Yeah, I'm prepared for the shit storm. In fact, here you go, so you don't have to quote it.




Alright, now with that out of the way, I would just like to say, this new album, Viva La Vida, is absolutely fucking amazing. It was amazing last night after I had prepared my brain to perceive certain sounds and visions in an alternate manner while simultaneously causing me to be extremely dry mouthed and even more hungry, but this morning I woke up and, yeah, it's still just as amazing.

I've never really been able to say that about many albums.

If you listen to radio you may have heard the album-titled single, "Viva La Vida", already.

Here's the video:



And here's the first album on the track, "Life in Technicolor," the intro of which is mind numbing. Sorry, the video is a live concert taping with altogether way too much whistling, screaming and clapping, but the musicality by 1:15 is enough to account for it.


After watching 40 Year Old Virgin, and having been forced to listen to "Yellow" over and over and over again by mainstream radio, I never gave Coldplay a second chance. I mean, really, "Yellow" was just a very annoying song after the 10th time listening to it.

But at my job we've been increasingly selling more popular CDs, and this one arrived and sat in the back for a couple days so I had a chance to look at the cover and the song list. These alone overcome my powerful aversion to this band and sold the CD to me before even hearing a second of it.

Agreed.  This album is incredible.

Coldplay: the sound of nothing happening 12 times in a row.

Anyone who can say this about Viva La Vida is a picky man indeed.