Coldplay‘s free, live EP – LeftRightLeftRightLeft – is available for download today for only your e-mail address. The EP will be given away to fans at all North American Coldplay tour dates, but if you’re not attending, or want to listen to it prior to the concert you’re attending, you can get it yourself today. It’s mostly tracks from the Viva La Vida era, but there are a couple standards mixed in as well.
Get it here, and the tracklist below, in case you need to be convinced:
1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards from Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death and All of His Friends
Coldplay’s track, “Viva La Vida,” has been mired in controversy about the origin of it’s melody since it’s release last year.
First, the Creaky Boards made the claim with their track “The Songs I Didn’t Write.” Then, Joe Satriani tried, claiming that the hit was a rip-off of his 2004 tune “If I Could Fly.”
Now, NME is reporting that Cat Stevens is making the claim that “Viva La Vida” bites off of his “Foreigner Suite.”
I don’t know if any of these claims are true, nor do I care, but doesn’t it seem like every time Cat Stevens has a new album to promote, or a Greatest Hits package to shill, that he thrusts himself right back into the limelight? I don’t begrudge anyone their particular faith, but it doesn’t make sense to abandon it for monetary gain every few years. God, in whatever form you believe, probably doesn’t appreciate it.
Creaky Boards – The Songs I Didn’t Write (mp3) from Brooklyn Is Love
This is a nice gift for anyone going attending the upcoming North American leg of Coldplay‘s tour:
“…Coldplay will be giving away a live CD, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, at every remaining live show in 2009 (apart from festival shows). Starting with the band’s first North American tour date, at West Palm Beach in Florida on May 15th, every fan attending a show will be given a free copy of the nine-track CD, which won’t be available elsewhere.”
Not attending one of the shows? Have no fear, because the band has your back too:
“Also on May 15th, LeftRightLeftRightLeft will be made available as a free download right here at coldplay.com, for all fans (and for the same time period).”
Hate or love Coldplay, it’s always nice when a band gives back to the people who got them to where they are. The tracklisting for LeftRightLeftRightLeft is available here.
Continuing our theme of being the go-to place for B-Sides, here are some more from perhaps the biggest band in the world. We’ve given you three of theirs already….here are two more.
Coldplay – One I Love (mp3) from the In My Place single
Coldplay – 1′ 36″ (mp3) from The Scientist single
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