Any thoughts on what the story in the album is???

chrismartin_ · 23-11-2011, 03:34 PM

ive heard chris say that there is sort of a story in the album..any ideas on what it is?

rafaelchampion · 23-11-2011, 04:14 PM

I only understood completely Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends 3 years after the album release, so I don't hope understanding this album so fast.

Pink · 23-11-2011, 06:43 PM

Not a strong story per se, but a loosely connected idea -- finding love/beauty in oppressive/ugly surroundings -- the story told a million times: boys finds girl, they fall in love, they break up, they possibly get back together (or, if not, realize life goes on and it's all good). There you go!

Harondor · 23-11-2011, 08:18 PM

Here is my interpretation of this story :

We have the male character, Mylo. He's young and carelss, hanging around in the town, with his pals the Lost Boys.
Xyloto, the female character dreams of a more adventurous life. The world seems bland to her. This is why she joins the "Lost Boys" and meet Mylo. They fall in love.
The Lost boys live without rules, like pariahs. They steal cars, and probably take drugs...
They feel free and invincibles but their life is dangerous.
They're finally caught by the authority (police ?) and the two lovers are separated. Mylo is firstly desperate but in his heart he finds the courage to fight. He has many obstacles but he's sure he'll see his love again.

ediskrad73 · 23-11-2011, 08:36 PM

how i interpreted it:

Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs)
Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character.
Paradise - Introduces the female character.
Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love
Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship
MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me.
Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?)
UFO - One of them has doubts
Princess of China - Breakup
Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song
A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call?
Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up
Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well.

VIVA.42 · 23-11-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ediskrad73;5088364
how i interpreted it:

Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs)
Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character.
Paradise - Introduces the female character.
Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love
Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship
MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me.
Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?)
UFO - One of them has doubts
Princess of China - Breakup
Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song
A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call?
Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up
Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well.

you just made my day with that

its so perfect

LoryABjerre · 23-11-2011, 09:33 PM

Princess of China is the first song made all songs of album

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/59341

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/59315

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There is still a week to go before the release of Coldplay’s fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, and earlier today the tune that will undoubtedly be the disc’s most talked-about made its way onto the Internet — though the band’s label, EMI, is consistently pulling the song down where they find it.

Back when the track listing was first announced, “Princess of China” immediately stood out, mostly because it contained the note “featuring Rihanna” right after it.

It isn’t the first time a voice that isn’t Martin’s has shown up on a Coldplay song (remember that version of “Lost!” that captured one of Jay-Z’s best freestyles over the piano solo?), but “Princess of China” is a pretty powerful departure for the band, as it not only invites RiRi along for the ride but also locks into something like an R&B groove (or at least the British swoop-rock interpretation of an R&B groove).

“She’s one of the top five singers in the world,” Martin told EW during a recent conversation about the new album (the results of which you can read in the current issue, on newsstands now). “While we were working on it, I was thinking, ‘I wish Rihanna was singing this.’ That was around the time of Rated R, when she was singing dark stuff like ‘Russian Roulette.’ I got nervous to ask [drummer] Will [Champion], because I knew he would say, ‘Well, we don’t really have guests on the records,’ but then I asked him and it was accepted as an idea. But the song itself was always asking for her. The process of getting her to sing on it took ages, but in my head I would have been very disappointed if anyone else had done it.”

Martin said that once the decision was made and the logistics worked out, the process of working with Rihanna was exceptionally smooth. “It was very organic,” he explained. “I played her the song on the piano, and then she said ‘OK, leave it to me.’ And then the next thing you know, you’ve got a f—ing beautiful Rihanna record. She’s amazing. And by the way, she could sing the menu and it would sound amazing. Believe me, I thought about doing that — just replacing the rest of our album with her singing the menu. ‘Two ninety-nine!’”

Still, fans of “Princess of China” may have to wait for a special occasion to see it performed live. While the band was test-driving the songs from Mylo Xyloto on the road in the spring and summer, they ran into a bit of a roadblock when it came to that song. “I gave it one go, in Germany,” Martin said. “I couldn’t get away with it, so we had to stop playing it. She’s a much, much better singer than me.”

