), here's something from an interview with Martin:Originally posted by Telegraph.co.uk
Coldplay's X&Y was the biggest-selling album of 2005, selling 10 million. But the fallout almost destroyed the band.
"U2 once said they were reapplying for the job as the best band in the world: on Viva la Vida we feel like we're just reapplying to be a band again. After the last album we weren't really talking to each other, we were falling apart...."
Originally posted by Telegraph.co.uk
"We felt Brian was the man to reconnect us. Just listen to the production he has done for Bowie, Talking Heads or U2. I always view our albums in terms of U2 albums. Viva la Vida is our Unforgettable Fire in that it's less straightforward, more oblique. It's about sex and death and love and fear and travel and illness. There's light and there's dark."
Originally posted by Ali709:And BTW, for the Coldplay//U2 crowd (don't hate me yeah!
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Originally posted by Ali709:Alright then
Any views on the Viva La Vida videos?
The weird one: [YouTube Video]
and the one by Corbijn: [YouTube Video]
Originally posted by Chris"U2 once said they were reapplying for the job as the best band in the world: on Viva la Vida we feel like we're just reapplying to be a band again. After the last album we weren't really talking to each other, we were falling apart...."
Originally posted by yeah:Setlist Oslo
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Speed Of Sound
Cemeteries Of London
Chinese Sleep Chant
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (partial - techno version)
The Hardest Part (piano - Chris)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
The Scientist (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will singing)
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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Hunting High and Low (Chris singing with Magne Furuholmen from 'Aha' playing piano)
Yellow
The Escapist
Originally posted by stj0691:[..]
they didn't play Reign of Love? thats odd...
Originally posted by Ali709:Alright then
Any views on the Viva La Vida videos?
The weird one: [YouTube Video]
and the one by Corbijn: [YouTube Video]
Originally posted by katherine94:[..]
Chris looks like the Burger King mascot in the Corbijn vid lol
Originally posted by yeah:[..]
It's not like that one would be a live stable as far as I know...