Princess of China

My heart is broken, too. What are they doing? What route are they going? I don't get why they're selling out- they have loads and loads of money, its not like getting money is the motive. Their music has helped me through (and been on repeat for)the last 10 years and is the soundtrack to my heart and life. Viva la Vida was a masterpiece and in my opinion the best album musically, lyrically, and visually to ever be released by anyone, ever. You cannot call (Mylo Zyloto? wtf?) bad, but I can. Truthfully, its awful. I heard the singles in the summer, was disappointed, but promptly reassured myself saying that they just put those crap songs out there for kicks and giggles and secretly had treasure waiting for us. I downloaded the album at midnight and after 1 pass I thought about throwing it out. All I could think was "what is this crap?" Us against the world and dont let it break your heart are barely tolerable, but I was looking (and had been waiting years) for more Swallowed in the Sea, Reign of love and Strawberry Swing (my fav songs by them, in order.)

Exactly! So many people don't seem to understand that a big part of Coldplay's appeal is that they're NOT a pop band; they're an alt band with their own sound. This sort of syth pop is a dime a dozen, and we don't need ANOTHER band doing it. New pop artists are autotuned into popularity ever day. Good alt band rarely surface, and achieving Coldplay's level of success is almost unheard of.<br /> <br /> If some other people actually like this pop stuff, that's their prerogative. They can keep it. But those of us with some taste beyond junk pop would like to keep our good bands good, and it's a pretty big loss for us to see a band like Coldplay buckle because we have so few successful artists to begin with. And I think the worse part is that the album isn't terrible. It's just bland. It's almost more of a blow because it doesn't seem like a fluke that way.