What Changes Would You Make To A Coldplay Song?

soufpawbandit28 · 30-11-2008, 04:24 PM

I was listening to Violet Hill, and I just thought that it would be really cool if the song started off with the Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! instead of the atmospheric intro. So then I decided to make this thread

- Gabriel · 30-11-2008, 04:50 PM

That is a very cool idea, though I love the atmospheric introduction.

In that same song, I wish they would go into a different key for the guitar solo. Where they do the bang! chords (c#minor) just before the solo, they could do c#minor four for four bangs then C#Major four times, then change to f#m for the solo. And they would go back to c#minor later.

And you have no idea how much I wish they had kept a steady rhythm going when the first part of "42" transitions into the second. Just a few piano chords keeping time would make the transition seem so much less choppy for me.

In "Glass of Water", I wish that instead of going from the second chorus into the ambient bridge, they would have just charged right into the guitar solo. And I wish the guitar solo were epic in that song; it just seems like two or three notes the way it is.

Don't get me wrong; I like all three of these songs.

RunForTheHills · 30-11-2008, 05:24 PM

I might start up a thread in multimedia later for this type of thing

Depends how successful I am with changing the song structures without them sounding too 'choppy', though.

Space Cadet · 30-11-2008, 05:51 PM

I'd remix most of X&Y- strip them down a bit and add more acoustic and organic elements. Especially the Hardest Part. It really shines when there's less going on in it so that the underlying chords carry it.

The Escapist · 30-11-2008, 06:19 PM

I would make rainy day a bit smoother at the end of the second verse into the chorus.

soufpawbandit28 · 30-11-2008, 06:33 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Escapist;2661462
I would make rainy day a bit smoother at the end of the second verse into the chorus.

I completely agree. That always bothered me a bit, but I'm used to it now!

iPsy · 30-11-2008, 06:46 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Space Cadet;2661403
I'd remix most of X&Y- strip them down a bit and add more acoustic and organic elements. Especially the Hardest Part. It really shines when there's less going on in it so that the underlying chords carry it.

I totally agree, it was very overly produced!

RunForTheHills · 30-11-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by soufpawbandit28;2661168
I was listening to Violet Hill, and I just thought that it would be really cool if the song started off with the Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! instead of the atmospheric intro. So then I decided to make this thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by - Gabriel;2661210
That is a very cool idea, though I love the atmospheric introduction.

In that same song, I wish they would go into a different key for the guitar solo. Where they do the bang! chords (c#minor) just before the solo, they could do c#minor four for four bangs then C#Major four times, then change to f#m for the solo. And they would go back to c#minor later.

And you have no idea how much I wish they had kept a steady rhythm going when the first part of "42" transitions into the second. Just a few piano chords keeping time would make the transition seem so much less choppy for me.

In "Glass of Water", I wish that instead of going from the second chorus into the ambient bridge, they would have just charged right into the guitar solo. And I wish the guitar solo were epic in that song; it just seems like two or three notes the way it is.

Don't get me wrong; I like all three of these songs.

I made a new thread in multimedia where I took some of your suggestions, tweaked the songs and uploaded them to be downloaded. Namely soufpawbandit28's proposed version of Violet Hill and Gabriel's shortened version of Glass of Water

. You can find them here:
http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/sho...31#post2661631

ApproximatelyInfinite · 30-11-2008, 08:07 PM

aww, why are you so awesome?

and, why aren't you on MSN?

soufpawbandit28 · 30-11-2008, 08:11 PM

awesome! thank you!!

RunForTheHills · 30-11-2008, 08:14 PM

No problem!

(And I'm on MSN now

but the you already know that

)

iPsy · 30-11-2008, 08:27 PM

Zemy you are awesome!

soufpawbandit28 · 30-11-2008, 08:36 PM

another cool one would be putting the last 38 sec. of white shadows, just with chris singing, at the beginning and then after that have the intro come in!

RunForTheHills · 30-11-2008, 08:40 PM

^ Depends if both those songs are in the same key, but I'll look into it.

iPsy · 30-11-2008, 08:41 PM

Just a thought, it would be nice to have Life in Technicolor (Instrumental) over the top of 42...That WOULD be interesting

30-11-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
soufpawbandit28 Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Wherever there's a Rainy Day! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What Changes Would You Make To A Coldplay Song? I was listening to Violet Hill, and I just thought that it would be really cool if the song started off with the Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! instead of the atmospheric intro. So then I decided to make this thread __________________ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Lost-Cover.jpg

30-11-2008, 05:24 PM	#3
RunForTheHills ^-^ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,333 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	I might start up a thread in multimedia later for this type of thing Depends how successful I am with changing the song structures without them sounding too 'choppy', though. __________________ SLLIHEHTROFNUR.

30-11-2008, 05:51 PM	#4
Space Cadet You have been warned. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,738 My Mood: Location: Nova Scotia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I'd remix most of X&Y- strip them down a bit and add more acoustic and organic elements. Especially the Hardest Part. It really shines when there's less going on in it so that the underlying chords carry it. __________________ Spoiler http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...trolls_als.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WmxwgW2J0 "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year he had gnawed it near, For meat was hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! In a cave in the hills he dwelt alone, And meat was hard to come by. Up came Tom with his big boots on. Said he to Troll: 'Pray, what is yon? For it looks like the shin o' my nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in graveyard. Caveyard! Paveyard! This many a year has Tim been gone, And I thought he were lyin' in graveyard.' 'My lad,' said Troll, 'this bone I stole. But what be bones that lie in a hole? Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead, Afore I found his shinbone. Tinbone! Thinbone! He can spare a share for a poor old troll, For he don't need his shinbone.' Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o' my father's kin; So hand the old bone over! Rover! Trover! Though dead he be, it belongs to he; So hand the old bone over!' 'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins. A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet! I'll try my teeth on thee now. Hee now! See now! I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins; I've a mind to dine on thee now.' But just as he thought his dinner was caught, He found his hands had hold of naught. Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind And gave him the boot to larn him. Warn him! Darn him! A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought, Would be the way to larn him. But harder than stone is the flesh and bone Of a troll that sits in the hills alone. As well set your boot to the mountain's root, For the seat of a troll don't feel it. Peel it! Heal it! Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan, And he knew his toes could feel it. Tom's leg is game, since home he came, And his bootless foot is lasting lame; But Troll don't care, and he's still there With the bone he boned from its owner. Doner! Boner! Troll's old seat is still the same, And the bone he boned from its owner!" Albums of the Year 2011 - Vote Here!

