DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Coldplay
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 the ultimate Coldplay defender
00:36 Prologue
03:17 Parachutes
07:14 A Rush of Blood to the Head
13:13 X&Y
21:01 Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
30:26 Mylo Xyloto
35:03 Ghost Stories
40:26 A Head Full of Dreams
43:40 Everyday Life
51:30 Music of The Spheres
58:54 Where Are They Now?
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you missed why people were so angry about taylor swift being times person of the year. people hate her bc she's one of the most famous persons alive and yet she does nothing with her platform. you know how last year times POTY was zelensky, bc he was defending his country. isn't it kinda weird how they didn't pick any palestinian person for this year's POTY, which would have made sense, and instead they picked TS for some incomprehensible reason, and she DIDN'T MADE ANY COMMENTS ON IT. fuck her.
@Mic The Snare Can u do a DDD on Owl City plz thnx u 😊
COLDPLAY???? COLDPLAY????
This just in: Gary Oldman wins Lifetime Achievement Award for his superb performance as Crazy Frog
i literally said OH SHIT out loud when i saw this on my recommended (that's a good thing)
Love them or hate them... you have to admit it is kind of impressive how Coldplay has continued to stay relevant through how much music has changed the last 20-25 years.
Have they the last ten though? Their last two album have been pretty underwhelming even for Coldplay standards, to the point that I can't even remember their names
You know what band never went bad? They Might Be Giants. And you don’t see a Deep Discog Dive on them.
@@symetry96They were still making waves in 2015-2017 with A head full of dreams album. Funny how ppl pretend to forget their big worldwide hits during this period: Hymn for the weekend, Adventure of a lifetime, Something just like this. They just went Pop. That's all.
Define "relevant"
@@baronessvondengler Their current tour sold nine million tickets, seems pretty relevant to me.
As an avid Coldplay defender I gasped when I got this notification. Their first 5 albums rule.
I like all their albums lol, very happy Mike decided to do this dive
First 4 imo, mylo is bottom 2 coldplay
@@Ilovefent oh really? I always really enjoyed it lol. Is it generally considered bad? Also I haven’t heard their most recent 2 albums so I can’t compare them properly.
So is everyday life
@@Ilovefent mylo Was one of fav albums 3 years ago
the 90s: Blur vs. Oasis
the 00s: Coldplay vs. Crazy Frog
I'm amused by the fact that when Coldplay asked Kraftwerk for permission to sample Computer Love, the reply was supposedly just a piece of paper with "Yes" written on it.
Common Kraftwerk W
I actually worked as a security guard in one of their concerts, I was right behind the stage they were performing. I can confirm that 1. their fans are much more vocal in-person than they are online and 2. it's for good reason; their live show is absolutely worth going to, it is a whole lot of fun.
Their recent tour is in the top 5 highest grossing tours of all time. They are definitely still very popular/
i had a similar experience. i worked in the pit during one of their gigs and my god do they know how to put on a show, it was so fun!
Saw them during the VLV tour and it’s still one the best shows I’ve ever seen. They had a stage set up in the lawn section and went out and played a couple songs for all the lawn people so my friend who couldn’t afford floor seats still got to see them up close.
@@HotStrange I wrote it as a separate comment elsewhere, but it's just as true here: I ended up attending one of the shows on their Viva la Vida tour, and they are, hands down, the best band I've seen perform live. Chris Martin really knew how to engage with the crowd, they had a perfect amount of "prop" involvement that made the audience feel unified in our experience, and they set up a couple of mini-stages throughout the venue so that even the worst seats in the house saw a couple of songs performed up close. They seemed unrelentingly happy to be there, even though they had to have been sick of the album by then. Every song was given full effort. (And, every concertgoer was given a CD with a few bonus tracks on the way out -- including one that became a favorite song of mine.)
@@jacksyoutubechannel4045 I think we saw them on the same tour. I got that live CD as well. I lost it in a car accident unfortunately. I also had a bunch of confetti butterflies. They released them during the closer and everyone caught some and took them home. But yeah amazing, amazing live band and they seem like genuinely amazing guys. I was like 17 when I saw them and it’s still one of the best shows I’ve ever been to 14 years later.
Mic’s barely controlled excitement for being able to bring up his favourite amphibious superstar, and it NOT be for a bit is the best payoff I’ve had on CZcams this year.
It really was incredible hahahahahaha
One thing I would like to add (because this DDD is almost immaculate) is that Coldplay not only didn't used BTS to have a hit, but they developed a relationship with them that was genuine, even being friends with Jin, one of the BTS guys, and the band cowrote the solo song Jin released before he went to mandatory military service, "The Astronaut", a wholesome and beautiful single, with signature Coldplay sound. We can say anything about them, but this is a band made of apparently good people.
