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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 14, 2009 10:01:44 GMT -5
Just got a email from Coldplay.com saying "Strawberry Swing" will be the next single from Viva la Vida. Released globally as a digital download on September 14. The video comes out August 3.
Any thoughts?
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Post by pen on Jul 14, 2009 10:07:12 GMT -5
It's a pretty okay song but I don't expect it to do anything. I'm still pissed off they haven't released "Yes" to radio.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jul 14, 2009 10:07:46 GMT -5
Yeah: "Another single? They've already had 5." I guess "Life In Technicolor II" did just well enough to warrant another one.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 14, 2009 10:15:40 GMT -5
"Strawberry Swing" doesn't seem like much of a single to me. But the more I listen to it, the more I could see it. Here's a link for more info and a video preview: www.babelgum.com/coldplay
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Post by No Brake$ on Jul 14, 2009 11:53:42 GMT -5
Surprise hit possibly. This was my album favorite.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 14, 2009 12:03:25 GMT -5
Not a fan of this song at all, actually. I wanted Cemeteries of London and Yes as singles...Yes was just different and I liked it for that...and when Cemeteries picks up after the into, I love that feeling i guess.
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Post by No Brake$ on Jul 14, 2009 13:22:38 GMT -5
I heard Cemetaries Of London is going to be on the next Twilight Soundtrack which is supposed to be massive this Fall.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 14, 2009 19:37:57 GMT -5
Good grief, so a potential 7th single. Talk about beating a dead horse. They may need to change their style AGAIN.
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Post by tortuga on Jul 15, 2009 1:51:55 GMT -5
Que fresa!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 5:34:14 GMT -5
Love it! Always did!
I guess that's what you get with 7m albums sold...^^
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 15, 2009 17:08:33 GMT -5
I always ranked the tracks like this.
Viva la Vida Lovers In Japan Life In Technicolor (i or ii) Lost! Violet Hill Reign Of Love Yes 42 Strawberry Swing Cemeteries Of London Death And All His Friends
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 16, 2009 0:58:56 GMT -5
This is one of my favorites from the album (along with "42") but I expect this to peak no higher than "God Put A Smile On Your Face".
Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 16, 2009 16:46:40 GMT -5
I always ranked the tracks like this. Viva la Vida Lovers In Japan Life In Technicolor (i or ii) Lost! Violet Hill Reign Of Love Yes 42 Strawberry Swing Cemeteries Of London Death And All His Friends Mine would be similar to that, except that I'd put Lost a lot lower, and Violet Hill would be right next to Viva. Reign of Love would be wayy down, and Cemetaries would be like 5th.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 16, 2009 18:55:47 GMT -5
I always ranked the tracks like this. Viva la Vida Lovers In Japan Life In Technicolor (i or ii) Lost! Violet Hill Reign Of Love Yes 42 Strawberry Swing Cemeteries Of London Death And All His Friends Mine would be similar to that, except that I'd put Lost a lot lower, and Violet Hill would be right next to Viva. Reign of Love would be wayy down, and Cemetaries would be like 5th. Where would you place "Chinese Sleep Chant"? In spite of that track barely having lyrics, as well as somewhat unintelligible vocals, it's one of my favorite moments on the album because of the soaring, electric shoegaze sound. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 16, 2009 20:44:09 GMT -5
Mine would be similar to that, except that I'd put Lost a lot lower, and Violet Hill would be right next to Viva. Reign of Love would be wayy down, and Cemetaries would be like 5th. Where would you place "Chinese Sleep Chant"? In spite of that track barely having lyrics, as well as somewhat unintelligible vocals, it's one of my favorite moments on the album because of the soaring, electric shoegaze sound. Sincerely, Noah Eaton Erg. I liked when I had the version of the album that seperated each track on my iPod, this album has way too many tracks that are combined. If I'm not mistaken, that's the one after Yes right? I almost forgot about that one to be honest. I like how creatively the whole album fits together, It's a very different album in my opinion, and