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Rank Coldplay's "Keystone" Tracks
05-06-06, 10:36 AM
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Rank Coldplay's "Keystone" Tracks
How do you rank Coldplay's keystone* tracks from each album: "Yellow" (from PARACHUTES), "Clocks" (from A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD) and "Fix You" (from X & Y)?
My vote = #1 "Clocks (evocative and stirring, with that astonishing, swirling piano melody--an all-time perfect classic), #2 "Fix You" (powerful emotions rendered here, ranking just a fraction of a fraction below "Clocks") and #3 "Yellow" (an awesome song in its own right, but rather musically simplistic)
* = yes, I'm sure plenty of you are gnawing at the reigns to insist that Coldplay has better songs than these, but the reality if that, if you don't recognize that these tracks represent the outstanding examples from their three respective albums, then you're just wrong and need to get control of the plane again and start flying straight, ya hear?
My vote = #1 "Clocks (evocative and stirring, with that astonishing, swirling piano melody--an all-time perfect classic), #2 "Fix You" (powerful emotions rendered here, ranking just a fraction of a fraction below "Clocks") and #3 "Yellow" (an awesome song in its own right, but rather musically simplistic)
* = yes, I'm sure plenty of you are gnawing at the reigns to insist that Coldplay has better songs than these, but the reality if that, if you don't recognize that these tracks represent the outstanding examples from their three respective albums, then you're just wrong and need to get control of the plane again and start flying straight, ya hear?
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05-06-06, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Would put The Scientist ahead of all of them though.
05-06-06, 11:28 AM
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Fix You
Yellow
Clocks
interesting that I choose a song from X&Y #1, Parachutes #2, and A Rush of Blood to the Head#3 when I think that overall I like X&Y the best, then Parachutes and then Blood to the Head.
Yellow
Clocks
interesting that I choose a song from X&Y #1, Parachutes #2, and A Rush of Blood to the Head#3 when I think that overall I like X&Y the best, then Parachutes and then Blood to the Head.
05-06-06, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mdc3000
The Scientist
Fix You
Yellow
(subbed scientist for clocks because I think that was an oversight)
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Fix You
Yellow
(subbed scientist for clocks because I think that was an oversight)
MATT
05-07-06, 08:53 AM
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I think these are all Coldplay's most recognizable singles of each album but with maybe one exception they are not the best song on each album.
"Shiver" is the best song on Parachutes, and even "Trouble" is a better song.
"Clocks" is probably Coldplay's catchiest tune they've ever written, or will ever write, but on A Rush of Blood to the Head, "Warning Sign" is better.
And "Fix You? It's good but it's not "Talk"...
"Shiver" is the best song on Parachutes, and even "Trouble" is a better song.
"Clocks" is probably Coldplay's catchiest tune they've ever written, or will ever write, but on A Rush of Blood to the Head, "Warning Sign" is better.
And "Fix You? It's good but it's not "Talk"...
05-07-06, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
"Shiver" is the best song on Parachutes, and even "Trouble" is a better song.
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"Clocks" is probably Coldplay's catchiest tune they've ever written, or will ever write, but on A Rush of Blood to the Head, "Warning Sign" is better.
Originally Posted by The Bus
And "Fix You? It's good but it's not "Talk"...
05-07-06, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
This is wrong, but not by a major margin; "Shiver" is my #2 and "Trouble" my #4, "Everything's Not Lost" ranking between them.
Now you're drifting farther from the truth, although, yes, still a good song.
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Now you're drifting farther from the truth, although, yes, still a good song.
You are now no longer allowed to vote, drive or breed.
Straighten up.
05-07-06, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I don't understand this ridiculous, misplaced animosity towards those who don't agree with your arbitrary ranking of songs on Coldplay albums. It's fine YOU think these tracks are the best on each album, but you need you recognize that you could be (and to many people here ARE) wrong that these are the best each album has to offer. And you've been here way too long to be interacting with people in the disrespectful manner you are, especially on a board that prides itself on its diversity and respectfulness of contrary opinions.
Straighten up.
Straighten up.
in my original post for those who don't agree with me and it holds true for all jibes I make afterward.
05-07-06, 10:36 PM
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Its always so hard for me to rate Coldplay songs. I usually just group them in clusters.
There are my top tier songs:
Don't Panic
Politik
Square One
A Whisper
Spies
Brothers and Sisters
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Trouble
Those three songs (Clocks, Fix You, Yellow) fall into my second tier of favorite Coldplay songs.
There are my top tier songs:
Don't Panic
Politik
Square One
A Whisper
Spies
Brothers and Sisters
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Trouble
Those three songs (Clocks, Fix You, Yellow) fall into my second tier of favorite Coldplay songs.
05-08-06, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by bballing
So where do you guys rank "Politik" (Rush of Blood to the Head)... just curious.
05-08-06, 01:50 PM
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Just to be a dick:
In My Place
Shiver
What If?
To answer your original question:
Yellow
Fix You
Clocks
(although I was the only one to vote this way, I was not trying to be a dick)
In My Place
Shiver
What If?
To answer your original question:
Yellow
Fix You
Clocks
(although I was the only one to vote this way, I was not trying to be a dick)
05-08-06, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Tommy_Harn
Just to be a dick:
In My Place
Shiver
What If?
To answer your original question:
Yellow
Fix You
Clocks
(although I was the only one to vote this way, I was not trying to be a dick)
In My Place
Shiver
What If?
To answer your original question:
Yellow
Fix You
Clocks
(although I was the only one to vote this way, I was not trying to be a dick)
to answer the original question, I agree with your sequencing of songs.
however, this is how I would answer the question:
"Spies" (from 'Parachutes')
"The Scientist" (from "A Rush of Blood to the Head")
"Speed Of Sound" (from "X&Y")
05-08-06, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
Chill, homeslice...I included a in my original post for those who don't agree with me and it holds true for all jibes I make afterward.
in my original post for those who don't agree with me and it holds true for all jibes I make afterward.Politik
Square One
Yellow
05-09-06, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
In that case:
Politik
Square One
Yellow
Politik
Square One
Yellow
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"Spies" is by far my favorite track off of Parachutes. I don't know what my favorite is off Rush of Blood....... Been a while since I spinned it. I'll need to give it a listen some time soon. As for X & Y, take your pick off any track of the first 6 or 7, and we're good. Anything from "Speed of Sound" and on is pretty tedious, IMO.
05-10-06, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
"Square One", huh? Well, alrighty then...
Politik, God Put a Smile On Your Face, The Scientist.
In fact, I would make an argument that The Scientist is actually the "keystone" track on the album.
05-10-06, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Furthermore, there are at least, IMHO, three songs better than Clocks on ROBTTH:
Politik, God Put a Smile On Your Face, The Scientist.
In fact, I would make an argument that The Scientist is actually the "keystone" track on the album.
Politik, God Put a Smile On Your Face, The Scientist.
In fact, I would make an argument that The Scientist is actually the "keystone" track on the album.
* goes to play it to make sure*
OK, that's not the song I was thinking of.