Chris Martin especially seemed like such a good person when interacting with BTS, which i'm a fan of, that it made me finally listen to their earliest albums and i'm so glad i did instead of blindly letting online opinions keep me away from their music
@@lovelyy6491I been a Coldplay fan since 2004 and after they released My Universe, I began to listen to Bts. Coldplay made me fall in love with Bts.
@@verdespickles aww i'm so glad, it makes me happy when people connect with BTS ☺️💜
I agree! The two bands seemed to really understand eachother and i believe they are on the same "wavelength" about how they think about music, about connecting with people, etc. I think they formed a genuine connection!
I’ve heard “the astronaut” live acoustic in Tokyo and it’s incredible I hope it stays a part of the show
Honestly, Viva La Vida was the first album I bought for myself where I actually liked every song. I love them, they’re better than people think, for sure.
PS you are so fun to watch and these videos are so entertaining, I can’t wait to watch more!
yep, same here! it's the album that made me become a coldplay fan.
It's such a beautiful song.
This CD lived in my CD walkman. One of my favourites of all time
It's a perfect album
I always appreciated that Coldplay split their royalties equally amongst the band members. Chris doesn’t get more for writing the songs. It seems from this video they worked out any issues at the start of their career and it’s been pretty smooth for them since.
That's not completely right. He said in an interview that they split it in 40-20-20-20, and Chris gets 40% for both writing all the songs and taking all the publicity. In my opinion this is fair, but it's not equal.
@@raphael5653 im pretty sure he was joking there, everywhere else its reported they get split equally.
If they do split it equally thats extremely respectable on their part
I won't take this Cemeteries of London ERASURE, this is the song that always draws me back into the first Coldplay albums.
That Jonny solo in cementerios of London is pure gold
The Cemeteries in London and Warning Sign erasure hurt my soul.
same omg, i was so sad he didn't talk about the brilliance of Cemeteries of London!! such a haunting, darkly beautiful track.
@@davidguthriemusic Some of their best songs are in 3/4. Coincidence? Probably.
A highlight of my (American) life was walking around one of the Magnificent Seven, listening to "Cemeteries of London" on my iPod, sketching the tangle of headstones and tree roots onto the pages of Moleskin as it started to rain. Perfection.
I swear to god Sky Full Of Stars is singlehandedly why many many people began to hate Coldplay. I had no idea the rest of that album was so beautiful. thank you sir.
Phenomenal album with some of their most gorgeous material to date!
A Sky Full of Stars is an incredible song though. Was the only one that initially stood out to me the first time I listened to the album and still hits an emotional note to this day (and is euphoric live). Over time I found the rest of the album to also be amazing.
That's why _I_ hate them, for sure.
@@blunderbass851 You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Judging a band by one or a few songs is the same thing.
It's overplayed but it's not a bad song imo.
Death and All His Friends is their best closer and one of their best songs in general. The statement in that refrain is also some of their best lyrical work:
“No, I don’t want a battle from beginning to end,
I don’t want a cycle of recycled revenge.
I don’t wanna follow death and all of his friends.”
A fantastic statement in an album with loose themes of revolution and how that looks in the world.
I love the lyrics for Death and All His Friends so much!
My personal favorite!
True!
Mr. Snare, I beg of you - *please* do a DDD on The Bee Gees! There’s so much to unpack and discover with their discography, ranging from their first few baroque pop albums to “rock opera” to the disco years and beyond, it’s quite a ride. They’re a highly under appreciated and undervalued band because I think most people just think of them as the cheesy falsetto disco guys, but when you give their first few albums a spin, and when you really listen to the complex arrangements in the disco stuff, it’s really mind blowing. They were so good. They deserve the full Deep Discog Dive treatment! 😊
I’d be so down with this! “Idea” is such a gem
YES!!!!!
@@spritenoicy1676 Ugh SUCH a great album. Their first like 5-6 albums are all so masterful (though Odessa can be a lil’ mixed at times). More people need to be exposed to The Bee Gees!
Also they didn't make as many albums as Prince
100% on board with this proposal. The gradual pivot from being Australia's answer to The Kinks' pop era (complimentary) to being the biggest disco act on the planet is such a wild trajectory that even if they weren't excellent I'd still love to see them covered.
I'll always have a soft spot for Coldplay because their debut album was released the day I was born July 10, 2000. Their career is as old as me
Same for me, only with X&Y!!
