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Post by roentgenizdat on Jan 13, 2009 14:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 13, 2009 14:58:33 GMT -5
I don't think even Coldplay could chart well with a song without lyrics. Then again, no one expected Lovers in Japan to chart on pop either. I'm assuming this is gonna be "Life In Technicolor ii" from the Prospekt's March - EP.
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Post by pen on Jan 13, 2009 15:34:33 GMT -5
I don't think even Coldplay could chart well with a song without lyrics. Then again, no one expected Lovers in Japan to chart on pop either. I'm assuming this is gonna be "Life In Technicolor ii" from the Prospekt's March - EP. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Technicolor_IIYeah, it probably is.
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Post by musicaddict on Jan 13, 2009 15:51:12 GMT -5
This is an amazing song, but its gonna be their most weakest single from this era.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jan 13, 2009 16:23:10 GMT -5
This is an amazing song, but its gonna be their most weakest single from this era. I'd rank this over "Lovers In Japan" and "Lost", but behind "Violet Hill" and "Viva La Vida". Having said that, "Glass Of Water" would make a much better single for this format than this. They haven't released a single with a particular edge here since "Violet Hill", and "Glass Of Water" certainly doesn't fail to deliver it through its explosive chorus, while also not forsaking their signature sweeping melody. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by musicaddict on Jan 13, 2009 16:45:31 GMT -5
This is an amazing song, but its gonna be their most weakest single from this era. Having said that, "Glass Of Water" would make a much better single for this format than this. Oh yes, totally.
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Post by Pipa on Jan 13, 2009 17:59:01 GMT -5
I thought "Cemeteries of London" was an obvious choice from the start.
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 13, 2009 18:17:35 GMT -5
I thought "Cemeteries of London" was an obvious choice from the start. Definitely, and I thought for sure it'd be released after Lost!. But I guess now they're moving on to the EP, perhaps Glass of Water will be a pop single?
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Post by singingsparrow on Jan 14, 2009 0:30:42 GMT -5
I thought "Cemeteries of London" was an obvious choice from the start. Definitely, and I thought for sure it'd be released after Lost!. But I guess now they're moving on to the EP, perhaps Glass of Water will be a pop single? "Life In Technicolor II" would make a better pop single than "Glass Of Water" would certainly (although both have certain crossover potential) Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 14, 2009 1:08:14 GMT -5
I find "Glass of Water" rather dull and a little too long.
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 14, 2009 1:21:31 GMT -5
Definitely, and I thought for sure it'd be released after Lost!. But I guess now they're moving on to the EP, perhaps Glass of Water will be a pop single? "Life In Technicolor II" would make a better pop single than "Glass Of Water" would certainly (although both have certain crossover potential) Sincerely, Noah Eaton And yet, I felt the same way about "Lost!" (in this example, taking the place of "Life In Technicolor ii") and "Lovers In Japan" ("Glass of Water"). "Lost" was the best for both formats but they still went with "Lovers" on pop. However, I'm not sure which song I like better in either case, but the more single-worthy song is obvious.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jan 14, 2009 17:10:36 GMT -5
"Life In Technicolor II" would make a better pop single than "Glass Of Water" would certainly (although both have certain crossover potential) Sincerely, Noah Eaton And yet, I felt the same way about "Lost!" (in this example, taking the place of "Life In Technicolor ii") and "Lovers In Japan" ("Glass of Water"). "Lost" was the best for both formats but they still went with "Lovers" on pop. However, I'm not sure which song I like better in either case, but the more single-worthy song is obvious. I assumed they would release "Lost+" to Top 40: hoping they could deliver another hit with Jay-Z's star power. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 14, 2009 17:17:36 GMT -5
And yet, I felt the same way about "Lost!" and "Lovers In Japan" . "Lost" was the best for both formats but they still went with "Lovers" on pop. However, I'm not sure which song I like better in either case, but the more single-worthy song is obvious. Bolstering your claim, the producers put "Lost" in American Idol last night (which is only the 3rd or 4th time I've actively watched a significant chunk of the show). They combined the acoustic and album versions, I believe. Sounded awesome and worked very well for emotional effect.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jan 15, 2009 16:28:41 GMT -5
And yet, I felt the same way about "Lost!" and "Lovers In Japan" . "Lost" was the best for both formats but they still went with "Lovers" on pop. However, I'm not sure which song I like better in either case, but the more single-worthy song is obvious. Bolstering your claim, the producers put "Lost" in American Idol last night (which is only the 3rd or 4th time I've actively watched a significant chunk of the show). They combined the acoustic and album versions, I believe. Sounded awesome and worked very well for emotional effect. Which is why I'm actually glad they haven't (at least yet) released the "Lost+" version of the song to radio for, while Jay-Z generally is actually a strong feature performer, he butchers this particular track in that all the emotional atmosphere surrounding the track is outdone by Jay-Z's combative style of rap. Jay-Z is a great rapper; he was just simply a terrible choice for feature vocalist in this instance. To make an emotional song all the more powerful, you need a vocalist who can match up to Martin's style. Not that the original album version didn't have what it took to become a hit in its own right to begin with, of course. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 16, 2009 13:57:10 GMT -5