30-11-2008, 06:19 PM	#5
The Escapist Lindisfarne Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,574 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I would make rainy day a bit smoother at the end of the second verse into the chorus. __________________ "The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless"- Tolstoy

30-11-2008, 06:33 PM	#6
soufpawbandit28 Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Wherever there's a Rainy Day! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by The Escapist;2661462 I would make rainy day a bit smoother at the end of the second verse into the chorus. I completely agree. That always bothered me a bit, but I'm used to it now! __________________ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Lost-Cover.jpg

30-11-2008, 04:50 PM	#2
- Gabriel Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 172 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That is a very cool idea, though I love the atmospheric introduction. In that same song, I wish they would go into a different key for the guitar solo. Where they do the bang! chords (c#minor) just before the solo, they could do c#minor four for four bangs then C#Major four times, then change to f#m for the solo. And they would go back to c#minor later. And you have no idea how much I wish they had kept a steady rhythm going when the first part of "42" transitions into the second. Just a few piano chords keeping time would make the transition seem so much less choppy for me. In "Glass of Water", I wish that instead of going from the second chorus into the ambient bridge, they would have just charged right into the guitar solo. And I wish the guitar solo were epic in that song; it just seems like two or three notes the way it is. Don't get me wrong; I like all three of these songs.

30-11-2008, 06:46 PM	#7
iPsy Here Comes The Flashover! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,924 My Mood: Location: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Space Cadet;2661403 I'd remix most of X&Y- strip them down a bit and add more acoustic and organic elements. Especially the Hardest Part. It really shines when there's less going on in it so that the underlying chords carry it. I totally agree, it was very overly produced! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/PsyPsymon 4/12/11- MANCHESTER M.E.N ARENA ...Proud fan of PARADISE, ETIAW & MAJOR MINUS

30-11-2008, 08:05 PM	#8
RunForTheHills ^-^ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,333 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by soufpawbandit28;2661168 I was listening to Violet Hill, and I just thought that it would be really cool if the song started off with the Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! instead of the atmospheric intro. So then I decided to make this thread Quote: Originally Posted by - Gabriel;2661210 That is a very cool idea, though I love the atmospheric introduction. In that same song, I wish they would go into a different key for the guitar solo. Where they do the bang! chords (c#minor) just before the solo, they could do c#minor four for four bangs then C#Major four times, then change to f#m for the solo. And they would go back to c#minor later. And you have no idea how much I wish they had kept a steady rhythm going when the first part of "42" transitions into the second. Just a few piano chords keeping time would make the transition seem so much less choppy for me. In "Glass of Water", I wish that instead of going from the second chorus into the ambient bridge, they would have just charged right into the guitar solo. And I wish the guitar solo were epic in that song; it just seems like two or three notes the way it is. Don't get me wrong; I like all three of these songs. I made a new thread in multimedia where I took some of your suggestions, tweaked the songs and uploaded them to be downloaded. Namely soufpawbandit28's proposed version of Violet Hill and Gabriel's shortened version of Glass of Water . You can find them here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/sho...31#post2661631 __________________ SLLIHEHTROFNUR.

30-11-2008, 08:07 PM	#9
ApproximatelyInfinite a thousand houses long Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9,715 My Mood: Location: Norfolk, UK Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	aww, why are you so awesome? and, why aren't you on MSN? __________________ But I know one day, good things are coming our way M A L C J Tumblr\|Twitter\|Last.fm\|Listography

30-11-2008, 08:11 PM	#10
soufpawbandit28 Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Wherever there's a Rainy Day! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	awesome! thank you!! __________________ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Lost-Cover.jpg

30-11-2008, 08:14 PM	#11
RunForTheHills ^-^ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,333 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	No problem! (And I'm on MSN now but the you already know that ) __________________ SLLIHEHTROFNUR.

30-11-2008, 08:27 PM	#12
iPsy Here Comes The Flashover! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,924 My Mood: Location: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Zemy you are awesome! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/PsyPsymon 4/12/11- MANCHESTER M.E.N ARENA ...Proud fan of PARADISE, ETIAW & MAJOR MINUS

30-11-2008, 08:36 PM	#13
soufpawbandit28 Coldplayer Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Wherever there's a Rainy Day! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	another cool one would be putting the last 38 sec. of white shadows, just with chris singing, at the beginning and then after that have the intro come in! __________________ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Lost-Cover.jpg

30-11-2008, 08:40 PM	#14
RunForTheHills ^-^ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,333 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	^ Depends if both those songs are in the same key, but I'll look into it. __________________ SLLIHEHTROFNUR.

30-11-2008, 08:41 PM	#15
iPsy Here Comes The Flashover! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,924 My Mood: Location: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Just a thought, it would be nice to have Life in Technicolor (Instrumental) over the top of 42...That WOULD be interesting __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/PsyPsymon 4/12/11- MANCHESTER M.E.N ARENA ...Proud fan of PARADISE, ETIAW & MAJOR MINUS