Laptopdog wrote:

Oh come on. Just because they're huge doesn't automatically make them bad. I saw them live at Exeter and they were fantastic. I can speak from experience having seen many live bands both unknown and famous ie Van Morrison, Richie Havens, Stevie Ray Vaughan etc etc and they simply do stand up as a decent band. I find that many people discount Coldplay as they are big but the very fact that they are where they are is due to the quality of what they do. Watch the brilliant documentary about them and you'll see that its passion and ability that has put them where they are. If they were a small indie band I'm sure opinions would be different. 

Coldplay: A clever musical pop band with talent.

Must be why the alleged musical snobs not likey.

This is unexpectedly good! Better than the average Coldplay song.

Screw the haters. I like this song. 

this is lovely… haters: you are so edgy and trendy… oooooohhhh nobody cares why you hate this that or the other thing. go find something you like so you might let some light into those cold dark hearts. or at least pull your heads out of your asses.

Alexandra wrote:
 William wrote:

: ) 

I do actually like this one. I think the Vocoder adds a nice touch. And I "forgive" you William for misspelling "duplicitous". Or were you mashing that up with delicious?
; P

I like this and I don't care who knows.

This is absolutely horrible! Why does RP play this mindless derivative dreck?


Just kidding!  This song is OK in kind of a meditative way - not great, but not bad either.  

 LinThizzy wrote:
 

No need to join the bandwagon  for that. 
Facts are facts.

 ExploitingChaos wrote:

its starting like U2

 marklaw wrote:
 
Go to settings and under info options select two columns and never scroll down past lyrics.

Like it! 

This sounds like it should be on an OST. That's a good thing for me. IMDB says it is not.

Edit: And today as it plays, I'm reading about another school shooting 

 Laptopdog wrote:
 
Wow. Thanks for the heads up.
I was kinda enjoying this song until I read your comment and realized it was Coldplay.
So anyways, this band is brutally bad.
But ask yourself, who is the one whining?

 ExploitingChaos wrote:
 
And you are a dumbass troll

 LinThizzy wrote:
 
Many would disagree. Sounds like you're just jumping, and being a follower, on the "I hate Coldplay" bandwagon. 

name says it all.....coldplay means....not hot .........corpse music........chilly, uncomfortable.....yuck

 Laptopdog wrote:
 
I wish RP had an option to NOT view comments for this exact reason!

I always thought that this was Bon Iver. Don't like them.
Coldplay is generally OK with me, but still don't like this.

I am not usually a huge Coldplay fan (I know, my loss...) but I love this song....great for bicycle soundtracking

 Laptopdog wrote:
 
"Oh my goodness - Coldplay!  Think of the children!!"

goosebumping song, again and again

 Laptopdog wrote:
 
'onya 

 Laptopdog wrote: 

ATTENTION ALL COLDPLAY HATERS!
Radio Paradise is playing another Coldplay song! Hurry and rush to the Comments section and post a comment about how much you hate this band! Because we all really, really, really want to hear your constant whining and petty remarks about this particular band!

FUN FACT: this sucks

disturbing noise....

 Alastair wrote: 
Hahah!!! Good one. :D

Unfortunately, no vocoder could save Thom Yorke of not sounding pitiful as he is. ;)

Not their biggest fan but this is more like it.  Chris Martin should use a vocoder all the time.   

As I was walking home, just past midnight, first day of 2018, this song popped up in my headphones, the perfect moment!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 - 新年快乐 - BONNE ANNEE

Very, very nice! 

---

C. Martin:
"Oh, l like this sound in Depeche Mode... let's make an easy tune.... yes, gimme 5 secondes... oops, my fingers went wrong... but, Oh, sounds good anyway!.. OK, I got the melody.
OK, we have a hit, guys!"

Against all haters, i do like this band!

 Solanus wrote: 
HOw about Rundgren's "Born to Synthesize"?

 easmann wrote: 
It's cool & all when Imogen Heap does it (https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2010/imogen-heap/), but not so much for Coldplay. (Not to say that I don't love Imogen's music.)

This was nice. 

RIP Coldplay. You were actually a decent band once upon a time. 