LoryABjerre · 23-11-2011, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pink;5088177
Not a strong story per se, but a loosely connected idea -- finding love/beauty in oppressive/ugly surroundings -- the story told a million times: boys finds girl, they fall in love, they break up, they possibly get back together (or, if not, realize life goes on and it's all good). There you go!

yes Rihanna is in its role in the album and is the only woman who sang in the history of Coldplay

kover · 24-11-2011, 04:47 AM

This is just how my ever-dramatic and cinematic mind imagines Major Minus.

The song starts with the crackdown of the oppressive city-state government, who has seemingly just decided that Mylo and his opposition present a substantial threat. The first heavy electric guitar riff I imagine as Mylo and perhaps the female character out on the streets graffiting when the police appear on the scene, with orders to kill, knowing Mylo as the leader of the rebellion. The sense of urgency that the guitar and bass part convey make me think of a chase down the city streets, one that ends in Mylo and the girl getting away- hence the sudden transition back to acoustic guitar. The second riff makes me think that they haven't learned from their mistake and go back to graffiti some time later, and are discovered by the police again. Or perhaps it's only Mylo who goes out this time (it just makes the rest of the song easier to picture.) The police chase Mylo back to his house where he hides (you could hear them climbing the stairs) and anxiously waits, hoping to not be discovered while several armed men search for him during the quiet part of the song.
It's actually quite creepy if you think of the "Um-uh" vocals in that part as actually being the words "Come out... come out..." Then the police discover him and again a chase follows during the main guitar riff as Mylo flees to get out of the house. Then he flings open the door as the awesome guitar climax of the song hits and then, just for the hell of it, discovers that a full-on firefight/battle/whatever you want to call it is going on outside between the rebel opposition and the government forces.
And that's all I've come up with.

Samuel_94 · 24-11-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ediskrad73;5088364
how i interpreted it:

Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs)
Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character.
Paradise - Introduces the female character.
Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love
Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship
MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me.
Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?)
UFO - One of them has doubts
Princess of China - Breakup
Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song
A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call?
Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up
Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well.

Very well summarised, I agree

LauCH · 24-11-2011, 08:44 PM

I think Major Minus is more like if they take away the male character.

Heinrich42 · 24-11-2011, 11:20 PM

Well, um, this is how I see and interpret the story. I do realize it’s kind of weird and far-off, but they made something loose, didn’t they? I guess the idea then is for us to use our creativity.

Ok, so the beginning is pretty much what has already been said here: Hurts Like Heaven is a prologue, an explanation of the situation and basically a summary of the album’s concept: graffiti and repression.
Then come Paradise and Charlie Brown, which introduce the two characters. Xyloto is a girl which is not happy with the situation but prefers to just hide away and pretend everything is ok in her dreams. Mylo, on the other side, is the rebel. He takes drugs and hangs out with the lost boys. However, he thinks that doing such things is already a revolution and that he’s being a rebel and would eventually win the battle against the system. The fact that he actually believes this shows that he is in fact naïve, which will be something important later.
Us Against The World is the part where they meet, fall in love and decide to be revolutionaries.
Afterwards comes Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. In this song, they are starting their revolution, gathering people to help them, and I perceive the lyrics as being a message to people, telling them that although things are not well, they can actually make it better if everybody joins their revolution.
Major Minus is the beginning of the fight, and when I picture this song, I see in my head a dark room, with Mylo and Xyloto making plans and strategy and warning everyone of the dangers they’ll encounter (“So be careful who it is you’re talking to…”, “Don’t believe a word…”, etc).
Now comes the weird part. Bear with me.
At first, I was thinking why they had put things related to aliens both on the artwork and in the songs. Well, maybe it has something to do with them after all.
In U.F.O, Mylo realizes they are losing the battle and that everything will probably be in vain. So, in a kind of personal confession, but in a way also like a prayer (“LORD I don’t know which way…”), he speaks with the skies (he possibly saw something there? An U.F.O perhaps?). He does not expect, however, any response. As I said, it is kind of a personal confession.
Princess of China is when their revolution doesn’t work and they split up. One of the reasons why it didn’t work is, as was stated in the beginning, Mylo is naïve, and he wanted to do everything too quickly. Didn’t work out (“Could have had a castle, worn a ring, but no, you let me go”).
Well, Up In Flames is basically Mylo regretting things. Not much to say here.
A Hopeful Transmission could be a song someone would forget to analyze in this case, as it’s just an instrumental (I didn’t talk about Mylo Xyloto or M.M.I.X, for instance). However, I do believe that this track is actually very important. It is the response from the skies. This is the continuation of the parallel story which began in U.F.O.. Still, how would alien language sound like? What would a message from the skies be like? It’s just some sounds, but they are hopeful, and Mylo understands what they say. They tell him not to give up. They also tell him: “GO GET THE GURL YOU DUMBASS”, So yes, the aliens are the good guys after all.
Don’t Let it Break Your Heart is the part where Mylo convinces himself that he should try again, but properly this time. He got mature, he is not naïve anymore. Yet, he is powerless and has no will to do anything without Xyloto by his side, because he’s still in love. So, in Up With the Birds, he just goes away to try and find her and apologize to her, with the promise of getting back and actually making this revolution work.