New Coldplay Messenger email: LITii TO BE SINGLEHello and welcome to the first Messenger of 2009. We hope you all had a nice festive break. Today's edition begins with the news that Coldplay's next UK single will be Life In Technicolor ii, as taken from the Prospekt's March EP. The track will be released on Monday 2nd February on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle. The B-side of the 7-inch will be a brand new song called " The Goldrush," while the digital bundle will contain The Goldrush, plus Life In Technicolor ii (Live @ The O2, London). You can pre-order the 7-inch single, wherever you live, by clicking here. Or, if you'd like to try before you buy, you can hear the track on Coldplay's official MySpace profile, here. LITii VIDEO PREMIERE NEXT WEEKIn other LITii news, the video for the single will premiere on the 4Music channel in the UK at 7pm on Tuesday 20th January. Later that night, at 12.10am, the video will be shown on Channel 4. For those of you in the rest of the world, the video will pop up on Coldplay.com very shortly after its TV premiere. If you'd like a sneak preview of what looks like being one of Coldplay's best videos yet, then click here to see some stills at Coldplay.com. (Yes, puppets!) HEADING TOWARDS AWARDSOn Saturday (17th Jan), Chris and his trusty piano will be heading to Cannes, France to perform Lost? (the acoustic version) at the 2009 NRJ Awards, where Coldplay are up for three gongs. Then, on 8th February, the whole band will be playing at the Grammy Awards ceremony in LA, America, where Coldplay have been shortlisted for seven awards. For all the Grammys broadcast details, and to see a new image of the band made up from songs which they chose as inspirations, click here. STOP, TWITTER TIMEIf it's good enough for Barack Obama, Stephen Fry and MC Hammer, then it's good enough for us. Yes, we've joined the twitter revolution by setting up the official Coldplay twitter feed at www.twitter.com/coldplay. Pop over there to read little Coldplay updates at regular intervals (which, for those unfamiliar with it, is essentially what twitter is for). WIN A SIGNED LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR ii 7-INCH
Following our ridiculously popular Christmas competition (congrats to Lorenzo in Alessandria, Italy, who bagged the rare signed promo album), we've got another giveaway for you. We're going to get the band to sign a copy of the Life In Technicolor ii 7-inch. If you'd like to win it, then simply email your details to competitions@coldplay.com before January 27th. Just one entry per person, please. The Coldplay Messenger
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 16, 2009 14:05:29 GMT -5
So there are two videos for Violet Hill, two for Viva La Vida, one for each version of Lost (!, ?, and +), one for Lovers In Japan, and now there'll be one for this song.
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Post by Cody on Jan 17, 2009 11:15:32 GMT -5
ok this song is pretty good
It's WAYYYYYYYYY better than Lost!?+ (doesnt matter, they are all quite boring)
Reminds alot of Lovers In Japan, but I think this is a bit better, and possibly better than Viva La Vida too, so from this album and including its EP edition I'd rank the singles...
1. Violet Hill 2. Life In Technocolor II 3. Viva La Vida 4. Lovers In Japan 5. Lost!?+
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Post by Cody on Jan 17, 2009 18:09:36 GMT -5
Sorry to double post (nah I'm not really sorry, some people just seem to PMS over it for some reason) but Ive listened to this frequently today, and its AMAZING!
really loving this song now
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2009 19:31:04 GMT -5
UK Airplay Chart 18.01.09 12 64 Coldplay Life In Technicolor II
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Post by fran182 on Jan 20, 2009 17:29:29 GMT -5
Music video was released today.
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Post by Cody on Jan 20, 2009 17:59:39 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I prefer a Coldplay 5th single over a U2 lead single
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Post by Pipa on Jan 20, 2009 18:02:48 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I prefer a Coldplay 5th single over a U2 lead single You're not alone.
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 20, 2009 19:19:59 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I prefer a Coldplay 5th single over a U2 lead single You're not alone, unless you consider this the lead single from the EP.
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Post by Cody on Jan 20, 2009 19:22:21 GMT -5
well you could, but I consider it single #5 as it got released mostly because its on the deluxe Prospekt's March version of VLV/DAAHF
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Post by Stephen on Jan 20, 2009 20:02:02 GMT -5
The video rocks and this is a great single choice.
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Post by CammyCan on Jan 20, 2009 20:10:40 GMT -5
The instrumental to this song is fantastic, I was so upset when they didn't utilize it fully with some vocals on the album. Glad they released it on the EP. I hope this does really well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2009 4:54:09 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I prefer a Coldplay 5th single over a U2 lead single So true. I love it how supportive the label is when you sell tons of records.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2009 7:26:45 GMT -5
Early nomination for music video of the year for me.
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Post by musicaddict on Jan 21, 2009 9:08:06 GMT -5
Their best video yet from this era.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jan 21, 2009 13:25:00 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I prefer a Coldplay 5th single over a U2 lead single I like "Get On Your Boots" well enough, but I'd have to agree I prefer this track over that one overall. Of course, it's rare that a lead single from U2 ended up being my favorite single from any album era. "The Fly" is really the only lead single of theirs to date that also happened to be my favorite single from "Achtung Baby". Beyond that, though, "Original Of The Species" was my favorite single from their previous album. "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" was my favorite single from "All That You Can't Leave Behind". "Mofo" was my favorite single from "Pop". "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" my favorite from "Zooropa". And so on. It's more often that I consider the lead singles their worst singles from the corresponding album era. "Vertigo" was the worst single from their last album, in my opinion. At least "All Because Of You" offered The Edge space for a great solo toward the end of the song and didn't try to come across as anthemic, while "Vertigo" in contrast sounded like it was trying to carry through as an anthem of sorts but just felt very generic. Then, of course, there was "Discotheque", which wasn't quite as bad as others have made it out to be, but still wasn't nearly as interesting as "Mofo", "Staring At The Sun" or "Please". Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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