 Times in 31 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Juanma8;4721689 I forgot to tell , THe hardest part . most people dont like it i love it! youve made this thread famous howyousawtheworld Love The Hardest Part! I even like the album version better than the live VLV tour version!

23-02-2011, 02:43 AM	#65
coldplayisawesome Fills! (mm, pizza) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24,472 My Mood: Location: Good Ol' Philly Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 149 Thanked 154 Times in 89 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721693 Love The Hardest Part! I even like the album version better than the live VLV tour version! me too! it seems like a lot of other people think the album version is too "upbeat" and doesn't do the lyrics justice like the VLV tour version, but i think -- well, first of all, i don't think it's actually that upbeat, maybe the tempo is a bit fast, but the melody itself is still pretty heart-wrenching. plus, in the live version, some of the piano bits are missing or toned down, like the part in the chorus in between Chris's vocals, and the tune at the very end of the song in the album version. __________________ Buckin♥♥Love Youtube - Twitter - Tumblr - ER - Fics - ColdplayingTV™ -

23-02-2011, 02:50 AM	#66
Juanma In my Place Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,459 My Mood: Location: Uruguay Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	the falsettos in the studio version are awesome I like the vlv version too,the piano is great. __________________ COLDPLAY LIVE BUENOS AIRES 26 FEB 2010 COLDPLAY LIVE RIO DE JANEIRO 28 FEB 2010 www.twitter.com/Coldplayvideo

23-02-2011, 01:27 AM	#61
pommeline Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 289 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not really well versed in musical theory, and for me, appreciating music is completely instinctive. I don't spend a lot of time analyzing why I like and relate to it. Having said that, X&Y is my least favorite of the 4 albums because I personally don't feel much connection to many of the songs on the album aside from a message. The reason why I think I like it less is because I find some of the lyrics a bit simplistic when compared to the others.

23-02-2011, 03:16 AM	#67
Lore Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 53,467 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 9 Thanked 33 Times in 29 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721642 Oh my LORD Lore! I find Lovers In Japan is Coldplay's finest moment since Amsterdam! That song just runs on rails like a, well a Japanese bullet train! It is just absolutely gorgeous, acoustic or the album version. Jonny's distorted guitar seems to descend from heaven and Will's drumming just dances along to the beautifully written melody! Simply gorgeous! Sorry for the over enthusiasm - I just adore the song! Acoustic is better. I think it's too common, typical catchy song . Amsterdam is like a million times better (That's my favorite coldplay song )

23-02-2011, 12:07 PM	#68
glking Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 180 Location: new york city Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4721240 I'm no fan of Be Here Now. Other than D'You Know What I Mean and Don'T Go Away the rest I can forget. It's Oasis's least impressive moment. strongly disagree. i love it. my big mouth, i hope, i think, i know, and the girl in the dirty shirt are all standouts for me. it's too long and too big though, like x&y, which i also love.

23-02-2011, 02:14 PM	#69
fauo_1995 Let's Just Breathe Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 446 My Mood: Location: In Sam's town Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Lore;4720927 The other day I was in a coldplay mood and listened to Parachutes first, then Prospekt's March and AROBTTH. After that I decided to listen to X&Y and it was so boring compared to Parachutes and AROBTTH, I mean I skipped most of the songs and just listened to Square One, White Shadows and Swallowed in The Sea. In my opinion is their weakest album. At this moment I think it's boring. The Twisted Logic tour was better than the album itself. that's exactly what i think xD Quote: Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4721613 Whenever I think of my favourite Coldplay albums, I automatically put X&Y as my least favourite. But when I actually think about it, I realize that a lot of my favourite Coldplay songs are on X&Y! I really think that's because the album has no cohesion. A lot of the songs are great but they don't really fit to be in an album. Plus, i think they named the album after the weakest song. The great songs in X&Y have nothing to do with the theme of the album. __________________ 26-01-2010 - Metallica 26-02-2010 - Coldplay 13-03-2010 - Franz Ferdinand 11-10-2010 - Rage Against The Machine + The Mars Volta 23-11-2010 - The Smashing Pumpkins 05-12-2010 - Faith No More + Primus 25-03-2011 - U2 + Muse

24-02-2011, 02:30 AM	#70
squibby92 I'm So Easy To Please :) Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 556 My Mood: Location: Cork, Ireland Or Birkenhead, England Gender: Country: Seen CP: 3 times Fav. CP album: Parachutes Fav. CP song: Everything's Not Lost Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 15 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	i think X&Y wasn't treated fairly or taken seriously by the public and media in its day, for example an animated frog got number one over speed of sound in the uk and i think ireland as well. I like the album, not my favourite but i don't skip the songs when i have it on.

24-02-2011, 04:18 AM	#71
anacaren08 Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,437 My Mood: Location: California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 9 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	I also absolutely love the hardest part album version! I just think its amazing, and it becae one of my favorites right off the bat! It was a total shock when I heard that the boys were not too happy with it. And even more that there was so many fans that didn't appreciate it. I love the lyrics and along with the" upbeat" melodies. The combination is just great. Sorry to ramble on about it but that's just how much I love it

24-02-2011, 05:06 AM	#72
rainplay Iluvya Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,778 Location: in the fake plastic earth Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 56 Times in 32 Posts	^ same here!!!!! just listened to The Hardest Part..forgot how much I loved it

24-02-2011, 07:54 AM	#73
HandyAndy136 If you'd only say yes. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,329 My Mood: Location: Down where the sea and city meet. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	X&Y is easily my favourite album. X&Y, for me, has very few tracks that I can bear not to have. Parachutes has its share (High Speed, We Never Change and Life is for Living especially), AROBTTH has Daylight, A Whisper and In My Place, and VLV has 42 and Reign of Love. But the only song that I could do without on X&Y is Low, and even then it's still a pretty decent song. And the album has some ebb and flow to it; it starts off with the brilliance of Square One, Fix You and Talk, and then gets all mellow-like with A Message and Swallowed in the Sea, and then gets SUPER EPIC again with Twisted Logic, one of my favourite Coldplay songs of all time (as are White Shadows and Fix You). Whereas, say, VLV has LIT and COL (both great songs), but then delve into this stupor of boring/not very good songs, like 42 and Lost!. But it gets good once Violet Hill kicks in. X&Y is a great album. I can see why people don't like it, but it's my personal favourite __________________ YouTube \| Twitter \| Last.fm \| Tumblr \| Music blog \| Give me some internets? Keeper of Twisted Logic (the song, that is, not the tour), ReecyBoy42, Warning Sign @Houston 2003, and the helicopter from the LiTii music video. Quote: Originally Posted by Braddock;5172332 I forget God can be capitalised sometimes. Been searching for a song called Dear God Twist for about a minute on Google. Google led me back to this very page.