So yeah, I think that’s it. I hope you agree with me that the story this way actually makes some sense…

chrismartin_ · 25-11-2011, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Heinrich42;5089729
Well, um, this is how I see and interpret the story. I do realize it’s kind of weird and far-off, but they made something loose, didn’t they? I guess the idea then is for us to use our creativity.

Ok, so the beginning is pretty much what has already been said here: Hurts Like Heaven is a prologue, an explanation of the situation and basically a summary of the album’s concept: graffiti and repression.
Then come Paradise and Charlie Brown, which introduce the two characters. Xyloto is a girl which is not happy with the situation but prefers to just hide away and pretend everything is ok in her dreams. Mylo, on the other side, is the rebel. He takes drugs and hangs out with the lost boys. However, he thinks that doing such things is already a revolution and that he’s being a rebel and would eventually win the battle against the system. The fact that he actually believes this shows that he is in fact naïve, which will be something important later.
Us Against The World is the part where they meet, fall in love and decide to be revolutionaries.
Afterwards comes Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. In this song, they are starting their revolution, gathering people to help them, and I perceive the lyrics as being a message to people, telling them that although things are not well, they can actually make it better if everybody joins their revolution.
Major Minus is the beginning of the fight, and when I picture this song, I see in my head a dark room, with Mylo and Xyloto making plans and strategy and warning everyone of the dangers they’ll encounter (“So be careful who it is you’re talking to…”, “Don’t believe a word…”, etc).
Now comes the weird part. Bear with me.
At first, I was thinking why they had put things related to aliens both on the artwork and in the songs. Well, maybe it has something to do with them after all.
In U.F.O, Mylo realizes they are losing the battle and that everything will probably be in vain. So, in a kind of personal confession, but in a way also like a prayer (“LORD I don’t know which way…”), he speaks with the skies (he possibly saw something there? An U.F.O perhaps?). He does not expect, however, any response. As I said, it is kind of a personal confession.
Princess of China is when their revolution doesn’t work and they split up. One of the reasons why it didn’t work is, as was stated in the beginning, Mylo is naïve, and he wanted to do everything too quickly. Didn’t work out (“Could have had a castle, worn a ring, but no, you let me go”).
Well, Up In Flames is basically Mylo regretting things. Not much to say here.
A Hopeful Transmission could be a song someone would forget to analyze in this case, as it’s just an instrumental (I didn’t talk about Mylo Xyloto or M.M.I.X, for instance). However, I do believe that this track is actually very important. It is the response from the skies. This is the continuation of the parallel story which began in U.F.O.. Still, how would alien language sound like? What would a message from the skies be like? It’s just some sounds, but they are hopeful, and Mylo understands what they say. They tell him not to give up. They also tell him: “GO GET THE GURL YOU DUMBASS”, So yes, the aliens are the good guys after all.
Don’t Let it Break Your Heart is the part where Mylo convinces himself that he should try again, but properly this time. He got mature, he is not naïve anymore. Yet, he is powerless and has no will to do anything without Xyloto by his side, because he’s still in love. So, in Up With the Birds, he just goes away to try and find her and apologize to her, with the promise of getting back and actually making this revolution work.

So yeah, I think that’s it. I hope you agree with me that the story this way actually makes some sense…

I always thought of AHT of xyloto dieing or going up with the UFO and then UWTB would be Mylo going to find her. In UWTB Chris sings "I might have to go where they dont know my name" and the guitar riff between the slower part to the faster part is Mylo going up with the birds

Maybe wrong but that's what I think...

