The first half would be enough to have it among my favourite Coldplay ballads, while the second half currently has me so obsessed it feels like it’s quite simply one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard in my life. In its entirety, the just released 10-minute long Coloratura ironically plays out…
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Chris Martin Calls Stayin’ Alive ‘The Greatest Song Of All Time’ – Barry Gibb’s Surprise Glastonbury Performance With Coldplay
Chris Martin & Barry Gibb, Glastonbury 2016. Here’s the video footage of Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb onstage with Coldplay at Glastonbury just a few hours ago. There had been rumours Barry would be performing, but these had been quashed in the last couple of weeks. With Barry reportedly pulling out due to the ill-health…
Why Do We Only Hear The Same Christmas Songs Every Year? 3 Underrated Christmas Songs From Coldplay, The Band & Josh Groban
It seems strange to me that every Christmas we tend to hear pretty much just the same dozen or so Christmas songs on the radio. This year I even got requests from people wanting to enlighten me that “Stevie Nicks does a really good version of Silent Night.” No kidding – that’s one of the same…
Coldplay’s New Single ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ Reviewed
Here’s the brand new song from Coldplay, an upbeat though somehow still melancholy gem called Adventure Of A Lifetime. It’s a precursor to the band’s soon-to-be released seventh album A Head Full Of Dreams (out December 4) which is rumoured to be Chris Martin and co’s last. I don’t believe them. At least I don’t…
Chris Martin Was Right – Rihanna Can Sing Anything – ‘FourFiveSeconds’ By Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Kanye West. I remember Coldplay’s Chris Martin once saying the reason he so badly wanted to write a song for Rihanna was that she could sing anything. One listen to FourFiveSeconds, the brand new Rihanna / Kanye West / Paul McCartney collaboration, and you understand Martin was so, so right. Princess Of…
Coldplay Announce New Album & Release New Single – ‘Magic’
Here’s Magic, the brand new Coldplay song and first official single from their 6th album Ghost Stories – released May 19th. The atmospheric, bass-heavy, partially falsetto-sung ballad is a song I like a lot and wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes a slow-burning hit. Remembering that 2011’s Paradise didn’t fully reveal its charms to people instantly,…
Barry Gibb Reveals Who He’d Most Like To Write A Hit With
Barry Gibb was recently asked who’d he like to co-write a number one hit with, answering either Chris Martin from Coldplay or Paul McCartney. In England to accept a lifetime achievement award from the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards, Barry also did several interviews promoting the September UK / Ireland leg of his Mythology tour. In…