Best to share birthday with Coldplay albums😌
The first album is pretty awesome (even if they where a Radiohead knockoff 😅)
On one of my birthdays, the 2nd January 2016, the music video for “Birds” came out.
6 days and 6 years before i was born !
MX is one of my fave albums ever despite its flaws. It captures 2010s euphoria so perfectly. Charlie Brown is one of the best songs ever made and I will literally fight anyone who disagrees
Charlie Brown was always one of my favorites on that album, it’s so sweeping and joyous
Charlie Brown is beautiful, strongly agree with your opinion
I saw them in concert this past October and was sooooo happy they performed "Charlie Brown" as part of their very extensive set.
Absolutely agree, I loved that whole album in high school
My first concert ever was the MX tour. I was in 8th grade when it happened. That album was such a landmark time in my life and holds a special place in my heart. I never understood why it was so hated at the time it came out because it was my favorite album for about 2 years after its release and I think it still holds up.
So…as a Coldplay Apologist…Life In Technicolor II has me strung up on the tracks with a train fast approaching. By that I mean it’s far and away my favorite song of theirs and i can’t tell you why it just hits me like a freight train
I wished that was on the album instead of the mostly-instrumental edited version that we got.
Seconding this. Life in Technicolor II, but really all of the songs in that "series" are so good to me.
NO WAY You call out Arabesque for how good it is, for me unironically it might be my favourite Coldplay song in the entire discography, but you just forgot that Stromae is on there? Pretty sure this was Stromaes first musical apearance after Racine Carrée and it works so good
Coldplay is sooo overhated. They have some pretty rad records, hell yeah!
They are more overhated* than Nickelback that’s for sure.
Edit: word.
@@aandwdabest nobody cares about Nickleback outside the US though.
Overhated. Good word right there.
I genuinely dont know why people hate Coldplay. Like i seriously dont know ,,, what exactly is so bad about them !?!? It seems that people just hate things they dont understand, or go straight to hating instead of accepting and thinking
Finally some Coldplay defense. These guys make some of the best music to listen to when you're awake at 2am
Ghost Stories is like. Literally exactly that for me bye
Coldplay was the first band I obsessed over. The first band I listened to every b-side, ep and demo. While many bands are near and dear to me, Coldplay will still always carry that unpresendented excitement of discovering a band for the first time
Exact same for me. I see my relationships with artists like romantic relationships. Coldplay is my musical soul mate. I just love them deeply and will never stop listening
COLDPLAYERS WE FUCKING WONNNN
yeah meng we mega scored!!!!
In other words: "Ring ding ding daa baa Baa aramba baa bom baa barooumba"
I’m proud to join you as Coldplay defender. They’re my all time favorite band and X&Y is my all time favorite album. I feel like there’s something in my mind that makes it impossible for me to dislike anything they put out. Even the songs from them that I consider weaker I don’t even remotely dislike personally
It’s a good album for sure, but there are defo some skips on it for me. Hard to see an argument for all time best album. Of course it’s all a matter of opinion (especially when the word ‘favourite’ is knocking about) but, just out of interest, what other albums are top 10ish for you?
@@isaacsmith6913 I completely get the arguments against X&Y tbf, it’s all personal connection for me though as it along with the other 2000s albums from Coldplay have been an integral part of my life since I was very young
There’s a lot of albums I’d consider all time favorites. I’d actually place all of Coldplay’s 2000s albums up there as previously mentioned. Others off the top of my head would be
Blur - S/T & 13
BT - This Binary Universe & These Hopeful Machines
Radiohead - In Rainbows
RHCP - Californication & By The Way
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol 2
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Orbital - In Sides
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Pink Floyd - DSOTM, Wish You Were Here & Animals
There’s several others. These are just the ones off the top of my head rn
@@Jacob004dude are u me omg, blur's 13 is like top 5 albums ever to me as well!! good taste!!
i listened to X&Y last night for the first time in several years and it actively pissed me off (in a good way lol) because of how genuinely fantastic it was too
Not only do I appreciate a Coldplay defense video going deep into the discog, but one that finds good in each album. Bravo!
the bts feature on my universe actually makes a ton of sense for both bands. it's one of their most genuine collabs, which is obvious from the behind the scenes content we got from the recording of the song (which chris travelled all the way to south korea for) and from the friendship the bands have formed since. they way they talk about each other and inspire each other in different ways is honestly quite moving. it even resulted in chris making a song for bts' jin's last song before enlisting in the army. idk, all of it makes me love my universe even more
I was gonna say, I would have liked that behind the scenes mini documentary included here. It's so fun.
Its crazy that that tent the festival line up at 2:15 includes Muse AND Coldplay only 2 months before Muse would release Showbiz and 3 months before Coldplay would release the Blue Room EP.