I prefer it when Bon Iver does it... 💩

https://wumo.com/wumo/2017/04/07

Excellent comment, Christopher Woods!  Coldplay lost me after Rush of Blood to the Head, after showing such amazing promise in that album, and Parachutes before it.  This song, Midnight, seems like (hopefully) a return to interesting and creative music, not endless arena rock.
 

I could get interested in Coldplay again if they're going to keep moving away from their previous big-stadium-happy-crowd-soft-rock-anthem sound. I liked their early, crumblier indie sound, and - like that sound - this track's much more sonically and musically interesting.

Particularly like it in sequence with a bit of Led Zep (Your Time is Gonna Come), good choice Bill as usual!

I like this band, sorry :-( lol!

Overplayed

very good album!

Be sure your subs are in phase for this one.

 msymmes wrote: 

 Imkirok wrote: 
Both of you: Please do not insult Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream !

Really disliking this.  I think it is the auto-tune effect.  I find it distracting and difficult to listen to.

 msymmes wrote: 
Or Tangerine Dream.

Like this, Super Duper Bowl halftime not so much.

What deep blue shelters
  Is no ghost story.

Okay. Let's call it a tribute to Kraftwerk.
 

Absolutley a Computer Love riff !
 

WhiteWater wrote: 

Kinda trancelike

 wgsu_1978 wrote: 
Haha, nailed it. Like it a lot even if it's Limp Bizkit ;)

He is not using an autotuner, it is a Vocoder that has been around since the 70's. Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton are some examples of artists to use it.

Kinda trancelike
 

Face it, if this was any other band but Coldplay you'd all be creaming your jeans right now.

Moved it up a notch, to 8. 

so un-coldplay like, I like it. ;-)

Coldplay doing their best Bon Iver impression. Or is it a Foals impression? It sounds like so many other bands that aren't Coldplay that it's hard to pick just one.

this is a step up for coldplay
 

 kcar wrote: 
Isn't that the point of recording in a modern studio?; practicing, getting that muscle memory, finding sounds, re-recording, dropping in and out, mixing, fading, effecting, mastering trying to produce something nice, ear catching, popular, moody etc, all with the threat that you may have used the same chord sequence somewhere owned by a lawyer in China who will sue your ass..........        

That said, the likes of coldplay & U2, strumm along with the orchestra , a chord sequence bought and varified litigation free .... they seem to have a following of people who like the songs cause they can sing along,  also with the intonation of a sweeping brush pulled from a pond and wrapped tight in fishing line!  

Julio sings live more than he records, (even in the school yard) and thats proof enough for me that he should be up there.
 

not usually a big Coldplay fan...no matter the reason.
This is an amazing song! 

This whole album is superb.

Chillplay

I like the violins, dreamy relaxing music.

C. Martin:
"Oh, l like this sound in Depeche Mode... let's make an easy tune.... yes, gimme 5 secondes... OK, I got the melody.
OK, we have a hit, guys!"

Lots of hate around this song, but I love it!   

Wow, I wondered who this was. Reminds me of Kurt Bestor (in a good way, I still find The Prayer of the Children incredibly powerful). I think it's great CP are not afraid to try something different. It made me sit up and listen!

Yuk.
Gets a 3 from me for the ruinous vocal 'styling'.

 nicknt wrote: 
To you. I rather like the electronica of this. I like the kraftwerk, i like the use of the, possibly, autotune, well done use of tradition and a great redemption from some of that pop crap they did.

 DaidyBoy wrote: 
I will never forgive Coldplay for ripping off Joe Satriani. That and they are lousy musicians.

 BillG wrote: 
Just curious, Bill: in your opinion which performer or song is the worst abuser of auto-tune? I remember hearing a raw recording of Julio Iglesias's kid that someone smuggled out of the studio: the guy could not carry a tune. 

 Alexandra wrote: 
This is an electronic vocoder/harmony effect — a deliberate manipulation of the voice to achieve a particular effect — rather than auto-tune. Auto-tune alters just the pitch of voice recordings to compensate for errors made by the vocalist. 

The effect may not be to your liking, but it's not duplicious in the way that auto-tune generally is.

 Alexandra wrote: 
I will never forgive Coldplay for not using it for the last ten years.

