I Think I Might Like These Coldplay Covers Even Better Than The Originals

It is always a testimony to the greatness of a song when you can reinvent it in a different genre and it still works.  Say what you will about Coldplay... they can write great songs.

New Coldplay Video

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen. So creative. So funny. You have to hand it to these guys.



(HT: Jonathan Dodson)

New Coldplay Release - Prospekt's March EP

Hardcopy from Amazon.com - $5.99

Download on AmazonMP3 - $0.99 - Uh, this is a no brainer people.

iTunes people can get yours here - - for $5.99. With iTunes you get the digital booklet and a video as well.

Parachutes - $1.99

Well I guess if you have not been a Coldplay fan in the past, this week at AmazonMP3.com is the week to do it. Today they are listing Colplay's breakout recording, Parachutes, for only $1.99!

This is actually my favorite Coldplay CD. When I heard this for the first time about 7 years ago I knew this would change my life forever. Ok, I guess that is sort of an overstatement, but the influence this record has had since it came out is quite remarkable. The first three songs alone are worth the price of the whole thing. This is a $1.99 that you won't be sorry about spending.

Yesterday's deal of Coldplay's 2nd major recording, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, is still active for $1.99.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - $1.99

Here is a GREAT deal on Amazon MP3. Get Colplay's record "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" for only $1.99!!! I don't know how long this deal is going to last so you might want to pick this one up soon if you don't have it.

New Coldplay Record Avaliable Now

You can download it here on iTunes.

You can buy a hard copy or download here on Amazon.

I have had the whole record for about a week now and I can say for certain that this will launch them into "epic rock band" status. This record is really, really good. You don't want to miss it.

**Update** - Check out the new Amazon.com Coldplay artist store.

Chris Martin made me sad (what he said he experienced)

Dan Kimball reports:

Earlier today I read the new issue of Rolling Stone and they had an interview with Chris Martin in it. The interview made me quite sad for numerous reasons. I like Coldplay and have seen them live two times and from what Chris is telling about his upbringing, his feelings and conclusions about the church and hell seem very understandable. To me, his words reinforce why it is very important to be teaching a biblical and holistic understanding of "hell" and what it is or isn't. Not by any means hiding or avoiding its horrific reality, but not using it manipulatively especially in the way he described here. (I talked about this with my thoughts on hell here and here).

Here's a bit of the interview:

You grew up in a rural part of southwest England, in a pretty religious environment. How did that affect you?

I grew up with the prospect of heaven and hell looming ever large. What I grew up with was, if you even think about boobs, you're going to hell. It was drilled in: These things are wrong. It was black and white, the way it still is for millions of right-wing Christians in the middle of America. I spent a year thinking I would be punished if I sang "Sympathy for the Devil".

Punished as in go to hell?

Yeah. When I was about 14, the first band I played in wanted to play "Black Magic Woman". I was like, "I can't sing that because I will get bad karma." As a kid, you don't know any better. But then as you go on, the cracks begin to appear and your'e like "I'm not sure about this hell thing. And I'm not sure whether it's really right or wrong to be gay, and I'm not sure whether we're right and they're wrong.

Did you ever think you might be gay?

It was more like "Oh, s#%, what if?" Because I was brought up to think that was really wrong. But it struck me. Who gives a s#%? And then it wasn't a problem. It sounds silly to say it now, but when you're a kid you think "I'm going to burn in hell for eternity if I like other guys or if I marry someone Jewish".

What was the first music you responded to?

Probably Bad, by Michael Jackson, and "Take on Me." by A-ha. We'd always be in church, so the thing I heard most was hymns. That's probably where all the life-and-death stuff in our music comes from."

- Rolling Stone, Issue 1055, June 26, 2008

Listen To The New Coldplay Record In Its Entirety

Listen to Coldplay's new record in full before it comes out on June 17th.  I'm not sure how long this link will be up so you might want to check it out soon.  

Viva La Vida - Live

See Coldplay's performance from MTV movie awards here.