Edit: And no way! Coldplay played the Bizarre Festival seen at 6:00! Muse ALSO played that same festival. It's really crazy how much they were vaguely intertwined. Matt even shouted out the band at the end of one of their shows, though I forgot which festival it was.
I believe the shoutout is from Muse’s Eurockenees 2000 set before they played Showbiz
@luke5100 I like to think of them as a trilogy. Radiohead laid the foundation for all of them, Coldplay took a more pop-oriented route, and Muse took a more hard/punk rock route
Shiver is still an all time favorite song of mine, it just pulls the emotional catharsis right out of me when I hear that riff
The way I’m immediately a preteen again pining for a love that won’t be 😅
Oh my god YES shiver is my favorite song on the parachutes album icl
Coldplay was one of the best concerts I've attended (the Head Full Of Dreams video). They always come to LatAm, and we love them for it. Also, as a fan of BTS, Coldplay's genuine love, respect, and friendship is heartwarming.
That little snippet of "Midnight" absolute hooked me, I'd never heard of that song before watching this, and now I've got it on repeat. The chilly, mystical atmosphere just sweeps me away. Thanks for the rec!
It goes for a slightly different direction, but I'd recommend Giorgio Moroder's remix of it too!
It’s one of my favorite songs of all time, and I was hoping someone would say that it hooked them here as much as it did to me the first time I heard it :)
In high-school I actually hated it. It was my first time getting into coldplay and I was listening to all their music at once. After some time passed, I gave it another shot and now imo it's one of their best songs ever. I wish more people knew about it
One of the most interesting stories I have related to Coldplay music is that my mother was playing piano for a wedding and she has played many weddings in her life time. But this one wedding the bride wanted to walk down the aisle to a piano rendition of Yellow. She said it was one of the oddest choices she’s been given to play before.
Deserved DDD, also I'm a huge X&Y defender, those songs will be stuck in my mind forever, they are so dreamy
X&Y and MX are their best albums in my opinion :)
Talk literally shaped my music taste forever. I'll always owe that to them
X&Y the song, is one of my all time favourites. Makes me feel like a dreamy romantic.
Til Kingdom Come is a masterpiece. It may legit be my favorite song that they've done.
Low is incredible
Coldplay is one of those types of bands who make newer music that still sound almost just as appealing as their older songs released during their supposed “prime” era [a.k.a. only the first few years of their existence].
Compared to other bands that went more drastically pop or electronic in their later years, Coldplay’s sound is still very recognizable and distinct. On top of that, I hardly expected their sound to blend so well when they collaborated with artists such as Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyoncé, The Chainsmokers, and BTS.
I'm not huge on "A Sky Full of Stars": I don't think the payoff is explosive enough, as if an EDM track is being hemmed in by being a song by Coldplay. But I think it fits on GHOST STORIES fine: in fact, I think it's a terrific idea, a song near the end of an album about a breakup in which the singer basically says, with all the love and affection he's got, I love you, and I sincerely hope that you find *everything* that you're looking for.
i completely disagree@@manuwhite18
It does make sense in terms of story-telling, but musically, it's an outcast with too much contrast. I feel getting jumped at everytime ASFOS comes on after chilling for the whole album albeit the amazing & smooth transition 😂
@@manuwhite18 almost every track in ghost stories can be pinned to a stage of grief, to me at least always in my head is more of an introduction to the grief, magic is denial, ink anger (mainly at oneself), true love is bargaining, midnight & another's arms * oceans are depression, and a sky full of stars & O are acceptance. This is why I think A sky full of stars works, you have all these emotions built up especially at the end of oceans and then it all comes out, unlike earlier in the album, these emotions come out in a healthy way, Chris more looking back at the positive aspects instead of mourning the loss. I think A Sky Full of Stars is better in the context of the album due to the sadness of earlier. The album then goes much softer and concludes with O where the loss is fully accepted and Chris can fully recover from his loss.
Ghost Stories was a big big deal for me when I was 10, I remember it being one of the first CD's i bought, and i think its minimal and cold sounding electronic production really struck with me then and still now.
Also (if u didnt know), Midnight was actually built around a sample of the track "Amphora" by Jon Hopkins, its cool to see that they've continued to have a collaborative friendship, I really really hope they work in the studio again soon...
