Coldplay #5

The first song I ever listened to by Coldplay was Clocks. Whenever I was in the car with my Mom, she would always play it. The song came off their second album in 2002 and is fairly popular. After hearing it repeatedly, I began to really like the song. I thought the band was very talented. As I became a little more obsessed with Coldplay, I began to research them even more: looking up videos of their interviews or videos of all their music videos. I purchased all of the albums and just would replay them over again. The two I would play the most were Viva la Vida and The Scientist. These are two completely different songs. Viva l Vida is an upbeat song that no one can help but dance or smile to when it comes on. The Scientist has a slow tempo with little background music whose words can put  tear to anyone's eye. While they both have different meanings, they both do an amazing job of capturing emotions through their lyrics. This is why I like the band so much. Coldplay does such a great job of making lyrics that do not come across as cheesy but are still very emotional. That is what songs are supposed to do: explain emotions you can not explain, and Coldplay can do this with any emotion.

Clocks music video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d020hcWA_Wg

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Coldplay #6

When I thought about which song truly represents Coldplay and what kind of band they are, it was very difficult to choose. They have had so many legendary and iconic songs from the upbeat "Viva la Vida" to the emotional "Yellow".  It might have been easy to think of "Viva la Vida" as their most iconic song because it was their most popular. However, I would have to say the song that really represents them is "Fix You". It was released in 2006 off their third album, X&Y. It reached number 4 in the UK Single Chart and number 18 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Charts. It was one of the lowest rated songs on the album yet it is one of the most popular songs of today.That is part of the reason why I think of it as being the most iconic song of Coldplay's. It is also the instruments that just represents them as a band. There is the slow tempo with not much background music besides the organ and drums. This is where Coldplay does their best. It is with a simple beat where Chris Martin's voice is the most important part of the song. It is also the emotion of the song that greatly represents the band. It is the kind of song that even the most unemotional people can cry at, and that is what Coldplay is best at, making words into emotions people cannot explain.

Fix You Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WMCZvsPq-g

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