Coldplay, Paradise

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band created in 1996.
They are composed by Chris Martin (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Buckland (guitars, backing vocals) and Will Champion (drums, percussion and backing vocals).

Known for songs like Clocks, Yellow, Speed Of Sound, Fix You or Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay have released five studio albums: Parachutes (2000), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002), X&Y (2005), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) and Mylo Xyloto (2011).

Their song Paradise is the second single taken from their last Mylo Xyloto. With very mixed reviews, this song has been a very successful hit.
The song seems to be about a girl's dreams and fears of the world.

The video was directed by Mat Whitecross, between London and South Africa - all the elephant characters are represented by Coldplay members.

After finishing the record, Martin and Champion gave an interview to BBC Radio where they explained that Mylo Xyloto "It's about love, addiction, OCD, escape and working for someone you don't like."
The band gave several different explanations for this album's name but at some point, Chris Martin said that it was a reference to the album's characters - the girl (Mylo) and the boy (Xyloto). The artwork is responsability of Paris 1974, a street artist - initially he was only suppose to be the "teacher" but it stayed until the end, collaborating with the band.

The album sold over 908.000 copies, becoming the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011.

"Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly"

themed week // Coldplay, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Coldplay are considered by many one of the best contemporary bands, as a conclusion of 5 successful albums - Parachutes (2000), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002), X&Y (2005), Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (2008) and Mylo Xyloto (2011).

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas was originally sing by Judy Garland on the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.

Several singers covered this song like Ella Fitzgerald or Colbie Caillat. Frank Sinatra was the first artists to record it, in 1948, becoming one of the better known versions and where we can see some changes a few lines of the song.

In 2001, Coldplay recorded this song, to be released on the holiday compilation album, Maybe This Christmas.

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on
Our troubles will be out of sight"

Coldplay, Lost

I feel LOST and Coldplay know it very well. I love this music.
This songs have a few versions - the one only with Chris Martin singing and playing piano - appearing firstly on Violet Hill single, then on the japanese album edition as a bonus, after that on iTunes Store editions of Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and at last on Lost! digital EP. There's another known Lost version with Jay-Z special appearance on Coldplay's special and complementary EP Prospekt's March. There are also 2 or 3 other versions including instrumental without vocals, Jay-Z singing on the piano solo and a live performance that belongs to the official video.
Lost was almost written when Coldplay started recording their album. According to Will Champion ths song began in a very sudden way "I was starting to get into using a particular drum programming programme. I was messing around with that and I built this beat up from scratch. ... Then Chris overheard it and played 'Lost!' over the top of it."
Coldplay also shared that is a song influenced by english band Blur and their song "Sing". As Coldplay guitarrist - Jonny Buckland said "We recorded some of it in a church up the road that's now a studio. In a huge room with a piano and organ going at the same time."
In a interview for The Sun, Chris Martin said "The line in this song 'Just because I'm losing doesn't mean I'm lost' is what the whole record came out of because we were feeling down at the end of the last tour. That line arrived and it was, 'OK, that's how we kinda feel. We know we can improve."

In conclusion this song has everything to considered a very good one. Actually is one of my favorite ones.

Hope you all like it.

with love,
P