Coldplay was one of the first bands I ever got into. I remember downloading Rush of Blood onto my brand new iPhone 4 back in 2010 or so. The Scientist captured my attention because someone in the Portal (game) fandom brought it up as a song that had Caroline/Cave Johnson vibes. They’ll always have a place in my heart.
while i count myself among the coldplay skeptics, i cannot deny there is a soft spot in my heart for "viva la vida" and "clocks." real zoomer nostalgia spots for me
love them or hate them, you absolutely cannot deny how big Coldplay have become, they are legitimately one of the biggest bands in the world and I personally the reason for it all comes down to the songs. Their songs may be lyrically average and may not be classify them as a "rock" band but I don't think that matters when the songs are beautiful, wonderful, emotive and universally appealing, anyone can form an easy attachment to them and feel something when listening to them, as someone who went to the Music of the Spheres Tour, I can confirm that experiencing these songs live is a hugely cathartic and joyful out-of-body experience that was like nothing I had ever experienced before
I genuinely think Coldplay are gonna go down in history as one of the all time greats
Fun Fact: Chris Martin and I have the same birthday but i didn't figure that out until years after I became a giant fan of their music. Feels like the kind of cosmic connection Chris loves referencing. Awesome video!
Just look it up out of sheer curiosity and turns out we also share birthday 😂 (also hi fellow March 2nd birthday person)
Coldplay IS underrated. As a guitar player whose really into rock music and that community, thats where they get the most hate, which is crazy. One specific thing which perfectly shows that is their lead guitarist (i forgot his name), he might not play a lot of complicated stuff, but he always plays EXACTLY what the song needs, and his writing is so creative and catchy. Parachute is a masterpiece
FFS. You can't call a band with 100 million album sales underrated: it's nonsensical. There are people who hate them, because they don't like their genre/songwriting/(lack of) personality. That doesn't make them underrated.
A band that big, their guitarist will be as highly rated as The Edge in a decade or two, regardless of whether he's any good or not, he will inspire kids to pick up a guitar, he will be adored.
Underrated would be a band not selling records, not filling stadiums and producing incredible music.
You don't get to call a band underrated because you like them and other people think they're shit.
@@FragileCreaturesbut they have plenty of personality especially Chris lol
@@Leonardo-cs9ij yeah. As a fan of the band you're going to think that. The general consensus (among people who dislike Coldplay) is that they are bland: about as edgy as an orange and as much personality as a single plimsoll.
@@FragileCreatures I disagree on the personality part, their music has plenty of personality but agree on the edginess part because that’s actually why Coldplay fans like the music; it’s not all about negativity or edginess their music is generally about positivity and the realness of human emotion. They don’t want to be edgy. But I disagree on the personality part there’s plenty of personality in their music
They have no desire to be edgy and talk explicit about drinking and drugs and sex and violence and any other edgy topic, just not who they are and I appreciate it. Their music is very expressive and emotional.
Strawberry swing might be my favorite song ever, and their cover of Rihanna’s we found love is amazing.
I just searched up their cover. And thank you for INTRODUCING ME TO THIS ITS SO BEAUTIFUL
Loved Ghost Stories when it came out, and I'm glad to see it getting more love now. To me Fly On is one of thier best tracks.
YES ITS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE coldplay album. Fly On is some of the most beautiful piano ive heard
i am still so sad that everyday life album got so little attention. It`s so row and sincere, and i really enjoy listening to it as a one piece, a story. arabesque is a masterpiece and one of the greatest songs of them imo, showing that they still searching and developing as a musicians (and also just add stromae in anything and im a fan). Thanks for the great video!
"Everyday Life" is so underrated. My only complaint was that most of the songs were too short. It's like a verse, a chorus, a bridge, another chorus and song is over.
@@elsongs agree it`s a bit sketchy. it works if listen to it as an LP though. And a lot of great >3min songs as well
Top 3 Coldplay album for me alongside Rush of Blood and Viva la Vida. I'll take a messy epic with important themes over a safe pop touring album any day
@@hunterlogan same. i genially like pop music, but music of spheres was such a disappointment to me (especially on the contrast with everyday life) =(
Probably because it wasn’t toured and it’s never played on tour really.
After this whole (amazing) dive, and after really enjoying decades of their music… I still cannot name a second member of Coldplay to save my life
I do think Will Champion is worth knowing. Not that Guy and Jonny aren't talented, but I think Will is a secret weapon. He's the classic Viva Chant on Viva La Vida, as well as 99% of backing vocals for the guys. Plus he's always deep in the pocket and his drumming has only become more pronounced recently
@@aclyte2679 also worth knowing: he had a cameo in Game of Thrones, also as a drummer
If you watch their live performances, you'll often hear Chris saying "go Jonny boy" or "go J", that's their guitarist Jonny Buckland :)
"It's like you put Party Rock Anthem on Rumours" MADE MY DAY.
