Retrophobic

Last time Coldplay released a video, I kinda said that it sucked… and since I really like Coldplay, I felt bad! They’ve recently released a new video for their song “Lovers in Japan” and it’s awesome. Really! I caught it about a week or two ago when it was free on iTunes (you have to pay for it now, no thanks), but it hadn’t been up on YouTube yet to post it.

I love the effects, seriously. My only complaint is that I don’t think Chris is going to change his clothes (EVER) until they release another album, but hey, whatever works for you. Enjoy!

Having a little bit of fun with a newer version of Photoshop (yay!), and listening to my new Coldplay CD (I promise, I’m not completely obsessed with Coldplay!), I came up with this little manipulation. It’s not much, not very polished, but I like the look of it.

The lyrics, by the way, are from Cemetaries of London, a pretty darn catchy song.

Okay, Viva la Vida is one of my favotite Coldplay songs of all time. I had it before the album was out. By play count alone, it’s number five in my iTunes library. The iTunes commercial they did for it was amazing. I must have watched it a million times when it first came out.

But the actual music video they released for the song ruined it. Ruined the whole song. What the heck were they thinking? The whole thing is so awkward to watch. I’m almost embarrassed FOR them. If they would have made the entire thing look more like the iTunes commercial (since it’s obvious that it was most likely filmed at the same time; they’re wearing the same stuff), it would have been a huge success.