Hmm. No surprise in this eclectic assortment of music lovers that there would be Coldplay haters. I'm a big fan of this track. Ripped off or otherwise, it's haunting, ambient, etc. Just plain cool.

mmd: makes mommy dance

 WhiteWater wrote: 
Ummm, not a ripoff. Used with permission from Kraftwerk... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_%28song%29

"Yes, you can use it, and thank you very much for asking my permission, unlike that bastard Jay-Z."

 msymmes wrote: 


Proclivities wrote: 
OK, I find this really funny. These comments made me go listen to some Kraftwerk this afternoon. As a result, I discovered that the main opening riff for Coldplay's Talk was very blatantly ripped from the Kraftwerk song Computer Love.

I think I'm sensitive to this riff because it also happens to be the ringtone on my wife's phone for the past five years (the Coldplay version)...

I will never forgive Coldplay for using auto-tune in this song.

 dburges wrote:  funny....and true

Hey mates, listen to this Bon Iver guy! We need to stay relevant!

A dead band.

just went from 9 to 10. mom can absolutely DANCE to this.

 msymmes wrote: 
People have been ripping off and/or influenced by (take your pick) Kraftwerk for about forty years.  This song doesn't sound like any specific Kraftwerk tune to me.

 westslope wrote: 
eloquent description..

hey Bill, love the way when you klik the small album pic it gets huge right above the comments instead of a 'balloon window', great shot of this album of Coldplay, not a bad song either! kudos!

No thanks.  Not for me at all.

Sounds like a rip off of Kraftwerk.

Ambient electronica with highly stylized and richly produced barber shop quartet-style vocals.  

I like it.

 

 Jelani wrote: 
Got it.  Thanks.  

The dream is always the same...

I am a coldplay fan since years! This is very nice!

 EdmoJoe wrote:Not sure about the rest of the album, but I like this song.
The Imogen Heap vocal effect seems to work fine in the context of the song.

Best Coldplay in years. They have left me behind since Rush of Blood to the Head (10 years!), but this is back to the creative Coldplay of old. Great stuff.

vocals are a bit too animated for my taste.

 Stratocaster wrote: 

I liked this especially because Mr.Martin was not singing. Thought it was William Orbit to start

 subgyro wrote: 
first time I've heared this, is it new? sounds good initially but hmm, then again ooh. I used to be indecisive but I'm not so sure now.

Coldplay have had an interesting career.

When they first came out, I thought Thom Yorke had pulled the trigger on himself and Radiohead found themselves a new singer. Not horrible, but certainly not original.

They then seemed to discover that the way to get rich is to write radio-friendly pop. That's when I wrote them off entirely.

Now, what was this? Somewhere underneath Massive Attack, dance-floor-friendly 90's trance-hop?

I'm giving this a 2.

Maybe in a decade I'll suddenly get them. It took about that long for me to realize Oasis was actually talented....

I have a hard time with Coldplay.  I dig some of their stuff, and I think this is pret' darn good but for some odd reason that guy who named his kid Apple just bugs the heck out of me...

This would fit well on my soporific playlist. 

And I thought Coldplay was on the list of groups I dislike.

Sounds like Depeche Mode by the end... can't remember the song.

I love it!!  If you don't like it, PSD!! 

Hearing this is like being shot at in a combat zone.

 westslope wrote: 
The only way to get it is to find a fan, turn it on, and sing into it.

Love this. 

This is a great song. Very unique, nice melody, interesting use of sounds and tones. Maybe, just maybe Coldplay can encourage me to listen to their new music, but with the previous two albums they totally lost my interest...

Nice to hear something from them without Martin's appalling falsetto wailing.  Sampled from other stuff, true, but I think it is listenable if not purchase material.

Did not know, this was coldplay, but then....not a bad song!

Sounds like a track off Chicane - Behind the sun.

awesome song, one of the best in the last 5 years imo!

 scraig wrote: 
Did he mean that in a good way or a bad way; isn't kale the most trendy and popular food in California?

Brilliant track! Love the new album - a giant step in the right direction. 

 westslope wrote: 
Turn on a desk fan. Take a note, hold it, and sing into the spinning fan blades. Presto: Coldplay! 

btw, I like this. CP might be coming relevant again. 

 q4Fry wrote: 
OK.  I do not get this joke.  Somebody, please, have pity and explain it to me. 

 q4Fry wrote: