U2start.com | Coldplay

More songs.

Haha, I knew that. But what songs, and where would you place them?

I would find it difficult to place songs in that set.

LikeASong

12 years

The show would benefit of a longer encore, or a proper encore at all (the Speed of Sound transition into Clocks isn't what I'd call an encore). While their keys appropiately fit (Eb), Clocks seguing into Kix You isn't their best option I feel . Something like Clocks / Talk / Everything's Not Lost / Fix You / Teardrop seems spot-on to my eyes, and that simple change would bump more than 10 minutes the show.

Then, add a few more songs to the main set (Shiver between Lovers In Japan and The Scientist; Up With The Birds -which many people lack in their sets- after Paradise and before the C-stange thingie ; Death And All His Friends or The Hardest Part as rotating slots elsewhere, maybe after Yellow)... And you're done. 2 hours and loads more of greatness.

jmushouse

12 years

Heres what I think is possible (in Bold) for them to add:

MX
Hurts Like Heaven
In My Place
Major Minus
Lovers in Japan
The Scientist
Yellow
Talk - due to the synth intro, I think it'd go well here with Violet Hill and GPASUYF
Violet Hill
GPASUYF

B Stage
Princess of China
Up in Flames
Warning Sign

----Heres where I scramble everything up-----

Viva (with Piano intro)
Charlie Brown
Paradise
A Hopeful Transmission/ DLIBYH
Up with the Birds

C-Stage
Us Against The World
Speed Of Sound
UFO (Chris Solo Acoustic)

Main Encore
Square One (mainly due to the long intro that will give Chris enough time to run back onto the stage)
Clocks
Fix You
MMIX/Teardrop

that brings the total set to 24, and roughly 2 hours of playing time.

wangmaster

12 years

this is quite a belated post, but the Etihad gig may be the best musical event i've ever witnessed. words can't even do it justice!

ahn1991

12 years

Wait how isn't Every Teardrop a rebel song?

From a lyrical standpoint...
"Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone"
"From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song"
"Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees"

"So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag"

If these lyrics don't speak of a conflict of some sort, I don't know what is.

Also, from a musical standpoint it literally flows like Sunday Bloody Sunday. It's got a similar drum beat and I'm pretty sure that was Brian Eno's intention when he was helping Coldplay with the song.

But the reason I see MX as Coldplay's AB is because it's a radical change in their direction. Even if that direction says to be more mainstream, that's not what Coldplay was before. As I said before, I really do believe this album will be a transcendent for them. Right now, the fact that their current tour pretty much features every single song from the new album, I think it looks pretty good for them.

iTim

12 years

Sunderland gig will be played on UK radio tomorrow for those interested.

LikeASong

12 years

Doing a deep and argumented comparation between Sunday Bloody Sunday and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is really, really, really bold.

LikeASong

12 years

By the way, I just came up with this...............

Every Teardrop Is A Wankerfall

hahahahaha

ahn1991

12 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:Doing a deep and argumented comparation between Sunday Bloody Sunday and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is really, really, really bold.

Bold, yes.
But relevant, also a yes.

To be honest, I was not surprised at all to see many articles out there comparing Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall to Sunday Bloody Sunday, especially after I had read that Brian Eno played a major role in the song's creation.

Obviously, both songs are not equivalent, but they share many characteristics, including the fact that they not what they appear to be. Sunday Bloody Sunday seems like it's a rebel song, but, as Bono constantly said, it's not a rebel song. The lyrics further that claim as they send a clear message of disdain and disgust regarding the presence of conflict, "We eat and drink while tomorrow they die."

The same goes with Every Teardrop. It doesn't sound like your typical rebel song, including the fact that so many people listen to it, like it, and don't even know what it's actually saying. With lyrics like "from underneath the rubble sing a rebel song," "every siren is a symphony," and
"So you can hurt, hurt me bad But still I'll raise the flag," it's clear that this is a rebel song. However, Every Teardrop carries a tone of hope from a musical and lyrical perspective, which is probably why people like it so much. I, for one, find it a pleasant shift away from Coldplay's typical mellow tone.

I know this is going to frustrate some people, but I've got to give credit where it's due.

LikeASong

12 years

Xylobands cost 400.000 pounds a night.