Fantastic video
Coldplay’s first two albums are bonafide classics honestly
Rush of Blood has to be my favorite, although Parachutes is pretty good, too.
Viva also
There is no higher praise from Mic than "it earns its length".
Mr. The Snare, I will forever thank you for this video and for introducing me to "Arabesque": some of my favorite ideas and sounds in the whole of music in one track, especially the live recording of it with that last minute you mentioned. The horns blasting in unison and splitting into harmony, the ascending notes, Chris' voice struggling to cut through the noise; everything about that track is a direct line to my ears.
I love parachutes but Yellow will forever be the song that inspired the music video for Tegan and Sara’s Yellow in my mind and that is a wonderful legacy that song rocks
I think the lyrics in yellow are cute. They're simple and effective, but not bad
"That grief doesn't get fixed, it just gets smaller with time." ☹️
Hope you're doing okay.
You know why Always In My Head is so awesome? It's produced by Madeon! He's such a great producer, both of his albums are fantastic
WAIT WHAT. REALLY !?!?!
Coldplay is peak early 2000s ABC television drama. Their music is all over that channel.
Blessed with michael the snichael content 😭
As a huge Coldplay fan I can't help but think of the amount of information you likely came across but had to cut due to runtime. And still, I learned a few things I didn't previously know, like the sample in Princess of China. Great video
Yeah there's so much to dive into in regards to Coldplay. I would love to see an ever deeper dive into Coldplay at some point.
Coloratura is my pick for their best song, despite the album being among their weakest. I remember not caring at all about everyday life as I never enjoyed orphans, and mostly listened to coldplay's big singles for nostalgia at this point. Then I heard higher power and kinda liked it (it grew on me a good bit over time), then I remember seeing coloratura being released, and kept forgetting to listen to it. Then when my universe released and went number 1 i listened out of curiosity and liked it, then that same day listened to coloratura, and it floored me. Mainly cuz i never knew coldplay had a song of that musical scope in them, once broken down into all its segments, transitions, and other smaller details, it truly is a masterpiece, and my prediction is that it will only grow on coldplay fans over the years, and will go down as one of their finest moments.
I'm not as big into the rest of their discography, though they have some undeniably iconic tunes. But Viva La Vida is one of the best pop rock albums ever, and a high water mark for pop music in the 21st century.
Coldplay is the living example that anything extreme popular will suffer hate for no reason
there are plenty of reasons that people hate Coldplay lol
@@matthewbanton7077 No valid reasons tho
You just set the best example @@matthewbanton7077
@@strikerbowls791 The valid reason is that people who don't especially care for Coldplay's stuff get exposed to Coldplay anyway. A lot. And so a mild distaste for their music gradually becomes vitriolic hatred when forced to listen to it constantly.
That's not an indictment of their music, nothing can be for everyone no matter how hard Chris tries. But it is a valid reason for people to hate the music.
@@jukmifggugghposer you have a choice to not listen to their music?? Change the tv/radio channel, problem solved? If they play a festival Don't buy the tickets to the day when they play?If you heard their songs in the malls/cafes then put your earphones and play music of your choice from your own phone? I fucking hate Radiohead and I managed not to listen to them all of my life by doing things above. Mind you they were mainstream and prominent during the 90s too..
Coldplay was my comfort band in my teenage years. Full stop. Did I fully understand the absolute gravity of what Chris was crooning about half the time? No! Did this plant the seeds for my own crippling existential dread? Probably! I am so grateful to them. And to you for covering this. I am laughing along and singing along in equal measure as I wind my way through this beautiful retrospective. Those first five albums will always, *ALWAYS* mean the world to me.
Did I write this? Omg same to everything!!! Those first five albums were everything to me when I was 15-16 years old.
Coldplay being music that doesn’t scare the hoes is one of my favorite takeaways from this video
OMG my favorite underrated youtuber doing a deep discog dive on my favorite group of all time?!?!? Can this day get any better?!?!
i’m a big MASSIVE coldplay fan. like MASSIVE. i love these guys sm and i’m an x&y defender till i die. my fav is jonny. his guitar riffs are incredible!!! (i love will too)
i’ve been to their concert once and i’m planning on going again next year or 2025. these guys mean sm to me and saved my life hundreds of times. they’re all such great dudes and so kind.
such an awesome video!
I remember my dad used to play Parachutes all the time in the car when I was little. I listened to all their albums, and I gotta say Ghost Stories or Mylo Xyloto are my favorite. Everyday Life is also really unique and creative.
First Radiohead a few years ago, now Coldplay. Mid 90s-early 2000s British alt rock is always a fascinating topic. Wonder who's next (quite interested in a Muse DDD btw).
