Coldplay CD

The new Coldplay CD has me all tangled up inside. I told myself that I was done with the band. I told myself that they had sold out. I don't like the Viva La Vida single. But I decided to humor myself and sample the album on iTunes. The first 30 second clip of A Life in Technicolor nearly had me in tears. So I had to download the album. I am only on song 6 of the 11 so far. But I must say that so far, I give this thing four stars out of five, with Technicolor getting five stars easily. I was reading the album reviews on iTunes and found that a lot of people did not like Technicolor, which happens to be the first track. One guy said he was about to cancel his pre-order of the CD because he thought it was going to be bad after he listened to this track on a streaming site. And I think the reason people don't like it is because Chris Martin does not sing in it. That's right, it's instrumental. Could that be the reason I like it? I don't think so. I just like the flow of it. It has that indescribable four-note sound of hope that I really like in songs and find in a lot of instrumentals, especially Explosions In The Sky. That's definitely why I like it. But as I said, the rest of the CD doesn't seem to be too bad either. 

So I actually bought the CD on iTunes. I was going to BitTorrent it, but I haven't yet figured out quite how it works on a Mac. Plus I felt like contributing to the already undoubtedly large bank accounts of Martin and Co. So I put the $9.99 down, and did what I had to do. I am still on song six. That is how long it is. Called "Yes," it is seven minutes long, and encompasses a bunch of different rhythms and sounds. The previous song, "Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love" is also seven minutes, but at least they gave it a slashie title to denote its musical variety. 

I like this CD.