I feel like it's just another piece to the puzzle. I like the feel to it, it blends really well with the rest of the album. However I'm one of those people that judge songs mainly by their lyrics, or in all honesty, how well the sound and the lyrics go together. In cases like, Life In Technicolor, that's just one of my exceptions, due to it being just so awesome sounding. Haha, But If I were to do the whole album, I'd rate it like this Viva la Vida Violet Hill Lovers In Japan Yes Life In Technicolor Cemeteries Of London 42 Chinese Sleep Chant Reign Of Love Lost! Strawberry Swing Death And All His Friends If I were to add Life In Technicolor II to the list, I'd put it right below Lovers In Japan I believe. Also I like Lost? more than I do Lost!, so I'd put that probably right below Technicolor I
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 16, 2009 23:03:54 GMT -5
Where would you place "Chinese Sleep Chant"? In spite of that track barely having lyrics, as well as somewhat unintelligible vocals, it's one of my favorite moments on the album because of the soaring, electric shoegaze sound. Sincerely, Noah Eaton Erg. I liked when I had the version of the album that seperated each track on my iPod, this album has way too many tracks that are combined. If I'm not mistaken, that's the one after Yes right? I almost forgot about that one to be honest. I like how creatively the whole album fits together, It's a very different album in my opinion, and I feel like it's just another piece to the puzzle. I like the feel to it, it blends really well with the rest of the album. However I'm one of those people that judge songs mainly by their lyrics, or in all honesty, how well the sound and the lyrics go together. In cases like, Life In Technicolor, that's just one of my exceptions, due to it being just so awesome sounding. Haha, But If I were to do the whole album, I'd rate it like this Viva la Vida Violet Hill Lovers In Japan Yes Life In Technicolor Cemeteries Of London 42 Chinese Sleep Chant Reign Of Love Lost! Strawberry Swing Death And All His Friends If I were to add Life In Technicolor II to the list, I'd put it right below Lovers In Japan I believe. Also I like Lost? more than I do Lost!, so I'd put that probably right below Technicolor I "Yes" is among my favorites, but not because of the lyrics at all (I think that actually has among the weaker lyrics on the album) but because of the sensual sound/production of the track and Martin's lower register making it sound especially unique. Same with "Lovers In Japan". Weak lyrics, but that's not what makes the song appealing to begin with. It's the dense, iridescent, ethereal production of the song, the musical landscape feel of it, which just titillates you and draws you in. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 17, 2009 11:53:45 GMT -5
Erg. I liked when I had the version of the album that seperated each track on my iPod, this album has way too many tracks that are combined. If I'm not mistaken, that's the one after Yes right? I almost forgot about that one to be honest. I like how creatively the whole album fits together, It's a very different album in my opinion, and I feel like it's just another piece to the puzzle. I like the feel to it, it blends really well with the rest of the album. However I'm one of those people that judge songs mainly by their lyrics, or in all honesty, how well the sound and the lyrics go together. In cases like, Life In Technicolor, that's just one of my exceptions, due to it being just so awesome sounding. Haha, But If I were to do the whole album, I'd rate it like this Viva la Vida Violet Hill Lovers In Japan Yes Life In Technicolor Cemeteries Of London 42 Chinese Sleep Chant Reign Of Love Lost! Strawberry Swing Death And All His Friends If I were to add Life In Technicolor II to the list, I'd put it right below Lovers In Japan I believe. Also I like Lost? more than I do Lost!, so I'd put that probably right below Technicolor I "Yes" is among my favorites, but not because of the lyrics at all (I think that actually has among the weaker lyrics on the album) but because of the sensual sound/production of the track and Martin's lower register making it sound especially unique. Same with "Lovers In Japan". Weak lyrics, but that's not what makes the song appealing to begin with. It's the dense, iridescent, ethereal production of the song, the musical landscape feel of it, which just titillates you and draws you in. Sincerely, Noah Eaton I guess you're right on that end. I love the sound of Yes, and Lovers in Japan is just an uplifting song. I'll give you that, because those are 2 of my favorites from the album as well. I just think all in all it's an interesting album. Very unique.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 17, 2009 18:10:10 GMT -5