Heinrich42 · 28-11-2011, 01:20 AM

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I always thought of AHT of xyloto dieing or going up with the UFO and then UWTB would be Mylo going to find her. In UWTB Chris sings "I might have to go where they dont know my name" and the guitar riff between the slower part to the faster part is Mylo going up with the birds

Maybe wrong but that's what I think...

Well, that's actually possible. Anyways, I don't really think there's right and wrong here, because the concept is loose, so there's plenty of material for interpreting.

chrismartin_ · 01-12-2011, 03:30 PM

hopefully chris will say something about whens he is on Jimmy Kimmel with the band on Dec 17th or something like that.

23-11-2011, 03:34 PM	#1
chrismartin_ = MAKE TRADE FAIR Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 346 My Mood: Location: violet hill Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 48 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Any thoughts on what the story in the album is??? ive heard chris say that there is sort of a story in the album..any ideas on what it is?

23-11-2011, 04:14 PM	#2
rafaelchampion Shhhhhhhhhhhhh Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,990 My Mood: Location: Silencia Gender: Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 29 Thanked 111 Times in 43 Posts	I only understood completely Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends 3 years after the album release, so I don't hope understanding this album so fast. __________________ Mylo Xyloto army

23-11-2011, 06:43 PM	#3
Pink Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 588 Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 14 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Not a strong story per se, but a loosely connected idea -- finding love/beauty in oppressive/ugly surroundings -- the story told a million times: boys finds girl, they fall in love, they break up, they possibly get back together (or, if not, realize life goes on and it's all good). There you go! __________________ "You will make it, only if you run" - Julian Plenti Mine for Keeps: "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (song) -- Chris's "Fix You" crowd dash @ Sound Relief -- Chris & Jonny's acoustic performance of "The Scientist" @ Philly Y100 -- Interpol's thread -- "...and Gwyneth's making drumsticks," and Chris's laugh afterwords -- Anchorman's Happy Birthday shout-out to my son -- Unplugged "Us Against the World" @ Letterman gig 9/20/11

23-11-2011, 08:36 PM	#5
ediskrad73 the king Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 300 My Mood: Location: Buffalove, NY, USA Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	how i interpreted it: Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs) Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character. Paradise - Introduces the female character. Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me. Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?) UFO - One of them has doubts Princess of China - Breakup Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call? Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well. __________________

23-11-2011, 09:08 PM	#6
VIVA.42 Coldplayer Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 670 My Mood: Location: Vancouver Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 7 Thanked 36 Times in 22 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by ediskrad73;5088364 how i interpreted it: Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs) Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character. Paradise - Introduces the female character. Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me. Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?) UFO - One of them has doubts Princess of China - Breakup Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call? Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well. you just made my day with that its so perfect __________________ Coldplay Live in Vancouver JUNE 20th 2009, April 20th & 21st 2012 = BEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFE.. PLEASE FOLLOW ME ON TUMBLR http://darrenbaptiste.tumblr.com/ Follow me on Twitter @CarKid42

23-11-2011, 08:18 PM	#4
Harondor Aiming my arrows Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 272 My Mood: Location: Silencia Gender: Country: Seen CP: 1 times Fav. CP album: MX Fav. CP song: Fix You Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 2 Thanks given: 5 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Here is my interpretation of this story : We have the male character, Mylo. He's young and carelss, hanging around in the town, with his pals the Lost Boys. Xyloto, the female character dreams of a more adventurous life. The world seems bland to her. This is why she joins the "Lost Boys" and meet Mylo. They fall in love. The Lost boys live without rules, like pariahs. They steal cars, and probably take drugs... They feel free and invincibles but their life is dangerous. They're finally caught by the authority (police ?) and the two lovers are separated. Mylo is firstly desperate but in his heart he finds the courage to fight. He has many obstacles but he's sure he'll see his love again.