Nice to know that Chris Martin cares about Crazy Frog's well-being. Here's hoping he recovers from his recent motorcycle crash.
Just went to their sixth show in Singapore National Stadium last night, 31st January 2024. An unforgettable night for sure. Everything was perfect! One of the best I've ever been to!❤
The whole stadium jumped while they played Yellow, Sky Full of Stars, My Universe,. Every song even the lesser-known ones were played with passion and heart. They chose Fix You as the closing song and everyone in the Stadium was singing their hearts out. It's such a privilege to have been there! 😊
god this reminds me of when I had just become a bts fan and their collab was announced and the 3 coldplay stan accounts on twitter with 12 followers each were explaining to this massive fandom with thousands of people the concept of the spheres and everything about coldplay themselves, good times
Always end up qualifying my love for Coldplay by telling people I love them unironically (they were my number one artist this year). I am so excited for this video
I am a firm coldplay defender, especially ghost stories. A fantastic album that gets significantly more hate than I think it deserves. Maybe I'm blinded by nostalgia as a youth listening to it, but I honestly think they make good music at a fairly high percentage of releases.
U2 has the same stigma. They were popular for so long that Millennials and younger dismiss them as "Cheesy Dad Rock". But I assume anyone with taste can find some redeeming songs and albums.
As a big Coldplay fan I am drawn to them by their sound. The strings and synths and beats and the way their songs are produced. They have a certain sound and Chris has a cool voice. But I agree that their lyrics lack, people call them boring and yes lyrically they are a bit boring. But you should see them live, their concerts are incredible. I went to their show during the Mylo xyloto tour, it was colorful and the energy was amazing. That's another thing I like about Coldplay. Every album and tour they have done starting with Viva La Vida, they paint their instruments and wear clothes on stage that represent what the album is about and their stage is designed as the tour theme. They truly put the art into their music, and their shows are more like a musical with color and magic.
I have a piano student who is obsessed with Coldplay and he got me HOOKED. I’m so excited to watch!
a lot of people forget about this (probably because of the way the band decided to go on their latest work) but Coldplay, at some point in time, was genuinely one of the best and most different bands out there.
I was literally going through their discography and I see this go up while i'm in the middle of Rush of Blood to the Head. Glad to see some recognition!
I don’t really listen to Coldplay that much anymore, but Mylo Xyloto is unironically one of those albums that changed my life. It was the first of their albums that I really listened to. I listened to it so much in middle school, that I‘ve just internalised every note of this album.
I also got to see them live about 6 years ago and they‘re incredible live! ✨
I saw them at a festival after seeing my bands. It was the summer MJ died and they did an acoustic Billie Jean cover. The talent on display was world class, they deserve their props.
I am a Mylo Xyloto defender until I die idec
Hurts Like Heaven is fucking gorgeous and worth the price of the album alone
You ever read the comics? I love them! They’re soo colorful!
@@Moody-Boy I haven't and I should! Thanks for the rec :)
Btw do you think the album needs some remastering love? I always wished there was a bit more separation between all the instruments and sounds.
@@Moody-Boy Oh absolutely. While I love all the ideas and the compositions of the songs, they definitely get muddied up in production at times. A remaster could end up being a real treat!
Viva La Vida one of of the albums I listened to religiously as a kid, I still return to it every year and it’s still great every time. I’ve never heard any other Coldplay album because it might spoil what I have with viva la vida lol
i've never heard of someone matching my coldplay opinions like this. i am so pleased. usually i put longer videos like this on in the background like a podcast, but i was so entertained i sat and watched like a movie!!! great stuff!
Never heard anyone compare coldplay to Radiohead. Heard people more often compare them to u2.
Anyway its interesting to see a video about coldplay when the other day in the shower i was thinking about how underrated viva la vida as an album is
Yes. Yes they are good.
I was not expecting a Coldplay discog dive but I'm happy to see it! Fellow Coldplay defender as well, you can find lots of us here in Buenos Aires, we literally sold out 10 whole shows of them on their tour.
Mylo Xyloto holds a special place in my heart as I listened to it all the time on car rides with my dad 🤧 Our favourite track was Charlie Brown, YOU GET IT !!!
Chris is on record many times saying Fix You was written about the band itself which was going through many difficulties. Not sure where you heard the Gwyneth’s Dad theory but I think it makes a lot more sense if he’s saying, “I will try to fix you” towards the status of the band.