"Yes" is among my favorites, but not because of the lyrics at all (I think that actually has among the weaker lyrics on the album) but because of the sensual sound/production of the track and Martin's lower register making it sound especially unique. Same with "Lovers In Japan". Weak lyrics, but that's not what makes the song appealing to begin with. It's the dense, iridescent, ethereal production of the song, the musical landscape feel of it, which just titillates you and draws you in. Sincerely, Noah Eaton I guess you're right on that end. I love the sound of Yes, and Lovers in Japan is just an uplifting song. I'll give you that, because those are 2 of my favorites from the album as well. I just think all in all it's an interesting album. Very unique. I think it's their best studio album to date. I'd rate "Violet Hill", "Viva La Vida" and "Cemeteries Of London" the three strongest songs lyrically on the record. You can tell the inspiration for "Violet Hill" came very viscerally and personally for Chris Martin, while "Viva La Vida" is among the most intelligently-written #1 hits in all recent memory and "Cemeteries Of London" has among the most rich imagery of any song Chris Martin has written to date. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 17, 2009 21:51:30 GMT -5
As great a song as Viva la Vida, I'm amazed it hit #1. I thought it was too intelligent for 75% of America.
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Post by gin on Jul 17, 2009 23:53:16 GMT -5
I hope to god this will impact CHR. I read somewhere that Coldplay is done after the VLV era. Is that true? I really hope not.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 18, 2009 0:58:48 GMT -5
No way it is going to impact CHR.
Their best shot was Lost! with Jay-Z. or maybe Violet Hill. Lovers In Japan and Life In Technicolor just aren't pop right now.
I honestly think Viva la Vida, as era-defining as it is, would have only mirrored the success of Violet Hill had it not been for the iTunes commercial. I think in a way, TV makes hits out of songs. It's a powerful resource.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 18, 2009 16:13:15 GMT -5
No way it is going to impact CHR. Their best shot was Lost! with Jay-Z. or maybe Violet Hill. Lovers In Japan and Life In Technicolor just aren't pop right now. I honestly think Viva la Vida, as era-defining as it is, would have only mirrored the success of Violet Hill had it not been for the iTunes commercial. I think in a way, TV makes hits out of songs. It's a powerful resource. Television is a slowly declining medium at the same time, however, as more people gravitate to the Internet and hand-held portables for instant media gratification. Even so, there are a lot of celebrities and musicians who have formed reality programs and/or join our band contests, whose careers didn't benefit whatsoever from them. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by The Party Captain on Jul 26, 2009 21:34:39 GMT -5
INXS managed to get a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 from Rockstar:INXS.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 27, 2009 10:50:24 GMT -5
INXS managed to get a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 from Rockstar:INXS. And beyond that their album sold poorly and the band's remaining members are now scrambling for yet another new singer. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by fran182 on Aug 4, 2009 8:54:49 GMT -5
Glad they are releasing one more single. Love this song. It's one of the best songs in the album, both lyrically and musically. :)
It sucks "Yes" hasn't been released as a single, though. That one, "Glass Of Water" or "Rainy Day" (both on the Prospekt's March EP) would be much better choices to Alternative radio than "Strawberry Swing", which, however, is their best shot at one more #1 on Triple A.
The music video is stunning. One of the best I've seen in my life. It's beautiful, surrealistic and brilliant. To put it simply, it's art and it fits with the feel the song gives.
Here is the "Strawberry Swing" music video:
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 8, 2009 0:48:46 GMT -5
Just saw Coldplay live tonight. Amazing show. Probably one of the best I have ever been to.
Ironically, the band's shaky cover of Billie Jean was received by the fans better than this one.
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