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Postby tonywojo » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:44 pm

Dr Cheese wrote:Take that clothes peg off your nose when you're singing.

"Chris knows how to write those great, haunting lullaby ballads."

Why is Mac obsessed with ballads, he hasn't got the voice to do them justice anymore but besides that (with very few exceptions) they always end up sounding shite anyway.


I think they're actually going to sell out!

Arena, everywhere, overproduced pop songs.

I don't believe the Scottish heritage bit for a minute.

Grumpy, CD - What's his tartan! :rolleyes:
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Postby guitarplayer on here too » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:20 pm

Wonder how many "haunting lullabies" there will be on Coldplay's new album. I still can't get over the title being inspired by an old painting of a load of melons.


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Postby kook » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:57 pm

That's not a current photo, is it?
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Postby Frank The Bunny » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:08 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:Yeah it does seem odd for that "I know Chris Martin" dribble, other than a sign of desperation. Getting Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland to collaborate on Slideling didn't exactly make that a best selling album. Nothing against Chris Martin's involvement in the track, if there has to be collaboration (why bring in other writers -- this is a Bunnymen album) but the name dropping is getting a bit tiresome now and sounds as naff as this is the best album since Ocean Rain bollocks.


Chris Martin collaborating on one track for this album = Slideling leftover that didn't fit on Siberia.
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Postby black francis » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:17 pm

It has to be a Slideling leftover. I can't imagine any more collaborating after Mac talked shit about Live 8 (best shit talking he's done since the 80's) and then Martin talked shit about anyone talking shit about Live 8.

At least I hope there are no further collaborations between those two. Mac's recent songs have been sissy enough.
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Postby crystal daze » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:49 pm

tonywojo wrote:I don't believe the Scottish heritage bit for a minute.

Grumpy, CD - What's his tartan! :rolleyes:


Ahem! It's not all tartan and haggis up here.



I think you might be right about the outdated pic Kook.
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Postby kook » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:54 pm

crystal daze wrote:I think you might be right about the outdated pic Kook.



Pity :sad:

Do you think maybe he was sucking up to the Scottish as it was a Scottish paper :razz: :wink:
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Postby crystal daze » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:06 pm

I can't agree with you on this one. I'm sure he sincerely meant every word. How can you be so cynical? :wink:
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Postby kook » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:09 pm

:sad: Oh, ok. Sorry. I know I should be more positive.
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Postby Kounelaki » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:12 pm

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Postby guitarplayer on here too » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:40 pm

Current picture? That's Viva La Vida (the title of Coldplay's new album due out in June) painted by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in 1954.
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Postby kook » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:47 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:Current picture? That's Viva La Vida (the title of Coldplay's new album due out in June) painted by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in 1954.


I was referring to the photo of Mac and Will in the article.
I know who Frida Kahlo was :wink:
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Postby guitarplayer on here too » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:15 pm

Sorry... My mistake.
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Postby electrabunny » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:53 pm

guitarplayer on here too wrote:Notice that the first single is "Think I Needed Two". I hope that's not what was previously "I think I needed it Too" (ie. that "Whatever you want, what ever you neeeed"), which would be a extremely poor choice for first release single. Good title for the album though. And a Chris Martin collaboration -- that may get mixed views.

Pity though that all that info had to be revealed in a tabloid. It should have come from the official website. :confused:


Yeah - the fans have been inquiring for so long about details on the new album and it was treated like such a secret! There is a link to this article on the main page, but I find it odd that the news of the album name and producer wasn't news in itself prior to this article being printed.
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Postby redgumball » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:08 am

Smells like another WAYGDWYL -- a solo Ian album. The producer is a close friend, we get Chris Martin inspired Slideling left-overs, and Will has been oh-so-silent on the whole production. Stinks to high heaven of another croony record (complete with Ian's reference to haunting lullabyes).

The usual 80's PR line is still in effect, "greatest thing ever" and "Obviously I have loads of love for the older stuff but this one sounds almost like a debut album with a lot of hard rock. I hate using the word rock, it's not right for us. It's more vibrant and hardish." -- includes the standard line about how rocking the album is. No offense, but are they really all that rocking after HUH?

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I hope I am wrong and that I am unsurped by a a shit-kicker of a record, but with a title like "The Fountain" -- I seriously question the rock...

What does Will have to say about all this?
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