Just a small note about Fix You: ive always interpreted the lyrics "i will try to fix you" more as trying to put them back together and help them through whatever it is they're going through as opposed to the stereotypical "i can fix them" kinda thing
Haven’t even watched the video yet and I already love it from the thumbnail. I’m so happy someone else enjoys them; you’re so awesome Mic
Mylo Xyloto is one of my favorite albums of all time. Whether that is nostalgia, bad taste or just preference talking, for me it's a 10/10, no question.
I WAITED SOO LONG FOR THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
A fun fact about Live In Buenos Aires from an argentinian!
Coldplay was super super well received for playing their cover of ''De Musica Ligera'' by Soda Stereo, an hymn for Latin American rock. For reference, singing ''De Musica Ligera'' in a Latin American stadium, specially Argentinian, will give you a similar effect to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen --- for spanish-speaking rock and rock in general, I'd say, Soda Stereo's impact is THAT massive. Coldplay's gesture was rewarded with a roaring crowd and, funnily enough, imitated by foreign artists coming to the country to the point it's now considered a bit of a cheap move. But they were surely pioneers in that and their recognition to local idols was much appreciated!
One of my top bands of all time! I grew up with Coldplay and their music, and it’s really cool that you’re doing this.
This is the only channel on CZcams that could actually get me excited to watch an hour long video about a band I never ever listen to
Fiiiiinally someone defends them they are honestly one the best bands of the 21st century imo people just don't quite realise it.They are so good and it just became a meme to hate on them without even listening to them.
I didn’t even know Coldplay was a meme to begin with; on the upside, compared to a band such as Maroon 5, I respect Coldplay creatively, professionally and thank Christ they have a frontman who isn’t shitty~
Hot take but they really are The Beatles of the 21st century
This particular DDD earned so much of my respect, man. Thank you for putting this out there! Always have appreciated Coldplay and some of their music really brings me to highs I can barely explain.
Ghost Stories will always be my favorite, HUGE infuence on the music I listen to afterwards. The productions on this album set me on my journey towards EDM and then onto Hyperpop, because of the guitar riffs, synths, vocal treatment and jarring crying guitar solo on True Love. My electric guitar is also named "Ink" in honour of this album.
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'Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends' is a masterpiece. That album has inspired me so much
Yup
Very happy to see this band on the DDD! Thanks for your work C:
I really wish I could see them live again. That Music of the Spheres show was fantastic. March 2022 was an eternity ago. "High Power" is one of my favorite lead singles by them. Very simple and effective. And I always thought "My Universe" was a good example of "let's not overthink this and have some fun" and you can tell that by the lyrics. "Warning Sign" is an underrated favorite from 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' and I wish more people knew about it! 'Viva La Vida' was one the first albums I ever bought and I didn't appreciate it a lot at the time (too alternative for 16 year old, I guess), but throughout the years I keep coming back to it and loving a new song each time ("Yes" is so so good.). I was never aware there was any derision towards Coldplay. To me, they were one of the many bands playing TV, but I guess there's always this weird expectation that Coldplay is somehow gonna release a groundbreaking experimental rock record that's gonna blow everyone's mind. However, Chris's voice anything but experimental, it is made for pop. His lower register is very interesting and has some swagger, but he literally had to alter it for "Midnight" to show us something we hadn't heard before. In the end, the sooner one accepts that Coldplay is just another band, marching to the beat of their own drum, the easier it is to enjoy them. I very much agree with your stance that these days, there's very little music that I hate. I either like it, love it or ignore/forget it.
The one album I’d recommend to Coldplay haters is Viva La Vida. It’s definitely their most cohesive record and strikes a good balance between their original alt rock sound and the pop stuff they did after. Violet Hill is the hardest rock song they ever made and it’s goes super hard.
I was introduced to Coldplay soon after they released the 2nd album, I'm still keeping up with their music and journey. I agree with you folks ought to listen to "Coloratura" I think it's one of Coldplay's better songs. Thanks for sharing the Crazy Frog news, that never crossed my radar. My favorite Coldplay moment was when sang during the London Special Olympics.
When it comes to a sky full of stars, I feel like you have to listen to it from the transition of oceans.. I LOVE that transition and feel like it gives the buildup it is meant to be perceived as (I do love the song on its own as well, though it took me a couple years to really understand it)
From the bottom of my heart: thank you for this. The tendency to avoid listening to or saying I like bands based on people hating on them/viewing them as cringe or annoying is one I've been trying to dismantle, but it really made me ashamed of what Coldplay stuff I enjoyed growing up. I had no idea they've made (and are still making) so much admirable music and impact. So thank you! I'm looking forward to revisiting and learning more about their discography!
Best video from you yet! The analysis, the delivery, everything was so tight and thoughtful! Long live Michael the Snare!