23-11-2011, 09:33 PM	#7
LoryABjerre Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,937 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 92 Thanked 315 Times in 212 Posts	Princess of China is the first song made all songs of album http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/59341 http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/59315 : Quote: There is still a week to go before the release of Coldplay’s fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, and earlier today the tune that will undoubtedly be the disc’s most talked-about made its way onto the Internet — though the band’s label, EMI, is consistently pulling the song down where they find it. Back when the track listing was first announced, “Princess of China” immediately stood out, mostly because it contained the note “featuring Rihanna” right after it. It isn’t the first time a voice that isn’t Martin’s has shown up on a Coldplay song (remember that version of “Lost!” that captured one of Jay-Z’s best freestyles over the piano solo?), but “Princess of China” is a pretty powerful departure for the band, as it not only invites RiRi along for the ride but also locks into something like an R&B groove (or at least the British swoop-rock interpretation of an R&B groove). “She’s one of the top five singers in the world,” Martin told EW during a recent conversation about the new album (the results of which you can read in the current issue, on newsstands now). “While we were working on it, I was thinking, ‘I wish Rihanna was singing this.’ That was around the time of Rated R, when she was singing dark stuff like ‘Russian Roulette.’ I got nervous to ask [drummer] Will [Champion], because I knew he would say, ‘Well, we don’t really have guests on the records,’ but then I asked him and it was accepted as an idea. But the song itself was always asking for her. The process of getting her to sing on it took ages, but in my head I would have been very disappointed if anyone else had done it.” Martin said that once the decision was made and the logistics worked out, the process of working with Rihanna was exceptionally smooth. “It was very organic,” he explained. “I played her the song on the piano, and then she said ‘OK, leave it to me.’ And then the next thing you know, you’ve got a f—ing beautiful Rihanna record. She’s amazing. And by the way, she could sing the menu and it would sound amazing. Believe me, I thought about doing that — just replacing the rest of our album with her singing the menu. ‘Two ninety-nine!’” Still, fans of “Princess of China” may have to wait for a special occasion to see it performed live. While the band was test-driving the songs from Mylo Xyloto on the road in the spring and summer, they ran into a bit of a roadblock when it came to that song. “I gave it one go, in Germany,” Martin said. “I couldn’t get away with it, so we had to stop playing it. She’s a much, much better singer than me.”

23-11-2011, 09:40 PM	#8
LoryABjerre Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,937 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 92 Thanked 315 Times in 212 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Pink;5088177 Not a strong story per se, but a loosely connected idea -- finding love/beauty in oppressive/ugly surroundings -- the story told a million times: boys finds girl, they fall in love, they break up, they possibly get back together (or, if not, realize life goes on and it's all good). There you go! yes Rihanna is in its role in the album and is the only woman who sang in the history of Coldplay

24-11-2011, 04:47 AM	#9
kover Playcolder Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 330 My Mood: Location: Blue John Canyon Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 19 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	This is just how my ever-dramatic and cinematic mind imagines Major Minus. The song starts with the crackdown of the oppressive city-state government, who has seemingly just decided that Mylo and his opposition present a substantial threat. The first heavy electric guitar riff I imagine as Mylo and perhaps the female character out on the streets graffiting when the police appear on the scene, with orders to kill, knowing Mylo as the leader of the rebellion. The sense of urgency that the guitar and bass part convey make me think of a chase down the city streets, one that ends in Mylo and the girl getting away- hence the sudden transition back to acoustic guitar. The second riff makes me think that they haven't learned from their mistake and go back to graffiti some time later, and are discovered by the police again. Or perhaps it's only Mylo who goes out this time (it just makes the rest of the song easier to picture.) The police chase Mylo back to his house where he hides (you could hear them climbing the stairs) and anxiously waits, hoping to not be discovered while several armed men search for him during the quiet part of the song. It's actually quite creepy if you think of the "Um-uh" vocals in that part as actually being the words "Come out... come out..." Then the police discover him and again a chase follows during the main guitar riff as Mylo flees to get out of the house. Then he flings open the door as the awesome guitar climax of the song hits and then, just for the hell of it, discovers that a full-on firefight/battle/whatever you want to call it is going on outside between the rebel opposition and the government forces. And that's all I've come up with. __________________ 8/01/2012 Detroit y=mx+b

24-11-2011, 01:10 PM	#10
Samuel_94 Car Kid Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,297 My Mood: Location: Violet Hill Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by ediskrad73;5088364 how i interpreted it: Mylo Xyloto - Overture (theme that comes back in numerous songs) Hurts Like Heaven - General spray paint/urban youth plot identified. Also introduces main male character. Paradise - Introduces the female character. Charlie Brown - The two meet through the gang (The Lost Boys) and fall in love Us Against The World - Honeymoon period of the relationship MMIX/Every Teardrop - Excited about the new relationship, possibly them going out on a weekend? This one's still kinda sketchy to me. Major Minus - Trouble in Paradise (ha ha, see what i did there?) UFO - One of them has doubts Princess of China - Breakup Up In Flames - Typical post-breakup blues song A Hopeful Transmission - Always sounded to me like a ringtone, so possibly the dumper calling the dumpee, and the one being hopeful about the call? Don't Let It Break Your Heart - They talk, she cheers him up Up With The Birds - Alls well that ends well. Very well summarised, I agree

24-11-2011, 08:44 PM	#11
LauCH Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,048 My Mood: Location: Quebec, Canada Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I think Major Minus is more like if they take away the male character. __________________ We live in a beautiful world Never give up on something you can't go a day without thinking about COLDPLAY @ Bell Center, July 26 2012 COLDPLAY @ Bell Center, July 27 2012

24-11-2011, 11:20 PM	#12
Heinrich42 Charlie Brown Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 91 My Mood: Location: Rio de Janeiro Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Well, um, this is how I see and interpret the story. I do realize it’s kind of weird and far-off, but they made something loose, didn’t they? I guess the idea then is for us to use our creativity. Ok, so the beginning is pretty much what has already been said here: Hurts Like Heaven is a prologue, an explanation of the situation and basically a summary of the album’s concept: graffiti and repression. Then come Paradise and Charlie Brown, which introduce the two characters. Xyloto is a girl which is not happy with the situation but prefers to just hide away and pretend everything is ok in her dreams. Mylo, on the other side, is the rebel. He takes drugs and hangs out with the lost boys. However, he thinks that doing such things is already a revolution and that he’s being a rebel and would eventually win the battle against the system. The fact that he actually believes this shows that he is in fact naïve, which will be something important later. Us Against The World is the part where they meet, fall in love and decide to be revolutionaries. Afterwards comes Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. In this song, they are starting their revolution, gathering people to help them, and I perceive the lyrics as being a message to people, telling them that although things are not well, they can actually make it better if everybody joins their revolution. Major Minus is the beginning of the fight, and when I picture this song, I see in my head a dark room, with Mylo and Xyloto making plans and strategy and warning everyone of the dangers they’ll encounter (“So be careful who it is you’re talking to…”, “Don’t believe a word…”, etc). Now comes the weird part. Bear with me. At first, I was thinking why they had put things related to aliens both on the artwork and in the songs. Well, maybe it has something to do with them after all. In U.F.O, Mylo realizes they are losing the battle and that everything will probably be in vain. So, in a kind of personal confession, but in a way also like a prayer (“LORD I don’t know which way…”), he speaks with the skies (he possibly saw something there? An U.F.O perhaps?). He does not expect, however, any response. As I said, it is kind of a personal confession. Princess of China is when their revolution doesn’t work and they split up. One of the reasons why it didn’t work is, as was stated in the beginning, Mylo is naïve, and he wanted to do everything too quickly. Didn’t work out (“Could have had a castle, worn a ring, but no, you let me go”). Well, Up In Flames is basically Mylo regretting things. Not much to say here. A Hopeful Transmission could be a song someone would forget to analyze in this case, as it’s just an instrumental (I didn’t talk about Mylo Xyloto or M.M.I.X, for instance). However, I do believe that this track is actually very important. It is the response from the skies. This is the continuation of the parallel story which began in U.F.O.. Still, how would alien language sound like? What would a message from the skies be like? It’s just some sounds, but they are hopeful, and Mylo understands what they say. They tell him not to give up. They also tell him: “GO GET THE GURL YOU DUMBASS”, So yes, the aliens are the good guys after all. Don’t Let it Break Your Heart is the part where Mylo convinces himself that he should try again, but properly this time. He got mature, he is not naïve anymore. Yet, he is powerless and has no will to do anything without Xyloto by his side, because he’s still in love. So, in Up With the Birds, he just goes away to try and find her and apologize to her, with the promise of getting back and actually making this revolution work. So yeah, I think that’s it. I hope you agree with me that the story this way actually makes some sense… __________________ So he wrote it on the wall: "The hallowest of halos is no halo at all"

25-11-2011, 08:39 PM	#13
chrismartin_ = MAKE TRADE FAIR Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 346 My Mood: Location: violet hill Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 48 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Heinrich42;5089729 Well, um, this is how I see and interpret the story. I do realize it’s kind of weird and far-off, but they made something loose, didn’t they? I guess the idea then is for us to use our creativity. Ok, so the beginning is pretty much what has already been said here: Hurts Like Heaven is a prologue, an explanation of the situation and basically a summary of the album’s concept: graffiti and repression. Then come Paradise and Charlie Brown, which introduce the two characters. Xyloto is a girl which is not happy with the situation but prefers to just hide away and pretend everything is ok in her dreams. Mylo, on the other side, is the rebel. He takes drugs and hangs out with the lost boys. However, he thinks that doing such things is already a revolution and that he’s being a rebel and would eventually win the battle against the system. The fact that he actually believes this shows that he is in fact naïve, which will be something important later. Us Against The World is the part where they meet, fall in love and decide to be revolutionaries. Afterwards comes Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. In this song, they are starting their revolution, gathering people to help them, and I perceive the lyrics as being a message to people, telling them that although things are not well, they can actually make it better if everybody joins their revolution. Major Minus is the beginning of the fight, and when I picture this song, I see in my head a dark room, with Mylo and Xyloto making plans and strategy and warning everyone of the dangers they’ll encounter (“So be careful who it is you’re talking to…”, “Don’t believe a word…”, etc). Now comes the weird part. Bear with me. At first, I was thinking why they had put things related to aliens both on the artwork and in the songs. Well, maybe it has something to do with them after all. In U.F.O, Mylo realizes they are losing the battle and that everything will probably be in vain. So, in a kind of personal confession, but in a way also like a prayer (“LORD I don’t know which way…”), he speaks with the skies (he possibly saw something there? An U.F.O perhaps?). He does not expect, however, any response. As I said, it is kind of a personal confession. Princess of China is when their revolution doesn’t work and they split up. One of the reasons why it didn’t work is, as was stated in the beginning, Mylo is naïve, and he wanted to do everything too quickly. Didn’t work out (“Could have had a castle, worn a ring, but no, you let me go”). Well, Up In Flames is basically Mylo regretting things. Not much to say here. A Hopeful Transmission could be a song someone would forget to analyze in this case, as it’s just an instrumental (I didn’t talk about Mylo Xyloto or M.M.I.X, for instance). However, I do believe that this track is actually very important. It is the response from the skies. This is the continuation of the parallel story which began in U.F.O.. Still, how would alien language sound like? What would a message from the skies be like? It’s just some sounds, but they are hopeful, and Mylo understands what they say. They tell him not to give up. They also tell him: “GO GET THE GURL YOU DUMBASS”, So yes, the aliens are the good guys after all. Don’t Let it Break Your Heart is the part where Mylo convinces himself that he should try again, but properly this time. He got mature, he is not naïve anymore. Yet, he is powerless and has no will to do anything without Xyloto by his side, because he’s still in love. So, in Up With the Birds, he just goes away to try and find her and apologize to her, with the promise of getting back and actually making this revolution work. So yeah, I think that’s it. I hope you agree with me that the story this way actually makes some sense… I always thought of AHT of xyloto dieing or going up with the UFO and then UWTB would be Mylo going to find her. In UWTB Chris sings "I might have to go where they dont know my name" and the guitar riff between the slower part to the faster part is Mylo going up with the birds Maybe wrong but that's what I think...

28-11-2011, 01:20 AM	#14
Heinrich42 Charlie Brown Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 91 My Mood: Location: Rio de Janeiro Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	: Quote: I always thought of AHT of xyloto dieing or going up with the UFO and then UWTB would be Mylo going to find her. In UWTB Chris sings "I might have to go where they dont know my name" and the guitar riff between the slower part to the faster part is Mylo going up with the birds Maybe wrong but that's what I think... Well, that's actually possible. Anyways, I don't really think there's right and wrong here, because the concept is loose, so there's plenty of material for interpreting. __________________ So he wrote it on the wall: "The hallowest of halos is no halo at all"

01-12-2011, 03:30 PM	#15
chrismartin_ = MAKE TRADE FAIR Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 346 My Mood: Location: violet hill Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 48 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	hopefully chris will say something about whens he is on Jimmy Kimmel with the band on Dec 17th or something like that.