Coldplay #4

  


While many of Coldplay's songs are incredible, my favorite was the song that made me love the band, "The Scientist". When I had heard it for the first time I thought it was a good song with great lyrics, but it was the piano that made me really love it. The entire song is built around a piano ballad played by Chris Martin, and the song is about a man who loved a girl and is trying to apology. It is one of my favorite songs to play on the piano, and it can give me chills listening to Chris Martin play it. 

Coldplay released the song with their second album, "A Rush of Blood to the Head", in 2002. When released, the song reached number 10 in the UK charts. It was number 34 for the the United States' Adult Top 40 Chart. Critics praised the song and also the music video. It won three MTV Music Video Awards. This is because in the song Chris Martin plays his part in the piano backwards and reverse narrative. 

It is not only the beautiful sound of the piano but the lyrics are also very relatable and amazing as well. "The Scientist" is about a scientist, obviously, who spent too much time working that he neglected his girlfriend. He regrets his decisions and wants to "go back to the start" like it is said in the song several times. While not many people are scientists who lost the love of their life, there are many people who feel the need to go back to something that already happen or regret something that they did. They beautifully portrays this idea of wanting to undo something they know they can't. I think the chorus is one of the most meaningful parts of the song:

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start

It is a great representation of what anyone can feel like when making a mistake, whether it be with a boyfriend/girlfriend, a family member, or a friend. The person can look back on all of the mistakes they made and blame the issue on certain things. But in the end, you can never "go back to the start"

Unlike most songs of this day, "The Scientist" doesn't use repetition and annoying, easy to remember lyrics to make the song popular. Coldplay simply writers emotional and relatable music. It isn't repetitive at all. They don't even say the word the scientist. The closest they get to it is the science. That's what I find so unbelievable about them and this song. They sing what they want to sing, not what records tell them, and they are still popular. 

The Scientist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s70OsXlDD94

Works Cited
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"The Scientist by Coldplay Songfacts." The Scientist by Coldplay Songfacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

"The Scientist" - Coldplay (Kurt Piano Cover)." YouTube. N.p., n.p. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.